Training the Heavens

Chapter 226 Lao Xu, I beg you for a favor
Agriculture and animal husbandry have a notable feature, that is, the most profitable link is not in the production part. Whether it is upstream breeding and feed, or downstream processing and sales, the profits are higher than planting and breeding, and are easier to control.

The quail breeding industry is naturally no exception. The free-range link in the middle is controlled by feed and breeding companies, and is also affected by the acquisition and processing companies. In other words, Xu Lingjun is kind. Otherwise, if the prices of seedlings and feed are raised a little more, as long as there is profit, there will still be a large number of people willing to raise them.

Manufacturing companies are big buyers and have stronger bargaining power than individual traders. Even if they lower the price when purchasing, ordinary people have no choice but to accept it because it is difficult for them to have other sales channels. Even if there are individual merchants purchasing, they will take this opportunity to lower the price.

Previously, Xu Lingjun only occupied the upstream and did not involve the downstream production and processing links. Now that the production team has accumulated enough capital and cultivated some talents with comprehensive qualities, he can finally try to occupy the downstream.

Building a factory is not an easy task. The first problem is the equipment. Now is not the era where you can buy equipment with money. You also need to submit various applications and ask your superiors to coordinate with other agencies.

Xu Lingjun had to take care of this matter himself. He said goodbye to his newly born daughter, found the leader of the city's industrial department, and explained the situation. Fortunately, their production team is now well-known in the city and even the province, and has become a model for developing collective economy.

With such a reputation, things were much easier to do. In addition, he understood the operating principles within the mechanism, so no matter whether it was an open application or a private termination of the relationship, people had nothing to say. Finally, after some effort, he got this canned food production line.

This process really made Xu Lingjun physically and mentally exhausted. It took three months. Fortunately, Xu Lingjun was well prepared and sent all the talents of the production team to run the market, do sales, and coordinate transportation. Only then were all the quail eggs collected during this period sold out, and the people who worked hard to raise quails did not suffer any losses.

Otherwise, if these people find that they can’t sell their quail eggs, they might destroy the quail farm.

Despite this, there have been some fluctuations in the local quail egg market. The middlemen who originally purchased quail eggs at a higher price have now lowered the price to a level lower than that of the quail farms.

Influenced by this, many ordinary people who were originally eager to try have temporarily given up the idea of ​​raising quails, fearing that the price of quail eggs will drop further in the future.

As soon as the production line was delivered, these people rushed to the quail farm to ask for seedlings. They could finally rest assured. How many quail eggs could such a large cannery consume every year? If they raised them now, they would definitely be able to sell the eggs.

Not only were they excited, but the people in the production team were also excited, because as long as the cannery was built, it meant that they would have the opportunity to work in the factory. Now being a worker is even more popular than being a cadre in the system. The salary is high and it is prestigious to talk about it.

If your own child gets in, you don't have to worry about getting married. As long as you say that you are a worker in the factory, blind dates will definitely not be a problem.

For this reason, many people called back their children who were studying in county high schools. They thought simply that their children might not be able to pass the college entrance examination in the future, and even if they did, they would be assigned back to their hometown after graduation. Many units would be worse than factories for them.

If that's the case, it would be better to let them work directly at the cannery. They could gain a few more years of seniority. If they were lucky enough to stand out like Haisheng and Guo Lei, they'd be famous and envied wherever they went. Upon hearing this, Xu Lingjun harshly reprimanded them, ordering them to return to school immediately. He also convened a team-wide meeting to issue a stern warning: if anyone did this kind of overkill again, their dividends would be deducted, and their families would have no hope of getting good jobs.

Talent is the foundation of the future development of the production team. Giving up the children's future just for the sake of immediate benefits is to cut off the hope of the production team's future development. Even if the children fail to get into college in the future, if they study hard in high school for a few years and then come back to the factory, they will be very different. At least their learning ability and study habits will be trained, and with these, they will be able to do other things more smoothly than others.

Isn't that what Guo Lei is doing? He has already handed over his sales job and is now working with Xu Lingjun on the preparatory work for the cannery. As long as he does a good job and the cannery is on track, Xu Lingjun will gradually hand over the work and help him become the director of the cannery.

When negotiating the introduction of the production line, Xu Lingjun had already arranged for a group of young people to intern and learn at the city's cannery. After the production line was delivered back, he invited a group of experienced old workers from outside to help. These people were not very old. In order to let their children take over, they gave up their jobs and stayed at home idle in their early fifties.

Xu Lingjun paid for it, and they came over immediately, teaching the young people how to operate the production line, how to stew quail eggs, how to fill them, and how to seal them.
Since the preliminary preparations were done very thoroughly, the production line passed the trial run shortly after it returned and could officially produce canned quail eggs.

After the first batch of products came off the production line, Xu Lingjun did not rush to sell them. Instead, he asked Guo Lei to take samples to several nearby cities one by one, inviting department store managers, restaurant managers and other big customers to taste them for free.

They all tasted it and thought it was very good. This was a flavor that Xu Lingjun had personally blended, so how could it not be delicious? The portion was also very suitable. Opening the can and pouring it out, it was just the right amount for a whole plate, making it very convenient whether hosting a banquet in a restaurant or entertaining guests at home.

These people were keenly aware of the prospects of canned quail eggs and immediately placed orders with Guo Lei. The market for canned quail eggs was immediately opened up, and the first batch of products was sold out immediately after being put on the market. Additional orders came in like snowflakes.

Xu Lingjun quickly recruited some temporary workers from outside and changed the cannery to three shifts to ensure delivery on time. Before he could catch his breath, new orders came in. There were even outsiders coming from Lanzhou and Xi'an with cash to pick up the goods. The cannery became popular overnight.

Seeing this scene, the people in Team 5 were happy, because the cannery was so popular, and there would definitely be dividends at the end of this year.

The people around here were also happy because they would have no trouble selling their quail eggs. Many families had expanded their breeding scale and were waiting to bring their quail eggs to the cannery to exchange for money.

Only some people were very unhappy. After a difficult struggle, Team One Captain Zhang Zengxiang approached Xu Lingjun and said, "Old Xu, I want to ask you for a favor."

(End of this chapter)