silent farm

Chapter 136
Seeing that the matter was done, Feng Xiaoting breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Li Sheng: "Mr. Li, if possible, I plan to hire some assistants."

Li Sheng didn't answer his question, but asked, "How is the seed research going?"

"The specific yield will be known in half a month. As for the reproductive ability of the next generation of seeds, another round of experiments is needed. But I think at least 70% of the seeds will be sterile seeds."

Li Sheng heard from him that he used chemical substances to change the base pairs of the breeding genes in the seeds of corn, wheat and rice in Silent Farm, so that the first generation of seeds still had the ability to reproduce, but the second generation But it will only bloom and not bear fruit.

This is the best way Li Sheng can think of to control several types of food.If such seeds are really cultivated, even if other people get the seeds of Silent Farm, it is impossible to produce them.And he can sell seeds as long as he needs, and he can sell them for a long time.

This is also the reason why he tolerated Feng Xiaoting spending money like running water.As long as the ownership of the three kinds of grains can be guaranteed, hundreds of millions of dollars will eventually be recovered one day.If it doesn't work, those devices will stay, and it's just a matter of hiring someone to use them at that time.

"I need some assistants!" Feng Xiaoting asked again.

Li Sheng looked at him for a while, and said, "You take the initiative to study the X virus, and I can support it. But where do you want me to find an assistant for you? Can you find an assistant I can trust?"

Feng Xiaoting is a genius, but he is not an idiot in life.Li Sheng's refusal was very clear.He couldn't answer Li Sheng's question.People's hearts are separated by belly, and no one knows who is really trustworthy.

Li Sheng didn't trust him and asked him to study the things on the farm, but because his sister had already been caught by the farm.There are tens of millions of dollars in liquidated damages on the employment contract, even if he sells the farm, he may not be able to get the money.Moreover, if he wants to betray a farm that can get him out of the mafia, he needs to think carefully about it.

But other people may not have the same concerns as him.Qianbo touches people's hearts, and anything can happen.

He figured it out, so he could only nod his head and say, "Okay. I hope I can find two people to help on the farm." Even if he can't help with the experiment, he can help clean the simple experimental equipment.

Li Sheng nodded and said, "That's fine, Feng Xiaoru is one of them. What kind of person do you need, you can ask Zhang Feng to recommend it, or you can find it yourself."

He can basically trust the people on the farm. Even if someone wants to sell the farm, people without that level may not know that those things are the most valuable.

Feng Xiaoting added: "Mr. Li had better send two security personnel to the laboratory."

Li Sheng was not polite, and said, "I will." He thought for a while, and then said. "It's not aimed at you. There have been a lot of gunmen sneaking into our farm before. The farm is too big, and it's a bit difficult to completely defend."

Feng Xiaoting didn't show any strange expression: "It's better to install monitoring systems in some places." He also didn't want his research results to be stolen.He was still thinking about researching results, and negotiating conditions with Li Sheng to let his sister leave.If the results of the research were stolen, his hope would be in vain.

Of course Li Sheng would not refuse.In fact, some important places on the farm now have monitoring systems.For example, there are villas, management areas in the southern area of ​​the farm, and various pastoral areas and living areas.The purpose is to prevent outsiders from intruding.

After talking to Anthony for a few words, Li Sheng came out of his office, knocked on the door and walked into Zhang Feng's office.

Zhang Feng was used to him coming over in the afternoon, so he thought that this time he came here as a routine to ask about the production situation of the farm.

Unexpectedly, what Li Sheng said was related to Cheng Dong: "Old Zhang, I plan to let Cheng Dong be in charge of the production of mushrooms and honey, what do you think?"

"Cheng Dong? He's a nice young man. He's serious and willing to use his brain." Zhang Feng supported Li Sheng's decision by saying this.

Although Li Sheng is the owner of Silent Farm, he also knows that Zhang Feng's work has always been the heaviest, and the work will become more and more heavy in the future.Before Cheng Dong helped him, it could reduce some pressure on him, but now he drags Cheng Dong away, which is a bit unreasonable.So he said again: "Cheng Dong will continue to be your assistant for the time being, and let him take care of the production of mushrooms and honey. You should find someone to replace him."

Zhang Feng smiled and said, "I know."

Li Sheng thought for a while, and then said: "Now the farm has money back. It's still a bit of money. I haven't had a salary increase for more than a year. Your salary has increased from 35 reals to 50. Okay. Bonuses are calculated separately. Except for Dingbian and Anthony, as well as the security team, the salaries of other workers should be increased by 20%."

Among other things, now there are only more than 100 tons of matsutake per month, and there are tens of millions of reais in sales every month.The production cost of matsutake is indeed extremely low.Of course, he needs to increase the cost and difficulty many times.

Silent Farm is not a business, but a private farm.After all, he was a farmer.Farmers' tax is fixed, and in Brazil the tax is 27.5%, so it doesn't matter how high the cost is.

But if others know that the production cost of matsutake in his Silent Farm is almost zero, this is more profitable than [drug trafficking], and there will definitely be people who don't mind starting a war for it.

"Thank you, boss!" Of course Zhang Feng was happy when the salary was so much.Calculated in China, this salary is more than one million annual salary.

Li Sheng smiled and said, "You deserve it. I thank you for helping me manage the farm so well."

"Boss, you are joking. We have a high salary, so of course we have to do our best." Zhang Feng said politely, then paused. "Boss, if the funds are sufficient, I suggest buying more trucks. Although we have a lot of trucks now, it doesn't matter if it is in normal times, but when it comes to busy farming, there is a bit of conflict between transporting algae and grain. In addition, I suggest buying a few trucks specially used to transport cattle. It takes about a day for cattle in some cattle grazing areas to arrive at the pier, which is a bit slow.”

Li Sheng thought about it, and it was really like that: "How much do you need, you can discuss with Anthony and let him order."

"Okay. I'll discuss it with him later."

Li Sheng asked again: "Then there are not enough trucks now, is the wheat harvest going well?"

"There is no problem. This year's wheat production is much higher than expected. The average yield per mu is about [-] catties after harvesting. This is considered a high yield in the world. And the quality of wheat is very high. Well, it’s a premium product. I think we need to pay more attention to sales.” Zhang Feng was a little worried because of the backlog of food that had to be donated last year.However, this year's wheat production is surprisingly high, and the sales pressure is much greater than last year.

This time though there are more warehouses.However, judging from the output of the rice harvested at the end of the rainy season and the wheat harvested this time, the green manure is more useful than the cost, and the output is much higher than expected.The granary, which was thought to be able to store more than two years of grain production before, may be almost full after harvesting only one crop of rice in the rainy season.

Li Sheng nodded and said, "I will ask Fernando to help sell the wheat harvested this time. And the sales speed of rice has also increased a lot. It shouldn't be a problem."

Zhang Feng nodded and said, "Actually, if the granary is really not enough, we can plant some soybeans. The domestic demand for soybeans is still very large."

Li Sheng smiled and said, "Well. If that happens then, we will consider planting soybeans."

Although Li Sheng felt that the sale of wheat this time was not a problem, he still responded well to Zhang Feng's concerns.

He is the boss, and what he said about the farm was right.But when employees can think about their bosses, the bosses can't dampen their enthusiasm.Li Sheng still understood this.

After leaving Zhang Feng's office, Li Sheng saw that it was getting late, so he went back to the villa and went to the airport instead.Both Babur and Zhang Dingbian were here today, and he told them about the salary increase.The two of them had to work hard at the critical moment, so Li Sheng set their salaries higher than Zhang Feng's.

Babur is the captain of the security team, with an annual salary of 60 reais, while Zhang Dingbian, as the deputy captain, has the second highest salary of 55 in the entire farm. The other security teams have increased from the previous 20 to 35 .

As for Anthony and Thomas, their salary is the same as that of Zhang Feng.However, Zhang Feng's work is much more arduous, and he intends to make up for it in terms of bonuses.

For this salary increase, he needs to support an additional 2000 million reals a year.But for the current Silent Farm, there is no pressure.The salary expenses of all the owners of the entire farm can hardly be earned back in a month.

Li Sheng was talking to Babur about the security team when an old man in his 50s came out of a big house not far away.It was a rather large wooden house, but it was actually a "factory".

"Hey, Li. How are you?" The old man greeted Li Sheng with a smile in awkward English from a long distance away.

Li Sheng also responded with a smile: "Cherpov, hello. Have you finished your work today?"

He didn't accuse the other party of being lazy as a boss, because the relationship between the two was not a relationship of hiring and being hired, but a relationship of cooperation.

Cherpov is a Ukrainian who worked in a Russian caviar production workshop for more than 20 years before leaving Russia because of the crisis between the two countries.Fernando brought him to Silent Farm more than three months ago.

The partnership between Li Sheng and him is very simple, that is, Li Sheng provides sturgeon and Cherpov is in charge of making caviar.Li Sheng does not need to pay him a salary, but 5% of the sales are his.

(End of this chapter)