Chapter 94 The trouble with too good technology (medium cup)
Office building at South Lake Farm.
Li Wenna skillfully boiled water, took tea leaves, and boiled tea cups.
Lin Shuya and Lu Weibin, who were sitting aside, were talking about the production arrangements for white truffles.
"...These five kinds of soil are all necessary and available locally. I have marked the production location and purchased 500 cubic meters of each type." Lin Shuya sent a soil distribution map of Shanmei City to Lu Weibin WeChat and asked him to communicate with the purchasing department.
Then Lin Shuya continued: "In addition, pine needles and pine cones are purchased directly from nearby villagers. You talk to the purchasing department and then set a reasonable purchase price; do not buy pine wood chips from the lumber factory, buy horsetails directly from the villagers. Pine branches, but do not buy tree trunks to prevent villagers from secretly going up the mountain to cut down trees.”
Lu Weibin nodded: "Researcher Lin has considered it very comprehensively. If we buy tree trunks directly, some villagers will take the risk to cut down the trees."
"Anyway, the branches can be used, which can protect the forest and reduce legal risks." Lin Shuya added: "When purchasing, remind the villagers not to cut too many branches to ensure that the trees can survive."< br>
There are indeed certain legal risks involved.
Although the masson pine has tenacious vitality, it cannot withstand the harvesting method of cutting them bare. Generally, as long as no more than 30% of the branches are collected each year, the problem will not be too big. As long as the masson pine does not die, it does not constitute illegal felling of trees and destruction of forests. .
What's more, among the raw materials purchased this time, there are also pine needles and pine cones. If the tree is killed, there will be no pine needles and pine cones.
"Researcher Lin, what is the yield per mu of white truffles?"
Lin Shuya made an estimate: "Four standard bags can be placed per square meter. Taking into account the layout of traffic and other auxiliary pipelines, 1,200 bags can be placed in one acre. With 5 layers of overhead, that is 6,000 bags. Each bag can produce 100~ About 200 grams of white truffles, plus indoor disinfection, ingredients, inoculation and growth, the entire growth cycle is about 105 days. ”
"In other words, the yield per mu is 600 to 1,200 kilograms? A cycle of three and a half months?" Lu Weibin's eyes widened.
"Yes." Lin Shuya nodded.
Lu Weibin quickly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Researcher Lin, do you know the current annual production of white truffles at home and abroad?"
Lin Shuya frowned: "It should be dozens of tons, right?"
Hearing this, Lu Weibin smiled bitterly: "The annual production is less than three tons. This is the global production. The domestic wild white truffles collected last year were less than two tons."
Now Lin Shuya understood. It was obvious that her technology could be said to be a revolutionary breakthrough. If the yield per mu was calculated, two or three acres could equal the world's annual harvest.
If all 150 acres of smart greenhouses are put into production and three crops are grown a year, the annual output will reach 270 to 540 tons.
This production capacity can directly wipe out the entire white truffle market.
Lin Shuya came to her senses and asked the question to Lu Weibin: "How many acres does Manager Lu think the output should be controlled at?"
Lu Weibin touched the stubble on his chin and fell into deep thought. After a while, he said: "The domestic consumer market can barely consume about twenty tons, and foreign countries can also consume about twenty tons. If the production capacity exceeds, there is a high probability that only Price reductions are possible, but price reductions are obviously not a wise move.”
"What is the basis for Manager Lu's judgment?" Lin Shuya still doesn't understand the market operation and the relationship between production capacity and price.
"This is my judgment. First of all, the three core production areas of white truffles are: the Italian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula in Europe; the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in Asia; and the Rocky Mountains in North America." Lu Weibin has obviously done some homework. Continue to add:
“One characteristic of these production areas is that they are all concentrated in the northern hemisphere, and the harvesting season for white truffles is from November to January every year. Considering that truffles have the best tasting period, this means that there are only 11 November each year. You can eat fresh truffles in April, December, January and February.”
Hearing this, Lin Shuya already understood: "In other words, we have to seize the part of the time that wild truffles cannot be harvested."
Lu Weibin nodded: "That's right. In this way, we will have 8 months to fully occupy the market. In the remaining 4 months, considering the availability of wild truffles, we can appropriately reduce production capacity to maintain the market price of truffles."
In fact, the consumption power at home and abroad is definitely more than 3 tons per year, but the production of wild white truffles is only that much every year, and you may not be able to buy them if you want.
After comprehensive consideration, the current market price can be maintained by producing 40 to 50 tons of white truffles per year.
Based on this demand, Lin Shuya quickly calculated how many acres of smart greenhouses are needed: "It takes about 15 to 30 acres, and it can produce about 27 to 108 tons per year."
"That's enough."
In fact, 27 to 108 tons is already a very large production capacity.
If calculated based on the current lowest market price of 1,000 yuan per kilogram of fresh white truffles, the price per ton is 1 million yuan.
However, Lu Weibin does not intend to sell it at a low price of 1,000 yuan per kilogram. After all, judging from the samples provided by Lin Shuya just now, each white truffle produced in the smart greenhouse is about 100 to 200 grams, and the appearance and flavor are excellent. If it meets the standard, it would be a shame to use this technology if it doesn’t sell for 3,000 yuan per kilogram.
As for the higher price, it's a bit unsuitable.
After all, the higher the price, the smaller the number of people who are likely to consume it.
Moreover, Lu Weibin knows very well that the current core customers for purchasing white truffles are not individuals, but various high-end restaurants, especially Western restaurants.
Although the dish the other party sells to customers claims that white truffles cost tens of thousands of yuan per kilogram, whoever believes it is an idiot. They must make money, and they will definitely choose products with the lowest purchase price possible.
Lin Shuya suddenly frowned and thought of a question: "If we only plant 15 to 30 acres, wouldn't the remaining more than 100 acres of smart greenhouses have to be idle?"
At this time, Li Wenna had already made tea and poured a cup for the two of them.
Hearing this question, Lu Weibin was also very helpless: "There is no way. If you plant too many, it will destroy the market. Maybe you can consider planting some other mushrooms?"
"Other mushrooms?" Lin Shuya rubbed the bridge of his nose, looking a little troubled: "It is definitely not suitable for ordinary mushrooms to be produced in smart greenhouses, and it is difficult to recover the cost; gallinobacteria, porcini mushrooms, matsutake mushrooms, etc. rare wild fungi, and there is no time to research production technology.”
Lu Weibin asked a little strangely: "Didn't you say that Alpine fungus and Tricholoma matsutake have been artificially cultivated? They are sold everywhere in the market now!"
"Real or false?" Lin Shuya was confused. As an industry insider, how come she hadn't heard of this kind of news?
Then I picked up my phone and checked it.
After searching on the Internet for more than ten minutes, she suddenly realized that Lin Shuya was speechless when looking at the so-called gallinobacteria and matsutake mushrooms:
"Those are all fakes."
"Fake?" Although Lu Weibin did some research on white truffles, he really didn't know anything about other edible fungi and could only follow what others said.
Lin Shuya explained: "The black-skinned gallinaceous fungus currently on the market, whose scientific name is Oosporus microsporus, is different from the real gallinopsis fungus. Although it is not as delicious as the real gallinopsis, the black-skinned gallinopsis has the same taste." It’s pretty good, not too bad.”
Then she talked about the situation of the true gallinopsis fungus: "At present, the gallinopsis fungus cannot be cultivated artificially, mainly because it likes to grow in termite nests, is highly symbiotic, and is basically concentrated in the Guina area of Yunnan Gaoyuan. ”
"As for the so-called matsutake mushrooms on the market, they are actually fake ones of Agaricus blazei and Agaricus blazei. The taste of Agaricus blazei is better, but the mushrooms are very average. If it is a real matsutake, one kilogram of dried slices will cost more than 1,000 yuan."< br>
Sure enough, interests are the most attractive thing.
Lu Weibin suddenly thought of those shopping malls, shops, and vendors.
Spherical mushrooms costing tens of yuan per catty are passed off as matsutake mushrooms costing hundreds of yuan per catty. Even if they are sold for only more than one hundred yuan per catty, the profit is more than five or six times, and one can be deceived every time.
Just when Lu Weibin lamented the profiteers.
Lin Shuya thought for a while, raised his head and said, "Let's grow morels in the remaining smart greenhouses!"
"Morels? Researcher Lin, I seem to have heard that this fungus is very difficult to grow." Lu Weibin hesitated.
"I know, I will solve the technical problems."
Hearing this, Lu Weibin felt a little relieved. After all, the boss's wife said that it would be solved. Even if it was not solved by then, he would not need to bear too much responsibility.
In fact, Lin Shuya chose morels because the current cultivation technology of this fungus is relatively mature, but it is not suitable for outdoor cultivation.
It just so happens that the farm now has a large area of smart greenhouses left, which is more suitable for growing morels.
The price of dried morels is around 200 to 400 yuan, and 100 kilograms of fresh morels can produce 13 to 15 kilograms of dried morels.
The yield per mu of ordinary greenhouses is very unstable, and may even stop producing. Even if there is output, it is generally two to three hundred kilograms per mu. A few lucky greenhouses can achieve a yield of about one thousand kilograms per mu.
When Lin Shuya was preparing to study edible fungi, he learned about the current production technology and research status of various valuable edible fungi.
She is quite familiar with the current situation of morels.
The morel bag formula is usually 54% sawdust, 33% wheat, 10% humus, 1% quicklime, and 2% gypsum. The wheat grains must be soaked in lime water for 12-16 hours in advance.
But based on her experience studying white truffles, this recipe for growing morels was too rough.
Why can some greenhouses produce over a thousand kilograms?
It's certainly not entirely due to climate. Although the suitable temperature and suitable humidity for morels are very contradictory, there will always be a just-right time period in various regions every few years for morels to reach the conditions for growth. After all, this fungus is a naturally occurring species and it definitely needs to be grown in the wild. Breeding.
Climatic factors only determine whether morels can produce mushrooms, but not the size of the mushrooms.
The factors that determine the scale of mushroom production are humus, trace elements, macroelements, compounds, soil pH, etc. in the soil.
Therefore, Lin Shuya is very sure that there must be the best breeding environment and best growth factors for morels.
Just like the white truffles she studied, the growth cycle can be compressed from seven or eight years to more than ninety days; the production capacity can be increased from more than ten kilograms per mu to 600 to 1,200 kilograms per mu.
Morels will work as well.
Lin Shuya was very sure of this.
As long as the unit yield of morels is increased and the growth cycle is compressed, the energy consumption and depreciation costs of smart greenhouses can be amortized a lot.
We have discussed what to plant in the remaining greenhouses.
Lin Shuya returned to the edible fungi laboratory in the experimental area.
In the evening, the sun sets.
The sunset tonight is particularly dazzling. Half of the sky is covered with red clouds, but the air is a bit dull.
In the restaurant in the experimental area.
As soon as Jiang Miao came out of the laboratory, he saw Lin Shuya eating dinner not far away.
Taking his own lunch box, Jiang Miao walked over with a smile: "Aya! Aren't you having a day off today?"
"The plan can't keep up with the changes." Lin Shuya shook her head helplessly, and then recounted the discussion with Lu Weibin in the afternoon.
After listening for a while, Jiang Miao realized that it was his fault, and laughed awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect that the technology you developed was so powerful that it could increase the unit yield to such a high level all of a sudden."
Lin Shuya did not notice Jiang Miao's embarrassment, but kept cheering up: "It doesn't matter, I have already planned to continue researching the strongest mass production technology of morels, and strive to have a morel yield of 10 tons per acre. Cultivation technology.”
"Forgive me for not studying well, I can only give you a great comment!" Jiang Miao joked.
"Haha, stop pretending. If you are willing to take action, will you still have my share?" Lin Shuya has become very familiar with Jiang Miao's terrifying scientific research ability in the past six months.
In fact, Jiang Miao had long known that morels could produce more than ten tons per mu, but he didn't have time to figure out the formula, and he didn't want to stand out in too many fields, so he left it to Lin Shuya.
Fungi in nature can be said to be one of the fastest-reproducing organisms.
As long as all conditions are optimal, many mushrooms can move from the fruiting body stage to the mature stage in just a few days.
People who have lived in rural areas for a long time have more or less seen the growth of fungi. Sometimes after a light rain, a lot of strange fungi will appear under the trees or in the grass the next day.
Many times it is not that the cultivated fungi grow slowly, but that the technology is not up to standard and all the growth conditions are not optimized.
For example, the common bag ingredients plan for morels is very rough. There are only five raw materials in the ingredients. Obviously, there is no way to include all the growth factors of morels.
As long as the yield per mu of morels in a smart greenhouse can reach 10 tons, then 1,300 to 1,500 kilograms of dried morels can be produced per mu. Even if it is sold at the cheapest price of 200 yuan per kilogram, the value of the yield per mu can be It reaches about 130,000 to 150,000 yuan.
The information Jiang Miao learned through the identification panel showed that after morels reach optimal conditions, it takes about 70 days to complete mushrooming. With disinfection and other preparations included, a production cycle only takes about 85 days. It can produce 4 crops continuously per year.
This kind of high-precision smart greenhouse consumes 15 to 20 kilowatt hours of electricity per mu per day. Including other consumables and depreciation, the comprehensive cost per mu per day is about 50 yuan, which is 4,250 yuan per 85 days.
This does not include the cost of labor and bag raw materials.
In other words, agricultural products whose yield value per mu is too low are not worthy of such high-precision smart greenhouses.
The two chatted for a while, and suddenly Jiang Miao remembered something and said with a smile: "Aya, is your mentor's son also working under him?"
"Uh... yes, that guy's thesis was the result of me and a few senior brothers." Speaking of this matter, Lin Shuya became a little indignant, and then she was a little confused: "Why did you mention this matter suddenly?" < br>
"He has recently published a lot of papers on medicinal fungi, two of which are about the use of yeast extracts to treat Alzheimer's disease."
"Yeast extract? Treating Alzheimer's disease? Isn't this a topic of one of my senior brothers? However, I heard that senior brother say that there seems to be no progress?"
Jiang Miao took out the tablet he carried with him and handed it to her to read the two papers.
Lin Shuya put down her chopsticks and stared for a few minutes. Soon a strange look appeared on her face: "Strange? Why doesn't my senior brother have a name anymore? Although the old bastard in the past was too much, at least he still had a name. .”
"What's the name of your senior brother?"
"My name is Luo Yulin."
"No wonder, Handong University issued an announcement the day before yesterday, saying that a student jumped off the building, and his name seemed to be Luo Yulin."
"What?" Lin Shuya frowned: "It seems that those two papers are very important to Senior Brother Luo. It's a pity. His talent is not bad. If he had a good tutor, he might have become famous long ago."
"What's the pity? He didn't die, he just broke a leg."
"Uh! I thought he died." Lin Shuya suddenly felt embarrassed.
"Aya, if this Luo Yulin's talent is really good, you can make a call and ask if he can be recruited by our company."
After hearing this proposal, Lin Shuya pondered for a moment: "The direction of his research is indeed suitable for our company, but I don't know if he still has the fighting spirit."
"Give it a try!"
"Then I'll make a call later and ask."
Jiang Miao has actually been paying attention to the situation at Handong University, especially Du Bolun, the tutor who cheated Shuya.
After collecting some information about the opponent through the Internet, he realized that Du Bolun was not that easy to deal with, at least it was difficult to deal with the opponent through conventional means.
Because this person's father is also a university magnate. Although he has retired, he has a lot of disciples and former officials, and his network of relationships is intricate.
And if you use an off-board move, although it can be fatal in one move, Jiang Miao did not do it because this method cannot be used often, especially when the opponent clearly has a conflict with him. If something happens suddenly, it may cause Notice.
After all, Li Guangrong, who had just left Hailufeng Company, had an incident as soon as he returned to his own company, and his boss behind the scenes also directly received a box lunch. These things are not a secret to the top forces.
The reason why Jiang Miao and Hailufeng Company are not suspected is because he is just a trash fish now. Those top giant crocodiles and great white sharks do not think that he has the ability to kill David A. Locke.
But if the Du Bolun family is killed now, the country will definitely notice this incident, and maybe it will be connected with what happened to Li Guangrong.
The cautious Jiang Miao suppressed the murderous intention in his heart.
However, just because you can't use off-board moves and normal means doesn't mean you can't mess with the opponent.
You must know that the academic faction is a force that relies on "people" to exist.
As long as we are human, we have weaknesses.
Handong University currently protects Du Bolun and his son, because Lin Shuya and others have no power and cannot make any waves.
But if Lin Shuya and Jiang Miao are strong, they can affect the domestic agricultural system and even become agricultural giants like a Big Mac.
That situation can quickly reverse.
Naturally, someone took action against the Du Bolun family in order to please Jiang Miao and his wife.
This is the general trend.
(End of chapter)