Chapter 289
Compared with the school network, the traffic of roaming, 51.com, Tencent, Baidu and other platforms is not small, and even exceeds it.
Several major platforms also tend to cooperate with Happy Farm at this time, and even Tencent is no exception.
We have entered into the contact process.
The original Happy Farm was also due to its cooperation with Tencent, and its servers were eventually overwhelmed by the huge social traffic of QQ.
It was eventually handed over to QQ to operate on its own.
Cooperation is extremely beneficial to the promotion and revenue of Happy Farm.
So, when he learned that his boss wanted to terminate cooperation with several major platforms in order to divert traffic to Huinong.com, Qiu Ming obviously showed resistance.
“Boss, for the sake of face, several major platforms have not yet stopped copycatting, but if they don’t cooperate, they will imitate and develop the same farm game sooner or later. Then we will have no competitiveness, right?”
< br>Qiu Ming was indeed in a hurry. A game that was not promising suddenly became popular. This not only brought benefits to the company, but also made their small team responsible for development become very popular and famous in the gaming industry. Rise up.
Various cooperation and invitations are coming one after another. Now the boss wants to terminate the cooperation, which is like a bolt from the blue.
"Boss, please think about it again. Games are very popular now. The company is discussing cooperation with Facebook. Happy Farm is about to go overseas."
"If we terminate the cooperation now, how much money will we make in less money? How many trees can you plant with all the money you make?”
“Huinong.com, after all, targets a special group in the agricultural field. There is an upper limit on traffic. Once there are competitors, the situation will be very bad. Ah!”
After only one month of being online, Happy Farm has tens of millions of users.
If you connect to a large platform such as QQ, the traffic will definitely usher in a sharp explosion.
But Guo Yang thought for a while and said: "The cooperation must at least slow down and be fully prepared. Does Happy Farm have so many servers now? If there is really huge traffic, will there be a collapse? Risk?"
"The server should be enough, right?" Qiu Ming's words were somewhat uncertain, "It can support at least 30 to 40 million traffic now."
"That's for sure. It’s far from enough.” Guo Yang didn’t want to make a wedding dress for others, and said: “If we cooperate with Tencent, there will be at least 70 million potential users.”
“Is that many?” >
"You are not ready yet." Guo Yang pondered for a moment and said: "Now let's shift the focus to Huinong.com and rely on Huinong.com to run the game."
"Alas..."
After the exchange, Qiu Ming felt like he was on a roller coaster.
It seems that the boss is more confident than them.
After hesitating for a moment, he still found reasons to delay cooperation with other platforms.
"Brother Ming, several platforms have reacted very strongly, saying that we have gone back on our word, and we have a premonition that similar games will be developed soon."
The worrying thing still happened, Qiu Ming asked helplessly: "Where is Tencent? ?”
Someone said: “If Tencent imitates, it will be really troublesome.”
“What trouble? Compared with the group company, Tencent is still weak. Yes, the total revenue last year was less than 3 billion yuan.”
“The lawsuit shouldn’t drag on for a year or two?”
"Tencent won't plant trees, right?"
There were different opinions, and the small team could only look at the person responsible for communicating with all parties.
"Well, Tencent seems to be very calm. It is just asking us for the reason. It seems that it has no intention of copying."
A few people were stunned.
This is a bit unlike Tencent’s style!
After a while, Qiu Ming's phone rang, "It's Penguin calling."
He answered the phone with confusion.
“Oh, well, we also wanted to cooperate with Tencent, but the boss said we would think about it again.”
“Yes, the boss is the chairman of Jiahe Group.”
< br>"Can I give you a call? This might not be a good idea."
"Mr. Ma... Hello, Mr. Ma, do you want to communicate with our boss in person?"
"Ah? Do you know Mr. Yang from Weiguang Company? Jiahe is a shareholder of Tencent?"
In Several people listening on the side looked at each other, how come Jiahe became a shareholder of Tencent?
In this case, things seem to be turning around.
……
The car was speeding on the road leading to Pengcheng. The kapok green trees on the roadside reminded Guo Yang of the willows in Jiuquan. He wondered whether the people of Yangcheng would be troubled by kapok catkins.
After two hours, the car finally arrived at Fengkai’s complete machine production base in Pengcheng.
This is unique to Fengkai.
At present, DJI is just a sub-project company controlled by Fengkai Agricultural Machinery, specializing in consumer drones.
Originally, Wang Tao only raised a small amount of funds and a team of four. Due to operational difficulties, the team was on the verge of disbanding. It happened that Fengkai was looking for investment opportunities.
The two hit it off.
After seeing Fengkai’s technical reserves and financial strength, Wang Tao also gave up his controlling stake in DJI.
It is certain that you will be unwilling to do so.
“When will aerial photography drones be available on the market?”
“There will be no problem in the middle of the year.” Wang Tao, wearing glasses, was still a little melancholy: “Fengkai’s technology has not yet been digested by DJI. Finally, the supply chain of some parts has not been opened up.”
Mo Congwei, who is also a recent graduate, has great enthusiasm for technology. Coupled with the company's unremitting investment, the update speed of large plant protection drones has been significantly accelerated after incorporating DJI's simplified flight control technology.
“Well, there’s no rush.” Guo Yang smiled and said, “The most important thing is to polish the product well.”
How can we not be in a hurry?
Money is spent every day!
Wang Tao, who was accustomed to careful calculation, felt extremely stressed.
Different from the development route of DJI in its previous life, which was from flight control to parts and components to the complete aircraft, in this generation, with the addition of Fengkai, DJI started directly from the complete aircraft.
The time span is five or six years earlier. In the field of science and technology, this is a big step forward!
Wang Tao is even worried that if he can’t keep up, the company will simply abandon the DJI team.
If you keep it, you will die!
Wang Tao gritted his teeth and said: "If the team works overtime, we should be able to do it in May."
Guo Yang was stunned, why did it happen so early again?
But at this time, the cell phone started to ring. It was an unfamiliar number. Guo Yang had to wave and let Wang Tao go ahead.
“Hello?”
“Mr. Guo, hello, I’m Pony Ma.”
Guo Yang thought about it for a moment, he didn’t recognize this person, he came out of nowhere Coming? I didn't react until I saw the penguin icon flashing on my computer.
Penguin's Ponyboy?
"Hello, Mr. Ma." Guo Yang speculated in his mind for a moment that Brother Ma's purpose of coming was probably related to Happy Farm.
pony Ma is a little uneasy. Although the Internet industry has ushered in spring, it is still a bit unsatisfactory compared to the big players in the real industry.
In particular, Jiahe's subsidiaries have repeatedly increased their holdings of Tencent shares, and have made several placard announcements.
It made people in the market panic.
Pony Ma said in a deep voice: "Mr. Guo, Penguin wants to run Happy Farm. I heard that you want to think about it again?"
"Yes." Guo Yang said calmly.
“You are a shareholder of Penguin!” Pony couldn’t help raising his voice and said: “Penguin currently lacks a way to monetize traffic.”
“Tencent can also do it on its own, right? "QQ Farm in the previous life was also a popular game for many years, and Guo Yang got into it from there.
“Does a copycat need to be taught by others?”
"Penguins don't know how to plant trees!" Pony Ma said, "In addition to economic benefits, Happy Farm also has a good public welfare image."
Guo Yang thought so, but if he really wants to cooperate with penguins, then It will be difficult for Huinong.com to get up.
But now it seems that it is almost reaching the upper limit.
While Guo Yang was thinking, pony said: "In terms of profit sharing, Penguin can make some concessions, can it be divided into 30% and 70%?"
Guo Yang asked casually: "Penguin Does anyone want to reduce their holdings of stocks? ”
Pony Ma was stunned, no way, no way, this person also has the idea of increasing his holdings of Penguin stocks.
"Mr. Guo still wants to increase his holdings?"
"Yes, I am very optimistic about Penguin."
"Uh..." Pony Ma thought for a while and said: " If someone transfers it, I will notify Mr. Guo as soon as possible.”
“Okay, that’s it.”
"What about Happy Farm?"
Guo Yang said: "I agree in principle, but the two teams must communicate well when it comes to charging for props and planting trees."
"Okay, okay. "Pony said repeatedly: "I'll invite Mr. Guo to drink some other time."
Guo Yang said with a smile: "No need to do anything else, just tonight, I will be in Pengcheng."
I am. Then let’s talk about it!
How many common topics can agriculture and the Internet industry have in common? Although pony thought so, he still said: "Then I will text you the address later in the evening."
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Guo Yang shook the phone helplessly. Shaking his head, the direction of this matter was a bit unexpected.
With the addition of Penguin, Happy Farm will have a larger user base and make more money, which will reduce the cost pressure on public welfare forests.
But it also reduces the growth space of Huinong.com users. However, Huinong.com is an agricultural e-commerce website, and the conversion rate for users who play games is not high.
Overall, the pros outweigh the cons.
Besides, there is still an opportunity to increase Penguin shares, it depends on how we talk at night.
Come back to your senses.
Guo Yang communicated with Qu Sheng and Qiu Ming again, and cooperation with Tencent, Roaming, etc. continued to advance.
Qu Sheng was naturally regretful.
Since the launch of Happy Farm, the number of registered users of Huinong.com has reached more than 6 million, and its activity has also increased dramatically.
Through market agency sales and integration of upstream and downstream production and marketing, the cumulative number of agricultural products sold has reached several thousand tons.
The introduction of other platforms now will have a big impact on the traffic of Huinong.com.
However, the main plan of Huinong.com to support Happy Farm remains unchanged, which can be considered a consolation.
Guo Yang browsed the pages of Huinong.com. Market conditions, agricultural technology guidance and other information are kept updated in real time, and they have done a good job in this regard.
On the Q&A section page, several pieces of information caught Guo Yang’s attention.
"I'm in Yangcheng. This year, bananas are very infected with the virus and there has been widespread withering. I would like to ask experts if they have any solutions?"
The poster also attached a few photos. .
There are distant and close views. The leaves are yellow, crooked and drooping, or the whole plant is dead, with basically no fruit.
It does look serious.
Guo Yang thought that the banana variety he cultivated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has strong disease resistance and might be introduced into the country.
Under these posts, other people also reported that similar situations have occurred in Guangxi, Guangdong and other places.
Experts quickly gave the answer, also signed by Professor Huang from the Institute of Thermal Sciences.
“This is Panama disease of banana, which is banana wilt. The industry likes to call it 'banana cancer'. It means that banana plants infected with this fungus have difficulty surviving. There is currently no effective way to cure it. ”
"Once there are strains infected with the 'Panama' virus, it is recommended to dig them out and burn them, fill them with lime at the original site, and use drip irrigation technology..."
"In areas where pathogenic fungi do not appear, seedlings and quarantine measures are mainly used. , pay attention to disinfection, prevent it from being introduced, and control it from the source.”
This post has been very popular, and many people have responded below.
Many banana farmers suffered heavy losses as a result.
“It seems that production is going to be reduced this year. It’s really bad. I just hope that the high price of the previous two years can be maintained this year.”
"Definitely. Baodao suffered a typhoon two years ago. Banana trees in Hainan also suffered heavy losses last year. Banana farmers in other countries are also in trouble, and the price has not been low."
"They are still there now. 2.5 yuan per pound."
"One third of my garden has been affected."
"Professor Huang, what are the early symptoms of this blight? I feel like my bananas are affected. The condition of the garden is not very good either.”
Professor Huang: “In the early stage, there are no particularly obvious external manifestations. In the later stages of infection, the symptoms will become prominent on the plants. Generally speaking, in Guangdong and Guangxi areas, There is a risk of Fusarium wilt infection in acidic soil. It is recommended to choose disease-resistant varieties and rotate crops between floods and droughts. Once diseased plants are found, do not hesitate to pull them out and burn them early to help prevent the spread. You can also plant other different types of crops. ”
"What about the more severely infected parks? Is there no way to save it?" asked a farmer.
“It’s difficult, stop the loss in time. In addition, carbendazim, etc. must be used to disinfect the soil around the diseased plants every 5 days, 4 times in a row...”
"Teacher, teacher, is there any risk of contracting Fusarium wilt in Hainan?"
Professor Huang: "The environment in Hainan is relatively clean and pollution-free, and the quality of bananas is good..."
"Thank you, thank you. Last year, I raised my family and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to plant bananas in Hainan. I should have a bumper harvest this year..."
"Envy, I'm miserable."
Guo Yang looked at it for a while and felt that Huinong.com was doing pretty well in this sector.
Farmers and agricultural professors are very enthusiastic and have solved some technical problems.
But there is still no good way to deal with the diseased plants except burning them.
It is really necessary to introduce the banana varieties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to China for a try. We happen to have a cooperative relationship with the Institute of Thermal Sciences.
Keeping this in mind, Guo Yang approved and handled some other matters, and went to Fengkai's plant protection drone production base to have a look, and the whole morning passed.
In the afternoon, Guo Yang decided to visit Jiahe’s surrounding grain and oil factories.
After half a year of acquisitions, integration, and new construction, Jiahe Grain and Oil has basically entered formal operation. Various products such as corn oil, soybean oil, corn starch, wheat flour, and soybean meal have entered the market.
In terms of soybean processing, Jiahe Grain and Oil is still in a loss-making situation.
And because of the long-term losses in the industry, edible oil has gradually entered the era of oligarchy. Yihai Kerry occupies more than 40% of the small packaged edible oil market, followed by Guofang Group and Luhua, which together account for 20% about.
At the same time, driven by the rise in the international futures market, the price difference between domestically produced soybeans and imported soybeans is narrowing, and the price of edible oil has begun to rise gradually.
Several major oligarchs also have a tendency to join forces to raise the price of edible oil.
The Jinding series of edible oils under the State Grain Reserve were born under this background, but they are still missing.
Soybean prices are rising, and so are edible oil prices.
Jiahe Cereals and Oils started purchasing soybeans early last year, so Jiahe’s losses in processing domestic soybeans have also been significantly reduced.
From the original loss of 900 yuan per ton, the current loss is less than 100 yuan per ton.
However, mainstream manufacturers such as Yihai Kerry and Guofang have begun to make profits.
No way!
Jiahe is very strict about quality control and would rather lose money to ensure product quality.
Cost control is the core competitiveness of the edible oil industry, and the premium for quality control is very low.
Fortunately, in the processing of products such as corn and wheat, Jiahe Grain and Oil's advantages in grain storage are fully demonstrated, and profit margins continue to grow over time.
The situation is getting better.
Guo Yang came to the grain and oil factory in Dongguan, Jiahe Province, Guangdong Province, and found Lu An, the person in charge of the factory, and together they inspected the production workshop, processing technology, and transportation packaging.
Looking at the filling production line, bottles of small packages of edible oil move in an orderly manner on the conveyor belt.
"Is there any transportation record? Let me take a look." Guo Yang asked.
"Yes." A young man emotionally pulled out a piece of information from the bag he was carrying.
Guo Yang took it and looked at it for a while, then asked: "How to ensure that the driver will not transport other products during the transportation process?"
Lu An took a mouthful of Guangpu and said: "Oil tank trucks are only responsible for short-distance transportation, and they are all transport modes of return and return."
"Short-distance?" Guo Yang looked at it suspiciously again.
“Yes, if the distance is within 1,000 kilometers, we will deep-process and fill it before transporting it by road. If the distance is more than 1,000 kilometers, we will use our own railway edible oil tankers.”
“Only terminals use cars for short dumping, and short dumping vehicles are strictly controlled by the company.”
“After truck tanks transport crude oil or other types of corn oil and other oils, they cannot be directly Before transporting high-grade edible oil, the tank must be cleaned to meet the transportation conditions..."
Soybean crushing is only primary processing, and the crude oil obtained can be intensively processed into edible oil.
The main products of the soybean crushing plant are soybean meal and crude oil. The crude oil will be sold, or it will be further processed into edible oil and then bottled and sold.
Jiahe's factory in Mayong, Dongguan has 10 production lines, modern warehousing and oil tank storage facilities, and the capabilities of pressing, storage, edible oil processing, and filling.
Moreover, at this time, the infrastructure maniacs have not yet exerted their efforts, and the common transportation methods of bulk edible oil are still sea transportation, railway transportation, and pipeline transportation.
Road transportation is not dominant.
Large-scale grain and oil companies all prepare their own railway edible oil tankers, and Jiahe Grain and Oil is no exception.
Just as the times progress, the shortcomings of railway transportation, such as high transportation costs, one-way supply of goods, troublesome procedures, and long turnaround time, have become more and more obvious.
As road transportation becomes more flexible and convenient, the ratio between the two gradually reverses.
After Guo Yang learned about it in detail, he also felt that the quality control management of Jiahe Cereals and Oils was excellent.
At least here, it is an integrated business model after all.
The future strategy must also change, try to adopt an integrated business model, and the production lines of pressing, deep processing, and filling must be together.
It is inconvenient to transport raw materials inland, so support the cultivation of raw materials on-site, such as soybeans, corn, rapeseed, gallnuts, sunflower...
Tianhe is doing this anyway.
Lu An and others saw their boss not speaking for a long time, and they became more and more impatient. The locals didn't say anything to the locals, how could they joke about this kind of thing.
“Boss, the conscience of heaven and earth, this year’s Spring Festival employee benefits are also distributed with our own grain and oil.”
“That’s right! It’s because we produce it ourselves that we can rest assured that we all eat Jiahe Grain and oil.”
“We don’t trust other people’s products.”
Lu An asked tentatively: “Boss, no company really uses coal-to-liquid oil. Canned cooking oil? ”
The others also fell silent, looking like they were gossiping.
"Oh, it hasn't happened yet." Guo Yang came back to his senses and smiled: "In the future, customers will ask Jiahe, 'Is the oil I eat safe?', I hope you can answer like today. ”
“Don’t worry, boss”
Everyone agreed.
Guo Yang patted Lu An, who looked serious, "Cost control is indeed the life and death line for grain and oil companies, but the quality control of Jiahe grain and oil is equally important."
"The company is really losing money now."
Guo Yang said with a smile: "Don't forget, in addition to grain and oil processing and sales, Jiahe also has upstream seeds, grain trade and other chains. Just perform their respective duties."
Half an hour later,
watching the boss driving away in a car, the few people who were still there breathed a sigh of relief.
After a while, someone asked: "Is there really a company that uses tank trucks to mix and transport cooking oil?"
"Looking at the serious expression on the boss's face, there's a good chance it's true."
"Damn, I didn't ask the boss which company he is from, let's avoid the trap!"
"What? Do you still want to buy oil from other companies?”
“Hey, I’m just gossiping...it’s better to talk more when you go out. If the price of Jiahe grain and oil increases in the future, it won’t be easy to answer. ”
“If we want to make a profit in the edible oil sector, we can only hope to increase prices.”
Hearing this, Lu An looked a little strange. Even though the Dongguan factory was losing money, Jiahe Grain and Oil's account was still profitable.
The company is not generally strong in grain storage, trade and finance.
Concerning cost control and quality control, Guo Yang once again emphasized the same argument with Gaode and other management.
In comparison, Gaode is much more relaxed.
Jiahe Grain and Oil has already made a profit in futures.
In addition to the 2 billion yuan reserve fund, the capital invested by Jiahe Grain and Oil in the futures market has increased to 4 billion yuan, and the 4.5 times leverage has leveraged 18 billion yuan of funds.
Since the establishment of the position, the average increase has been 15 percentage points, with a floating profit of nearly 2.7 billion yuan.
More than 7 million tons of corn, wheat and rice have also been purchased. Taking advantage of the export tax rebate policy that has not yet been cancelled, Jiahe Grain and Oil is currently exporting grain.
The profits are also huge.
While the funds are withdrawn, we are also planning to purchase winter wheat and spring corn.
Despite the influence of various public opinions, the forecast data released by the "Grain and Oil Market News" shows that the country's total grain output will maintain four consecutive increases this year.
However, the hype trend abroad is different from that in China.
Led by the Ministry of Agriculture of major Western countries, from January to early March, Western media have been writing articles about bioenergy, South American drought, pests and diseases, and production reductions.
The main theme is strong global demand, insufficient production, and the upward trend remains unchanged.
(End of this chapter)