Chu Xiangqian took Feifei, Aiyuan and Hong Kong Sheng to see the decoration of the Causeway Bay store.
The decoration was so good that Chu Xiangqian directly handed over the decoration of the mountaintop villa to Ye Xiaoli.
The better. I'll look at the house tomorrow and come up with a design plan.
Chu Xiangqian and others then went to the horse farm to teach the three of them to ride horses, and carefully inspected the buildings of the horse farm.
Three more days passed before I knew it.
This day Chu Tianqian sat in the Rolls Royce driven by Zhang Tianzhi and came to the open-air warehouse at Kwai Chung Pier.
During this period, 800 pieces of wood were refreshed every day in Novice Village. Over the course of more than a month, the wood stored in the warehouse in Novice Village was brought into reality several times.
In the open-air warehouse at the dock, there are nearly 30,000 wood piles arranged neatly in rows 3 meters high.
In the inner circle of the warehouse, there are iron ore mountains blocked by piles of wood.
After renting this open-air warehouse last month, Chu Xiangqian took out all the 390,000 tons of iron ore previously stored in the Novice Village warehouse.
Then more than a month passed. At this time, a full 600,000 tons of iron ore were piled in the iron ore area.
When Baifanyu and Lin Jingshui, a large landowner and grain merchant in Luzon Island, led people to the open-air warehouse, they were instantly surprised by the pile of wood.
The man surnamed Lin immediately felt that Chu Xiangqian's strength should be similar to what Baifanyu said.
Seeing the iron ore piled up into a hill, Lin and Bai Fanyu swallowed at the same time.
After Baifanyu came to his senses, he suppressed his shock and asked Chu Qianqian, who was walking in front of him, "A Chu, how many tons of iron ore are there here?"
Chu Qianqian smiled and said, "600,000 tons. Based on the international iron ore price of US$11.24 per dry ton, this batch of iron ore with 7 layers of iron content is worth US$6.744 million."
Lin Jingshui swallowed again and asked curiously, "Chu Sheng, why did you transport so much iron ore to Hong Kong Island?"
Why did Chu Qianqian sigh like this, "If there was no problem with the previous customer's funds, this batch of iron ore would have been shipped to the customer long ago, so there is no need for me to keep people here.
Fortunately, the other party gave me a deposit, otherwise I would have suffered a huge loss. "
Baifanyu and Lin Jingshui thought about the lack of food in China at the same time, and then they took it for granted that all the iron ore was purchased from the mainland.
Unfortunately, due to the drought, there was no money to pay for the remaining purchase fees, so Chu Xiangqian had to transport it to Hong Kong Island for storage.
After confirming that there was no problem with the supply of goods, the subsequent transaction was negotiated very quickly, and Lin Jingshui probably thought that his ancestral home was also in China, so he did not dwell on the price.
As previously agreed, 50,000 tons of corn kernels will be exchanged for 182,000 tons of iron ore.
And because the price of iron ore has increased by US$0.24 per ton in the past month, he is responsible for how to transport it.
After Chu Xiangqian felt relieved, he smiled and said, "I will sell you the remaining 418,000 tons of iron ore at a price of 11 US dollars per ton. How about that?"
Lin Jingshui wanted to take it, but he couldn't afford that much cash at 4.598 million US dollars.
"Can I exchange it for food?"
Chu Qianqian smiled and said, "Forget about rice. In the four months of the second half of the year, China will inevitably reduce its food exports significantly. It is difficult not to increase the price of rice in Southeast Asia.
I only want corn and sweet potatoes. "
Lin Jingshui shook his head, "I did the math, and all 600,000 tons of iron ore were replaced with corn kernels, which is a full 165,000 tons, which is too much.
Once I purchase something in the market, the price will definitely go up. "
Chu Xiangqian did not follow this trick, “In the past two years, the United States and Canada have had bumper wheat harvests, and their storage volumes have exceeded historical records.
I still sold 418,000 tons of iron ore to customers in South Korea, and took US dollars to buy wheat in the United States and Canada.
Moreover, with the price of wheat falling over there, ranchers will definitely be more willing to buy wheat grains to fatten their beef cattle before they are put out for slaughter.
As a result, the prices of corn and oats will also decrease.
If I buy from there, the price might be lower. "
Lin Jingshui was speechless. At the same time, he secretly thought that Chu Xiangqian could say these words, which showed that he had carefully investigated the international food supply demand.
If Southeast Asia and East Asia really go to the United States and Canada to purchase wheat to make up for the rice shortage, then the rice that is in the hands of themselves and other grain merchants may rot in their hands.
Upon seeing this, Chu Xiangqian added, "I have a purchase agreement for 70,000 tons of rice with an Indian grain merchant, and two batches of 5,250 tons and 10,000 tons of rice have already arrived at their destination.
The price is 0.22 Hong Kong dollars for 500 grams.
If necessary, you can increase the purchase quantity. There is really no need to purchase 0.4 Hong Kong dollars per pound of rice from you. "
Lin Jingshui was stunned for a moment, and then cursed the Indians.
Baifanyu had previously approached him to purchase 240 tons of rice, and the transaction price was HK$200,000. At that time, they thought there would be follow-up transactions.
Unexpectedly, several months passed without any movement. Unexpectedly, the reason lies with Indian grain merchants.
If China survives this year's food shortage crisis, the price of rice will inevitably plummet next year.
And after next year, the new rice harvested this year will become old grain.
The price has to drop some more.
If this backlog lasts for two to three years, many people will go bankrupt.
Grain merchants who cannot withstand the pressure will definitely sell large quantities of grain before going bankrupt, and prices will still fall.
Therefore, if you want to hoard, the most fearful thing is to find a new source of food.
Lin Jingshui took out a cigarette, lit it up and smoked three cigarettes before gritting his teeth and saying, "For 0.3 Hong Kong dollars a pound, I will give you 30,000 tons of new rice and 50,000 tons of corn.
Or 35,000 tons of last year's old rice, plus 50,000 tons of corn, in exchange for your 600,000 tons of iron ore. "
Chu Qianqian just thought about it for a moment and agreed in his heart.
The food shortage is so severe now. If we transport food back earlier, we can save more people.
A little more expensive is acceptable.
Even if the country does not recognize new rice priced at HKD 0.3 per pound, you can definitely keep it in the Novice Village warehouse.
When the war in Vietnam expands, it will inevitably affect the food production of Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
At that time, the drought in China eased, and a large share of the grain grown was used to aid Yue Nan.
Exports of food to other countries will decrease.
Rice prices throughout Southeast Asia are bound to rise.
Even if the 30,000 tons of rice in my hands are not sold to other countries in Southeast Asia, but are just sold locally on Hong Kong Island, it will definitely be higher than 0.3 Hong Kong dollars per pound.
Maybe it’s 0.5 Hong Kong dollars per pound.
However, Chu Xiangqian has always been careful about budgeting. After thinking about it, he said, “Even if it is 35,000 tons of old rice, the price is HK$0.257 per pound.
Too expensive, I would rather spend more time sourcing from India. "
Baifanyu took the opportunity to persuade Lin Jingshui and said, "Lin Sheng, Achu has a lot of good things in his hands. He doesn't make much money from grain and iron ore, so he can make up for the less money from other businesses."
After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian gave Baifanyu a thumbs up in his mind.
Lin Jingshui's complexion indeed improved a lot.
He couldn't help but look at the piles of wood around him. Chu Qianqian's eyes lit up and he said with a smile, "Lin Sheng, these 30,000 pieces of wood are all high-quality wood that is 4 meters long and about 40 centimeters in diameter.
You want me to sell it to you for half price. "
Chu Xiangqian was not that generous. In fact, the price of logs was far lower than he imagined.
Moreover, Luzon itself has no shortage of timber, and it is even a major export item.
But camphor and white birch are not available in Luzon.
Camphor wood is a good wood for shipbuilding and box building, and birch wood is also a good wood for furniture.
Of course, there is no shortage of wood for shipbuilding and furniture in Luzon, so Lin Jingshui is only interested in camphor wood.
After looking back and forth at dozens of camphor logs stacked together, Lin Jingshui couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
Indeed, they are all high-quality logs 4 meters long and about 40 centimeters in diameter.
Calculating silently, he asked Chu Qianqian, "I remember that the camphor wood in Hong Kong Island the year before last was 20 Hong Kong dollars per cubic meter?"
Chu shrugged forward, otherwise he wouldn't have sold it at half price.
In the Mainland, one inch of camphor costs one yuan, and one cubic meter of board is equal to 10 inches.
Equivalent to the export price of camphor wood shipped from the mainland, which is HK$16.2 per cubic meter.
Plus shipping, it’s HK$17 or 18 at most.
Although it has become more expensive in the past two years, it is only HK$21 per cubic meter.
A log 4 meters long and 40 centimeters in diameter is equal to 0.597 cubic meters.
15,000 pieces of camphor wood were sold at half price, only HK$89,550.
When Chu Xiangqian learned about the price of camphor wood in Hong Kong Island, he was dumbfounded.
Birch wood is even cheaper, costing only HK$14 per cubic meter.
No wonder selling logs makes no money, Chu Qianqian sighed silently, secretly thinking that I will be a fool if I sell logs from now on.
"Forget it, these 15,000 pieces of camphor wood cost HKD 80,000, and the remaining 15,000 pieces of birch wood will be given to you."
Lin Jingshui, who felt that he had taken advantage of him, couldn't help but smile.
One week passed in an instant, and 50,000 tons of corn kernels and 35,000 tons of new rice successfully entered the warehouse at Kwai Chung Wharf.
Chu Xiangqian also handed over the open-air warehouse at the dock directly to Lin Jingshui.
Unexpectedly, this guy didn't transport all of it, but peddled it locally on Hong Kong Island.
30,000 pieces of wood were sold at a 10% discount and were quickly bought by businessmen from the island country.
Moreover, there were steel plants on Hong Kong Island at this time. The international price of top-quality iron ore with an iron content of 70% was US$11.24 per ton.
Including the cost of shipping, $11.5 is no problem at all.
Local steel plants only consumed 100,000 tons, and the rest was bought again by businessmen from South Korea and island countries.
This is equivalent to making Lin Jingshui earn 300,000 US dollars, plus more than 200,000 Hong Kong dollars from selling wood.
After Chu Xiangqian learned about this, he couldn't help but give Lin Jingshui a thumbs up in his heart.
Fortunately, most of the profits were taken by himself.
After the grain arrived at the port of Hong Kong Island in three 30,000-ton cargo ships, Chu Xiangqian did not rush to declare customs, and once again used temporary docking to rent the three ships.
Give the crew a holiday, and as for the rent, it is not worth mentioning compared to the total price of 6.6 million US dollars.
After taking care of the three cargo ships, we turned around and went to the drug store in Causeway Bay.
When Qian Guotai heard that Chu Xiangqian had obtained 50,000 tons of corn kernels and 35,000 tons of new rice, his face turned red with excitement.
However, after hearing that the total price of this batch of grain was 6.6 million US dollars, his expression changed instantly.
But if you don't give money, don't think about Chu Xiangqian getting more food for China in the future.
Not to mention breaking the trust of countless pro-Chinese friends overseas.
"I have to report to my boss, but the possibility of giving you foreign exchange is extremely low. Otherwise, should I settle in gold?"
Chu Qianqian nodded indifferently. He had 4.848 tons of gold stored in Standard Chartered.
In order to buy this batch of gold, it cost 2 million pounds, which is 8 million US dollars.
Another 2.5 tons were stored in Hang Seng. This batch was bought from the Ao He family for 1 million pounds.
Including the 4 tons of gold that China needs to give this time, I have 11.348 tons of gold in my hands.
Chu Xiangqian always thought that the country was reluctant to part with it, or there was not enough gold.
But in fact, it only took 7 days in China to deliver 4 tons to Hong Kong Island.
Once the money was in place, the grain was naturally shipped to Tianjin. It took three 30,000-ton cargo ships four days to successfully arrive in Tianjin.
85,000 tons equals 170 million catties. Even if it supplies more than 7 million people in the capital, it is actually only enough for one month's rations.
Otherwise, China would not have said that it would purchase 1.5 million tons of grain by the end of the year.
And these 1.5 million tons of grain are only enough to feed 123 million people for a month.
However, having this extra month of rations can indeed greatly alleviate the food shortage.
In the past two months, Chu Xiangqian had shipped 5,250 tons and 10,000 tons of rice to China, which meant that he had fulfilled his previous promise to purchase 100,000 tons of grain for China.
If we add in the 5,250 tons of rice coming from India every month in the next four months, the total will exceed 120,000 tons.
As a result, old man Xue got drunk happily after returning home.
He also held Xue Jinglan's hand and even said that Chu Qianqian was doing well.
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After settling the food matter, Chu Xiangqian seemed to have put down a heavy burden. He went to Dapeng Bay again that day and placed this month's breadfruit, dried fish and 300,000 kilograms of rice on the island in Dapeng Bay.
Before arriving on the island, Chickadee discovered a dozen boxes in the clearing of a small forest where food is usually stored.
Titmouse flew down and took a closer look. Chu Qianqian immediately discovered that these boxes were all ammunition boxes.
You can guess with a little thought that as you become more and more important to the Celestial Dynasty.
Even if I just casually mentioned to my wife's grandfather, Old Man Xue, that I wanted arms last time, the boss would have already remembered it.
Although Old Man Xue did not agree at the time, his superiors were still worried that he would be short of weapons if he encountered trouble outside.
In addition, the superiors should have known about the killing of Jin Yabing at the end of June, so they thought of sending a batch of arms to themselves.
Chu Xiangqian directed the tit to check several times in and around the island, and even checked inch by inch on the island to make sure there was no problem.
Then the yacht slowly approached the island.
He jumped into the sea again and swam to the island, using a hunting knife to pry open a box. Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but his eyes lit up.
I thought it would be a 56 semi-automatic or 56 fully automatic rifle.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a box of brand new AKs.
It seems that it should be the weapon that the red polar bear provided to the Chinese Empire a few years ago.
Among the 15 boxes, 2 boxes contain 20 AKs and 1 box contains 60 spare magazines, firing pins and other parts.
The remaining 12 boxes and 10 boxes of bullets are all original Polar Bear bullets.
There are also two boxes of American hand grenades.
Just pack all the guns and accessories into the Novice Village warehouse.
(End of chapter)
