Chapter 1589: Everything is never easy
This is somewhat different from what I asked about when I went to the Ministry of Agriculture for consultation! Xun Pengcheng couldn't help but feel a little cheated. No wonder when he went to consult, the people from the brokerage company just blindly suggested that he go to Danzhou for on-site inspection before making a choice. The cost was vague. It only said that land prices would differ in different areas, but did not come up with a specific quotation.
The land price that Xun Pengcheng learned from the Plantation Economic Company under the Ministry of Agriculture at that time was also the same level when the plantation project was promoted here a few years ago. He thought he could afford it, so he chose Danzhou as his destination, but he didn't expect that the actual situation was not the same. The difference in land prices was big enough to make him return to the status of a poor person overnight.
"These bunch of useless bureaucrats!" Xun Pengcheng secretly criticized the work of the Ministry of Agriculture.
But after learning about it along the way, he also understood that the reason for this situation was mostly because plantation investment was still in the limelight. Many big business houses and wealthy businessmen poured in a lot of money to start plantations. Park size and costs are also rising. For performance reasons, those in the Ministry of Agriculture would naturally be more inclined to support large plantations. Over time, small projects like his were no longer taken seriously.
Xun Pengcheng originally thought that the generous remuneration given by the Madalan people would be enough to turn him into a big landowner with no worries about food and clothing, but now it seems that wealth is getting richer, and he is still far away from being truly rich. He is not just picking it up casually. You can invest in any business. And to open a plantation here, the process is not as simple and easy as I expected. Whether it can succeed or not will ultimately depend on money.
Guan Ping saw that he was not very interested, so he advised again: "There are so many profitable businesses nowadays, and it is not necessarily necessary to set up a plantation. The leaders also said in the newspaper that with 360 jobs, the number one scholar will be the best!" ”
"Is there any other good business in Danzhou?" Xun Pengcheng asked smoothly.
Guan Pingcai said: "That's a lot! Danzhou's academies, salt production, and shipping are all famous industries, and there are countless big families who have made fortunes from them. If you are interested, you can also try it."< br>
Xun Pengcheng thought about it. He knew nothing about salt production and shipping. As for academies, he had taught a private school in the countryside for a period of time before coming to Haihan, but he didn't know what the academies in Danzhou were like. However, I had heard of the names of major academies such as Bailu Academy and Dingxi Academy in Danzhou before. After my visit this time, I wanted to take the time to visit these places.
But when it came to opening an academy, Xun Pengcheng knew that he was still far behind in terms of ability, and a place like an academy would have to hire some knowledgeable masters to recruit students. This was much harder than buying slaves with money. If you don't have a certain network base in the industry, you won't be able to do it. Although Xun Pengcheng's contacts in Sanya span all three religions and nine streams, the cultural world is really his weakness. He usually has no chance to contact the masters in Sanya's high-end academies, and those people are all talents who are highly valued by the executive committee. , come to think of it, it’s not something that can be moved by just a little money.
Besides, opening an academy requires enclosing land, building buildings, and enrolling students. There are so many troublesome things, and Xun Pengcheng is not in the mood to take care of them one by one. Although he is a scholar himself, perhaps because he has taught for a period of time and is well aware of the troubles involved, he has little interest in running a school. Even though he knew that the education industry was a profitable business, he had no intention of entering this industry.
Xun Pengcheng only talked with Guan Ping for a long time during the dinner, but he was either not interested in the business at all, or he was a complete layman and had no way of starting with it. This kind of frustration made Xun Pengcheng feel a little depressed. He imagined that starting a business with a certain amount of funds should be easy and beautiful. But now it seems that let alone enjoying happiness, the first step to build this shelf is extremely difficult. With his current ability, to complete this step, I am afraid it will take a lot of effort.
After the banquet, they came to the residence prepared by Guan Pingcai for the two of them, which was a very ordinary two-person room. According to Guan Pingcai, it was usually a place for his stewards to live, but in the past two days, two stewards had asked for leave and went home, so This room was vacated. Lao Gao drove for most of the day and drank a few drinks during the banquet. He was tired early. After washing, he said hello to Xun Pengcheng and lay down. After a while, he was snoring like thunder.
Xun Pengcheng didn't feel much sleepiness. The experiences he had after arriving in Changhua partly confirmed his previous views on plantation projects, but partly exceeded his expectations.
The reason why Xun Pengcheng chose the plantation as his target was that on the one hand, he felt that this investment project could be fully entrusted to Haihan Official, which would be more convenient to operate and worry-free in management. On the other hand, he also believed that the plantation could make money and provide benefits. The period is quite long, and overall it is a very cost-effective deal as a long-term investment. But after coming to see it on site, he found that the profits of this business were considerable, but not everyone could operate it. If you don’t have strong capital, what awaits you after entering this industry is likely to be squeezed out before you can reap the benefits.
There are many big businessmen who have made a lot of money from plantations, and they continue to invest the money they earn in this industry to expand their business scale, but Xun Pengcheng failed to catch the best time for this snowballing operation. If he enters the market easily now, it is very likely that he will be forced to become a part of other big snowballs because he runs out of ammunition and food during the primitive accumulation process.
This possibility does not only exist in his mind. In fact, there is also a lot of competition and mergers among plantations, and some industries have even begun to appear close to monopoly operations. For businesses, being able to form a monopoly in a certain industry or product is almost equivalent to controlling market pricing power, and the benefits brought by this will be extremely considerable. Therefore, while many large businesses are increasing investment to expand their own business scale year by year, they are also trying to merge small and medium-sized plantations of the same industry. After all, by expanding the scale of business through mergers, the return on investment and results will be faster.
At present, Haihan official has not taken a clear attitude towards such a trend. The market is still in a state of brutal growth. Naturally, some adventurers will enter this market, but those who are not strong enough or unlucky may Drowning in turbulence. Xun Pengcheng thinks that his strength is limited, and his luck seems to be good, which is a bit biased towards wealth, but he is not lucky enough to think that he can continue to rely on luck. If you are not even sure about the business you want to invest in, it is far safer to put the money in Haihan Bank than to throw it out like water. But he is not willing to give up just yet. As Guan Pingcai said, there are so many profitable businesses in Haihan Kingdom. There is no need to stick to plantations or other types of businesses. The key is to find a goal that suits you. . Danzhou is one of the three big cities on Hainan Island. As a coastal city with a natural harbor, it also has a very strong business atmosphere, and the competition is not as fierce as Sanya and Haikou, so Xun Pengcheng chose this place. as your own destination.
Whether there will be a suitable deal or not can only be determined after going to Danzhou. Xun Pengcheng could only cheer himself up in this way. He didn't want to lose confidence before he arrived in Danzhou, so he wanted to go see it first.
Early the next morning, Xun Pengcheng said goodbye to Guan Pingcai and continued to Danzhou City. On the way, Xun Pengcheng remembered that Guan Pingcai was one of his readers, and felt that this fate was really strange. If not, Guan Pingcai probably wouldn't have specially hosted a banquet and stayed overnight, and he wouldn't have had the chance to know so much of what he told. Unexpectedly, the work of the past two years would still bring benefits after I resigned. Xun Pengcheng suddenly felt that his previous experience of working in a newspaper could be regarded as an asset in his life. At least the vision and knowledge I have now are beyond the reach of many ordinary people.
Thinking of this, Xun Pengcheng felt a little happy. Since he has vision, ideas, and money than ordinary people, his chances of success should also be higher than ordinary people. As long as you think about it slowly, you will definitely find a deal that suits you.
After leaving Guan Pingcai's spice plantation, we took the official road. According to Lao Gao, it was still about a hundred miles away from Danzhou City. If you walk quickly and straight, you can reach Danzhou in one day. However, Xun Pengcheng was not in a hurry at all. He still ordered Lao Gao to walk slowly, with the main purpose of inspecting the plantations along the way.
Branch roads continue to extend on both sides of the official road from Changhua to Danzhou, and these branch roads lead to various farms and plantations not far away. Xun Pengcheng, who has been in Sanya for a long time, finally saw it for the first time. How developed is Haihan's agriculture? You must know that these plantations, which often cover hundreds or thousands of acres, are not the same as the old-style landlords' management methods. First, the land property rights of the plantations are owned by the Haihan State, and the operators only get the land use rights for a certain period of time; secondly, these Operators no longer regard such projects as pure agriculture, but operate them as commercial projects. This is also fundamentally different from the old-style landowners' business model of exploiting long-term workers and farm laborers on a small scale.
Xun Pengcheng did not have a precise understanding of this difference in the past. He even believed that plantation operators were actually equivalent to landlords. But after coming here to investigate in person, he knew that his past views were a bit biased, and the Haihan Executive Committee that was able to launch this agricultural development model made him admire even more.
Although Xun Pengcheng did not catch the best time to start a plantation, he also knew that private plantations had created a large number of wealthy people in Haihan. These people may not be smarter and more capable than him, but they seized the opportunity and suddenly became popular. Xun Pengcheng is not upset that he was not lucky enough to catch up with that wave, because he knows that in Haihan Kingdom, new business opportunities will appear almost every day, and those who can seize these new business opportunities will also have the opportunity to become leaders in a certain industry. Leading figure.
The business model of plantations has been around for several years. From a historical perspective, it is still a relatively new industry. However, because Haihan had already formulated a relatively complete system when it launched this model, plantations have actually grown from scratch. From the beginning, it was promoted with a relatively mature model. In just a few years, this industry has entered a period of stable development. It is basically impossible to get rich overnight, and the threshold is rising year by year. By the time Xun Pengcheng wanted to enter this industry, the threshold was so high that he could hardly cross it.
However, Xun Pengcheng had already thought about it last night. Even if he does not engage in this industry in the future, it would not hurt to know more about the relevant situation. He had accumulated a lot of miscellaneous knowledge during his time as a reporter, and a lot of it would be useful at specific times. Adding some plantation-related information to this memory warehouse would not take up too much space.
Since Xun Pengcheng is not in a hurry, Lao Gao is happy to have his leisure time. Many of the plantations along the way are his customers. If he wants to take Xun Pengcheng around and visit them, there is usually no problem. Occasionally, when I meet a hospitable host like Guan Pingcai, I will take the initiative to entertain him.
Later, Xun Pengcheng was also curious and asked Lao Gao: "Don't they regard me as a competitor? I think they didn't avoid me at all and just let me in for a visit casually."
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Lao Gao responded: "You are not in this industry now, so where is the competition? Besides, even if you open a plantation here, it is not certain who will compete with whom!"
Xun Pengcheng thought the same thing. He, who had not even entered the industry yet, had no right to be feared by others. Even if he entered the industry, he would probably be regarded as a meal by the veterans, and he felt relieved at the same time. .
On the night of the second day on the road, the two stopped in a town called Haitou Town. This small town far away from the city is naturally not prosperous. Lao Gao said that almost all the people living in the town are craftsmen working for nearby plantations, such as blacksmiths, plasterers, carpenters, bamboo fence workers, etc. And this small town with a permanent population of only four to five hundred people actually has a Haitou Town Police Station as the agency in charge of local security.
Of course, the scope of management of this police station is not limited to Haitou Town. In fact, there is only such an official security agency within a radius of dozens of miles, so the scope of its management is quite large. There are several plantations alone. As many as ten. The police station only has ten personnel. It is understandable how difficult it is to maintain and manage such a large area.
(End of chapter)