Chapter 95: The trouble of having too good skills (medium cup) (Ch 812270411)

The office building of Nanhu Farm.
Li Wenna skillfully boiled water, took tea leaves, and heated the teacups.
Lin Shuya and Lu Weibin, who were sitting nearby, were discussing the production arrangements for white truffles.
“…These five types of soil are necessary and available locally. I have marked the production locations and will purchase 500 cubic meters of each.” Lin Shuya sent a soil distribution map of Shanmei City to Lv Weibin’s WeChat and asked him to communicate with the purchasing department.
Then Lin Shuya continued, “In addition, pine needles and pine cones can be purchased directly from nearby villagers. You can talk to the purchasing department and then set a reasonable purchase price. Don’t buy pine sawdust from the timber factory. Buy Masson pine branches directly from the villagers, but don’t buy tree trunks to prevent villagers from secretly going up the mountain to cut trees.”
Lv Weibin nodded and said, “Researcher Lin has considered everything very thoroughly. If we buy the tree trunks directly, some villagers will definitely take the risk and cut down the trees.”
“The branches can be used anyway, so we can protect the forest and reduce legal risks.” Lin Shuya added: “When purchasing, remind the villagers not to cut too many branches to ensure that the trees can survive.”
There are indeed certain legal risks involved.
Although Masson pine has strong vitality, it cannot withstand the method of cutting down all the branches. Generally speaking, as long as the branches collected each year do not exceed 30%, the problem will not be too serious. As long as the Masson pine does not die, it does not constitute illegal felling and destruction of the forest.
What’s more, among the raw materials purchased this time are pine needles and pine cones. If the trees are killed, there will be no pine needles and pine cones.
“Researcher Lin, what is the yield of white truffles per mu?”
Lin Shuya estimated: “Four standard material bags can be placed per square meter. Considering the layout of traffic and other auxiliary pipelines, 1,200 bags can be placed per acre. With five floors overhead, that’s 6,000 bags. Each bag can produce about 100 to 200 grams of white truffles. Including indoor disinfection, ingredient preparation, inoculation and growth, the entire growth cycle is about 105 days.”
“In other words, the yield per mu is 600 to 1,200 kilograms? A cycle of three and a half months?” Lu Weibin widened his eyes.
“Yes.” Lin Shuya nodded.
Lu Weibin quickly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: “Researcher Lin, have you ever heard of the annual production of white truffles at home and abroad?”
Lin Shuya frowned: “It should be dozens of tons, right?”
Hearing this, Lv Weibin smiled bitterly: “The annual output is less than three tons, which is the global output. The wild white truffles collected in China last year were less than two tons.”
Now Lin Shuya understood. Apparently, her technology could be said to be a revolutionary breakthrough. If the yield per mu was this high, two or three mu could equal the world’s annual collection volume.
If all 150 acres of smart greenhouses are put into production and three crops are planted a year, the annual output will reach 270 to 540 tons.
This production capacity can directly destroy the entire white truffle market.
Lin Shuya came back to her senses and asked Lv Weibin, “Then how many acres do you think the yield should be controlled at?”
Lu Weibin stroked his stubble and fell into deep thought. After a while, he said, “The domestic consumer market can barely consume about 20 tons, and the foreign market can also consume about 20 tons. If the production capacity is exceeded, the only option is to reduce the price for promotion, but reducing the price for promotion is obviously not a wise move.”
“What is the basis for Manager Lu’s judgment?” Lin Shuya still didn’t quite understand the market operation and the relationship between production capacity and price.
“My judgment is that the three major core production areas of white truffles are: the Italian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula in Europe; the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in Asia; and the Rocky Mountains in North America.” Lv Weibin obviously did some research, and he continued:
“These production areas have one characteristic, that is, they are all concentrated in the northern hemisphere, and the harvest season for white truffles is from November to January of the following year. Considering that truffles have a best tasting period, this means that fresh truffles can only be eaten in November, December, January and February each year.”
After hearing this, Lin Shuya understood: “That is to say, we have to seize the time when wild truffles cannot be harvested.”
Lv Weibin nodded and said, “That’s right. This way, we will have 8 months of full occupation time. In the remaining 4 months, considering the listing of wild truffles, we can appropriately reduce production capacity to maintain the market price of truffles.”
In fact, the consumption power at home and abroad is definitely more than 3 tons per year, but the annual output of wild white truffles is limited, and you may not be able to buy it even if you want to.
After comprehensive consideration, producing 40 to 50 tons of white truffles per year can maintain the current market price.
According to this demand, Lin Shuya immediately calculated how many acres of smart greenhouses would be needed: “About 15 to 30 acres are needed, which can produce about 27 to 108 tons per year.”
“That’s enough.”
In fact, 27 to 108 tons is already a very large production capacity.
If calculated based on the current lowest market price of 1,000 yuan per kilogram of fresh white truffles, the price would be 1 million yuan per ton.
However, Lv Weibin does not intend to sell it at a low price of 1,000 yuan per kilogram. After all, judging from the samples provided by Lin Shuya just now, each white truffle produced by the smart greenhouse weighs about 100 to 200 grams, and the appearance and flavor are up to standard. If he does not sell it at 3,000 yuan per kilogram, it would be a shame to sell this technology.
As for the higher prices, it is somewhat inappropriate.
After all, the higher the price, the smaller the group of people who are likely to consume it.
Moreover, Lu Weibin is very clear that the core customers currently purchasing white truffles are not individuals, but various high-end restaurants, especially Western restaurants.
Although the dishes sold to customers by the other party claim that white truffles cost tens of thousands of yuan per kilogram, anyone who believes them is an idiot. They definitely need to make money, so they will definitely choose to purchase products at the lowest possible price.
Lin Shuya suddenly frowned and thought of a question: “If we only plant 15 to 30 acres, then won’t the remaining 100 acres of smart greenhouses be idle?”
At this time, Li Wenna had already made tea and poured a cup for each of them.
Hearing this question, Lv Weibin was also very helpless: “There is no way. If we plant too many, it will collapse the market. Maybe we can consider planting some other mushrooms?”
“Other mushrooms?” Lin Shuya rubbed the bridge of her nose, looking a little distressed. “Ordinary mushrooms are definitely not suitable for production in smart greenhouses, and it is difficult to recover the cost. There is no time to research the production technology of precious wild mushrooms such as Alpinia fasciata, Boletus, and Matsutake.”
Lv Weibin asked curiously, “Didn’t they say that Alstroemeria and Matsutake have been cultivated artificially? They are sold everywhere in the market now!”
“Is it true?” Lin Shuya was confused. As an insider, how come she had never heard of such news?
Then I picked up my phone and checked it.
After searching online for more than ten minutes, she suddenly realized what was going on. Looking at the so-called chicken mushrooms and matsutake mushrooms, Lin Shuya was speechless:
“Those are all fakes.”
“Fake?” Although Lu Weibin had done relevant research on white truffles, he knew nothing about other edible fungi and could only follow what others said.
Lin Shuya explained: “The black-skinned chicken mushroom on the market now has the scientific name of Agaricus oosporeus, which is different from the real chicken mushroom. Although it is not as delicious as the real chicken mushroom, the taste of the black-skinned chicken mushroom is still good and not bad.”
Then she talked about the situation of the real chicken mushroom: “Currently, the chicken mushroom cannot be cultivated artificially, mainly because the chicken mushroom likes to grow in termite nests and is highly symbiotic. It is basically concentrated in the Yunnan Plateau and Guizhou area.”
“The so-called matsutake mushrooms on the market are actually imitations of Agaricus blazei and Stropharia capitis. Agaricus blazei tastes better, while Stropharia capitis is very ordinary. If it is real matsutake, one kilogram of dried slices will cost more than 1,000 yuan.”
It turns out that interests are the most moving thing.
Lu Weibin immediately thought of those shopping malls, shops, and vendors.
The stropharia that costs dozens of yuan per pound are used to impersonate the matsutake that costs hundreds of yuan per pound. Even if it is sold for only more than a hundred yuan per pound, the profit is more than five or six times. If you can cheat as many people as possible, you will cheat as many as possible.
Just when Lu Weibin was lamenting the unscrupulous businessmen.
Lin Shuya thought for a while, raised her head and said, “Let’s grow morels in the remaining smart greenhouses!”
“Morel? Researcher Lin, I seem to have heard that this mushroom is difficult to grow.” Lu Weibin hesitated.
“I know. I will solve the technical problems.”
Hearing this, Lu Weibin felt a little relieved. After all, the boss lady said that the problem would be solved. Even if it was not solved by then, he would not need to bear too much responsibility.
In fact, Lin Shuya chose morels because the cultivation technology of this mushroom is relatively mature, but it is not suitable for open-air cultivation.
It just so happens that the farm now has a large area of ​​smart greenhouses left, which is very suitable for growing morels.
The price of dried morels is around 200 to 400 yuan, and 100 kilograms of fresh morels can produce 13 to 15 kilograms of dried morels.
The yield per mu of ordinary greenhouses is very unstable, and may even completely fail to produce anything. Even if there is any output, it is generally only 200 to 300 kilograms per mu. A few lucky greenhouses can achieve a yield of around 1,000 kilograms per mu.
When Lin Shuya was preparing to study edible fungi, she learned about the current production technology and research status of various rare edible fungi.
She is quite familiar with the current situation of morels.
The formula for the material bag of morels is usually 54% sawdust, 33% wheat, 10% humus, 1% quicklime, and 2% gypsum. The wheat grains must be soaked in lime water for 12-16 hours in advance.
But based on her experience studying white truffles, this recipe for cultivating morels was too crude.
Why can some greenhouses produce thousands of kilograms?
It’s certainly not all due to climate.
Although the suitable temperature and humidity for morels are very contradictory, there is always a perfect period of time every few years in each region that allows morels to reach the growth conditions. After all, this mushroom is a naturally existing species and must be reproduced in the wild.
Climate factors only determine whether morels can produce mushrooms, but not the scale of production.
The factors that determine the scale of mushroom production are humus, trace elements, macroelements, compounds, soil pH, etc.
Therefore, Lin Shuya is very sure that there must be an optimal breeding environment and optimal growth factors for morels.
Just like the white truffles she studied, the growth cycle can be compressed from seven or eight years to more than ninety days, and the production capacity can be increased from more than ten kilograms per mu to 600-1200 kilograms per mu.
Morels are fine too.
Lin Shuya was very sure of this.
As long as the per-acre yield of morels is increased and the growth cycle is compressed, the energy consumption and depreciation costs of the smart greenhouse can be spread out a lot.
We discussed what to plant in the remaining greenhouses.
Lin Shuya returned to the edible fungi laboratory in the experimental area.
In the evening, the sun sets.
The sunset tonight is particularly dazzling. Half of the sky is covered with red clouds, but the air is a little stuffy.
Inside the restaurant in the experimental area.
Jiang Miao had just come out of the laboratory when he saw Lin Shuya eating dinner not far away.
Jiang Miao took his lunch box and walked over with a smile: “Aya! Aren’t you taking a day off today?”
“Plans cannot keep up with changes.” Lin Shuya shook her head helplessly, and then repeated what she had discussed with Lu Weibin in the afternoon.
After listening for a while, Jiang Miao realized that it was his fault and laughed awkwardly: “Sorry, I didn’t expect the technology you developed to be so powerful and increase the yield so high in one go.”
Lin Shuya didn’t notice Jiang Miao’s embarrassment, but encouraged herself: “It doesn’t matter, I have planned to continue researching the most powerful mass production technology for morels, and strive to develop a morel cultivation technology that can produce 10 tons per mu.”
“Forgive me for my lack of education. I can only give you a few words of criticism!” Jiang Miao joked.
“Haha, stop pretending. If you are willing to help, there will be a share for me.” Over the past six months, Lin Shuya knew Jiang Miao’s terrifying scientific research ability too well.
In fact, Jiang Miao already knew that the yield of morels could reach more than ten tons per mu, but he did not have time to work out the formula, nor did he want to stand out in too many fields, so he let Lin Shuya do it.
Fungi in nature can be said to be one of the fastest reproducing organisms.
As long as all conditions are optimal, many mushrooms can go from the fruiting stage to the mature stage in just a few days.
People who have lived in the countryside for a long time have more or less seen the growth of mushrooms. Sometimes after a light rain, a bunch of strange and wonderful mushrooms will pop up under the trees or in the grass the next day.
Many times it is not that the cultivated mushrooms grow slowly, but that the technology is not up to standard and all growth conditions are not optimal.
For example, the common ingredient bag formula for morels is very rough, with only five raw materials, which obviously cannot cover all the growth factors of morels.
As long as the per-acre yield of morels in the smart greenhouse can reach 10 tons, 1,300 to 1,500 kilograms of dried morels can be produced per acre. Even if it is sold at the cheapest price of 200 yuan per kilogram, the per-acre yield value can reach about 130,000 to 150,000 yuan.
The information Jiang Miao learned from the identification panel showed that after the morels reach the optimal conditions, it will take about 70 days to complete the production. Including disinfection and other preparatory work, a production cycle only takes about 85 days, and four crops can be produced continuously a year.
This high-precision smart greenhouse consumes 15 to 20 kWh of electricity per acre per day. Adding other consumables and depreciation, the total cost per acre per day is about 50 yuan, which is 4,250 yuan in 85 days.
This does not include the cost of labor and bag raw materials.
In other words, agricultural products with too low per-acre yield value are not worthy of using this kind of high-precision smart greenhouse.
The two chatted for a while, and suddenly Jiang Miao remembered something, so he smiled and said, “Aya, is your mentor’s son also under him?”
“Uh… yes, that guy’s thesis was the result of me and a few of my seniors.” Speaking of this, Lin Shuya became a little indignant, and then she was a little confused: “Why did you suddenly bring this up?”
“He has recently published a number of papers on medicinal fungi, including two on the use of yeast extracts to treat Alzheimer’s disease.”
“Yeast extract? Treating Alzheimer’s disease? Isn’t this the research topic of one of my senior brothers? But I heard from that senior brother that there seems to be no progress.”
Jiang Miao took out the tablet computer he carried with him and handed it to her to show her the two papers.
Lin Shuya put down her chopsticks and looked at it for a few minutes. Soon, a strange look appeared on her face: “Strange? How come my senior brother doesn’t even have a name? Although the old bastard was too much, at least he still has a name.”
“What’s your brother’s name?”
“My name is Luo Yulin.”
“No wonder. The day before yesterday, Handong University issued a notice saying that a student had jumped off a building. The name seemed to be Luo Yulin.”
“What?” Lin Shuya frowned. “It seems that those two papers are very important to Senior Brother Luo. What a pity. He is quite talented. If he had a good mentor, he might have become famous a long time ago.”
“What a pity! He didn’t die. He just broke a leg.”
“Uh! I thought he was dead.” Lin Shuya was suddenly embarrassed.
“Aya, if Luo Yulin is really talented, you can give him a call and see if he can be recruited to our company.”
Hearing this proposal, Lin Shuya pondered for a moment: “His research direction is indeed quite suitable for our company, but I don’t know if he still has the fighting spirit.”
“Give it a try!”
“Then I’ll make a phone call and ask.”
Jiang Miao has actually been paying attention to the situation at Handong University, especially the tutor Du Bolun who betrayed Shuya.
After collecting some information about the other party through the Internet, he realized that Du Bolun was not so easy to deal with, at least it was difficult to deal with him using conventional means.
Because this person’s father was also a university tycoon. Although he has retired, he still has a lot of students and former officials, and his network of relationships is complicated.
Although using an unconventional move could be fatal, Jiang Miao did not do so because this method cannot be used frequently, especially when the other party has a clear conflict with him. If something happens suddenly, it may attract attention.
After all, Li Rongyao, who had just left Hailufeng Company, got into trouble as soon as he returned to his own company, and his boss behind the scenes was also killed. These things are no secrets to the top forces.
The reason why Jiang Miao and Hailufeng Company were not suspected was because he was just a small fish now, and those top crocodiles and great white sharks did not think that he had the ability to get rid of David A. Locke.
But if Du Bolun’s family is killed now, the country will definitely pay attention to this matter, and may even connect it with what happened to Li Rongyao.
The cautious Jiang Miao suppressed the murderous intent in his heart.
However, not being able to use unconventional tactics and normal means does not mean that you cannot deal with the other party.
You must know that academic cliques are a force that relies on “people”.
As long as you are human, you have weaknesses.
Handong University is now keeping Du Bolun and his son because Lin Shuya and others have no power and influence and cannot cause any waves.
But if Lin Shuya and Jiang Miao’s strength can influence the domestic agricultural system, they can even become giant agricultural giants.
That situation will quickly reverse.
Naturally, some people took action against Du Bolun’s family in order to please Jiang Miao and his wife.
This is the trend.