I saw everything

Chapter 117: The Innocent Ones
The land of Lingnan is still sweltering with heat in October.

However, the Cathay Food Factory in Shanmei City felt tremendous pressure.

Lin Jili, general manager of Guotai Food Factory, who is also the company's chairman and major shareholder, was listening to a report from the head of the purchasing department.

"Boss, the amount of tilapia we purchased from outside this month has dropped to less than 200 tons."

Lin Jili frowned: "What's the reason?"

"I asked more than a dozen farmers who had cooperated with us before, and they said that the profit from tilapia farming was too low, only making 5,000 to 6,000 yuan per acre, so they all went to raise Egyptian fish." The head of the acquisition department also looked helpless.

"Egyptian fish?" Lin Jili reacted instantly: "The Egyptian fish that Hailufeng Company is promoting?"

"Yes, it is because of Hailufeng Company that the scale of Egyptian fish farming in Magong Town has reached nearly 5000 mu, and farmers in several nearby towns with thousands of mu of fish ponds have also obtained targeted breeding licenses."

The core breeding base of Cathay Food Factory is located in Meilong Town, opposite Magong Town, with Cheung Sha Wan separating the two.

Guotai's self-operated breeding base in Meilong Town covers an area of ​​about 2500 acres, nearly half of which is used to cultivate tilapia. It produces 4500 to 5000 tons of tilapia each year, and also purchases 3500 to 4000 tons of tilapia from surrounding areas.

He had not anticipated the threat posed by Hailufeng's promotion of Egyptian fish farming.

After all, there is not much overlap between the products of the two companies. Canned eels may create some competition with Cathay Pacific's fish balls, but it is actually harmless.

However, as Hailufeng Company frantically issued targeted breeding licenses for Egyptian catfish to surrounding farmers, Cathay Pacific finally realized that something was wrong.

"How much profit can be made from breeding Egyptian catfish? How much do they buy them for?" Lin Jili asked. He had not paid much attention to this matter before. He only heard that the breeding of Egyptian catfish in Magong Town was very popular recently.

"3 yuan per kilogram." The head of the purchasing department wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Lin Jili's eyes widened: "What? 3 yuan per kilogram? Is Jiang Miao crazy? Isn't he losing money at this price?"

"They seem to be buying Egyptian fish to make fish meal and fish oil. The prices of fish meal and fish oil have soared in recent months, so the profits should be good, otherwise they would not continue to expand the scale of acquisitions."

"Fish meal? Fish oil? I see. But can Egyptian fish meal really be sold? The geosmin content of this stuff is too high. It will cause the aquatic products to have a much stronger earthy smell, right?" Lin Jili frowned.

"I heard that the 5000 mu of fish ponds that Haijing Company recently expanded are for breeding eels. It seems that they purchased eel feed from Hailufeng Company."

Upon hearing the news, Lin Jili quickly took out his mobile phone and called Gu Haijing.

After a while, the call was connected.

"Brother Lin, what business do you need to take care of me?"

"Hai Jing, I have something I want to consult you about Hai Lu Feng Company. Is it convenient?"

"Hailufeng Company? What? Brother Lin also wants to raise eels?" Gu Haijing was a little surprised.

"No, I heard that Hailufeng Company uses Egyptian fish as feed. How much does their feed cost?"

"The price depends on the type. The front section is 2 yuan per ton, the middle section is 1.5 yuan per ton, and the back section is 2 yuan per ton."

"So high? How can we make money?" Lin Jili is an insider in the industry. He knows very well the breeding costs of various economic fish species. From small eels to marketable white eels, each ton of white eels requires at least 2.6 tons of feed.

"Haha, you haven't been in Shanmei recently, right?"

Facing Gu Haijing's irrelevant answer, Lin Jili still patiently replied: "Yes, I went to Hong Kong and Southeast Asia and came back a week ago."

"The new feed formula of Hailufeng Company can achieve 1.86 tons of feed for every ton of white eel, and shorten the breeding cycle from one year to seven months. At the same time, through the back-end feed and flow-through pool, 99% of the geosin in the eel's body can be removed. Do you think their feed is worth the price?"

"Holy crap!? Is this true?" Lin Jili was stunned by the data.

"Really? I've already stocked 500 mu of fish ponds with eels for more than two months. The eels are growing as fast as if they were given hormones. If I hadn't tested their feed, I would have suspected that Jiang Miao had done something ruthless."

Lin Jili was very impressed with the feed produced by Hailufeng Company: "This effect is indeed worth the price, but I called you today mainly because their purchase of Egyptian fish is increasing, and my purchase of tilapia has been affected."

"Is that so? The price of the Egyptian fish they purchased is indeed a bit high. In addition, the growth rate and breeding cost of Egyptian fish are relatively low, so the profits of the fish farmers will indeed be very high."

"Yes! At 3 yuan per kilogram, it makes me want to raise Egyptian fish." Lin Jili smiled bitterly.

Gu Haijing's voice sounded slowly: "It's not that you can't breed them, but you need to pass the review of Hailufeng Company, otherwise they won't give you a license, and it will be useless even if you breed them."

"I was joking, but I'm in trouble now. The supply of tilapia from my own breeding base is not enough, which will affect the production of other products."

"Speaking of which, I went to Hailufeng Company before and saw that they were building a fish ball factory. Maybe they are already in production. Brother Lin should pay attention to it."

"Is there such a thing?" Why did Lin Jili feel that Shanmei had undergone earth-shaking changes in just two months since he left home?

"Ah."

"Hai Jing, can you help me, brother? I want to meet Jiang Miao."

"Sure! I'll make a phone call. It shouldn't be a big problem. But Brother Lin, you are now in competition. He may not necessarily reduce the scale of purchasing Egyptian fish. Even if he agrees, the local government will not agree. After all, it involves thousands of fish farmers, many of whom are poor."

Obviously Gu Haijing was reminding him to pay attention to the huge interest chain behind the Xiahai Lufeng Company and not to be too impulsive.

Just as Gu Haijing said, there are now nearly 2000 Egyptian catfish farmers signed by Hailufeng Company, with a direct output value of more than 10 billion yuan. Adding the indirect output value, it has become a considerable industry.

This is not even the main business of Hailufeng Company. Combined with other industries, Hailufeng Company has unknowingly become a giant in the local area.

The total assets of Cathay Food Factory add up to about tens of billions, with annual revenue of only about four or five hundred million, and net profit of less than one hundred million.

What can we use to compete head-on with Hailufeng Company?

By then, the local government will most likely stand on the side of Hailufeng Company.

This is like going to Pengcheng to sue the penguin.

Sacrificing the small to protect the big is an inevitable choice.

"Brother, I know my limits." Lin Jili is an old hand, so he won't be as impulsive as the young ones.

"That's good. I'll call you later to see if it works out."

"Thank you for your help. I'll treat you to a meal next time."

"Brother Lin is too polite."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Jili fell into deep thought. After a while, he instructed his secretary to ask someone to investigate the details of Hailufeng Company.

Half an hour later, Gu Haijing called again and said that he had made an appointment for him with Jiang Miao at noon the day after tomorrow. As long as he went to the headquarters of Hailufeng Company, he could meet Jiang Miao.

Before I knew it, the sun was setting outside the window.

Just then, the secretary knocked on the door.

"Boss, this is the information about Hailufeng Company you requested. This is all the information we have collected today. There may be some omissions."

"It doesn't matter." Lin Jili also knew that the time was too short and he could only gather a general idea.

He opened the folder, which listed the various industries of Hailufeng Company.

This includes the eel fry industry with monthly sales of around 2 million yuan, the Nanhu Farm covering an area of ​​more than 500 acres, and the recently popular white truffle industry, which has already put into use a feed factory, fish ball factory and a new breeding farm.

The recently invested and constructed feed factory No. 500, the -acre strawberry plantation and the strawberry processing factory in Hongcao Town.

Invested in a durian plantation covering an area of ​​more than 4 acres.

An investment has been made in a pumped storage reservoir, which is currently under review.

The new office building and staff quarters are already under construction.

As well as industries such as gold and silver processing factories, gold shops and Jianghai Restaurant.

At the same time, there was the matter of Hailufeng Company borrowing 50 billion yuan from Shanmei Rural Commercial Bank.

After reading this information, Lin Jili was also very shocked. On the one hand, he lamented the high revenue of Hailufeng Company, and on the other hand, he was shocked by the speed of Hailufeng Company's industrial expansion. This company was established for more than a year, and its scale expanded like a balloon. It was really scary.

"However, their profit from eel fry is estimated to be very high. Even if they split it in half, they still make more than a billion yuan a year. No wonder they dare to directly borrow 5 billion yuan."

"Dad, what's 5 billion?"

"I'm talking about the fact that Hailufeng Company borrowed 5 billion yuan. Ruifeng, please take a look!" Lin Jili.

Lin Ruifeng took over his father's documents. He also went to Hong Kong in the past few months to handle some of the family's businesses, but did not go to Southeast Asia.

After watching for a while, he was also shocked: "The annual output value of Hailufeng Company exceeds 6 billion just from the three industries of eel fry, white truffles and feed."

"Yes! As long as this company maintains its current development momentum, it can compete with the Tonly Group in the future." Lin Jili sighed, but he did not forget the main business: "Ruifeng, do you think there is any way for us to take advantage of the Hailufeng Company?"

"Let me think about it." Lin Ruifeng looked through the documents in his hand again while thinking about how to cooperate.

After all, the development momentum of Cathay Food Factory has weakened in recent years. Although it promised to invest 5 million yuan in the construction of an ocean commercial center, the project has been delayed because the company is worried that such a large sum of money will affect the company's cash flow.

In fact, this situation occurred because Cathay Pacific did not have much confidence in the company's future earnings expectations, so it chose to hold the funds and was hesitant to expand its investment blindly.

The seemingly gamble-like investment method of Hailufeng Company is actually because Jiang Miao has great confidence in the profit expectations of Hailufeng Company, and he is not afraid of failure at all.

If Hailufeng Company goes bankrupt, he can still make a comeback.

But Cathay Pacific can't afford to take the risk, nor does it dare to take the risk. Five hundred million yuan is their profit for six or seven years. If the project fails, they may even go bankrupt.

As he was flipping through the pages, Lin Ruifeng's eyes suddenly lit up: "Dad, I have an idea."

"Oh? Tell me."

"I just checked the industrial situation of Hailufeng Company and found that they sell some products called premium Egyptian catfish. According to the product introduction, these products can be supplied to restaurants."

Lin Jili had also read that part, but he was a little puzzled: "Ruifeng, I can understand that Egyptian fish are used to make fish meal, fish oil and feed, but if they are supplied to restaurants, I'm afraid no restaurant would dare to use them, right?"

"Dad, you overlooked an important piece of information. That is, the Hailufeng Company has recently opened eight Jianghai restaurants in various local towns, mainly serving fish dishes. What do you think are the ingredients used in these Jianghai restaurants?"

"Egyptian fish? Is that possible? Could it be an eel?"

"The profit from making eel dishes is too low. They might as well just sell canned grilled eels." Lin Ruifeng's eyes were somewhat clear: "Perhaps I have guessed some of Hailufeng Company's ideas. They may be planning to use Jianghai Restaurant to let diners and restaurants accept their farmed Egyptian catfish."

"Then what does this have to do with us?"

"Dad, is it possible that we can also produce this kind of fish?"

Lin Jili frowned again: "Buy technology? Hailufeng Company won't agree, right?"

"If they can agree to license the technology to foreign companies, they can naturally license the technology to domestic companies. As long as the price is right, there is nothing that cannot be discussed." Lin Ruifeng does not think that this matter is impossible to do.

As for ideas like stealing technology, if Hailufeng Company was just a small business, there would be nothing to worry about.

The problem is that Hailufeng Company is about to become a local leading enterprise, and Cathay Pacific is also a local enterprise. Even if they dare to steal Hailufeng Company's technology, they dare not use it here, otherwise they will be arrested in minutes.

"So we try to get the technology?"

"Well, even if I have to pay patent fees every year, I can accept it. If the Egyptian catfish is really as described in their product introduction, without the earthy smell, our more than 15 acres of fish ponds can produce 20 tons of Egyptian catfish a year. If we make all of them into fish balls and fish tofu, and sell them for yuan per kilogram, we can still make a huge profit."

"Yes, the Egyptian fish they bought will probably only be raised for another month or two, and the cost will be doubled to only 6 yuan per kilogram. Adding other auxiliary materials and miscellaneous expenses, the cost of one kilogram of fish balls will not exceed 10 yuan." Lin Jili also reacted at this time:

"15 tons of Egyptian fish can make about 15 tons of fish balls and fish tofu. If the gross profit per ton can reach 1, 1 tons is 15 billion. Damn! Having technology is awesome, but this is simply stealing money."

Lin Ruifeng shook his head: "Based on my observation of the development history of Hailufeng Company, they will not lower the price too much. I estimate that 30 to 35 yuan per kilogram of fish balls and fish tofu is their bottom line."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jili couldn't help but breathe faster. The interests involved were too great.

Lin Ruifeng continued to think: "So my bottom line is to pay Hailufeng Company 1.5 yuan in royalties for every ton of Egyptian catfish, so that we can still have a gross profit of 1 yuan."

"It feels like working for Hailufeng Company." Lin Jili smiled helplessly.

Lin Ruifeng feels that such a high price is necessary: ​​"If you lose something, you gain something. Otherwise, why would they give us the technology license?"

"That's true."

"Dad, find a way to talk to Jiang Miao."

"I have already asked Haijing to make an appointment with the other party. We will go directly to the headquarters of Hailufeng Company at noon the day after tomorrow."

"Uncle Gu, did you tell me what the other party likes or dislikes?"

Lin Jili nodded: "I asked by the way, Jiang Miao and his wife Lin Shuya are both technical people, so they like to talk directly and don't like to beat around the bush. He doesn't smoke or drink, which is troublesome. Now I don't know what to give as a gift."

Lin Ruifeng, who was also thinking hard, soon came up with an idea: "Why not send some local agricultural products? Dad, do you know any famous agricultural products around here?"

"Huh? I know the peanuts from Wutong Village next door are good. One pound costs more than ten yuan. Your aunt even gave us 50 pounds this year."

"Anything else?"

"I'll call your mom."

Lin Ruifeng shook his head slightly, and picked up his mobile phone to search for Shanmei’s specialties.

He soon found two agricultural products that were suitable as gifts.

They are Tiger-eaten Daylily and Kuichishan Oil Orange.

Among them, the Huding Golden Lily is named after the Huding Village, Huangqiang Town, Haifeng County. It has superior quality, a crisp and sweet taste, no sourness, and is rich in nutrients. It is a national geographical indication product.

The Kuichishan oil orange has a large round fruit shape, smooth skin, firm and translucent flesh, and is light yellow or reddish yellow in color. It tastes bitter when you first chew it, but becomes more refreshing and sweet as you chew it again, with a lingering sweetness in the mouth. It is a famous, special and high-quality new agricultural product in Lingnan Province, and fresh fruit is available in October.

As for other specialties, they are either not in season or simply not suitable.

For example, the famous Chenzhou oysters next to Magong Town. Giving this to Jiang Miao would probably be foolish.

Soon his father also made a call.

"There are still more than 30 kilograms of peanuts left at home, all dried and in shells."

"I also found two things, day lily and mountain oranges. I'll go buy them tomorrow."

Lin Jili walked back and forth, muttering to himself: "It seems like something is missing? Oh, it's not just Jiang Miao that needs to be sent away, his family needs to be considered as well."

The father and son racked their brains for this collaboration.

After all, you are asking for help from others, so naturally you have to try your best to please them.

"His wife studies edible fungi. Why not buy some rare mushrooms?"

"Makes sense."

"Then let's choose some health supplements for his parents. However, Jiang Miao seems to have medical skills, so we should not give him those weird health supplements. Let's just buy him a wild ginseng!"

"You young people are smart. Does he have any children?"

Lin Ruifeng recalled: "Probably not? After all, he just got married this year."

"That's it! Ruifeng, collect these gifts as soon as possible."

"it is good."

Lin Ruifeng hurried to find these things, especially those precious edible fungi, which had to be expedited by air transport, so they had to be shipped urgently tonight.

Jiang Miao, who was still in the laboratory, had no idea that someone was preparing to give him a gift.

(End of this chapter)