Chapter 513 (1/2)
”Yes, if you eat that kind of soil, at least you won't starve immediately.”
Cut off a fresh steak again. Zheng Jianguo put it in his mouth and chewed it. Camille's previous words stabbed him in the heart. With his current wealth, he can certainly buy millions of tons of grain and transport it back.
However, the consequences of doing so will be thankless. What we want at home must be American knives, while what we want abroad is uncertain. Of course, with this idea, an old news came out of Zheng Jianguo's mind: ”last year, Carter seemed to cancel the Soviet order of 17 million tons of grain?”
As Zheng Jianguo's memory emerged, more memories began to appear in his mind. Similarly, due to the weather, the Soviet Union reduced grain production by one fifth in 1979 and needed to import 17 million tons of grain to solve the problem.
As the US Soviet relations eased before, the Soviet planned to import this batch of food from the United States, but the plan did not change quickly. By the end of 1979, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan led to the jump of the United States. Carter decided to carry out an economic blockade, so this batch of orders failed and pushed the farmers into the arms of the actor candidates.
However, unlike Carter, who jumped from his feet, other allies of the United States did not want to expand the economic blockade, but just took advantage of Carter's failed policy to sell domestic food to the Soviet Union.
After Carter recovered and began to ease the policy of looking in the mirror, because the labor cost of the Allies was much lower than that of the United States, and the price of food sold was much lower, the Soviets could not afford to buy expensive ones instead of cheap ones.
In addition, Zheng Jianguo did not know where to see or hear that this year's American food harvest was good. Carter finally incurred a disastrous defeat after offending American farmers: on the election day that ended last week, Carter won only 6 of the 50 states and Washington, and the actor candidate won the votes of the remaining 44 states.
At this time, it was no fun for Carter to lift the food embargo on the Soviet Union.
Of course, from these things, Zheng Jianguo did not only see the current domestic floods and droughts and man-made disasters in Africa. He also saw that the reduction of food production in the Soviet Union led to large-scale imports.
With some pictures in my memory, I know that the condition that can support such a large-scale import is the oil price that is close to $40 now.
What if the oil price falls below $10?
Does the Soviet still have the money to import so much grain to solve the domestic crop failure?
Fortunately, the idea just flashed through Zheng Jianguo's mind. He has too many things to worry about now: ”I'm going to let the people in the TV station follow the Gastroenterology Society to take some films there, and then let the charity do some charity in the follow-up.”
”I listen to you. I'll do whatever you want me to do.”
After picking up his long eyebrows, Camille said with a smile. When Zheng Jianguo nodded, old John went back and forth: ”Sir, Miss Li Nanying can't come today. She will come at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning.”
”OK, call Charlie and let him come back. I have something to find him. By the way, how much is the wheat now? A bushel.”
Zheng Jianguo flashed the cheeks of Li Nanying and her girlfriend Gina bulsi in his mind. After saying that again, old John turned and left. When he came back, the three had already eaten: ”Sir, Charlie said he would take the Concorde to New York tomorrow morning. Now the price of wheat is 3 dollars and 76 cents a bushel.”
”That's less than 14 cents per kilogram?”
A simple conversion flashed through his mind. Zheng Jianguo came to the United States for such a long time. He also knew that the unit of grain traders was bushel, 27.216 kilograms per bushel, and twenty-one cents per kilogram converted into RMB according to the exchange rate.
Of course, this is the normal exchange rate. In terms of the scarcity of the US dollar, it will increase four or five times, which is almost the same as that there is no food ticket to buy commodity food in China.
However, we still need shipping charges. This price is only FOB rather than CIF. Although the shipping market is declining year by year, the old saying is that you don't sell rice for thousands of miles?
Buy wheat from the United States, pull it to the Republic, process it into compressed biscuits, and then pull it to Africa, which will turn the earth?
Zheng Jianguo suddenly found that this charity is not easy to do?
And Titanic 2 is looking for a shipping hosting company?
Can we talk to the new boat king?
In his mind, Zheng Jianguo suddenly found that Camille was looking at himself. He couldn't help shaking his head: ”what's the matter?”
”I feel you have a mind.”
He continued to pick his eyebrows. Camille stretched out his hand and took Zheng Jianguo's arm. Unexpectedly, he turned his hand over and grabbed her hand. He said, ”when will your class begin? Allow others to see it? ”
”Oh, just take us there. You are not allowed to watch. If you chat with other parents outside, I'm afraid you will feel boring.”
Sticking out his finger and scratching it in Zheng Jianguo's hand, Camille said softly on his face, and Zheng Jianguo smiled: ”I thought I could see you learn ballet.”
”I'll show you later.”
With his head tilted and his mouth pursed, Camille smiled affectionately. Camille remembered Joanna next to him after saying that. He couldn't help giving Zheng Jianguo a look you know: ”let's go to the movies? They say ”God is crazy” is good. ”
”It's better to watch Alien. That film is too stupid.”
Joanna suddenly opened her mouth to interrupt the two people who were in the middle of the affair, but Camille looked at them with a question mark on her face: ”you also go to see it with us?”
”Of course, don't you forget how your mother and Zheng agreed?”
When Joanna shook her head, Zheng Jianguo looked at the watch on her wrist, looked at Camille and said, ”it's time for you to start. You two can discuss what to see in the next time -”
For movies, to be exact, film and television dramas, Zheng Jianguo has no desire to see at all. Of course, this does not prevent him and Camille from enjoying the feeling of two people's world: ”I feel that if the three of us go to the movies, we have to become onlookers on us.”
”Aren't you happy?”
As if aware of Zheng Jianguo's dispensable idea, Camille, who has reached the door, stopped and turned his head. It seems that he took her hand and continued to walk forward: ”as long as I have you, I will be happy.”
”Well, me too!”
After blinking, Camille's doubts disappeared. Soon, he and Joanna took Zheng Jianguo's car to the ballet school on the Third Avenue not far from next door. Unexpectedly, Taylor and Naomi were already waiting here: ”Mom -”
”Ms. Taylor, Ms. Naomi.”