Franchise God - Chapter 1628



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Franchise God Episode 1628

348. Big Hand of Private Board (2)

Those who invested in food, whether grains, meat or dairy, hit the jackpot.

Individual investors were disappointed that the seafood futures market was closed and they could not make more money.

“Why on earth is there no seafood futures market?”

“The only places that export seafood are swimming pools and Norway.”

“Why trade seafood as a gift? It should have a price fluctuation range. It just keeps rising unconditionally.”

There was another piece of good news for those who invested in food.

There was news that Saudi Arabia was completing a giant food storage facility and purchasing ultra-low temperature refrigerated containers to fill it.

“Wait a minute. Don’t insects have the distinction of being haram food under Sharia law? There are about 400 million Arabs in the world right now.”

“The cultured meat market is dead, so now those people have no choice but to eat regular meat. They can’t eat Tiny Meat no matter what.”

“I can’t even eat pork. That’s haram.”

“Wait a minute. The cultured meat market is not ruined. My pet stock is still alive. Who is killing and reviving it at will?”

“Investors in cultured meat are withdrawing from the market, saying that they can no longer compete on price because of Tiny Food. Isn’t that pretty much the same as being dead?”

The world was in an uproar when Saudi Arabia moved to stockpile meat.

Everyone was paying attention to how much money would be spent.

“This is a mess. The US is also causing a fuss by buying up canned goods to stockpile several years’ worth of food. And now even Saudi Arabia is joining in.”

“How much will it cost?”

“The size of the cold storage is enormous. Even if it were only 5% full right now, the price of meat would go crazy.”

And through the Yeouido flyer, the truth that had been hidden behind a veil was finally revealed.

“You guys are crazy! Saudi Arabia is crazy! Oh my god! They’re stockpiling meat to feed 35 million people for 30 years!”

“What? So you’re saying you bought roughly 45.67 million tons?”

“Didn’t you just say 45.67 million tons? You said 4,567 tons, right?”

“That makes sense. 4,567 tons is just enough for the Saudi people to eat in a day.”

“Eww! This can’t be happening!”

Even this weight only includes meat that can be preserved for a long time, such as frozen or canned meat.

Naturally, we will also try to stockpile other foods, such as grains, that can be stored for a long time.

And where else would Saudi Arabia be moving?

“This is a big deal. If Saudi Arabia moves, other Middle Eastern countries will also be in trouble and won’t be able to sit still.”

“If this continues, oil money might sweep away the entire food market. Won’t that cause prices to skyrocket?”

“It’s already skyrocketed, and now it’s skyrocketing again? Are you telling the common people to just die?”

Especially the common people of Europe held their heads and screamed.

“Damn it! It’s already been two weeks since I’ve lived on bread! And I haven’t even seen meat in all that time! It’s too expensive!”

“We want to eat meat too!”

* * *

Saudi Arabia is a traditional ally of the United States.

Of course, it is an alliance out of necessity, but in reality it is the only pro-American country in the Middle East.

What would happen if Saudi Arabia joined the private sector?

Saudi Arabia also knew how much of an additional burden the meat sweep would place on the United States, which was desperate to stockpile food.

But, I can’t die as a rich person to save my strong friend, right?

The Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs personally flew to Korea to meet with Choi Jin-guk, CEO of Suyeong Ranch.

“I would like to purchase 50 million tons of beef. It will be in both frozen and canned form. I intend to store it in ultra-low temperature freezers for over 30 years.”

“Well, then we would have to skip the aging process and just debone the meat immediately after slaughter, sterilize it, and then quickly freeze it. Canned foods are already processed this way, but frozen foods aren’t as thorough, so it costs more.”

If you want to store it in an ultra-low temperature freezer for more than 30 years, you must also thoroughly sterilize it.

Because when making frozen meat, we don’t assume that it will not be eaten for more than two years.

“Meat products are shipped once a month.”

“That’s fine. I would like to purchase all the cattle and poultry coming from your ranch first.”

“I am very sorry, Minister. Our group does not supply exclusively to any one place for international food security. No matter how much money is given, that is the principle.”

“Oh, is that so?”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs stared at Choi Jin-guk with a very embarrassed expression.

Jin-guk Choi gave an apologetic smile and explained further.

“No matter what happens, we supply 20% of our shipments to unspecified general wholesalers. This is to avoid anti-monopoly sanctions and to avoid resentment from consumers. Please understand.”

“If that’s the case, I can fully understand.”

The Foreign Minister thought to himself, ‘Then I can just buy the rest from the middlemen.’

“Then can we buy 80% of the shipment?”

“Excluding the Korean distribution volume and the US nanofood sales, I think we will only be able to sell about 40% of the total shipments.”

“That’s fine. Let’s make a deal. We’ll buy 40% of your total shipments until we buy 50 million tons of meat.”

“Okay, I understand. However, the price has to be determined based on the market price each time it is shipped.”

“Of course. Doesn’t the price of meat skyrocket several times a day?”

* * *

Swimming Ranch regularly ships cattle, pork and poultry from ranches in Korea and California.

The fact that Saudi Arabia is taking up 40% of total shipments means that the distribution volume has decreased accordingly.

This market change was proactively reflected in the price, and Nanofood Balmustin was immediately aware of it.

“The swimming pool ranch said they will raise the price of meat by 15% starting next month.”

“What does it matter? We can just raise the price of meat by that amount and sell it. Let’s see. The cost of raw materials has gone up by 15%, so we should raise the consumer price by about 30%.”

Balmer Steen laughed and joked to himself, “I’m such a conscientious businessman. I might get kicked out of the board if I keep doing this.”

In the first place, since it is a one-man company in which he owns all the shares, there is no reason for that to happen.

“American consumers are panic-buying whatever they can get their hands on anyway. Zigburger’s big promotion of canned food hoarding was huge. They should give something as a gift.”

“Food prices have gone up too much. I’m afraid that we’ll be subject to sanctions from the federal government.”

“Sanctions? That’s been going on for a while now. Why was our Nanofood forcibly separated from Nanosoft and became independent? It’s all because of federal government sanctions, right? Wasn’t it because of congressional sanctions?”

“….”

“I wonder how the Congress will handle these murderous prices.”

As food prices went up, everything else went up too.

America is now richer than ever, but it is also more food hungry than ever.

It’s like the story of the rich man who has a warehouse full of gold, but has nothing to eat and is drying up.

* * *

Food prices in the U.S. are rising again.

Citizens were groaning under the murderous cost of food and took to the streets demanding a solution to the problem.

Offline grocery stores were often looted by mobs.

Even during this time, fruit foods maintained stable prices and showed a price suppression effect.

“If there were no Fruit Foods, the food prices that are shown in figures today would be much higher.”

There was only one way for American citizens to be free from the burden of insane food costs.

Just find a Fruit Foods store.

However, many citizens still showed negative reactions to Tiny Meat.

The middle class because they still have some money, and the poor because of their last remaining pride, which is nothing but evil.

The poor who had no choice but to eat tiny meat despite their strong aversion to it due to lack of food funds had endless hatred built up inside them.

‘I eat insect meat every meal, but why do rich people enjoy delicious food while blowing my monthly food budget every meal?’

Eating is the most basic need.

Discontent arising from primitive deficiencies was accumulating, and the Congress was not unaware of this.

Congress wanted to try to negotiate first to put out the immediate fire.

President Vincent was shocked when he heard that story.

“Will that happen now? When will we push Nano Soft to spin off its food business?”

“The lawmakers believe that it doesn’t matter because it didn’t directly hit the swimming group.”

“What the heck… … . Maybe because I’ve lived comfortably my whole life without wanting anything, I have no sense of reality at all.”

“But I think the pride that the United States is the strongest prevents us from making the right decisions.”

He even took it for granted that the White House would be in charge of the negotiations.

Vincent was dumbfounded.

“When will you tell me, as the president who took over, to just be obedient and do whatever I tell you until the end of your term?”

“In a way, this is something that the National Assembly should be ordering.”

“You have to be consistent when giving orders to your dog, but does it make sense to try to control the White House by going back and forth? Tell him to do whatever he wants.”

President Vincent simply took a vacation.

Now, he couldn’t even say something weak in front of Ha Soo-young.

Why should I go and bow my head in place of the innocent perpetrator when it wasn’t my fault?

When President Vincent took a vacation and went into hiding, the Congress, in disarray, sent the Deputy Speaker of the House to Korea.

The vice-chairman quickly concluded the negotiations and returned home early.

The parliament had high expectations because his face was so bright.

“Did the story go well?”

“Yes. He deeply sympathized with the current situation in which American citizens are suffering from high food prices, and promised to limit meat shipments to Saudi Arabia to 40% of total shipments.”

“Oh, I feel relieved for once.”

The council, ignorant of the internal principles of the swimming pool, were delighted, believing that their negotiations had worked.

But the problem is not over yet.

“If only we could divert all the supplies going to Saudi Arabia to us… … ”

“Saudi Arabia is now intentionally disrupting the international meat market. I think they should be sanctioned.”

“But on what basis do you sanction stockpiling in preparation for a food crisis?”

“To Africa, to Saudi Arabia. Damn it. Our America is falling behind these two countries… … ”

Amid the growing crisis, lawmakers in Washington felt certain.

‘We need to have terrariums in America too.’

If only there was one terrarium, America wouldn’t be in this mess.

The power of the swimming farm ultimately comes from the grain that the terrarium pours out in unlimited quantities.

“We need to build a terrarium in America too. Let’s negotiate.”

“How about using the vacuum tube train platform?”

“Well, the fixed income that the swimming group will get after completion is enormous.”

Politicians thought that the vacuum tube train was a weak point of the sewer system.

It’s not because he’s stupid, but because I see his true nature as that of an extreme capitalist.

“I’ve swung the whip lightly with Nanosoft, so I guess it’s time to offer a carrot this time.”

“Let’s make a deal to operate Terrarium in the US on the condition that they increase the percentage of platform operating profits.”

As Ha Soo-young was refining his bold proposal, sudden news from Korea shocked Washington.

“We will domestically produce parts for all unmanned robots, including Android Freedom.”

A meteorite fell in Silicon Valley.

The whole country cried out in shock.

“This is a defensive survival measure that we have no choice but to take as the US government is preparing to impose export sanctions on the robot parts that our group needs in large quantities.”

The Vice Speaker of the House who visited Korea for negotiations was criticized from all sides.

There was an outpouring of resentment, asking what kind of nonsense they were talking about to make Korea act like that.

He desperately tried to explain, but the answer he got was a revolver.

Less than 12 hours after South Korea’s announcement, the Deputy Speaker of the House was shot by an unknown assailant and taken to the hospital.

As soon as the announcement came out that there was no danger to life, stocks related to the robotics industry, which were already falling steeply, began to free fall into a bottomless pit like an angel without wings.