Chapter 179 Industrial Change (Medium Cup)
August 10th.
A food security summit forum is being held in Shanghai.
And on this hot Qiongzhou Island, growers from all over the country are also talking about it.
However, what Qiongzhou Island growers are discussing is not a food security summit forum, but a discussion about Hailufeng Company.
Qiongdong area.
Hailufeng Company's Qiongzhou Branch has set up a high-level regional office here to manage the industry in this region.
The so-called regional office is a sub-station specially set up by a regional branch in order to strengthen local management. Currently, the Qiongzhou Branch has a total of 6 regional offices on Qiongzhou Island.
Qiongdong area is one of them.
At this time, in Huishan Town in Qiongdong.
At the dining table of a food stall, a middle-aged man with one finger missing from his left hand poured a glass of rice wine for the fat black man opposite: "Fat man, I heard that you shoveled the betel nuts at home?"
"Don't shovel? Do you want to keep it for the New Year? Last year, the purchase price was less than eight yuan. Throughout the year, I made thousands of yuan. If my family's labor was included, the loss would go to my grandma's family." The fat man was speechless.
"Hey! The world is hard!" Jiuzhi sighed softly, filled himself a glass of rice wine, and then took a sip.
In recent years, the development of Qiongzhou's betel nut industry has been ups and downs, with constant turmoil.
At the end of 2024, the field purchase price of green betel nut was still 50-60 yuan per kilogram. By the end of 2025, it plummeted to 16 yuan per kilogram.
As for this year's situation, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the betel nut industry will continue to be difficult. The reason is that this year there are more than a dozen areas in the mainland that have banned the sale of betel nuts. In addition, after the customs closure, tariffs will be added to products exported to the mainland. At the same time, many markets in previous years have The betel nut orchards planted during the boom period have also entered a high-yield stage in the past two years.
The accumulation of these unfavorable factors led to the collapse of betel nut purchase prices.
"Fat man, what are you going to plant in the future, rubber? Pepper? Or mango?"
The fat man shook his head: "I plan to grow durian."
"Durian? You don't want to sign a contract with that Hailufeng company, do you?" Jiuzhi put down his wine glass with a trace of surprise on his face.
"No way?"
Picking up a piece of typhoon shelter fried crab with nine fingers: "I heard that their family is very strict about the management of farmers who have signed contracts. Farmers are not allowed to sell durians privately to other purchasers. They can only sell to their company. This condition is too harsh. Who is willing to squeeze them?"
"Haha, don't listen to the wind. I have an old friend who works in their company. The durian varieties and technologies of Hailufeng Company are different from before. Their purchase price is strictly stipulated in the contract, which is the retail price. 60%. "The fat guy ate a fat oyster.
"60%? So high?" Jiuzhi put down his chopsticks and asked, "Is your information accurate?"
"What did I lie to you for?"
Jiuzhi was a little hesitant: "Durian seems to take four to five years to bear fruit. My betel nuts are now producing high yields. Now I have to replant them. I am a little reluctant to part with them."
But the fat man smiled and shook his head: "It doesn't take four or five years. If you plant it this year, you can receive the first batch of fruits the year after tomorrow."
"Really? Don't be fooled." Jiuzhi looked surprised.
"I visited the headquarters of Hailufeng Company last month. They have planted more than 50,000 acres of durian in eastern Guangdong. The fruits will begin to bear fruit at the end of this year, and the first batch of fruits will be produced next year."
"What if they lie to you?"
"A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory, so why are they lying to me? Are they kidding me about tens of thousands of acres of durian? They have also laid out nearly 80,000 acres of durian in Qiongzhou, and have recently planted seedlings."
Unlike Hailufeng Company's durian planting in eastern Guangdong, the durians planted in Qiongzhou this time do not need to be grafted, but can be planted directly.
Because Jiang Miao improved the technology in June this year, the new version of transgenic kapok will no longer die in four or five years. Instead, if specific pharmaceutical infusions are not used, the transgenic kapok will not grow and enter the market. A dormant state.
The reason for this improvement is, on the one hand, to better control durian farmers; on the other hand, it is to adjust the growth cycle.
The dormant state of transgenic kapok does not really stop growing, but concentrates nutrients in the root mass, which is somewhat similar to Senzu soybean, and these root masses can also be used as materials for cultivating new seedlings.
By injecting a special agent to activate the gene sequence of the genetically modified Kapok and durian branches, the durian can start to bloom in the second month, and the durian will mature in the seventh month.
In this way, durian can bear fruit all year round.
As long as the durians in this area are divided into shards, chemicals can be used to control the flowering and fruiting time of the durians.
The first batch of third-generation transgenic Kapok trees, a total of 10,000 trees, has arrived in Qiongzhou Yecheng and has been planted for more than a month.
Next, the headquarters of Hailufeng Company will produce 100,000 to 300,000 transgenic kapok saplings every month, and these transgenic kapok saplings will be sent to the Qiongzhou branch.
It only takes about half a year for these transgenic kapok trees to grow to their ultimate height of about 4.2∽4.5 meters.
Generally, after about three months of growth, you can start grafting old durian branches. The two will grow together. However, the grafting point will not be chosen on the main stem, but on the side branches on all sides. The reason for this design is to ensure that The crown of the transgenic kapok trunk can occupy the core area of photosynthesis, thereby increasing its nutrient accumulation.
The amount of nutrient accumulation in the roots of transgenic kapok determines the scale of durian fruiting.
If the quality of the initial fruit is not considered, you can even start using anthers as early as the fourth month after the old durian branches are grafted. However, the fruit quantity of this batch will be less, and the sweetness and flavor will be affected.
If you want to ensure quality, it is best to start flowering in the thirteenth month after the transgenic kapok is planted. At this time, the flowering and fruiting will be very good, and the fruit quantity, flavor, sweetness and stress resistance will be very good.
Therefore, the fat guy is actually not wrong when he says the results will be the year after tomorrow.
If they buy seedlings and plant them in August, they can encourage flowers to bloom in September next year and harvest the first batch of high-quality fruits in January of the following year.
Of course, if you are in a hurry to harvest the fruit, you can adjust it, but only one old branch can keep one fruit, and one tree can only bear 8. In the durian plantation planned by Hailufeng Company, 20 trees are generally planted per acre. This means that only 160 can be produced in the initial stage, which means the yield per mu is about 400∽800 kilograms.
In the official high-yield period, a single tree usually has 80 fruits, and the yield per mu is 1,600 durians, which is about 4∽8 tons.
Hailufeng Company plans to lower the retail price of durians to about 20 yuan per kilogram, which means the purchase price of Tiantou is 12 yuan.
This means that after the growers plant durian, the output value per mu is about 48,000 to 96,000. After deducting the cost, the gross profit is about 28,000 to 76,000. The specific profit depends on the management level of the growers.
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"I still have no idea." Jiuzhi looked hesitant on his face.
The fat man took a sip of rice wine and suggested: "If you are afraid, I suggest you plant bananas."
"Banana? This thing makes so much money!" Jiuzhi blurted out.
"You can sign up for the directional planting of Hailufeng Company. They also have banana varieties to promote, and the purchase price at the head of the field is also 60% of the retail price."
"This..." Jiuzhi began to calculate in his heart.
He has grown bananas before. The banana yield per acre in Qiongzhou is generally more than 6,000 kilograms. The field price given by the purchaser is about 2∽3 yuan per kilogram. After deducting the cost, one acre of bananas can earn 2,000∽4,000 yuan a year. money.
Moreover, bananas are not very resistant to typhoons, much worse than areca nuts. Therefore, there are many banana orchards in Qiongzhou that suffer heavy losses due to typhoons every year. This is another reason why many local farmers choose to plant betel nuts.
However, the fat man smiled and told a piece of gossip: "I think you should consider it, because the banana varieties of Hailufeng Company will purchase the cut banana stems and leaves."
"Are you kidding? What do they do with banana stems and leaves?"
"I don't know about this, but I heard from my old cousin that the purchase price is quite high, about one thousand yuan per ton."
"Will this also sign a contract?"
"Of course, Hailufeng Company will not allow growers to sell bananas, banana stems and leaves to the outside world at will."
Jiuzhi finally made up his mind: "Fat man, ask your old cousin, I want to grow bananas from Hailufeng Company, how do I do it?"
"Simple, download the official APP of Hailufeng Company on your mobile phone, then register and log in..." The fat man took out his mobile phone and taught Jiuzhi how to download and register.
After Jiuzhi was registered, the fat man continued: "Open the Hailufeng Member Center."
"It's opened, what next?"
"There is an agricultural cooperative inside, have you found it..."
"I saw it."
"There are Egyptian Pond Lice Breeding Cooperation Group, Durian Planting Cooperation Group, and Banana Planting Cooperation Group. Click on the banana one..."
"I know." After clicking on the page of the banana planting cooperation group, there are various details on it, as well as contract consultation and customer service. It includes a partial introduction to three banana varieties, as well as some information on how to purchase them, as well as what penalties will be incurred if you violate the terms of cooperation.
After watching for more than ten minutes, Jiuzhi was a little worried by the introduction of new varieties: "Little Mac banana? Red Big Mac banana? New Big Mac banana? Why does this name seem familiar?"
"It's a new improved variety from an old variety."
Hearing this, Jiuzhi's memory seemed to recall something, and then asked with some uncertainty: "Could it be the big Mike who was overturned by yellow leaf disease?"
The fat man said as he picked up the remaining typhoon shelter fried crabs on the plate: "It seems to be that variety, but it has been improved, so there should be no problem."
"Really?" Jiuzhi thought for a while and felt that since Hailufeng Company dared to launch it, there would definitely be no big problems with these new varieties.
Therefore, he quickly filled in his corresponding information on the cooperation appointment interface and made an appointment to sign offline.
Ten minutes later, a phone call came and asked about Jiuzhi's situation. The two parties agreed to meet in Huishan Town this afternoon.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon.
A pickup truck arrived at the agreed upon location.
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Jiuzhi stood on the roadside and looked around.
"Is it Mr. Pan Shuibo?"
A young man poked his head out of the car with the printed contract information.
"It's me! Are you from Hailufeng Company?"
"Hello! I am Li Haibing, a salesperson from the Qiongdong office of Qiongzhou Branch of Hailufeng Company. Mr. Pan, please get in the car! Let's go to your land to take a look first. Have you brought the relevant documents proving the ownership of the land?"
"Bring it." Jiuzhi opened the car door and got in.
With Jiuzhi leading the way, they came to the mountains north of Huishan Town and saw the 10 acres of betel nut plantation the other party mentioned.
He took photos of the scene and roughly measured the area of the land. Then he asked Jiuzhi to hold his ID card and stand in the betel nut plantation, explaining that the land was his property.
After finishing these things, I came to Jiuzhi's house.
Nine-fingered wife has already made tea.
As soon as he sat down, Li Haibing got straight to the point: "Mr. Pan, the variety you chose to plant is Little Mac banana. I suggest you change it."
"Why?" Jiuzhi was confused. He picked Little Mac because the yield per mu of Little Mac can generally reach more than 5,000 kilograms.
After taking a sip of tea, Li Haibing explained with a smile: "The terrain here is hilly. Even if the typhoon affects us, it won't be too serious. Little Mac is a dwarf variety and can withstand typhoons."
"It doesn't matter, right?"
"Mr. Pan, you have overlooked an important point. The Little Mac banana is a variety that relies on quantity. Its retail price will not be too high. Our estimated retail price is about 8 yuan per kilogram."
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"That's a lot." Jiuzhi thinks this variety is good. At this retail price, the purchase price he got from the field is about 4.8 per kilogram, which is about 24,000 yuan for 5,000 kilograms.
"Listen to me first." Li Haibing shook his head: "The estimated retail price of Red Big Mac is about 12 yuan per kilogram. The yield per mu is about 3,500 kilograms, and the income per mu is almost 25,000 yuan."
"Is this about right?"
However, Li Haibing reminded with a smile: "Little Mac's stems and leaves are only 6 tons at most, but Red Big Mac's stems and leaves are 10 tons, and the purchase price of Red Big Mac's straw is 1,200 yuan, Little Mac's bananas, Xinda Mac's The straw purchase price of Mike Banana is only 1,000 yuan.”
Hearing this, Jiuzhi also reacted.
"If you are not in a mountainous area, I would not recommend you to plant Red Big Mac, because the plants of this variety are tall and will be more susceptible to wind in the plains, and they will easily break."
Of course, Li Haibing said this mainly because he substituted the situation of ordinary bananas.
In fact, whether it is Little Mac, Red Mac, or New Mac, their straw strength is higher than that of ordinary bananas.
The reason is that the fiber strength is higher than that of ordinary bananas. When Jiang Miao simply selected these new varieties, he focused on enhancing their wind resistance. To enhance the wind resistance of bananas, there are only two directions.
One is to enhance its cellulose strength.
The second is to increase the diameter of the straw.
The diameter of the straws of Small Mac Banana and New Big Mac Banana is slightly thicker than that of ordinary bananas, and its fiber strength is similar to that of jute.
The straw diameter of the Red Big Mac banana is very thick, about 1.5∽1.7 times that of ordinary bananas. Its fiber strength is similar to that of Manila hemp. In addition, the fiber content of the straw of this variety is about 28%.
This is also the reason why Hailufeng Company wants to purchase these banana straws.
One ton of red banana straw can extract about 250 kilograms of abaca-like fiber.
For the same one ton of Small Mac bananas and New Big Mac bananas, about 200 kilograms of jute-like fiber can be extracted.
One acre of red bananas contains 10 tons of straw, which can produce almost 2.5 tons of Manila hemp.
Hailufeng Company purchased these banana structures in order to produce hemp fibers, which are used in a wide range of applications, such as clothing fabrics, sacks of hemp carpets, agricultural hemp mulch, hemp ropes and other products.
After unexpectedly discovering another use for these new varieties of bananas, Jiang Miao asked the Science and Technology Department to set up a special hemp fiber separation and processing project, preparing to open a factory in the future to extract hemp fiber and use it to produce various hemp products.
Among them, jute-like fibers with relatively poor quality can be used to produce hemp ropes, sacks, and hemp mulches for internal use within the company.
Those stores that have opened can use sacks to replace some plastic bags.
Those with better quality, such as jute-like and abaca-like, can be used to produce high-strength cables, clothing fabrics, strength-enhancing filling fibers for resin materials, etc.
Now it seems that the fiber value of bananas and banana straws is about the same.
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After Li Haibing’s explanation.
Nine Fingers decided to plant the Red Big Mac variety.
In fact, Little Mac has its merits, that is, its growth cycle is very short. In the tropical environment of Qiongzhou Island, it only takes five and a half months to harvest in summer, and extends to six and a half months in winter, so it can be harvested in almost a year. twice.
The Red Big Mike needs seven months in the summer and nine months in the winter on Qiongzhou Island.
As the new Big Mike of luxury goods, Hailufeng Company does not open it to growers for planting, but grows it itself. Its growth cycle is similar to that of Red Big Mike.
The contract is signed.
Li Haibing did not leave Huishan Town, but visited two other farmers who were interested in cooperation.
Some people want to grow durians, others want to grow bananas.
At present, the Qiongzhou branch is on Qiongzhou Island, in addition to its own management of 50,000 acres of banana plantations and 80,000 acres of durian plantations.
Nearly 8,000 farmers have been signed up one after another, including durian farmers with a planting area of 57,000 acres and banana growers with a planting area of 73,000 acres.
A large part of these farmers are farmers who grew betel nuts before, and a small number are farmers who planted rubber trees.
As for agricultural companies large and small on the island, they are still waiting and watching.
On the one hand, these agricultural companies do not believe in the new varieties and technologies of Hailufeng Company and dare not take risks. After all, these so-called technologies and new varieties have not even produced a single fruit, so they will not end up casually.
Another reason is that Hailufeng Company’s control over contracted plantations is too strict, which is unacceptable to many agricultural companies, especially those that own fruit chain stores, and will not accept such harsh control. .
In this regard, Hailufeng Company did not say anything.
Originally, Jiang Miao had no interest in other agricultural companies. If Hailufeng Company wanted to control production capacity and quality, it was unlikely to open up varieties to other agricultural companies and let them lose their money.
In addition, agricultural products such as fruits are not food crops related to national security. Hailufeng Company can monopolize them without any scruples. The official will not allow Hailufeng Company to open seedlings for the sake of a few fruit planting companies.
As for the local management of Qiongzhou Province, they were naturally aware of the actions of Hailufeng Company, but they had already received relevant notices. After knowing some things, they all kept silent.
(End of chapter)