The Super Rich: Start from when the family business is about to go bankrupt!

Chapter 693 WPG Encourages Suppliers to Develop Alongside It! Blood Orange Grafting Idea? Deer Father Accepts Reality!

It was nearly three o'clock in the afternoon.

The supplier conference is being held in the main conference room of Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group headquarters.

Xia Yuqing dropped An Wuyang off at the Wugengtian headquarters. She and He Ying were going out shopping, so after dropping An Wuyang off, Xia Yuqing drove away.

Xia Yuqing is very sensible; she is not particularly clingy.

An Wuyang walked towards the main conference room, intending to make an appearance at the supplier conference.

The braised beef at noon before was tasty, but it was just average. Even Brother Tongzi didn't give him any food reward, so it certainly couldn't be considered delicious to An Wuyang!
If An Wuyang thinks it's delicious, Tongzi will give her a food reward.

A moment later, An Wuyang arrived at the main conference room and went straight inside.

Tang Wenshu was reciting the supply chain rules for the fifth watch of the night when An Wuyang walked in. Tang Wenshu stopped and quietly gave up the seat of honor.

It must be said that Tang Wenshu did a very good job in this regard.

An Wuyang took the seat of honor and casually asked, "Old Tang, where were we?"

Tang Wenshu said frankly, "I read up to the third page of the supply terms."

An Wuyang glanced at the "Supply Terms" on the table and showed a helpless expression. This Tang Wenshu was really... a stickler for the rules.

An Wuyang didn't just read from the book. He said, "I think everyone has a copy of this 'Supply Terms,' right?"

Many suppliers responded.

“Since everyone else has one, I won’t read it,” An Wuyang replied.

“I’ll mention something that’s not in the Supply Terms,” An Wuyang added.

Many suppliers present perked up their ears!

Because they all knew very well that what An Wuyang said was very likely their opportunity—an opportunity to make a fortune!

"A new year has begun, and the bitter oranges of Tianjingyan will soon bloom again, and we will soon be producing the Snow-White Essence Cream again," An Wuyang explained.

Currently, the bitter orange orchard at the Tianjingyan medicinal herb planting base is under expansion.

The super-giant glass greenhouse, covering an area of ​​2,000 mu and reaching a height of 6 meters, is still under construction.

This year, the area of ​​bitter oranges that can be harvested is still only the original 2000 mu.

According to records from previous years, the bitter oranges at the Tianjingyan medicinal herb planting base bloom from March to May, with April being the peak blooming season.

In short, starting in March, preparations for making the Snow White Essence Cream must begin before dawn.

“In the coming months of March, April, and May, we will need high-quality aloe vera gel and bitter orange essential oil,” An Wuyang explained the requirements.

"If you have aloe vera gel or bitter orange essential oil, and the quality meets our requirements, we will give priority to purchasing your goods!" An Wuyang added.

"In addition, our demand for aloe vera gel will only increase during the day, after all, we are also expanding the area of ​​our bitter orange plantation," An Wuyang reminded.

This is An Wuyang making it clear to the suppliers that if they have the conditions, they can establish aloe vera cultivation bases to provide Wugengtian with high-quality aloe vera gel.

“If anyone can provide bitter orange essential oil, we will buy it at a high price even at dawn,” An Wuyang added.

Although the price of bitter orange essential oil has dropped slightly, it is still very high compared to its previous price.

Initially, bitter orange essential oil
The so-called "bitter orange essential oil" is actually a blend of "bitter orange blossom essential oil" and "bitter orange leaf essential oil".

Initially, bitter orange essential oil with a content of 1% bitter orange blossom was priced at only 10 yuan per gram.

Although the price is high, it is, after all, a core ingredient in perfumes and fragrances, so it is not unacceptable.

However, after Wugengtian used bitter orange blossom essential oil to create the Snow White Essence Cream, the prices of bitter orange blossom essential oil, bitter orange leaf essential oil, or blended bitter orange essential oil have all skyrocketed!

Among them, the price of bitter orange essential oil, which contains only 1% bitter orange blossom essential oil, skyrocketed from the original price of 10 yuan per gram.

Last September, its price once soared to 300 yuan per gram.

This price is equivalent to a thirty-fold increase!
However, with no one buying in the early morning, and other large cosmetics companies and even pharmaceutical companies failing to make any progress in researching bitter orange essential oil, the price of bitter orange essential oil could no longer hold and began to fall.

However, even today, bitter orange essential oil is still priced as high as 180 yuan per gram!
This price is indeed a significant drop from its peak of 300 yuan per gram, but compared to the previous price of 10 yuan per gram, isn't it still very expensive?

The bitter orange essential oil reserves at Wugengtian were plentiful, almost enough to meet this year's production targets.

Simply put, we can still refrain from purchasing bitter orange essential oil from external suppliers at dawn this year.

Currently, the production of bitter orange essential oil on the market is indeed relatively small, but as long as we don't purchase it from external sources before dawn, only the perfume and fragrance industry needs bitter orange essential oil.

Based on the past supply and demand relationship between the perfume and fragrance industry and bitter orange essential oil, the market price of bitter orange essential oil was approximately 10 yuan per gram.

Ultimately, the price of a commodity must return to the balance between supply and demand.

The price of bitter orange essential oil previously skyrocketed because there was a sudden surge in demand for it in the early morning hours.

At that time, a large amount of bitter orange essential oil was secretly purchased before dawn to meet both the production needs of the previous year and the needs of reserves. As a result, the market demand for bitter orange essential oil suddenly increased. In addition, the production capacity of bitter orange essential oil was lagging behind, so the price of bitter orange essential oil naturally rose rapidly.

Increasing the production capacity of bitter orange essential oil is actually quite troublesome!

Those who are professionals in the agricultural field who have studied bitter oranges are well aware of how time-consuming it is to cultivate bitter oranges.

If bitter oranges are grown from seedlings, it usually takes 8 to 10 years for them to flower and bear fruit for the first time.

After all, seedlings need a long time to accumulate nutrients before they can flower and bear fruit.

Even grafted or layered seedlings take 4 to 6 years to flower and bear fruit.

Assuming excellent cultivation conditions are provided, it may bloom in small quantities after 3 to 4 years, but the number of flowers at this time will be very small.

In addition, bitter orange trees are usually more suitable for extracting essential oils when they are at least twenty years old.

Because bitter orange blossoms only reach their peak quality after the tree has been around for twenty years, at which point the blossoms have a rich aroma and the extracted essential oil is of higher quality.

This is why the production capacity of bitter orange essential oil cannot be increased in a short period of time.

After all, basic agriculture needs time to develop!

The meaning of "An Wu Yang" is to encourage a wide range of suppliers to invest in basic agriculture, hoping that they will grow together with Wu Geng Tian and become core strategic partners for long-term cooperation.

As for how many suppliers are willing to grow with Wugengtian, that's up to the suppliers themselves to decide.

Anwuyang does not force suppliers.

If the price of bitter orange essential oil in China is too high, An Wuyang would not mind importing bitter orange essential oil from overseas.

Currently, the price of bitter orange essential oil fluctuates wildly in China, but globally, its price hasn't actually risen significantly. This is because, in terms of global production, China accounts for less than seven percent of the total bitter orange essential oil output.

The number one football nation, Brazil, accounts for nearly 40% of global football production.

The second largest producer, Italy, accounted for about one-fifth of the total output.

Although the Kingdom of Morocco, which ranks third, only accounts for about 15% of the total production, it produces only high-quality bitter orange essential oil, which accounts for more than 90% of the global high-end market.

The fourth and fifth largest production shares are roughly the same, fluctuating around 10%, and they are the Pharaoh Kingdom and the Spanish Hemisphere, respectively.

What is the production volume of bitter orange blossom essential oil in Xia Kingdom?

They can only rank sixth!

The current high price of bitter orange essential oil in Xia Guo is not determined by supply and demand, but by the suppliers forcibly maintaining the high price in an attempt to get Wu Gengtian to take over.

With no buyers available before dawn, bitter orange essential oil suppliers have no choice but to maintain high prices.

In fact, it was because Wugengtian (the fifth watch of the night) refused to take over, that overseas bitter orange essential oil suppliers had no intention of entering Xia Kingdom.

If Wugengtian (the company) expresses its intention to make large-scale purchases of bitter orange essential oil, how could overseas suppliers not be tempted?
Although overseas suppliers will also raise prices relatively, they will definitely be lower than the current prices within Xia Kingdom.

……

While An Wuyang was speaking eloquently at the supplier conference, Lu Manman had already returned to Shanghai.

After landing, Lu Manman contacted Gu Qingzhi, "Mom, are you home?"

Gu Qingzhi complained, "I'm at work."

"Huh?" Lu Manman asked in confusion. Her mother really went to work?
Actually, Gu Qingzhi really enjoys going to work now!
Because of her special position at Tianyin Pharmaceutical, she received excellent benefits at work and enjoyed that sense of superiority.

"I'm back from Shengqing, and I brought back a lot of gifts," Lu Manman explained.

Gu Qingzhi immediately replied, "Have your dad pick you up; he's free today."

"No." Lu Manman replied in denial. She didn't need anyone to pick her up. She had security personnel arranged by An Wuyang with her, so why would she need anyone to pick her up?

"I mean, I brought gifts for my grandparents and my aunt. How about we go back today?" Lu Manman explained.

Gu Qingzhi immediately replied, "Okay, so where should we pick you up, or what?"

“No need to pick me up, let’s meet at Grandma’s house.” Lu Manman replied.

She was escorted by security personnel from a 24-hour security company.

“Okay, I’ll contact your dad right away!” Gu Qingzhi replied.

After Gu Qingzhi contacted Lu Baichuan, she quickly explained the situation, and then the three of them went to Chongdao Island separately.

Lu Manman's maternal grandmother's house.

Lu Baichuan and Gu Qingzhi arrived first, and the family chatted about everyday matters.

Lu Manman's maternal grandfather, Gu Dadong, looked at Lu Baichuan and casually asked, "Xiaochuan, have you arranged your work?"

Lu Baichuan gave a brief reply, "Mm."

Gu Qingzhi added from the side, "He also works at my current company, and his salary and benefits are the same as mine."

Gu Dadong was surprised, "Isn't that 50,000 yuan a month?"

Gu Qingzhi answered affirmatively, "Yes."

Gu Dadong exclaimed, "The salary is really high!"

For Gu Dadong, this salary was indeed very high.

Because the elderly couple only earn less than 60,000 yuan a year working hard on Chong Island.

Lu Baichuan didn't speak. In fact, he always harbored resentment, but he ultimately compromised with reality because of the high salary.

While everyone was chatting, three cars arrived outside the two-story building.

This includes a GMC Savannah van and two Audi A6Ls.

When Lu Manman got out of the car, Gu Dadong and the others also came out of the house.

"Grandpa, Grandma." Lu Manman greeted her grandparents first, then Gu Qingzhi, and finally Lu Baichuan.

Ye Na, the head of Lu Manman's security team, is leading other security personnel to unload the gifts that Lu Manman brought back from Shengqing.

As boxes of gifts were delivered into the house, Gu Qingzhi couldn't help but tease her, asking, "You went to Shengqing for fun, but it looked like you were raiding their house?"

Lu Manman snorted, "Mom! I only brought back some gifts, all of which were forced on me by Brother Wuyang."

If An Wuyang heard Lu Manman's explanation, he would definitely cry foul!

He didn't force the blood oranges on me.

It was clearly Lu Manman and Xia Yuqing who picked them themselves, especially the second time, when the two of them, along with security personnel and staff from Tianjingyan, picked nearly 500 jin (250 kg).

Although the blood orange had the lowest economic value among the gifts Lu Manman brought back, it had the highest symbolic value.

Unfortunately, in most cases, people today value economic worth more!
As boxes of gifts were delivered into the house, Lu Manman began to introduce the gifts to everyone. She even personally cut open a few blood oranges for her family to taste.

After tasting the blood oranges from Tianjingyan, Gu Dadong exclaimed, "These blood oranges are so delicious! I wonder how they grow them. If we could grow them here, we would definitely make money!"

Lu Manman's heart stirred. She thought she could ask An Wuyang if such blood oranges could be grafted and cultivated. Perhaps it would be a better choice to have her grandfather grow blood oranges.

After all, growing blood oranges can't be more tiring than growing taro, right?
She secretly decided to ask about An Wuyang later.

While Gu Dadong was focused on blood oranges, Gu Qingzhi was focused on the Snow White Essence Cream.

She was surprised to find that Lu Manman had brought back a full twenty sets of the Snow White Essence Cream. She exclaimed, "President An actually gave you so many essence creams?"

"Manman, Mom wants ten sets, is that okay?" Gu Qingzhi had used the Snow White Essence Cream before, and she knew its effects, so she shamelessly asked for ten sets.

According to Gu Qingzhi's estimate, if they use them sparingly, ten sets can last for a whole year!
Lu Baichuan also knew about the Snow White Essence Cream and its value, because Lu Baichuan was mainly responsible for delivering some of the Snow White Essence Cream.

He knew very well that twenty sets of the Snow White Essence Cream would be worth approximately 200,000 yuan.

All Lu Baichuan could do was sigh. It seemed he could only silently accept the current situation.
Lu Manman agreed to Gu Qingzhi's request first, then took out the heart-saving pills as a gift, saying, "Compared to the essence cream, this is the real good thing!"

(End of this chapter)