As one of the four largest grain merchants in the world, ABCD's business in South Africa has plummeted. Accountability has begun from above. ADM's South African boss is even more angry. The vice presidents had a meeting before and couldn't think of any solution. He cursed his subordinates, but he couldn't. Doesn't help.
As a last resort, he had to send more people to thoroughly investigate the sales of Changtian Technology products, and by the way, he reminded the previous suppliers to let them correct their positions.
There was competition from non-Big Four grain merchant companies before. Under the powerful offensive of the United States, they all withdrew from the South African market in despair and lost all their money.
This time, he is still confident. After all, the United States is still the world's hegemon, and his confidence is strong!
Investigators flew out of the company like bees to various supplier stores.
Ted is an old liaison with ADM South Africa.
He is connected to the second largest grain supplier in the Hosden region of South Africa, which is John Food Company. This is a lucrative job. Every time he goes to "check", he will be rewarded. If the order is closed, there will be a kickback. With this job, Ted can live a very comfortable life.
Not only do I have a second home in South Africa, I have countless women, I also live in a big villa, and my life is much more nourishing than in the United States.
The store manager of John's Food Company has always been respectful to him.
That feeling is almost surpassing the satisfaction brought by money.
As for small suppliers? He is not even qualified to see himself.
Just when John was still thinking about how much autumn wind he could bring to John's Food Company stores this time, he discovered something different, that is, there were many more customers buying grain than before.
"Such a good business, please ask for more this time! It's a bit expensive to have personal expenses outside." Ted parked the car directly in front of the store, got out of the car and walked in without hesitation.
This move aroused dissatisfaction among the people, because the car separated the queue, and everyone had to queue around the car.
"Who is this! Why are you so rude? Park your car here, how can we buy something?" someone in the crowd said dissatisfied.
"Shut up, who is the person driving this number plate? Do you want to cause trouble?"
"It looks like a new car!"
Most people in Africa buy second-hand cars that are obsolete around the world. New cars are not affordable for ordinary people, mainly because there are not many places to buy them.
"Hmph! Looks like a human but a dog!"
Ted didn't care what these poor guys said. He was too noble and only talked to respectable people.
"Hey, dear Mr. Ted, why are you free to come here today?"
The manager of this John's Food Company store is named Dean. He came over with a smile on his face and greeted him warmly, but his eyes glanced at the car at the door, with a flash of unhappiness in his eyes.
Ted nodded and said, "Your business is good. Recently I heard that there is a Sauter company that sells food very well. Is this true?"
Dean pointed to the long line of people and said: "Mr. Ted, this is Soto, not Sote. These people are all here to buy food produced by Soto."
"So many? All of them?" Ted looked directly at these poor people this time and asked subconsciously: "What about ADM's products? They didn't buy them?"
"Indeed, I didn't buy it. Look over there." Dean pointed to the corner to the side. All the food there was from ADM. They were all discounted but no one cared about it. He stayed aside quietly.
There is no way not to discount.
Grain has a shelf life after it leaves the warehouse.
Moreover, the weather in South Africa is hot, and if food is not sold within a certain period of time, it is easy for it to expire.
Ted felt his blood pressure rising: "You actually put ADM's food in a corner? If you don't put it in a conspicuous place, who will come to buy it?"
If Ted had been asking questions in the past, the store managers would have already started to apologize and hand out red envelopes. But this time it was different. Dean said in a nonchalant manner: "Mr. Ted, we didn't put this up. The customers moved it there themselves to buy Soto's products."
"Why?"
“Say it’s preventing them from buying Soto’s products.”
Ted was speechless for a while. He pointed at the long queue and murmured: "Aren't Soto's products gone now? Why are they still here?"
Dean stretched out his head to look at it and replied: "Oh, they are waiting for Soto Company to replenish the goods. We have to replenish the goods many times a day. After all, they will be sold out in a few minutes. I heard that Soto Company's products have been produced. The line is coming, and there is no extra inventory for here.”
Ted was so angry that he wanted to stamp his feet. These poor people would not buy ADM products even if they had nothing to buy, even if they were 30% off. He turned around two or three times and slowly calmed down.
So what if the poor guy doesn’t buy ADM’s products? As long as the suppliers and store managers buy it, that’s it!
Thinking of this, Ted said sadly: "By the way, you haven't gone to our warehouse to pick up goods for a long time. I remember that your company headquarters and our company headquarters are still within the cooperation period."
Dean cursed Ted in his heart for being shameless and using company cooperation as an excuse to suppress him. He did not dare to directly offend Ted. American companies have been operating here for so many years, and there are people who can speak to him everywhere. If pressed, Well, just any corrupt government official can make himself miserable.
After compiling his mood, Dean said with a smile: "Well, don't make things difficult for me. I'm just a store manager and I have to wait for notification from above."
"I remember that the store manager has the authority to take goods."
"Well, the superiors took it back and said that the people below spent too much money and it didn't match the goods, so they didn't open the permissions."
Ted was furious, wasn't he poking himself to get the card? He shouted angrily: "What do you mean?"
Before Dean could answer, loud cheers came from outside: "The truck from Soto Company is here!"
At this time, Dean quickly said to Ted: "Ted, drive the car away quickly, you are blocking the door and it will be difficult for us to unload the goods!"
"Damn! Did you even omit the title 'Mr.'?" Ted was very angry. It was so frustrating to come here today. This store manager is so evil that he doesn't even have a red envelope. Now he still dares to do so. Allow yourself to drive away.
Ted got angry: "I won't open it!"
Dean said: "If you don't drive away, there are so many people outside. If you accidentally get scratched, you will feel uncomfortable."
Ted twitched his lips and quickly drove away, but he stopped far away because he wanted to continue to check the situation.
The poor people danced and cheered around the Soto food truck, as if they were celebrating a festival. Every time a truck comes, people jump.
"Just wait, these poor guys are going to steal things soon!" Ted thought viciously in his heart.
Unexpectedly, the people did not grab anything at all, but helped the store clerks to unload the goods in an orderly manner. The unloaded goods were piled on the spot and sold directly. Those who moved the goods had priority to get shopping rights, so many people rushed to get there. Move cargo.
The people moving the goods and those waiting all had smiles on their faces and were still singing. At this moment, there is no barrier at all between people of different tribes and races.
It didn't take long for the Soto Food Company's truck to drive away. There was no security protection in the middle, and there were no drones in the sky to maintain order. Although there were many people, there was no chaos at all. Ted said it was unbelievable. If the same situation happened to his own company, it would be impossible to maintain order without heavy machine guns.
This scene was also seen by Wesley, who is an employee of the United Nations Food Program. He also heard about this incident and came over for an interview.
At first, he didn't believe that Soto's food could be so good and so cheap. He didn't believe it until he queued several times and finally bought it.
Wesley's worldview was greatly shocked, and he decided to report well that this technology could completely solve the problem of world hunger!
Just when Wesley was about to drive back to work, there was a knock on the car window. He lowered the car window and heard a voice: "Hello, can you give me some of this? I'm going to take some back to hand in." Outside the window It was Ted. He couldn't let go of his dignity and stood in line, so he had to make this decision.
"Hmph! You parked your car in front of the door, and you are from ADM. You always sell expired and moldy food. You have such a bad conscience!" Wesley left directly without giving any face.
However, ADM is such a big company, and some people still buy the products. When the CEO of ADM South Africa placed energy blocks and various synthetic meats on his desk, he still felt dreamy when he looked at the price tags. He frowned and looked at the investigators in front of him, and asked doubtfully: "Is this really the price?"
After getting everyone's approval, he felt his throat was dry. How could ADM do it at such a low price?
He cut the product on the spot and ate it directly. His head started to feel dizzy. He had such a big appetite, but he was full after only eating a little. The most unreasonable thing was that it tasted so good! Finally he broke down and shouted: "Quick! Send it to the technical department to analyze the ingredients!"
When the technicians heard about the boss's urgent arrangement, they immediately started testing and analysis.
If you don’t analyze and don’t know, it’s really shocking.
The calories of energy blocks are far more than those of rice, corn, and even chocolate.
Such a high amount of heat contains mineral elements necessary for the human body.
Not to mention that energy blocks can be used directly as fuel, allowing tanks and planes to operate.
If it were extended to the military, the cooking classes would have to be cancelled, and the logistics staff responsible for food and fuel would also have to be laid off.
Let’s talk about meat products. The protein content is very high, but the combination is very reasonable and some unknown things are added. In this way, eating them will not cause proteinuria.
The most important thing is that both taste very good and can be eaten on the spot.
"Is this really something made by humans?" The researcher was already numb. These two things were far beyond his knowledge.
The research director shook his head: "I don't know either, but one thing I am sure of is that there is no such thing in nature. This is no longer a subject that our research institution can analyze. Pack the things quickly and send them back to the US headquarters. , there are complete instruments and a gathering of experts, so we should be able to analyze more truth."
ADM complied and sent the research samples to the United States on a private plane. As soon as they got off the plane, they were sent to the biological laboratories of world-renowned universities such as Stanford University and Harvard. Because this matter has already involved the founding of the United States. The United States controls the world through food. If Changtian Technology’s energy blocks and synthetic meat are fully promoted, then the United States will have one less card in its hand!
There is a saying that is right: high school students feel like they know everything, college students feel like they are a bit stupid, graduate students don’t know what they are studying, and doctoral students feel like fools.
The higher you stand, the closer you are to the edge of human knowledge, and the more ignorant you feel.
The top talents in the biological laboratories of Stanford and other universities were all dumbfounded. They had more knowledge, but they were still confused by energy blocks and synthetic meat.
"Look! This energy block and synthetic meat seem to be biological, that is to say, this thing has grown!"
The energy block was analyzed by Stanford University before, but in the end nothing happened.
Now in addition to energy blocks, there is also synthetic meat.
"Do you still need to tell me? Soto Food Company has disclosed its production line a long time ago. Who doesn't know that these meats are grown using culture fluid?"
"Don't interrupt. You know that the growth I'm talking about is biological growth, not chemical growth."
"Is there any difference? Don't you know what's going on?"
"You also know?"
"If I had known that I would definitely win the Nobel Prize in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics!"
The fact that Chen Xiao was nominated for the Nobel Prize is still fresh in everyone's memory. If it were not for political reasons, Chen Xiao would have been a Nobel Prize winner in the fields of physics, biology and other fields a few years ago.
These researchers had bad tempers. After staying up all night, they still couldn't figure it out. Instead, there were more and more doubts. They had to start researching from the culture fluid, but they still found nothing. Many things were put in front of them, but I just don’t know the principle.
Just like the last time I studied energy blocks, no one has started.
They ended up sealing the research, saying it was a gift from God.
If anyone still asks them, they might as well ask God. It's just that God is invisible, so they can only regard the tangible Chen Xiao as the incarnation of God. After all, he provided this thing.
"Idiots! They are all idiots! How come so many people can't even understand this thing?" The global president of ADM yelled, while the president of South Africa was so anxious that his own market was shrinking.
If Soto Food Company's production capacity hadn't kept up, he would have packed up and left long ago.
However, the territory of the Soto tribe is changing day by day, and it will only be a matter of time before the production capacity can keep up. Besides, energy blocks and synthetic meat are so resistant to hunger and defense, and the market will be saturated before long. After the fall of South Africa, the food markets of other countries followed. ADM's senior management no longer dared to imagine that they could only think of other ways. If they competed head-on with the product, they would definitely die!
Compared with the pessimism of major grain merchants such as ADM.
The United Nations Food Program couldn't be happier.
The global hunger problem is very serious, and the distribution of food is unfair.
The United Nations Food Program has been committed to eradicating global hunger for many years.
After all these years, they finally got the good news.
Coincidentally, all the good news about food came from the Xia people.
The first two were contemporary Shennong who came up with high-yielding rice and contemporary Shennong who came up with rice that can be grown in salt water. Now this one is Changtian Technology, the company behind Soto Food Company, which invented energy blocks and synthetic meat.
The special report was compiled and submitted by Wesley overnight, and there was joy in the words.
"We no longer have to worry about food spoiling before it reaches hungry people. Energy blocks and synthetic meats last a long time."
"We no longer have to worry about lack of funds, because the price has been so low that even the poorest people can afford it, and the funds required have been greatly reduced. So we don't have to worry about food being robbed. There is no value in robbing such cheap things. "
"We don't have to worry about not having enough food, because the food in Soto is very nutritious and may even cause problems if we are not careful."
"World hunger will be solved within a year or two, but we must be careful of those big forces that have harmed their interests and undermine this."
As Wesley wrote this, he was already worried.
Ironically, Wesley's report was not even delivered as quickly as ADM's samples. The world has long had an excessive gap between the rich and the poor, and a disparity in resource distribution.
