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

"What's there to argue about? There's plenty of empty land in the industrial park; building a new factory wouldn't be difficult, would it?"

Fang Wei was unaware of the specific details of the argument between Cai Tong and others. In his opinion, whether it was building a new production line or a new factory, it should be located in an industrial park.

Unless they have other considerations.

"Some time ago, Suiyang County had been sending people to work with General Manager Cai and General Manager Hu, hoping that the company could build an oil pressing plant in Suiyang County. General Manager Hu was somewhat interested, but General Manager Cai firmly opposed investing in building a plant in another place."

Yang Feng considered his words carefully before replying.

This matter is a bit complicated, but simply put, Suiyang County's public relations skills are too strong, and they have already persuaded a considerable number of people in the group company.

Cai Tong was a bit conservative by nature, and seeing Hu Linwei and others exchanging glances with the people sent by Suiyang County, he was even less likely to agree to build an oil pressing plant in Suiyang County.

Furthermore, Fang Wei's trip to the capital delayed the matter.

"Go call General Manager Cai and General Manager Hu and have them submit their opinions in writing to me. I will make the decision."

Since the discussions have been thorough and no consensus has been reached, Fang Wei will use the chairman's authority to make the final decision.

Things that need to be done should still be done; we can't keep hesitating.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Yang Feng then turned and left the room to call Cai Tong and Hu Linwei from his office.

He had just picked up the phone when a staff member brought him a fax, which was a request report from the group company.

So he took the report to Fang Wei and handed it to her.

"They were quite timely."

Fang Wei was initially somewhat dissatisfied with the two's procrastination, but now that they had submitted a report on their own initiative, it meant that they were not deliberately delaying, but rather because he had gone to a meeting in Beijing and had not returned.

He then quietly finished reading the report, and then turned to look at Zhang Chu.

"Old Zhang, what's your opinion on the site selection?"

"I think it's better to keep it in Suiyang County, since the peanuts mainly come from there, while our raw material supply mainly comes from rapeseed and camellia seeds."

When it came to the location of the new factory, Zhang Chu recommended Suiyang County without hesitation.

His idea is that the oil pressing plant in Xinlin County will mainly produce rapeseed oil and tea oil, while peanut oil can be produced in Suiyang County, which will save a lot of transportation costs.

Although Xinlin County has also established a peanut planting base, its total output is much less than that of the Suiyang base.

The peanuts grown here can be sold to Liang Wenhui in the future, so they don't have to be transported to Suiyang County anymore.

"Yes, your thoughts are similar to mine, so let's settle on this."

Since the establishment of the Suiyang peanut planting base, Suiyang has provided various forms of support.

To be honest, Xinlin County's support for Yaoling Group is not as great as that of Suiyang County.

That's not the main point. Considering the transportation of raw materials, Zhang Chu's proposed solution was also the most scientific.

Fang Wei then signed his opinion on the report, deciding to build a new oil pressing plant in Suiyang County, mainly for the production of peanut oil.

With this matter resolved, Cai Tong and the others ended their argument and began to fully cooperate with Zhang Chu in building the new factory. The construction period was set at within six months, with manpower and funding provided as needed; the goal was to complete the project quickly and efficiently.

Hu Linwei and Zhang Chu went to Suiyang County to negotiate terms, and then signed an investment agreement with the local authorities.

The Suiyang County oil pressing plant started operations soon. Xu Bo came to find Fang Wei as soon as he learned about it, but the matter was already settled.

“Secretary Fang, sigh, wouldn’t it have been better if your new factory had been built in our Xinlin County? Suiyang County has gotten all the benefits for nothing.”

Xu Bo slapped his thigh in regret, thinking that if he had known about this earlier, he might have been able to intercept the project.

It's no use saying anything now.

"Secretary Xu, we made this decision mainly based on our own industrial layout, and we hope you can understand."

Fang Wei quickly offered a few explanations, as he really didn't want to see Xu Bo looking so frustrated.

Xu Bo quickly composed himself and changed the subject.

After chatting for a while, Xu Bo took his leave, repeatedly reminding him to always think of the county first when he had investment projects in the future.

Fang Wei couldn't help but smile; the other person was actually quite an interesting person.

The next day.

He drove into the mountains early in the morning and went to visit the experimental forest.

The new batch of saplings has grown to the height of a person, and the forestry company is transplanting them. It is estimated that the number of saplings transplanted this year will be about 30% more than last year.

"Secretary, the replacement rate of tree species in the wild tea forest is faster than expected. Moreover, the saplings transplanted last year have grown much taller this year. It seems that the tea trees have developed a fast-growing characteristic after the improvement."

The head of the forestry company accompanied Fang Wei on a tour, giving him confidence in the success of the tree species replacement plan. He also understood why the Party Secretary wanted to prioritize the transformation of the wild tea forests: the current yield of camellia seeds was too low, far from meeting the demand for tea oil production.

The camellia trees are artificially planted, and the company doesn't own that much forest land.

The contracted forest land does not allow for large-scale planting of a single tree species, so replacing the tree species in wild camellia oleifera forests is the only solution.

I initially thought this method would be slow to take effect, but now it seems it can be completed in five years at most.

"Well, you'd better just change jobs. In the future, you can rely on the camellia trees to reproduce naturally without human intervention."

Replacing tree species will not cause an ecological disaster, especially since this upgrade also gave him an additional attribute of [ecological restoration +1].

As for the wild chestnut forests and wild loquat forests, we can leave them for now and deal with them later.

Of course, the best solution is to lease large tracts of forest land elsewhere and plant camellia trees. That's faster and doesn't require such a complex project as replacing tree species.

After coming down from the mountains, Fang Wei did not go to the office, but went directly to Xu Bo in the county.

Xu Bo was preoccupied with how to achieve results as quickly as possible, so he decided to give the other party a big gift.

"You want to contract all the forests in the county? Secretary Fang, the best forests in the county are in the Dayao Mountains. The conditions of other forests are far inferior to those there."

After hearing Fang Wei's words, Xu Bo was indeed very moved.

However, he also knew that he and the other party were in a relationship where they shared both prosperity and adversity, which is why he offered a word of advice.

Although he was not a forestry expert, he had conducted detailed investigations and research on the county's resources.

"It's alright. I'm just planting camellia trees to solve the problem of insufficient camellia seed supply for oil mills."

Fang Wei could sense Xu Bo's goodwill, and then explained her reasons.

"It's good that you're confident. You can leave this to me. I'll talk to the heads of each township first and resolve any obstacles as soon as possible so that all the forest land in the county can be handed over to you."

Seeing that the other party was determined, Xu Bo patted his chest and assured him that he would take care of the matter.

Fang Wei secretly curled his lip. Nowadays, everyone in Xinlin County is willing to contract their land (mountains and forests) to Yaoling Group. Not only is the contract fee offered by the company high, but the key is that the company will also arrange employment, guaranteeing at least one job per household.

This was very attractive to everyone, so Xu Bo's actions were just empty promises.

Of course, Xu Bo is a very good person. Thanks to his efforts, all units of Yaoling Group have benefited a lot. They have received bank loans, subsidies, and other preferential policies.

Before long, Xu Bo got the job done, even faster than Fang Wei had anticipated.

He then instructed the head of the forestry company to sign contracts with various townships, and the miscellaneous trees and some fruit trees on the mountain would be gradually cut down, and then camellia trees would be planted in full.

In addition, understory planting should also be developed. Currently, the medicinal herbs produced by the forestry company are in short supply, so we can expand the planting scale in one step.

As for chestnut trees, the forestry company does not plan to plant any more, mainly because the current production and sales are basically balanced, and there is no need to expand further.

Therefore, it is clear that the economic benefits brought by camellia trees are more considerable.

The company has its own forest land with a seedling nursery, but the forestry company's senior management prefers to plant the improved camellia oleifera variety developed by Fangwei. After two years of transplanting, they have discovered the many advantages of the improved variety.

Fang Wei didn't care, after all, the experimental forest in the deep mountains covered a large area, which could fully support the needs of seedling cultivation.

Previously, the utilization rate of the experimental forest was not high. Now, the forestry company can sow the seeds as soon as possible, and transplant them in the fall.

The forestry company now refers to this improved variety as the fast-growing camellia oleifera tree. Although they don't yet know the yield of camellia oleifera seeds, this alone is enough to make them ecstatic.

Fang Wei doesn't concern himself with these specific matters. Recently, he has been spending a lot of time at the research institute and experimental groups, guiding various breeding projects.

Yang Feng relieved a lot of his work pressure. He could handle some small things directly, and he would sort out the things that he couldn't handle and then find Fang Wei to handle them.

Yang Feng handled many of the work coordination tasks, and he was also responsible for compiling and analyzing a large number of reports.

His assistant is much busier than the chairman.

"Assistant Yang, please have the company select a full-time secretary for me. I don't think you can handle everything by yourself."

Fang Wei had seen many things. One day, he was handling official business in his office when Yang Feng came to deliver some documents to him, so he casually gave him a brief instruction.

Yang Feng almost burst into tears. The chairman still cared about him, knowing that he had been working like a dog lately.

"Okay, I'll call Mr. Cai right away."

Cai Tong remains the executive vice president of the group, Fang Wei concurrently serves as the general manager, and Hu Linwei also wields considerable power.

The current balance has not been broken, and everyone is speculating about who he will hand over the position of general manager to: Cai Tong or Hu Linwei? Or perhaps someone no one would expect.

Now that Yang Feng has risen to prominence, in a sense he is Fang Wei's spokesperson, and the key is that Fang Wei is willing to give him power.

Yang Feng then contacted Cai Tong. Fang Wei glanced at the matters Yang Feng had handled, found no mistakes, and nodded in satisfaction. (End of Chapter)