I saw everything

Chapter 60 Symposium

Jiang Miao, Shu Ya and others rested in Pingzhou for one night.

Because my sister had to go back home for some business, she took the high-speed rail back to Shanmei City by herself.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning.

It was just daybreak when the alarm on my cell phone rang.

Jiang Miao got up, took out his phone and turned off the alarm, stretched himself, wiped his sleepy eyes, and then patted Shuya's arm: "Aya, wake up."

"Uh... got it."

After a while, they both got up and washed.

Twenty minutes later, after tidying up his appearance in front of the mirror, Jiang Miao opened the door.

Ke Yong, Li Zixuan and An Ning were also waiting not far from the door.

The group drove to Tianhe District in Yangcheng.

The reason why Jiang Miao came to Yangcheng this time was to participate in a symposium. This symposium was organized by the Fisheries Research Institute of Lingnan Agricultural Research Institute and was mainly about fishery industry technology and industry-related issues.

The symposium was held at the College of Oceanography of South China Agricultural University on Wushan Road, Tianhe District.

The pickup truck just arrived at the gate.

At the door, I saw volunteers organized by the school guiding the participants on parking matters.

Soon under the guidance of the volunteers, after parking the car, Jiang Miao led everyone and followed the guidance map issued by the volunteers.

"Eh? Isn't this Mr. Jiang? Long time no see."

A somewhat surprised voice sounded from behind. Jiang Miao turned around and saw Gu Haijing and his youngest son Gu Yiming, as well as several employees of Haijing Company.

He stopped and greeted with a smile: "Mr. Gu, are you also here to participate in this symposium?"

"Yes! Let's go together!"

"Mr. Gu, do you know the specific content of this symposium?" Jiang Miao asked curiously.

Gu Haijing did not hide anything and introduced the details of this symposium to him: "I heard from several friends that there are four topics for this symposium."

"Oh? I'd like to hear the details."

"The first is to discuss the addition and removal of rare marine species from the protection list. Mr. Jiang has developed artificial breeding of eel fry. You may be needed to speak at that time to discuss some issues concerning wild eels."

Jiang Miao suddenly realized: "So that's it. The conference organizer did send us an email asking us to prepare some information about artificial breeding of eels in advance."

“The second is to discuss the current status and future of the aquaculture industry.”

“The third is to discuss how to help poor areas through aquaculture.”

"The fourth is to award the Technology Breakthrough Award, Technology Innovation Award, and Industry New Enterprise Award. This part is the responsibility of the Lingnan Fisheries Association. Your company is likely to win an award."

At the end, Gu Haijing couldn't help but reveal a hint of envy. Although his company had won relevant awards, it had never won a technology breakthrough award.

"Thank you, Mr. Gu, for clearing up my confusion."

"Haha, no need to thank me. Everyone will know it later anyway."

The group chatted and laughed as they strolled along the forest path of the Ocean College.

After walking for about twenty minutes, we arrived at the conference hall where the symposium was held.

As soon as he came in, Gu Haijing brought Jiang Miao and introduced some old friends to him.

A pot-bellied boss smiled and said, "It turns out that Hailufeng Company was founded by Mr. Jiang. Nice to meet you. This is my business card. We hope to have a chance to cooperate."

"Hello." Jiang Miao also smiled and nodded.

The other middle-aged boss had a complicated expression on his face and said with a wry smile: "Boss Jiang, I've heard of your name for a long time. We have worked together before."

"Who are you?" Jiang Miao couldn't remember the other person's name for a moment.

"It's normal that Mr. Jiang doesn't know me. I'm Zhang Xinming from Zhang's Company in Echeng. I have purchased a lot of eel fry from your company before." Zhang Xinming explained.

When the Zhang's Company in Echeng was mentioned, Jiang Miao immediately remembered: "It's Mr. Zhang, nice to meet you." However, Zhang Xinming still had a complicated expression on his face: "Mr. Jiang is really amazing, your company's sales of eel fry this year may exceed 1 billion yuan!"

"Thank you for your kind words." Jiang Miao was not too modest. After all, everyone present was a leader in the field of Lingnan aquaculture.

Everyone has a rough idea of ​​the price of eel fry and how much the Hailufeng Company has shipped in the past few months.

Another aquaculture company boss in Zhanjiang asked with a smile: "Boss Jiang, I heard that Kagoshima Eel Company is already selling eel fry. I wonder if they will be sold domestically?"

Jiang Miao shook his head: "We have a contract stipulating that the eel fry of Kagoshima Eel Company is limited to their sale in Japan. Of course, this cannot restrict the middlemen, but I don't think anyone will go to Japan to import eel fry, right?"

Hearing this, everyone smiled knowingly, and naturally understood the meaning of Jiang Miao's words.

Kagoshima Eel Company paid a one-time fee of 30 million US dollars for technology licensing. In addition, Japan's labor costs, water and electricity costs, and feed costs are relatively high, so the overall cost of eel fry is certainly not low, and the price will naturally not be much cheaper.

Jiang Miao then complained: "The profits of eel farming have dropped sharply in the past two years. The cost of feed remains high. Many farmers have eaten up a large part of their profits on feed, which has reduced their enthusiasm for farming."

Gu Haijing also nodded: "Yes! Even ordinary fish feed has increased in price by two to three thousand yuan per ton. Those cheap economic aquatic products can't make much money at all."

"We worked so hard and all worked for the feed factory."

"The feed mills can't do anything about it. I've talked to several feed mill managers I've worked with before. The price of imported fish meal has been rising in the past two years, and their profits are not high."

Jiang Miao took the opportunity to say, "I recently invested in a feed factory and plan to produce fish feed. Let's see if I can lower some of the costs."

"Oh? Mr. Jiang, please think twice!" Zhang Xinming kindly reminded.

"Mr. Jiang, are you planning to produce and sell your own products?" Gu Haijing asked curiously.

Jiang Miao casually explained: "I plan to invest in a fish feed factory with an annual output of 5 tons, and I will definitely sell it to the outside world."

"5 tons? That's a big deal, Mr. Jiang!"

"If the fish feed produced by Mr. Jiang is cheap and good quality, I will definitely order a batch of it."

Several other CEOs also said that they would consider purchasing fish feed from Hailufeng Company in the future.

Of course, Jiang Miao knew that these CEOs were just being polite. If the feed price of Hailufeng Company was similar to the market price at that time, it was estimated that the other party would most likely not purchase it.

So just listen to this kind of words, if you take it seriously you will lose.

One of the owners of an aquaculture company wearing glasses asked with a smile: "By the way, do you want to breed prawns? My company has bred a batch of prawn fry."

"Loach rosenbergii? This shrimp is really good and has been very popular in recent years. I wonder how profitable it is? Old Ma, you should have a market assessment and aquaculture output value assessment, right?"

"Yes, I'll send you one later. If you are interested, you can contact me..."

Someone started talking about business.

Some people are complaining bitterly.

Someone is calling friends.

After Gu Haijing introduced him to a few friends, he started chatting with his friends.

Jiang Miao was just about to find his seat.

He was surrounded by several middle-aged men who looked like researchers.

"You are Mr. Jiang from Hailufeng Company, right? Hello! I'm Hu Fei from the Fisheries Research Institute, specializing in the field of artificial breeding of eels."

"Hello! Researcher Hu Fei."

"Mr. Jiang, is it convenient for us to talk about some issues related to artificial breeding of eels?" Researcher Hu Fei added: "Mr. Jiang can refuse to answer if it involves commercial secrets."

Jiang Miao smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's communicate with each other."

As the participants arrived one after another, the auditorium seemed to be filled with thousands of ducks, and all kinds of sounds mixed together.

Time passed by second by second, and there were less than twenty minutes left before the symposium opened. The organizers of the symposium began to guide the participants to their seats.

Through the introduction of Gu Haijing, Hu Fei and others, Jiang Miao also got to know people related to the fishery industry in the entire Lingnan region.

After all, everyone is a practitioner, entrepreneur, researcher, or official in the same industry, and they know each other more or less.

After some introductions from this CEO and recommendations from that researcher, in less than an hour, I had become familiar with most of the attendees.

(End of this chapter)