Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 494 Food Wars
New York, Titan Americas headquarters.

CEO's office.

Old Brooks and Old Smith stared at the Titan 2005 press conference on the big screen, their faces ashen. The conference was hosted by Yu Sanyuan.

When the company was first established, Yu Sanyuan and two others developed a marketing plan because the company lacked brand recognition.

The plan first used a Titan promotional video to create a sense of urgency globally.

The black fat man is a real person.

Advanced weaponry does exist.

The battle footage does not appear to be faked.

No matter how you analyze it, the steel megacity is real.

This then evokes images of prehistoric civilizations, alien ruins, and extraterrestrial planets.

It quickly made many things clear.

No wonder Red Sea pirates dared to raid the Lis Town nuclear power plant owned by Sanyuan Agriculture.

No wonder the Red Sea pirates were never eradicated despite the attacks from the North American fleet.

It turns out that the Red Sea pirates received technological support from an unknown civilization.

At this point, Yu Sanyuan leaked the news that 25 North American troops had landed in Africa.

Although North America's seizure of Falde's controlled territory in Africa was unknown to outsiders, the logistical support for its 25-strong army was no small matter.

Ships come and go, and transport planes operate day and night.

These observations, in the eyes of outsiders, almost confirm the content of the Titan promotional video.

What can prevent extraterrestrial civilizations from invading?

A virus from some prehistoric ruin is about to trigger a global biohazard crisis.

Titan Corporation, located at the eye of the storm, inevitably became the focus of global attention, and was even hailed by extremists, apocryphal thinkers, and others as humanity's last hope.

According to statistics, the number of people watching the Titan 2005 launch event online reached 35 billion.

This was undoubtedly a very successful world-class marketing campaign.

Titan's products, in particular, lived up to expectations.

Cutting-edge full-screen smartphones, cutting-edge AI-powered PCs, cutting-edge whole-house smart home systems, cutting-edge dual-use (military and civilian) equipment...
Furthermore, compared to SY's military-grade quality, Titan's products are all "military-to-civilian" products, possessing not only military-grade quality but also a full range of military applications.

It's safe to say that the Titan products will sell like hotcakes thanks to the tense atmosphere created by the Titan promotional video.

Unexpectedly, Yu Sanyuan bundled Titan products with the three product lines.

The kitchen's three-meal module can only recognize three-element food products; indoor monitoring only supports three-element communication networks; and dual-use equipment must use a three-system combat platform...
If Titan products were to enter the Americas and sweep the entire market, food companies like Kraft Foods, General Mills, Tyson Foods, Mars, Coca-Cola, Kellogg's, and Hershey's would probably be pointing fingers and criticizing the two.

If we consider the impact Titan Corporation had on North American mobile phone brands, North American computer brands, and North American home appliance brands...
This is equivalent to Yu Sanyuan using Titan Corporation to help the two brothers stir up a hornet's nest, attracting a large group of enemies.

Furthermore, Unilever, owned by George R.R. Smith, and Heinz, Nestlé, and Coneglia Foods, controlled by Smith through ADM, will also be impacted.

In summary, Yu Sanyuan used Titan Corporation to launch a full-scale attack on the American food market.

Old Brooks and Old Smith only had two choices.

One option is to abandon the investment of hundreds of billions of dollars in Titan Corporation, and the two brothers will face Morgan and the oil tycoon head-on, which could very likely lead to their family's ruin.

Secondly, we persuaded Yu Sanyuan to include products from companies such as Ralph Foods, General Mills, and Tyson Foods in the Titan Kitchen module's identification system, treating everyone equally.

However, at the same price point, Sanyuan Foods has a unique advantage.

Tasty, all-natural, pollution-free, hormone-free, antibiotic-free, pesticide-free, chemical-free, using pure plant-based additives...
So, what can America Foods Company use to compete with Sanyuan Foods?
However, imposing tariffs on Sanyuan Foods would inevitably affect cooperation between the US and China, as well as cooperation between the US and China, and consequently affect the global situation.

Therefore, this is a required question.

The two brothers could only choose the second option, and then watched helplessly as Yu Sanyuan crushed American Foods.

Old Smith complained, "I said before that negotiating with Yu Sanyuan is like asking a tiger for its skin."

“You’ve offended old Morgan, and I’ve offended the oil tycoon. This is a war between new forces and old conglomerates within federal capital. We have no choice but to cooperate with Yu Sanyuan.”

After sighing, Old Bush showed no trace of his previous confrontational attitude. He picked up his wine glass and gestured to Old Smith, "However, our investments in the food sector have been decreasing year by year. As long as we keep the American food companies in check and don't affect our overall strategy, including letting the wolf into the house and using Titan Company, which is controlled by Yu Sanyuan, to take down the technology companies of the Morgan and oil tycoon factions."

"After eliminating him, how do we expel Yu Sanyuan?"

"It's already 05, and in two more years there will be a new round of elections for North American governor. At that time, this will be a problem for your democratic faction."

"You have quite the plan."

The reconciliation between Smith and Bush was mainly due to the Republican faction, led by Bush, deciding to forgo the next round of elections, allowing the Democratic faction to field its own proxy.

Of course, behind this was also the increasingly complex international situation, which led Bush to decide to focus on developing his home base.

Or, instead of vying for control of North America, it would be better to relinquish some federal interests and then, like the Tripartite Agriculture movement, establish a super-landlord system dominated by the Old Brett family in Texas.

In this way, even if North America and the East break apart in the future, Texas can still maintain trade relations with Sanyuan Agriculture and achieve sustainable development.

Old Smith understood Old Brooks's intentions, but financial capital couldn't operate that way. He needed to leverage North American hegemony to achieve global financial integration and then launch his revenge plan.

As for whom to seek revenge...
Morgan Sr., the oil tycoon, Brooks, Yu Sanyuan, Walton Jr., Rothschild, Zahi Warburg, and many others were all targets.

Old Bush, unaware of Old Smith's thoughts, remained silent for a moment before speaking: "If American Foods wants to join the Titan Kitchen module, Yu Sanyuan's approval is still required. As investors in Titan Corporation, to ensure federal interests, it would be best for us to talk to Yu Sanyuan in person."

"Just to my liking."

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March 8th is Women's Day.

Titan (Eastern) Headquarters.

Early in the morning, Yu Yang presented each of the women in the company with a carefully prepared bouquet of flowers and a cake.

The young, unmarried girls are very unhappy.

Yu Yang then gathered everyone in the conference room for a public criticism.

What is a woman?

"Women are defined as women over the age of 14. Aren't you women? Are you men?"

"Women's Day is a commemorative day to uphold gender equality, combat illegal and criminal acts that infringe upon women's rights in accordance with the law, safeguard women's legitimate rights and interests, and continuously promote social fairness and justice."

"If you yourselves dislike the term 'woman,' how can you expect society to be more tolerant of you?"

"Everyone should write a 2000-word self-criticism and post it on the bulletin board in the lobby on the first floor. I will check it tomorrow morning."

The young women, looking like wilted eggplants, replied, "Yes, Chairman Yu."

"louder please!"

"Yes, Chairman Yu!"

Yu Yang picked up his thermos with satisfaction and walked into the Titan chairman's office.

Factory Secretary's Work Report:

"Chairman Yu, the plan for Sanyuan Foods to expand its production capacity has been fully launched."

As he spoke, he demonstrated the supply chain of Sanyuan Foods.

In addition to traditional chilled meat, dried goods, and snacks.

This year, we added 'semi-finished chilled products'.

For example, grilled sausages.

Some are ready to eat after heating, while others are pre-processed by Sanyuan Foods so you can bake them directly after buying them. Some also come with the main ingredients and additives for sausages all in one package, along with a simple processing device so you can make your own sausages according to your needs after buying them.

For example, chicken. It can be pre-cooked and frozen, and customers can buy it, thaw it, and then stir-fry it for 10 minutes before eating.

There's also Sanyuan Foods pre-processing, which you can buy and add ingredients according to your needs before stir-frying.

There are also chicken pieces and seasoning packets, and you can choose your own cooking method.

Then there are marinated roasted chicken pieces, marinated fried chicken pieces, marinated chicken cartilage, marinated chicken cartilage... Just buy them and put them in the Titan air fryer or the Titan microwave oven, set the time, and they're ready to use.

For example, fish and shrimp.

Frozen shrimp, pre-treated/marinated fried shrimp, fried and quick-frozen shrimp...

Frozen small yellow croaker, pre-treated/marinated small yellow croaker, fried small yellow croaker...

In addition, there are frozen dumplings, frozen shrimp balls, frozen fish balls, frozen steaks, frozen pizzas...
In general, the living standards of families in rural towns in the past were limited. It was already considered quite good if they could afford a television, refrigerator, and air conditioner.

With rising wages and the widespread adoption of three-dimensional electronics, inexpensive televisions, refrigerators, air conditioners, and water dispensers have entered thousands of households, and even the Bawang all-in-one computer, priced at 698 yuan, has become commonplace.

The next step is naturally to refine the details of home appliances.

Microwave oven, oven, air fryer, electric griddle, rice cooker, small steamer...
This is called boosting consumption.

To boost consumption, we must first stimulate domestic demand.

Like ordinary farmers, a stove and an electric cooker are enough to solve their three meals a day.

They rarely buy ovens, microwaves, or air fryers.

But as wages rose, prices began to rise.

For example, in the village, you used to be able to buy a big bag of fried chicken for 3 yuan, but now it costs 5 yuan.

And rumors began circulating in the farmers' market:
'Fried chicken shops reuse oil repeatedly'

'I recently ate fried chicken and got diarrhea and cracked corners of my mouth.'

'At Sanyuan Cold Store, you can buy a large bag of fried chicken nuggets for 2 yuan, with more freebies for larger purchases, but an air fryer is required.'

"Air fryers are so useful! Not only can you fry chicken, but you can also grill sausages, chicken wings..."

At Sanyuan Pharmacy, customers can redeem an air fryer using points.

"Let me tell you, this Titan air fryer has a huge capacity; you can bake pizzas and toast bread."

Believe it or not, there will definitely be people who buy air fryers, and then buy semi-finished fried chicken nuggets, fried chicken wings, and chilled sausages.

The same reason.

Buy a microwave oven and get a free electric griddle.

"These are hand-pulled pancakes specifically for electric griddles. Just buy them, put them in the fridge, and in the morning—no need to thaw—just toss them in the griddle, set the timer, crack an egg on top, and in two or three minutes, take them out, squeeze on some salad dressing. Isn't that healthier than eating fried dough sticks?"

'Electric griddle-specific egg pancakes, beef pies, chive and egg pies, and meat-filled buns...'

Microwave-safe meat buns, donkey meat sandwiches, chicken rolls...

After the factory secretary finished the demonstration, he said, "It is estimated that the output of semi-finished chilled products this year will reach 5.7 million tons, and the market size is expected to grow to 9500 billion yuan."

"If Sanyuan Foods, along with Titan products, successfully enters the Americas and Europe, its overall output will triple and the market size is expected to grow by 5 to 10 times."

"To ensure production capacity, the three major aquatic product companies, namely the 10,000-head pig breeding base, grain-fed beef, Heshi chicken farm, and Pingdonghu, have decided to set up breeding bases and slaughtering centers in the west and further monopolize the European market by taking advantage of the Eurasian high-speed rail."

At this time.

Old Brooks and Old Smith entered the office one after the other.

Yu Yang must have known about the two brothers' arrival, and deliberately let them in without having anyone announce their arrival.

Old Bu said irritably, "Yu, your wishful thinking about Sanyuan Foods has really messed with us."

"Tit for tat. You launched an invasion of Africa, seized the territory controlled by Fad, and pushed the front line all the way to the Chad Basin, scaring thousands of my cattle and sheep to death."

"What a joke! If I scare your cattle and sheep to death, I'll eat as many as they die."

"But the fact remains that your battle lines are right at my doorstep."

"We are partners, so being close by means we can look out for each other."

Yu Yang understood that the North American troops had gone to the Chad Basin to block the West African 21st Army Group and prevent West Africa from aiding Fade.

But Fade is not making any moves at the moment, so there's no need for the emperor to be in a hurry while the eunuchs are anxious.

After Old Bu sat down, he stated his purpose: "I hope Titan products can identify American food."

“Collecting big data is very troublesome. It involves not only manpower and material resources, but also writing corresponding programs and building corresponding databases... all of these cost money.”

Old Bu was slightly taken aback. "Yu, don't joke around, is it really that complicated?"

"It's more troublesome than you think."

As Yu Yang spoke, he took out the prepared PPT, “Just like watermelons, different varieties have different patterns, different sizes, and different shapes. If you want to identify them accurately, you must have a data collection and data accumulation process. Guess how long it took our family to do this?”

To be honest, it's been almost three years.

In this process, including building and training large models, it would take at least tens of millions of dollars.

You're expecting me to include tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of food products from North America in just one sentence, and even differentiate between the three food groups and the American food group... Dude, you really don't understand science.

Old Bu: "..."

"To put it bluntly, you are lagging behind in the field of big data, lagging behind Sanyuan Agriculture by 3 to 5 years. This is a generational gap that is very difficult to catch up with, especially since Sanyuan Agriculture is still sprinting forward."

Old Smith asked curiously, "Don't sausages and chicken wings all look the same?"

"Different ingredients result in different colors for sausages; different preparation methods result in different thicknesses and sizes for sausages; different marinating methods for chicken wings result in different colors and flavors; different breeds of chicken result in different sizes of chicken wings... There are significant differences between Sanyuan Foods and North American food."

Yu Yang didn't rule out the possibility of this, saying, "However, it's not impossible to include North American food in the identification system."

Old Bu understood. "Use a three-line production line and input North American ingredients and production methods?"

"Yes, record it from the source, and then attach an independent label after processing, so that the Titan Kitchen system can identify it... Just like eggs, you can put a code on the shell and definitely distinguish between the three types of eggs and American eggs when you use them."

"This would be too costly, and I'm afraid North American food manufacturers wouldn't agree to it."

"Then let them launch their own kitchen module and compete with Titan Corporation."

Sanyuan Foods is not a single company, but an entire industry chain.

If the federal government does not intervene, Yu Yang is confident of victory against the fragmented North American food industry.

If the federal government intervenes, we will not back down either, because then we will have an excuse to expel North American food from Asia and Europe.

Old Bu thought he could resolve the North American food issue today, but he never expected it to be so complicated.

Yu Yang glanced at his Titan digital watch. "It's time for training. Shall we go to the staff activity center together?"

"Yu, while good health is important, is it necessary to practice every day?"

"You don't understand. When firearms become ineffective, physical fitness is the only standard for measuring strength."

"???"

Old Brooks and Old Smith were completely dumbfounded.

Yu Yang patted Chang Fu on the shoulder, "If global hot weapons become ineffective, who in the world can beat me with that fat guy?"

"···"

"So my family is researching how to disable global thermal weapons and how to return the whole world to a primitive society."

"Are you out of your mind?!"

(End of this chapter)