Chapter 345

All of Xie's understanding of Monsanto comes from a later documentary about food safety called food factory, which gave Xie Wenlong a new understanding of the food industry in the United States.

What kind of company will Monsanto become in the future? Xie liaosha knows this with his memory. At that time, Monsanto had become an incomparable giant in the seed industry, and could be called Microsoft in the gene industry. Why should we compare with Microsoft? Just like in the PC era, Microsoft owns more than 80% of the intellectual property rights of software on personal PC. So does Monsanto, which develops new crop seeds by modifying and creating genes for which Monsanto has full intellectual property rights. The seeds will blossom and bear fruit in the field. Even if these genes are transmitted to the neighbor's field through pollen, Monsanto has the same right to sue these completely passive farmers.

In the future, there will be no corn or soybean seeds without Monsanto gene in the U.S. market. Growers are even threatened by lawyers to clean their seeds. Moreover, Monsanto's seeds are also absolutely strong. With Roundup glyphosate herbicide produced by their company, they can remove almost all plants in the field except corn and soybean.

Now, however, the company's reputation is only limited to the chemical field, but they have obviously begun to have plans to enter the seed production industry. Just last year, they acquired the famous soybean breeding company Jacob Hartz seed company.

If Xie liaosha wants better and detailed information from Monsanto, he just needs to entrust a consulting company to do an investigation. Kalim's several acquisitions during this period are good, but if you look at the future, Monsanto must be included in the master. Because in the future, Monsanto will make the growers all over the world submit to his feet.

The conversation between seliosha and Karim didn't last long, because seliosha was on holiday in the name of work, so these annoying things were left to the people below. When there is a detailed plan, it is not too late for Xie liaosha to intervene.

In the next few days, Xie liaosha's other two wives also arrived in Vancouver to meet him, and their family enjoyed their life. But the employees in the investment department of Romanov are so busy that they can hardly afford to eat. Because there are too many jobs, the first is a series of problems caused by the newly acquired Dakota pasta grower company. Because Saskatchewan wheat consortium also has some American businesses, the two companies must make a series of adjustments to their business scope in order to avoid competition within the group. Although these things are simple to say, they may take nearly half a year to do. The second is the board seat of Canadian fertilizer company. Although Karim has one-third of the voice, Karim actually wants to completely acquire the company. Therefore, in the board of directors of Canadian fertilizer company, Romanov trading company must find allies who can support the acquisition plan to support itself. In addition, whether the products of Canadian fertilizer company can be provided to the farmers served by Saskatchewan wheat consortium and Dakota flour growers at more favorable prices also needs further negotiation.

Before the acquisition of Monsanto, there are still some things that must be done. The first thing is to make clear the current business situation and equity structure of Monsanto. Now Monsanto is only one of the top ten chemical companies in the United States, and it is still a private company without listing. In this case, there is very little public market information. However, Niu B's consulting company still brought a detailed investigation report to Xie liaosha.

According to the report, Monsanto is still controlled by the founder Quiney family and the Monsanto family. As long as the shares in the hands of the two families are settled, the rest will be easier to do. Just as Karim was still worrying about how to contact each other, Griffith, the former CEO of Dakota pasta growers, volunteered to meet with each other on behalf of Romanov. Karim knows that this is Griffith's act of showing kindness in order to stay. It's good that the original management stay is good for the company being acquired, so Karim decides to give him this opportunity.

From North Dakota, Griffith went to St. Louis, Missouri, to visit Monsanto's management. The two sides sat down and for the first time began negotiations on the acquisition. Griffith lowered the price of Karim's authorization and offered a price to the other party. When the other party's CEO saw the price, he didn't change his face. He just asked:

"Mr. Griffith, I'd like to know why your agricultural company is interested in chemical enterprises like ours, and with your existing scale and all cash acquisition, I'm worried if your company can provide so much capital?" The CEO of Monsanto said impolitely.

"Although we are an agricultural company, more than half of the growers in North Dakota and South Dakota are our customers. We have a huge demand for roundup of your company. In order to better serve our customers, we hope to have our own pesticide production capacity!" Griffith prevaricated.

"I'm still curious about your company's financing ability. After all, the price you offered is as high as tens of billions, and the market value of your company is less than that. I'm curious about your financing ability!" Asked Monsanto's CEO, unfeelingly.

"I have the credit certificate of Rothschild bank in hand, which can prove that our financing ability is no problem! And our sponsor is Yota communications! " Griffith retorted coolly.

"Yota communications? Yota communications, who sells cell phones? " The other side asked strangely.

"Yes, Yota communications will guarantee our financing this time! Now may I discuss some substantive issues with you? " Griffith some angry said, the other side again and again and again look down on themselves, even if it is more self-restraint people will be angry.

"Yes, Mr. Griffith! Now I can take your acquisition seriously, and I will submit your acquisition request to our board of directors! We'll let you know when we come to a conclusion. Please stay in St. Louis for a while. You can visit our company first, and we'll be responsible for entertaining you! " Monsanto CEO's attitude towards Griffith immediately changed 180 degrees.