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

Upon hearing that Fang Wei had arrived in Tiannan, some local leaders came to the Tiannan base together.

Everyone was very enthusiastic towards Fang Wei, and the banquets never stopped after he returned to Chuncheng.

Pan Lianhua and her sister also benefited from the meal. They couldn't find such a complete selection of local specialties when they were out and about on their own. They had a great time over the next few days.

"Chairman Fang, several provincial leaders would like to meet with you tomorrow."

After we had a good meal and drinks, they arranged a discussion meeting.

Fang Wei knew perfectly well that this was no discussion meeting; it was clearly a debt collection session.

However, he did not refuse and went to the conference room on time the next morning to meet with several leaders.

He came prepared this time. Ever since he discovered that the Tiannan base was more suitable for cultivating the "Yuxiang No. 2" corn variety, he had discussed with Cai Tong, Lin Bingkun and others, and planned to move corn breeding and planting to Tiannan in the future.

The group quickly reached a consensus and developed a clear plan.

"Chairman Fang, welcome back to Tiannan. We heard you visited the base? Is there anything we can help you with?"

The leaders were kind and approachable, and very concerned about the development of the Tiannan base.

Fang Wei expressed his gratitude to everyone, and then, without any preamble, went straight to his plan.

"Before we arrived, the company had reached a consensus to expand the scale of the Tiannan base, planning to increase the corn breeding area to 10 mu and the corn planting area to 100 million mu."

Previously, the Tiannan base had a corn breeding area of ​​1 mu and a corn planting area of ​​20 mu.

The expanded Tiannan base has exceeded the expectations of the leaders. They exchanged glances, all feeling quite satisfied. This was just the first step; perhaps Yaoling Agriculture would invest even more capital in Tiannan in the future.

"The province and local authorities fully support your company's plan! If you encounter any difficulties in the future, please let us know. Whether it's funding or other issues, we will definitely do our best to help you."

Now, the cooperation between the two sides can be said to be gradually improving.

The conversation became increasingly pleasant, and Fang Wei inadvertently revealed some of the company's medium- and long-term plans, which made the smiles of the leaders even more genuine.

After returning to the hotel, Fang Wei called Lin Bingkun and asked him to come over and sign the contract with Tiannan.

From now on, corn seed cultivation in Xinlin County will cease; all seed production will be relocated to the Tiannan base. Lin Bingkun can use the vacant land in the county however he sees fit, even for cultivating seeds of other cash crops.

Lin Bingkun arrived in Chuncheng quickly. Fang Wei asked Yang Feng to go with the other party to negotiate with the locals, while he took Pan Lianhua and his sister to visit some tourist attractions outside Chuncheng.

A week later.

Fang Wei and others returned to Chuncheng, and Lin Bingkun, representing Yaoling Agriculture, had already signed a contract with Tiannan.

After reviewing the contract with Yang Feng, they found no problems, and the contract immediately took effect, with the expansion project of Tiannan Base commencing as a result.

Pan Lianhua and her sister flew to the provincial capital and then returned to the village. Fang Wei, on the other hand, flew directly to Shenzhen because he had received a message from Wang Muqi that the seawater rice was about to be harvested.

“Secretary, we have selected three varieties of seawater rice this time, and the third variety is of the best quality.”

The number of seeds selected was not large; each variety could be planted on approximately 2000 mu (about 133 hectares) of seawater rice.

Of course, it's not time for large-scale planting yet; even trial planting is a bit premature. We still need to carry out another round of cultivation.

However, Fang Wei still took out some seeds, packed some of each of the three varieties, and sent them to Professor Ma and Professor Lin.

This project is a collaboration between three people. Although Fang Wei is in charge, we cannot ignore his previous efforts. To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the seawater rice seeds he provided, he would have had to go to the vast mudflats to find wild seawater rice.

The probability of finding it is about the same as finding a needle in a haystack.

What is the estimated yield per acre for variety No. 3?

Now is not the time to pursue all-round development; the focus should be on increasing production.

Therefore, Fang Wei directly inquired about the production volume issue, while ignoring other aspects, or rather, he decided to address those other issues once the production volume target was met.

"The estimated yield per mu is about 760 jin, which has already met the target."

Wang Muqi was overjoyed, having created a miracle right from the start, and initially solved a problem that Professor Ma and his team had not been able to overcome for more than ten years.

Fang Wei nodded. Although he was not satisfied with the output, it was still a preliminary achievement, and he praised the other party.

"Everyone has worked hard during this period. I'll give you 10,000 yuan later. You can distribute it according to everyone's contributions."

Verbal praise alone is meaningless, so Fang Wei decided to reward everyone with bonuses.

Wang Muqi and the others immediately perked up. While moral encouragement is important, economic encouragement is even more practical.

noon.

Fang Wei asked Wang Muqi to arrange for someone to cook a pot of sea red rice. The rice produced from seawater rice is red and looks very beautiful, so Fang Wei called this kind of rice "sea red rice". Sea red rice is rice that was left over from the previous selection. After it was cooked, Fang Wei ladled out a bowl and tasted it.

The texture wasn't great, but it wasn't as rough as I remembered, and there was no problem swallowing it.

He hadn't expected that the first round of breeding would not only increase yield but also improve the taste, making it acceptable. This was a good start, and he was full of confidence for future success.

"Secretary, this sea buckthorn rice isn't tasty at all. To be honest, it's actually a bit unpleasant. Why bother putting so much effort into cultivating this stuff?"

Wang Muqi was worried that Fang Wei would lose money; to be honest, he had a rather poor opinion of Haihongmi.

Fang Wei smiled and shook his head. This thing is actually a strategic backup. You may not like it, but you must have it.

Whether seawater rice can improve soil has not yet been verified. If it is true, then the economic value of seawater rice will increase significantly.

"Work hard, I won't let you down."

Fang Wei didn't offer Wang Muqi any further explanation before leaving the experimental field.

He's been here for almost 10 days, and it's time for him to go back; there's a lot of work waiting for him at the company.

Just as Fang Wei returned to the village, Professor Ma and Professor Lin were overjoyed, holding the newly cultivated seawater rice seeds in their hands.

Along with the seawater rice seeds came a data report. Putting everything else aside, the managers were overjoyed when they saw the yield data.

The two had been researching for over ten years but couldn't solve the production problem. Yet, when it came to Fang Wei, a major breakthrough was achieved so quickly.

The number of seawater rice seeds was not large, but the two still decided to try planting them and see how it went.

However, neither of them knew that Fang Wei hadn't even arranged for trial planting before immediately moving on to the second round of breeding. After all, Fang Wei was still not satisfied with the current yield and hoped to find better seeds through round after round of cultivation.

morning.

Fang Wei arrived at the office, and Yang Feng reported to him on the progress of several projects.

First, there's the expansion of vegetable planting bases. Tian Bingyi has reached agreements with three townships to contract all the dry land. This dry land is used for vegetable cultivation, and the planting area has doubled compared to before.

This was also Lin Bingkun and Cai Tong's idea: if they were going to expand, they should do it all at once, instead of taking it slow and incremental.

"Great, let's do it that way."

Fang Wei was very satisfied with this matter, and then continued to listen to the work report.

Next, Yang Feng talked about the progress of several breeding projects and the expansion project of the Tiannan base.

“Tiannan hopes that we can invest in building a feed mill so that we can grow our own corn. It would be a shame not to take advantage of this opportunity.”

As expected, Tiannan was not satisfied with expanding its planting base; it also hoped to extend the industrial chain and build a processing plant.

"Feed? We don't do that. If we were to have any ideas, it would be to build an oil pressing plant to press corn oil."

He knew, of course, that this was an analogy used by the Tiannan side, but he had already made a plan: to build an oil pressing plant near the Tiannan base.

He had discussed this matter with Cai Tong, Hu Linwei, Zhang Chu, and others, and everyone supported his idea.

Currently, Yaoling brand cooking oil is selling very well, with sales volume comparable to those of the giants, and even exceeding that of Liang Wenhui's cooking oil.

A battle over cooking oil nearly brought Liang Wenhui down, and he has yet to recover.

Yang Feng understood Fang Wei's intention after a moment's thought. He immediately made a note of it and would then communicate with Cai Tong, Hu Linwei, and the Tiannan side.

He is Fang Wei's main assistant, and he can often act on Fang Wei's behalf.

Otherwise, how can Fang Wei's workload be reduced?
"Chairman, there's something else I need to tell you. Recently, the new peanuts have come to market, and because of the previous blind expansion of production, the price of peanuts has started to plummet this month."

Last year, oilseed crops not only saw a price surge, but were also difficult to find on the spot.

This led many growers to blindly follow the trend, rapidly expanding the planting area and setting the stage for this year's price decline.

"It doesn't affect us much. We have our own planting base, and most of our raw materials are produced and sold by ourselves. Um, we also sold a small portion of our peanuts to Liang Wenhui. If he thinks the price is too high, he can terminate the contract."

The oil crops grown by Yaoling Agriculture are of impeccable quality, but their prices are higher than the market average.

At the time, Fang Wei only wanted to help Liang Wenhui. Now that the supply of raw materials in the market is sufficient and the price is lower, Liang Wenhui does not need to purchase from him.

Whether it's peanuts or rapeseed, the other party can purchase them from the market. The quality certainly won't be as good, but the price is low.

"Okay, I'll try to communicate with Mr. Liang when I have time, and we'll see what he wants."

Yang Feng felt that the chairman was very magnanimous; as the saying goes, one should help others to the end, and not let a good thing end up with problems. (End of this chapter)