Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

“I haven’t contacted him recently either. I’ll call him after I finish eating.”

Fang Wei was also worried about Binbin's clinic, but men are usually very reserved in expressing themselves, so she wouldn't keep asking him questions.

But seeing his wife's restless look, he decided to ask her anyway.

Before we even finished our meal, Binbin called first.

Ever since the fat man showed up that day, the clinic suddenly became incredibly popular. Not only did Sun Daoren's followers flock to the clinic, but many people from the urban village also started coming there for treatment.

While Sun Daoren was busy receiving his patients, Binbin gradually became acquainted with many people in the urban village.

Binbin has a particular approach to medical care: he generally tries to use the cheapest medications possible, and the results are quite good. Since a large number of migrant workers live in this area, and most people's economic conditions are not very good, cost-effectiveness is very important.

With the promise of curing illnesses for less money, Binbin's reputation spread far and wide, and his clinic now sees more than 50 patients every day.

Binbin and Sun Daoren had no free time, but their mood was even better.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua breathed a sigh of relief after learning about the clinic's situation. They didn't care how much money Binbin could earn; what they didn't want their son to suffer a major setback so soon after starting out.

Time flies.

With all agricultural units in Yaoling completing their spring planting, Fang Wei's workload was significantly reduced.

Spring sowing and summer planting are crucial periods each year; only by doing these two tasks well can two bumper harvests be achieved. For him, breeding and grain production are the top priorities; everything else is secondary.

morning.

Fang Wei drove into the mountains and went to check out the experimental forest.

Upon returning to the office, I called the head of the forestry company and asked them to send someone to begin transplanting.

The saplings in the experimental forest are not very tall, but they are very robust with well-developed root systems. This means that the transplant success rate will be very high, and there will be very few cases where the trees fail to survive.

In fact, starting after the Lunar New Year, the forestry company began cutting down degraded trees in three wild forests, freeing up a lot of space.

The current transplanting is more like replanting, where one tree is removed and two saplings are planted in its place. Once a large number of saplings have grown and started to bear fruit, large-scale tree species replacement will be carried out in different areas.

Then we just wait for them to reproduce naturally, without managing them like artificial forests.

The seedlings in the experimental forest are enough to last until this autumn. Another batch of seedlings will be cultivated then, which should last for one or two years without any problem.

After all, the experimental forest is large enough, and the seedling cultivation occupies less than half of the forest land. The remaining forest land is temporarily occupied by rare medicinal herbs, which have all grown this year and can be transplanted or harvested.

I went to work in the afternoon.

Fang Wei visited the bamboo ware factory and inspected its various operations.

“Secretary Fang, we have received a large number of orders for high-end furniture in the past few months. The company said that more than half of our profits currently come from high-end furniture.”

The new factory manager accompanied Fang Wei on a tour of the factory and later reported on the recent work progress.

Currently, bamboo furniture factories are fully booked, with high-end furniture production accounting for 60% of capacity, while mass-market panel furniture production accounts for only 10% of total output.

The remaining 30% of production is bamboo ware and bamboo furniture.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

After listening to the new factory director's report, Fang Wei did not express his opinion, but simply said "Thank you for your hard work."

Back in his office, he sent over a business report from the furniture company, and the production and sales figures were indeed similar to what the new factory manager of the bamboo ware factory had said.

The furniture company's revenue has increased significantly and profits have risen sharply, finally shaking off the operational difficulties of the past few years.

Fang Wei nodded in satisfaction and made phone calls to Hu Linwei and the person in charge of the furniture company, expressing his appreciation for the recent achievements of the furniture company.

Although side hustles are secondary, the profits they generate are real, and those who deserve praise should be praised and those who deserve rewards should be rewarded.

For the next few days, Fang Wei basically stayed at the research institute and the breeding group.

The development of the new generation, or second generation, of hybrid corn is progressing smoothly. The breeding trial phase has been completed, and large-scale planting verification is underway.

If all goes well, the variety should be finalized by this summer or autumn.

Other breeding projects are also progressing smoothly, with high-yield peanuts, high-yield rapeseed, and other varieties expected to be available by next year at the latest.

Comparatively, the research and development of hybrid wheat is progressing more slowly, which is also Fang Wei's requirement. The standards for breeding work on staple crops are higher; speed is not the priority, but the pursuit of perfect quality is paramount.

Any flawed research or development results must be scrapped and started over; this is a strict rule, without exception.

Fang Wei believes that successfully completing these research projects within the next three years would be the greatest victory. He does not pursue a monopoly; he has abandoned many crop varieties in order to leave a living for other domestic breeding companies.

He knew very well that there was no fertile ground for monopoly in the country, nor did he need one.

With its absolute leading advantage in rice breeding, Yaoling Agriculture will be able to maintain its leading position in the industry.

Fang Wei came from a time of hardship, and he has a deep affection for food. Therefore, the company's future growth will mainly come from planting. The development of breeding will focus on innovation, rather than mixing every variety.

"Mr. Lin, has there been any change in Xin Kaiqi's market share of corn seeds?" (Morning)

Fang Wei called Lin Bingkun from his office to inquire about the sales of the new corn seed variety from Xin Kaiqi.

"It's about the same as before, no obvious changes. Does the Party Secretary's question mean that our new generation of hybrid corn is about to be produced?"

Lin Bingkun quickly realized what was happening, his tone filled with surprise.

If the company can cultivate a new generation of hybrid corn seeds, it will be at least one generation ahead of New Cage, so how can the other party compete with it?
"Yes, it will be soon, within this year."

Fang Wei gave an affirmative answer, and Lin Bingkun was overjoyed.

With higher-quality corn seeds, we can gain the upper hand in the corn competition with NewCage. As a leading company in the domestic breeding industry, we must have the confidence to compete with foreign companies.

This is for our own people to see, and also for others to see.

Therefore, economic interests are secondary; the key is that this symbolic battle cannot be lost.

"Secretary, you always surprise us like this! Now I can finally sleep soundly."

"Don't worry, you'll be able to sleep soundly every day from now on. By the way, how's the situation at the Suiyang base?"

Fang Wei smiled and then changed the subject.

The Suiyang peanut planting base has also started production this year. Fang Wei hadn't been there before; Lin Bingkun was there to supervise the spring planting.

"The spring planting of peanuts has been completed, but infrastructure construction is still underway. It is expected to be completed by the middle of the year."

Lin Bingkun answered confidently that he expects peanut production to make a big leap this year, giving the oil mill a new flagship product, unlike before when it was just a small-scale operation.

"That's good! Okay, that's all for now, let's keep in touch."

Fang Wei then hung up, feeling that he could finally relax for a while.

Pan Lianhua wanted to visit Binbin's family in Guangzhou, and since Sun Daoren was helping out there, she should also go and see him.

"Then go!"

This was a very simple matter for Fang Wei; wasn't he just working over there?
As the head of Yaoling Group, Cai Tong and Hu Linwei suggested to him more than once that he find an assistant and a full-time secretary, but he didn't take it seriously.

Although Fang Wei does not have a full-time secretary, he has staff members at the group's headquarters and in the company who help him with some official business. These staff members are also considered secretaries or assistants, just not full-time secretaries.

However, as the company's business expands and its volume of business increases, it seems that this matter cannot be delayed any longer.

He planned to finalize the matter during his trip to Guangzhou, because work couldn't be delayed.

three days later.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua drove to Guangzhou.

After arriving in Guangzhou, he spent a few days working at the group company and also appointed an assistant. The assistant was a man in his thirties named Yang Feng, who had been working at Yaoling Group for five years.

Yang Feng graduated from a prestigious university and is very familiar with agriculture. After all, he first joined Yaoling Agriculture before moving to the group company.

"Your job is to help me identify and fill in any gaps in my knowledge and fulfill your obligation to remind me. In addition, you need to help me contact my work units; I need to keep abreast of the activities of each unit. Do you understand?"

Fang Wei looked at the man in front of her and spoke slowly.

Yang Feng was tall and wore glasses. He looked very capable, and his skin was slightly dark. He often went to work on the front lines of enterprises, and he had just returned from an agricultural production unit, where he was completely tanned.

"Understood! Please rest assured, Chairman, I will do my job well."

After Yang Feng expressed his determination, Fang Wei said no more and waved his hand to send the other party away.

It's hard to define the level of an assistant position. If Fang Wei delegates a lot of authority, the assistant is one of the company's key figures. If he doesn't delegate authority, the assistant is just a menial worker.

Yang Feng's performance will determine his future development within the company.

noon.

After finishing their meal, Fang Wei went to the clinic in the urban village with Pan Lianhua, wanting to see the clinic for herself.

These past few days, Sun Daoren and Binbin have been leaving early and returning late, and none of them have had a proper chat.

When the two arrived at the clinic, it was right at the afternoon opening time, but there were already quite a few patients waiting inside. Binbin was in the outer room while Sun Daoren was in the inner room; the two of them treated patients at the same time to speed things up.

The clinic hired a new general assistant nurse who also handled cashier duties, and a full-time pharmacist to dispense medications.

Because there were so many patients, the two of them simply couldn't keep up.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua exchanged a glance, feeling very pleased. It seemed that the small clinic had firmly established itself; the long queues of people waiting to see a doctor spoke volumes.

It's clear that many patients came specifically for Binbin, which is a good start. (End of Chapter)