Chapter 1154 Market Explosion

Facing this pie-in-the-sky situation, Kasore was not completely without struggle and vigilance.

He also considered whether the other party might want to take a long-term approach to catch a big fish and get something out of him or Dassault.

But there is no way.

Others gave too much——

Before Kasore could raise his concerns, Liang Shaoxiu had already come up with a very low-risk and complete funding plan.

To put it simply, the entire project is divided into three phases to be completed, and the risks of each step are kept to a minimum.

For example, the first stage is just a purely theoretical study of the optimization iteration problem and does not involve any engineering part.

The words "pure theory" represent low investment in most cases.

This time is no exception.

Two years, 100,000 euros.

Or both parties invest together.

The family only contributed 50,000 euros.

This offer made Casore not sure what to worry about.

Not to mention the Dassault Group.

Even he himself, as a company manager, would spend 50,000 euros without blinking an eye.

Even if everything turns out to be in vain, there is almost no risk.

And as long as you can achieve a little bit of results, it will be a real profit.

As for the second phase, the investment is indeed much larger, but it will only be started after the results of the first phase are seen and mutually recognized by both parties. There seems to be no risk of being cheated.

It can be said that it is full of sincerity.

In short, even if Kasore wanted to refuse, he didn't know how to say it.

It was only out of the obsession that "even as a Frenchman, I cannot surrender so quickly" that I reluctantly asked the last question:

"So...have you selected the researchers responsible for this work?"

In his opinion, those who would take on such a task for a mere 100,000 euros would most likely be young scholars who suffer from insufficient funds.

Due to the principle of reciprocity, I also had to find corresponding types of technical personnel from French universities.

However, these people are generally lacking in experience, and their ability is close to blind box opening.

If possible, Casore would even like to offer to invest more in order to expand his options.

"That's right."

Liang Shaoxiu showed a playful smile on his face:

"Professor Chang Haonan of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has said that if you can find an equal partner, he is very willing to take up this research..."

Throughout the entire process from M88-2 to SeA650, to Falcon 8Z and the "Gaoming" project, Chang Haonan has almost never appeared directly.

Liu Yongquan, Liang Shaoxiu and others have always been responsible for the docking, while he was behind the scenes and controlled the situation.

So for Casore, this is not someone he knows.

But this name sounds a bit familiar.

"often……"

He even froze for a moment.

But he quickly responded:

"etc……"

Kasore suddenly raised his head:

"You can't be talking about that...Fields Medal from the year before last..."

"Yes, that's him."

Liang Shaoxiu nodded and at the same time made a tactical retreat:

"Don't worry, although Professor Chang holds a position in the company, he has nothing to do with our group, so there is no suspicion of transferring benefits to him..."

This statement highlights a half-truth.

Chang Haonan does not have a name within the current Aviation Industry Group.

But to say "it doesn't matter" is indeed a bit far-fetched.

But looking at Liang Shaoxiu with a leisurely expression in front of him, Kasolei only wanted to curse in his heart——

Yes, no benefits were transferred to Professor Chang.

100,000 euros to hire a Philippine award boss to stand on the stage.

This is obviously someone delivering benefits to you!

Of course, all regulations related to funding only involve upper limits, and there is no saying that scientific researchers cannot ask for ultra-low funding.

So that's not the point.

The point is...

Now that you have invited a Philippine Award winner, you feel happy.

But where can I find a Philippine award-level boss who is willing to accept a project with a funding of 100,000?

Fortunately, Liang Shaoxiu took the initiative to resolve the situation:

"Professor Chang said that he doesn't look at titles but only abilities...so it doesn't have to be other Philippine Award winners. As long as he has a certain reputation and reputation in the industry, he is willing to cooperate."

Kasore finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If that's the case, then it doesn't matter whether it's money or not.

Chang Haonan's name alone is attractive enough to many people.

Even as he spoke, several names appeared in his mind.

Anyway, there is really no shortage of potential mathematicians in France...

…

In fact, Chang Haonan's main purpose of this wave was to borrow a name.

As for the most critical improvement of the Levenberg-Marquardt method itself, he did not even use the system and completed it quickly by himself.

If you don't want to use the work of your collaborators to expand the main content of the paper, you can even publish it directly.

While he was immersed in theoretical research, the outside world had already caused an uproar because of the statement from the United States Department of Agriculture.

In fact, the production reduction in the agricultural states of the Midwestern United States is not news.

Since the land in many South American countries has long been bought up by American companies, international soybean prices are not particularly dependent on the output of those states.

Therefore, it is initially reflected in the futures market, which is price fluctuations within the normal range.

What's really terrible is that after the news of expected production reductions, several major agricultural companies quickly responded, saying that this round of climate disasters will not only affect the United States, but may lead to a reduction in agricultural production throughout the Americas.

At the same time, due to the expected reduction in production, they will accordingly reduce the inventory size in the next 3-5 years to the lowest point in half a century——

From a geographical point of view, since the American continent lacks tall mountains running east-west, the predictions and concerns of grain merchants are not unreasonable.

At least no one dares to deny this possibility.

And this finally triggered a violent reaction in the global market.

You know, under normal circumstances, soybeans in the central United States are on the market in September every year.

For the first seven months of this year, everything seemed normal.

Therefore, when the news of production cuts suddenly came out in August, it was too late and impossible for the downstream industry to find other alternative suppliers.

As a result, prices in the futures market finally broke through the rational range and began to skyrocket.

Coupled with the fact that the financial giants on Wall Street took advantage of the news and added fuel to the fire by building crazy positions and speculation, in just about 20 days, the price of soybean futures rose from the original US$367/ton to an astonishing US$650/ton, and it did not slow down at all. room for gains.

Under this circumstance, in order to ensure that there are sufficient raw materials to maintain operations, domestic downstream companies are ready to go overseas to purchase soybeans.

Of course, there are also discerning people who have seen the anomaly behind this round of skyrocketing prices.

Logically speaking, international grain merchants have been operating in the grain market for many years and do not lack the experience and ability to deal with natural disasters.

Even if it wasn't intentional this time, it definitely had the purpose of fueling the flames.

If domestic companies are really allowed to go overseas and buy a large number of futures at high prices, they are likely to suffer big losses at some point in the future.

However, under the general panic in the entire industry, the voice of reason seems so weak and unable to save the situation...

"Team Leader Zhao, we have issued five consecutive suggestions and warnings, but the feedback below... is not optimistic."

In an office of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, a staff member reacted helplessly to Zhao Guangsheng, the leader of the expert advisory group of the Ministry of Agriculture:

"Except for a few companies with state-owned assets background that agreed to postpone, only about forty or fifty companies gave a positive response, and the rest have not stopped preparing for procurement. Several of the leading companies are even preparing to go abroad in groups. They want to Use the advantage of scale to purchase more than 10 million tons of futures at one time to obtain priority supply rights from ADM and Cargill..."

As a senior consultant to the agricultural industry, Zhao Guangsheng has long been mentally prepared for this.

So at first, he didn't actually have much reaction.

However, when Zhao Guangsheng heard the last two sentences, he still slapped the table in annoyance:

"That's ridiculous!"

The assistant opposite was so frightened that he trembled.

"It's okay to purchase at high prices, but instead of trying to use the market size to lower prices, we instead unite with foreign grain merchants to engage in internal strife..."

Zhao Guangsheng's roar almost echoed through the entire corridor.

However, it’s just incompetent rage——

Compared with staple foods that are firmly in the hands of the state, cash crops such as soybeans are indeed in a situation of almost complete freedom of development.

Even the Ministry of Agriculture can only issue reminders and recommendations, but cannot actually force these companies to do or not do anything.

After venting his anger, Zhao Guangsheng sat back on his chair helplessly and took a deep breath:

"Help me draft a proposal to ask Sinograin to immediately release part of its reserves for market hedging. This will at least temporarily stabilize these companies. We cannot let them just go out to sea to buy goods..."