Chapter 152 Visitors (Updated) (Ch 818292353)

Just as Jiang Miao continued to inspect the breeding base.
Lu Weibin’s phone rang.
He stepped aside and listened to the call.
After a while, he came back.
“Boss, the soybean research team from the Zhelimu Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Science Research Institute just came to visit our company. Would you like to meet them?”
Jiang Miao raised his eyebrows and said, “Alright, we’ve already seen almost everything here. Zhiben and Dasong, you guys take care of the things I told you to do, especially those places with potential safety hazards. We need to rectify them as soon as possible.”
“Okay boss!”
“We must complete the task as soon as possible.”
Liu Zhiben and Wu Song stayed behind.
Jiang Miao took Lu Weibin and others back to the main base.
After driving twenty-three kilometers, we returned to the bustling main base.
The nearby villagers and herdsmen also looked at Jiang Miao and others’ convoy with curiosity. They had already heard that this was a project of a large company in the south.
Sun Boxin, who was eating melon seeds, had to eat melon seeds at his doorstep in this lean season.
Baoyin, who was carrying a bag of seasoning, looked at Sun Boxin who was sitting on a small stool eating melon seeds, and asked with a smile: “Old Sun, can’t you drive a tractor? Why don’t you go work at the company across the street?”
“I can’t even take care of the sheep at home, so how can I go out to work? Don’t joke with me.” Sun Boxin spat the melon seed shells on the ground.
“Haha, just let your wife take care of your two hundred sheep.”
“She’s a traitor. I’m worried about her.” Sun Boxin changed the subject: “Why did you buy so many bottles and cans? Are you going to open a restaurant?”
However, Baoyin actually nodded: “Yes! I plan to open a kebab noodle shop.”
“You don’t have a fever, do you?” Sun Boxin stopped eating melon seeds and looked at the other person in surprise.
“You’re the one who has a fever. I have inside information. This big company will have a thousand employees in this base, and they will definitely go out to eat and drink. My house is diagonally across from their base. If I open a family noodle restaurant and add barbecue skewers, it will definitely attract them to come and eat.” Baoyin said confidently.
Sun Boxin was stunned: “Is it true? A thousand people? There aren’t that many people in our village. How can they invest so much?”
“Haha, the farm where my cousin worked before went bankrupt and was acquired by this company. They contracted the Taminchagan Desert in the north. I heard that they contracted a total of 350,000 acres.”
Crack! Sun Boxin ate a melon seed, his eyes rolling around.
“Selling idiots?”
“Huh? Nothing much, I just think your kebab and noodle shop may not be able to attract the people inside.”
“Hey! When did our Old Sun become a business genius? Then tell me, why can’t we attract customers?” Baoyin was immediately dissatisfied.
Sun Boxin waved his hand: “I didn’t say your noodle shop can’t attract people, it’s just that you didn’t consider where their company’s people come from. Is there a possibility that their base is so large that they have a kitchen inside?”
“Huh?” Baoyin finally reacted: “Then what good suggestions do you have?”
“Five meals.” Sun Boxin said with a smile.
Baoyin gritted her teeth and said, “Okay, if your suggestion is useful, I will treat you to five meals of wine. Are you satisfied? Tell me quickly.”
“Don’t worry.”
Baoyin snatched the melon seed bag and said, “Don’t dawdle.”
“Okay, isn’t that okay?” Sun Boxin said with a smile, “Since you have internal connections, ask someone to find out what kind of food the kitchen in this base mainly cooks. If they also cook our local dishes, you’d better not run your noodle shop and barbecue.”
“That makes sense.” Baoyin’s head pounded like a garlic: “What else?”
“what else?”
“That’s it?” Baoyin looked like he was kidding.
“Look, you’re anxious again.”
“How can I not be anxious? This is much more stable than the tourists in that shitty scenic spot of Yinsha Bay. There are thousands of them. Even if only a few dozen people come out to eat every day, it can support a fly restaurant.”
Sun Boxin shook his head: “You should find out first, otherwise how can I give you advice?”
“That’s right.” Baoyin left in a hurry.
Looking at the construction site not far away where the sand was being leveled, Sun Boxin’s eyes flashed with a gleam of light: “Catering is a small matter, daily necessities are the big deal. If you want to open a business, open a grocery store.”
Suddenly he looked at the pile of melon seed shells on the ground, then at his empty hands, and couldn’t help cursing: “You bastard Baoyin, you’ve even learned how to steal. Just wait, I’ll make a killing out of you.”
“What are you barking about out there? You’re drinking horse urine again.”
A powerful voice came from inside the house.
Suddenly Sun Boxin was startled and jumped up from his chair.
He brushed off the dust on his body, quickly opened the door, walked into the room, and saw the woman making dough dumplings. He rubbed his hands with a wry smile on his face:
“Mother, I want to discuss something with you.”
Tana, who was making dumplings, glared at him and said, “If you have to fart, do it now.”
“My brother is a grocery store in the city. I also want to open a grocery store in the village. You can call him and talk to him. He can give us some directions.”
Tana frowned: “You want to do business again? Haven’t you paid enough? I don’t agree.”
“Mother of my child, don’t be like this! I really have a way to make a fortune this time.” Sun Boxin was anxious, scratching his ears and cheeks like a monkey.
“Haha, how many times have you not said that?” Tana looked at me with a look on her face saying, “I don’t believe you, you old man.”
“Really, this is what I think…” Sun Boxin quickly told him about opening a grocery store and the Hailufeng Company across the street.
After hearing this explanation, Tana began to think seriously: “Are there really so many people?”
“I heard from Baoyin that his cousin’s farm was acquired by this company. Their company also contracted 350,000 acres of desert. With such a large area, even with machines, other things would require thousands of people.” Sun Boxin hurriedly explained.
Tana still has lingering fears about Sun Boxin’s previous loss-making businesses: “I’m still worried. What if their company runs away after just a few days of operation, what should we do?”
“So, I want you to ask my brother. He sells groceries in the city and knows the way around. Plus, our house is just across the street, so we don’t have to rent a store, which saves a lot of money.”
Finally, after Sun Boxin’s eloquent words, Tana was persuaded and reluctantly agreed to ask her brother to find ways to open a grocery store.
Just when Sun Boxin was full of confidence.
Just two hundred meters away from his home on the riverside, a large bathhouse similar to a homestay quickly opened amid the sound of firecrackers.
The owner of this bathhouse is Wu Song’s brother.
It was obvious that the other party was instructed by Wu Song.
In the city of Zhelimu, due to limited water resources and dry weather, many people do not take a bath every day like people in the south.
As for the Kulun base of Hailufeng Company, due to the lack of initial infrastructure, many employees could only use fire trucks to fetch water for bathing, which was very inconvenient.
Wu Song saw this business opportunity and asked his brother to open a large bathhouse like a B&B, providing accommodation, bathing, catering and selling some beverages.
There are smart people everywhere.
In the past, the local tourism industry was half-dead and naturally could not bring about any driving effect. But now that Hailufeng Company has come in, smart people have discovered the opportunities and bold people have already placed their bets.
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Jiang Miao returned to the main base.
As soon as I got off the car, I saw two pickup trucks with “Zhelimu Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Science Research Institute” painted on them parked in the temporary parking lot.
Came to the office area.
An employee in charge of logistics came over and led Jiang Miao.
In the office where he had been received before, Jiang Miao saw six strangers with rough and dark skin. These people were most likely members of the soybean research team of the Jilimu City Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Science Research Institute.
The two sides introduced themselves to each other.
I heard that in addition to being the chairman of Hailufeng Company, Jiang Miao is also an honorary doctor, distinguished professor, and doctoral supervisor at Lion Rock Agricultural University, as well as the vice president of the Seres Feed Association.
Zhang Zhiyong, director of the soybean team of the institute, was shocked. He had only heard that a large company had come to Jiayuan County and enclosed hundreds of thousands of acres of desert, preparing to carry out a desert planting project here. He was also wondering if they could come and cooperate.
I didn’t expect that the other party was so powerful.
Several other researchers and research assistants in their team were also shocked.
“Jiang Bo, you are really young and promising. The only thing I am better than Jiang Bo is probably my age.” Zhang Zhiyong joked at himself.
Jiang Miao smiled and shook his head: “Zhang Bo is too modest. Everyone has their own expertise. Everyone is shining in their own field. Scientific research projects are divided into high and low levels, but our researchers do not.”
“Jiang Bo, I’m quite curious about your company’s project in Jiayuan County. I wonder what kind of crops you plan to grow? Maybe we can cooperate.” Zhang Zhiyong asked curiously.
“Our project is to grow soybeans.”
“Growing soybeans?” Zhang Zhiyong immediately became excited when he heard that this was his main business. “Do we have to transform hundreds of thousands of acres of desert into farmland?”
“Yes, 200,000 mu of it will be leveled into standard farmland for easy mechanization; the remaining 150,000 mu will be used as pasture by sowing soybeans and alfalfa.”
One of the researchers wearing glasses scratched his head and reminded him in a somewhat doubtful tone: “Jiang Bo, you should be aware of the local rainfall. The water in the livestock river is basically useful. I’m afraid the local groundwater cannot support such a large-scale soybean cultivation.”
“This is indeed inappropriate. Even if we use shallow buried drip irrigation that integrates water and fertilizer, each acre of soybeans requires 90 cubic meters of water. 350,000 acres require 31.5 million cubic meters of groundwater. This scale of water use is too large. It is estimated that within a few years, the strata of the entire Taminchagan Desert will sink rapidly.” Another researcher with a large black mole on his nose also frowned.
Jiang Miao smiled and shook his head: “Don’t worry, everyone. Our company will only pump 21 million cubic meters of groundwater in the first year, and if there is rainfall, this amount can be further reduced.”
“Huh?” Zhang Zhiyong was confused. “Jiang Bo, you’re not going to plant next year? But if you don’t plant next year, then you’ll have invested so much money in leveling the land, but there’s no way you can get your money back!”
Jiang Miao explained casually: “Our company has developed three new varieties of perennial soybeans. After planting, they do not need watering. They can maintain normal growth only by natural precipitation and night dew.”
Hearing this, Zhang Zhiyong recalled some of the things he had learned before: “Perennial variety? Is this trait obtained by hybridizing wild soybeans from the south? Can this variety adapt to the north?”
“We have simulated northern weather in the lab and there are no problems.”
The researcher wearing glasses asked curiously, “Jiang Bo, I wonder what the yield per mu of your company’s new variety can achieve?”
Researcher Black Mole also tried to persuade him: “Jiang Bo, your company should think twice! It’s hard to make money from soybeans now, so it’s best not to invest so much all at once.”
These researchers just saw a large number of facilities being set up inside the base, and more than 200 engineering vehicles working not far away. This scale of investment would require at least several hundred million yuan, and they really felt sorry for the money.
Zhang Zhiyong reminded him with some concern: “Jiang Bo, you may not understand the current domestic soybean market. The recent market purchase price of grade 3 soybeans with a protein content of 36% is only 3,600 yuan per ton, and the average soybean yield per mu in Zhelimu City is only about 150 kilograms. Don’t think that I am researching soybeans, but experimental fields and ordinary farmland are two different things.”
What they said does make sense.
After all, Zhang Zhiyong’s team participated in a sub-project of the National Key R&D Program: “High-yield and efficient cultivation model for dense planting of spring corn and soybeans in irrigation areas of western Northeast China with precise control of water and fertilizer”. In 24 years, the yield measurement results of its experimental fields showed that the theoretical yield of soybeans reached 390.93kg/mu (water content 13%), breaking the record of high yield in a small area in the southern desert.
But this is of no use, at least it does not play a decisive role.
The key lies in the three words “small area”.
If the land is cultivated carefully, with sufficient water, fertilizer, light and heat, and without extreme weather, and the seeds are of good quality, it is not difficult to achieve this data in the experimental field.
But expanding from a small area to a large area is the real challenge.
Jiang Miao first thanked Zhang Zhiyong’s team for their kindness: “I am very happy for your kindness, but our company invested in this project naturally to make money. I will definitely not do a business that loses money.”
Faced with Jiang Miao’s stubbornness, Zhang Zhiyong sighed in his heart, but he also knew when to stop. After all, this was an investment by Hailufeng Company. It was enough for him to give a reminder, but whether others listened or not was not something he could decide.
Several other researchers were also hesitant to speak, but when they saw that their boss remained silent, they chose to remain silent.
Zhang Zhiyong changed the subject: “Jiang Bo, how many kilograms of soybean can you produce per mu?”
“Between 290 and 332 kilograms.” Jiang Miao told the truth.
“This yield is not bad.” Zhang Zhiyong was not too surprised, because he subconsciously thought that this was the data from Hailufeng Company’s experimental field.
Many farmers that their research team works with can also achieve this level by planting on a small scale.
Zhang Zhiyong mentioned another matter: “Jiang Bo, if possible, we would like to leave an observation field at your planting base. The area does not need to be too large, 10 mu will be enough.”
“No problem. The soybeans in our base will be planted in mid-to-late June and harvested in mid-October. You can contact Wu Song or Liu Zhiben, the person in charge of our branch, directly when the time comes.”
“Okay.” Zhang Zhiyong nodded with a smile.
“It seems that Jiang Bo, your new variety of soybeans is a short-growing type.” The bespectacled researcher was not surprised by this, because due to the climate here, long-growing soybean varieties are not very suitable.
Zhang Zhiyong talked about seedling promotion: “Jiang Bo, if the soybeans in your planting base perform well this year, and the perennial experiment next year can guarantee a 60% yield per mu, I can help you recommend them to some local growers. Your company should sell seeds, right?”
“It’s natural.”
Speaking of seeds, Zhang Zhiyong remembered something and quickly reminded him, “Jiang Bo, have you registered a patent for your soybean variety? If not, register it as soon as possible. If you think the variety is valuable, it is best to register an international patent to avoid being preempted by foreign seed companies.”
“Thank you for the reminder. We have registered domestic and foreign patents, and have also registered patents for some special gene fragments.” Jiang Miao attaches great importance to this.
Zhang Zhiyong was a little surprised to hear that Jiang Miao had even registered the gene fragments, and he became interested in the three varieties of Hailufeng Company.
After all, even if ordinary seed companies register patents, they usually register domestic variety patents. They rarely register international patents, let alone special gene patents related to the varieties.
This registration will only be done if the variety is truly special and has very high economic value.
Because registering a patent costs money, and registering a patent for a gene fragment is not just a matter of money. You also need to provide a genetic testing report to confirm that the submitted gene fragment is a newly discovered gene fragment before you can obtain a patent for the gene fragment.
In the past, China did not pay attention to this kind of thing and even donated wild soybean seeds to Monsanto. However, the other party used a part of the unique gene fragment of the wild soybean to register a patent, and in turn sued domestic seed companies, demanding that the domestic companies pay patent fees for the use of special gene fragments.
This is the consequence of not paying attention to intellectual property protection.
Zhang Zhiyong came back to his senses: “It’s good that Jiang Bo is prepared, so as not to be taken advantage of by those vampires from abroad.”
“When I was studying at Lion Rock Agricultural University, my teacher often reminded us to be wary of foreign seed companies.” Jiang Miao took a sip of salty milk tea.
“Yes! China had no experience before, and many of our unique seed resources were stolen by foreign seed companies.” Zhang Zhiyong was also heartbroken when he said this.
Before they knew it, they had been talking for more than two hours. It was almost noon when Zhang Zhiyong remembered that he had to go to the desert research station in Bashi County today, so he quickly said goodbye to Jiang Miao.
Jiang Miao originally planned to treat them to lunch, but Zhang Zhiyong declined as he was in a hurry to travel.
As Zhang Zhiyong and his team left in a hurry.
Liu Zhiben and Wu Song also dealt with some matters at the breeding base and returned to the main base to report the situation to Jiang Miao.
Just as they were talking, Li Zixuan knocked on the door and came in.
“Boss, these are some documents that Mr. Jiang just sent over.”
Jiang Miao took the document and flipped through it quickly.
Just three things.
One is that the acquisition of Yangcheng Xinlekang Pharmaceutical Company has been negotiated, and the price is 17 million cheaper than previously estimated.
The second thing is the Pearl River Delta development project that my sister is in charge of developing. She has already completed the purchase of shops and houses in Pengcheng and Echeng.
The last thing was that someone tried to sneak into the company’s Egyptian catfish breeding base last night and was caught on the spot by security personnel.

Người mua: TheAn, 16/12/2024 10:13