Living like a salted fish in the end times

Chapter 316 Federal Revitalization Program
Two days later, Zhang Hao and others boarded the passenger ship heading north. Not long after the group arrived in Minde, a big news happened.

On September 9, the government officially announced a 2 billion yuan economic revitalization plan, which has a resounding slogan: Build Back Better.

According to the official explanation, in the next 30 to years, the Federation will focus its economy on manufacturing and innovation.

It mainly covers modern agriculture, federal manufacturing, energy development, and the restructuring of supply chains, creating more than 5000 million new jobs for those who lost their jobs due to the Yellowstone volcanic eruption.

Although the specific plan has not yet been released, it has caused an uproar in the society.

In Minde Times Company, Zhang Hao was accompanying Mayor Jiao to inspect the production workshop. The two got the news from the assistant almost at the same time.

"Mayor Jiao, did you know about this in advance?"

Zhang Hao tentatively said.

Mayor Jiao shook his head: "Like you, I only found out today, but there have been rumors about it for a long time, but I didn't expect the scale to be so large."

"Then what do you think of this matter?"

Zhang Hao continued to ask.

"To be honest, my first impression of this plan was that it was both unexpected and reasonable."

"Oh? Can you tell me in detail?"

Zhang Hao humbly asked for advice.

Mayor Jiao didn't play around with it: "The biggest 'surprise' is that the most urgent military production is missing from this plan, which makes me a little puzzled."

"The hero sees the same thing. I also find it a little strange. After all, the truce agreement signed with the Europa people is only for three years. Is it possible to renew it after three years? Even if it can be renewed, it is impossible for the authorities to not make any preparations. There must be a problem here."

Zhang Hao agreed.

"That's right. The officials are indeed a little abnormal this time. I guess there must be some inside story that we don't know, so that the higher authorities are fully sure that the war can be avoided." Mayor Jiao guessed.

Zhang Hao touched his chin: "Could it be that the federation intends to recognize the independence of the Europa people? Or is it just a nominal unity, allowing the Europa people to have a high degree of autonomy?"

"This possibility is not ruled out. This is also what I said is reasonable. War will only bring about lose-lose. Intellectually, not fighting is the best choice.

If there is another full-scale civil war, all mankind will be at risk of extinction. This is not alarmist talk, but reality. If the higher authorities really want to compromise, they can be forgiven. "

"I'm afraid that things are not that simple. Once we compromise with the Europa people, other regions will follow suit. At that time, the Federation will definitely exist in name only."

Zhang Hao said worriedly.

Mayor Jiao was inspired, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Hey, from what you said, maybe it is really possible. Didn't the officials say that they want to reorganize the supply chain? Are they preparing for the future decoupling?"

"Hiss... If this is the case, the sky will really change." Zhang Hao's heart trembled.

"Mr. Zhang, you don't have to be too pessimistic. Everything has advantages and disadvantages. If the higher authorities really plan to decouple from overseas, it may not be all bad. At least for you, Mr. Zhang, it is definitely a rare opportunity."

"Opportunity?" Zhang Hao shook his head with a wry smile, "Mayor Jiao, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. My only wish now is to seek stability. No matter how good an opportunity is in front of me, I don't want to get involved."

Mayor Jiao heard the attitude of the other party, so he quickly persuaded: "Mr. Zhang, you can't be picky, so many people in Minde depend on you for food..."

"Mayor Jiao, I didn't say let it go. What I meant was to maintain the status quo and not to expand blindly."

Zhang Hao said solemnly.

Mayor Jiao breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time he couldn't help feeling a little regretful: "Mr. Zhang, you might as well think about it again. The situation is not as complicated as you think. Besides, based on my years of experience, as long as we follow the above, most of the time we will Nothing can go wrong."

"Mayor Jiao, you don't need to persuade me anymore. I still owe tens of billions in foreign debts. The burden is very heavy. I really have no strength to do it. But Tongxinhui can think of a way." Zhang Hao thought, " Disaster water" Dongyin.

"Okay! Then please."

Mayor Jiao nodded helplessly.

Next, the inspection work ended hastily. Mayor Jiao hurried back to the city hall without even eating lunch.

……

As soon as Mayor Jiao left, Zhou Jianneng appeared in front of Zhang Hao. He had been on a business trip in Fucheng, the capital, for the past few days, and he didn't finish his work until last night.

Early this morning, I took the train back immediately.

"Director Zhang, where is Mayor Jiao?"

"gone."

Zhou Jianneng was taken aback for a moment: "So fast? Didn't you say there will be a symposium in the afternoon?"

"It's temporarily canceled, haven't you read the news?"

Zhang Hao replied.

"News? What happened?"

Zhou Jianneng frowned.

In order to catch up with time, he was busy until four o'clock in the morning last night, and basically dozed off along the way.

Without wasting much time, Zhang Hao handed over the official announcement just printed out.

After reading the announcement, Zhou Jianneng was overjoyed: "Tsk tsk, 100 trillion, which is simply unprecedented. The higher authorities are finally going to make a move, and it will be too late if they don't."

"Uncle Zhou, don't rush to be happy. It's hard to say how effective this stimulus policy will be. We can't be blindly optimistic." Zhang Hao reminded.

"Zhang Dong, this is 100 trillion..."

There was disbelief in Zhou Jianneng's tone.

Zhang Hao waved his hand and expressed his attitude on the spot: "Although serious illness requires strong medicine, there are exceptions to everything. We just issued more than 50 trillion in July, and this time it is 100 trillion. There is too much uncertainty. I think it’s better to be conservative.”

"Zhang Dong, you can't miss the opportunity for nothing. If you don't catch up at this time, the gap between us and BYD will only widen."

Zhou Jianneng's face was full of anxiety.

Zhang Hao spread his hands, and said directly, "Uncle Zhou, calm down, I'm talking about conservativeness, I didn't say that development is not allowed, in fact, what I oppose is radical expansion."

In other words, he was against high leverage.

"Zhang Dong, are you serious?"

Zhou Jianneng hesitated.

Zhang Hao nodded: "Uncle Zhou, I hope you can stand by my side."

"I……"

"It's not urgent, Uncle Zhou, you can go back and think about it."

Zhou Jianneng gritted his teeth: "Xiaohao, if the board of directors objects, what do you plan to do here?"

"Cold salad." Zhang Hao casually made a small joke, and then said earnestly: "Uncle Zhou, I hope Minde Times is a high-tech company, not just a foundry. The foundry has no future."

"I understand."

Zhou Jianneng nodded slightly.

In order to ease the atmosphere, Zhang Hao immediately changed the subject and asked about Zhou Hengming's work situation.

"It's generally going well. The power plant is expected to be put into use in March and April next year. By then, the power shortage problem in the city will be greatly improved."

"Is there a lack of electricity in Minde recently?"

Zhou Jianneng couldn't help but sighed: "From last month, basically, you can only work three days a week, and you can only have holidays at other times."

"So serious?" Zhang Hao asked in surprise.

"Hey, Minde is not even a third-tier city, and it can't compete with those big cities. Moreover, it is winter in Australia, and the coal production capacity is less than half of the summer. This is also impossible."

"Isn't there a batch of firewood in the city?"

"Mayor Jiao said that the firewood is the city's emergency energy source and cannot be used lightly. I'm afraid this winter will be difficult. Heating needs to be guaranteed first."

Zhou Jianneng explained patiently.

Zhang Hao suddenly smiled wryly: "I dare say that my previous reminders were useless. They are of no help to our company. So much talk was wasted."

"Speaking of which, firewood is still understocked. If there is enough firewood, the city won't have to worry about it."

Zhou Jianneng explained.

"I really hope the power plant can be built sooner."

……

At around nine o'clock in the evening, Zhang Hao finally found time and came to Zhongxin Agricultural Company, which is the small plantation invested by Zhang Xu and others.

The plantation is located in the northern suburbs of Minde City, about tens of kilometers away from the urban area. It was originally a large rural area, but was later requisitioned by the Minde government and directly transformed into a planting base for unified management.

"Zhang Hao, you're here, have you eaten yet?"

Zhang Xu said enthusiastically.

Zhang Hao nodded: "I have eaten at the guest house, it's pretty good here!"

"It's not bad, it's not as good as those big plantations." Zhang Xu paused, and then enviously said: "The three of us have visited many big plantations since we arrived here. Surprised, they are professional, completely beyond our expectations."

"You don't need to compare with them, just be yourself." Zhang Hao comforted him as he walked.

No one knows the model of a large plantation better than him. If employment is not considered, the entire park can realize fully automated and intelligent production without requiring a few employees.

Li Ningtao interjected: "Zhang Hao, those large plantations are too competitive. In order to avoid direct competition with them, we plan to find another way, instead of growing grain, we will grow cash crops instead. What do you think?"

"Can the WFP agree?"

We all know that cash crops are highly profitable, especially sugar cane and tobacco, whose profits are dozens of times that of general grain. If there are no restrictions, it is estimated that most plantations will choose to grow cash crops.

"Zhang Hao, don't worry, with the relationship of Tongxinhui, this is not a problem." Zhang Xu hurriedly replied.

"Okay, so what are you going to grow?"

Zhang Hao followed closely and asked.

"Beets." Li Ningtao replied softly.

Zhang Hao nodded: "It's a wise move. Compared with sugarcane, beets are undoubtedly much better."

Sugarcane needs a high temperature and high humidity environment, which cannot be satisfied by ordinary plantations. In the dream world, planting sugar beets is the absolute mainstream.

On the contrary, sugarcane is more of a fruit, and its yield is less than one-ten-thousandth that of sugar beet.

Zhang Xu smiled sheepishly: "Actually, at first I wanted to grow sugarcane, after all, the yield of sugarcane is high, but after inquiring, the construction cost of a small sugarcane plantation is five or six times that of an ordinary plantation, which is not something we can get involved in. "

"It's not necessary. Regardless of the cost, sugar beets can tolerate low temperatures and are much less risky than sugarcane."

Zhang Hao shook his head.

Chatting and chatting, everyone put on their helmets and began to enter the plantation under construction.

Zhang Xu quickly introduced: "The factory buildings here are all built uniformly in the city, with water, electricity, and heating. We only need to pay the rent every year."

"How much is the annual rent?"

Zhang Hao asked casually.

"In terms of area, we have a total of 300 square meters here, and the annual rent is million. However, the city has a preferential policy. The rent is exempted for the first five years, and the rent is halved for the next five years." Zhang Xu replied.

"The rent is quite cheap."

Zhang Hao nodded subconsciously.

This is not surprising, no matter whether it is a big city or a small city, they all hope that their food production will be as high as possible, and the higher the food production, the more food they will share.

Zhang Kun couldn't help but interjected: "The rent is cheap, but the water, electricity and heating bills are the big ones. If you can avoid these three things, then you can really make a lot of money."

"You don't have to worry too much. In my opinion, the benefits of growing sugar beets are much better than growing grain."

"I hope that's the case. I hope that the WFP can raise their hands high, and don't lower the purchase price too low."

Zhang Xu said worriedly.

Zhang Hao smiled confidently: "Compared with other crops, sugar beet is relatively small. In addition, our planting scale is small here, and the cost is not easy to control. We should be able to get a good price."

"If so, that would be great."

Zhang Xu and the others showed a sense of relief.

Half an hour later, everyone finished their visit. In fact, the factory building is nothing to see. It is similar to other plantations. The only thing worth mentioning is that the park does not use soilless cultivation technology, but the traditional model.

That is the most common land planting.

In Zhang Xu's words, it's not that they don't want to adopt more advanced and convenient soilless cultivation technology, but the main reason is that the cost is too high to be worthwhile.

When parting, Li Ningtao hesitated for a while, and finally asked a question:
"Zhang Hao, I believe you also know that the higher authorities have just released a stimulus plan at the level of tens of billions. In plain language, the authorities are about to release water.

In the afternoon, the three of us had a brief discussion and decided to strike while the iron is hot and rent two more factories of the same size. What do you think? "

This involves a loan, and Zhang Hao must be guaranteed. The three of them are not qualified.

Zhang Hao didn't consider the feelings of the three of them, and directly poured cold water on them: "Cousin, I don't think it's necessary. The current situation is unstable, so we don't need to take risks."

Perhaps because he realized that his words were not tactful enough, he immediately gave another red date:
"With so many plantations in the federation, there will definitely be a major reshuffle in the next few years. It's not the time to expand. You can pick up ready-made ones after two or three years."

"Okay, we listen to you."

People are under the eaves, and the three of them can only give up.

After returning to the Minde era, Zhang Haoyi has been busy for more than a week, and finally set foot on his way home.

It is a pity that he failed to convince other members of the board of directors of Minde Times in the end.

In order to express his dissatisfaction, he chose to withdraw in time, and then took the opportunity to sell most of the stocks, only keeping 100 million shares symbolically.

In less than a year, he made a net profit of more than 50 billion.

It's not a waste of time.

As for Tesla’s second-hand car recycling company, he did not withdraw his shares. Not only that, but he also invested all the money from selling stocks in order to build several branches in coastal cities.

The reason is simple, no matter the outcome is good or bad, there will be a large-scale infrastructure frenzy in the entire Federation, and low-risk industries like resource recycling, no matter how much they earn, at least they will not lose money.

Stability is his first pursuit.

(End of first volume)

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