Chapter 288 Returning to China
Guo Yang and his team have been staying near the capital Kinshasa and Matadi for a long time.
Stay away from mining areas.
Although it is also dirty and messy, and parades occur from time to time, Jiahe does not have many personnel and is equipped with several strong security guards with guns.
No one dared to go out alone despite the experience of Yu Honghai being robbed and stripped naked.
Therefore, there have been no security incidents.
However, this situation was quickly broken. When Guo Yang was about to return to China, two out-of-town technicians were robbed and kidnapped in the Malanga region of Bas-Congo Province.
“Because of the rain, there were potholes on the road. The car got stuck and couldn’t get up, and then it was surrounded by a group of rioters.”
Yu Honghai’s face was ashen as he introduced the situation to Guo Yang.
“They locked the windows, but the group poured gasoline into the car and had to get out of the car.”
In the temporary base of the drought farming center, Guo Yang also had a heavy expression on his face, "Is he okay?"
"I said he was fine on the phone. It should be just for money."
"Police department What to say?" Guo Yang asked.
Malanga is a town kilometers away from Matadi. It is a place where roads converge. Logically speaking, the security situation is also within the control of the government.
"People have been arranged to go to the rescue." Yu Honghai said: "Some money was spent."
"Yeah." Guo Yang nodded, "Try it first, and spend money to redeem it if necessary."
Maybe they just really wanted money. The two kidnapped staff members returned safely soon, The two of them also had lingering fears.
At the same time, it also reminded others again.
Wear weapons when you go out, and it’s best to have more people with you.
It’s just that Eddie sent someone to deliver the news: the kidnapping was instigated by someone, and the person behind it was the deputy leader Mumba.
This made Guo Yang feel nervous.
Security companies are not only imperative, they also have to work quickly!
Guo Yang's eyes stayed on the black workers for a while, and he asked Hare and Cannon a few questions.
"Is it feasible to train a group of black security guards?"
Several veterans who came to Africa from China discussed each other for a while.
"There are also some relatively strong workers among the workers."
"Loyalty is questionable."
"These people are short of money. If they can have a stable high-paying job, they should be able to do it."
"A combination of Chinese and foreigners will do."
Guo Yang also thought for a moment and believed that although the black labor group has various shortcomings, under the temptation of stable food and money , you can still try to use it.
Just to control the proportion, domestic security personnel must also be expanded, trained, and put into use as soon as possible.
There is also the purchase of weapons and ammunition.
Because of this matter, Guo Yang was once again delayed for two days, and he and Yu Honghai and others made a preliminary plan on security issues.
At the same time, the Institute of Thermal Sciences also compiled a list of materials urgently needed for plantations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Guo Yang took one and at the same time asked Ning Xiaojing to be notified by phone to start preparations in China.
"Lao Yu, I'll give it to you here."
"I'll try my best. Now I'm afraid that the business environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is not good." After this incident, Yu Honghai's face was full of worry ,
“It is now certain that the opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo is standing opposite Jiahe.”
“If Kabila’s government is also greedy, industry and commerce will come today, taxation will come tomorrow, and environmental protection will come the day after tomorrow. , several fines, no matter how big the enterprise is, it will be stillborn before it even starts.
Corruption is the main theme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The political system here only thinks about making a profit and never thinks about the long term.
This is what everyone thinks.
Guo Yang pondered for a while and said: "Now that it's here, let's make peace with it. If it doesn't work, we can only shift our focus to other countries."
"Then the initial investment is not necessary. Is it a waste?”
“Build nurseries and food first. Basin-Congo Province is next to the enclave of Gabon and Angola. Then we can try to move to these two countries.” Guo Yang thought for a while and said. ：
"Besides, this timber trade also made Jiahe a lot of money."
No matter what, this emergency has reminded Jiahe that investment cannot be put into one basket at once.
Maybe Eddie in Equatoria Province will be a breakthrough point, or maybe Jiahe will find other ways out.
The next day.
Guo Yang embarked on a journey back to China, also first to Ethiopia and then back to China.
The trip to Europe was once again on the back burner.
We can only let Yu Xiaochuan from the Middle East take care of the European market first. Anyway, Jiahe currently doesn’t have many products that can enter the European market.
This trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo can only be regarded as planting a seed for Jiahe in Africa.
Whether it can grow into a big tree still requires the hard work of the tree planter to water it.
Although land in Congo (DRC) is cheap, labor costs are also low.
To fully develop these hundreds of thousands of hectares of land would cost at least several billion dollars.
Security, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, agricultural machinery, construction machinery, oil press plants, refineries, transportation, personnel...
There are also business environment risks.
This is destined to only lengthen the front line. As Mr. Deng said, completing the planting work within 10 years can be regarded as a feat!
Long distance flights are boring.
Guo Yang can only pass the time by understanding and sorting out the progress of various domestic tasks.
It will be March when the plane lands.
Some areas in the south have begun to prepare for spring plowing, and both agricultural machinery and seeds have entered the peak sales season.
Fengkai’s plant protection drone has also entered market testing after improvement.
The pricing has also dropped from around 250,000 yuan to the 150,000 yuan level.
However, without agricultural machinery subsidies, this price is still unaffordable for ordinary growers and agricultural machinery cooperatives.
As a result, no one cares about it.
Only orders from within Jiahe, the soybean base in Binhai, pastures in various places, seed production bases in the north and south...
Fengkai's drone production base can be put into operation first.
…
The flight landed in Yangcheng.
The lights are bright, the crowds are flowing, busy and orderly, the electronic screens are flashing, and there are many shops in the waiting hall.
Guo Yang felt like time and space were confused.
It took him a while to come back to his senses.
“The air in China is better!”
During these twenty days in Africa, most of the time it seemed like I was cut off from the civilized world.
Although Luo Xiu didn't speak, his eyes expressed everything, staring straight at a shop with flashing lights not far away.
Take a look.
Lanzhou Ramen.
Guo Yang waved his hand: "Let's go, fill your stomach first."
The shop is small, the long table is polished and the kitchen is open.
“Boss, is your ramen authentic?” Guo Yang came up and asked a slightly plump young woman.
Hearing the familiar Lan Yin Mandarin, the landlady looked up and saw two straight-looking men with dark skin, and laughed.
"Authentic." The landlady asked again: "The one in Hexi?"
"Yes, my hometown is Minqin." Guo Yang knew from the tone of his voice that the landlady was from near Lanzhou. "What kind of flour are you using?"
"Jiahe Snowflake Flour." The proprietress was afraid that a few people didn't understand, so she explained again.
“Nowadays, less ‘Monk Tou’ flour is used. The gluten content of Jiahe Snow Flour is also extremely high, making the noodles thicker and tastes better.”
“I know, I know Jiahe Snow Flour. " Guo Yang said with a smile, one of the parents of Tianmai No. 1 is Monk Toumai.
“I heard that this flour is a bit expensive.”
The lady boss smiled brightly and did not answer the question.
Guo Yang didn't ask for trouble, he ordered two bowls of mutton ramen, and he and Luo Xiu found a table and sat down. When I was checking out, I figured out why the landlady was smiling so happily.
A bowl of ramen is 126 yuan.
Two people got rid of 252 yuan.
Guo Yang suddenly felt that Jiahe’s flour was still cheaper?
The key point is that the portion of noodles is not enough, and the mutton slices are also as thin as wings, which makes people feel the chef's superb knife skills.
Fortunately, the noodles taste good and have the unique texture of Jiahe Snow Flour.
Finish the noodles in a few strokes.
When he went out, Guo Yang said to the proprietress standing in front of the cashier: "The flour is very authentic."
Proprietress:?
"Shouldn't it be noodles?"
Guo Yang smiled, but accidentally saw the computer screen behind the proprietress, which was the interface of Happy Farm.
“Stealing food?”
The proprietress’ attention was diverted and she switched pages in embarrassment.
“It’s okay, I’ll play too.”
The slight depression in Guo Yang's heart also dissipated. The proprietress was also a loyal customer of Jiahe!
He looked at the landlady with a more friendly look.
…
Spent one night at a nearby hotel.
Guo Yang just knew how popular Happy Farm is now.
He even saw online hourly workers who specialized in collecting and stealing food for others.
Guo Yang was stunned.
Good guy!
Is this how you fight? .
Some people specially set an alarm clock at three o'clock in the morning to get up and collect the food, and steal a wave of friends' food at the same time, just to be at the top of the friends list.
Some people also created an excel sheet to record the planting time and crop maturity time of their friends based on observations, just to steal their vegetables on time.
There are also people who are obsessed with planting trees and have specially summarized how to accumulate energy as quickly as possible. Simply put, it is self-reliance.
Complete daily tasks, add more friends, collect energy from friends one by one every morning, and water them at the same time.
Some can even plant three trees in one day.
According to the planning settings, one tree is planted every month!
It was originally a good casual game. It was just watering, fertilizing, and harvesting vegetables while working and fishing. It was just a leisure game.
Now he is being played into the game of Liver Emperor.
Many urban white-collar workers have become diligent vegetable farmers in the past month.
In just one month, the number of virtual trees grown has exceeded 1 million!
Social evaluation is also mostly positive.
On the Internet, the most common comment is, "What wakes you up every day is not the alarm clock, but Happy Farm."
Get up early and stay up late just to plant a real tree on the earth.
In the desert, Haloxylon ammodendron trees were planted one after another and stood stubbornly.
Entertainment earns charity.
Many people enjoy it.
But it also encountered some doubts and criticism.
“Stealing food in the middle of the night disrupts the rest of the Chinese people and affects their health.”
“Many people get up in the middle of the night to steal food online and have a bad rest. But if they don’t get up, they are afraid of being taken advantage of by others. My own food was stolen.”
The website team led by Qiu Ming had to modify the rules.
“There are already one million trees, why haven’t there been any signs of tree planting?”
"Where are the trees? Where are my trees?"
In this regard, Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry also quickly gave a progress response, saying that it has delineated the location of public welfare forests with Alxa, Minqin and other places.
Just wait for the right time to start planting Haloxylon ammodendron trees.
At the same time, tree planting representatives will be recruited from various places to serve as full-time maintenance and supervision.
Netizens who know about Shahai’s agriculture and animal husbandry have also spoken out for Shahai on the Internet.
"When it comes to tree planting, Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry is a professional. In the past four years, tens of millions of trees have been planted in the desert."
"The key is to maintain them well."
Some netizens asked, "Is it possible that Shahai has planted too many trees in the past few years and is too tight on funds, so it wants to make money through games?"
"No, Shahai's Shuttle The Cistanche deserticola from the Parasitoid Tree has been put on the market, and the funds should be slowed down, not to mention that it has capital injection from the parent company.”
“Where can I buy the Cistanche deserticola from Shahai?”
"With this kind of tree planting to prevent and control desertification, I am even worried that it will make less money."
In addition to Xiaonei.com, Huinong.com is the second online platform to operate Happy Farm, and it also brings A wave of considerable user traffic growth.
Moreover, with the arrival of the spring plowing season, technical service personnel have conducted new use promotion and training.
Among the many e-commerce platform websites, it is gradually becoming famous.
On the way from Yangcheng to Pengcheng, Guo Yang was playing with the computer in the car to learn about the current situation of Kaixin Farm and Huinong.com.
I also logged into the game after a long time.
Unexpectedly, there were a lot of fruits left on the farm that could be harvested. After looking at the records, it turned out that Xu Xiaoxue had been watering him every day during this period.
“Boss Guo, I watered it for you.”
“Boss Guo, the effect of the articles you have posted in the past few days is pretty good, it has attracted a lot of people’s attention. Do you think we can Are you fooling anyone?”
“Foreign food prices have risen again”
"Wow, I have accumulated enough energy for the first tree. When can I plant it?"
…
A dozen messages in a row.
It seems that Xu Xiaoxue has been playing games a lot during this time. Guo Yang replied briefly and then clicked on her homepage to take a look.
I was a little distracted for a moment.
It has planted 4 trees and won various titles such as Ecological Guardian.
Friends rank first.
However, Guo Yang doesn’t have many friends, so he has a lot of friend requests.
But in one month, four trees were planted. It seems that Xu Xiaoxue plays games a lot, and the game user stickiness is good.
However, looking at the discussions among netizens from all over the world, Guo Yang recalled the various rankings produced by Ant Forest.
City list, celebrity list, enterprise list... As soon as this thing came out, users became even more excited.
But when I think about it, this is too bloated and inappropriate for a web farm game.
Computers are always less convenient than mobile phones.
Let’s wait another year. Apple’s mobile phone will be officially launched in July.
The wave of mobile Internet has arrived, and Huinong.com will be more suitable to be this carrier than Happy Farm.
Thinking of this, Guo Yang called Qiu Ming and Qu Sheng respectively.
Communicated some forward-looking adjustments for the future.
Happy Farm has also launched a prop charging model. Qiu Ming estimates that the turnover will reach more than 3 million yuan next month.
This money has basically recovered the initial investment of Happy Farm, and subsequent profits will also be invested in the subsequent planting and management of public welfare forests.
Qu Sheng complained, "Boss, Happy Farm is preparing to cooperate with roaming, 51.com, Tencent, Baidu and other platforms. This will definitely affect the traffic of Huinong.com."
With the popularity of Happy Farm, especially the creation of the prop charging model, this has caused great repercussions in the industry.
This has led to the emergence of various imitation or copycat vegetable growing games on the market.
However, in addition to having a first-mover advantage, Happy Farm also has a moat of ‘saving energy and planting big trees’, which other companies cannot imitate.
Guo Yang thought for a while and said, "I'll go communicate with Qiu Ming."
(End of this chapter)