Griffith, former CEO of Dakota Pasta Growers, wore a baseball cap with his name on his face and delivered his first campaign speech against thousands of supporters in the audience. As an executive of North Dakota’s most influential grain processing company, Griffith has a good reputation and a rich connection in agricultural production areas like North Dakota. A few years ago, a consortium from the UK acquired the Dakota Pasta Growers company he worked for, Griffith gained trust for his performance and continued to serve as the branch of the historic grain processing company in his new owner.

Seriously, in the past or two years, the United States' food industry has changed drastically. Investors from Europe have controlled most of the wheat production in Saskatchewan, Canada, and then they put their tentacles into South Dakota and North Dakota. Griffiths doesn't know much about his boss. He only knows that his boss is a beautiful and young woman who lives in Switzerland for many years and runs galleries and art businesses in Europe. Now the boss's huge grain business has been taken over by Griffith, another company from Switzerland. Not long ago, Griffith was invited to Switzerland to meet Kalim, the boss of Griffith, who is already Griffith's vice president. The two talked about the future development of the company for a long time. In this conversation, Kalim asked whether Griffith would leave the company and join politics.

When he first heard this, Griffith thought he was going to be squeezed out of the company that he had been working hard for many years. Fortunately, after Kalim's patient explanation, Griffith finally understood the real purpose of the other party's proposal.

"Griffith, you have a good reputation among farmers in the north and south Dakota, which is also the fundamental reason why Dakota Pasta Growers Company can maintain its dominance in these two states. But whether it is from the company or from your personal perspective, it is a pity to use such excellent connections and resources! Next year is the midterm election in the United States, and I hope you can stand up and join politics. Of course, I will secretly prepare the cost of the campaign for you!" Kalim said straight to the point according to Seryosha's instructions.

"But, Kalim girl! I have never had any experience in politics. Besides, what can I bring to the company by being a politician by myself? " Although Griffith is a little moved by politics, he does not want to leave Griffith's big tree. The treatment of this company is not very generous. The reason why Griffith is loyal is largely because of the favorable treatment of this company. However, in addition, Griffith's excellent marketing ability is also one of the important reasons why Griffith is interested in. After Kalim was fed up with the Dakota Pasta Grower Company, the wheat and other agricultural products they purchased rarely have backlogs, and almost no inventory problems arise. In Griffith's opinion, this is really an ideal job with more money and less troubles to get close to home.

"Griffith, we know your concerns very well, but I think you can take a look at this first?" After Kalim said that, he took out a thick document from the table and placed it in front of Griffith. Griffith opened the document. This was a letter of intent for acquisition that had not been published. The acquisition target was a small seed sales company run by Griffith. In the transaction amount column, Griffith saw that it was actually vacant. He looked at Kalim, wondering what was going on.

"Don't get me wrong, Griffith. The company is not dissatisfied with you for taking over the resources of Dakota Pasta Growers Company to support its own seed sales company. But now the company is preparing to introduce another seed production company in the United States to become a new supplier, so we are preparing to acquire the seed sales company under your name! Is the price? You fill it yourself, and the company will never bargain. At the same time, we will also give back some shares of the new seed company to your family! But I hope that if you are elected as a state legislator or governor in the future, you can help the company promote our seed products in North and South Dakota?" Kalim no longer took turns. She chose to be straightforward and explained the interests to Griffith directly.

Griffith was completely shocked by Carim's big money. He had never encountered such a situation in his business experience over the years. But Griffith still asked with some concern: "What seed product is it? Which company produces it?"

"Oh! It's a genetically modified soybean produced by Monsanto. The biggest difference between this soybean is that it will not be killed by glyphosate herbicide. If this soybean is used, the farmer can spray the glyphosate herbicide produced by Monsanto at will without any impact on the soybean crops. You are an expert and know how much the crop yield will increase if there is no weed eroding the farmland!" Kalim explained to Griffith.

"GMO? Isn't Monsanto the company that produces DDT during World War II and deciduous agents during Vietnam War? Aren't they a chemical company? When did they enter the seed production industry?" Griffith asked in confusion. He knew Monsanto's glyphosate. This herbicide can kill almost all crops in the fields, but its validity period is very short and it is said to be very low in toxicity and will not have any side effects on the crops. Before the advent of glyphosate, American farmers mainly used the orange agent, which was also produced by Monsanto.

As a herbicide, after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, the media revealed that Agent Orange harms newborns and the human body, making glyphosate an almost only choice in the herbicide market. However, glyphosate can kill weeds and crops, so herbicides can only be used in one month before the bell. However, the newly produced soybean seeds are not afraid of glyphosate, which is simply amazing. Does this mean that in the future, there will be no plants in the farmland except crops.

Griffith was surprised by his boss' powerful methods, so he calmly pulled over the chemical company Monsanto. With this kind of seed, the soybean production and cost in the Dakota area will probably be unlikely to meet rivals in the world. Griffith remembered that Kalim promised to give him some shares in the seed sales company. Will anyone dislike this kind of seed? Griffith did not hesitate, and generously filled in the amount column with 100 million US dollars, and then signed his name. This transaction made a lot of money on part-time jobs, and his seed sales company was worth at most several million US dollars.
Chapter completed!