Agricultural giant since 1983

Chapter 134 Investing in a Carton Factory

"Boss, are you coaxing us?" Almost no one believed Li Lei's promise. Huinong's wages for them were indeed higher than those of other enterprises in the county, and the bonuses were also generous, but directly rewarding houses and cars, this Still beyond their imagination.

"When did my words not count?" Li Lei asked back.

"Eh! It's not that we can't trust you, boss, but this is too much, right?" Fang Shan scratched his head and said embarrassedly.

"As long as you can produce breeder chickens and pigs, this reward is nothing at all! Come on, let me do the math for you. Now, if you buy grandparent chickens from Hailan International, it costs six dollars for a set. The main import is [-] sets of grandparent chickens, which alone costs [-] US dollars!"

"If we can successfully breed chickens by ourselves, then this money will be saved, and the scale of the chicken farm will be expanded in the future. At that time, the annual savings in foreign exchange will be tens of thousands of dollars, hundreds of thousands of dollars, or even millions of dollars. !" Li Lei didn't dare to say too much, in fact, the amount that domestic breeding enterprises will spend on imported breeder chickens in the future will be calculated in units of [-] million U.S. dollars.

"How much is a car and a house? And it costs RMB; if you can't get breeders, you have to spend US dollars to import them all the time! After doing this calculation, do you still think I reward you with more cars and houses?" Such a calculation , everyone believed it a little bit.

"Come on, I'll write these rewards on the wall now, lest you worry that I won't accept it!" Li Lei asked someone to bring a brush to paint, and wrote while asking, "Fangshan's car, Liu Ping's house, Jiang Minghao, What do you want? Are you going to ask for a car too? Okay, I’ll write you Zhang Yang, hurry up and say it, I’m still waiting!”

Li Lei is not afraid of their lions opening their mouths. People in the 80s have limited vision. Even if he let go of his thinking, he can't think of any rewards that he can't bear.

Moreover, the previous house and car had already set the tone, and the wishes of the people behind did not exceed this scope. As long as the fine-bred laying hens could be bred, Li Lei would willingly give the money.

After the last employee's wish was written, Li Lei signed his name and date below, "Okay, I have written down everything you want; then we will use ten years as a deadline, as long as you can do it within ten years." If the breeder chickens are bred, I will fulfill my promise!"

Breeding is a long-term job, and China is far behind European and American countries, so Li Lei is ready to spend ten years of money.

"It's the same with breeding pigs. I have the patience to wait for your results. You also have to be patient and keep working. You don't have to worry about money. If you don't have anyone, you can't be without you!" Chickens and breeding pigs are the chips of the breeding industry. If we want to maintain our core competitiveness, we must pass this test.

These words greatly boosted the morale of He Zhanhai and other employees, relieved their worries, and these people can continue to work with peace of mind.

What Li Lei has to do is to continue to support their work, try to provide better food, and pay wages and bonuses on time.

In addition, he is also using various channels to collect as many different chicken breeds and pig breeds as possible, not only domestic ones, but also foreign ones, so Ma Tianyou can buy more.

In the 80s, countries all over the world were far less strict with their unique economic animal breeds than later generations. As long as they are willing to spend money, some breeds that cannot be bought in later generations can still be obtained now.

Original varieties are crucial to animal breeding and plant breeding. Different varieties have different characteristics, and the breeding work is to accommodate as many advantages of different varieties as possible, reduce disadvantages, and finally obtain the most economically beneficial varieties.

In October 1970, Li Bihu and Feng Keshan, a technician from Sanya Nanhong Farm, discovered a wild pollen sterile plant next to a local ditch, which was later named Yebai and was used for the selection of male sterile lines of rice. , Three-line hybrid rice research successfully opened a breakthrough.

One day in September 1974, an American named Burnard found a kind of wild soybean in the barren slopes and mountains outside Shanghai, which was full of grains and hardly attacked by diseases and insect pests. Burnard felt like a treasure.

Soon, this kind of wild soybean samples were taken from the barren hills outside Shanghai, my country to the distant United States, and then entered the famous American grain giant Monsanto for research.

Monsanto used this wild soybean material as a parent, crossed it with another cultivated soybean variety, and bred a new high-yielding soybean variety. Since then, Monsanto has almost monopolized the global supply of soybean seeds.

The birth of the white feather chicken originated from the first national tomorrow's chicken competition held by the US Department of Agriculture and A&P in 1948.

The high prize money attracted farmers all over the United States, and they selected the best chickens from their farms to participate in the competition. After 12 weeks, the chicken queen, who won the title of Chicken of Tomorrow, took the champion on a float parade.

After the competition, Arbor Acres crossbred the champion chicken with other chickens with excellent characteristics, and bred a white feather chicken with a huge chicken body, larger wing roots, more fashionable chicken legs, and a shorter growth cycle.

Then it took Arbor Acres another few decades to sweep the world together with KFC, McDonald's and other fast food restaurants, making countless local chicken breeds gradually withdraw from the stage of history.

Li Lei needs to control the overall situation, he can't stay in the breeding base all the time, and when it comes to front-line operations, he may not be as good as Zhanhai.

His advantage lies in knowing which routes lead to success and which routes are doomed to failure, and at the same time he is familiar with the more advanced breeding methods of later generations.

Now the method has been taught to He Zhanhai, and the road has been pointed out to him. The next thing to do is to collect as many chicken breeds and pig breeds as possible, and then try patiently, waiting for the final victory.

After some time, Ma Tianyou made good progress in contact with Roman Breeding Company, and bought a batch of Roman brown-shell layer hen grandparents and parent chickens at a reasonable price. Now it's Hailan International's turn to be anxious. Originally they wanted to make more money, but they didn't expect that they were about to lose a big client.

Moreover, this major customer is still in an emerging market. If he completely invests in Roman Company, then Hy-Line International is likely to be defeated by Roman in the Chinese market.

Even if it was a different subsidiary of the same group that defeated him, that would not be acceptable!So Hailan International quickly contacted Ma Tianyou, took the initiative to withdraw the price increase, and provided them with breeders at the old price.

Ma Tianyou took this opportunity to sign a long-term supply contract with them, so that he would not have to worry too much about their price increases in the next few years.

Of course, it's impossible not to worry at all. The legal counsel of these multinational corporations are not good at nothing, and there are many backdoors in the contracts that allow them to raise prices.

But still the same sentence, having a contract is better than not having one, and Li Lei is very clear that in the next ten years or so, the main purpose of these overseas breeding companies is to occupy the market, and first use their own product advantages to beat domestic breeding companies one by one. Dead, when the domestic breeding companies are almost dead, it's time for them to reap.

So Li Lei still has ten years to go. As long as he breeds his own fine-bred chickens and pigs before the arrival of the new century, he doesn't have to worry about being cut off by overseas breeding companies such as Hy-Line International, Arbor Acres, and Hypor.

The problem of breeder chickens has been temporarily resolved. From now on, Li Lei will still use Hailan laying hens as the main breed, and will also raise some Roman laying hens, trying to avoid all sources of supply falling into the hands of the same company.

But when the business was not completely stable, the old problem had just been solved, and the new problem came again. Qin Zhiqiang from the carton factory found Li Lei and told him the bad news, "Boss Li, I have delivered the goods for this month. , I’m afraid there will be no other way for next month’s goods, Brother Wei asked me to come over and tell you, please order from the city carton factory!”

Li Lei saw that Qin Zhiqiang's face was swollen, and he was beaten, so he didn't rush to ask about the cardboard box, and quickly called Xu Zhengyang to help get the medicine, "What's wrong with your face? Zhengyang, go get it." Order the red potion and come over and wipe it on for Zhiqiang!"

"It doesn't matter, the three of Gori hit me one, otherwise I wouldn't lose, but they didn't take advantage of it, no matter how many people hit me, I'll hug the leading one and beat me! He hurts more than me Heavy! Boss Li, the matter of the cartons must not be delayed!" Qin Zhiqiang urged repeatedly.

"Take care of it first and then talk about other things!" Compared with cardboard boxes, Li Lei still cares more about people.

Xu Zhengyang had learned first aid in the army, and after a brief look, Qin Zhiqiang had minor injuries, nothing too serious, he just helped to apply medicine and bandages, and it was over.

Only then did Li Lei ask about something serious, "What trouble did you encounter?"

"What else could it be? Some people are jealous!" Qin Zhiqiang became angry when he mentioned this, "We worked hard to set up the factory, and finally saw improvement, and some people wanted to pick peaches."

"Dong Youzhi insisted on snatching the factory because he is a local and several relatives in his family work in the village! Brother Wei refused, so he started to do crooked ways!"

"First, I asked a few gangsters in the village to take jobs from us to help make egg trays. The egg trays handed in by these people were unqualified. Of course, we couldn't accept them. Those gangsters took the opportunity to make trouble, saying that we foreigners bullied them from Dongzhuang Township. ! A fight broke out on the spot."

"Is there no one in the village to speak for you? Aren't there still so many people taking jobs from you to earn money?" Li Lei asked.

"They are all related to Dong Youzhi, and they know that Dong Youzhi did it, so they can't say anything; and I heard people say that Dong Youzhi let go, and after he takes over the factory, they will increase the price. , from a hundred fifty cents to sixty cents! It’s even less likely that the villagers will support us!”

"They have a good idea. People like Dong Youzhi think money is bigger than the sky. When he takes it, not only will the price not increase, but the price will probably be lowered! At that time, let's see who they ask for money. Go!" Qin Zhiqiang was both angry and sighed at these villagers.

"Now the factory can't keep going?" If this is the case, it will still be a bit of a headache. Although Zhongzhou Carton Factory can also provide egg trays and cartons, the efficiency of state-owned enterprises nowadays is really not flattering to Li Lei. It was easy for Wei Kang and Qin Zhiqiang to deal with them.

"Hey, there's no way! Not only did they make trouble, they also blocked the way into the village and prevented the trucks that pull and deliver goods from entering and leaving. I came out today after fighting with them again while there were few people! Brother Wei is also trying to find a way, but the two of us are outsiders after all, and we still can't beat them local snakes!"

"Brother Wei is now planning to pull people out and start a new stove. It just takes some time. I'm afraid I won't be able to supply you, Boss Li, in the last few months; this time it's all our fault, and I'm really sorry, Boss Li! On behalf of Brother Wei and our factory, I apologize to Boss Li!" Qin Zhiqiang said sincerely.

"It's no wonder you guys! If something goes wrong, you can still think of notifying me in advance, so that I have time to react, I am already very grateful!" Li Lei thought for a while and asked, "Then you have found a good place now? Where to open the factory? This time, we have to choose well, don’t meet someone like Dong Youzhi just after the factory is built.”

Nowadays, it is not uncommon to encounter this kind of thing. Otherwise, why would Li Lei insist on starting a business in his hometown? Isn't it because his family can live in Liushu Township, so he doesn't have to worry about getting into trouble.

"Hey, I've looked at a few places, and the locals are quite willing to agree, but Brother Wei and I guess that it's okay if the factory is not up, once you make money, this kind of thing will inevitably happen. Now let's see where the food looks better. You can give us some leftover soup!" Qin Zhiqiang sighed when he mentioned this.

"In this case, you might as well come to our Heyang to set up a factory. I will help you find a place. I dare not say anything else. I will definitely not let you meet someone like Dong Youzhi!" Li Lei said to the egg tray and The demand for egg cartons will only increase, and it is just right to introduce a carton factory nearby.

Hearing this, Qin Zhiqiang's first reaction was not to be happy, but to wonder if Li Lei was going to trick him in and kill him as a pig.

But soon, Qin Zhiqiang realized that Li Lei was different from Dong Youzhi, his character Qin Zhiqiang could trust, and he would definitely not be able to do such a thing.

"It's good for you and me if you come here. The two companies are close together, and the transportation cost can be saved a lot! And if you have anything to do, you can come here to discuss it within a few steps; don't worry even if you want to ship to other places. It's not too far from Heyang to Zhongzhou Railway Station." Li Lei continued to persuade.

Qin Zhiqiang thought about it carefully, and he was really tempted. Who in business doesn't know that it is easier to make money by clinging to big customers, so he tentatively responded, "We can trust what Boss Li said, but I don't know if you have any other requirements. ? I can tell Brother Wei after I ask clearly."

"To be honest, I have to use so many egg trays and egg cartons every year. I definitely hope to have a reliable long-term partner! I recognize the ability of you and Weikang, but the equipment in your factory is still too backward, so I think Give you some money to invest in shares, so that you can buy better equipment."

(End of this chapter)