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Chapter 195 System (Updated)
Chatted with Shuya for more than an hour.

He learned about Shuya's progress in microbial fuel cells and bio-mining technology, and also tested Shuya's level of knowledge in the relevant areas.

After finding that there were no major problems, Jiang Miao decided to let Shuya apply for relevant patents for bio-mining technology by the end of the year; and the relevant patents for microbial fuel cell technology can be applied for little by little. After all, there are many technologies involved. If you want to write a good paper, you can at least publish hundreds of top journals.

In the afternoon, Jiang Miao met with Jiang Haibo, brother-in-law and others.

We mainly talked about finance and some adjustments in various departments.

In October, Hailufeng Company's revenue increased again, reaching nearly 42 billion yuan; the bulk of its expenditure was still on purchasing properties, opening factories, and purchasing various equipment, with a total expenditure of 26 billion yuan.

Gross profit was close to 16 billion yuan.

After reading the financial report, Jiang Miao looked at Lv Weibin and said, "Old Lv, how are you doing with the survey of cooperative farmers that I arranged for you to do?"

Jiang Haibo, who was standing by, said first: "Boss, I think it is necessary to set up a new department to be responsible for this matter."

"Oh? Tell me about it." Jiang Miao lowered his head and took notes.

Jiang Haibo explained his reasons: "After all, the agricultural planting division is specialized in planting and production. If such a complex business is added, it will not only make the agricultural planting division bloated, but may also affect the main work."

"Well, then we will set up an agricultural cooperation department to be responsible for this matter. This department needs a law-abiding person to be in charge..." Jiang Miao went through the company's executives in his mind and then thought of one person:

"The manager of Gannan Branch, Kong Keji, will be transferred to take charge of the Agricultural Cooperation Division. The manager of Gannan Branch will be replaced by Liu Changqing, the former deputy manager of Gannan Branch. Du Liheng, the deputy manager of the Planting Division, will be transferred to Gannan Branch as the deputy manager."

"Okay." Jiang Haibo quickly wrote down these personnel changes.

Seeing his boss complete the personnel transfer, Lv Weibin did not say anything, but began to talk about some things about the research on agricultural cooperation:
"Boss, we are currently promoting this project in Gannan and the local area. The Gannan branch has signed a contract with a medium-sized egg production company and 50 Gannan navel orange growers."

"Headquarters also signed a contract with a medium-sized egg production company, as well as 50 lotus root growers, 50 olea farmers, 50 sweet potato farmers, and 50 vegetable growers."

Jiang Miao stopped writing and asked: "What are the specific control measures?"

Lv Weibin asked his assistant to play the PPT, and he stood up and said:
"We currently use a three-tier control method. The first tier is contractual constraints, with strict liquidated damages and strict compliance standards. The second tier is to conduct random sampling surveys of farmland, orchards, and breeding farms from time to time, while providing some technical guidance. The third tier is mandatory testing upon receipt. For each batch of agricultural products, an appropriate amount of samples must be taken and sent to our own laboratory for testing, and cold storage is set up to store sample batches."

“What feedback have the contracted farmers given?”

"We have not found any major problems so far. When we randomly checked vegetable fields, we found that some farmers used excessive amounts of pesticides, but since they were all short-term degradable pesticides, we have not found any excessive pesticide residues for the time being."

Jiang Miao made some additional suggestions: "We must insist on spot checks and regular tests. Our company has a laboratory, so the cost of large-scale testing is lower. At the same time, we must establish a system of regular cross-checks. Sometimes some spot checkers are familiar with growers and breeders, and it is easy for them to turn a blind eye. This must be prevented in advance."

"Okay." Lu Weibin nodded, and his assistant had already taken note of this.

“What about pricing?”

"According to our company's standards, the purchase price is 60% of the retail price."

The PPT on the projection screen shows the current purchase price, retail price and estimated production cost of each contracted agricultural product.

For example, the green-shell egg production company in southern Jiangxi has a production cost of 5 yuan per kilogram of eggs, a purchase price of 7.2 yuan, and a retail price of 12 yuan.

This retail price is relatively high among all brands of eggs on the market.

For example, in Henan Province, the cheapest brand of eggs has recently been priced at 7.6 yuan per kilogram; while in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the price of ordinary eggs is generally around 10 to 12 yuan per kilogram.

In fact, ordinary farms can make decent profits. The ex-factory price of eggs is usually based on the cost, with about 2 yuan per kilogram added. If there are big customers, the ex-factory price can be reduced by a few cents.

As for the quality of the eggs, that depends on how you look at them.

The reason why the retail price of Hailufeng Company’s eggs is relatively high is because the production costs of the contracted chicken farms are relatively high.

At present, the lowest production cost of ordinary chicken farms can be around 4 yuan per kilogram, while the egg production company that signed the cooperation agreement has a production cost of 5 yuan per kilogram, which is 1 yuan higher.

There is no way. In order to ensure quality and nutritional content while minimizing the use of antibiotics, various costs will inevitably increase.

This chicken farm previously used enrofloxacin and oxytetracycline as antibiotics. In fact, as long as the cycle of these antibiotics is arranged reasonably during use, there will generally be no problems.

The pass rate of eggs sampled domestically is higher than 99.9%, and generally speaking, there are no major problems with eggs on the market.

As long as you don't buy feed produced by small feed factories casually, you will know that large factories will not secretly add antibiotics to feed. The only thing to be afraid of is those small factories that don't follow the rules.

After signing the contract with Hailufeng Company, the chicken farm will still use antibiotics such as enrofloxacin and oxytetracycline, but only within the 30 days before laying eggs.

In fact, according to the "Pharmacopoeia of Veterinary Medicine 2000 Edition", the withdrawal period of enrofloxacin in chickens is 8 days, but enrofloxacin is prohibited for use in laying hens.

In order to ensure that there are no drug residues in eggs, it is generally recommended to stop using enrofloxacin at least 28 days before laying hens. Hailufeng Company has extended this time again to 30 days.

If laying hens become sick near the egg-laying period, they are generally isolated first and then given natural antibiotics such as allicin and berberine. If they lay eggs during the treatment period, the eggs have to be destroyed. If the treatment is not effective, the sick laying hens will be destroyed directly.

In addition, the Hailufeng Company requires the quality of eggs to be guaranteed, so the cost has increased a lot.

However, with such requirements and strict monitoring, the quality of eggs is absolutely impeccable.

Other vegetables and fruits are managed with the same idea.

Currently, eggs are available in the physical store and APP of the Hailufeng franchise store. Other vegetables and fruits are still in the planting stage and have not yet been put on the shelves.

In fact, Jiang Miao was not too worried about the quality of eggs. What really worried him were vegetables and fruits.

For example, leeks are the most susceptible to excessive pesticide residues among vegetables. Because they need to kill insects, many farmers like to use highly toxic pesticides that are very effective in killing insects. However, the better the insecticidal effect of a pesticide, the more toxic it tends to be.

Why don’t we use low-toxic pesticides when there are such options?
The answer is just two words: benefits.

Low-toxic pesticides are expensive, ineffective, and have a short half-life.

Highly toxic pesticides are low in price, highly effective and have a long half-life.

For the sake of their own interests, farmers will naturally choose to eliminate highly toxic pesticides that are strictly prohibited.

For example, many citrus fruit growers, why do some people collude with dealers and secretly use acid reducers? The reason is to get the fruit on the market earlier. By getting the fruit on the market earlier, growers can sell it for a few cents more per pound, and dealers can make a few more dollars per pound.

Since ancient times, interests have been the most attractive thing for people.

Although these black sheep are a minority, they often play a very bad leading role and trigger a vicious competition where bad money drives out good money.

In order not to damage the reputation of the Hailufeng store, Jiang Miao would never allow the relaxation of control over the contracted growers and breeders. There is one bad thing about some farmers, which is that if you don't pay any attention to them, they will just do things perfunctorily.

When it comes to vegetables and fruits, Hailufeng Company offers very high discounts, with a purchase price of 60% of the retail price, which is basically a relatively high purchase price in the country.

If you are unable to manage the vegetables and fruits you grow at this purchase price, then you deserve it.

Lv Weibin continued, "The growers currently in the pilot program are all local growers, so it is easier to manage them, and they don't dare to be perfunctory with us. But for growers and breeders from other places, I suggest that the Agricultural Cooperation Department should be cautious."

Jiang Haibo nodded slightly and said, "That does make sense. We'd better identify some areas. On the one hand, it will be convenient for centralized management, and on the other hand, it won't require the inspection personnel to travel too far."

Jiang Miao made the final decision: "Let's temporarily select three areas! East Guangdong, North Jiangxi, and East Hebei. When there are enough people in other areas, we can continue to expand."

This is also a helpless move.

If cooperation is not carried out in areas where such companies have a base, there is a possibility that inadequate monitoring may occur.

You should know that many fruits and vegetables are very time-sensitive. Even if there is a cold chain logistics system, if the inspection is not timely, the fruits and vegetables may be sold before the inspection is completed. Therefore, in this case, we can only start from the area with a nearby laboratory.

There is no way. Hailufeng Company cannot produce all agricultural products by itself. This is neither realistic nor economical.

If we rely on growers and breeders to supply agricultural products, we must make some trade-offs.

This is not the case that Hailufeng Company itself has contracted land in the south of the desert and can produce through large-scale mechanization, intensiveness and technology.

There are all kinds of growers and breeders from all over the world, and if you are not careful, unqualified products may appear.

This is another reason why supermarkets like Pangdonglai are difficult to expand, that is, the difficulty of supply chain management will increase with the increase in product categories and product supply.

If you are not careful, your suppliers, growers or breeders may suffer a financial setback, and the brand you have worked so hard to build will be severely damaged in an instant.

Moreover, if you spread out too much at once, you have to be careful about competitors setting up obstacles for you. For example, they may secretly bribe people to deliberately spray pesticides on agricultural products, causing the pesticide residues to exceed the standard, and then hire people to deliberately defraud the products, and then expose and hire online trolls.

Building a brand is very difficult and often requires years of hard work.

But it may only take a few days for a brand to be destroyed.

The current Internet environment is so terrible and extreme.

Those internet celebrities who become popular one after another and then fall from grace are typical examples.

In the Internet world, a person's strengths can be infinitely magnified, and similarly, their weaknesses can also be infinitely magnified. Perhaps this also confirms the saying: If you rise by this, you will fall by this.

Jiang Miao has the idea of ​​helping farmers, but he does not help farmers blindly. Instead, he wants to strictly constrain the contracted farmers, so that farmers can get reasonable profits, Hailufeng Company can get high-quality products, and consumers can get products with higher cost performance.

Take eggs as an example. In fact, there are no truly organic eggs in China.

He dares to say: 99% of organic foods in China are not real organic foods, but IQ tax products for cutting leeks.

For example, the organic agricultural products on a certain planet have been completely stripped clean by anti-counterfeiting bloggers.

In fact, you will know if you analyze it.

The requirements for organic food are very strict.

The production base should be located away from polluted areas such as urban areas, industrial and mining areas, and the soil, irrigation water and atmospheric environment should meet relevant quality standards.

In crop cultivation, the use of organic fertilizers, such as composted farmyard manure, is required, and the use of chemically synthesized fertilizers is prohibited; and chemically synthesized pesticides are strictly restricted, and the use of physical and biological methods of pest control is encouraged, such as using insect-proof nets, insect-attracting lamps or introducing natural enemies of pests.

For livestock and poultry farming, organic feed is required, and antibiotics and hormones cannot be used to promote growth.

Think about it, if we produce in this way, the output per acre of land will probably return to the level before liberation overnight, and the cost will be more than ten times higher.

Lian Jiang Miao did not dare to demand that farmers not use pesticides and chemical fertilizers, because he knew that without them, the yield would be only a few percent or even only a dozen percent.

As long as they are used reasonably and in accordance with regulations, there will be no problems with pesticides and fertilizers, especially now that there are many low-toxic pesticides with short half-lives. After consumers buy vegetables and fruits, they can wash them once or twice with clean water and it will be safe.

In fact, the current problem of pesticide residues in many agricultural products is because some small factories are still secretly producing obsolete pesticides, and some farmers do not use them according to guidelines.

As for why many people say that fruits and vegetables don’t taste like what they did when they were children, there are many reasons for this.

For example, old varieties were replaced by new varieties because of their low yield and poor transportation resistance.

For example, the background of accelerated growth caused by chemical fertilizers and growth hormones leads to insufficient accumulation of flavor substances in vegetables and fruits.

For example, more than half of the taste cells of adults have degenerated, and compared with children, adults are unable to sense many flavor substances.

These reasons combined are the reason why many people feel that the vegetables and fruits they grew up with are delicious.

In fact, many experts and scholars in the field of breeding in China have already noticed this problem. After solving the yield problem, many experts and scholars are focusing on improving the flavor when breeding the next generation of agricultural products.

For a populous superpower like Serbia, yield is always the first factor to consider, followed by storage and transportation resistance, followed by indicators such as cold, drought and barrenness resistance. Flavor is often ranked last.

Only when you solve the problem of having enough to eat can you consider the problem of eating well.

If we don't solve the problem of having enough to eat, and just think about eating well, the end result will be that only a few people will eat well and be full, while the vast majority of people will go hungry.

The reality is so cruel.

Many people who advocate organic food and organic agriculture are often those with a small fortune, or guys who are paid to talk nonsense. They can spend tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan to cultivate a few acres of land just to produce a few hundred kilograms of agricultural products, to reflect their noble soul and uniqueness.

If we really develop agriculture according to these people's ideas, at least half of the people in the country will starve to death.

This is nothing but a green trap pushed by ABCD and Amelica.

If the world's second most populous country were to switch to an organic farming model, the bosses of ABCD would probably wake up laughing in the middle of the night.

Just look at the situation in Ceylon.

They were fooled by Western environmental organizations and became obsessed with it, and then overnight they announced that the whole country would adopt organic farming. As a result, the prices of agricultural products soared. Fortunately, they are a tropical country, so with just some planting, and with the help of international aid, they can barely get half full.

If this were to happen in China, it would not just be a matter of being half full, but a pace that would lead to large-scale starvation to death.

Therefore, the groups advocating organic agriculture on the domestic Internet can basically be divided into three groups:
For organic merchants who sell goods.

A public intellectual who has received foreign investment.

The petty middle class who follow the crowd.

The first two are simply bad, but the third is stupid, or both stupid and bad.

In fact, many of the so-called middle class in China are groups that have benefited from the general environment and the dividends of the times. This group of people think that everything they enjoy today is the result of their own hard work, but they are unwilling to think about what everything they have is based on.

Of course, there are many people who pretend not to understand, but in fact they know it clearly in their hearts.

If so-called organic farming is really promoted.

Middle class with a monthly income of tens of thousands?
Rice and flour cost dozens of yuan per pound, ordinary vegetables and fruits cost hundreds of yuan per pound, and meat costs thousands of yuan per pound. Just look at what you can buy with tens of thousands of yuan!

The so-called middle class in the country today is a group that relies on cheap vegetables, fruits, food, cheap water, electricity and industrial products in the country.

If the current domestic agricultural product prices soared more than ten times, they would fall back into poverty overnight.

This is the fragile middle class, just like a sand sculpture on the beach, unable to withstand slightly stronger winds and waves.

Jiang Miao will definitely write an article in the future to let everyone know the true face of so-called organic agriculture. This will also expose the true colors of those organic food producers who are just playing gimmicks.

If we don’t fight against those who make money by pretending to sell organic food, how can Hailufeng Company replace them with its high-quality products?
This is a competition for discourse power, ecological niche and interests, and it is destined to be difficult for both sides to shake hands and make peace.

Nowadays, many fake organic food companies are making profits by passing off ordinary agricultural products as organic products, thus destroying the healthy development of the entire market.

People who are truly engaged in technology and planting cannot make any money, but those who rely on marketing are making a fortune, which is a case of bad money driving out good money.

(End of this chapter)