Beautiful beauties in the 80s courtyard

Chapter 478 Don't be blinded by temporary gains
However, our current situation is that even without external support, we have enough wheat to supply Xiangyang Food Factory.

Moreover, there has been no reform or opening up.

Foreign capital cannot enter, nor can it control the domestic market.

Even if they wanted to do something, they were powerless to do anything about domestic companies.

For example, if you want to suppress domestic wheat prices, capital can't come in, and the land is state-owned, so you can't acquire domestic land from abroad.

He and Qin Hengzhi made several speculations together.

Lu Qiaoge felt that they would still start with wheat.

Lu Qiaoge spoke slowly.

"As we all know, wheat flour is indispensable for the production of instant noodles."

"Instant noodles require high-gluten flour, but most of our wheat is currently low-gluten. Some of the raw materials have to be imported."

"Foreign capital is far more massive than we can imagine. To put it simply, if they were to unite, they could control more than 80% of the world's wheat flour."

Some people stared in shock.

"How is that possible? How could they have that much money?"

Lu Qiaoge smiled.

Lu Qiaoge originally wanted to talk about the stories of Fan Zhongyan and even Fan Li, but after thinking about it, she decided not to. The topic of a year of great disaster was still very sensitive, even in the 70s.

Lu Qiaoge said, "Let me imagine a scenario for you: right here and now, businessmen from the three RHM countries that are our competitors are sitting together. They are talking about how to suppress Xiangyang instant noodles, and it would be best to make the Xiangyang brand disappear from the market, which, in their words, means bankruptcy."

Everyone's expressions changed.

Some people became very angry, and he muttered, "They really have the heart to destroy me."

"That's just how they are; they're always trying to suppress us or impose blockades."

"Yes, they operate on the logic of robbers and bullies, and they are very afraid of us becoming powerful."

"Shh, let Director Lu continue."

Lu Qiaoge didn't hear the conversation between the businessmen, but that's what she deduced.

"But how can we let Xiangyang Food Factory go bankrupt? They will definitely denigrate our food first, but they can't do that. Because our instant noodles fully meet international standards."

"If we follow their logic, if they can't suppress a competitor, they'll try to acquire it. But they don't have that capability right now because our country doesn't allow it."

Smiles appeared on everyone's faces.

Yes, yes, that's right. No matter how much money you offer, we won't sell.

The reason we enforce food standards and safety so strictly is precisely to prevent our opponents from slandering us.
Many people think this way.

Lu Qiaoge continued.

"If none of the above can be implemented, then they will cut off our access to raw materials."

"But the wheat we need now can be supplied by our own country. Even without imports, it's perfectly fine."

"If that's the case, aren't they just out of ideas?"

"But our products have a better reputation and sales volume. We won't say they've replaced their products, but we've definitely captured a larger market share."

"The current situation is not that everyone makes money together, but that we make more money and they make less. In fact, if our products get better and better, they will be the ones who go bankrupt and disappear if they can't compete."

"So the only methods they can come up with are to engage in conspiracies and tricks, such as buying up large quantities of wheat at high prices, or even exchanging wheat for rare resources or other technical materials."

“These people are often very patient. They might not be able to finish something in a month or two, but they will spend a year or two planning it out.”

"Simply put, if we weren't prepared and learned that wheat prices were one, three, or even ten times higher than usual, wouldn't we increase our exports? And if we learned that wheat could be exchanged for valuable resources or technical data, wouldn't we use wheat to do so? Through this method, they could concentrate 90% of the world's wheat in their own hands..."

Lu Qiaoge smiled.

"These are just hypothetical scenarios based on my own ideas; perhaps they have other methods. But this is all I can think of right now. The main reason for holding this symposium today is to brainstorm and see how we should prepare if we really encounter this situation." Sometimes an economic war doesn't end in a few months; it can last for several years.

The opponent may have planned ahead and launched a final attack.

Lu Qiaoge analyzed that the other party must be using the method of controlling wheat flour to suppress Xiangyang.

So, reminding everyone in advance is to make everyone take this seriously.

Don't be blinded by short-term gains.

Because if that were to happen, she wouldn't be able to stop it by herself.

Therefore, we should state our plans and warnings in advance.

It has to be said that everyone took Lu Qiaoge's idea to heart.

"Our products mainly rely on wheat flour. Without wheat flour, we wouldn't be able to maintain such a large production volume."

"But we plant them every year."

"Our area is also a major wheat flour producing region, but the question is, can we supply all of it to Xiangyang Food Factory?"

Everyone was talking about it.

Factory Director Hao nodded seriously.

"Okay, I'll report back to my superiors on the content of today's meeting afterward."
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The higher-ups received a call from Director Hao and promised to keep an eye on the information.

Factory Director Hao called Lu Qiaoge to reassure her that there was more good news: high-yield hybrid rice had been widely promoted and would be planted on a large scale in the north.

Factory Director Hao sounded very excited.

"Qiao Ge, we don't need to worry so much this time. The higher-ups said they've set up a special department for us to manage the allocation of imported raw materials. You can go ahead and do it without any concerns. If anything happens, you can call Director Lü directly. Write this down; this is his office phone number..."

Lu Qiaoge raised an eyebrow.

I didn't expect it to go so smoothly.

She wrote down the phone number, expressed her determination to Director Hao, and then hung up.

Lu Qiaoge knew that the higher-ups valued it, but she didn't expect it to be this much.

We currently have seven regular clients, with Zhenxi and Chuhe being our largest clients.

Zhen Xi is no longer the heir to the Zhen Group. When this was announced, the entire city of Hong Kong was shocked.

Some people felt it was incredibly gratifying.

According to the custom since ancient times, this family property should be given to the eldest son born to the first wife.

Even if they're divorced, he's still the legitimate son.

Everyone thought the next successor would be announced, but Chairman Zhen made no move.

However, Zhen Xi established a trading company.

This is not a small matter.

Zhenxi was also established with a huge investment, and it currently ranks third among the trading groups in the port city.

Even Chairman Zhen's trading company is ranked behind him.

His business is mainly derived from the mainland market, accounting for 80% of his revenue.

　Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all the little ones! May you be reunited with your families and filled with joy!

　　Please forgive any inappropriate parts of my writing!

　　(End of this chapter)