After he got off the boat at Coro Island, Jiang Chen didn't stop.
After ordering Sergei to drive the yacht back to his villa, he flew alone to Australia and got off the plane in Melbourne.
When Jiang Chen checked in at the hotel near the airport, it was already two in the afternoon.
He hadn't eaten lunch yet, so he found a random Chinese restaurant to finish his meal before he began his journey for the day.
Following the route provided by the map on his phone, he quickly arrived at the building of a military company called "Mammoth."
This company was introduced to Jiang Chen by Robert. It was one of the more well-known military base builders in the world. They had built military outposts for the peacekeeping force in Iraq, and Robert had dealings with them in the firearms business.
He explained the purpose of his visit to the beautiful receptionist at the front desk as the company's CEO personally came downstairs to greet Jiang Chen.
The CEO of the company was an Australian with a big beard named Thomas who served in the Australian Special Forces.
Robert had obviously discussed with him beforehand. After he briefly asked about Jiang Chen's requirements for the military base, he enthusiastically provided more than ten construction plans. With the recent geopolitical situation slowing down, it had been a long time since his company received such a big deal, which was why he was so enthusiastic.
After two days of discussion, the two parties finally finalized the construction plan.
The total contract value was 400 million USD. The construction included a four-berth deepwater port, radar base, weather observation equipment, airstrip, coastal defense cannon base, missile base, and other facilities modeled after the layout of the Wake Island military base.
Of course, due to military sales restrictions, these construction projects didn't include missile launchers and large caliber cannons. Without the permission of the Australian government, Thomas didn't dare to sell these things.
But Jiang Chen didn't care.
The missiles in the 21st century, could they be stronger than the Disaster-32 cruise missile? No matter how powerful the cannons were, could they be stronger than the Type-50 electromagnetic pulse cannon? Although the former's manufacturing technology hadn't been mastered yet, and the latter was only a tank level electromagnetic pulse cannon, Jiang Chen believed that with further exploration in the apocalypse, he would eventually acquire these awesome things.
Other than that, Thomas also sold Jiang Chen four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters at a unit price of 4 million USD for a total of 160 million USD. Along with this, he also gifted Celestial with eight training spots for helicopter pilots.
With these four Black Hawks, the mobility of the military base on New Moon Island would increase to another level. With the carrying capacity of the four Black Hawk helicopters, Celestial Trade's soldiers could quickly land on any of the nine islands to respond to emergencies.
It was a good idea to use the Black Hawk as a temporary base before switching to new technology.
…
On the third day after they arrived in Australia, the matter of the military base was settled. Mammoth Company had already sent professionals to New Moon Island for an inspection. According to Thomas, if things went well, they would be finished this July.
After taking care of the military base, Jiang Chen wasn't in a hurry to go back.
The next day, Jiang Chen woke up early and drove to the suburbs north of Melbourne.
The state of Victoria, located in the southeast of Australia, with Melbourne as its capital, has always been known as the "Garden State". Because it was close to the ocean, the climate was warm and humid, so it had the best vegetation and lush grasslands in the whole of Australia. As a result, Victoria became Australia's largest source of milk and agricultural products.
The further the car traveled from the city, the fresher the air became.
He got out of the car in front of a farm and found the farm owner who just got off the truck.
"You are?"
"Jiang Chen." Jiang Chen simply introduced himself.
The farm owner with a beer belly used a towel to wipe the sweat off his face.
"Jiang Chen? Han? … I feel like I've heard this name before. Mhmm, you can call me Luke. I'm the owner of this farm. Are you here to buy fresh milk? "
"Fresh milk?" Jiang Chen was confused.
"Mhmm? Isn't that right? " The farm owner also looked at Jiang Chen with surprise as he put the towel around his thick neck. "Aren't you here to buy? Based on your age, you must be an international student from Melbourne. "
Luke used the word "buy" in Mandarin.
Jiang Chen was speechless. Future International was nominated as one of the world's top 500 companies. As the president, there was no reason for him to buy milk.
"Ahem, you misunderstood. I'm here to discuss a big deal."
Luke looked at Jiang Chen suspiciously.
Just then, a van stopped in front of the farm.
A girl wearing a cap got out of the car. When Luke saw the girl, he seemed to know why she was here and went straight back to the farm.
"Hello." The girl was rather lively as she greeted Jiang Chen enthusiastically.
Jiang Chen smiled at her and asked casually, "Are you an international student from Melbourne?"
The girl was also talkative as she smiled brightly. "Mhmm, I'm studying business administration. I'm in my third year. What about you?"
"I'm not a student. I finished my studies two years ago."
"Not an international student? Are you an immigrant? "The girl blinked as she asked.
Although it was not wrong to say that, he was not an Australian immigrant. He was from Xin.
"Mhmm."
"Eh? Then where is your ancestral home? "
"Hucheng."
"Hucheng. My home is in Shangjing. Do you specialize in the milk powder business?"
"Why would you think I'm a buyer?" Jiang Chen said helplessly.
The girl looked at Jiang Chen, puzzled. Then, as if she understood something, she kindly advised Jiang Chen.
"If you're bringing it for your family, it's best to buy it from the supermarket. Although it's drinkable directly from the farm, the packaging is inconvenient and unhygienic."
"What about you?" Jiang Chen looked at her, puzzled.
"Of course I'm not bringing it for my family." The girl rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen. "I'm a buyer. I mainly sell it on Wechat and Taobao … Oh, I recently opened a store on Little White. Now I can earn my own tuition."
The girl's face was filled with pride as she said this. Compared to other poor students whose parents sold their children to go abroad, there were not many students like her who could earn their own living. She didn't have to rely on a godfather or add a burden to her family.
But she would never have thought that the designer of Little White was standing in front of her, chatting casually with her.
"Buy store … Umm, don't buy from the supermarket?" Jiang Chen vaguely remembered that was what the advertisements said.
"Are you dumb?" The girl rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen. "Have you never gone to Woolworth to buy milk powder? Han customers can only buy two cans at a time! And it's expensive. My classmates and I sell dozens of cans a day. How can we buy it from the supermarket? We get it directly from the farm, and then we buy some empty cans from the waste station — "
Speaking up to this point, the girl seemed to have come to a realization and quickly stopped talking.
Coincidentally, Luke had already walked out with a large bag. The girl's eyes lit up as she hurried to greet him.
The Australian helped the girl carry the milk powder to the van and put it down. Then, he took the dozen or so Australian bills from her.
"Goodbye." The girl smiled sweetly at Jiang Chen, waved goodbye, and got into the van.
Jiang Chen also waved and said goodbye to the girl whose name he didn't know.
A very polite girl.
But he felt that the sweet smile was a bit fake.
"Tell me, what's your big business?" Luke wiped the sweat off his forehead as he stood beside Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen didn't answer. Instead, he asked an unrelated question. "That milk powder, is it safe?"
Luke paused for a moment as he looked at Jiang Chen, puzzled, and nodded.
"Of course it's safe. My farm passed the quarantine process from the beginning of milk production. Although that batch of milk powder was made by a friend's milk powder factory, the quality is definitely up to standard … "
After a moment of silence, Jiang Chen sighed as if he had given up.
"As long as it's safe. Of course, I'm not here to buy milk powder, I'm just curious … Whatever, let's talk business … "
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