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Chapter 26 Production
Jiang Miao didn't care too much about the tax audit. After all, he had nothing to fear as he was upright.

After telling Li Zixuan some things at the company headquarters, he sent Shuya to the temporary laboratory at Nanhu Farm.

Then he went to the breeding base in Shiomachi Village.

As soon as the pickup truck arrived at the gate, security guard Lao Lin pressed the switch and the barrier was automatically lifted up.

My brother-in-law and father were standing at the gate of the new breeding base with about thirty employees.

The gate was covered with red cloth and there were a series of firecrackers at the door, but for safety reasons, several employees were standing by with water pipes and fire extinguishers.

"A Miao, you cut the ribbon." His brother-in-law handed him a pair of scissors.

"it is good."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Jiang Miao cut the ribbon.

At the same time, Dad also lit firecrackers.

Crackling…

Firecrackers blasted and the employees applauded.

After the firecrackers were all burned out, Jiang Miao picked up the loud speaker and said, "Today is a good day. It is also the day when the new breeding base is put into use. I hope that everyone will work together to make the eel breeding base bigger and stronger. Thank you!"

Clap, clap, clap...the employees applauded again. For the sake of the money, they applauded very enthusiastically and hard.

Inside the farm manager's office.

Jiang Miao took a bottle of mineral water and sat down.

My brother-in-law will say: "The mature eels we purchased in the past few months have filled all the open-air fish ponds. In January, 760 eels reached the standard of sex change and reproduction. It is expected that we can reach the production capacity of million glass eels every five days."

"A Miao, isn't this production capacity too high?" Dad was a little worried.

Jiang Miao shook his head: "Not much. The country needs at least 100 tons of glass eel fry every year. Our current monthly production capacity is about 4.5 tons, which is only 54 tons a year, less than half of the domestic demand."

Jiang Miao then talked about some feedback from the sales department in various places:
"I learned from the sales department that due to the drop in the price of eel fry and the glass eel farming technology and sea snow feed we have spread, the farming costs of many eel farms have dropped. They believe that eel farming is profitable, so they are expanding the scale of farming."

"The scale of breeding in Chaoshan and southern Fujian is expected to double this year. Other regions have not followed suit yet, but they are expected to do so soon."

My brother-in-law asked, "A Miao, what do you think? Continue to expand the scale?"

"Yes, after the Chinese New Year, we will rent fish ponds from several surrounding villages. We plan to double the scale."

"One times? Is that too radical? Didn't the Kagoshima Eel Company in Japan buy our technology? By then..." My brother-in-law was shocked.

Jiang Miao explained very confidently: "Brother-in-law, you have to understand that even if the Japanese master the technology of artificially breeding eels, they will not be able to compete with us in the international market because there is a huge gap in production costs between the two sides."

This is not because Jiang Miao looks down on the Japanese, but it is the cruel reality caused by the national conditions of both sides.

China has great advantages in water and electricity costs, basic services, labor costs, and feed costs.

Japan has no advantages in these aspects, especially in duckweed, a feed that provides necessary nutrients. There is no way to replace it with artificial nutrients. It can only be replaced by collecting wild duckweed or planting it artificially.

Given the nature of Japanese agriculture, the total cost of growing duckweed is estimated to be more than ten times that of domestic costs.

This is also the fundamental reason why many agricultural products in Japan can only go the high-end route. After all, the production cost is already very high. If the price is still not high, it will definitely lose money. Therefore, Jiang Miao did not care too much about Japan or South Korea, because the other party had no way to threaten Hailufeng Company.

Instead, the eel fry breeding companies in Southeast Asia and related domestic companies are the main threats to Hailufeng Company.

"But sooner or later related domestic companies will realize that our technology is easy to replicate, and then the market competition will be extremely fierce." My brother-in-law obviously also knows the degree of internal competition among many domestic companies.

Jiang Miao shook his head: "Brother-in-law, that's why I want to expand the scale and take the biggest piece of the pie before other domestic companies react, and then reduce the entry of competitors by the method of small profits but quick turnover."

"And there is another huge consumer market for glass eels. Glass eels are cooked directly in Western Europe. The production of Atlantic eels is also decreasing year by year. Coupled with the jumping up and down of animal protection organizations, they can only choose to import artificially bred glass eels as a substitute."

My brother-in-law thought for a moment, then nodded: "Is that so? Then I have no objection, but if we double the scale, it should be the limit, right?"

"Well, doubling the size is enough. Any more will be counterproductive."

The three discussed in the office for more than an hour.

After arranging all the work at the new breeding base, Jiang Miao hurriedly took a car to the farm in Nanhu Village.

Come to the west side of Nanhu Village.

At a glance, you can see that there is a self-built house being renovated near the farm. It is a row of three self-built houses recently purchased by the company, which will serve as the office and supporting factory of Nanhu Farm.

Lv Weibin, who was just recruited by the Human Resources Department a few days ago, serves as the industrial manager of Nanhu Farm. He is currently busy with various tasks.

Nanhu Farm is a blank slate. Apart from a few ordinary employees, there is an agricultural technician, and Lin Shuya and Li Wenna who are affiliated with the farm. Lin Shuya and Li Wenna usually only take care of the edible fungi laboratory.

Lu Weibin now needs to report the required personnel, equipment, and office supplies to the Human Resources Department and the Purchasing Department, which keeps him very busy.

But there is no way. Lv Weibin cherishes this job very much. He used to be a project leader of a large Internet company, and his projects were also related to agriculture. It’s a pity that he encountered an age crisis. He was "optimized" by the company when he was just 38 years old.

Although he had a million in savings, he had acted on impulse and, under the persuasion of his parents and relatives and friends, bought a house in Poly Jincheng Bay in Shanmei City.

When I bought the house, housing prices were still high. The total cost of the house including the loan was 218 million. Now, including the down payment, I have only paid back 132 million, with 86 left.

In other words, after paying off the remaining loan, his so-called million-dollar deposit was only left with more than 300,000 yuan.

Lu Weibin has a wife and two children at home, plus elderly parents. His wife is currently a full-time housewife. His parents are retired, but their pension is not much, barely enough for the couple's daily expenses and medical treatment.

At his age, it is really difficult for him to find another high-paying job in Shenzhen. After all, 38 years old is too embarrassing.

Therefore, when he saw the recruitment information of Hailufeng Company, he hesitated for a few days and then made up his mind to return to his hometown to find a job so that he could take care of his children and parents.

Lu Weibin was also the first local manager recruited by Jiang Miao, but he did not have purchasing and personnel rights.

Jiang Miao attaches great importance to the company's personnel rights. Almost all personnel recruitments require his personal review. After all, the three core powers of a company are personnel rights, procurement rights, and financial rights.

As long as we grasp these three core points, there will basically be no major problems in company management.

In addition, for a technology-focused enterprise like Hailufeng, the requirements for management quality can be relaxed appropriately. There is no need to require them to be too outstanding, and being relatively mediocre will not be a big problem.

After all, the executives of those large companies are all masters of internal fighting, and the management may fire the founders at any time.

Jiang Miao probably is not lucky enough to have such high-quality talent.

(End of this chapter)