Chapter 311: Rain comes after a long drought
“Did you know? It’s been dry all summer?”
“Yes, I just know it. I think the drought in the Northwest is not very popular on the Internet. "Ding Lei said with emotion.
Recently, the hot spot in society is still the stock market, and stock trading has become an unavoidable topic in people's lives.
Everyone walking on the road would like to chat about stocks.
Few people pay attention to the drought in the northwest. Even if there are media reports, except for a few investors, not many people will watch this kind of news.
Ding Lei only came to visit because Jiahe was in the northwest and something happened to happen.
Not so much hurt Chun Huaiqiu, Guo Yang asked: "What's the matter?"
"Can't I come to you if nothing happens?"
This Why do the words sound weird?
"No, I'm very busy."
"..." Ding Lei said: "You are so boring."
"If you didn't want to raise pigs, you wouldn't have much relationship with me. Lots of interactions, oh, no, Jiahe’s agricultural products are also your favorite, is there something missing?”
Ding Lei was silent for a while, feeling hurt, but Guo Yang did say it. In his mind, he couldn't just admit it.
“With the drought in the northwest, what can NetEase do to help? Or is there something missing?”
"Huh?" Guo Yang was a little surprised, "If you say that, I won't be polite."
Ding Lei's brows jumped.
It feels a bit sloppy.
"Look at how nervous you are." Guo Yang smiled and said: "The northwest is short of water, can NetEase get it?"
"Uh..."
"I'm not kidding you." Guo Yang thought for a while and said thoughtfully: "Whether it is donating mineral water to solve the drinking water problem of people in mountainous areas, or donating artificial rain-increasing aircraft to local areas, these can solve practical problems."< br>
"No problem." Ding Lei said with a smile: "I'll just follow and let others do it."
"If you want to do charity, just do charity. Don't tie it to NetEase's game marketing. It will It’s very disgusting.”
“Am I that kind of person?”
You may not be, but NetEase can really do this, Guo Yang has seen it before.
"Okay, if you don't talk about this, what else do you have to do with me? I'll just hang up if you don't have anything to do?"
"There are really two things..."
Ding Lei said: "Raising pigs I have been investigating the location of the factory for some time, but I am getting more and more confused. I want to hear Mr. Guo’s suggestions.”
Since he revealed to the media that he wanted to raise pigs, Ding Lei has become a prepared pig farmer in the eyes of the media.
He didn’t even get the name of an official pigherd.
Originally he didn't care about this, but the appearance of Jiahe gave him a taste of the sweetness of good agricultural products.
I felt a little more anxious.
Guo Yang said unceremoniously: "It's still the same sentence. My suggestion is not to raise pigs."
"The words have been spoken, and now the media and colleagues are the first to meet. The sentence is: When can we eat the pigs raised by NetEase? "
"Where do you prefer?"
"The pig raising inspection team selected 48 alternative locations, all in Zhejiang Province."
Guo Yang thought for a while and said:
"The geographical conditions for pig raising in Zhejiang Province are not Calculate, the summer is hot and humid, the winter is cold and dry, far away from the main feed production area, the biological environment is complex, the land carrying capacity is low... there are many difficulties."
Ding Lei said: "From difficult to easy, it gets easier. The more difficult it is to conquer, the more valuable it will be for national promotion."
Guo Yang couldn't understand, "Well... the strong never complain about the environment."
Ding Lei said with a smile: "If it can succeed in a place with harsh conditions like Zhejiang, it will be easier to promote it in other places."
"When you say that, I also want to eat Ding's pigs as soon as possible."
Guo Yang made a joke: "If you really want to suggest, well... combined with NetEase's Internet, it is best to add regional support and a cyclic symbiosis breeding model."
"Regional support, cyclic symbiosis ." Ding Lei murmured, just eight words that made people's eyes light up.
He wrote down these words and planned to have others study them later.
"Where are Mr. Guo going to raise pigs?"
"Let's try it in the desert."
"Desert?" Ding Lei's pupils couldn't help but widen, and asked: "Can pigs be raised in the desert?"
“I don’t know, but I want to give it a try. Pig raising will not become Jiahe’s main business. Since we want to do it, we must do it differently.”
“Hero’s Insights Same.”
Although he said this, Ding Lei suddenly felt not very confident. Is the meat of pigs raised in the desert delicious?
Guo Yang: "It's okay, I'll hang up."
"There's one more thing. Get me some more of your honey. It must be of good quality."
< br>"Jiahe Supermarket sells it. Let me get it for you. How troublesome!"
Ding Lei said: "Mr. Guo, you are still reasonable. There is a Jiahe Supermarket in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and honey is It’s in short supply and hard to buy! ”
Last time, he gave the honey that Mr. Guo sent to his family. Unexpectedly, the feedback was extremely good.
This time it was an old man in his family who asked him to buy it, which made him incredible.
I don’t have any good things at home!
Is this honey that good?
"Mr. Guo, your Jiahe Supermarket is too slow to open a store. This kind of good product should be promoted quickly."
"You all know that goods are in short supply. If more stores open, wouldn't it be harder to buy?"
Having said this, Guo Yang really thought about it. The expansion of Jiahe Supermarket is indeed a bit slow.
On the one hand, the supply of the main product is limited, and on the other hand, it is really expensive.
"Seabuckthorn honey should be gone, but kenaf honey is out. This time I will ask someone to give you this."
"Isn't kenaf tea? There are still honey collectors. ?”
"Of course." Guo Yang said with a smile: "I can tell you for sure that red hemp honey is much stronger than sea buckthorn honey."
Guo Yang is very confident about this.
After all, Hanhai kenaf has one special feature among its varieties: its pollen is unusually attractive to bees.
So, the effect of kenaf honey is the same.
Ding Lei was silent for a while and said: "Whenever the sky clears up, you must come to the northwest to see it."
"Okay, fishing, horseback riding, camping, falconry, whatever you want to do, I can arrange it."
"You might as well set up a travel agency."
"What the heck, I run a travel agency, and NetEase wants to organize a team building trip to the northwest?”
“That’s a good idea!”
……
NetEase is very fast.
The donation information came out that day.
NetEase donated mineral water worth more than 1 million yuan to arid rural areas in northern Shaanxi to solve the temporary water shortage of people in mountainous areas.
Ding Lei even came out to stand on stage in person.
Many local media followed up with reports.
Netizens also think this is a good thing. A company that makes games does some charity and donates mineral water to drought-stricken areas...
Wait, drought?
The drought in northwest China has attracted more people’s attention.
Drying up of farmland and rivers, difficulty in drinking water for people and animals, drought and withering of crops, high incidence of pests and diseases, risk of locust plagues...
The drought in the northwest has finally gained some steam.
Ding Lei doesn't just want to be a swineherd, he's also a bit... huh? When did NetEase get involved with Northwest?
This matter wasn’t very popular at first, right?
The marketing effect is not good.
Some media feel something is wrong, some people feel something is wrong.
Especially people in the Internet circle, who often get together, feel that Ding Lei is a bit abnormal during this period.
When Guo Yang received the call from Brother Ma, he was not very surprised.
A brief explanation.
We received another material donation to help drought-stricken areas.
Mosquito legs are also meat, so take them if you have them.
At the same time, Guo Yang is also planning to send some red sesame honey to Brother Xiaoma, so he cannot favor one over the other.
With the donations from NetEase and Tencent, more companies have made similar moves.
Other provinces are also paying attention to changes in drought conditions.
Jiahe’s employees are still stationed in various parts of the northwest, using various methods to fight drought and disaster relief.
Finally, in early August, rains began to arrive in various parts of the northwest, and the drought was gradually alleviated.
However, disaster is inevitable.
The official data has not yet come out, but the financial market has taken the lead in reacting. Some analysts have given expectations for a reduction in grain and seed production.
“Affected by high temperature and drought, pests and diseases have also occurred frequently this year. Corn seed production will generally reduce production. This is a year severely affected by high temperature.”
“Gansu has about 1.6 million acres of seed production. , the production is expected to decrease by about 20% to 30%.”
“Denghai Seed Industry, Denong, Longping, Kenfeng and other listed seed companies have suffered varying degrees of losses.”
“ Will the reduction in corn seed production change the current situation of corn seed supply exceeding demand? ”
"In the context of seed production costs rising sharply year after year, reduced production has led to rising costs, and seed prices will rise soon?"
The impact of the drought on seed companies is difficult to determine. The capital market is considering Denghai, Denong and other seed companies. When doing business, we often refer to the situation of Tianhe.
It’s hard not to vote with your feet.
In this kind of disaster, if we want to rate the performance of breeding companies, Tianhe is undoubtedly the top student in the class.
Before going abroad during the Spring Festival, Guo Yang had a trip back to his hometown.
Detouring from Jiuquan, Zhangye, Jinchang, and Wuwei all the way back to Minqin, we inspected the corn seed production bases along the way.
When I was on the high platform, I discovered that the corn seed fields that had been cultivated for many years had to clean up the straw after the autumn harvest, bury it deeply and burn it, plow the stubble deeply, rake and level the winter irrigation...
And so on. Not in place.
At that time, I anticipated that the insect eggs in the soil might not freeze to death, and immediately ordered rectification.
This series of actions not only reduces the occurrence of pests and diseases, but also improves the basic conditions of organic nutrients, moisture, etc. in the ground.
Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements, so it is very meaningful to go to the countryside to patrol the fields.
What’s more, Tianhe’s air force consisting of aerial plant protection drones and natural enemy insects also performed well in this pest and disease attack and was favored by many departments.
Quan Wang’s biopesticides also played a role.
So, the losses for seed companies are not small, but according to some people’s investigations, Tianhe’s seed production base has been much better affected.
Especially the 200,000 acres of planting land in Quintana, it doesn’t seem to have been affected by drought.
The seeds produced from these 200,000 acres alone are enough for others to occupy the largest market share.
The stock market is booming,
but what does it have to do with seed companies?
It’s better not to touch it.
When the A-share situation was booming, Li Denghai and others looked at the falling market value and felt miserable.
“With this big mountain pressing down on us, it’s still difficult for the stock price to improve this year.”
“There’s no way to cash out.”
“Performance, performance, performance, the previous products lag too far behind , We can only wait and see the effect of Denghai No. 10 this year.”
This year’s corn seed sales are a foregone conclusion, and the situation of Tianhe’s dominance has been formed.
Except for Tianhe, no one knows the actual sowing area of Tianyu No. 1.
However, its own performance is dismal, the corn business of other seed companies is also sluggish, and Zhengdan 958 is engaging in a price war like a life-threatening situation.
Only Tianyu No. 1 can put such great pressure on people.
Some media speculate that the sown area of Tianyu No. 1 is about 120 million acres.
But Li Denghai speculated that it would reach at least 150 million acres. Only in this way can other people be breathless.
Fortunately, this year is over.
Unlike Denghai, Longping Hi-Tech has been involved in the corn seed industry since last year, introducing Limaglan and launching Lihe 16.
Coupled with its leading advantage in hybrid rice, Longping Hi-Tech has been favored by the capital market.
During the trend from 2006 to 2007, the stock price of Longping Hi-Tech doubled from around 6 yuan to the range of 18 to 20 yuan.
President Liu Shi is very proud.
“Lihe 16’s Daejeon is performing very well and will bring huge profits to Longping Hi-Tech next year.”
"How can a man be so depressed that he can live under others for a long time? I will replace him one day!"
..."The recent grain trade volume of Jiahe Cereals and Oils is a bit large?"
"No Violate the regulations, leader.”
Guo Yang was a little surprised when he received a call from Bureau Nie of the Grain Bureau. He thought that the leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture would come to praise Jiahe’s performance in fighting the drought!
"The procedures are in compliance with the regulations, but why did Jiahe suddenly produce such a large amount?"
"We have reached some cooperation with AIG. In addition, isn't this the beginning of the harvest season? We also want to withdraw funds and buy new grain. ”
This year’s corn market has attracted much attention.
Some newly built large-scale corn deep processing enterprises have been put into operation one after another, and the original large-scale corn processing plants have also been expanded.
A number of large projects have been launched, which has rapidly improved corn processing capabilities.
The annual processing capacity of Heilongjiang Province and Jilin Province has reached the 10 million tons mark.
Grain, feed, starch, and the newly emerged fuel ethanol have caused a rapid increase in the consumption of domestically processed corn.
From January to July, corn exports exceeded 4 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 89%.
If it were in the past, even in a relatively good year, the direction of trade would have long been "controlling exports and encouraging imports" and restricting the issuance of export quotas.
However, domestic corn production increased by 30 million tons last year. This year, Tianyu 1’s promotion area is even greater, and the output is still difficult to predict.
There is no way to restrict corn exports.
If it weren’t for Jiahe’s trade volume this month, he wouldn’t even be interested in asking.
Bureau Nie thought for a while and said: "If we want to give up working for the international grain merchants, we should also tell the bureau, although the impact will not be big."
"How can we give up halfway? Guo Yang said with a smile: "Jiahe just has some strategic considerations."
No matter how Jiahe's route changes, it will actually be difficult to affect the country's food security.
Director Nie said: "Okay, the grain export quotas for the second half of the year will still be issued normally."
What about next year?
Guo Yang didn’t ask.
The ideas of the upper management are also changing at any time.
He asked someone to bring Jiahe Grain and Oil’s work report in recent months.
Bureau Nie said the volume was large, but how big was it?
“Of the 2.2 million tons of wheat purchased and hoarded in the early stage, only more than 200,000 tons are left, 1.1 million tons were sold, and the processing plant consumed about 900,000 tons.”
“Wheat and The profit from flour trade is about 840 million yuan, and the profit from processing is about 80 million yuan.”
“There are still 600,000 tons of corn left out of 3.5 million tons. Since some of it is consumed in Africa, the profit from trade and processing is about 800 million yuan.” 1.01 billion yuan.”
“All 1.35 million tons of rice were cleared, with a profit of approximately 472 million yuan.”
"The total profit is about 2.4 billion yuan."
This amount is really not small.
Especially considering the export growth rate in July.
It's actually kind of amazing.
Seeing this data, Guo Yang is very sure that the corn policy will not change next year.
This year's sales data and promotion area of Tianyu No. 1 are clearly imprinted in his mind.
The shipment rate is close to 80%
Nearly 400,000 tons sold!
The actual sown area is more than 200 million acres!
This is an extremely terrifying number, and I still have today’s crop in my hands.
With the help of media such as "Seed Weekly" and the diversified propaganda of competitors such as Denhai and Denong.
The outside world’s estimates of Tianyu 1 are very biased.
Even high-level officials know some ambiguous data.
This is a surprise prepared by Jiahe Cereals and Oils for international grain merchants.
But other raw foods are not so optimistic.
Export tax rebates for wheat, rice, soybean raw grains and milling products may be canceled early next year, and export tariffs may also be increased.
Therefore, there is more room for development in grain futures, and only corn is the most stable on the spot.
After all, Jiahe Grain and Oil’s overseas warehousing, shipping, etc. do not yet have the ability to purchase large amounts of wheat and soybeans.
Seeing the final profit, Guo Yang pondered for a moment. In the past year, the gross profit was between 30% and 40%.
For Gaode, Chen Yanqiu and others, this can be considered a huge profit.
But it was still a little far from what he expected.
Gaode's style is still a bit conservative, and the grain is sold too fast.
Procrastinate and the profit will be higher.
After all, from the second half of the year to August and September next year, this is the period when prices will rise the most.
In addition, the energy behind AIG is also thought-provoking. AIG will definitely not be able to process so much food so quickly.
International grain merchants must be hiding behind the scenes.
But now Jiahe has recovered 123 billion in funds. In addition to collecting new grains, it also has more room for maneuver in the futures market.
Just such a large flow of funds is not only scary in cost, but also easy to monitor.
However, subprime mortgages have caused hot money to flow to commodities, and Jiahe Cereals and Oils is only a part of international capital, so there is still a lot of room for maneuver.
This may also be Jiahe’s last dance in the international capital market for a long time to come.
Want to get big votes.
Shimmer and Blue Star also need more abundant and secure circulation channels.
When Guo Yang was lost in thought, Ning Xiaojing came in cool clothes.
"Boss, the Provincial Department of Agriculture has released drought data. The affected area is more than 600,000 acres, and the area with no harvest is nearly 40,000 acres."
After receiving the document, Guo Yang's expression darkened.
Ning Xiaojing said softly: "Most of the crops that failed were vegetables. The vegetable base that cooperated with Tianhe also had large areas withered."
After being busy for so long, this is the result, Ning Xiaojing Subconsciously I thought my boss would not be in a good mood.
I couldn’t help but speak softly.
Who would have known...
"A long drought brings a rain!" Guo Yang said with a smile: "It's only the beginning of August, hurry up, at least we can sow vegetables for another season."
"Reducing losses is the right thing to do."
The air after the rain was no longer so manic. Guo Yang came to the window and looked at the clouds and mist in Qilian. Peace of mind was home.
"By the way, the new office over at the headquarters should have windows facing the south. I like to see this scenery."
Ning Xiaojing also looked out the window.
Most of the area at the foot of the Qilian Mountains is a barren gravel Gobi, and there is nothing interesting to see.
"Okay."
…
Standing by the window, the cool breeze blew across his dark face, which was very refreshing.
The rain did come in time.
Early August is a critical time for the growth of many crops.
Corn, cotton, and soybeans quenched thirst, as did alfalfa.
The second crop of alfalfa was harvested in late July. Due to the inability to keep up with irrigation, the yield and quality were somewhat affected.
Alfalfa No. 1 is drought tolerant.
However, the yield and quality of alfalfa are closely related to water. Only under irrigation conditions can the yield of Alfalfa No. 1 reach its maximum.
A rain directly caused the alfalfa field to grow rapidly after it was cut.
The third crop has a promising future.
Qilian Mountain does have a kind of magical power. After watching it for a while, Guo Yang felt that his thoughts became clearer.
Not only Jiahe Cereals and Oils, Shimmer, and Blue Star, but also some ideas for other sectors are also being improved.
Recalling what I saw in Davis and California for a moment, it is time for the role of alfalfa farming and animal husbandry to change.
For the simple pasture planting business, part of it can be transferred to Huihuang, Oasis, Shandan Army Horse Farm, etc.
Forage processing and trade... This can also be partly allocated to Huihuang and Oasis. Anyway, the production of forage machinery has also been transferred to Jiayuguan.
Alfalfa is engaged in professional alfalfa seed production.
More energy should be put into ecological restoration projects and saline-alkali land improvement.
In addition, Jiahe Supermarket, Huinong, agricultural supplies supermarket, water-saving equipment, sand sea... thoughts flashed one by one.
Boom!
It's Pu Fei.
“Are you leaving?”
“Yes, everyone has arrived. In addition to another trip to Urumqi, we also plan to visit Shihezi, Kashgar, Ili, Aksu and other places. . ”
Fengkai pays special attention to this inspection.
After all, it involves cotton picking machines, which are the pinnacle of the current agricultural machinery industry.
Many of the core equipment are self-made. If it is placed in Weifang and the cake is not divided among the companies in the chain, Fengkai's position in Weifang will be even more embarrassing.
"Okay." Guo Yang didn't want to make the atmosphere so tense, so he talked about a piece of news he had just learned.
"Dil has been in some trouble recently, have you heard about it?"
"Huh?" Pu Fei was a little dazed. Dill has been very high-profile in the past two months, but in the past ten years, God, I haven’t heard much from Dill.
“What happened to Dill?”
Guo Yang smiled and said: "Deere recalled 32 cotton pickers from Xinjiang Province, saying that these products have engine crankshaft design defects."
"Really?"
"It's absolutely true. !" Guo Yang said with a smile: "I just got the news. The news should be out in a few days."
Pu Fei was shaking in excitement.
If there are only two cotton picker companies in the world, they are John Deere and Case.
The global cotton picker industry is highly monopolized by John Deere and Case.
So besides John Deere and Case, are there really no other cotton picker manufacturers in the world?
In fact, this is not the case. There are also large cotton picking machine companies in Ukraine and Russia, but the technical routes are different.
Domestic cotton pickers are also emerging, such as Guihang, which landed in Shihezi, and Fengkai are both pioneers of domestic cotton pickers.
But when it comes to John Deere, it’s no exaggeration to describe it as pulling out teeth from a tiger’s mouth.
During the critical period of market validation of the Fengkai cotton picker, John Deere himself revealed a flaw, which was a huge surprise for Pu Fei.
"Let you dance, let you play, now you are in trouble!" Pu Fei kept murmuring.
Guo Yang made him a cup of tea.
The aroma of kenaf tea entered his nose, and the sweet taste made Pu Fei calm down.
“Where are the 68 more?”
"The engine crankshafts of the remaining 68 cotton pickers are not from the same production batch as these 32 units." Guo Yang said with a slight regret: "There should be no more recalls."
Pu Fei's eyes flashed, "That's enough. . ”
“The location of this year’s machine-picked trial can be adjusted accordingly. In addition to Tianmian 20, other machine-picked varieties can also be tested.”
“Deer. What a great gift!”
Guo Yang understands this feeling. Since the agricultural machinery subsidies began in 2004, agricultural mechanization has entered the fast lane.
However, the development speed of machine-picked cotton is actually not fast.
Flower pickers from all over the country are the main force in picking cotton. In 2006, 800,000 people went to Xinjiang Province to pick cotton in Henan alone.
The rise in labor costs has led to attempts to improve machine-picked cotton in various places.
Guo Yang said: "Don't be too hasty during the inspection. There is more time left for Fengkai than imagined."
"Yes, yes." Pu Fei paced the walk: "I'll do it again Change the itinerary and add a few more points.”
"Well, go get busy."
In fact, the investment environment in Xinjiang Province is not bad, and the development of the western region has also brought great opportunities.
But the area is too big.
We also need to consider radiating Central Asia and Russia. This location still has to be chosen.
Not long after Pu Fei went out, Guo Yang vaguely heard a burst of cheers.
"He can take his place!"
"John Deere, kill him!"
Guo Yang couldn't help laughing and shook his head, "It's great to be young!"
In After a day's work in the office, it's been a long time since I got off work, but the sun never sets.
It wasn’t until nine o’clock that the glow spread flat on the horizon, illuminating the quiet distance.
Guo Yang and Luo Xiu chased the sunset and ran to the Gobi to take a look at the red twist flowers that amazed the two cities.
(End of this chapter)