Different God of Cooking [Rebirth]

"I didn't expect Director Zhao to be able to invite Professor Song over. The Ministry of Commerce wanted to invite Professor Song to help us, but we were all rejected. This matter can be said to be extremely difficult."

Director Ma was very surprised to see the final entourage list of Food Safety.

Zhao An and Wang Zegang are the current chairman and vice chairman of the Food Safety Group, and their participation is within Director Ma's expectation.

Guo Kai and Jiang Tianhua, although they are not well-known, clearly stated on the information registration form that they are senior students of finance majoring in P University.Director Ma estimated that the two of them must have a very close relationship with Zhao An to have such a good opportunity to communicate.

But in fact, Director Ma is still a little dissatisfied with Zhao An's choice. It is not a social practice to bring two students who have not yet graduated for such an important matter, and there is a chance of making mistakes.

But thinking that Zhao An is only 20 years old, Director Ma suppressed all his dissatisfaction. After all, there are also perverts around perverts. What if these two students are perverts like Zhao An?

I don't know how Guo Kai and Jiang Tianhua will feel if they know Director Ma's guess and evaluation, whether they will be honored or curse "Zhao Xiaoba".

When Director Ma saw the name of the last entourage, he couldn't believe it at all. He didn't confirm that "Song Qiao" was really a famous professor of finance and futures at P University until he checked the other party's information again and again.

How famous is Song Qiao in Huaxia's financial system?

When the Quantum Foundation founded by Soros, the lighthouse country, led western funds to short Huaxia Port City Finance, Professor Song Qiao joined the special operations team at that time as a special consultant.

Economists within the Huaxia system abound. At the most critical juncture, a scholar outside the system is sought to help or even lead. One can imagine Professor Song Qiao's achievements and status in the fields of economics, finance, and futures.

When fighting against the Quantum Fund, no one dared to sing against Professor Song Qiao.But when the Quantum Fund was defeated in Maicheng, Zhuge Liang appeared one after another afterwards, criticizing Professor Song Qiao for some bold moves in the implementation process, and a little carelessness would implicate the entire inland economic system.

These big talkers even let it go. If they lead this short counterattack, the results will be even richer.

At that time, the leaders of Huaxia were very angry. Since ancient times, literati have looked down on them, but you have to be at the same level anyway.

Just when the government was preparing to personally rectify Song Qiao's teaching name, Professor Song Qiao voluntarily resigned from all administrative positions and returned to P University to be a reassuring teacher.

This incident immediately aroused discussions in the political and academic circles, and those villains even regarded the retreat of sending Professor Song Qiao as their own victory, and they became arrogant and lawless for a while.

However, Professor Song Qiao only said one sentence:

"Arguing with them will only waste my academic time."

This incident immediately became a good story in the academic world, and those rats immediately behaved with their tails between their legs, without saying a word.

Some scholars are usually obsessed with academics, but when the country needs them, they always stand up without hesitation.

It is also because of this incident that the Huaxia government has figured out Professor Song Qiao's temperament and behavior, and would never bother Professor Song Qiao under normal circumstances.

When applying for WTO accession, Professor Song Qiao was asked to help draft the reform plan. Professor Song Qiao devoted himself wholeheartedly and felt a little unwell afterwards, so the Ministry of Commerce did not bother Professor Song Qiao about the fulfillment of the promise.

Anyway, from the perspective of the Ministry of Commerce, this delegation is just a test purchase.

Who would have thought that Zhao Anzhen invited Professor Song Qiao here?

Professor Song Qiao is a little thin, he has reached the age of knowing his destiny, and he is very serious in dealing with people and things.At this time, when I heard Director Ma's jokes and complaints, I just said something vaguely:

"I am a teacher, and my essential job is to teach and educate people. It is the first time for three of my students to go to the Lighthouse Country. Of course, I can't refuse to ask my teacher to accompany them. Director Ma doesn't have to worry about me pointing fingers at all. The first time you go, you will be an idler, so you can pretend that I don't exist."

Professor Song Qiao is responsible for teaching futures, investment and other subjects to the undergraduates of P University. Zhao An and the three of them are all students of Professor Song Qiao.

In particular, Jiang Tianhua has already been admitted to P University, and several papers he published have been instructed by Professor Song Qiao. If there is no accident, Professor Song Qiao will be Jiang Tianhua's teacher in the future.

The boss who was able to participate in the inspection team had some knowledge in the field of finance. Even if he had never heard of the name Song Qiao, he would know what the plainly dressed middle-aged man in front of him was like after seeing Director Ma's attitude or asking each other. Legendary figures stepped forward one after another to make friends.

All the bosses hope that Professor Song Qiao can give advice on financial and foreign exchange issues, and some people ask about the situation of the international market.

Of course, none of them asked for help free of charge. One boss even directly dismissed his annual salary of more than one million yuan, hoping that Professor Song Qiao would have a name in their company.

Basically all requests were rejected by Professor Song Qiao, who repeatedly emphasized that he would not hold any corporate positions.He went to the United States with the group this time purely because he was training his own students. He was afraid that the three little guys would be self-righteous if they had some achievements without any practical experience, so he accompanied them on the trip.

Regardless of whether these representatives really believed in Professor Song Qiao's words, they would praise Professor Song Qiao for saying "hard work, spring wind turns rain".

As for those things that do not involve confidentiality, Professor Song Qiao is not stingy to give some pointers.

So the whole waiting before departure turned into a group of middle-aged men in jewelry, suits and leather shoes gathered around Professor Song Qiao to listen to the lecture.

Director Ma himself didn't mind in the slightest that he was indifferent as the person in charge of the entourage.I still ask a few questions from time to time.

Guo Kai on the side whispered to Jiang Tianhua:

"Xiao Wu, your mentor is really amazing."

With a reserved smile, Jiang Tianhua replied:

"Teacher Song is not giving me face, but the information. But Zhao Xiaoba, how did you think that the Lighthouse State might attack our Huaxia market?"

"Just put yourself in my shoes. If I were a businessman and someone wanted to step into my monopoly field, I would also want to give the other party a bad impression. There is no such thing as benevolence, justice and morality in the mall. Money is the measure of everything."

Zhao An sighed, thinking of the report that the eight people in their dormitory worked so hard for a week to sort out, Zhao An still had lingering fears.

When it comes to financial wars, what Chinese people are most impressed with is Hong Kong City Finance in 97.

The capitalists headed by the lighthouse country have just swept Maoxiong Country and Wanwan Province. The economy is sluggish and in decline. The entire Southeast Asian region is even worse, and it will not be possible to recover within 30 to [-] years.

Therefore, the result of the financial war in Hong Kong City can be said to be shocking. No one thought that Huaxia, which had just reformed and opened up, would have such strength. That really became a battle of proof for Huaxia.

However, Western countries have never given up on suppressing China in terms of trade. The financial frictions in the fields of copper, iron, oil, and coal are countless, and the result is more losses than losses.

This is also the reason why Huaxia has been working hard to save foreign exchange. In the international market where foreign exchange is used for settlement, without foreign exchange, one can only wait to be beaten.

At the same time, only by joining the WTO can Huaxia truly participate in international trade as an equal subject.

However, compared with the financial war in 97, the gap between these frictions is still too large, and the information threshold involved is too high, so few people except professionals know about it.

Among the many futures wars, there was a war in which Huaxia suffered a disastrous defeat, and it was in the field of agricultural products.

More than ten years later, because the pricing power of a certain crop was only in the hands of the grain exporting country, and Huaxia relied too much on imports, it was controlled by others everywhere and fell into another bigger conspiracy.

Zhao An was only vaguely aware of such a thing, but did not know when the trade war and the futures war started, and what happened in the middle.

When Director Ma talked about organizing a survey group for unified procurement, although he had some vague impressions, Zhao An still couldn't recall it immediately.

That's why Zhao An asked his roommate to help make an industry survey report, and this industry is the protagonist of this war-soybean!

Before 1994, China's soybeans were basically able to guarantee self-sufficiency, and the main production area was the black province with "black land" and a vast plain.

The main products of soybeans are soybean oil and soybean meal.

Since the late 90s, the living standards of the Chinese people have continued to improve. On the one hand, people’s daily consumption has gradually changed from vegetable oil (rapeseed oil, sesame oil) to soybean oil.

On the other hand, people have higher and higher requirements for meat products, and soybean meal is the main source of protein in animal feed.

Like Liu Xi's new expectation, as a factory that mainly produces feed, the largest animal feed production base is in Heilongjiang Province, because soybean meal in Heilongjiang Province is the cheapest.

Under such circumstances, the demand for soybeans in the domestic market continues to rise, and the prices of soybeans, soybean oil, and pork are also rising rapidly.

The rising speed of relevant prices is still normal, after all, China's GDP has maintained a rather exaggerated growth rate.

However, the crisis has always been there. China's per capita arable land is too small, and the yield of soybeans per mu is not satisfactory.

In this case, it is all because of China's tariff support that domestic soybean farmers have the motivation to continuously expand production, optimize production conditions, and increase yield per mu.

It is difficult for Zhao An to imagine the impact on domestic farmers and the market once large-scale soybean imports are carried out.

And the result of the whole report is not different from Zhao An's prediction, it can be said that it is the worst case.

At this time, the price of soybeans in China is more than 700 lighthouse coins per bushel, while the soybeans in the lighthouse country are only 415 lighthouse coins (the latest price in 2001).

After detailed and complicated calculations, as long as the import tariff on agricultural products is lower than 25%, it can already generate profits, let alone the 15% Huaxia promised to the WTO.

This kind of profit is enough to make any company excited—there is no investment risk, the only transportation risk is negligible, the return on investment is higher than 10%, the market does not need to consider it at all, and the return cycle of funds is only three or four months.

However, relevant departments and enterprises in these data lighthouse countries can also easily obtain them.Will they give Huaxia companies huge profits?Obviously impossible, and the easiest way is financial war.

When seeing the data, Zhao An had already guessed the choice of the Lighthouse Country, but Zhao An didn't know what they would do.

Zhao An discussed this matter with the seven people in the dormitory for a long time, but still could not come to a definite result.

After all, they have always been just learners in financial wars, at most half of the participants, but this time it is a game at the manipulator level.

In the end, it was Jiang Tianhua who gave Zhao An a suggestion: seek help from Professor Song Qiao.

Zhao An is very clear about the reputation of Professor Song Qiao in his school.A scholar purely for academic interests and national interests, Zhao An really didn't believe that he could move the other party.

But at this time, Zhao An wanted to give it a try, no matter how small the possibility was.

After all, this matter is directly related to China's soybean industry for the next ten years, and it is a matter of civil affairs, so there must be no slack in the slightest.

So Zhao An followed Jiang Tianhua and visited Professor Song Qiao with hundreds of pages of documents that he had sorted out.

In Professor Song Qiao's office, Zhao An stood in front of Professor Song Qiao with his head bowed, not knowing what to say, just like a primary school student, waiting for the teacher to comment on his homework.

Zhao An hasn't felt this way for many years, even when facing the country/ministry/committee Director Zheng, he never felt so cramped.

In Zhao An's heart, he has always had sincere respect for these giants in the academic world, not to mention Professor Song Qiao's walking legend.

"You collected and sorted all these materials? You also proposed them?"

Putting the materials in his hands on the desk, Professor Song Qiao could not hear any emotion in his tone.

"Teacher, this is all Zhao An's idea, he wants to..."

"I didn't ask you, let him tell."

Professor Song Qiao interrupted Jiang Tianhua, as if a little displeased, Jiang Tianhua could only keep silent.

So Zhao An told the ins and outs of this matter, everything in detail.

"Mr. Song, now the Beacon Country controls more than 70% of the soybean export volume in the entire international market, which already has absolute control over the entire market. If they want to control the price of soybeans in China, it will be easy...

Moreover, the soybean production capacity of the Beacon Country is not the highest value yet, and there are still many lands in the United States that have not been put into use, and it is obvious that the capital of the Beacon Country has been hit. Once they find the huge market of China, they can increase production in the short term. Our market advantage as a demand side would also be gone..."

At first, Zhao An was still a little nervous, because the professional knowledge he mentioned at this time was all in the field that Professor Song Qiao was good at.

You must know that the word "Song Qiao" appears in most of the textbook editors of P. Zhao An uses relevant knowledge to explain the possible harm caused by this incident, which is a true sense of class.

But after talking about it, Zhao An became more and more confident.Because these materials are the conclusions that they have worked hard to collect, sort out, and repeatedly deduce in their dormitory.

Although this conclusion is a bit shocking, Zhao An believes in the judgment of everyone in their dormitory.

So Zhao An finally said calmly and forcefully:

"Mr. Song, I think that when the delegation goes to the Beacon Country this time, the other side is likely to dump soybeans to us, and this is the first step for them to control the market. Once China's soybean market is controlled by the Beacon Country, it will have a negative impact on our country. The soybean industry and even the entire market economy have caused immeasurable harm. So I beg Teacher Song for help."

When he said this, Zhao An had already lowered his head.

Teacher Song Qiao is not only helpful for this investigation with his academic attainments, but more importantly, his invisible network of relationships, which makes it possible to implement many unfeasible gambling behaviors.

"Well. Then you talk about your plan."

Professor Song Qiao did not comment, but continued to ask questions.

Zhao An spent more than ten minutes explaining his plan to Professor Song Qiao in detail, even if the plan might need to be implemented behind the scenes, Zhao An explained everything.

For Professor Song Qiao, Zhao An is full of trust.

More than ten years later, there are so many scholars and businessmen in the financial field, whoever talks about Professor Song Qiao is full of respect.And time is the most stringent and fair standard to test a person.

After listening to Zhao An's narration, Professor Song Qiao picked up a black pen directly, and said to Zhao An and Jiang Tianhua:

"You two stand closer."

After confirming that both of them could be by his side, Professor Song Qiao directly drew on the materials with a pen.

Which data is redundant and which data is insufficient, whether other markets have the ability to influence the soybean market, the specific measures that the lighthouse countries may take, the time of the futures war and the minimum leverage cost...

Professor Song Qiao has all the materials at his fingertips, and the guidance and modification of this material is even more to the point.

In fact, Zhao An was very satisfied with this material. After all, the eight people in their dormitory gathered their hard work. However, after listening to Professor Song Qiao's opinions and corrections, both Zhao An and Jiang Tianhua wanted to deny that they were the ones who made this material.

After revising the materials, Professor Song Qiao didn't take a break, and directly took out a blank sheet of paper and began to review Zhao An's plan.

If it was just "modification" just now, then it is "criticism" now.

Financial wars are never just capital wars.The politics, culture, interests, and civilization behind it all affect the final settlement of the war.

"There are too many measures that the other party can take. If you or Huaxia resist soybean dumping from the beginning, the Lighthouse country will definitely use its influence to publicize to the world: Huaxia implements trade barriers. Huaxia's efforts in joining the WTO are very important. It may be in vain.

So even if you directly report this matter to the Ministry of Commerce, they may not care about it, or choose to give up. "

"so what should I do now?"

Zhao An humbly asked for advice.

"Lead the snake out of the hole, lure the enemy deep."

Professor Song Qiao gave examples of several futures wars that Zhao Angen had never heard of. These futures frictions all had the shadow of the state, so outsiders knew little about them.

After listening to it, Zhao An himself felt that the plan he made was the same as the "battle plan" of kindergarten children.

Talking about financial wars in front of Professor Song Qiao, Zhao An's level is indeed about the same as that of kindergarten children, at most, he can be regarded as a student in the top class.

"Professor Song, thank you for your advice. I will go back and make a new plan."

His tone was full of shame, Zhao An wished he could go back and drag the whole dormitory into seclusion for another week.

"Take it."

Quickly write down a string of numbers on a piece of white paper, and hand it to Zhao An.

"This is?"

After receiving the blank paper, Zhao An was a little puzzled.

"This is my ID number. Did you come here to ask me to accompany you to the Lighthouse Country for inspection? The Ministry of Commerce must count the information of the entourage, and the ID card is a must. When I ask you to report it directly to me The name is also fine, I believe they must have my information file there."

Because he was so fascinated by listening, Zhao An almost forgot his biggest purpose.After reacting, Zhao An was ecstatic in his heart, then bowed and said:

"Then I will trouble Mr. Song next."

Seeing Zhao An's excited look, Professor Song Qiao couldn't help showing a rare smile, and said:

"No way, I also owe you a favor."

"what?"

It's just that for Zhao An's surprise, Professor Song Qiao didn't explain it this time, but said:

"You go back and supplement the materials first. Regarding this matter, try to keep it as secret as possible. I don't think I need to say more about the reasons. Don't think about writing these materials into papers for publication. If there is an opportunity in the future, I will tell you of."

"Understood. Thank you Teacher Song", "Thank you Teacher"...

Now that the biggest purpose of visiting Professor Song Qiao today has been achieved, and there are still such important matters to be dealt with as soon as possible, Zhao An and Jiang Tianhua bid farewell and left.

After the office door was closed again, Professor Song Qiao showed a gratified expression.

If any company came to ask him for help today, he would not agree so readily, because he can even guess the country's attitude on this matter:

Sacrifice the part for the whole.

Under such circumstances, most companies will no longer try to turn the tide, but will try their best to find opportunities to drink soup in this transaction.

However, today is Zhao An, the chairman of the food safety company who is willing to offend the entire Huaxia milk market.

Professor Song Qiao has also paid attention to the "melamine" incident that has caused a sensation throughout the year, and he can easily see the context of public opinion, tariffs, and trade behind it, and knows what roles Food Safety and Zhao An play in it.

Use an exaggerated sentence to describe Zhao An:

The great man is the country and the people.

It was also because of this incident that Professor Song Qiao secretly paid a lot of attention to Zhao An.

When he knew that it was Zhao An who came to visit him today, he thought that even if Zhao An came to consult him about some financial issues, he would help him without reservation.

Such entrepreneurs and young people are so precious.

However, it is only limited to answering questions.Professor Song Qiao has seen too many interest disputes, and he is very cautious about anything other than academics.Sometimes the higher you stand, the more things you have to consider and scruple about.

And when he really knew the reason for Zhao An's visit, Professor Song Qiao had a higher evaluation of Zhao An:

This child has a bit of my style.

Although Professor Song Qiao is low-key, it also proves how conceited he is.As long as you have a lot of knowledge, you will not have to worry about not having the opportunity to help the people, and Zhao An is very similar to him in this respect.

He didn't show anything on the surface, but Professor Song Qiao was extremely satisfied with Zhao An in his heart, so he agreed without hesitation.

Of course, it was also because this matter was related to people's livelihood that Professor Song Qiao was willing to accompany him on the trip in person, otherwise it would be enough to give some advice remotely.

Professor Song Qiao also had a trace of regret in his heart at this time:

Just now, he was only satisfied with the performance of Zhao An and his future student Jiang Tianhua, and forgot to ask Zhao An if he would like to continue his master's degree. He can also bring another master's student.

It is also very interesting to let these two children continue to be classmates.

As for the sentence "I also owe you a favor", Zhao An may never know the answer for the rest of his life.