Resource Tycoon Reborn

Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, with a territory of more than 8.5 million square meters, and there are no deserts or saline-alkali lands in its territory. It can be said that the land resources are very rich.

According to Brazil's own official statistics, the arable land area in Brazil reaches more than 300 million hectares, which is more than three times the arable land area in China. The undeveloped land area in Brazil is estimated to be about 100 million hectares, which is equivalent to

China has the total amount of arable land, but Brazil has a population of less than 200 million. Moreover, the climate here is suitable and the rainfall is abundant, so it has sufficient conditions to become the "granary of the world" in the future.

Moreover, in Brazil, the government clearly stipulates by law that land is basically privately owned, and property owners have the right to buy and sell land freely, and foreigners and foreign companies can purchase land in Brazil. The state only intervenes in private land under special circumstances.

Or carry out paid expropriation. Therefore, land approval only occurs when foreigners purchase Brazilian land and develop and utilize land that affects Brazil's environmental protection and ecology. Others, such as domestic land transactions and transfers, are mostly run by the market and can be bought and sold freely.

Many Americans and Japanese have purchased large amounts of land in Brazil, built farms, and grown various crops.

Falcao and Green looked at each other, Falcao asked: "Director, how much land do you plan to buy?" In Brazil, not all land is privately owned, and some land is owned by the government, and this part of the land,

If the transfer is less than 2,500 hectares, it can be discussed between the government and the buyer, but if it exceeds 2,500 hectares, it must be submitted to Congress for approval. Therefore, if you want to purchase 2,000 hectares,

For land of more than 500 hectares, it is better to go directly to the farmers to buy it.

"As big as you can buy!" Fang Mingyuan waved his hand and said, "I heard that the large farms here can even reach hundreds of thousands of hectares?"

Falcao and Green couldn't help but be shocked. How much does this person plan to spend to buy land? Hundreds of thousands of hectares of land, that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Even if Brazil's economy is in recession now, land

The price has dropped and it is an amazing amount.

"Yes, the largest farms can indeed reach hundreds of thousands of hectares." Green nodded, "But... it may cost hundreds of millions to buy..."

Fang Mingyuan snapped his fingers and interrupted Green's words: "Very good, I'll leave this matter to you Suarez. Help me see if there are any suitable large-scale farms that are ready to be sold. It is best to have a farm of several sizes."

On a scale of 100,000 hectares.”

Fang Mingyuan's decision was certainly not a sudden whim. If you want to own this precious resource permanently in the country, there is no need to think about it. The country will definitely not allow it. Moreover, as far as he knows, if you want to own this precious resource permanently, it will definitely not be allowed.

In a few years, countries like Brazil and Argentina will impose upper limits on foreigners' purchases of land in their countries. Just like it is now impossible to buy an island in Australia. Moreover, buying permanent land in Brazil

, on average, one acre of land costs less than one thousand yuan!

Cheap prices are one thing, but more importantly, the next ten years will be the best-selling decade for agricultural products in the international market. Although there are also price fluctuations, the overall trend is true. So when buying in Brazil

Land, producing agricultural products, whether sold in Brazil or exported, is a good deal. It can also be regarded as leaving an industry overseas for the Fang family that can be passed down from generation to generation.

Of course, it is not difficult for Fang Mingyuan to find investment projects with higher profit margins than this. But in the long run, it will be difficult to own large tracts of land in South America in the future. If it were not in Hong Kong

During the trip, Yu Dongfeng accidentally mentioned that land in South America was very cheap, but he had completely forgotten about it.

Of course, before gaining control of CMM, the industry under the Fang family had very little influence in Brazil, which was also a key factor. This caused him to focus on European and American countries most of the time, but

Ignore these emerging countries.

Moreover, in the future soybean war, he must have enough resources in his hands to be qualified to challenge the opponent.

Green was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said submissively: "As you wish."

Fang Mingyuan turned his attention to Falcao again and said, "You just said that there was a power crisis in Brazil this year? Well, what happened?" Although, he already knew it from the information prepared by Yu Dongfeng and Lin Rong.

, but he still wanted to hear what local Brazilians thought of the power crisis sweeping across Brazil.

Falcao smiled bitterly and said: "It's not this damn drought and stupid government!"

Nearly 90% of Brazil's electricity supply comes from hydropower. Located in South America, it always has abundant rainfall, and the many rivers in the country provide Brazil with many suitable locations for building hydropower stations. This kind of green pollution-free

Energy is naturally highly recognized by the people. However, this also makes Brazil's power supply rely heavily on Tianhe's uncooperation. This year, the precipitation in most areas of Brazil is significantly less than the average precipitation in previous years.

, which has caused a serious water shortage problem in the surface runoff that provides energy for hydropower stations, making it impossible to provide sufficient electricity for Brazil's use.

The sudden shortage of power supply has brought great trouble to Brazilians. Some of the exciting events in the night stadiums had to be cancelled, factories had to be partially shut down, and even residents' daily electricity was not guaranteed at all.

, which caused the sales of candles to soar. The neon lights in the city no longer flickered at night, and even the street lights on the roads were half extinguished. The nightlife seemed to have lost its former glory overnight.

The Brazilian government, which was caught off guard, had nothing to do in the face of this predicament. Unless there were some large-scale rainfalls in time, it would be too late even if it had the money to build thermal power plants. What's more, since the financial crisis in Southeast Asia has spread to

Since Brazil, in order to reduce the government's fiscal deficit, the government has no plan to increase construction efforts in power supply. Moreover, the Brazilian government's strong supervision of the power industry has also made it difficult for Brazilian domestic capital and foreign capital to enter.

In this area, the Brazilian government, which was simply unable to provide more electricity supply, could only start with "conservation". Therefore, starting from June 2001, the Brazilian government began to restrict electricity consumption through various measures.

"A group of incompetent idiots who are still complacent about their economic management capabilities all day long!" Falcao criticized his country's government mercilessly. From his words, it is not difficult to see that he is concerned about the power crisis in Brazil.

It is deeply disgusting.

Fang Mingyuan was not surprised by his reaction. The reason why CMM's profit margin has dropped sharply this year is that the power crisis has left the company with insufficient power for mineral mining. This is a very important factor! However, Brazil's current

Chaos is not a good thing for CMM, but it is a good thing for him to invest in Brazil.

Brazil had not fully recovered from the global economic crisis caused by the Southeast Asian financial crisis. However, it was also affected by the triple impact of the collapse of the Nasdaq Composite Index, the domestic power crisis, and the Argentine economic crisis. Heavy foreign debt forced the government to reduce its budget, and

The power crisis will undoubtedly make the country's economic development sluggish. More importantly, the power crisis will make foreign capital question Brazil's development prospects, which is likely to make Brazil's efforts to attract foreign investment this year even worse!

At this time, any foreign investment is tantamount to providing timely help to the Brazilian government. This will undoubtedly win more and greater preferential policies for the Fang family. Perhaps in normal times, it would take a lot of effort to obtain benefits.

Now you can do twice the result with half the effort.

Fang Mingyuan pondered for a long time, raised his hand slightly, and Falcao immediately stopped talking. Fang Mingyuan said: "Manager Falcao, I hope to meet with important officials in charge of the economy and mining in your country as soon as possible. I wonder if you can get in touch.

What level of official?"

Falcao was taken aback, and after a while he said: "I can help you contact Alexander Pimenyar, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Mines and Energy. He is the highest-ranking official I can contact."

Fang Mingyuan glanced at Falcao with some surprise. This guy has good social skills. He is the deputy minister of the Ministry of Mines and Energy and is considered a senior official in the Brazilian government.

"Okay, then you contact him, I will give you two days. You can tell him that this will be related to a transaction with a total value of more than 10 billion US dollars. If he is not interested, I will make another decision.

Find someone else." Fang Mingyuan said. Falcao and Green were shocked beyond measure. The total value of the transaction was tens of billions of dollars. Not to mention the deputy minister of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, even the President of Brazil would be alarmed.

At this time, Lin Rong quickly came behind Fang Mingyuan and whispered: "Counselor of the Argentine Embassy, ​​Gutiérrez Rodriguez has arrived." Lin Rong spoke in English and did not avoid taboos.

Erco and Green.

"He came very quickly!" Fang Mingyuan raised his hand to look at the time and said with a smile, "Falcao, Green, we will be here today. If anything happens, I will come back to you.

Falcao and Green naturally stood up knowingly, shook hands with Fang Mingyuan, followed Lin Rong out the door, and passed by a middle-aged Caucasian man in the corridor.