Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 149 Sanyi Soybean Oil Factory

Phillips seemed obsessed with painting.

In fact, he is using his identity as an artist to cover up his real purpose.

For example, under the name of "perfecting the earth painting series", he went deep into the soybean planting area of ​​Hangai Township to understand the growth characteristics of Sany bean varieties.

For example, in the name of looking for materials, he observed the original bean seeds in the plastic greenhouse and had a pleasant conversation with the technicians of Sanyuan Agriculture. He learned that radar cultivation of soybeans must be supplemented by a spectrum of specific frequencies to promote embryonic development.

For example, in the name of painting the Yellow River Ranch, he visited a cattle farm and learned that to play the lute to cows, the music must be played within the cows' sight so that the cows can be immersed in it.

For example, in the name of drawing modern industry, he carefully observed the construction of ballastless track and even recorded the production process of prefabricated modules in the form of pictures and texts.

Phillips' findings proved helpful to ADM-affiliated research institutes.

Although they failed to develop high-yield seeds, promote the growth of beef cattle, or develop ballastless track, the many papers published by the researchers were not only included in the SCI, increasing the researchers' qualifications, but were also cited by many news media, increasing the researchers' reputation.

So the message that the scientific research institution conveyed to Mrs. Smith became: Phillips is great, Madam, we need more funding!
In return, in addition to receiving verbal commendations, Phillips also received dividend shares from Daniel Smith.

And it’s the end of June.

With the 30 mu of soybeans in Hangai Township and the 10 mu of soybeans owned by Sanyuan Agriculture in Shiliying, all of them had a bumper harvest. Half of them were used as seeds for 800 million mu of arable land, and the other half were used for oil extraction, feed making, or making soy products.

Phillips' mission became to explore the Sanyuan soybean oil factory.

In fact, pressing soybean oil is not difficult at all.

For thousands of years, whether in ancient times or modern times, the principles used are the same.

It's nothing more than hot pressing and cold pressing.

Hot pressing is to heat the soybeans, put them into a cylindrical container, and then press them into bean cake (soybean meal) to squeeze out soybean oil. The advantage of hot pressing is the high oil yield.

Cold pressing is to put soybeans directly into a cylindrical container and press them into bean cake (soybean meal). The advantage is that the natural flavor and color are retained.

But the oil produced by this process is called "crude oil".

When processing soybean raw materials, it is difficult to filter out stones, metal powders, various types of feces, dead branches and leaves, and even difficult to filter out "bad soybeans", so the crude oil contains a large amount of impurities, many toxins, and various heavy metal elements, so it is basically inedible.

Subsequent steps include dephosphorization, degreasing, decolorization, deacidification, deodorization, dehydration and impurity removal.

The whole process is also called crude oil refining.

The more processes there are, the better the technology, and the more advanced the equipment, the better the quality of the soybean oil produced.

Therefore, there are primary pressing, secondary pressing, tertiary pressing and quaternary pressing in the market from high to low.

The most difficult part of oil extraction technology is refining.

This not only involves the materials and manufacturing processes of dephosphorization boilers, deacidification boilers, and decolorization boilers.

It also involves the quality of the alkaline water used for deacidification and the quality of the food-grade white clay used for decolorization.

It even involves the fineness of the filter, the quality of the vacuum pump, the quality of the deodorizing pot...

In general, if the industrial level is not reached, you cannot produce high-end soybean oil.

Of course, the consumption level in the East is not high, and people cannot afford high-end soybean oil.

But Sanyuan Agriculture can mass-produce plant-based inks, which shows that Sanyuan Agriculture has mastered a complete set of special pressing, filtering and refining technologies.

And when Sanyuan Chemical was not yet built, they could produce '200 tons of ink, 15 tons of pigment, 350 tons of oil paint, and 300 tons of watercolor' in a quarter.

This means that even if Sanyuan Agriculture loses Sanyuan Chemical, it will still have strong oil production capabilities.

Sany soybeans have a strong bean flavor and the soybean oil they produce is of better quality.

How can ADM contain Sanyuan Agriculture in the soybean oil field?
Therefore, finding the soybean oil factory and finding a way to eliminate it has become what ADM must do now.

However, Phillips walked around the entire Sanyuan factory area but still couldn't find where the soybean oil factory was.

He even found Fan Tao, the investor of the soybean oil factory, by chance, taught him some painting skills, and then expressed his desire to visit the soybean oil factory...

"Mr. Artist, you may not believe me, but I spent the money, but I really don't know where the factory is."

"..."

……

Brick kiln office area and practice room.

7 o'clock in the morning.

The old abbot of the Buddha Temple came on time to teach "Zen Enlightenment".

Thanks to the Buddha Temple's "Gou", this method of cultivating the mind, which originated from the Buddha's ancestors, has not changed much from ancient times to the present, and can be said to be authentic.

After spending some time together, Yu Yang also learned about the origins of the Buddha Patriarch.

He was originally a Qigong practitioner from Mount Wangwu. As the popular Taoism at that time was wiped out by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, only the Five Pecks of Rice Sect remained after Zhang Lu was castrated and surrendered to the imperial court.

However, the Five Pecks of Rice Sect only retained the magic techniques that suited the needs of the rulers, and did not have any methods of health preservation or elixir making. So the Qigong practitioner went to West Kunlun to look for the way to immortality.

During this process, he was like Zhang Wuji in the film and television works, who picked up a piece of sheepskin cloth covered with Sanskrit in a cave.

After more than ten years of translation, the Qigong practitioner finally understood that what was written on it was the Buddha Sutra.

The Buddha Sutra records many special physical characteristics of Sakyamuni, including the thirty-two marks and eighty good qualities, which can be regarded as the symbols of Buddha.

If explained using the system of cultivating immortals, if you can achieve this, you can become a Buddha.

Therefore, the Qigong practitioner changed his name to "Futu", and spent ten years to develop a black hair bun, a steel chest, and red copper claws... Finally, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, when the Turks marched south in large numbers, he became a Buddha on the spot in the army and attained the Futu Arhat status.

Yu Yang didn't want to be transformed into a monster.

He learned Zen enlightenment from the old abbot just to calm his mind so that he could deal with ADM's next operation.

So every time I listen to the scriptures, it goes in one ear and out the other.

I never thought that what I would be talking about today would be the herbal medicine skills that the Buddha Patriarch mastered when he was young and in the process of seeking immortals and asking for the way.

"Old host, could it be that the old Chinese doctor at the township health center learned this from you?"

"Him? His grandfather was a lay disciple I accepted. He had some skills in treating illnesses and prescribing medicine, and was responsible for managing the Buddha Temple's secular assets. Later, the Buddha Temple became dilapidated and closed for a period of time, so his grandfather took the temple's assets for himself. Later, something went wrong, so I didn't pursue the matter any further."

"Good fellow, so you have more advanced Chinese medicine techniques?"

"It's not that profound. The main thing is that monks can get sick too. How embarrassing it would be if they went out to see a doctor or get medicine. In addition, the Buddha Temple has been passed down from ancient times to the present, and these experiences have been passed down. If you encounter some minor illnesses or disasters, you can definitely get the right medicine."

"Grandpa Host, can you let me take a look at these experiences?"

"This……"

"Somebody come!"

"Here!" Chang Fu, Chang Lu and others appeared at the door of the training room holding spears.

"Let's go to the Buddha Temple to get the scriptures!"

Chang Fu and Chang Lu immediately lifted the old abbot up with their spears and rushed towards the Buddha temple tremblingly.

No, it was rushing towards the pagoda temple located next to the wonder of the changing world.

……

in the afternoon.

It is still a practice room.

Yu Yang sat in a mountain of ancient books, carefully reading the various "remedies for symptoms" recorded by monks.

At this time.

Fan Tao walked in while thinking about something.

"The boss?"

"What's the matter?"

"I have a question."

"If you have to fart, just fart." "Well, where is my soybean oil factory?"

"Why, no share of the profits with you?"

"It was divided. It was said that the 30 mu of land in Hangai Township and the 10 mu in Shiliying harvested a total of 11 tons of soybeans, half of which was used for oil extraction, with an oil yield of about 46.5%, and a total of 2.4 tons of soybean oil. Calculated at the market price, if all were sold, the total sales would be about 1 million blue great man notes, and a 20% profit would be set aside and then divided in half, giving me 1000 million, which is equivalent to giving me 1.2 million a year. My investment is less than 6 million, and I can get my money back in 6 years. What's more, the production capacity will be higher in the future, so I am very satisfied."

"Then why are you looking for a soybean oil factory?"

"Phillips asked me today, and I suddenly became curious."

Yu Yang heard this and put down the medical experience in his hand, "What did Phillips say?"

"He was painting in the square of Shili Mall. I passed by there on my way to work, so I chatted with him and learned some oil painting techniques. During this time, he asked me how the mall was doing, and then asked about the soybean oil factory."

"ADM acquired a small feed mill in Northeast China, and then controlled some soybean oil mills through Marubeni Corporation and Singapore's Wilmar International, and launched Golden Dragon Fish. It is said that Wilmar International sought cooperation with Fortune in the Oriental Grain System, but was rejected. It also did not go smoothly when it approached Luhua for cooperation. If the other party is looking for our soybean oil mill, then there is a high probability that they are going to cause trouble."

"So, Phillips wants to find the soybean oil factory through me?"

"Well, poisoning is a small matter, but burning is a big matter."

"Ha, you want to trick me!" Fan Tao said, turned around and left.

"Why are you going?"

"Phillips is still painting in the square, so I asked my second cousin to run him over with a dump truck!"

"Come on, if you do something like this, I'm afraid the whole world will rush to report it, and you won't be able to survive."

"so serious?"

"ADM is eager for something to happen to us so that they can suppress our tourism industry. However, the superiors are unwilling to help us. Or, in other words, the two sides are on good terms. Considering that ADM is about to enter the Eastern market, it is not good to make some small moves. Otherwise, they will definitely take the initiative to make news for us."

"Then what should we do?"

"For now, even though we are weak, we are actually winning all the time."

Fan Tao thought about it and nodded, "Yes, after all, we made a lot of money."

"However, the fact that Phillips is looking for the soybean oil factory shows that his obsession with painting is just an illusion. He is actually carrying out the task given by Mrs. Smith. Maybe he will soon investigate the chemical factory in the name of the chairman of Sanyuan Chemical to see if we have increased our production capacity."

Yu Yang finished speaking and thought for a moment, "Let's go, I'll take you to see the soybean oil factory."

"No, Boss, I can't keep things to myself. Not only do I talk a lot when I'm drunk, I also talk a lot in my sleep. I'm worried about revealing my exact location."

"Then cover your eyes."

"Makes sense!"

After a while.

Yu Yang took Fan Tao and boarded the passenger train on Line 1 of the factory's rail system from the brick kiln entrance.

When you get to Tianwaiqiao, transfer to Line 3.

According to information released to the public, Line 3 leading to Laigang City is still under construction.

However, the track used by Line 3 is the "Laigang Railway" which was declared abandoned by the boss and Laigang City.

In other words, it is ready-made.

It’s just not a ballastless track, it’s the old-fashioned gravel + sleepers + rails.

Due to the problem of transporting ink and pigment, the company has not made any improvements to the track for the time being.

But when ADM fell out with its own company, the chemical plant was abandoned and the raw material planting area was abandoned.

There is no need to build Line 3 ourselves.

"It just makes life difficult for the people of Laigang City."

Yu Yang thought about it, and took the EMU donated by Laigang City to Line 3 and came to Sanyuan Chemical.

This benefited from the steel structure technology of Sanyuan Construction Group, the prefabricated partition walls of Sanyuan Building Materials Company, and the existing resources of Laigang.

The construction of Sanyuan Chemical's factory was extremely rapid.

It can even be said that it has created several world records.

After all, it was invested by ADM, one of the four major grain traders, and constructed by Dongshan’s largest general contracting company, so there had to be some hype.

At present, although only one-fifth of the factory construction has been completed, its scale has surpassed Laigang.

And it is not an empty shell as imagined.

It has a complete water and electricity system, a complete transportation system, a complete oil paint configuration module, and a complete watercolor configuration module.

Even the ink and pigment production area, which is a trade secret, is equipped with a large number of second-hand refining equipment purchased from the Northeast.

These refining equipment can actually be used to refine soybean oil.

After all, plant-based inks are crude oils.

Make the ink finer, without odor and harmful substances, equivalent to filtering, degreasing, dephosphorizing, deodorizing...

Therefore, the module used by Sanyuan Chemical to produce ink can also be used to produce soybean oil.

What's more, storage tanks and transportation equipment containing ink can also be used.

We also have our own plastic factory that produces food-grade plastic containers, which can produce plastic bottles and plastic barrels of various capacities.

In general, with Sanyuan Restaurant, Sanyuan Fast Food, Beijing Nursing Home, and numerous vegetable vendors, the company can provide a one-stop service from production to processing, packaging and sales.

This is why Yuyang purchased oil pressing equipment from Puyang but did not set up a soybean oil factory.

No, it has been established and put into use.

It’s just that outsiders don’t know.

After Fan Tao took off his blindfold, he saw shiny oil pressing equipment and a raw material processing area filled with soybeans. He then followed Yu Yang on a small rail car to the next door factory to look at the rows of brand new refining equipment...

"Boss, is this our Sany Soybean Oil Factory?"

"Yes, in another week, you will be able to buy cheap and authentic Sany soybean oil at every fast food restaurant in Tai City."

"Boss, we should first send the soybean oil to vegetable stores in Beijing. If the leaders eat it, will they eat other soybean oils in the future? In this way, our brand image will be immediately improved."

“You lick it too much.”

"No, this is brand management. Think about it, is it difficult for a low-end brand to become high-end?"

"It's hard."

"On the other hand, if we turn a high-end brand into a popular brand step by step and gradually expand its market share, is that easy?"

"It's very simple."

Although Yu Yang has never worked in retail, he has bought many famous brands.

Just like some brand-name products bought before 2010, after 2020, which one of them is not everywhere?
Fan Tao said complacently: "You also said that ADM is besieging us from all walks of life. If we use the characteristics of Sany soybeans to launch high-end soybean oil, they will definitely not be able to beat us. In this way, we can avoid price wars and have a place in the market.

Secondly, the amount of soybeans we can use now is relatively small, which is the best practice.

When the 800 million mu of soybeans from Jishui are put on the market, we will rely on our production capacity, just like pouring half of the water, to develop downwards in an overwhelming manner, directly eroding the mid- and low-end markets. What can ADM do to compete with us?"

Yu Yang looked at Fan Tao in surprise, "Tao, you are indeed a talented person!"

"This is what my third brother taught me. Just like the restaurants in Shili Mall, they claim to be creating a first-class service standard in the East, but in fact they are cultivating a brand image. When people know more about them and have a deep impression of them, they will all praise these restaurants. Then I can develop a chain, just like Qianbai Village, and quickly spread it across the country."

Yu Yang patted Fan Tao on the shoulder to comfort him.

Of all the things that can leave a mark in history, what can be simple?
There is indeed something special about Asia Mall.

Then Phillips called.

"Mr. Yu, I want to go to Sanyuan Chemical now. Do you have time?"

"there must be!"

(End of this chapter)