I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 737 The previously unknown Tuofang Fund enters the sights of international financial giants
This was the first time Fang Qingye had heard about Qiao Yongfeng's family background. Although he had heard that Qiao Yongfeng was a child of a high-ranking official, a second or even third generation, he only learned his true identity today.

Hearing his wife's reply, Qiao Yongfeng smiled and said, "Yes, my grandfather has dealt with grain his whole life and knows its importance. Also, I have a good personal relationship with President Ning. He's about to leave COFCO to become chairman of Sinochem Group, and we can't leave him with any regrets before he leaves, can we? But..."

Qiao Yongfeng then looked at Fang Qingye: "Back then, we dragged you to Brazil to acquire Philgeri Company, investing one hundred million US dollars, but we didn't make much money."

Fang Qingye chuckled and said, "Brother Qiao, you can never earn all the money in the world. Besides, even if we can't earn it now, we might be able to in the future. We can continue to expand our soybean investment in Brazil."

“Yes, I had the same idea.” Qiao Yongfeng was excited when he heard this and immediately sat up from the hospital bed: “Because of the floods in southern Brazil, many farms and cooperatives have suffered serious losses. We can take this opportunity to acquire a few and expand our purchasing capacity in Brazil.”

“Sure, the more Brazilian soybeans we control, the less we need to fear ADM’s so-called four major grain traders,” Fang Qingye immediately agreed.

"Hey, Yongfeng, you're still in the hospital, okay? Let's not talk about work, okay?" Tian Qian stopped them in time and glared at Fang Qingye.

Fang Qingye immediately understood and quickly said, "Brother Qiao, you should rest well and talk to us again when you're feeling better. I'll head back now."

"Alright, Tian Qian, take Qingye down."

"No need, sister-in-law, you should rest too." Fang Qingye politely declined and left the ward, but Tian Qian still followed her out.

"Aoba."

"Hmm?" Fang Qingye turned around and looked at Tian Qian.

"I'm relieved that you treat Xia He well," Tian Qian said.

"That's to be expected."

"And Yongfeng, he's more than ten years older than you. If you do business with him in the future, can you also persuade him not to work so hard?"

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I understand. You can go back now."

Fang Qingye stayed in Huijing for one night and returned to Nanxin the next day.

A fierce grain procurement battle in Brazil has come to an end, with COFCO International emerging victorious. Not only did it successfully achieve its procurement goals, but it also successfully breached a significant gap in ADM's long-established logistics network.

Meanwhile, in the futures market, Tuofang Fund achieved substantial gains thanks to its precise early-stage positioning and strong counterattack in the final stages. According to the performance report submitted by Ouyang Shaoxing to Fang Qingye, in the Chicago soybean futures market alone, bets on both futures and over-the-counter options yielded a net profit of $7.8 million, even surpassing its previous performance in the copper futures battle in the London futures market.

However, this also brought about a consequence: the previously unknown Tuofang Fund came into the sights of international financial giants.

It is 10 a.m. in the strategic debriefing room at the ADM Group headquarters in Chicago. The blinds are closed, and only the cold light from the electronic screens illuminates the solemn faces of the attendees.

Carlson, Global Operations Security Director, stood before a massive screen displaying a dynamic map of Brazil's logistics network—several key nodes flashing red alerts indicating "failure." "Gentlemen," Carlson's voice rang out clearly in the quiet room, "we are facing a meticulously planned multi-front operation." The laser pointer's red dot landed precisely on the shipping capacity data for the Port of San Francisco.

“COFCO International’s breakthrough here is no accident. Through cross-analysis of seven related accounts, we found that the massive long positions established in the Chicago futures market during the same period were not by COFCO Futures under COFCO, but by another hedge fund from Hong Kong, ‘Tuofang Fund’. Its capital flow showed a 92% synchronization with COFCO’s acquisition pace in the production areas.”

He switched the screen, and a complex chart of fund flows appeared before everyone. "More noteworthy," Carlson circled several key time points with his laser pointer.

“A week before we were about to mobilize resources to fight back, this fund precisely increased its call option bets through the Chicago over-the-counter market. This went beyond information advantage; it was a complete anticipation of our decision-making process.”

The conference room was silent, save for the slight hum of the air conditioning system. Carlson surveyed the room and said, "Further investigations have revealed that the parent company of this fund is Tuofang Technology Co., Ltd., based in mainland China, and its legal representative and CEO is a woman named Bai Ou."

"White lotus root? Never heard of it." President Lewis, a cigar dangling from his lips, sat at the head of the table, frowning. "When did China acquire such a female investment tycoon?"

"We were also very surprised. After a detailed investigation, we found out that although Tuofang Technology was nominally run by Ms. Bai Ou, it was actually her husband, Fang Qingye, a young man in his early thirties, whose public identity was the president of Jinghai Bank—a private bank in mainland China."

Early 30s!
A commotion broke out in the conference room.

Young, so terrifyingly young!
“Mr. Carlson, something just occurred to me.” The speaker was Wilson, the new general manager of ADMI.

Former General Manager Joseph was dismissed by the ADM board of directors due to huge losses in soybean futures trading, and his former deputy Wilson took over.

Wilson's sudden remark drew everyone's attention, and they all looked at him.

“In December of the year before last, we at ADMI speculated on corn futures and made a profit by going long, which led to the collapse of a company called Panshi Agriculture. Later, we reviewed the case and found that it was actually an organized and premeditated attack, with the aim of causing Panshi Agriculture, which held a large number of short positions in corn futures, to suffer huge losses in the futures market, causing its stock price to plummet and leading to its bankruptcy.”

"The instigators of this conspiracy were a company in Hong Kong and a group of speculators in mainland China. We at ADMI were just hitching a ride. And that company in Hong Kong was Tuofang Fund!"

Wilson's words immediately caused an uproar. It turned out that this seemingly unknown hedge fund had deeply intervened in the Chicago futures market and precisely targeted an American company!
He wasn't feeling sorry for the unfortunate American company, but rather he was struck by how terrifying Topway Fund was!
“OK, gentlemen.” Lewis stood up: “We at ADM will designate Tuofang Fund and its actual controller Fang Qingye as our A-level strategic competitors, and at the same time notify our partner, Bunge Group.”

Among the world's four largest grain traders, ADM and Bunge have complementary businesses in many areas, so they have a relatively good relationship.

"Notify the Wall Street investment banks?" Wilson added.

Lewis hesitated for a moment, then said, "I'll make this call."

"OK." Actually, Wilson originally wanted to personally notify investment banks like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, which had a good working relationship with AMD in the futures market.

But the fact that Group President Lewis made the call personally signifies that the matter has been elevated to an unprecedented strategic level.

(End of this chapter)