Chapter 840 (1/2)

Matthew gria, former CEO of sunrice company in Australia, is now CEO of new Hainong, a subsidiary of futuren group.

Some time ago, futuren group's acquisition of sunrice's assets was stopped by Cargill of the United States, and the rich futuren group immediately launched an offensive against sunrice. Due to the rich conditions offered by futuren group, and Matthew himself was quite optimistic about the prospect of seabed planting, he accepted the olive branch thrown by futuren group without much hesitation.

And after taking office, he did give full play to his professional ability and managed the new Hainong company which was established less than half a year.

After Jiang Chen returned to Coro island from Manila, the first thing he did was to find the CEO of the new Hainong. Although agriculture accounts for a low proportion of the income of the subsidiaries of futuren group, he has always regarded agriculture as a key project.

Agriculture is directly related to the living cost of the new people and indirectly related to the political stability of the new country under his control.

At the moment, in the office of futureman building, Jiang Chen is listening to Matthew gria's report on new Hainong's recent work.

“…… The 400000 Mu seabed planting area of xinhainong has been fully developed. The total income in the first quarter is estimated to be 43.7 million US dollars, accounting for 56% and 37% of the market share of Penglai City and Xinguo agricultural trade market. According to the analysis of the market research department, there is a big gap in the market of soybean, tea, coffee, cocoa beans and other economic crops in New China. In the next quarter, we are going to open up the cultivation of this kind of crops and increase the cultivated land by 500000 mu. ”

After listening to Matthew gria's report, Jiang Chen nodded and said.

”It's OK to add 500000 mu of arable land, but I have different opinions about it for planting cash crops.”

Although the plan was questioned by the chairman, Matthew gria did not show any frustration.

In the past, when he was CEO of sunrice, the most important thing he did every day was to persuade the board of directors who didn't understand the market to nod. The shareholder structure of futuren group is single. Jiang Chen alone represents the whole board of directors. It is much easier to persuade one person than to persuade a group of people. Therefore, he explained patiently.

”Planting cash crops is absolutely in line with the current market demand of the new country. Moreover, the company's technology department has confirmed that it is technically feasible to plant cash crops on the seabed planting base. If you have any doubts about this proposal, I can provide you with a global and domestic market research report and industry analysis document tomorrow. ”

”No, you misunderstood me,” Jiang Chen shook his head with a smile. ”I don't mean that there is anything wrong with planting cash crops, but there is no need for cash crops to be planted under the sea. I have 15 million mu of plantations in the Philippines, which have been allocated to the name of new Hainong through the Bank of futuren in the form of custody assets. The procedures will be completed in about three days. ”

Fifteen million mu!

Jiang Chen's understatement, however, set off a storm in Matthew's heart.

Others may not understand, but as a former CEO of Australia's rice monopoly, he knows the cultivated land area of Southeast Asian countries. Fifteen million mu of plantation, equivalent to 10000 square kilometers, is almost equivalent to one tenth of the total cultivated land area of the Philippines!

When did futuren group have such a strong relationship with the Philippines?

Does the Philippine Congress allow foreign enterprises to control such a large amount of cultivated land?

After a while, Matthew came to his senses and restrained his surprised expression.

”I'm sorry, I've lost my temper.”

”It's OK.” Jiang Chen chuckled carelessly and handed back the plan on the table to his hand. ”I understand your surprise, but it's the truth. The seafloor planting area of xinhainong is still dominated by food crops. We can plant cash crops in overseas plantations. We have reached an agreement with the government of Moro on a light industrial park focusing on food processing. Future human biology and Xinglong food are now building food processing plants in Mindanao