He suddenly jumped up from his office chair, startling Afang, who was pouring him tea.
"What's wrong, boss?"
"Where are Lin Zhiyuan and Wolong?" Chen Dong asked.
"As you instructed, Lin Zhiyuan is preparing to build a poultry farm in the New Territories, while Wolong continues to investigate the whereabouts of the diseased chickens sold to the mainland," Ah Fang replied.
Chen Dong did the math and realized that he had sent out almost all of his men. Some were making purchases, some were building farms, and he had even sent out the bodyguards that Wolong usually kept by his side.
"Afang, go and mobilize manpower immediately to purchase disaster relief supplies from Europe, North America, Southeast Asia, China and other places."
Afang was stunned. "Disaster relief? I haven't heard of any disasters in mainland China or Hong Kong."
Chen Dong frowned. It seemed really strange that they were starting to prepare disaster relief supplies now, when the flood was expected to happen six months later.
Ah Fang is right. There are no signs of disaster in either China or Hong Kong. Global procurement will inevitably attract attention, and others might even think that war is about to break out.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Dong said to Afang, "Six months from now, a major flood will break out in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. We must start preparing now."
"I don't understand," Afang said honestly. "Boss, how did you predict the flood six months from now?"
She always listened to Chen Dong. If Chen Dong said there would be a flood within a month or half a month, she might believe him. After all, weather forecasts can only predict disasters that far in advance.
"Do as I say." Chen Dong said coldly.
Afang composed herself, nodded, and said, "I understand."
As Chen Dong's secretary, Afang must obey Chen Dong unconditionally.
Thus, Longteng embarked on a massive global procurement campaign.
Afang formed a procurement team consisting of Wan Quan, the marketing manager, Tao Xin, the deputy general manager, and Afang herself. This procurement was based on the marketing department's plan, and the supplies to be procured included four main categories: drinking water, food, tents, and equipment.
Regarding food, it is required to purchase convenient emergency food, as well as a significant amount of compressed food. In addition, for the tent procurement project, the focus should be on purchasing bedding, clothing, etc.
In terms of equipment procurement, prepare disaster relief equipment to cope with floods, such as generators, flashlights, fuel, disinfectant, medicines, etc.
They can source fuel from Indonesia, which has extremely high oil production, and other supplies from China.
It was January 1998, and Chen Dong stared nervously at the digital calendar displayed on his computer.
Procurement from overseas is merely a means to an end; the most important disaster relief supplies must be sourced from China itself in order to reduce the cost of preparing flood relief materials.
However, China's industrial production is only just able to meet domestic needs, and related export goods are mainly products with highly polluting production processes, such as clothing, paper products, and plastic products.
"If we start building a disaster relief production line now..." Chen Dong muttered to himself, "then Longteng will be able to freely and flexibly allocate disaster relief supplies throughout mainland China."
If foreign countries were to cut off their channels for purchasing supplies during a severe disaster, China would be left with no choice but to watch helplessly.
Thinking of this, Chen Dong sneered. This wasn't the first time something like this had happened, and he had to prepare for the worst.
"Wangcai, Ma Guoliang, come to my office." Chen Dong pressed the call button on his desk.
A short while later, the two rushed over from the investment department.
"How's the digestion of those hundreds of billions of dollars we made from investing in Korean won going?" Chen Dong asked, throwing out a prelude.
Wangcai glanced at Ma Guoliang before slowly saying, "We are still looking for investment projects."
Fearing that Chen Dong would complain about their slow progress, he quickly added, "Because now H country and the island nation have Robertson's Tiger Fund in charge."
"With Quantum Fund entrenched in the currency markets of Southeast Asian countries, we must be extremely cautious no matter which sector we invest in these three markets."
“Hmm,” Chen Dong nodded, then said to Wangcai and Ma Guoliang, “Since those tens of billions of US dollars haven’t been digested yet, you don’t need to worry about finding investment projects.”
"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Wangcai and Ma Guoliang immediately looked at Chen Dong with curiosity.
Chen Dong then explained, "I plan to use this money to purchase disaster relief supplies."
"Disaster relief?" Just like Afang, Wangcai and Ma Guoliang were stunned.
"In our country..."
Before Ma Guoliang could finish speaking, Chen Dong interrupted him, "I know that there has been no disaster in our country."
"You don't need to ask so many questions. The company is short-staffed right now, and the investment department doesn't need you to look for any more projects. There's nothing happening with the offshore company either. In the meantime, you can help Afang procure supplies in the European and North American markets."
"By the way, their marketing department has formed a purchasing team, and you'll join them today," Chen Dong instructed without further ado.
"Do you have any specific requirements regarding the procurement of supplies?" Wangcai quickly adapted and asked directly.
"The products you need to purchase this time are those that are cheap and mass-produced, without pursuing excessive additional costs," Chen Dong said succinctly.
At this point, Chen Dong added, "By the way, all the disaster relief supplies are for flood relief, so we need to consider this requirement when selecting products."
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