1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 290 Director Su, let's not beat around the bush, just tell me what your plans are!
Upon hearing Su Wenchen's words, Liu Xun realized that he understood Su Wenchen far less than Zhang Qianjin did.

So he just felt that Director Su was an extremely thoughtful and kind person.

So he quickly stood up and raised his wine glass towards Su Wenchen.

"Director Su, you're really putting us too hard."

"Scientific research is all about individual ability. Whoever develops a new breed of white pig first will be contributing to the country and bringing benefits to the people of the whole country."

"We at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences can only admire them!"

"As a researcher in the animal husbandry system, Director Su, I truly admire your abilities from the bottom of my heart. Come, let me toast you!"

Upon hearing this, Su Wenchen quickly picked up his wine glass.

"Director Liu, you're being too kind with your praise. We were just a little lucky. Besides, we achieved our final breakthrough based on your years of improvements to the white pig breed."

"So we can only say that we have achieved our results by standing on the shoulders of giants."

"Without your repeated improvements, allowing the white pigs to gradually adapt to our local environment, I naturally wouldn't have been able to achieve such a breakthrough in one go."

"So it is because of everyone's continuous efforts that we finally achieved this huge breakthrough in the White Pig project. I just lit the last spark."

Although Su Wenchen knew that without a cheat code, it would take at least another ten years before he could make a breakthrough.

But you definitely can't say that at this point, since his purpose in organizing the gathering wasn't to show off, but to recruit people to work for him.

Of course, you have to choose the nicest words to say.

As soon as he said that, it was obvious that Liu Xun's eyes relaxed a lot.

Although he knew Su Wenchen might be just being polite, who doesn't like to hear nice things?

Especially since the other party is currently the most outstanding talent in their livestock industry.

So not only him, but all the researchers below felt proud upon hearing Su Wenchen's words.

The atmosphere immediately became lively.

Seeing this, Su Wenchen pressed his advantage and said something as well.

"Actually, I invited everyone here today not only to apologize, but also to make a request."

After he said that, Zhang Qianjin immediately got excited.

What did he say again?

I knew this kid wouldn't praise someone for no reason!
So he immediately perked up and saw if he could follow behind and pick up some bargains.

Liu Xun also knew that Su Wenchen had invited so many of them and even specially found a powerful director from the Ministry of Foreign Trade to accompany them, so it couldn't possibly be just to say some words to build relationships.

However, before knowing the specifics, he still gave them face and spoke directly.

"Director Su, please just tell me your requirements."

"We're all colleagues in the agricultural system. If our unit can help, we'll definitely do so without hesitation!"

As for Liu Xun, he wasn't lying; he genuinely wanted to build a good relationship with Su Wenchen, or rather, with Blue Water Farm.

Many of the projects and trials conducted by their agricultural research institute require specific locations to verify the results.

In this respect, they are completely different from farm units.

As long as a farm unit feels it's feasible, it can designate a piece of land for its own experimentation, as long as it doesn't affect the production targets set by higher authorities.

The higher-ups don't care much about you, and they generally won't allocate research funding to you; it's all up to your leadership team to develop.

However, their agricultural research institute is different. If they want to conduct some research results experiments, they have to submit reports and apply for procedures, then select a location, then negotiate with the local authorities, and finally they can conduct the experiments.

Even so, sometimes some commune members would jump out to obstruct it.

Therefore, he hoped to maintain good relations with farm units like Su Wenchen's, since the probability of having experiments disrupted within the farm was far lower than having experiments conducted with the commune.

Because the discipline of farm workers is much higher than that of commune members.

Seeing Liu Xun's words, Su Wenchen did not hesitate.

He quickly took out the various documents that Song Wantang had helped him organize earlier, handed them to Liu Xun, and said directly.

"Director Liu, this is a list of the latest international academic papers and journals related to agriculture and animal husbandry that I asked a friend to find for me."

"Although it may not be complete, if we can absorb some technologies that are already widely used abroad, it will definitely be of great help to us."

"such a pity!"

"We currently have the data, but we don't have many of the most important people."

Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Liu Xun's eyes lit up as he flipped through the catalog.

Because most of the information on it was not included in their institute, and some of it was even content he had never heard of.

He knew that whoever collected this information had definitely taken it seriously.

Because they had actually asked some diplomatic departments to collect some industry-related books from around the world.

However, most diplomats don't understand this, so they have to find people in related industries abroad.

However, this would involve dealing with foreign personnel, and most diplomats are unwilling to do such things at this time because it could easily lead to trouble.

They will only put in the effort if they are given a specific task to collect a particular type of book.

Otherwise, most people wouldn't voluntarily do something so strenuous and thankless.

He knew that since Bluewater Farm was able to collect this catalog, it meant that Bluewater Farm must have deep connections in the diplomatic arena.

Otherwise, if it were really true that you could just open your mouth and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would rush to collect information for you, then the archives of their Academy of Agricultural Sciences wouldn't just contain some magazines that are easily available on the market.

After taking a deep breath, Liu Xun spoke directly.

"Director Su, let's not beat around the bush, just tell me what your plans are!"

"Otherwise, I really won't feel like drinking this wine!"

"As long as it's within my control, there won't be any problems. Even if I can't make the decision, I'll report it to our dean!"

"I have only one request: when you actually import these materials, I hope you will make a copy for our archives."

"We can even translate it for you for free. After all, these are agricultural and animal husbandry related materials, and some of them contain professional terminology. It's translated by people within our industry, so it's more accurate and efficient."

Upon hearing this, Su Wenchen knew that the fish was definitely not going to escape.

Finally, let's see how many we can catch.

So he just laughed.

"Director Liu, what are you saying? I brought it out because we're all in the same industry, and we can learn from each other and improve faster!"

"I have an idea! What do you think?"

"Now our department requires our farm to establish a training base for cultivating key personnel in white pig breeding technology."

"But to be honest, our team doesn't have that many manpower options. However, we can't just sit idly by when the task comes down from above!"

"So I was thinking of taking advantage of this opportunity to see if our Academy of Agricultural Sciences could send some of its personnel over."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xun's eyes widened immediately.

"Director Su, you're openly poaching our employees!"

Many people present laughed when he said that.

Su Wenchen smiled and waved his hand.

"Director Liu is joking. How could it be poaching? It's mutual learning."

"And we don't need to transfer their staff to our farm. We can send people to the base regularly under the guise of technical support to learn from each other!"

"Moreover, I believe that the people sent by the first batch of units involved in the breeding of white pigs must be technical elites from farms across the country!"

"Director Liu, think about it, so many elite talents in animal husbandry from all over the country have gathered together to absorb and study this foreign agricultural and animal husbandry knowledge."

"Isn't this faster than you learning by staying cooped up in your rooms?"

"After all, two heads are better than one! Besides, these are technicians who have truly earned their positions through their own abilities in their respective units, so they must all have some skills."

"Director Liu, what do you think?"

Su Wenchen is now thinking of taking advantage of this opportunity to build a research, education, and production base related to animal husbandry. Currently, many universities have suspended operations, and it will be another six or seven years before they resume large-scale enrollment.

The remaining worker-peasant-soldier universities also had mediocre teaching quality in terms of industry technology.

Especially in animal husbandry, a discipline that was just starting out in China, the famine caused a prolonged standstill, and just as things were recovering somewhat, classes were suspended again.

The livestock industry there is practically nonexistent, lagging far behind other countries.

For Su Wenchen, he has now realized that what he lacks most in the development of the farm is talent related to agriculture and animal husbandry.

Moreover, although their farm developed quickly, it lacked a deep foundation, and they didn't manage to recruit any of the last batch of college students.

If it weren't for him, Blue Water Farm would never have been established.

However, although the farm has developed, it still needs various talents to maintain it. Su Wenchen also found that the farm's technical staff could no longer keep up with its development.

So you either have to hire people or train them yourself.

At this point, to be honest, you don't even have anywhere to recruit people, because most skilled people work in government agencies, and it's not like you can just switch jobs whenever you want.

Therefore, after much thought, Su Wenchen concluded that training them himself was the most feasible option, and that such trained personnel would also have a high level of loyalty to Blue Water Farm.

Especially after the higher authorities instructed them to establish a training base for key personnel in white pig breeding technology, Su Wenchen pondered for a long time and felt that he had to seize this opportunity.

Only if the influence of this white pig is large enough and its appeal to all farms and breeding pig farms and livestock ranches is high enough that he can attract enough livestock-related talents.

For Su Wenchen, the group of people sent over, while not necessarily the top in the country, were definitely technical elites.

He didn't believe that the livestock bureaus of various provinces and large farms, having worked so hard to secure this opportunity, would send inexperienced people to deal with it.

Otherwise, if they take the pig back and something goes wrong, they'll be the ones who suffer the most.

Especially at noon, after receiving the foreign materials that Jiang Li had asked Song Wantang to collect.

Su Wenchen's idea has taken a further turn.

He's no longer just thinking about training the technicians on his own site.

This opportunity can be used to develop this training base into a cutting-edge technology development base for animal husbandry.

At this point, this is the most advanced technical school related to animal husbandry.

After all, other schools don't have the capability to get the most elite technical personnel from agricultural research institutes, major farms across the country, and livestock bureaus in various provinces and cities to teach there.

The method he used to attract these people to teach him diligently was the materials he had.

After all, coming here to learn about *** breeding was approved by higher authorities, but learning these kinds of materials wouldn't be specifically approved by them.

If you don't find some good stuff, how can you expect to learn anything here?

In this way, he can use this information to directly leverage the talent pool related to animal husbandry across the country.

After all, there is good knowledge abroad, but there is also bad knowledge. The same is true in their country now. These people still have a lot of good things to learn from.

Su Wenchen felt that he could accept any offer, regardless of whether it was useful or not, and keep a sample first.

At the very least, the technology was preserved, even if it later proved useless. He didn't actually pay much of a price, and it might come in handy in the future.

Su Wenchen was unaware of the impact his early integration of a technician training base that combined industry, academia, and research would have on the future development of animal husbandry.

But it must be a good thing.

After all, the rapid development of animal husbandry in later generations did not begin until the 1980s.

Although it was caused by the increase in grain production.

However, the improvement of native livestock breeds is also an indispensable part of it.

Just as you can't grow crops indefinitely by simply adding fertilizer, you need both sufficient fertilizer and high-quality seeds; only by combining the two can you achieve the highest potential.

Furthermore, the widespread adoption of machinery is needed to maximize grain production.

After Su Wenchen finished speaking, the scene fell silent for a moment.

Because no one expected that Su Wenchen's intentions were not as simple as just wanting to poach someone.

This shows a much broader perspective!
This is going to be a training base that brings together the nation's top livestock industry professionals!

So for a moment, no one knew what to do, because many universities were currently closed.

Is this even possible?
However, since most of the people present were from the agricultural system, after thinking for a while...

They also discovered that it seems only Bluewater Farm has the capability to accomplish this task.

Otherwise, even if a ministry issues an order to build a professional animal husbandry technical college, the local units would not give up all their precious talents.

Because everyone knew that sending someone there would be like throwing a meat bun to a dog—a waste of time and resources.

Whether the school is good or not has little to do with them, but the departure of talented people definitely has a lot to do with their former employers.

So it's certain that some people will be sent there just to make up the numbers.

Only in this white pig breeding project, to ensure the safe and error-free transfer of the bred white pigs from Lanshui Farm, will the various units below be able to send truly skilled technical personnel over.

For a moment, no one knew what to say, because they all realized that they were not on the same level as Su Wenchen.

Especially Zhang Qianjin, when he still thought Su Wenchen was trying to poach talent from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

I never imagined this was just about poaching talent from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences!
This is like having someone else build your house for you.

However, after thinking about it, Zhang Qianjin realized that this was simply impossible to learn!

They simply didn't have that appeal to the farm.

If someone else makes a call, technical experts from various units will be sent over to learn. But if they make a call, even local farms in Shanghai might not all give them face.

The gap between the two sides is too large.

Guo Xiangyang came over hoping to build a relationship with Su Wenchen.

Because everyone in the department can see that Su Wenchen's future development in the department will definitely be good.

But that's a matter for the future. He never expected that Su Wenchen would have this idea, and it seems that the idea has a very high success rate.

Just by looking at the expression on the face of Director Liu of the Animal Husbandry Research Institute, a subordinate unit of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, he knew that the other party was very interested.

If this comes to fruition, the future development of Bluewater Farm will be very different.

With a sufficient pool of talent to follow, Blue Water Farm will develop in a completely different way.

Thinking about it this way, Guo Xiangyang also had some other ideas.

When Liu Xun heard Su Wenchen's new idea, he was filled with mixed feelings.

Because he now understands that Su Wenchen wants to use some of their researchers to train his own technicians.

But can he refuse?
If he refuses, he will miss this opportunity to exchange and learn with other livestock industry professionals from across the country.

In particular, there will be some new technologies from abroad at that time.

He also knew that with so many elites from across the country gathered together, the learning progress would definitely be faster and more efficient than if they figured it out on their own.

Seeing the look of attraction in Liu Xun's eyes, Su Wenchen added fuel to the fire.

"Director Liu, our farm has now established a branch farm in the Yellow River flood area."

"There are hundreds of thousands of acres of saline-alkali land waiting to be developed, and our branch farm will be merged into three communes later."

"They also have ample manpower available over there."

"The ministry has already helped us apply for the funds, and Yuehua Rabbit will settle a sum of money with our site every year."

"As long as the technical backbone base has good experimental ideas during the learning period, after our farm's application and review, there will be sufficient manpower and resources to carry out the experiment."

"We will share the final results of the experiment with the organizers' organization as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, the researchers sitting nearby were clearly intrigued.

For them, although the Academy of Agricultural Sciences is a stable institution, it is not much different from ordinary institutions nowadays.

Even in terms of research conditions and freedom, it is not as good as the units below, let alone the rapidly developing Blue Water Farm.

After all, although Beijing is the capital, the procedures and reviews here are naturally much more rigorous than those at the lower levels.

(End of this chapter)