Chapter 2155: Transfer of Interests

Liu Fusheng operated the first wave of selling when the price was still at the highest point. His purpose was to test the strength of the four major grain traders, because he knew very well that the four major grain traders would never let go of this wave of grain, and the country would definitely make a lot of money.

As the days passed, Liu Fusheng, Wang Weiyong and everyone in the food war working group were all very busy. They had to prepare countermeasures if there was even the slightest change in international food prices.

There has been a global harvest failure this year, but that does not mean that the whole world is suffering from famine.

Many countries have food reserves.

In order to maximize their profits, some countries keep enough grain for themselves and then put the remaining grain into the international market.

Other countries, which have been hit hard by the disaster and have to rely heavily on imports for food, are also paying close attention to market trends and are prepared to purchase food through certain opportunities to resolve their own food crisis.

Both the government and businessmen are silently calculating, and the silent struggle between the two sides has become increasingly fierce.

Before we knew it, winter arrived and the first snow fell in Yanjing.

At this time, Liu Fusheng had been selling large quantities of grain to the international market for more than two months.

All these grains were sold at a price lower than the highest point, in accordance with his plan, which continuously suppressed the international grain prices.

Those who purchase grain are international capital led by the four major grain traders.

At present, food prices are still high. Even after our huge grain reserves have been sold, there is actually a faint upward trend.

The people from the four major grain merchants were all very happy at this time.

When they were at the gathering, one of them laughed and said, "It must be difficult for the Republic to hold on for so long, right? Their citizens should have changed from three meals a day to one meal a day... Winter is coming, and in a few days it will be the Spring Festival, which is their most important festival of the year. If there is a food shortage during the Spring Festival, the country will probably be in great turmoil."

Another person also laughed and said, "Yes, they struggled to hold on and forcefully stabilize food prices, but they couldn't make it through the New Year."

"Let's work harder and try to get rid of them by Christmas."

Everyone clinked their glasses together, with smug looks on their faces, feeling that this year would definitely be a prosperous one.

Liu Fusheng sold another batch of grain after half a month.

Even the four major grain traders were surprised to hear the news. After all, the frequency with which the Republic was throwing away grain had clearly increased.

They held a telephone conference. Some people thought it was a bluff, while others thought it was a last-ditch struggle. In the end, the grain traders mobilized enough funds to buy up the grain.

Unexpectedly, half a month later, the Republic released another batch of grain at a lower price.

Now the grain merchants were all confused, and they gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

The grain merchant who was in charge of communicating with Zhao Lin said: "According to the information I received, they definitely don't have that much grain in reserve."

Another person asked: "Is your news authentic? It can't be fake news?"

The man said, "The person who provided me with the information is a famous academic expert in the Republic. He is also personally involved in the working group to stabilize food prices. His information cannot be wrong."

After a pause, he gritted his teeth and said, "The Republic must be releasing smoke bombs. They are playing psychological warfare with us."

This view has been supported by the vast majority of people. After all, the data is there.

However, there was also a grain merchant who wanted to back out: "Why don't we be more cautious and encourage hot money to buy grain from the Republic first..."

His proposal was immediately opposed by other grain merchants. Now was the best opportunity to stockpile grain. If the grain was taken away by hot money, it would be equivalent to them handing over their money to others.

Should I accept it or not?

The four major grain traders remained silent and were unable to make a decision for a long time.

On the Yanjing side, members of the working group, including Liu Fusheng and Wang Weiyong, had smiles on their faces.

Wang Weiyong said, "Xiao Liu, the pace of international capital acquisitions has been very slow. They don't know what's going on. Some hot money has joined the acquisitions, but it can't affect the overall situation. I think they are about to collapse this time, right?"

Liu Fusheng was looking through the data in his hand, then shook his head slightly without saying anything.

This action immediately made everyone quiet down, and some people even showed nervous expressions on their faces.

Because our country’s grain reserves are not that much.

The frequency of selling has been too high and the quantity has been too large in recent times, and grain reserves are shrinking at a rate visible to the naked eye.

After the recent sell-off, our grain reserves can only be sold three to five more times, and then we will have to conserve ammunition.

Otherwise, it would be easy to bring the entire country into a real food crisis.

Liu Fusheng noticed the change in atmosphere. He smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, everyone. I just think that we can't be blindly optimistic about the current situation. But this will not affect our country's final victory."

Wang Weiyong asked: "Xiao Liu, is there something wrong?"

Liu Fusheng said: "I compared the international capital with the reserves we can invest in the grain market and found that the two should be about the same size. In terms of funds, we even have a slight advantage."

Wang Weiyong frowned and asked, "What should we do then?"

Liu Fusheng said: "The four major grain merchants have many friends, but we also have many friends."

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Overseas, the four major grain traders are also plotting.

The man with the cigar in his mouth said, "Don't panic, we have many friends. Even if the Republic has concealed some data on its grain reserves, it is probably accurate. We have definitely pushed the other side into a desperate situation. As long as the hot money plays along with us, we can open champagne and celebrate our victory."

The white-haired old man asked, "How do you want to mobilize hot money?"

The man holding the cigar said, "I am prepared to give them some of my profits. Now that things have developed to this point, it will be very difficult for us to keep all the profits to ourselves. Only if these people help us fight against the Republic can we achieve complete victory."

The old man asked: "How much benefit are you prepared to give up?"

The man holding the cigar said, "Twenty percent, I've calculated that only by reducing the price of grain by 20% can we persuade the speculators to take action. What do you think?"

Twenty percent. Representatives of the other three grain traders all took a deep breath.

This is definitely not a small number.

After a long discussion, they finally agreed to this idea.

After all, even if they were asked to pay to buy the grain sold by the Republic, they would not have enough funds.

Even if we reluctantly eat this batch of food, what if the Republic has next batch?

Everyone knows that they have no way out, and whoever laughs last will be the real winner.

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Tang family.

Mr. Tang called Tang Shaoxiong to his study and asked, "What do you think of the current international grain prices?"