Bronson looked up, his eyes red, and said with resentment, "President, this is all one-sided information from China, and..."
"And what?" the chairman asked, "Are you saying that China can't possibly have that much grain?"
"Yes, Chairman. At the beginning of this plan, we verified it through our inside sources. Although China's rice production has always been the world's largest, it does not have an advantage in agricultural products such as wheat and soybeans."
"In addition, we have been promoting genetically modified agricultural products since the beginning of our planning over the past few years, and we have made good progress. For example, in terms of soybeans, our genetically modified soybeans have an oil extraction rate of up to 26%, while China's is only 18%."
"In order to further increase the market share of soybeans and other agricultural products in the world, we have firmly controlled 90% of the global market share through various means such as providing free seeds and equity participation. All kinds of data show that it is impossible for China to have so many wheat, soybeans and other grain reserves."
The president pondered for a moment, "You mean, the other side is deliberately creating a false impression, intentionally telling the world that China has plenty of grain reserves, enough to feed 1.4 billion people for two years, but it's all fake, just like what the Thai government did this time?"
“That’s right.” Bronson nodded, insisting, “Chairman, think about it carefully. If China wasn’t afraid, why would it release such news at this time? Doesn’t it just show the outside world that they are afraid?”
Bronson's analysis is not without merit.
If a country's currency is related to the wallets of its people, then a country's food security is related to the lives of its entire population.
If it were him, he would do the same to stabilize the high inflation caused by rising domestic food prices, given the persistently high international food prices.
Ordinary people are the kindest group of people. Throughout history, in countless wars, every change of dynasty has been due to food shortages.
People can live a difficult, even humble, life, but once they run out of food, these small sparks can start a prairie fire. This is the principle behind the saying that water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it.
Thinking of this, the chairman paused and said, "Bronson, I'll give you another month to investigate in detail whether China's grain reserves are really as they say, enough to keep 1.4 billion people from going hungry for two years, even in a year of famine."
This is a game of chess of immense scale.
Even without Chen Dong's involvement, this plan had been in progress all along. It was only because Chen Dong got involved that this so-called food plan was implemented ahead of schedule.
Just like ten years ago, the collapse of that once-powerful and invincible red empire was also inextricably linked to this plan.
In the early 1980s, Russia's military strength had vaguely reached the level of the world's number one. Even today, thirty or forty years later, the aircraft and submarines built in that era are still at the top level in the world.
For example, the Tu-160 and the Borei-class submarines, which can rival Ohio-class strategic nuclear submarines, are products of the 1970s and 1980s.
Many experts have analyzed that the disintegration of Russia was related to the domestic environment at the time, private ownership, and the collapse of the ruble.
However, these are not the most fundamental reasons. The core reason is that Russia's domestic food supply is controlled, and the ever-increasing food prices and the continuously plummeting oil prices have made this contradiction particularly prominent.
Simply put, the money earned from energy exports cannot buy enough food to feed everyone. Coupled with the arms race and other products of the Cold War era, they can only live on debt.
Now this evil plan has been used against China again. Bronson is well aware that this plan is not yet finished, because genetically modified agricultural products have not completely replaced the original low-yield crops.
Chen Dong's appearance forced the plan to be brought forward. Even though he said on the surface that China's grain reserves were definitely not enough to ensure that 1.4 billion people would not have to worry about food for two years, Bronson was not entirely confident in his opinion.
Especially now, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree, telling the chairman that he would definitely investigate thoroughly.
......
July 12th.
The summer harvest ended a week ago.
Dozens of 200,000-ton cargo ships are docked at the port of Mariupol.
"Yulia, thank you this time." Looking at the girl in front of him, who was like an angel, Chen Dong expressed his heartfelt gratitude.
Without Yulia's arrangements here, even if the wheat harvest in Ermao Kingdom was bountiful, he would have had no way to intercept so much wheat from here, a full two million tons.
Yulia's sexy lips curled up slightly as she chuckled softly, "Chen, in your Chinese language, we're a couple, we shouldn't be so formal. Besides, you bought this wheat with your own money."
"No, no, no, Julia, that's not what I meant." Chen Dong quickly explained, "I know you've also been paying attention to the recent international grain futures prices. Although there are reports of bumper harvests from various places, international grain futures prices are unusually high."
"This is not something that one person or one group of people can control."
Yulia seemed to understand but not quite. She blinked her bright blue eyes and looked Chen Dong up and down, then sighed and said, "Chen, I don't want to discuss these things, you know that."
"I'm sorry, I..."
Before Chen Dong could finish speaking, a soft body pressed against him, and a pair of slender arms tightly hugged his back.
"Chen, let me hold you a little longer."
Upon hearing this, Chen Dong's eyes welled up with tears. What should have been an embrace between lovers had an air of life and death about it.
He disliked it, no, most people disliked this atmosphere. With today's technology, the world is like a global village, but both of them knew very well that what they had now meant they could no longer act as they pleased.
Like two people in love, tormented by a long-distance relationship, it's not that they don't want to, but that they can't...
at the same time.
A new round of grain releases is underway in China.
Inside the old Lin's villa.
"Old Lin, the comrades from the Grain Reserve Bureau just called me again, it's still about grain. They asked when we can get replenished. If we continue at the current rate, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out until Chen Dong gets the grain back."
"Has the situation gotten that bad?"
Upon hearing this, Secretary Wang nodded with a wry smile and said, "Rice is alright, but wheat and soybeans are not in large reserves. Especially this week, starting yesterday, the Grain Reserve Bureau has increased its efforts to release grains into the market, three times a day, with each release reaching 20,000 tons."
"However, the long positions in international grain futures have not decreased; on the contrary, they are showing an increasing trend. Currently, there are already 50,000 wheat forward contracts for September..."
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