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Chapter 72 Limited Contract
The boss says one word and the employees run themselves ragged.

As Jiang Miao issued the order, everyone in the purchasing department was busy.

Fortunately, considering the issue of transportation costs, the target group of Egyptian catfish farmers is limited to the vicinity of Magong Town, so buyers at least do not have to travel outside the province.

The two buyers drove the company's pickup truck along the tree-lined township road to Nanfen Village in the neighboring Hongcao Town.

Before coming here, with the help of the relationship with Lao Zhao, the electrician at the farm, the two had already locked on several target farmers and prepared to visit them door to door.

On the south side of Nanfen Village.

They parked the car in an open space on the side of the road and got out to walk.

The sharp-eyed girl with tiger teeth, carrying a briefcase, pointed to a fish pond not far away and said, "Big Eyes, this pond is quite large, but there are a lot of weeds on the dam, so it must be an abandoned fish pond."

"Haha, look what's written here?" The male buyer with big eyes pointed at the sign hanging on the iron fence gate.

Turning around, the girl with tiger teeth looked embarrassed.

[This fish pond is for rent. If you are interested, please call 133...]

Big Eyes picked up the phone and made a call.

"Hello, is this Mr. Ye?"

"Uh, I am, who are you looking for?"

"I'm here to discuss the fish pond. I'm standing in front of your fish pond now. Are you interested in talking?"

"I'm interested, please wait a moment, I'll be there soon."

After more than ten minutes, a broken motorcycle emitting black smoke rushed out of Nanfen Village. On the motorcycle was a middle-aged man with a cigarette in his mouth, wearing long rain boots, and with messy hair like a bird's nest.

Big Eyes and Tiger Teeth Girl also saw each other.

Puff, puff, puff… The broken motorcycle came to a stop at the entrance of the fish pond, emitting black smoke. The middle-aged man took out his cigarette butt, threw it on the ground and stepped on it. He looked at the two people with suspicion, and then asked in half-baked Mandarin: "Huh… Are you guys here to see the fish pond?"

Big Eyes is a local who can speak the local dialect: "It's us. This is my business card. We are the buyers of Magong Hailufeng Company."

"Magong? Oh... is it the company whose secret formula was stolen?" Old Ye also reacted. Then he took a look at the introduction on the business card and looked confused again: "I don't raise fish in my fish pond. What are you purchasing? Or do you want to rent a fish pond? But there are a lot of fish ponds in Magong Town and Changsha Bay. There is no need to come to Nanfen, right?"

Big Eyes quickly explained: "Mr. Ye, we are here to find farmers to cooperate in breeding Egyptian fish."

"What?" Old Ye thought he had misheard: "What did you say to raise?"

"Raise Egyptian fish." Big Eyes said seriously.

"Are you kidding? Who will you sell the Egyptian fish to? Will you buy them when the time comes?" Old Ye became a little angry.

Big Eyes quickly explained: "We just want to buy Egyptian fish, so we find someone to breed them. As long as you sign the contract, our company will buy all the Egyptian fish in your fish pond."

"Really? Your boss has so much money that he has no idea where to spend it, right?" Old Ye was skeptical.

"It's true. Once the contract is signed, our company will take all the Egyptian fish from your fish pond."

Seeing Da Yan's confident look, Old Ye asked again, "Are you sure? Don't let me raise you and you run away again. Who should I go to then?"

"We are such a big company, is there any need for us to cheat a farmer like you? Don't worry! We guarantee you will be satisfied with the price. Our unified purchase price is three yuan per kilogram."

"Three dollars?" Old Ye immediately doubted the identities and motives of the two people and quickly picked up the phone: "I'm calling to ask, do you mind?"

"Whatever!" Big Eyes knew that the other party wanted to ask an acquaintance.

Old Ye quickly ran to the grove nearby and called electrician Old Zhao. After a while, he came over with a smile on his face.

"Misunderstanding! It's all misunderstanding! I thought you were a liar. Come on, sit inside." Old Ye said as he opened the iron gate with his key.

Big Eyes didn't say anything. After entering the iron and wooden house by the pond, Big Eyes didn't waste time, and went straight to the point, introducing the terms of the contract to Old Ye.

"This contract is for three years, but let's make it clear in advance that in order to prevent you from purchasing Egyptian fish from others, we will set a quarterly purchase volume based on the size of your pond."

This thought did occur to Old Ye just now. After being exposed by Big Eyes, he asked reluctantly, "They are all Egyptian fish anyway, why do you still limit the quantity?"

Big Eyes smiled and shook his head: "The rationing is for the benefit of you contracted farmers. Otherwise, other farmers who have not signed contracts will soon also breed large quantities of Egyptian fish. Our company can't consume all of them, and you will be the ones who suffer then."

This is the case.

This is also an issue that Hailufeng Company took into consideration in advance when formulating the contract.

If there is no restriction on the purchase volume for contracted breeders, there will definitely be contracted breeders who purchase Egyptian catfish from those breeders who have not signed contracts, which will cause Hailufeng Company's feed mills to be unable to consume so many Egyptian catfish, which will in turn cause the feed mills to refuse to accept Egyptian catfish, and finally lead to the collapse of the entire market.

Therefore, purchases must be limited from each contracted breeder.

The company has set a quarterly purchase volume, that is, 5000 kg to 10000 kg per acre per quarter, which is a reasonable amount.

Because if the Egyptian catfish is managed well, it can be caught in three months, with a quarterly yield of about 5000 kilograms per mu; if the management technology is better and there is sufficient feed, the quarterly yield per mu can reach tens of thousands of kilograms.

This is human greed.

Originally, Hailufeng Company could have simply not imposed any restrictions, allowing the breeders to kill each other and drive down prices.

The problem is that the consequence of doing so will cause many farmers to lose their enthusiasm for breeding again, and then it will become a one-time deal.

The feed factory of Hailufeng Company needs a stable supply of Egyptian catfish as raw materials and must not let farmers lose their enthusiasm for breeding.

In order to maintain the enthusiasm of farmers, there must be a reasonable profit margin.

An acre of fish pond can produce 5000 kilograms of Egyptian catfish in three months. The purchase price is 3 yuan per kilogram. 5000 kilograms is 1.5 yuan, and about 6 yuan a year.

Taking into account the relatively low management cost and feed cost of Egyptian catfish, the gross profit per acre can be around RMB 1.

The profit from eel farming per acre is about 10,000 to 20,000 yuan.

Eels are priced high and have low profits because all the profits are eaten up by feed and supporting facilities.

Egyptian catfish is cheap, but its feed cost, supporting facilities cost and management cost are relatively low.

This is also the reason why farmers are willing to engage in various aquaculture activities.

Not all high-priced aquatic products are suitable for breeding. High-priced aquatic products often have problems such as high technical difficulty, high supporting facility costs, and high feed costs.

Many ordinary farmers actually do not have the capital to raise those difficult and expensive aquatic products.

Just like a farmer like Lao Ye, he only has two and a half acres of fish pond, with very simple supporting facilities, no skills, and has not read any books. If you ask him to raise eels, you will be harming him.

After Big Eyes' explanation, Old Ye also knew that even if he wanted to pull Egyptian catfish from outside, he could only do so within a limited range.

Soon, Lao Ye signed the contract and pressed his fingerprint.

The girl with tiger teeth on the side was not idle either. She asked Lao Ye to take the contract and ID card and said that she signed the contract voluntarily.

Because this contract has a penalty for breach of contract, unless it is affected by force majeure, if the Egyptian catfish is not sold to Hailufeng Company without reason overdue, the company will pay Hailufeng Company 9 yuan in compensation, which is 1.5 times the penalty for breach of contract.

At the same time, the contractual cooperation was revoked and the company was blacklisted by Hailufeng Company and will no longer cooperate with us in the future.

The main purpose of stipulating liquidated damages is to prevent someone from rushing to buy the property.

Because once Hailufeng Company's fish feed is on the market, domestic feed companies will quickly discover the problem and will soon imitate this model. Maybe nearby feed factories will come here to purchase Egyptian catfish.

(End of this chapter)