And this was only the beginning.
The next day.
The Galactic Human Federation government held an emergency press conference.
The Federal Supreme Justice Department spokesperson solemnly announced:
"Following a thorough investigation by the Federal Security Bureau, senior executives of the former world's four largest grain merchants were suspected of secretly colluding with aliens during the Skrull crisis, hoarding supplies and driving up prices, and deliberately creating a global food crisis that caused millions of civilians to starve to death."
"At present, the individuals involved have been arrested by federal agents and are undergoing further investigation."
The moment this statement was released, the four grain merchants' stock prices plummeted off a cliff.
But just one day later, another piece of news emerged.
The Vought Group had finished negotiations with the boards of those major grain merchants and officially announced a full acquisition and restructuring of all four.
It also established Vought Global Ecological Technology.
On the afternoon the acquisition contracts were signed, the dozen or so arrested grain merchant executives were released by the Federal Security Bureau that very day due to "insufficient evidence."
After taking control of more than eighty percent of the world's food supply, the Vought Group swiftly followed up with a series of coordinated moves.
First, it rolled out a series of Vought Light Aid Programs targeting former Third World countries, slums, and underdeveloped regions.
The scope of the program was downright insane.
It included comprehensive satellite network coverage, educational aid, medical aid, unlimited food aid, and the large-scale construction of nonprofit cinema chains in those regions, showing only Vought-produced films and offering free admission across the board.
Homelander, the head of Vought, solemnly declared before the cameras, "Since the Galactic Human Federation was established, all humanity has become one whole, with no distinction between us. The