Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 506 Economic Globalization

Titan Corporation headquarters.

After saying goodbye to Yu Yang, Welch wandered around with the two little girls.

From Building A, then Building B, then Building C, then Building D, then Building E, Building F, then Building G...

From staffing and professional ethics to departmental classification, salary and benefits, and even administration and corporate culture...

From front-end development of electronic devices, such as visual presentation, interaction logic, and cross-device compatibility, to back-end development, such as data processing, business logic, and system security, and further to marketing, such as product promotion, public relations, and reputation building...

As evening approached, Welch enjoyed a super-luxurious employee meal (Sanyuan High-Tech Staff Canteen).

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall in Golden Broth, Smoked Prawns with Longjing Tea, Pearl Scallops with Truffle Sauce, Black Pepper Roasted Foie Gras with Three-Ingredient Apple Sauce, Steamed Pearl Chicken with Crab Roe and Glutinous Rice, Lobster Balls with Auspicious Flowers...

'Fuck, this is even more lavish than the $2 master-level luxury meal I booked in North America.'

Looking at the self-service food counter and then at the food on his plate, Welch felt an even stronger sense of unease that had been building since he stepped into Titan headquarters.

In a daze, everything in front of me seemed not to be a foreign company, nor an Eastern company, but the headquarters of Sanyuan.

However, he had visited Sanyuan Agriculture, Sanyuan Heavy Industry, and Sanyuan High-Tech.

Sanyuan Chemical, Sanyuan Daily Chemical, Sanyuan Pharmaceutical, and Sanyuan Pharmaceutical Industry are located in Xintai City; Sanyuan Electronics, Sanyuan Technology, and Sanyuan Semiconductor are located in Hong Kong; Sanyuan Electronics Industry, Sanyuan Electronics Enterprise, and Sanyuan Communication Network Company are located in Puyang...

Across the street is MT Group, and next to it is Sanyuan High-Tech.

Clearly, Yu Sanyuan did not impersonate Titan Company with the three companies.

However, everything before my eyes was too perfect!
The accounts were flawless, the employees were impeccable, and the compensation was world-class.

Welch forced down his increasingly strong sense of unease, finished his staff dinner, said goodbye to the young woman who had accompanied him on the tour, and headed straight to the Puyang Electronic Industrial Park to visit Stephen.

Stephen was originally the head of the Morgan Group in Europe and one of the Morgan Group's agents.

In late 01, the Morgan Group, together with Sanyuan Agriculture, launched a decapitation operation against Jewish capital in Europe. Stephen, under the arrangement of his father Morgan, fled to Shili Camp for refuge and was responsible for developing the Asia-Pacific market.

Since then, the Morgan Group has been working closely with Sanyuan Agriculture.

For example, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley are responsible for the global settlement business of the three groups; the three groups help the Morgan consortium expand the US dollar market.

For example, GE contributed its third-generation nuclear energy technology, next-generation PLCs, and host computer systems to help Sanyuan Heavy Industry achieve automation and intelligentization. Sanyuan Building Materials provided GE with various rare metals and new materials, helping GE achieve a leading edge in the industry.

Another option is covert cooperation.

比如通用动力向三元重工提供美式战机的技术、方案、图纸；三元重工帮摩根财团打造绝对领先的美式武备，包括高性能F-111A的引擎、高性能F16XL的引擎、俄亥俄级核潜艇的反应堆、朱姆沃特级驱逐舰的动力系统、XM1113增程式导弹的推进剂、BLU-109穿透炸弹的填装药、M61火神航炮的材料···

As the cooperation deepened, both Morgan Stanley and Yu Sanyuan were very clear that although they were each other's biggest competitors, if they were to fight, the mother planet might not be completely destroyed, but it would definitely be picked up by EU capital, European Judean capital, Ice Bear Capital, and the West Asian Alliance.

Therefore, the two sides are like two village bullies. If they want to live more comfortably, they can only coexist peacefully and then use capital games to continuously plunder EU capital, European Judean capital, Ice Bear capital, and West Asian alliance. Then, they can use the plundered wealth to squeeze each other's living space, and finally disintegrate, devour, and digest each other.

In this process, if Morgan and Yu Sanyuan want to ensure that there are only a few "players", they must control the overall situation and make the world develop at their own pace.

Therefore, if South Vietnam, West Asia, and West Africa betray the Sanyuan Agriculture or develop a peaceful world, old Morgan will destroy them with Yu Sanyuan's tacit approval.

If countries like Japan and NATO betray North America or develop a peaceful world, Yu Sanyuan, with the tacit approval of old Morgan, will implement food supply cuts, economic attacks, and decapitation strikes to indirectly destroy them.

In short, the Morgan Group and the Three Capitals Group both compete and cooperate.

They might be brothers today, or they might turn on each other and force an S3 launch tomorrow.

Regardless of how one interprets the relationship between the two parties, the Morgan Group and Sanyuan Agriculture are currently getting along fairly well.

For example, Stephen.

During his time in Shiliying, in addition to being in charge of the above-mentioned business, he also supported a young man from the East who was reselling memory chips in the Hangaixi Electronic Market.

With the covert support of the Morgan financial group, the teenager, posing as an ordinary person, established a local Eastern electronics brand - Orange Technology.

Juzi Technology will launch similar products as long as they are available on the market, regardless of whether they are from the East or the West, and then distribute them at a lower price.

Examples include the Orange Edition 3 Series handheld console, the Orange Edition all-in-one PC, the Orange 3G phone, the Orange System based on Android, the Orange UI based on the 3 Series Chinese system, and the Orange AI Input Method...

These items cannot be considered high-quality imitations, knockoffs, or pirated products, because Orange Technology can obtain almost all technology licenses.

If there is no infringement and taxes are paid normally, the product is naturally genuine.

Furthermore, Orange imitates both Eastern and Western brands in its marketing.

For example, establishing Orange brand flagship stores in first- and second-tier cities in the Asia-Pacific region, setting up Orange online stores and live-streaming e-commerce platforms on the global internet and Sanyuan Communications network, donating funds for the Western Development Strategy, and donating schools to impoverished and underdeveloped areas in the East...

Now, four years later, Orange Technology remains low-key and unassuming, neither competing nor vying for market share, which is strictly controlled at 5% to 8% in various fields.

You can say that the three handheld consoles and identity cards of the three series, which have not been updated for more than two years, are very outdated; you can say that MT Company's lineage is impure after going public in North America; you can say that the popular Titan brand is registered overseas and is a comprador enterprise; you can say that brands such as Weihua, ZTE, and Herl are disappointing; you can also say that South Korean Samsung, Japanese NEC, Sony Ericsson, Obi, Apple, etc. are foreign products.

But you decide you can't find a single bad thing about the orange.

If I had to use a few adjectives, it would be niche, exquisite, silky smooth, and of guaranteed quality...
Of course, it's not exactly great either.

Because its screen can't compare to those of South Korean and Samsung consoles, its app compatibility can't match Titan's, its system smoothness can't match MT's, its AI intelligence can't match the three handheld series, and its price-performance ratio can't match Obi...
Simply put, this is a strategy of subtly penetrating the market.

I sit and watch the tides rise and fall, remaining steadfast and unyielding.

When the storm has passed, gold will always shine.

Therefore, Stephen's abilities are still very strong.

At least the Morgan Group's strategy of entering the East was achieved, and it did not become a target of public criticism.

···
West Third Ring Road, Puyang Electronic Industrial Park.

Central Business District - Puyang CBD.

Morgan Stanley (Asia Pacific) Headquarters Building.

Stephen, as the regional head of the Morgan Group, personally went downstairs to greet Welch, who was the president of the group.

The two had a good personal relationship. After hugging each other, they chatted and laughed as they arrived at the office on the 46th floor.

"Brother Welch, how's the investigation into Titan's accounts going?"

"It's terrible, there's not a single flaw."

Welch complained and continued, "The animals in the intelligence report are paid without working, which is actually part of the corporate culture, also known as the 'group pet,' used to relieve the tense atmosphere in the office; the hundreds of thousands of elderly people are actually only two or three thousand, used to train large AI models specifically for the elderly, as well as to develop elderly-specific applications and monitor the physiological needs of the elderly. After all, the global aging population is getting more and more serious, and the elderly market will be a big pie in the future... But I always feel that these are all excuses, they are fake."

Stephen chuckled, picked up his coffee and stirred it gently. "Before you came, I told you that Yu Sanyuan is meticulous in his actions. How could you possibly find any loopholes? I guarantee that even if Titan Company doesn't exist, he can create a ready-made company for you in a very short time and make you believe it without a doubt."

Welch shrugged. "If we can't find out, it doesn't matter. We can implement the second plan: invest in Titan and become the fourth shareholder."

“Yu Sanyuan holds 60% of the shares, so he can indeed give us 10%. However, Titan Company is developing rapidly and its brand valuation continues to rise. 10% of the shares would probably cost 200 to 300 billion US dollars.”

"So I'm here to ask you for money to help me raise 1500 billion in red banknotes."

“No problem. After Yu Sanyuan sold off his US Treasury bonds, the red banknotes began to appreciate. The East is becoming increasingly strict in its control over foreign exchange. It is difficult for us to exchange our red banknotes in the East for US dollars. Using them to invest in Titan Company this time is indeed a very good idea.”

After Stephen finished speaking, he took a sip of coffee and continued, "The problem is, Yu Sanyuan is willing to give us 10%, but he will definitely give another 10% to the oil tycoon, then another 10% to Little Walton, another 10% to Zashi Warburg, and another 10% to Ice Bear. The remaining 10% will be diluted and then transferred through private placement after Titan goes public... Brother Welch, we have to be careful, lest Yu Sanyuan runs away and we get trapped." Welch nodded, "I've also considered it, and even understand that Yu Sanyuan will impose some conditions on us allowing us to invest in Titan, such as Three Capital entering the North American financial market and the North American medical market. But in recent years, the global market has changed dramatically, and it's very different from before 02."

"Just like mobile phones, in the past three years, we've seen the emergence of three series of terminals, 3G phones, MT-AI phones, Obi Android phones... and they iterate extremely quickly, with a new batch of products appearing almost every three months, significantly improving their functionality. In particular, they are compatible with photography, video recording, audio recording, translation, MP3, PM4, online browsing, online search, online editing, AI drawing..."

"As you know, Nokia and Motorola were forced into bankruptcy because they couldn't keep up with the pace of development; Kodak was forced into bankruptcy because of smartphone cameras; portable GPS device manufacturers, i.e., various navigation companies, were forced into collective bankruptcy; Blockbuster, the world's largest video/DVD rental chain, was forced into bankruptcy; handheld game console manufacturers, Nintendo, Sony, etc., saw their business decline by 80%; digital camera manufacturers, producing point-and-shoot and compact cameras, saw their business decline by 60%; the fixed-line telephone business declined by 45% globally; traditional media, newspapers and magazines, saw their circulation decrease by 75% year after year, with total sales in 05 declining more than 60 times compared to 02..."

"It can be said that this is a technological revolution led by Sanyuan Agriculture."

"Six years of planning: Sanyuan Tower → Sanyuan Communication Network → Employee Card → Off-site ID Card → Three-system Terminal → Three-system All-in-One Machine → Xita Starlink → MT Group → Three-system AI → Titan Company."

"Taking one step at a time is like throwing a few catfish into the global technology market, forcing the Western technology alliance to stop its incremental approach and instead develop desperately. Otherwise, they will end up like Nokia, Motorola, Sony, Ericsson, etc., either going bankrupt, restructuring, or merging. And if they follow the footsteps of the three systems, global technology will be updated, and old industries, such as Kodak and GPS equipment, will be eliminated."

"We discovered it too late; it's now impossible to prevent this revolutionary outbreak."

"All we can do now is join in."

"Even if Yu Sanyuan sells his Titan shares and prepares to flee, even if we take over Titan shares at the highest price, at least we have obtained the three-system technology licenses and the American technology licenses owned by Titan, which will make it easier for us to support more high-tech companies globally, especially in the East."

"Your Orange Technology is just one example; in the future, we might see the emergence of Smartisan Technology, Orange Technology, Radish Technology, Rice Technology..."

Stephen nodded. "Economic globalization is an inevitable trend, and I completely agree with your view. But this is a huge gamble, a bet set up by Yu Sanyuan, betting that we will inevitably take over Titan Company. We cannot be sure when the next technological revolution will break out after Sanyuan Heavy Industry completes its industrial upgrade."

"The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) predicts that the next wave will be artificial intelligence. We are prepared to deal with it. At that time, a large number of AI application companies will go public. Even if we can't beat Sanyuan High-Tech, we can ensure that we don't fall behind."

Stephen nodded again and immediately summoned his assistant to raise funds for Welch.

···
A week later.

Because Titan Corporation has a wide range of businesses and a huge amount of product inventory, the auditors are still counting the inventory.

During this period, while keeping an eye on Lao Huang's resignation, Yu Yang also met with the deputy township head in charge of medical and health care at Shiliying Subdistrict Office, as well as the director of the investment promotion office in charge of financial supervision at Shiliying Subdistrict Office, and spent the whole night discussing the future development of Shiliying.

Old Huang spent the entire afternoon in a state of deep worry, cultivating an image of someone devoted to the cause of Shili Camp, even unto death. This made everyone aware that superiors were constantly exerting pressure. Coupled with Shili Camp's remarkable achievements, Old Huang successfully packaged himself as someone on the 'righteous side,' and then began criticizing his superiors…

With Professor Zhu from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences helping to polish the manuscript, Lao Huang's scathing critique resonated deeply with many, attracting even more visitors to the Nanyang Expo.

Just in time for the May Day Golden Week, the number of migrants to Shiliying exceeded 20 million in a very short period of time!
Flights run day and night, high-speed trains travel day and night, and tourist buses are everywhere. Even the Grand Canal, which took five years to dredge, is crowded with sails and tourist flags.

This is an unprecedented tourism scene, and also an unprecedented grand occasion.

If I had to describe it in five words, it would be: How magnificent is Shili Camp!

The topic of discussion between Yu Yang and the deputy township head and the director of the investment promotion office was nothing more than 'economic globalization'.

In the past, enterprises in Shiliying Subdistrict mainly engaged in trade with foreign countries.

By leveraging tourism to attract overseas tourists, and then utilizing the resources of the three systems, we can take the opportunity to develop these tourists into customers and investors.

Next, we will build a transit trade zone and attract more overseas customers through the "customer-bringing" model, thereby expanding our foreign trade business.

With the increase in overseas orders, the increase in overseas investment in the East, and the steady rise in the market share of overseas capital in the East, the trend of economic globalization is becoming increasingly apparent.

Against this backdrop, if Shiliying Subdistrict wants to continue to expand its influence, it must do so in the opposite direction.

However, while the Morgan Group invested in Shiliying and extracted wealth from it through financial services and real-world investments, it only allowed Sanyuan Communications Network, Agriculture 3.0, and Sanyuan products to enter North America, but did not allow Sanyuan Agriculture to touch North American real-world industries, North American financial services, North American pharmaceutical systems, North American military manufacturing, and so on.

This is clearly unreasonable.

Therefore, Yu Yang decided to take advantage of the 'audit' to obtain entry tickets for Federal Capital in the fields of industry, finance, and pharmaceuticals.

The subdistrict office had no reason to refuse.

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The next day, February 5th.

Titan Corporation headquarters, Chairman's office.

Welch visited again.

Both sides already knew each other's intentions and didn't beat around the bush.

"If the Morgan consortium wants to acquire a 10% stake in Titan, it must agree to our investment in at least two banks and one hospital in each of the North American states, as well as allow us to establish a military industrial enterprise in North America with the qualifications of a North American defense contractor."

"Mr. Yu, the hospital is fine, but the bank needs authorization from the Federal Reserve, which is beyond our control. As for defense contractor-level military enterprises, even if we agree, the military-industrial complex will obstruct us. After all, the quality and performance of the three-system military industry are known worldwide, and no arms dealer is willing to sit down and compete with you."

"In that case, I will not sell my shares in Titan Corporation."

"It is Mr. Yu who hopes that the Morgan Group will invest in Titan Company, and it is also Mr. Yu who is unwilling to relinquish Titan's shares. Mr. Yu is using Titan to whet our appetite. What a clever scheme."

"Just asking if you want it or not."

"The Morgan Group will acquire a 20% stake in Titan, and in return, the Morgan Group will help the three companies obtain bank authorizations and hospital qualifications."

"Very sincere."

Yu Yang didn't care about the equity of the shell company and immediately ordered a cooperation agreement to be drafted.

After a while.

Welch picked up the draft, glanced at it briefly, and then frowned.

"Los Angeles First People's Hospital? Texas Rural Credit Union?"

"has a problem?"

"No problem, but something just feels off."

Upon hearing this, Yu Yang took back the papers and carefully examined them. "New York First People's Hospital, Washington First People's Hospital, Houston First People's Hospital... registered capital, medical equipment, number of beds, top-tier hospital qualification, everything is correct."

He then looked at another one, “New York Rural Credit Union, Washington Rural Credit Union, Houston Rural Credit Union... registered capital, registered capital, foreign exchange amount, banking system... nothing wrong with them.”

Welch listened intently, his sense of unease growing stronger, but he couldn't find the problem.

Because all the materials comply with North American regulations.

for a long time.

"I'm sorry, Yu, I might not have been resting well lately."

After saying that, he picked up a pen and wrote his name.

Yu Yang stood up, extended his hand, and said, "It's a pleasure doing business with you!"

"Pleasant to work with."

Strange, something still feels off.

Welch put away the agreement and looked at his assistant.

The latter also frowned and pondered deeply, but could not find the answer.

(End of this chapter)