Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 148 Decline the Order
Brick kiln office area-training room.

These are three large tiled houses converted from private houses.

Only the load-bearing columns are retained on the south wall, and the east and west walls are completely removed, making the overall appearance exceptionally bright.

The house is paved with polished wooden floors and there is a plaque hanging on the north wall.

The plaque is made of neither gold nor wood, and has an ancient appearance. On top are engraved four large characters written in a flamboyant style: A Clear Mirror Hangs High.

There is a table and a chair below the plaque.

At this moment, Mr. Dong was sitting on the left side of the coffee table, sipping tea from a cup.

Yu Yang sat on the right side of the coffee table, flipping through ADM's third quarter orders.

The supply volume has doubled, which is no pressure for us.

Because plant-based inks and pigments are building materials configured through the dock.

After acquiring a first-level town center, the size of the shipyard expanded tenfold, and the number of ships that could be manufactured each month reached a total displacement of 300 million tons.

Correspondingly, 300 million tons of building materials can be allocated.

If calculated on a quarterly basis, as long as ADM's orders do not exceed 900 million tons, we can basically handle it ourselves.

The only trouble is, 5 tons of plant-based food coloring.

When it comes to food colorants, most people think of colorful drinks, uniquely shaped cakes, colorful snacks, and a variety of baked pastries.

But in reality, the food colorants consumed by these industries only account for a tiny fraction of the entire market.

The most profitable and also the most consuming area is feed.

For example, chicken feed.

It is basically light yellow or yellow, and rarely has other colors.

Because after the feed is dyed into this color, the pigment is digested by the animal and the pigment inside is absorbed in a free form. It then combines with low-density lipoprotein and enters tissues such as the skin and egg yolk through blood circulation.

The final effect is that the yolk is really 'yellow'.

In other words, when laying hens are stimulated with hormones or various minerals, the yolks of their eggs are wine red or white.

Do you dare to eat this kind of eggs?
Whether you dare or not, if you use yellow feed and the egg yolk turns yellow, you will definitely dare to eat it.

Therefore, pigmented chicken feed has a large market.

Especially in developed countries with high demand for eggs, and some developing countries that are about to become developed countries, pigmented chicken feed can almost determine whether a laying hen factory can make a profit and survive.

In the same way, pigment feed can also change the color of beef, mutton, and pork during the breeding process...

Most importantly, the 'food colorants' used to make pigmented feeds are fairly simple and inexpensive to prepare.

With a little knowledge of inorganic chemistry, you can mass-produce this type of artificial pigment.

Then this behavior caused panic in developed countries.

The World Health Organization then introduced a series of industry standards, and ultimately only 60 food colorants were allowed for use.

However, only about 40 types are allowed for use in the East.

Some developed countries allow the use of no more than double digits.

But its use is allowed and has nothing to do with the market.

At least unqualified food colorants are still rampant in the feed industry and generate incalculable profits for capitalists.

It can be seen that Mrs. Smith intends to repeat the operation of 'plant-based oil paints to replace volatile paints' and is ready to replace the current unqualified artificial colors with plant-based natural colors, and then dominate the feed industry.

Feed is precisely ADM's main business.

Yu Yang pondered for a long time and decided to reject the order for 5 tons of food colorants.

It’s not that they can’t handle it themselves, but everyone clearly agreed not to do their job properly, so why did the old lady suddenly start doing her job properly?
He asked the factory secretary to communicate with ADM.

After a while.

"Mr. Yu, ADM is unwilling to negotiate with us, saying that if we don't accept 5 tons of food coloring, they will have a reason to cancel all orders for the third quarter."

"Cancel it if you want. According to the agreement, ADM or Daniel Smith will pay us the profit we should have received in the second quarter, as well as the remaining 50% of the raw material purchase payment in the second quarter, which is about 15 billion US dollars."

"Ok."

After a while.

Mrs. Smith called.

"Dear Yu, I heard that there was a problem with our cooperation."

"Madam, Sanyuan Chemical started construction in mid-May. Now it's June 5th. Even if we adopt the plan of 'which plant areas are completed and which are put into production', we can provide enough inks and pigments, which is already the best we can do. Now we have to prepare twice as many oils and watercolors, which means the whole factory is working in three shifts. We don't have the energy to prepare food colorants at all.

Most importantly, the natural pigments used in food colorants have a very different and more complicated preparation process than inks and pigments.

It needs to be separated and purified from animals, plants or algae through special extraction, evaporation and other steps.

Especially after production, the shelf life is limited, and the original color is easily changed by factors such as temperature, humidity, and light intensity. Then there are the raw materials.

For example, beetroot red needs to be extracted from red beets.

For example, carmine needs to be extracted from the female cochineal insects on cacti.

For example, antioxidants that prevent natural pigments from oxidizing need to be extracted from ginseng roots.

Do you think we will plant hundreds of thousands of acres of cactus and hundreds of thousands of acres of ginseng just because of 5 tons of food coloring?"

When our family reached a cooperation agreement with Mrs. Smith, "food additives" were not included in the factory construction contract.

Now they don't want to produce food coloring for the other party, so Yu Yang has plenty of reasons to refuse.

Mrs. Smith was silent for a long time after hearing this. "ADM can add the cost of raw materials."

"Madam, this has nothing to do with funding. It's because the factory construction speed and production capacity can't keep up."

"Ok, maybe we can wait a little longer."

"Yeah, I think so too."

Yu Yang waited until the person on the other end hung up before he dropped the phone.

50% of the raw material procurement costs in the third quarter, or US$30 billion, seems like a lot.

But compared with the oil paint market worth hundreds of billions of dollars, the feed market worth trillions of dollars, and the food additives market worth hundreds of billions of dollars, it is just a drop in the bucket.

Now that ADM is besieging itself, how can it possibly strengthen ADM's strength?

and so.

Yu Yang stopped pretending.

He picked up another mobile phone and contacted the personnel department of Sanyuan Agriculture.

"I heard that Sanyuan Chemical is recruiting security guards again?"

"Yes, Mr. Yu, we plan to enroll 500 students."

"Well, you recruit 500 old men, but don't hire those under 55, to work as security guards at Sanyuan Chemical. They will provide food, accommodation, cigarettes and alcohol."

"This...salary?"

"What salary do you want? This is overseas retirement!"

"???"

The old boss standing by, who didn't know about the pension team stationed in Beijing, was also extremely shocked when he heard this, "Can it be done this way?"

"Leader, haven't you noticed that there are a lot fewer old men and women in our Shiliying Street?"

"I've discovered it a long time ago. I thought she was crouching down there making handicrafts."

"You have to thank me for solving our city's aging problem and making it young and vibrant."

My goodness, your way of solving the aging problem is to send the old men and women away?

Old Dong couldn't help but light a cigarette.

In fact, he came to Shiliying not because he was worried about what ADM would do to the local area.

After all, Tai City is already poor enough, and those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. The more they can get richer, the better.

Just like when he was the head of the Shili Camp, no matter how many soldiers were recruited, whoever could leave would be one.

What he was worried about was that Yu Yang was young and energetic and had never encountered any setbacks.

Don't be overwhelmed by a behemoth like ADM.

After listening to Yu Yang's description of the "in-factory circulation" and looking at Yu Yang's condition, the boss felt relieved.

"The municipal compound has just moved to Juyi Island in the middle of the lake. I still have a lot of things to do, so I won't waste my time here."

"Okay, leader. Take care."

After a while.

The factory secretary called.

"Mr. Yu, ADM has canceled its order for 5 tons of food colorants, but has increased its order for inks and pigments."

"Okay, tell them that we have increased production capacity overnight, recruited 2 skilled workers, and hired 500 monks from Shaolin Temple at high salaries."

Yu Yang finished speaking, "By the way, tell the HR department to give the old men a cleanup. It would be best if they all shaved their heads. It just so happens that the Buddha Temple is moving and has ordered thousands of monk robes. You can borrow them and distribute them for free."

"Mr. Yu, if Phillips finds out about this, will it be bad?"

"You won't let him find out?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)