Wholeheartedly Convinced

Agif's eyes lit up. Was Mikhail going to let him off the hook?

He hurriedly patted his chest and said, "Just give the order, Chairman. I really am quite familiar with Ukraine!"

Wang Ye nodded and said casually, "In Europe, aside from our country, Ukraine has the largest area of arable land. They have a great deal of farmland as well.

Since we intend to place greater importance on food security in the future, once our grain production increases, we will no longer be able to import grain from Ukraine.

That will have a certain impact on their finances.

Just as you said, our two countries are blood brothers.

If a brother can no longer make ends meet, then even if our own circumstances are not particularly prosperous, we should still lend a hand.

So I was thinking, why don't we lease all their farmland and plan and cultivate it in a unified manner?

The advantage of doing so is that when we sell grain internationally in the future, we will hold a larger market share, giving us greater influence and pricing power, and allowing us to sell grain at a better price.

As for Ukraine, farmland and grain are both surplus resources for them. Exchanging surplus farmland for some funds or daily necessities would be quite a worthwhile deal, wouldn't it..."

Wang Ye laid out his thoughts at an unhurried pace. Put simply, he wanted Agif to negotiate with Ukraine and have them lease their farmland to him.

Naturally, this would not be some small-scale lease. It would be measured in tens of thousands of hectares, perhaps even encompassing the farmland of several provinces!

What Wang Ye wanted was large-scale development. With Russia and Ukraine combined, the amount of farmland would be astonishing.

Once grain production rose after a