The Industrial Giant Reborn

June 25, Argentina:

"Yeah yeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy."

In the Monument Arena in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, there was a burst of crazy cheers, one after another, drowning out all other sounds. Countless people waved the Argentine flag and cheered from the seats on the court. On the court, more than a dozen players also They also held the national flag, cheered everywhere, and occasionally gathered together for a hug.

After about ten minutes, the voice subsided.

"Eric, congratulations, you have won $500,000." In the VIP seat, Henry Morgan threw the tickets he lost to the side of the road and said to Chen Zhiwen with a smile.

"Haha, let's go, I'll treat you to dinner today." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"You are really blessed by God. You won the first time you came here. Unfortunately, we should play a bigger game." Henry Morgan shook his head and said.

"It's just for entertainment, it's 500,000 US dollars, but it's not much to us." Chen Zhiwen smiled and shook his head.

In 1978, Argentina held the 11th FIFA World Cup, which became the most lively event in the world this year. Henry Morgan, a football fan, naturally came to Argentina and invited Chen Zhiwen by phone.

The whole World Cup started on June 1st, a total of 25 days. Although Chen Zhiwen also likes football, it is impossible to really spend a month in Argentina like Henry Morgan, so he specifically selected the World Cup finals Before, came to Argentina.

Although he didn't know about the World Cup in Argentina, Chen Zhiwen was also a football fan in his previous life. He knew that Argentina had won the World Cup at home, so when he learned that Henry Morgan wanted to buy football lottery, he bet on Argentina to win.

Although Chen Zhiwen caused a great butterfly reaction in Hong Kong and even the United States, it obviously did not affect the World Cup. In the end, Argentina won the game and Chen Zhiwen made a small profit of 5 million US dollars.

"Yes, there are too many, I'm afraid it will touch the cake of many people." Henry Morgan said softly.

"I know." Chen Zhiwen said, this kind of thing is known, the market of billions or even tens of billions of dollars, will the capitalists really let it go? Even fools don't believe it.

"Let's go, tomorrow we have to go to St. Louis Province, the road over there is not easy." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"Okay, let's go." Chen Zhiwen nodded, and followed the crowd out of the stadium. All of them were VIP customers, and the ticket price they paid was ten times that of the normal ticket. Therefore, there is a special passage here, otherwise, the same as the following The group of people was crowded together, and it was estimated that they would not be able to get out for an hour.

In the evening, the two of them did not eat any formal meals with their subordinates, but went to find some small delicacies, but they were not street stalls, but regular shopping malls.

Early the next morning, under the arrangement of Henry Morgan, a Boeing 737 plane sent the group to St. Louis, and then there were several helicopters in the local area, which took everyone to the north and refueled once in the middle of the road. , arrived at the destination at 2 o'clock in the afternoon that day.

"It's really far away." Chen Zhiwen said after getting off the plane.

"Actually, it's not too far away, but the traffic in Argentina is too bad. If it's in the United States, it's only three hours' drive." Henry Morgan said with a smile: "These planes are from a nearby American company. The oil company leased it, otherwise we would have been here very late."

At this moment, they were on a piece of grass. Fortunately, they had already prepared bodyguards, especially Henry Morgan's, who held various guns in their hands. If any wild beast came, they would have to run away when they encountered these two-legged beasts.

"How big is this farm?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"About 4,000 acres," replied Henry Morgan.

"It's big enough." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, 4000 acres, almost 16 square kilometers, that is, a square area as large as 4*4 kilometers.

"Big is pretty big. Guess how much I paid for this farm?" Henry Morgan asked with a smile.

"The location here doesn't look very good, and there is no infrastructure, 500,000 US dollars?" Chen Zhiwen predicted a figure.

"Wrong, divided by 10, I spent $65,000." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"So cheap?" Chen Zhiwen was a little surprised. Although this place is not good, why is it so cheap with such a large area?

"If this area is in the United States, as long as it's not the Gobi desert, no matter how bad the location is, it won't be worth *100, but this is Argentina." Henry Morgan said while preparing the weapon for hunting wild boars: "We were in the capital before. Enos Aires has been here for a few days, how do you feel about the economy?"

Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and asked, "You mean, Argentina's economy is failing?"

Although South America does not seem to be well-known internationally, like the United States, large-scale peace has lasted for many years, and World War I and World War II have not been fought here, although there are conflicts in some places, or occasional sparks overseas with the empire on which the sun never sets , but it does not affect the overall economic development, especially when it is close to the United States. Naturally, through the development of the United States, it has a free ride.

It's just success and failure. South America has always been absolutely dependent on US capital. When the US economy is good, it is naturally not a problem, but once the US economy has problems, it will raise interest rates. Once the interest rate is raised, the dollars of various countries It will be returned to the United States, which is a fatal blow to many developing countries that rely on debt for development.

Since the first oil crisis, inflation in the United States has been unstoppable, and the Federal Reserve can only raise interest rates desperately, and countless developing countries have followed suit.

"Yes, in the past two years, a large amount of U.S. dollars and U.S. capital have been withdrawn from Argentina, which has caused the Argentine government to almost be unable to pay the debt interest. In this emergency, the Argentine government has used this useless land in order to attract U.S. dollars. In the name of the farm. It's half sold and half given away at a low price." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"There should be a lot of such American capital, right?" Chen Zhiwen asked with a smile. In fact, this is also one of the strategies of the United States. Once many developing countries are seriously short of foreign exchange, they must sell their assets at a low price. When the country goes bankrupt or is about to go bankrupt, it will in turn buy high-quality and cheap assets.

It’s an old routine, and I’ve been playing it for decades. Asia’s 1997 is similar, and South America, which is close to the United States, comes once every ten years. It’s just that it’s appropriate under normal circumstances, but this time, it’s The United States has its own problems and urgently needs blood from other places.

"It's good that you understand, the Morgan family participated in this matter, and many consortiums in the United States also participated, but I don't count, I can only be regarded as an ordinary businessman in the United States, who comes here to buy a piece of land, and occasionally comes on vacation. "Henry Morgan laughed.

"Aren't you going to build a farm here?" Chen Zhiwen looked at a piece of grass and said, the land here is not fertile, but it is still possible.

"I'm not interested, I'm just going to turn this place into my hunting ground." Henry Morgan shook his head and said, "Actually, that's the idea of ​​the Argentine government. It's very cheap to buy this land, but if you want to transform it into a farm, the price will be too high." , It’s impossible to conservatively estimate that there is no one or two million dollars. Moreover, the traffic here is not good, and the cost of transporting the grown food is relatively high. Forget it, it’s too much trouble, even if you can make money, you won’t make much.”

"That's right." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

The price of the farm, in fact, the size of the area is only one of the factors, and the lack of infrastructure is the most important thing. These two points can make the difference between farms at the same location ten times. A good farm can be used directly. If you want to plant wasteland, you have to invest in internal roads, water pipes and waterways, power facilities, regional planning, and so on.

This premise still needs to have water rights and external roads, otherwise, it will definitely be a wasteland.

In fact, many countries have relatively small populations and relatively concentrated populations. Similar to South America, Australia, Canada, etc., there are a lot of wastelands where weeds grow. Since weeds can grow, crops can be planted theoretically, at worst. Plant corn or potatoes?

But just because it requires a lot of investment to turn these lands into farmland, it may not be cost-effective on the economic level, so let it go. In many cases, some governments even offer land for free, provided there is a certain amount of investment, but there are very few willing ones.

"What? You want to buy a farm? A real farm?" Henry Morgan asked in surprise seeing Chen Zhiwen's expression.

"I have this idea, but it depends on the situation." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, "I'm just a little worried about the attitude towards non-American investors."

"That's not a problem. We can have a joint venture. For example, if you invest 90% and I invest 10%, if you invest together, it will be considered American capital. If the farm you want to buy is large enough and I can't afford it, then I will reduce it to 1." %." Henry Morgan said: "Besides, Argentina can be regarded as one of the members with a certain status in international trade. They will not destroy their own signboard just for a farm. Besides, Chinese capital is relatively active in the world now. Once Argentina really does this kind of thing, it will have to cut itself off from Chinese capital."

"The main reason is that the cake is too small and it's not worth it." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. In fact, many countries in South America also have a lot of manipulations. For example, a certain country forcibly nationalized the oil industry, which caused heavy losses to American oil companies. It was also hit by the US blockade.

"That's the reason, the reality is like this." Henry Morgan said with a smile: "Then what kind of farm do you want to buy? I have a friend who specializes in intermediaries for this type of business in various parts of South America. If you are interested, I can let him Check it out for you."

"I didn't plan to invest in a large-scale farm at first, but Henry, your plan is very good. First, buy a large vacant land. If you don't want to invest, just use it as a hunting ground for vacation. If you want to invest and renovate, then the investment will not be too big." Chen Zhiwen Said.

"Same as me? If you're interested, you can come here at will." Henry Morgan said.

"What's yours is yours. If I want to buy it, I'll buy a bigger one. For example, it's ten times the size or bigger than here. But in terms of transportation, it's not good, at least it can't be bad, and there must be a water source, at least it must be improved. The foundation." Chen Zhiwen said.

"It turns out that you think this place is small." Henry Morgan said with a smile, "Well, I'll call my friend later."

"Gentlemen, the prey is ready, we can get on the plane." A local said in fluent English.

"Okay, let's go, get on the plane." Henry Morgan said loudly, and everyone got on the helicopter again, but now a Gatling has been installed on the side of the helicopter.

After getting on the plane, Chen Zhiwen couldn't help touching the barrel of the gun around Gatling. On the way here, this thing can't be installed casually. , It cannot be installed until it reaches the personal territory.

"This is completely legal. I have an official license here, but I can't leave my farm, or it will be troublesome." Henry Morgan said: "The procedures for this thing are more expensive than buying this farm."

"You really like hunting." Chen Zhiwen nodded. It has to be said that rich people really do everything for fun.

In his previous life, he knew a lot of ordinary office workers who paid several thousand a month but spent tens of thousands on fishing rods. It was completely incomprehensible to him. Ordinary people are like this, let alone rich people. It is estimated that Henry Morgan bought the surrounding land, It is also because the procedure cost is lower.

"That is, in this season, the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture also encourages the elimination of wild boars, because these wild boars not only waste food, but also often hurt people. The place we are going to is a grassland surrounded by people I arranged in advance. There are many Wild boars, and lions brought from Africa, when you play, don't hurt the lions." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"Lion, if you put it that way, I want to buy a bigger farm like this." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. If the area was larger, it would really be a wild animal park. A lot of money.

"Haha, that's better, we'll buy a bigger one, and then we'll bring in tigers, lions, elephants, and see what happens." Henry Morgan laughed, seeming to like this kind of god-like Feel.

"You can give it a try." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said that this kind of right can only be manipulated in countries that are very short of money. If it is in the United States, it will be very troublesome to introduce these animals. Not as good as here in South America.

If after a few years, there is a sovereign debt default in South America, then all kinds of capital will be even more rampant. Their entertainment, which is just hunting, is nothing at all.

After a while, the plane arrived in the sky above the destination. Looking from the helicopter, many wild boars ran away in panic because of the helicopter's appearance, but how could they run away from the helicopter.

"I'll come first." Henry Morgan held Gatling's tail and pointed it down. There seemed to be fluorescent substances on the bullet, and the trajectory could be seen when it was emitted. Countless light spots hit the wild boars, which caused a burst of fire. confusion.

After a while, Henry Morgan stopped. There were already many wild boar carcasses on the ground, but some of them still ran away.

"Eric, do you want to try it?" Henry Morgan gave up his seat.

"Okay, I'll try." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, although he doesn't like killing animals for no reason, wild boars are indeed harmful animals, and many countries encourage their killing.

Holding the weapon in his hand, Chen Zhiwen also felt like a master. Since returning from time travel, he has never even touched an ordinary pistol, let alone this kind of weapon.

"There are wild boars over there." Henry Morgan pointed in one direction and the pilot immediately flew the helicopter in that direction.

Chen Zhiwen first fired a bunch of bullets in the direction of an open space, feeling that he had controlled the rhythm, and then aimed in the same direction, bursts of bursts.

The wild boar below ran more diligently, but faced with the two-legged beast in the sky, it had no choice but to depend on fate.

However, Chen Zhiwen's aiming skills were not very strong. Even if the bullets were fluorescent, they were not very accurate. In the end, a group of wild boars ran into a small forest, leaving only a few of them lying on the ground.

After staying in the air for a while, Chen Zhiwen also began to get used to the small Gatling. By the way, he also saw the lions here. The lions ran around in fright when they saw the plane.

Henry Morgan played with the sniper rifle for a while later, but Chen Zhiwen didn't participate. He didn't have the ability to play. In fact, Henry Morgan prepared Gatling just for novices like Chen Zhiwen.

After playing for a few days, the group took a helicopter again, but instead of returning to St. Louis, they went to another place.

Compared with the roads in non-urban areas of Argentina, helicopters are naturally much more convenient. Chen Zhiwen also knows how powerful the American oil company is here. The planes can fly freely, as long as they inform the local area in advance.

The speed of the helicopter was very fast, and it took two hours to reach another province, Santa Fe.

This is a larger open space, which was introduced by Henry Morgan's friend. Two days ago, when Henry Morgan informed his intermediary friend of Chen Zhiwen's request, he immediately received a reply.

It may also be because Argentina now has a lot of land, but a shortage of dollars.

"Mr. Chen, this is a piece of grass land that Santa Fe Province is about to sell, with an area of ​​almost 50,000 acres. You only need to spend 1.2 million US dollars to take it, and it is a freehold property." The agent Lilith introduced enthusiastically.

"I checked it on the plane before, it seems that there is no water source?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"There is no direct large-scale water source. There are some small rivers, but you can see that the grass here grows very well. Because it often rains here, there is no shortage of water. If you want to develop this place into a farm or pasture, you can choose here By digging an artificial lake, you can easily store water." Lilith explained.

"What about the traffic?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.

"In terms of traffic, it's a little bit worse. It's about 30 kilometers away from the nearest road. The road in the middle is not very good, but as long as you get on the road, it's fine. And as long as you really develop this place, With that economic benefit, it is definitely possible to easily build another 30 kilometers of ordinary road.” Lilith said with a smile: “Mr. Otherwise, it would have been developed by the locals or other American capital, right? And if it wasn’t for the recent economic situation in Argentina, if you want to win here, you have to double it at least a few times.”

"Okay, you sort out the information and give it to me. I will discuss it with relevant experts. If there is no problem, I can buy it." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, 1.2 million US dollars is not much, so it doesn't matter if you buy it as a hunting ground. But you can't just buy it casually, at least make sure you haven't been scammed, and there are no legal problems.

"Okay, I'll prepare the materials immediately." Lilith said happily. Such a big deal, I didn't expect it to be so soon.

"Lilith, this Mr. Chen is a very generous person, and he is very interested in farms in South America. Your small place is just for testing the waters. If there is no problem, I can ask you to buy a larger one in the future. .” Henry Morgan said with a smile.

"Don't worry, I, Lilith, never cheat rich people." Lilith said very sincerely.

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