Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 427 Negotiation, Southwest

Beijing, ADM special research team.

The super-large conference screen that occupies the entire wall is broadcasting live the bilateral talks between Sanyuan Agriculture and the Persian visiting delegation.

Lao Ren and many of his superiors sat side by side below, taking notes or whispering.

The conditions that Yu Yang offered to Persia were extremely generous.

It's like you have 10 mineral veins at home that can be mined for 200 years.

If you take out one mine now and give it to Yu Sanyuan to mine for 1 years, you don't have to worry about food problems during these 10 years.

If you give another one to Yu Sanyuan for mining for 1 years, during these 10 years, you don't have to worry about armaments or being invaded.

Even if you are brave enough, you can dismantle the existing armaments, hand over the full defense authority to Yu Sanyuan, and then ask Yu Sanyuan for enough armaments in the ninth year to achieve defense independence.

Is this a condition?
This is totally helping the poor!
Especially for Persia now, as long as the promise is fulfilled, let alone 10% of the minerals, even if 100% of the minerals are mined for 10 years, it will be worth it.

At least that's what the superiors think.

"10% for food, 10% for weapons, only 20% in total... a little less."

"Yes, what can be done in just 10 years? Two years to build the road, three years to build the factory. If we have to stop working due to special circumstances, then at most we can only mine for four years."

"What a big loss!"

"Yu boy is still too young."

The superiors sighed and groaned, but they were actually very happy.

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International Conference Center.

The first meeting between Sanyuan Agriculture and the Persian delegation was to reach a cooperation intention.

Persia put forward its demands, Yu Yang put forward the conditions, Persia nodded in agreement, both parties were happy, and Persia did not bargain any more.

The next day was the third day of the lunar calendar.

Both parties sent business representatives to negotiate on the details of the cooperation.

For example, Persia has 5200 million hectares of arable land, accounting for 30% of the total area, 1800 million hectares of which are cultivated, and the food self-sufficiency rate is about 90%.

But this does not mean that 90% of the people in Persia can have enough to eat.

Because Persian crops are relatively simple.

The main crops are wheat, barley, rice, cotton and a small amount of beans.

If Persia wants to diversify its food, it must export some and import some.

Sanyuan Agriculture is now responsible for the grain supply to Persia. If Persia wants to maximize its profits, it can sell all of its own grain and then ask Sanyuan Agriculture for its internal needs.

After all, you are responsible for my 'food supply'.

So change your thinking.

If Persia does not sell its own grain, should Sanyuan Agriculture pay Persian farmers based on the value of these assets and grains?
And then provide an additional 90% on top of the 10% self-sufficiency rate to feed everyone in Persia?

Yu Yang did not refuse.

Therefore, Sanyuan Agriculture needs to pay Persia about 270 billion US dollars every year.

This made the Persian senior officials in the visiting delegation overjoyed.

But Yu Yang made it clear that I am World Food and I have never paid anyone.

The final result of the discussion became: Sanyuan Agriculture referred to Persia’s average annual grain production over the past five years and estimated the annual production in the next ten years at an annual growth rate of 2%.

Then Persia fully adopted three-line seeds, and the actual annual output was subtracted from the estimated annual output, and the excess belonged to three-line agriculture.

Of the deducted amount, part of it is exported to Sanyuan Agriculture in exchange for double the other grains, and part of it is consumed internally by Sanyuan Agriculture, which then uses cooking oil, fresh meat, etc. to offset the money that Sanyuan Agriculture should pay.

It sounds a bit confusing, but to put it simply, Persia used a single type of self-produced grain to exchange for other grains, cooking oil, fresh meat, etc. with twice the value from the three-pronged agriculture.

Eventually, Persia achieved food diversification and did not have to pay a penny for tri-nary agriculture.

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Although Sanyuan Agriculture contracted the food supply to Persia, it meant that everyone in Persia could eat and drink for free.

But the Persian top leaders would definitely not distribute food for free to everyone in the country. In other words, the Persians would still have to spend money to buy the free food provided by Sanyuan Agriculture.

Sanyuan Agriculture is still responsible for selling grain.

Then, Sanyuan Agriculture sold grain to the Persians and obtained the Persian currency - riyals. Under the "free supply of grain clause" signed by both parties, it needed to transfer these riyals to the Persian officials free of charge.

However, Persia wants US dollars, and Sanyuan Agriculture does not want waste paper...

Therefore, Sanyuan Agriculture used riyals to lease Persian minerals, and then paid US dollars to the Persian government according to the exchange rate.

Therefore, the total amount of minerals leased by Persia to Sanyuan Agriculture increased from 20% to 23%.

It still sounds a bit confusing. To put it simply, Sanyuan Agriculture used a sum of US dollars to lease an additional "ten-year mining rights of 3% of the total mineral output" from Persia.

It’s just that it’s not calculated that way economically, and the content of the cooperation is not written that way.

If it is leased directly, Persia will not agree.

Because the exchange rate between the riyal and the US dollar is so outrageous, Sanyuan Agriculture offers very few US dollars, which means the rental price is very cheap.

But after going around in circles, Persia agreed and was secretly happy.

After all, these US dollars went into their pockets, not into the Persian treasury.

three days later.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the two sides continued negotiations.

The content covers mechanical electronics, high-tech electronics, and information technology.

Because Sanyuan Agriculture only contracted Persia's food and military equipment.

Persia, which is relatively backward in these areas, must continue to lease its own minerals if it wants to obtain support from the three series of high-tech.

Mechanical and electronic products include industrial manufacturing, mechanical processing, PLC control, host computer systems, etc.

High-tech electronics include three series of electron tubes, electronic circuits, radio frequency chips, etc.
Information technology includes communication networks, programming, various applications, and three-series AI.

Even North America, Ice Bear, France, and England are coveting these things, and their overall value is definitely not comparable to that of food.

Yu Yang very conservatively asked for a ten-year mining right for 40% of Persia's total mineral resources.

The superiors who were listening in on the live broadcast all gasped in surprise.

The Persian senior officials at the scene were so frightened that their faces turned green.

This led to a stalemate in the third phase of negotiations.

However, this does not affect the cooperation in the first two stages.

After the business groups of both sides signed the cooperation agreement, three types of seeds, three types of food, three types of fresh meat, and three types of weapons were continuously delivered to Aynak.

Once there, they would pass through Turkmenistan and be sent to Persia.

Simultaneously.

Sanyuan Agriculture drew on the idle Amur Farm Reclamation Corps and sent it to Persia to explore, survey, select minerals, build factories, construct roads, and connect to the Aynak heavy-duty railway.

Another two days later.

The seventh day of the new year.

After two days of mobilization, the Amur Agricultural Reclamation Corps held a swearing-in ceremony in the Tailai Industrial Zone.

Afterwards, 0.6 security guards, 5 technical personnel, 19 laborers, and 2 logistics personnel (clerical, administrative, cooking, laundry, medical, etc.), wearing various work clothes and carrying luggage, boarded the train heading west.

The huge commotion immediately aroused the vigilance of federal capital.

soon.

The first two agreements signed between Sanyuan Agriculture and Persia were leaked by moderate Persians who were close to North America.

The relevant content made Federal Capital shocked and angry.

What was surprising was that Sanyuan Agriculture, which was trapped in the Asia-Pacific region, obtained a new resource area, which was like extending its life.

What makes people angry is that Yu Sanyuan is becoming more and more disrespectful and is openly aiding Persia. He also plans to tie Persia to the oil-producing countries so that both sides can share a peaceful world.

Bush signed the "Greater Middle East Democracy Plan" to transform the Arab world that day, intending to use ideological exports to overthrow the Persian regime and change the situation in West Asia.

It’s a pity that Yu Yang gave too much.

The conservatives who dominated Persia, facing the US dollars and weapons that were about to be obtained, had already glared with bloodshot eyes, and quietly took out the butcher knife - the Holy Brigade, and aimed it at the moderates who were close to North America.

Early morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month.

A storm is sweeping across Persia...
Wait till dawn.

Conservative officials have announced on television that food prices in various regions have fallen, food supply prices have been reduced, wages have risen, food variety has increased, and electronic appliances will soon be on the market.

For a time, conservative support reached a record high.

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"In fact, what simple people at the bottom want is just this simple: to have enough food to eat, to sleep warmly, and to live more and more comfortably." Yu Yang handed over the third phase - high-tech negotiations - to the think tank, and walked on the main road of Shiliying with Lao Dong, who was about to be transferred to Tibet as the person in charge.

The boss’s qualifications and resume are definitely beyond reproach.

Deputy General Manager of Tai City → Take off from Shiliying.

Dongshan Development and Reform Director → Dongshan’s 45 large state-owned enterprises took off, and Sanyuan Agriculture became the world’s fifth largest grain trader, ensuring the food and currency security of the East.

Deputy General Manager of Jilin Province → Meihekou Development Zone took off, the Far East Trading Company almost monopolized the Asia-Pacific resource transactions and opened the door to the Japanese trade.

Now that his superiors are unwilling to let him come to Beijing, he can only be thrown as far away as possible.

Southern Xinjiang, Northern Xinjiang, or Tibet.

Referring to the new round of deployment of Sanyuan Agriculture, which is to focus on the development of the southwest region, placing Lao Dong in Tibet is not only conducive to the development of that area, but also can ensure the security of the border with the help of the three-system security.

This was the result of joint proposal and support from Lao Ren, the person in charge of discipline, the Tigers of the Air Force, and others.

But Mr. Dong didn't want to go.

"My roots are here. The way this place has developed into what it is today is more satisfying to me than in my dreams... Next, I just want to find a place to quietly appreciate it all."

That’s right, the boss has already begun to think about retiring.

In other words, he never had much ambition from the beginning to the end.

I just want to prove myself through Tai City.

It has been proven now that if he continues, Mr. Dong knows very well that he will become someone's puppet, and even worse... he dare not even think about it.

And for Yu Yang.

The boss understands it better than anyone else.

This is not a young man, this is a shrewd old man with a mind far superior to his.

Otherwise, where did Sanyuan Agriculture come from, and how could Sanyuan Agriculture be so successful in the international arena?
Yu Yang smiled slightly, "You may not believe it, but I don't have much ambition. I just want to make the East great again."

Mr. Dong stopped and wanted to say something, but finally kept silent.

Because Yu Yang said 'let' before, and now it's 'command'.

A difference of one word means a thousand miles of error.

From this we can see what this kid is going to do.

Yu Yang didn't realize that his choice of words, in light of his current status, made Old Dong terrified, and continued:
"Brother Dong, we can't just focus on the present, we have to look further ahead."

He said, standing at the intersection of the expressway, looking out at the endless stream of vehicles, "Cars need to consume fuel to move forward, and collective development requires resources."

"Now Sanyuan Agriculture is trapped in the Asia-Pacific region. We can't go east, we can't fight the federal aircraft carrier strike group to the south, and there are ice bears blocking the way to the north. We can only go west."

"There are plateaus in the west where highland barley, barley and cotton can be grown, and food, wine, textiles and weapons can be produced."

"Further west, there are minerals, oil and natural gas, which can improve the collective living standards and help the collective enhance its industrial capacity."

“If we continue westward, we will find the European market, which can absorb the collective surplus production capacity and bring in more resources.”

"And everything the collective has now is not the best in my mind. At least cars are not popular, high-speed rail is not connected to the county, the average education level of people is not even high school, and the awareness within the factory has not risen to the 'collective level'..."

"So we still have a long, long way to go, and we need to consume a lot of resources."

“The Southwest is the next stop.”

Old Dong lit a cigarette and also leaned on the guardrail. "Do I have a choice?"

"No, you have to climb up. Even if you are a piece of mud, I will help you climb up the wall..."

Seeing that he was about to be beaten, Yu Yang quickly changed his words, "Besides, you are my brother Dong."

"I want to know, what comes after Southwest?"

“Naturally, the northwest.”

"What happens after that?"

"northeast."

"And then what?"

"Moon."

"···"

"Are you going or not? On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Lao Yu told me that Dong Jian was planning to introduce highland piglets."

"Who cares? Even if I go to the southwest, I won't give him any benefits."

The boss really doesn't treat Dong Jian very well.

Dong Jian took the blame for the section of Route 385. If the highway intersection had not covered the bridge tunnel and was beneficial to the development of Shiliying, and his superiors had turned a blind eye, Dong Jian would most likely have been put in jail.

Due to the reform of state-owned enterprises in Tai City, there was no place for unemployed people. No one wanted jobs in the oil refinery and the old cotton mill. So Mr. Dong gave his junk to Dong Jian to raise pigs. He then used Dong Jian's pig farm to get a bank loan and then gave the money to the unemployed people.

This resulted in Dong Jian and Lao Yu raising pigs for three years before they paid off their bank debts.

If it weren’t for the three-line piglets, it would be difficult for Dong Jian to turn things around.

Let me ask, how many fathers treat their sons like this?

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The wind is strong at high speeds.

The lit cigarette burned out quickly.

Yu Yang felt in his pocket and took out the half-finished pack of Yippie cigarettes that he had borrowed from his cousin on the afternoon of New Year's Eve. He took out a cigarette and lit it for Old Dong.

The boss looked at the brand of cigarettes and said, "No matter what, you are the boss of Sanyuan Agriculture. How can you smoke something that costs only ten yuan?"

"The smokers in the group haven't upgraded yet, how can I go first?"

Old Dong took a deep puff of his cigarette and slowly exhaled, "It's a mess over there, and many problems cannot be solved by one person. It just so happens that the previous team of Shiliying has come out. They did a very good job last year in the name of the Street Office. I will take them over."

"I have no say in this matter."

"Fuck, I used to be both a father and a mother in Tai City. Now that I've climbed this high, I'm still both a father and a mother. Didn't I climb in vain?"

Seeing that the boss had given in, Yu Yang immediately embraced him and said, "Let's go, let's go to Sauna City."

"No, just taking a walk is nice."

"Then let's go wherever we want and have two cups tonight."

“It must be fixed.”

The father and son walked down the highway intersection and headed east along the 220-meter-wide Shili-Long Street.

Passing by the North-South Street where Shili Shopping Mall is located.

Shili Mall is holding a 'seasonal inventory reduction' event.

All kinds of winter clothes, summer clothes, four-piece suits, shoes, hats, socks, and daily necessities that were not consumed last year were piled up on both sides of the street like debris.

Countless visitors from outside the factory, some pulling carts, some carrying large snakeskin bags, or simply tying their goods with ropes, quickly selected their items while registering and paying with their out-of-factory ID cards.

There are also many people who sigh when they see the reminder on their ID cards: "In order to prevent speculation by some people, the purchase of this material is limited to 5 pieces. You have exceeded the limit."

The boss looked at the price of the ostrich down jacket, the four-piece suit, and the shoes and hats, and chatted with a man who had exceeded his quota and was squatting on the roadside waiting for his wife and children to make a selection: "I see the prices of these things are almost exactly the same as the three-series enterprise models sold in the supermarket, and there is no discount or after-sales service. Why are you rushing to buy these things?"

"Hey, you don't understand. The three-series enterprises are companies. They sell things to make money. They produce goods and need to consider costs. Costs are related to materials and workmanship. Shili Mall belongs to the collective. The things it produces are not called goods or products, but daily necessities. They are supplied to the collective. Therefore, in the production process, costs are not considered. Only whether the collective is comfortable to use is considered. If someone in the collective complains about poor quality, everyone from the supply of materials to production will be held accountable..."

The man picked up a pair of cashmere pants, twisted the trouser legs and continued, "Look at the texture, the material, and the stitching. They are much better than the same style, even more upscale than SY. Do you know how much a pair of SY cashmere pants costs? 2800! How much is this pair? 180!"

"And the things in the factory are famous for their durability. Not to mention the home appliances, the white shirt I bought at a bargain price three years ago has not turned yellow even now. And it still remains smooth and crisp without the need for an iron. Where can you buy something like this? You can't get it at all."

"Dude, hurry up, or you won't be able to grab it if you're late."

After the man finished speaking, he saw that his wife and children also exceeded the quota, and happily greeted the two of them, rubbing his son's head casually, "Come on, today Daddy will take you to visit your fourth uncle's house and eat some food in the collective canteen."

His wife said reluctantly: "Just go once a year. If you go too often, people will get annoyed."

"You don't understand. My fourth uncle is all alone. We used to be poor, so we would go every now and then to help with cooking. Now he is in the collective, and he has good food and drink and doesn't have to worry about anything. If we don't go, he would want to go back to the way he was before... So the biggest problem of the collective is psychological."

"···"

"Besides, while my fourth uncle is still here, we have to think about the child. If you and I can't join the group, the child must join. How can we join? We can only rely on my fourth uncle..."

The family of three gradually walked away.

The boss looked at Yu Yang and asked, "How do we solve this problem in the factory?"

“It must be natural.”

Yu Yang smiled slightly, "As the old saying goes, if one person is successful, all his family members will benefit. His fourth uncle is the successful person. If we maintain a good relationship with him, it will definitely benefit our son in the future."

"Aren't you afraid that you will become too big to be removed and accumulate the 'burdens' that state-owned enterprises have faced in the past?"

"It's different. The collective doesn't support idlers."

(End of this chapter)