Chapter 186： Matsui Group's deterrence

Lin Chen didn't know the emergence of God-Eater in the Alps of the island country, and his energy was not on it. His current attention was all on the island country's Matsui Group.

In September, Lin Chen asked Song Kai to purchase at least 800 million tons of grain from abroad, and then transported it to Harbour City for storage in case of emergency.

Song Kai also followed Lin Chen's requirements. At the beginning, it was fine. The plan to purchase grain went well. He bought 400 million tons of grain at twice the current world price of grain, and it has also been transported to Harbour City. Reserve it.

However, when he bought the surplus grain again, there was an accident. The grain merchants who had paid the deposit would not sell the grain, and would rather pay him double the fixed amount than sell him the grain again.

This situation not only surprised Song Kai, but also annoyed him.

Fortunately, Song Kai is no ordinary person now. He also has a certain reputation and strength abroad. Although the grain merchants broke the contract, they didn't want to offend Song Kai completely, so he told him the reason for their breach of contract.

Lin Chen didn't know why these grain merchants had broken the contract until after hearing the words of the grain merchants. It turned out that all this was a ghost behind the island country, to be precise, it was a ghost behind the island country's Matsui Group.

The 400 million tons of grain that Song Kai originally set at twice the price has now been cut by the island country’s Matsui Group at five times the price. Not only that, even the liquidated damages paid by these grain merchants to Song Kai are also paid by the Matsui Group. .

Hearing this, Song Kai could also understand why these grain merchants had breached the contract so neatly.

Not only did they not have to pay a penny if they breached the contract, but they could also make five times the profit. No matter who it was, it would be difficult to resist this temptation.

Not to mention that foreigners are very contractual?

These words are all shit, and if you have the spirit of contract, the price you offer is not enough.

In foreign countries, interests are the first priority, and what face and contracts are placed behind money and interests.

After learning the reason, Song Kai did not entangle himself, because he knew that even though he was entangled, it was useless, and that he was paid double the penalty for breach of contract. Even if this matter went to court, he would not be able to win the lawsuit.

Moreover, this matter seemed unnecessary to Song Kai. He needs more food in the future, and he still needs to cooperate with these big grain merchants. The trouble is too ugly now.

Although these grain merchants breached the contract, the root of the matter was not in these grain merchants, but in the island country's Matsui Group.

Perhaps out of embarrassment, the grain merchant who breached the contract told Song Kai another news that the island country’s Matsui Group had purchased almost all the grain that could be traded on the market this year at five times the price.

When Song Kai heard the news, he was completely shocked. No wonder he suddenly couldn't buy food on the market. It turned out that they were all bought by the island country's Matsui Group.

Song Kai didn't dare to neglect the news, and then hurriedly flew to Xia Guo and told Lin Chen the news.

Lin Chen’s task for him was to purchase 800 million tons of grain before the end of the year and increase this year’s grain reserves to 2 billion tons, but the Matsui Group suddenly went across the board. This year’s task is highly unlikely to be completed. Because New Year's Day is only two days away.

Four hundred million tons of food, two days' time, it is not that Song Kai didn't believe in himself, but that he really couldn't finish it.

What's more, all the grain on the market this year has been purchased by the Matsui Group. Even if he has money, he can't buy grain now.

Unless his price can be higher than the Matsui Group, but Song Kai feels that this is too uneconomical.

"Have you found out why the Matsui Group suddenly bought so much food in large quantities? Also, has the Matsui Group found the source of funds for buying so much food?"

After listening to Song Kai's account, Lin Chen did not blame him, because Song Kai was not to blame for this matter.

Although Lin Chen needs a large amount of food reserves to cope with the asteroid crisis two years later, in his opinion, it is really not worthwhile to spend five times the price to buy food.

Before the flood disaster, the price of food on the world market, taking rice as an example, was only four hundred dollars a ton. After the flood disaster, the price of rice once rose to 1,500 U.S. dollars per ton. Even if it has fallen back, the price of rice has remained at 1,000 U.S. dollars per ton.

Matsui Group bought it at five times the price, which is five thousand dollars a ton. Even if Lin Chen needed food, the price was really outrageous.

On the world market now, there are probably tens of billions of tons of grain traded every year. These tens of billions of tons of grain, even at five times the price given by the Matsui Group, cannot be purchased in full.

Even if the Matsui Group wants to buy them all, it is impossible for those grain merchants to sell them all to the Matsui Group, because this also involves national interests.

Even if it is not all purchased, at least 60% of the food produced this year has fallen into the hands of the Matsui Group.

Sixty percent, that is, more than six billion tons of rice. Once all of this amount of rice is transported to the island country, the crisis of food shortage in the island country will no longer exist.

This situation is not what Lin Chen wants to see.

If these grains were successfully transported to the island country, everything that Lin Chen had done in the past eight years would be in vain.

In Lin Chen's view, grain cannot be transported to the island country anyway.

Now Lin Chen is curious about where the Matsui Group has so much funds to buy these grains.

One ton of rice is five thousand dollars, and six billion tons of rice is thirty trillion dollars.

Although the Matsui Group is a large SS-level group with a market value of several hundred billion, it is impossible to come up with one-tenth of the market value in cash at once. It's definitely not that simple here.

"It was found out that the grain was not actually purchased by the Matsui Group, but the island government purchased it in the name of the Matsui Group. The source of funds for the Matsui Group to purchase the grain was also found out. The money was not actually provided by the Matsui Group."

Having said that, Song Kai paused for a while, and then continued.

"The island government contributed part of these funds, and this part accounted for about one-tenth. Then the Matsui Group contributed 40% of the funds, and the remaining half was jointly funded by the major consortia of the island countries.. ...."

Song Kai told Lin Chen in detail all the news he had inquired about during this period.

The first time Song Kai learned that the Matsui Group had intercepted himself, Song Kai started investigating the news at a high price.

Although this information is confidential, no matter how secret it is, it is nothing to money. In foreign countries, as long as you have money, you are God.

This information was obtained by Song Kai from a cabinet official in the island country at a cost of more than 500 million U.S. dollars. And this cabinet official is specifically responsible for the food security of island countries.

Song Kai not only spent money to inquire, but he also used his own intelligence organization to inquire, and the two were combined for verification. Only then did he have these words to Lin Chen.

"One more thing, the Matsui Group's sudden large-scale purchase of food this time was also deliberately targeted at me."

"Intentionally targeting you. Why? Did they discover your identity?"

Lin Chen was also surprised when Song Kai said this suddenly.

Song Kai’s identity is very secret, it is impossible for the people of the Matsui Group to discover it, and the company that Song Kai established is also independent and has no connection with Chenyi Agricultural Company. Why did the Matsui Group suddenly target Song Kai?

"I found it but I didn't find it. In my opinion, it may be that I bought too much food this year, and it was also shipped to Harbour City for storage. In their opinion, maybe I have some kind of relationship between Xia Guo."

Song Kai explained.

"Well, just ignore this, as long as they don't find your true identity. Although they haven't found it now, we have to guard against this in the future. You can't fly back to Xia country frequently in the future. After all, you are abroad now. My identity is not ordinary. Too frequent will attract the attention of interested people. In the future, we will contact you through the Internet, and I will configure a special mobile phone for each of you."

"Ok."

"In addition, you continue to explore the source of funds of the Matsui Group."

Even if the Matsui Group only accounts for 40% of it, it will cost 12 trillion U.S. dollars. In Lin Chen's view, it is impossible for the Matsui Group to have such a large cash flow.

If the Matsui Group really took out so much cash, there would definitely be a problem with their group's capital flow, and this would give Lin Chen a chance.

Lin Chen especially hopes that the Matsui Group will put out the cash reserved by his group, so that he can carry out his own plan.

"Yes, I have let the people under my staff inquire, but it's difficult. But we might as well give it a try, maybe we can get the answer we want."

Song Kai knew what Lin Chen wanted him to do that's why he said that.

"Yes, you can tell Ren Chuan after you go back, you can let him join some Wall Street funds to test the reality of the Matsui Group. If things are really as we expected, then give Matsui a lot of money at all costs. The group came all at once, not to mention making it hurt, but at least it also caused him a heavy loss." Lin Chen ordered.

In Lin Chen's view, since the Matsui Group dared to take the lead in blocking his food reserve plan, it must be prepared to be counter-attacked by itself.

Regardless of the purpose of the Matsui Group, it has destroyed Lin Chen's grain storage plan, and this is what irritates Lin Chen the most.

Okay, didn't you, Matsui Group, bought all the grains in the market, but I didn't let you transport these grains to the island countries.

Lin Chen had already made up his mind in his heart. He was going to give the Matsui Group a ruthless one, and by the way, he also cooperated with Ren Chuan's actions. This time he will not only hurt the Matsui Group, but also the island government.

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