After supper.

Nan Yi and Sophie Masso sat by the Peacock Lake to cool off and watch TV. The school beauty appeared behind Nan Yi with a bad phone.

"Madam's phone."

Nan Yi took the call and walked away for a while.

"Scarlett, what's going on?"

"Adam, the conclusion reached at the meeting of the International Cotton Association of America, is that this year's cotton export price is based on 74 cents per pound, and the up and down fluctuations will not be too large."

Nan Yi sighed and said, "74 cents, the price is getting worse every year. The cotton fields in Texas and Kansas start three-stage rotation from next year. This price has fallen below our psychological line. In the next few years, it is estimated that it will continue to show a downward trend. Washington's subsidies are not enough to fill our losses."

The loss is not a real loss. Just falling below the psychological line means that Scarlett Grain Group is starting to make hard money.

"I think so too. Is cotton still sold this year?"

"Sell, of course, you have to sell. The work of [i is its subordinate organization] is not harmful to us. If you make less money, you will earn less money."

"Adam, cotton can be stored for a long time and the cost is not high. Should we make some cotton reserves?"

"Of course, reserves are needed, but not for speculation, but for the consideration of low-priced reserves of means of production. No matter how much we reserves are, our reserves cannot be compared with the national reserves of major countries. The price of 74 cents is very low for us, but for Dohua and India, this price is no longer low.

Last year, China's cotton production was reduced, China's domestic cotton supply was in short supply, and this year's cotton acquisition strategy will be adjusted..."

Scarlett interrupted Nan Yi and said, "Adam, how do you think it will be adjusted? Will it break the unified purchase and sales? The acquisition of cotton is no longer...ah, the exclusive transaction of the supply and marketing cooperative?"

"Ha, Scarlett, please be serious about the agriculture part in the future. Spend so much money every year to ship newspapers from all over the world to New York. You can't just look at what you are interested in."

"Ha, I remember, you keep going."

"Then let me tell you in full. In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of cotton farmers to sell products, Huaguo has been launched in 1961. After cotton farmers sell products, the state will award cotton farmers fertilizers, raw grain indicators and cloth tickets according to certain standards.

In 1979, China implemented a base acquisition of cotton and received rewards over the purchase. The base will remain unchanged for three years. The base will be purchased at the national price within the base, and the price will be increased by 30% on the basis of the external card price.

From 1979 to 1983, 5716.5 tons were acquired in the country, accounting for 53.8% of the acquisition volume in the same period; in 1984, it was changed to a proportional purchase, and the "positive 46" ratio was implemented, that is, 40% was acquired at the national price and 30% was acquired at the national price, and 60% was acquired at the national price.

In 1985, the unified purchase system was abolished and contract ordering was implemented. All cotton ordered in the contract will still be priced at the specified proportion and the fertilizer will be sold. After the ordering is completed, farmers will be allowed to go public and sell, and the price can also be circulated through multiple channels. The price will be followed. The state will not increase the price and sell fertilizers without purchasing over-purchasing.

Last year, due to the reduction of cotton production and supply shortage, the Huatong Cotton Purchase Work Conference stipulated that the cotton purchase in 1988 will still be operated by the supply and marketing cooperative, and other units and individuals are not allowed to interfere in the acquisition or sell cotton.

It is also stipulated that cotton production, supply and marketing shall be subject to a unified plan and a unified price; cotton acquisition, supply, allocation and inventory shall be subject to directive plan management.

In terms of acquisition price, it is changed to the ‘reverse 73’ ratio, that is, 30% is acquired at the national price, and 70% is acquired at the national price by 30% based on the national price.

Although the price increase of this acquisition is relatively large, the price of roller cotton per 50 kilograms should not be higher than 177 yuan, which means that the price per pound will not exceed 43 cents. This is the price calculated according to the official exchange rate. If the water in the exchange rate is drained, the cost of China purchasing cotton will be lower.

Not to mention India, the enthusiasm for exporting cotton can be adjusted with adjustment subsidies. Clothes are not food, and it is not enough to not eat them. The new three years and the old three years are sewn and repaired for three years. Don’t think about manipulating international cotton prices, unless you can be both a player and a referee at the time.”

"Adam, there are rules in this world. It is impossible for us to occupy all good things. When playing games, fairness is the first element. You can create some advantage for yourself by cheating during the game, but you cannot formulate extremely unfair rules. This is not allowed and can easily arouse public anger."

"So, don't consider too much financial operations about cotton for the time being. Just focus on production supply and demand. Also, if you don't want to read the newspaper, you should also read the report of the agricultural team."

"Okay, that's all, I'm going to go out to pick up Adler, there's a game for the Yankees Stadium."

"Which team is with?"

“City Derby.”

"Oh, what a pity, it's not the Red Sox."

"Aha, Adam, you don't have to pretend, you know nothing about baseball."

Scarlett said, singing chubby checker's "the       twist" on the other end of the phone.

A long time later, Nan Yi watched a talk show and learned on the show that chubby checker was the midfielder of this year's Super Bowl, otherwise he really didn't know what Scarlett was singing, although he knew very well that this song was used to mock him for not knowing the Super Bowl at all.

Amid the harsh singing, Nan Yi hung up the phone and returned to his seat to continue watching TV.

What is playing on TV is naturally a TV series, an epic work "Mahabharata" adapted from the same name, in Hindi version, Nan Yi and Sophie Maso just watch the excitement, and the servants who really enjoy it are the manors.

They sat on the ground, staring at the TV screen without blinking. Even the hail fell, it could not stop their enthusiasm for watching TV series.

An article was published in the newspaper saying that Indians regarded watching this TV series as a festival, burning incense and bathing on the TV set to wait for the TV series to start broadcasting. If it is more exaggerated, they will put on the TV set a garland that only "god" can enjoy.

It is said that there is also a train from Patna to Delhi, which is inexplicably delayed by an hour every Saturday night.

After investigation, it was found that after the passengers, guards, or even drivers, after arriving at the station, they would go straight to the waiting room at the same time. Everyone tacitly waited to watch the latest episode of "Mahabharata" before getting on the bus.

Regarding this statement, Nan Yi does not think it is fake. The development of Indian TV series is similar to that of domestic TV series, the popularity of TV sets is not as good as that of domestic TV, and the entertainment is almost lacking. If you miss an episode of TV series, you will be able to beat your chest and stamp your feet.

Sophie Maso's attention was not on the TV screen. From Nan Yi's return to her seat, she began to study Nan Yi's hands and fingers, playing with, touching, rubbing, and then taking a bite to taste the taste.

When she got tired of playing with her fingers, she said to Nan Yi: "Adam, let's go for a walk."

"Are you afraid of snakes?"

"Not afraid, the snake will bite you first."

"Okay, let's go for a walk."

Nan Yi stood up, pulled Sophie Maso up, hugged the two of them together, and walked slowly towards Peacock Mountain.

"What are you going to do tomorrow?"

"See information."

“Don’t go out to play?”

"I will read a lot of information tomorrow, the world fertilizer demand data of the International Fertilizer Industry Association in the past few years, etc. I will leave you the time after about 4 pm."

"It's so late, I want to go out early." Sophie Maso said pouting.

Nan Yi tilted his head, looked at Sophie Maso and said, "Then you go and play alone first. I'll go and meet you at five o'clock. What do you think?"

"All right."

the next day.

Sophie Maso went to the south of Mumbai shortly after getting up. Nan Yi, as he said, stayed in the study and read the information.

For several days, Nan Yi stayed in the study during the day and went out to play with Sophie Maso at night.

A week passed, Nan Yi became a daytime partner with Sophie Maso to go out to play, and returned to Peacock Villa in the evening to hold one telephone conference after another.

As the meeting progressed, two new companies were added to Nan's subsidiary - the first one was the Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium Company, a company specializing in investment and trading in the field of fertilizers and is not directly engaged in fertilizer production;

The second is Apotassium, headquartered in Saskatchewan, Canada. This company is positioned to focus on the potassium chloride field. The initial development model is very simple - mergers, and it continues to merge small and medium-sized potassium mines in Saskatchewan and New Mexico. It took ten years to grow into a potassium chloride giant that is comparable to Saskatchewan Potash Fertilizer Company, Meisheng Company, and Gayang Company.

The establishment of the two companies also affected a series of capital flows of Nan's companies. The major shareholder of Akali Company is Scarlett Mining Group, which invested Akali Company from Scarlett Fund; and Scarlett Fund's funds came from a newly built fund, and 80% of the funds in the fund were secretly eaten by Weir Bank.

The second largest shareholder is an offshore company controlled by Ribu Luo Capital. A small part of the company's funds come from Ribu Luo Capital, with most of the funds loaned from Jardinet Bank in London.

The shareholder structure and funding source of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium companies are relatively simple. In terms of equity positioning, this is an A-share model. In the future, Nanshi's final holdings will not be higher than 10%, or even less than 5%.

Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium Company is a company that competes for the right to speak in the fertilizer field and then for the right to pricing. It is hard to say whether it can succeed, so it must absorb allies as much as possible and share risks as much as possible.

It’s best to be successful, but it doesn’t matter if you fail. The Nan family now has a lot of capital to try and make mistakes.

When Nanyi temporarily pulled his attention from the two companies, it was already September. Just after being able to accompany Sophie Maso wholeheartedly for one day, he received a weather fax - an eastern wind wave formed on the northwest coast of Africa, which crossed the tropical Atlantic Ocean and developed a wide wind farm center north of the equator.

According to its development speed and direction of travel, a hurricane that will lead to a path to North and South America, and there is a high probability that it will be a high-level hurricane.

After seeing the fax, Nan Yi's thoughts were teleported, and he laughed wildly on his face, and was worried about the great losses that were about to come.

"Flats, your trip to India is over. Get packed right away and fly today."

"Adam, what's wrong?"

"I want to go back to New York right away, and there will be a serious natural disaster soon. If I am lucky, my pocket money will become very abundant. If I am not lucky, there will be no concept of pocket money in the future."

"It's serious?" Sophie Maso asked worriedly.

Nan Yi laughed and said, "It's very serious. Next month, I'll probably fly to Paris to ask you to raise me."

"Okay, I'll support you."

Nanyi and Sophie Maso were both frustrated for a while, and they went to pack their things. Then on the way to the airport, Nanyi went to Mumbai again and met with Changda Kochha, vice president of the Labor Group, and Vikram Pandit, head of the shock wave, and told them to continue to go down according to the plan.

As Nanyi boarded the plane, the Yingbin Manor, which had not yet been fully built, was opened. The financial team and agricultural team of Xianggu, were transferred to the plane to New York. In the New York, the personnel who were transferred to the Scarlett Fund greeted their families and took their guys to the Yingke Manor.

On September 4, New York time, Nanyi returned to Scarlett Manor.

On the first day, in the Yingbin Manor next to Scarlett Manor, the temporary hurricane command room was built continuously, and various information was collected and disaster response notices and measures were issued to every farm in Nanshi in North and South America. The crops in the fields were impossible and could not be harvested until the season, but other materials must be properly kept, and the building must be reinforced with roofs and walls.

If a hurricane really falls on your head, one point will be counted if the loss is less.

On the first and second day, the hurricane command room was mainly busy dealing with internal disasters. On the third day, the style began to change.

The desk in the command room was arranged in a back-shaped structure, Scarlett sat in the center, Nan Youqiong was arranged on a small stool, sitting next to her; others formed a square around her, Nan Yi sat in the corner of the command room, holding a newspaper in his hand.

"Check, speak." Scarlett said to the agricultural team's station.

It is important to farm, eat according to the weather, and to grasp meteorological information in a timely manner. The agricultural team responsible for agriculture naturally has personnel who are responsible for analyzing meteorological information, and they are experts in this field.

Chaud's eyes left the computer screen and looked at Scarlett and said, "The possibility of forming a hurricane is 95%, and the possibility of forming a high-grade hurricane is 79.8%.

"Towards?"

"The Indian Islands, Central America coast will inevitably be affected. The four countries, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican, and Honduras, are more than 90% of the probability that they will not be spared. After passing through Central America, the greatest possibility is to enter the Gulf of Mexico, land on Mexico, and then sweep the southeastern coast of the United States."

“Where will the worst disaster?”

"Mexico is the most likely." Chaud replied.
To be continued...