Chapter 1035

Two days later, Li Feng was in his New York mansion.

Early in the morning, Wang Siqing handed several documents to Li Feng and explained, "John, these are some investigation reports about the four major grain merchants and global commodity trading companies. According to Kuva, it really took a lot of thought."

In the past two days, Li Feng comforted Beyonce, a black beauty, in the Waldorf hotel. Similarly, several women in the family will not be left out. Fortunately, Li Feng's strong body can bear it. Only when he leaves the dissatisfied body from the Waldorf Hotel and returns home can he be completely released.

I put Beyonce back yesterday. Now Li Feng stays at home honestly. No, early in the morning, Wang Siqing helped get the information Li Feng wanted.

Since the last communication with the two leaders of bangji, Li Feng suddenly wanted to know about bangji and the four major grain merchants, as well as markridge and Glencore, and then through simple collection, he knew that commodity trading companies like Glencore played a very important role in the world unknowingly.

Generally speaking, most of the commodity trading companies in the world are unknown, especially before the Internet information explosion. For ordinary people, who cares about those commodity trading giants, only those top executives will care.

Whether it is the agricultural and non-staple food bulk trading of the four major grain merchants of the ABCD or those energy and mining bulk commodity trading companies, these giants quietly affect all aspects of the world.

Li Feng had only heard of these companies before, but he didn't care. After all, he didn't have contact with these giants at present. However, with the voluntary invitation of two bosses of bangji, Li Feng naturally began to want to know about this situation.

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When it comes to bulk trading, I have to mention one person, that is mark Ritchie, who was once a Jewish American emperor, is definitely a legend in this regard, with various titles such as "king of modern bulk commodity trading, king of oil".

Today, among the global commodity companies, there are four major grain traders who directly control nearly eight layers of agricultural and sideline food trading giants in the world, as well as energy and mining commodity trading giants such as Glencore, Vitol group and Trafigura.

Glencore's name is the loudest. Glencore's predecessor is markridge company founded by markridge. However, commodity companies often rely on trade differences for profits, and they are all cross-border trade. It is often easy to involve the political economy of various countries, resulting in secrets that many ordinary people can't see.

For example, during the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union, the two camps may be hostile, but for these commodity companies, the hostility between the two camps is an opportunity for them. There is demand and opposition at the same time, so such middlemen are needed to bridge the gap.

In this way, the leaders of these commodity companies have a very close relationship with the political and economic strongmen of both sides. For example, markrich is said to have a network of contacts from the Middle East to the United States, from the former Soviet Union, Russia to Europe.

One phone call may be able to contact the oligarchs in Russia, the royal families of oil countries in the Middle East, or the oil and energy giants in Europe and America, such as Mobil and shell.

Markridge was said to have been too involved in politics at that time, including the Iranian hostage incident. It is said that markridge had participated in it. Moreover, every time the United States wanted to impose sanctions on which country, markridge often carried out a lot of trade in this country, which led to markridge being wanted by the American government.

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As a reborn person, Li Feng also knows that after the new century, trade oriented commodity giants such as Glencore have changed their business models and began to participate in investment in energy, mining and other raw materials, so that the company can grasp upstream resources and expand profits.

Glencore of later generations has become a giant that can be compared with international mining giants such as Brazil's Danshui and BHP Billiton. Its influence can be imagined as a giant that controls the underlying upstream resources and global commodity trading on the one hand.

"Based on these intelligence analyses, Woolsey and his colleagues all believe that today's bulk commodity companies have begun to set foot in the upstream supply chain. For example, the four major grain merchants have directly participated in those agricultural production companies, seed companies, spending companies, etc; Those with energy mining as the trading center, such as Glencore, are involved in the energy mining industry and begin to think about controlling the supply of upstream resources. " Seeing that Li Feng began to read the documents, Wang Siqing said again.

"Yes, in the final analysis, the original bulk commodity companies are just a trading company, making profits from the trade surplus. Such profits are really too low, less than 1% of the net profits. These giants are personally involved in these commodity transactions, and they are very clear about the rich and natural profits from trading after directly controlling raw materials.

These commodity trading companies are now rich. Naturally, they will not be satisfied with a trading company, and the upstream resources are naturally easier to control.

After all, the world is generally like this. The places where upstream resources are produced are often the poorest and most chaotic places. It is really wonderful to facilitate the operation of these giants. " Li Feng replied with a smile.

"I think John, you can join Bangui company. Didn't you live on millions of acres of land before, and you can directly cooperate with Bangui, so that your land will have stable income. Didn't you worry about how to operate after getting these land before? It's killing two birds with one stone." Wang Siqing joked with a smile.

"I'm very interested in joining Bangui, but I'm considering how to join it. I'm not interested in just taking a name. Moreover, I'm not only interested in Bangui, but also more interested in Glencore. Unfortunately, Glencore's headquarters is far away in Europe."

"Ha ha... Have you forgotten that markridge's ex-wife has been lobbying the government to cancel the wanted for markridge. Woolsey, they said that markridge has donated a lot of political donations through his ex-wife."

Seeing that markridge's ex-wife had been helping him in the document, Wang Siqing replied with a smile that American dignitaries wanted Washington to cancel the global arrest of markridge.

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"This is a place that can be used, but markridge has completely separated from Glencore. He has sold all his shares, so he may have to lead the line."

"It's enough to lead the line. As for the next step, it's up to us. Moreover, Glencore has always wanted to control upstream resources, which requires a lot of money. Maybe there is a chance."

"Well, sister Qing, contact Kuva and let them find a way to contact markrich's' ex-wife 'first and try it first." Li Feng finally made up his mind by looking at the health comments of Glencore and mark Ritchie in the document and the lobbying of his ex-wife in the United States.

"Well, I'll explain what you mean to Kuva and Woolsey. I think they'll understand what you mean." Wang Siqing said.

"Well, please, sister Qing!"

"OK, I'll contact you right away."

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Watching Wang Siqing turn around and arrange, Li Feng couldn't help reading the information documents in his hand again. He had a deeper and deeper understanding of the so-called "commodity trading". The water in it was very deep and could compete with the military industry.

If Li Feng can participate in shares and form influence, it is not to say how much money he can make. After all, the profits of these commodity companies are very low. For example, Bangui's revenue is nearly 20 billion, and its profits are less than 200 million. If the year is bad, it is even less than 100 million.

But its influence is really huge. Participating in these companies focuses not on how much money they can make, but on the invisible influence. To really make money, those Internet technology companies in Silicon Valley and NASDAQ are the most suitable.