1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 249: The Dilemma of the First Winter Vegetables
While Yang Mo and others were running around, repaying favors one by one according to a notebook, Vice President Feng, who had just returned from the county town, stayed in the office for an hour with a depressed look on his face, and then came to Wang Yinuo's office.

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"The first crop of winter vegetables will soon be harvested from the greenhouse?"

Wang Yinuo looked at Feng Yuan in surprise: "It's only November now, shouldn't they be out of the shed around the twelfth lunar month?"

If he remembered correctly, the greenhouse cucumbers grown in Sanyuan Zhu Village did not come out so early last year?

Vice President Feng spoke calmly, but with a hint of annoyance in his voice: "The technology has improved, and the technical instructors sent by Sanyuan Zhu Village have not been shy about anything... They are even more active than in their own village."

"So, the first batch of vegetables, such as cucumbers, water spinach and wax gourd, will be ready to be harvested in a week or so... These vegetables were planted in September, and Linyi County has more sunny days in autumn than Sanyuan Zhu Village. Even the technical instructors did not expect that they would be ready to be harvested so early."

This is the inconvenience of new agricultural technologies that have not been tested on a large scale.

Since a complete set of data has not yet been obtained, there is often a certain deviation from the project party's expectations as to when different varieties of overwintering vegetables will bear fruit and be released from the greenhouse, as well as how long their growing period will be under different geographical environments, different fertilizer-pesticide ratios, and different temperatures and light levels...sometimes the deviation is quite large.

If Feng Yuan was just an ordinary farmer, it wouldn't be a big deal if the cucumbers from that acre of land were harvested a month earlier than they should have been. He would just not be able to sell them at a high price, or not be able to sell them all, and end up making less money or even losing money.
But Feng Yuan is different. As one of the leaders of Linyi County's vegetable basket project, the variable of vegetables being shipped out of the greenhouse ahead of schedule can be fatal... You know, although the greenhouses in Linyi County are built in batches, the total number is very scary at the moment, with a total of 3100 acres, of which the first batch alone is as high as 1000 acres. Even if the technology is not completely mature, the estimated output of various vegetables will definitely not be less than 5000 tons.

what?
You still don't understand why leaving the studio a month early would cause so much trouble?

Ok……

Let me give you a similar analogy. On the eve of the cold Spring Festival, if there is a juicy big watermelon in front of you, you would probably be happy to sell it to you for 100 dollars, and think it is great value. But if it is in the summer, or even in the fall... I'm sorry, 30 would be too expensive!
This is the power of counter-seasonality, and it has been widely used in the marketing of various fruits in later generations... The reason why there are so many high-priced fruits that want to be put on the market early is that the main reason is the time difference.

Winter vegetables are essentially just off-season vegetables.

It would be strange if you could sell the winter vegetables at a high price when all the fresh fruits and vegetables are still out of the market!
However, people from top to bottom in Linyi County have high psychological expectations for this batch of greenhouse vegetables!

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Wang Yinuo, who figured out the key point easily, frowned: "This batch of winter vegetables must not be circulated on the market, otherwise it will have a serious impact on the subsequent winter vegetables...especially the price!"

After Mu Siyuan stepped in to mediate and reconcile, the relationship between him and Feng Yuan changed from originally a competitive one to being on the same side. However, the conflicts with the various southwestern factions became more and more serious. Therefore, since it concerned Feng Yuan's butt, he immediately gave his suggestions.

Feng Yuan nodded: "I know, and the county also knows... So, after we got the news, we immediately took action and wanted to use special channels to digest the first batch of vegetables, so as not to let any vegetables or fruits flow into the market."

Looking at Feng Yuan's somewhat gloomy expression, Wang Yinuo frowned even more deeply: "Is the work not going well?"

Feng Yuan nodded: "It's not going well... The county went to the city these two days, wanting to supply this batch of vegetables directly to the city canteen and the canteens of various counties in Dezhou, but was rejected because they were "afraid of a bad impact";

"In fact, not only the canteens in the city and county, but also other public institutions, rejected this batch of vegetables for this reason... It's understandable. After all, the price of winter vegetables grown in greenhouses is much higher than that of ordinary vegetables. In this year's trend, everyone is really reluctant to get their pants stained with yellow mud."

Wang Yinuo understood the concerns of those units very well. He nodded and thought for a while: "Have you ever thought about connecting with various universities?"

"As a child of destiny and a pillar of the motherland's future, it's only right that you eat better when autumn and winter come... Although there aren't many colleges and universities in DZ City, there are many in Jinan. Add up the two sides, there are 1 to 3 people. The vegetables consumed by tens of thousands of people in a month are really a lot. Although I can't digest all of them, I can probably digest /, or even a small half."

Wang Yinuo played with the teacup in his hand. "For the remaining vegetables, I'll use my connections to see if I can get the purchasing unit in Shanghai to claim a batch. Then your southwest unit can purchase a batch... Together, the two sides should be able to barely cope with the current situation."

Feng Yuan looked at Wang Yinuo with some surprise.

Although a reconciliation was reached, he always believed that the relationship between him and Wang Yinuo was a "temporary comrade-in-arms" relationship that was superficially harmonious but spiritually distant. However, the other party's behavior today did not show any intention to hide anything?
It has to be said that the solutions Wang Yinuo provided were all meant to sincerely help Feng Yuan solve his problems.

First of all, let’s talk about colleges and universities. Due to their special nature and independent status, and the fact that this is Qilu, the situation of “fear of bad influence” is almost non-existent at the moment.

Although the number of college students in the central enterprise system is saturated and even worthless, for those institutions in remote areas, state-owned enterprises with poor performance, and the general public, college students are precious and are definitely the chosen ones of heaven;
What's wrong with letting these precious children of destiny eat better?

What’s wrong with eating some expensive winter vegetables?
As long as we can protect our bodies and build our motherland better, let alone a few expensive vegetables, even if everyone grabs the first sheep and eats it, no one has any objection!
Secondly, although it was a promise made long ago that the southwestern units would subscribe to a portion of the winter vegetables, there would not be much problem in its execution; but allowing the purchasing unit in Shanghai to claim a batch of vegetables was indeed doing Feng Yuan a big favor.

You know, since last year, the supply standards for various materials including vegetables in some cities in China have become very strict. You can't supply them just because you have good vegetables. You have to be qualified, be on the list, and even have indicators before you are allowed to supply... Obviously, Shanghai is one of them.

Therefore, Wang Yinuo's favor cannot be solved by simply making a phone call and asking others to do favors. The links in between are very time-consuming...even if it is just to ask others to help process a thousand tons or even hundreds of tons of ordinary vegetables!
Of course, although there is nothing wrong with Wang Yinuo’s solutions logically, some things are not really OK just because you think they are.

So Feng Yuan could only smile bitterly and shook his head: "Boss Wang, things are not that simple. Although your ideas are good, most of them may be difficult to implement."

As he spoke, Feng Yuan sighed: "First of all, let's talk about colleges and universities... As of now, it's difficult to get through."

"In fact, I left for Jinan the day before yesterday and visited the leaders of those universities. I wanted to discuss this matter in the name of [agricultural school docking]."

"But the result..."

When Wang Yinuo heard the words "agricultural school connection", his eyes lit up. This was a pretty good idea, and it sounded like there was no problem with the position. It must have been an idea proposed by Linyi County.

but……

Why is it not working?

Feng Yuan looked at Wang Yinuo's inquiring eyes and smiled bitterly: "The administrative level of these universities is very high, at least much higher than ours. It's just a county-level project. It won't work simply by using the name of righteousness... So, in the end, everyone can only go back to the stage of taking what they need."

The drilling company actually dealt with many universities, so Wang Yinuo knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, so he frowned and asked, "Why, they want a lot of places?"

Feng Yuan nodded, then shook his head: "It's not a lot, actually. After all, we are just a lower-level production unit. Each of those colleges and universities wants about 50 to 60 places, and the most they want is no more than 80 internship places;"

"But the problem is that there are too many colleges and universities to visit. If seven or eight colleges and universities agree to join, that would mean more than 400 interns... How do you want us to arrange it?"

More than four hundred places?

The corner of Wang Yinuo's eyes twitched. He finally understood why Feng Yuan said that this channel through universities was basically not feasible.

More than 400 internship places are not a lot for a drilling company that has been expanding;
But more than 400 internship opportunities for college students are a lot for drilling companies.

You should know that in this era, there are some unspoken differences in the treatment of college interns and other types of interns. For other interns, if the company thinks you are not suitable, they will directly let you go after the internship period, and at most help you to be randomly transferred to other units; but college interns cannot be treated in this way... Not only will the inspection be more cautious and detailed, but the tolerance for mistakes will also be higher. Even if they really think you are not suitable, according to the unspoken rules, they should try their best to recommend you to other units that are not bad.

There is no way. These days are different from later times. Many college students like to complain. If they feel unfair or wronged, even if they complain to their school teachers with passion, the drilling company will inevitably feel a headache... Who made the administrative levels of those colleges and universities high? Who made the friendship between teachers and students so important these days? Many teachers like to protect their children.

But this is not the most important thing, the key is...

According to actual conditions, the employees currently recruited by drilling companies each year are mainly front-line drilling workers.

These jobs are hard, tiring and dangerous. How can we let those weak and frail college students do them?
Therefore, except for a small number of people with matching majors who will become front-line technical positions, most of the college students who come here for internships will enter government agencies after the internship period... But those who have worked in state-owned enterprises know that in government agencies, there is only one position for each person. How can there be so many positions to accommodate more than 400 college students?

If you really force yourself to recruit more than 400 college students into your government, and they are from Qilu...

Congratulations, as senior executives of the company, Wang Yinuo and Feng Yuan, just wait and see the fun.

The sentence "Southwest Drilling Company No. 1 is a drilling company for people from the southwest" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of most employees. If you dare to do so, you can just expect those people from the southwest faction to cause trouble for you everywhere!
what?
You said that in Qilu, the establishment is the most important, the drilling company has such good performance, and it is a central enterprise. There must be students who are willing to become drillers for the establishment. As long as we do more ideological work for the students, then won't the problem be solved?
amount……

I'm sorry, the cruel truth is that in this era, newly recruited front-line well team workers, except for technical positions, have no regular positions, that is, they are so-called contract workers... Even many ordinary workers have fought on the front line for seven or eight years and still have not been able to get the chance to become regular employees!

So, are you sure that those university interns who are regarded as the chosen ones would be willing to work as drillers right away just for the illusory chance of becoming a regular employee?
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After figuring out the key point, Wang Yinuo sighed. If the other party's attitude was really firm, then the university's path would really not work; or, in other words, the cost-effectiveness was too low, and it was not worth taking such a big risk for such a batch of vegetables.

Although it is possible to reach cooperation with only one or two universities to minimize the risk, this is completely meaningless... If the supply scale cannot be formed, then this channel is not worth spending energy on.

Seeing a trace of annoyance between Wang Yinuo's eyebrows that ordinary people could hardly see, for some reason, Feng Yuan felt much better and continued, "Similarly, whether it is the procurement of those brother units in the southwest, or the procurement that you plan to ask Shanghai to do, although this method is a good method, from the current situation, the execution level faces very troublesome problems... If one is unlucky, it can even turn a good thing into a bad thing!"

Wang Yinuo glanced at him: "A very troublesome problem?"

Feng Yuan nodded, with a hint of sneer in his tone: "Those brother companies in the southwest region don't actually have that big of a problem... Even if some people have been making moves behind the scenes during this period, I am still the one in charge of the relationship between workers and farmers. In addition, some southwestern companies have already had their first cooperation with local companies in Linyi County. Therefore, as long as I make a few more calls, even if they don't need these vegetables at the moment, they will still place a lot of purchase orders."

At this point, Feng Yuan's expression became even more manic: "Although the order is fine, the transportation link is a big problem!"

Feng Yuan pinched his brows with a headache, and suddenly asked back: "Boss Wang, do you know how much greenhouse infrastructure materials transported by the units in the southwest have been lost in the past two months?"

Wang Yinuo's eyes narrowed, and he immediately understood the key point: "Are you talking about the logistics safety issue? ... Has it gotten to this point now?"

Feng Yuan nodded: "Mr. Wang has never been involved in the vegetable basket project I participated in, so it is normal that he is not clear about some things;"

"In the past two months, we have lost 14 truckloads of greenhouse construction materials transported by our sister companies in the southwest... 14 truckloads, even if we only calculate based on the factory price, the total value is as high as 274 million yuan!"

"I don't know what those people want those things for. Apart from us, few people want them. Even if we sell them as scrap metal, they won't make much money... They are all crazy!"

After swearing without regard for his manners, Feng Yuan sighed: "Although for the smooth development of subsequent cooperation, these losses are borne by the Southwest Brothers Unit themselves... They are state-owned enterprises, and for the sake of subsequent cooperation, they are willing to bear it;"

"But it is obvious that if there is a problem with the vegetables transported from Linyi County, Linyi County cannot bear the responsibility... Linyi County's current finances are not abundant. The actual suppliers of these vegetables are farmers, and these orders are all based on ordinary commercial supply and marketing models, so there is no room for problems."

Although he didn't know much about business, Wang Yinuo easily heard the difference between the two, and knew what a heavy blow it would be to Linyi County's nascent vegetable basket project if the vehicles transporting the vegetables had problems... In some ways, this blow would be even more serious than not being able to sell these overwintering vegetables.

She looked at him in disbelief: "Has the situation become so serious now?...Hasn't the higher-ups already decided to launch a thunder strike?"

Feng Yuan glanced at him and said sullenly, "This matter involves a wide range of aspects, and the actual situation is also very complicated. So even if we intend to launch a thunderous attack, we can't do it all at once, let alone blindly deploy it... Therefore, the logistics risk during this period may be greater than we imagined... And if I'm not mistaken, this risk will continue until next year."

Wang Yinuo understood Feng Yuan's implication and was silent for a while. Finally, he sighed and said, "Since none of these options work, there is no other way. We can only see if Director Mu can help solve the problem temporarily!"

Although according to the agreement, Yang Mo should be responsible for this kind of clean-up work, firstly, he is still drunk and holding the notebook and returning favors everywhere, so he can't be found at all; secondly, Yang Mo has just taken over Mo Mo Bai Tou for less than a week and has not even started various operations yet. It is really difficult for him to deal with this kind of problem now.

Therefore, the most correct choice would be to ask Miss Mu for her advice and see if she can use foreign trade channels to digest these winter vegetables that are about to be shipped out of the greenhouse in advance.

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Twenty minutes later.

Miss Mu, who was wearing a woolen windbreaker, thought quietly for a while and shook her head slightly: "I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do;"

"This kind of product is expensive because it is fresh. However, the food category that I have negotiated with Northeast Asia and the Bear Country is either primary or deep-processed products or fresh fruits. I did not discuss fresh vegetables... In fact, Linyi County is relatively inland after all. Compared with the coastal areas of Qi and Lu, most of our fresh vegetables do not have an advantage, so the other party has never paid attention to this area."

Upon hearing this, Feng Yuan and Wang Yinuo sighed in unison, obviously a little disappointed.

Seeing this, Mu Liya smiled and said, "Boss Wang, Vice Boss Feng, since it was agreed that Yang Mo would be in charge of the follow-up work of the project, why don't you ask for his opinion... He should be back in a day or two, and the first batch of winter vegetables will be out of the greenhouse in a few days, so it should be in time."

Yang Mo?

Wang Yinuo and Feng Yuan looked at each other, looking a little embarrassed.

The biggest impression that the young man Yang Mo left on them, apart from his outstanding abilities, was the word "willful"... To be honest, they were indeed a little worried that this guy would mistakenly think that they were making things difficult for him and then quit in anger.

Vaguely aware of the two people's thoughts, Mu Liya smiled gently: "Boss Wang, Vice Boss Feng, I think you may not know Yang Mo very well. Although he is a bit willful, he still has a strong sense of professional ethics... Since he took on this hot potato in the first place, he will naturally not get upset because of such an unexpected event within the scope of his duties."

"In fact, although this matter is a bit tricky at the moment, based on my understanding of Yang Mo... maybe he really has a way to solve it?"

Oh?
Could Yang Mo have a way to solve this mess?
Wang Yinuo and Feng Yuan looked at each other again, then stroked their chins and began to think.

With an absolutely tough attitude, he invested more than 200 million to build 100 Hope Primary Schools... After Yang Mo became the section chief of Momo Baitou, the first thing he did was something they couldn't understand at all. This shows how unconventional Yang Mo's thinking is.

Although I don't understand his actions, it is clear that both of them are not on the same channel.

That being the case...

Maybe Yang Mo could really come up with some weird way to solve this difficult problem... Who knows?
(End of this chapter)