Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 134 The Third Round of Business Talks

Town Center: Level 1, unlocks the Trade Hall and Wonders.

Trade Hall: A large building where goods can be traded. It is 335 meters long, 75 meters wide, and 13 meters high. It has multiple main beams and load-bearing walls. The internal structure cannot be changed, and construction requires self-provided building materials.

It can count the output of related goods in the territory based on the goods samples you provide, and notify farmers to prepare goods in order to improve trade efficiency.

If 100 peasant women were arranged to move in and sufficient paper, pens and blackboards were prepared, it could also present information about the goods in the territory to the outside world, including quantity, quotation, statistics on customer demand, and estimates of the trade volume in the next cycle...

After Yu Yang looked at the function of the building, he roughly understood the purpose of this thing.

With it, in the future, vendors who want to wholesale or customers who want to purchase will no longer need to queue up in various industrial areas.

Everyone walks into the hall, fills out what they want, waits for the receipt, and then goes to the designated location to load the goods.

If it is combined with agricultural trade exhibition halls, other product exhibition halls, logistics distribution centers, in-plant rail transportation, mechanized loading and unloading...

I'm afraid that the efficiency of our own trade will have to be increased several times.

Furthermore, if computers are used to replace paper and pens, and large LEDs are used to replace blackboards, the overall efficiency can be even higher.

Coincidentally, every household of my brothers has a computer, and my sisters-in-law have learned how to use it after long-term exposure.

"nice one!"

Yu Yang immediately called his two bunk-mates who were studying at the Science and Technology Bureau.

Ask the other party to set up a training class to teach the sisters-in-law how to use office software.

Then he took out the administrative planning map of Shiliying Street and set up the trade hall on the west side of the highway intersection, which is opposite the agricultural trade exhibition hall.

He also contacted his eldest brother Zhao Qian and asked him to arrange strong men to start the work immediately.

After finishing all this, Yu Yang went to check out the wonders.

The world has changed a lot, Liangshan Marsh, and Nantianmen.

Thanks to the ability to preview building information, these three large landmarks had already been arranged.

Cang Hai Sang Tian is set in the soybean industry area of ​​Hangai Township.

Nantianmen is located near the hillside of Tianwai Bridge.

And Liangshan Marsh...

In the central area of ​​Pingdong Lake, there is an island called Juyi Island.

Historically, it was called Tushan Island. It was the imperial road of the nine provinces on the water and was heavily guarded.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Imperial Water Road was abandoned. Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, Liu Tang, the three Ruan brothers and others cleverly stole the birthday gift and hid here.

Therefore, there were the Seven Star Pavilion, the Seven Star Pond, the Seven Star Pavilion, the Cangjin Cave for burying valuables, the Tianwang Tomb where Chao Gai was later buried, and the Cangmei Temple to commemorate Chao Gai.

The island is about 800 meters long from north to south and 500 meters wide from east to west. It is surrounded by water and has mountains and land. It is an ideal place to build Liangshan Lake.

However, in order to meet the requirement that the wonder covers an area of ​​20 miles in radius, the family must, without changing the purpose of Pingdong Lake, expand the available area five or even ten times, like building a bridge, to accommodate the Loyalty Hall, Songjiang Village, the Martial Arts Field, and the Municipal Courtyard.

Then we raise turtles underneath to protect the water quality.

In addition, Jingyanggang, Shizilou, Heifengkou, racecourse, Xinghua Village, Jinshatan, Huangnigang, etc. were built around Shiliying.

These projects had already started as Sanyuan Construction Group recruited unlimited labor in Pingyang County.

What is missing now is 'systematization'.

In other words, drag the wonders into reality, and then arrange for farmers to build and speed up...

After finishing the operation, Yu Yang climbed up the observation tower on top of the brick kiln chimney to observe the soybean industry area in Hangai Township.

Among the three wonders, the simplest one is The Great Changes of the World.

Choose farmland, recruit strong men, and build wonders.

Thanks to the advance clearing of various obstacles, the translucent page quickly popped up a prompt.

[This area meets the requirements, no construction is required, and the wonder setting is complete.]
Yu Yang raised the cannon-shaped telescope and observed carefully.

After a moment, he rubbed his eyes and raised the barrel again to observe carefully.

Then I found that there was no change in the soybean industry area.

When I looked up into the distance with my naked eyes, I didn't see any strange sights in the sky or on the ground.

“Are there any requirements for time and weather conditions?”

Yu Yang studied it for a long time but found nothing, so he simply put the matter aside and turned to check the unit list.

Farmers: These hungry and cold people follow you in your battles and gain a lot of knowledge. After you acquire the town center, the farmers' professional skills will be upgraded, and their construction and planting speeds will also be improved. There are currently 4680 farmers in total.

Farmer woman: ...professional skills improved, cooking speed improved, weaving speed improved, breeding skills improved, currently there are 1245 of them.

Improved farmland: After occupying the current area, you can fight against the local tyrants, divide the land, and reward your men. The area held by each farmer increases from 1 cent to 1 point, and the current area held is 468 acres.

Experimental fields: …the area held by each farmer has increased from 1 mu to 10 mu, and the current holding is 4.6 mu.

House → Tower: A six-story tower building, you need to provide your own building materials.

City Wall → Fortress: You need to provide your own building materials. You can produce large catapults and recruit slingers.

City Gate → Fortress: You need to provide your own building materials. You can produce Zhuge Crossbows and recruit Crossbow Soldiers.

Military Camp → Military Office: You can recruit heavy infantry, elite archers...

Mill → Processing Plant: Food production speed is increased...

Stable → Ranch: The minimum area is 10 acres, and you need to provide your own building materials. It can speed up the growth of grass and mounts.

Blacksmith Shop → Smelter: The production speed is greatly improved. Plate armor, mail armor, and fish scale armor can be made. Longbows and various arrows can be mass-produced...

Dock → Shipyard: The production capacity is greatly improved. It can build medium-sized building ships and large trading ships. It can also be combined with other functional buildings to build "catapults".

...

"Good guy."

"This is a huge upgrade, directly turning a musket into a cannon?"

After Yu Yang understood the changes after the upgrade, he thought about it carefully.

Although there are many new features, apart from the trade hall, ranch, and the farmland area that has increased tenfold, the rest don’t seem to have much use.

After all, this is a modern society. Let alone Zhuge Crossbow and large catapults, even if you can make a red cannon, what can you do?
No, what do you want to do?!
Of course, plate armor, mail armor, archers and the like can enhance the tourism effect of "Water Margin Liangshan".

As for whether the superiors would allow real weapons...

The boss will definitely allow it.

Yu Yang thought about it and tried to preview the requirements for the next stage.

As expected, occupy 50% of Dongshan's land, then start a decisive battle to obtain the secondary town center.

Colonization will then begin...

"Play with a chicken!"

Yu Yang didn't finish reading and climbed down the brick kiln chimney cursing.

Passing by the parking lot, I saw Yu Quezi bragging to the security guard, "I'll install an elevator on the brick kiln chimney later. It's too tiring to climb up and down."

"what?"

"Ah what? Can you do it?"

"can!"

Yu Quezi was not lame, but his feet were a little lopsided. Upon hearing the words, he staggered and ran towards the purchasing department.

And back to the brick kiln office area.

My sixth uncle, who has retired, was wiping the dust from the corners of the house with a rag.

Compared to his previous position as chairman, Uncle Six seems to like this more.

"Hey, Sanyuan, you're back. Take this."

Yu Yang took the thing that Uncle Six threw over and took a look at it. It turned out to be the key to a stretched Rolls-Royce. "What's wrong?"

"I'm retired now, how can I still ride in such a nice car?"

"I bought this for you, not the company."

“But I can’t drive.”

"Where is the driver assigned to you at that time?"

"I asked him to find personnel and rearrange it."

"Call me back, you will be the executive director of our company from now on."

Yu Yang threw the car keys back, turned around and walked into his office.

I arrived at the office and just turned on the computer when the head of the factory secretary team, holding a two-foot-high copybook, knocked on the door.

"Mr. Yu, tomorrow at 10 a.m., our company will start the third round of business talks with ADM. This is what we are going to discuss."

"Take it back."

"You don't want to see it?"

“Who compiled these documents?”

"Factory Secretary Group."

"Well, since you have compiled this, it means that you have conducted in-depth research on everything in it and have come up with these results. So, you will be in charge of the negotiations tomorrow, and I will sit in."

"This……"

"As the secretary closest to the chairman, you must learn to take the initiative and be brave enough to take on the responsibility. Otherwise, how can you get promoted and get a raise in the future? You must know that the positions of CEO, COO, vice chairman, general manager, and vice president of our company are all vacant."

"Yes, Mr. Yu!"

"I'm optimistic about you!"

Yu Yang said this, but his hands were typing on the keyboard, checking the meeting content uploaded to the office software by the factory secretaries.

The reason is that these secretaries are all recent graduates from Dongshan Agricultural University and have no relevant experience.

The content of the discussions was mostly about seeking advice from senior executives of Taishi Road and Bridge on negotiation techniques and investment-related requirements.

But the Taishi Road and Bridge Group was very powerful before, but now it is very weak. Not to mention ADM, I am afraid it has never even come into contact with the Fortune 500. So, we still have to watch what we should watch.

Yu Yang started the office software and glanced through the investment matters.

In fact, there isn’t much.

It is nothing more than requiring ADM to pick up a fixed amount of goods, such as plant-based inks, which cannot be less than 100 million tons per quarter. For example, pigments cannot be less than 10 tons per quarter.

Then there is the 'US$30 billion deposit'.

The deposit in the second quarter will be used to purchase raw materials in the third quarter, and then the products produced will be supplied to ADM to offset the delivery payment.

In the third quarter, ADM paid another US$30 billion for the purchase of raw materials in the fourth quarter, and so on.

But 30+30, an investment of 60 billion US dollars, cannot be explained in just a few words.

From every steel bar and every bag of cement purchased during the construction process to the raw materials of plant-based inks, the production place, supplier, supply price, market price...all must be listed.

Otherwise, if ADM sues itself for contract fraud, how should the Beijing High Court rule?
Moreover, if they fall out with ADM, with Fujima and that tiger, the three parties will most likely unite.

what is this?
This is a trump card, there is no way we can play it at home.

"Speaking of which, could it be that these three families have formed an alliance secretly?"

Yu Yang was terrified when he thought about it and didn't dare to think about it anymore, for fear of having nightmares at night.

……

The next day.

Brick kiln office area.

Mrs. Smith, whom I hadn't seen for ten days, had gained a lot of weight.

Especially the nasolabial folds on both sides of the nose and both sides under the lips, all of which have eight-shaped grooves.

Since the content of this discussion was quite extensive, the other party brought quite a few people.

In addition to assistants, secretaries, and two artists, there are five lawyers and more than thirty financial staff.

Of course, the team on Sanyuan Agriculture’s side is also very large.

In addition to Yu Yang and the secretarial team, the city manager also sought assistance from the capital, and 10 professional lawyers and 50 accounting firm staff were sent by the capital.

It is said that at least half of them are very rare certified public accountants. They only need to hang their certificates in the company and wait for an annual salary of 50.

The talks officially started at 10 a.m.

Mrs. Smith was not at all surprised by Yu Yang's proposal to 'fix the delivery volume every quarter' and 'pay a deposit of 30 billion'.

But he did not agree on the spot, nor did he directly refuse. Instead, he threw the problem to the negotiation team.

Yu Yang also sat up and left his job.

Then the old and the young gathered together and whispered while listening to the negotiations.

"Yu, the food here is really fascinating."

"If you like it, eat more."

"I would like to say that we can also seek cooperation in many areas, such as opening your three-yuan fast food in North America, so that there is a store on every street."

"I have the will but not the ability, mainly because I don't have the money."

"After we reach a cooperation, you will not be short of US dollars."

"Why, are you planning to repatriate funds and return the US dollars invested in the East to North America again?"

"Yu, you always look at things too complicatedly and too long-term. I just simply want us to make more money."

"Thank you for your kindness, ma'am, but I don't have that much US dollars in my pocket right now. After all, for ADM, 60 million is the most basic unit of measurement. If I invest a few million US dollars, you will definitely laugh at me, but if I use the billion investment in the chemical industry, you will definitely sue me."

"Actually, I have a great project that can allow you to get a large sum of US dollars in a very short period of time."

"Listing the company? Sorry, I'm not ready for that yet, because as you can see, Shiliying is full of construction."

"No, no, no, this is what I'm talking about."

Old Mrs. Smith said this and took out a stack of photos.

In the picture, he is pulling a cart and walking in the Tianwaiqiao Restaurant.

Or taste delicious food, buy fruits and vegetables, customize vegetable packages, or study hot pot...

"You mean, these fruits, vegetables, and hot pot can all be exported to you?"

"No, you still don't understand. Keep reading."

Yu Yang looked through the photos again, "Forgive my poor eyesight... Oh, I mean, my eyesight is not good and I didn't see anything."

Old Mrs. Smith turned sideways and pointed at the cart in the photo in Yu Yang's hand, "This one!"

"this?"

"Yes, I want as many as you have."

"???"

"I asked your waiter in your restaurant. Although this is not for sale, the price is 299. I think the production cost will not exceed 100 yuan. As a partner, this project is my birthday gift to you. 2000 million units and 20 billion blue great man banknotes. How do you think?"

"..."

To be honest, the production cost of a cart should not exceed 5 yuan.

Because its raw material is worthless discarded steel rails.

These rails are processed into plates by the blacksmith shop, and then processed into "trolley parts" in batches by the company's own steel structure parts factory.

Then the old men and women, disabled people, etc. in Shiliying were responsible for installing the screws or putting on cloth bags made of woven cloth.

2000 million units, with a cost of 5 yuan, and the other party spent 100 yuan to purchase them. After deducting the tariff, we can still get 18 billion yuan.

The question is, are there so many people in North America who need carts?

Yu Yang looked at Mrs. Smith, his suspicion evident on his face.

The latter said: “I know most of the investors in supermarkets and convenience stores in North America. If they also adopt this kind of trolley, I believe their business will be more popular because the trolley can allow customers to buy more and the trolley has more uses.

But in North America, it costs 100 times more to produce one of these carts than in the East.”

"100 times? Shouldn't it be 10 times?"

“Why do you think it’s 10 times?”

"The prices over there are high, the labor costs are high, and the steel prices are also higher. Roughly speaking, it's about 10 times higher."

"You ignore the various certifications, various safety checks, various permits, and the time it takes to process these certifications, inspections, and permits."

"So complicated?"

"Maybe it's more complicated. Generally speaking, in North America, the high cost and complicated production and sales procedures make it impossible for supermarkets and convenience stores to operate 'trolleys'. But if you export this trolley to North America, I will help you register it as 'not for sale', and then sell it with other products, then things will become very simple."

"You have it easy, but what about me? What if someone on your side drops a child with a stroller and then sues me in a North American court for $30 billion? Wouldn't I be at a huge loss?"

"Why? Yu, you are too vigilant."

"No, it's because you guys have done too many similar operations, like the biggest fine in General Motors' history, which was $49 billion."

"That's General Motors's financial operations going too far... How about this, Yu, the patent for the trolley belongs to you, ADM commissions you to mass produce it, and then puts the ADM label on it, or in other words, the product belongs to ADM, and ADM bears all responsibilities, how about that?"

"Are you so confident about the cart?"

"When you're my age, you'll understand."

"???"

……

That night.

ADM's investment in Sanyuan Chemical has not yet been confirmed, and the Shiliying Sub-district Office took the lead in putting up an outrageous banner.

'ADM commissioned Sanyuan Agriculture to manufacture 2000 million trolleys, with a total order value of 20 billion blue giant banknotes.'

"Our family has finally succeeded in earning foreign exchange!"

Village Chief Huang sat in his plastic greenhouse office, feeling filled with emotion.

Not long after the Spring Festival, Yu Yang started to get busy.

I have raised horses, sold dogs, seen buildings collapse, and people die...

It has not been easy along the way.

……

Two days later.

After more than forty hours of negotiations, ADM, on behalf of Daniel Smith Company, signed a letter of intent for investment with Sanyuan Agriculture.

The cost of building an ink factory is 20 billion US dollars, the cost of building a pigment factory is 5 million US dollars, and the cost of building an oil paint factory is 5 million US dollars.

If the cooperation is successful, ADM will also personally negotiate the "food additives" investment plan with Sanyuan Agriculture.

In addition, the two parties also reached an agreement on the raw material procurement costs, or the deposit requirements, with ADM paying half, US$15 billion.

Therefore, Daniel Smith invested 45 billion US dollars, and ADM helped pay 15 billion of it.

After the three parties reached a cooperation intention.

Mrs. Smith set out to return to North America to raise funds and remit money.

Yu Yang sent him into the luxury car, and stood on the side of the provincial road, watching the convoy drive onto the highway.

Suddenly.

The convoy suddenly stopped.

Then, from a distance, the artist Phillips' screams could be heard.

“Oh, My God!”

“I am confident that I can create world-class paintings!”

Then a figure was seen quickly taking out a drawing board from the trunk of a car, picking up a pen and standing on the highway, frantically painting with oil paint towards the direction of Hangai Township.

(End of this chapter)