Chapter 201 Industrial Extension
Rentian Town, southern Jiangxi.
As November comes to an end, the local navel orange harvest has also ushered in a bumper harvest.
The town’s navel orange planting area reaches 23,000 acres, making it a large navel orange producing area.
The mobile purchasing team of Hailufeng Company's Agricultural Cooperation Division, with equipment and core technical personnel, came to Rentian Town three days ago. The town government had previously approved a special open space for them.
A small team that used to build scaffolding for rural theaters in the Shanmei area was hired directly by the company. They spent two days building three large sheds on this open space of about 3 acres, plus A dozen RVs formed a temporary factory and residential area.
Of the total 23,000 acres of navel oranges in Rentian Town, 15,000 acres have been contracted by the company.
As for why they don’t go to the core navel orange production areas in southern Gansu to contract, the main reason is that many navel orange plantations in the core production areas have been contracted out, so the Agricultural Cooperation Division can only settle for the next best thing.
On a 50-acre navel orange plantation in Rentian Town.
The plantation owner Li Gensheng and his family were very uneasy.
His navel oranges are the most mature, so they were among the first to be purchased. Early this morning, a mobile quality inspection vehicle specifically responsible for inspections arrived near his navel orange plantation.
At this time, five quality inspectors carrying various instruments were conducting sampling tests on the soil, leaves, weeds, and fruits of this navel orange plantation.
More than two hours later.
The leader of the quality inspection team took a simple quality inspection report and handed it to the person in charge of the picking team: "Lao Song, the soil pollution did not exceed the standard, the various pesticide residues on the leaves and weeds were below the limit, and the fruits were not detected. If it’s not up to standard, both sweetness and acidity are fine.”
"I'll keep a copy of the quality inspection report, and you can continue to randomly inspect other gardens." Lao Song took the quality inspection report and stuffed it into his messenger bag.
"I understand." The quality inspection team leader nodded.
The company's quality inspection work, even though it has only been established for more than two months, has very complete rules and regulations, and does not give the quality inspection team, purchasing team, or growers any chance to do anything.
At this time, the random inspection in the navel orange plantation is called the preliminary inspection, which only detects those items that can be quickly detected, which are also relatively critical items.
These random inspection samples will then be quickly sent to the testing center of the Gannan branch for a second inspection. This time the inspection will be more accurate and in-depth, and at the same time, some items that were not carried out in the initial inspection will be made up.
If that's all, there are still some loopholes.
Therefore, there are three inspections, and the testing center responsible for the three inspections is not a subsidiary of the Agricultural Cooperation Division, but a testing center jointly managed by the physical business department, the e-commerce business department, and the sales business department.
The third inspection mainly inspects the products being sold, that is, they directly inspect the products in various stores and warehouses. If any problems are found, they will directly fly to the place of production and will not let the inspection personnel of the first and second inspections re-inspect.
Three tests, three testing agencies from different departments, if you can still get away with it, then it is not a small problem.
Such strict testing ensures that the products will not have various pesticide residues, pollution, and disease problems.
In fact, in addition to the three inspections of agricultural products before they are put on the market, there will also be irregular sampling inspections of various items during the planting period of agricultural products. This has greatly reduced the problem of illegal use of pesticides and illegal chemicals during the planting process. The final three inspections Just get some insurance.
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Seeing the test report coming out, Li Gensheng quickly asked: "Team Leader Song, how to determine the price?"
"Don't worry! The standard has been met. Let's wait until the label comes out." Lao Song smiled and cut a navel orange with a knife, took a bite of the pulp and handed the remaining half to Li Gensheng: "Our company's technology is good, right?"
"That's good, that's good." Li Gensheng took a piece of navel orange and took a bite: "Your company's technology is indeed very powerful. I have been growing this garden for five or six years, and the fruit has always been sour, and the taste is not as good as that of Xinfeng County. Navel oranges over there.”
The agricultural technician responsible for the technical guidance of navel orange planting directly broke open the navel orange peel: "Soil quality and organic fertilizer have a great impact on the quality of navel oranges. Your production area is not as good as the core production area in Xinfeng, and this is the reason."< br>
"Technician Liu, can this technology be used in other places?" Li Gensheng's son Li Wenlong asked curiously.
"No, because the soil in different places is different. Even the planting area in your town is divided into three soil types. To ensure the best flavor, a customized soil improvement plan and organic fertilizer must be made for each soil type. , chemical fertilizer supplement.”
At this moment, a female employee hurriedly came over carrying a box.
"Xiaoqin, have you made the label?"
"It's done." Xiao Qin, whose face was red, nodded.
"Then let's start!" Lao Song turned his head and said: "Old Li, start picking!"
"Okay." Li Gensheng, who had been impatient for a long time, looked at the uncles and aunties sitting next to the fruit trees not far away and shouted: "Everyone, start picking."
Due to some training in advance, the uncles and aunts in these villages only pick fruits that meet the standards.
Fruits that have flowery skin, are too big, too small, too light, or have insect eyes are not allowed.
Soon the first batch of standard navel oranges was pulled over by Li Wenlong on a tricycle and pulled into a temporary screening machine on the roadside.
Xiao Qin and another employee cooperated with Li Wenlong to pour the fruits into a simple screening machine to screen out the fruits that did not meet the size.
The fruit passing through the screening machine is automatically labeled with a label on the conveyor belt.
The label reads:
【Gannan Navel Orange Super Fruit】
[Hailufeng Agricultural Technology Company - Produced by the contracted grower (No. 200853), planting area...; picking time...; sweetness...; acidity...; no pesticide residues were detected in the initial inspection; fruit number 200853-0000001]
The reason for this kind of label is, on the one hand, to facilitate traceability; on the other hand, it is to avoid non-contracted growers from mixing the fruit through the relationship with the contracted growers.
Li Gensheng's navel orange plantation covers an area of 50 acres. After deducting some new trees, 40 acres are left. After excluding substandard fruits, the yield per mu is about 2,200 kilograms. This garden produces about 88,000 kilograms of navel oranges.
The labeling that Lao Song mentioned just now is estimated based on this output. Every navel orange must be labeled, so the number of labels will be calculated in advance.
There are huge benefits to this.
Because the purchase price offered by Hailufeng Company is three yuan per catty, the price of navel oranges around Rentian Town in previous years was only one or two yuan per catty. Only the good gardens in the core navel orange production areas in southern Ganxi can sell for three yuan per catty. .
The difference in price will generate huge benefits.
Although the company has contracted 15,000 acres of navel orange plantation in Rentian Town, excluding part of the new garden, the old garden still has about 5,000 acres, which is not included in the contract.
These gardens that are not within the scope of the contract have either been contracted by others before, or they are self-employed e-commerce companies, or they are simply sold at a price.
With a price difference of more than one yuan, it is very possible that someone will take risks.
Therefore, the company directly labels and makes an ID card for each fruit. There is a QR code on the label. After it is sent to the temporary acquisition center in the town, it has to go through the screening machine again. The screening machine has a special QR code. Reading the system makes it impossible to counterfeit.
Each fruit is labeled.
Li Wenlong quickly loaded the baskets of fruits onto the tricycle. After filling them, he quickly drove the tricycle to the temporary purchasing center in the town.
The navel oranges in Rentian Town are mainly Newhall navel oranges, which are also the main variety of navel oranges in southern Gansu. They usually begin to mature and go on the market in early November.
Picking can last for 3∽4 months, but considering the quality, the picking period of two and a half months is basically the limit.
There are 15,000 acres of navel oranges, and an average of about 200 acres are picked every day.
During these two and a half months, the acquisition team will be stationed in Rentian Town.
There are only five laborers in Li Gensheng's family. In order to ensure that the picking is completed today, he can only invite people from the village to come and pick. In fact, these people all have navel oranges in their homes. Come to Li Jiayuan to pick today and make some money. In a few days, they will be picked again. Pay someone else to pick it.
Around 4:30 in the evening.
Li Gensheng and his son Li Wenlong took the last two carts of navel oranges to the temporary purchasing center next to the town.
"Captain Zhan, these are the last two cars."
Zhan Kaiwen, who was talking to another grower, shouted: "Xiaoshan, take it."
"Okay."
After a while, Zhan Kaiwen settled the matter and settled the payment with Li Gensheng.
"The total amount is 88,719 kilograms, 3,687 kilograms of substandard fruit, and the actual harvest is 85,030 kilograms. You can take back the substandard fruit yourself. The total amount is 255,090 yuan. This is a business ticket. You can go to the financial office next door to collect the money."
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After taking the business ticket, Li Gensheng was a little confused: "Captain Zhan, can you just go over and collect the money with this ticket?"
"Well, take the money and come over to harvest those bad fruits!" Zhan Kaiwen said casually, and then went to receive another grower.
"Okay."
The father and son hurried to the financial office next door.
I quickly received a remittance reminder from the bank.
Then he hauled more than 3,000 kilograms of fruits that were not in good condition or might have lost water.
As soon as the two people drove out of the purchasing center, they were stopped. A middle-aged man wearing a peaked cap asked in a low voice: "Brother, are these oranges the second fruits picked out?"
"Yes! Do you want it?" Li Gensheng was thinking about how to deal with these secondary fruits. He turned around and picked up a fruit, then cut it and gave a piece to the duck cap: "They are all good fruits, but they have some flowery skins."
I took a bite of the duck cap and found that it tasted really good, almost the same as Gannan navel oranges from the core production area. I then said, "I'll take one yuan."
Li Wenlong shook his head: "One dollar? Not appropriate..."
"One dollar and two, this is a secondary result after all." The peaked hat gritted his teeth and gave a new price.
Li Wenlong didn't believe that this was the other party's lowest price: "Just a little flaw, at least one yuan and a half."
"Brother, I can't make any money even for one dollar and a half! Let's take a step back, how about one dollar and three?"
The father and son talked quietly for a while and accepted the price.
After taking down the more than 3,000 kilograms of fruits, Li Gensheng and his son took the car to a private house in the town, and then unloaded the oranges in the yard of the house.
After earning more than 5,000 yuan, Li Gensheng decided to go to the market to buy some meat and vegetables and have a good meal tonight.
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The temporary acquisition center that received nearly 450,000 kilograms of navel oranges today has arranged the company's exclusive large truck to quickly send these navel oranges to the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and Beijing areas.
As for Gan Province, except for some specialty stores in the north that sell navel oranges, other specialty stores do not sell navel oranges. After all, this is the place of production and the competition is too fierce.
You must know that the price listed by Hailufeng Company is 5 yuan per catty. This price is neither high nor low on the market, but if you only count fruits of the same quality, the price is actually much lower.
At present, in addition to the specialty stores in Gan Province, a total of 279 other specialty stores are open, and one store has been allocated more than 1,600 kilograms of navel oranges.
Since Hailufeng franchise stores have online users of the APP, if these users choose to place orders nearby, there is no need to add express delivery fees, and the products will be delivered directly by nearby stores in the same city.
The next day, early in the morning.
It was just dawn.
Magic City, Baoshan District.
The Baoshan branch of Hailufeng's specialty store has been open for more than a month. Today, a small truck delivering goods from a nearby warehouse has already arrived pulling things.
Four clerks and two drivers quickly unloaded the goods from the carriage, including a large number of internal express packages that had been packed in advance.
"So many navel oranges?" Store manager Ye Linlin saw baskets of 20 kilograms of navel oranges in the carriage.
The driver moved a basket and said: "Your store still has a batch, which will be delivered in the evening."
"When will this be sold?" Ye Linlin looked troubled.
The driver ignored this matter and just smiled and said: "They are all good fruits. Many of these express deliveries are also navel oranges. Please arrange delivery as soon as possible. From now on, there will be more than a thousand kilograms of navel oranges every day."
"I'm speechless ~ Okay!" Ye Linlin got even more headache: "When will the head office open the second branch of Baoshan? This is not the way to go!"
The deputy store manager comforted: "Hold on! Do more activities. When stores in other places open, there won't be so many."
At this time, several old aunties who were going to exercise passed by, and one of them asked: "How much is a pound of your navel oranges?"
Ye Linlin quickly turned her head: "Auntie, these Gannan navel oranges cost five yuan per pound. They were just picked from the production area yesterday. I will cut one for you to taste."
She took out a knife from the pocket of her work clothes, cut open the packaging tape, took out a navel orange, and then cut it open on the plastic basket on the side.
Several old aunties each took a small piece and took a bite.
"Huh? This orange tastes good."
"Sour and sweet, with a very strong orange flavor."
“I haven’t tasted such delicious oranges for a long time.”
"Little girl, can it be cheaper?"
Ye Linlin smiled and replied: "Auntie, our company has a unified price, but if you buy 10 pounds, we can give you a 10% discount."
"Weigh ten pounds for me."
"I also want ten pounds."
After making this order, they sold sixty kilograms. Ye Linlin felt that these navel oranges were not that difficult to sell.
Another clerk drove a minivan and delivered more than 150 express packages to designated customers, all of whom were in Baoshan District.
However, compared to the Baoshan branch, the sales of those branches located in more prosperous areas are better.
The five branches in Jing'an, Pudong, Huangpu, Changning and Xuhui received a large number of customers as soon as they opened their doors.
Inside the Huangpu branch.
"Navel oranges? Your company still grows navel oranges?" A middle-aged man familiar with Hailufeng Company asked as he picked up a large bag of packaged navel oranges.
Store manager Lu Xingzhi smiled and replied: "They are grown by the growers our company cooperates with. These are fruits grown under strict management under the guidance of our company."
"So cheap? Can the quality be guaranteed?"
"The purchase price for our origin is three yuan per catty, which is the highest purchase price for navel oranges in southern Ganxi. With small profits but quick turnover, we make eighty-nine cents per catty," the store manager explained bluntly.
The middle-aged man ate a piece and nodded: "It tastes good. It is indeed a high-quality navel orange. My hometown is Xinfeng County. Is this fruit grown in Xinfeng County?"
"Probably not. Here is a description of the production area..." Lu Xingzhi picked up an unpackaged fruit with a label on it.
"Rentian Town? The quality of the fruits there is so good? Forget it, they are Gannan navel oranges anyway, give me 5 baskets."
Lu Xingzhi was overjoyed: "Okay, guest."
Compared with other fruit shops, the Hailufeng specialty store has the highest price/performance ratio, and it also has luxury goods such as white truffles. This makes many customers like to come to the Hailufeng specialty store to buy things. The main thing is that the products are good and thrifty. By people.
The middle-aged man was just about to check out when he saw mutton in the refrigerator and quickly added: "By the way, give me another 5 pounds of mutton ribs."
"No problem. Do you want it cut or whole?"
"Chopped."
"Your mutton is good, my family likes it."
"It is our honor that our guests like it."
After a busy morning, Lu Xingzhi sat down and took a breath. He looked at the 1,000 kilograms of navel oranges on the shelves in the store that had just been put on the shelves in the morning. At this time, there were not many left. He quickly sent a message on the computer background. Give it to the warehouse and ask the warehouse to deliver the extra 2,000 kilograms quickly.
Another clerk used the store's microwave to heat four bags of prepared vegetables, plus rice that had been cooked in advance and brought from the dormitory.
“Manager, it’s time to eat.”
"Asheng, take a look at the store, Xiaoqing and I will eat first."
"Okay."
Come to the rest room.
He took a portion of the fish-flavored shredded pork he ordered, cut it, and poured it on the hot rice.
After Xiaoqing came in, she also picked up her portion of honey-glazed barbecued pork and a plate of cut navel oranges. For navel oranges, a relatively low-priced product, the company does not restrict them from eating them, but the only requirement is that they cannot Take away and waste.
The company's headquarters has recently expanded the range of prepared dishes. Lu Xingzhi and others who have been trained there know how these prepared dishes are produced, and they naturally taste without any psychological burden.
If we really compare, those cheap takeaways outside may not be as good as the company's own pre-made dishes.
Hailufeng Company has its own raw material production channels and strict procurement channels, which can achieve low prices and high quality. Many small workshops achieve low cost by cutting corners and inferior raw materials. There is an essential difference between the two.
The two of them were eating and chatting about something.
Lu Xingzhi is very satisfied with his current job. Although the salary of a store manager in Magic City is only 5,500 yuan, the benefits such as performance are better. The most important thing is that there is no need to worry about accommodation. The company is already in Magic City. They all bought houses to use as dormitories for their employees.
In terms of food, since there is no canteen here in the city, the company will subsidize 1,500 yuan in meal subsidies every month, and you can eat as much as you like with the ordinary products in the store.
The more frugal employees will eat prepared dishes directly in the store, saving 1,500 yuan in meal subsidies every month.
(End of chapter)