The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 302 Win-win cooperation

National Day has just passed.

Liu Tao received good news.

Argentina agreed to his conditions and was willing to use mines, soybeans, corn, wheat, sorghum, beef, mutton, etc. as collateral for the transaction.

There was no way, Liu Tao simply did not accept credit.

If you dare to accept credit from Argentina, Argentina will dare to default on its debt.

When doing business with a country like Argentina, you have to keep your accounts clear.

Argentina is now in the midst of an economic crisis and a debt crisis, and even the failure of the Falklands War has made the situation in Argentina unstable.

But that doesn't mean Argentina has nothing.

On the contrary, Argentina is rich in mineral resources and is one of the major mining countries in Latin America. The main mineral resources include oil, natural gas, copper, gold, uranium, lead, zinc, borates, clay, etc. Most of them are located in the Andes Mountains bordering Chile and Bolivia.

It’s just that Argentina’s level of mineral development is low, and more than 75% of its resources have not yet been explored and developed.

Liu Tao was not at all surprised by Argentina's choice.

Argentina is now in huge trouble and wants to buy Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles for peace of mind, but it cannot afford it, so it has no choice but to agree to his conditions.

As for credit, he never accepts credit here.

There was no way. Argentina was simply too far away and out of reach. If Argentina defaulted on the payment after buying on credit, he really had no good solution.

His conditions are actually a win-win situation for both parties. He can obtain mineral development and mine and sell minerals continuously for money. After shipping the agricultural products back to the country, he can consume them himself even if he does not sell them.

What's more, these products are actually not difficult to sell. Neither in mainland China nor in Hong Kong!

Compared with other countries, they may choose the French "Exocet" missile, but for Argentina, which has used both the "Exocet" missile and the "Eagle Strike" missile, they will choose the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missile without hesitation.

Firstly, the Eagle Strike anti-ship missile is more effective and outperforms the Exocet missile in terms of performance.

Secondly, the Argentines were still upset about France's refusal to sell them Exocet missiles, Super Etendard fighter jets, and Mirage fighter jets. They didn't want to be unable to buy weapons in the future when a war broke out.

Argentina had also approached him to purchase before, but he did not refuse. Instead, he told them helplessly that it would take at least two months to ship the goods from China to South America, and then from South America to Argentina. It was impossible to deliver the goods to Argentina in the time period that Argentina wanted.

This also won the trust of Argentina.

After all, what Liu Tao said was completely true, unlike France, which was arrogant and simply refused to sell to Argentina.

"Mr. Martino, my friend, I believe that our cooperation will become more and more pleasant." Liu Tao smiled faintly, "In the future, the trade between China and Argentina will definitely increase. We have a population of 10 billion, which is a supermarket. Think about our cooperation. In the future, you don't have to worry about not being able to sell Argentina's minerals and agricultural products."

"And you can also get the weapons or other industrial products you want!" Liu Tao is full of confidence in this.

Argentina has a population of approximately 2900 million and a land area of ​​278 million square kilometers. It is definitely a country with vast land and sparse population. Argentina has rich natural resources and is very suitable as a resource exporter and agricultural country!
Industry is not suitable for Argentina because Argentina is far away from the center of the world, their wage levels are not low, and their products are not competitive at all.

Or to put it another way, Argentina is too far from heaven and too close to the United States.

Cooperation with China is definitely a win-win situation.

Martino's face was not looking very good. He said, "Liu, if we didn't have the money right now and needed your Eagle Strike missiles, we would never agree to it."

An iron mine, a copper mine, a gold and silver mine, and a lithium boron mine. To be honest, the price is a bit high. "Mr. Martino, you should know that these minerals are buried underground. They are only valuable when they are mined. If they are not mined, they are worthless." Liu Tao said without comment: "We will invest in you, but we will bring you investment and jobs, and your agricultural products will have a huge export market."

No one in the international community is optimistic about Argentina now.

First, Argentina fell into economic crisis and debt crisis, and now it lost the Falklands War. Everyone knows that Argentina's economy will definitely decline sharply.

Even without this method, he can still make a difference in Argentina, but it will be much more troublesome.

After all, Argentina's power structure is complex and there are too many local tyrants.

Unfortunately, there are very few Chinese people in Argentina, less than 100,000, and they are a relatively weak group.

But using this method, it’s different and can save a lot of trouble.

"I hope so!" Martino said.

After the two separated, Liu Tao was in a very good mood.

Now the whole of Latin America is in deep economic crisis due to the "dollar tide" caused by the sharp interest rate hike in the United States, and this is precisely an opportunity for him.

Some cooperation can be achieved through the trade of weapons and equipment.

Whether it is Argentina or Brazil, both of them are rich in resources and are major agricultural producers.

They can't sell their grain, but China needs it now.

Due to the drought in recent years, many people in many villages had to go out to beg for their lives. This was only possible because the country invested huge amounts of money and materials in disaster relief. Otherwise, who knows how many people would have starved to death due to the drought.

Currently, food imports are mainly from Thailand, and some are from the United States.

As for South America, there is very little economic and trade exchanges now.

"I wonder how many people will be willing to take the risk of going abroad this time!" Liu Tao sighed, feeling a little worried.

It is hard to leave one's hometown. Unless absolutely necessary, few people are willing to leave their hometown, let alone go abroad to explore the world.

Even among passionate young people like retired soldiers, the proportion of those who choose to go abroad for adventure is less than one in ten.

This is still a choice to go abroad, the salary is much higher than in China.

If the salary level is the same, I'm afraid this ratio will drop to one percent or even one thousandth.

From the current perspective, those who are willing to choose to go abroad to make a living are mainly from Guangdong, Fujian or Zhejiang provinces. People from these three provinces are most willing to go out and strive.

Some people even took advantage of this rare opportunity to start a business outside.

But after all, the number of people willing to go abroad is still much smaller than the number he needs.

Now the entire security system has barely been staffed, and the total number of the largest mercenaries is less than a thousand. Not to mention the largest mercenary group in the world, it can't even be ranked in the top 100.

Of course, working abroad brings high salaries, but the risks are also high. It is not uncommon for dozens or even hundreds of people to die every year.

Sometimes they would even be attacked by other mercenary groups, and dozens or even hundreds of them might die at one time.

(End of this chapter)