The Rich Man's Life Begins with a Comeback

Chapter 248 Seizing the Young Master? Ten Thousand Acres! (3k)

The atmosphere was lively, with toasts and laughter filling the air.

With the help of a slight buzz from the alcohol, the conversation gradually got back on track.

"Chairman Gu, President Fan, before we came here today, we held a special meeting at the Changbai Management Committee to carefully study and discuss the project proposal submitted by your group."

As soon as Zhao Hongbo made these remarks, the private room quickly fell silent.

"The Zhencui Group's Chinese herbal medicine planting base project has an initial investment of 3000 million yuan. It plans to contract 800 mu of land for the planting of Chinese herbal medicines and establish a separate Zhencui Group Chinese herbal medicine planting base. We hope that the Changbai Management Committee can provide policy support for the 'seven connections and one leveling' (water, electricity, road access, and land leveling)."

"At the same time, we hope that the Changbai Management Committee can reserve 10,000 mu of land around the base for Zhencui Group's future development and expansion."

At this point, Zhao Hongbo paused slightly, then turned to look at Gu Heng: "Chairman Gu, we can fully meet your first request. After all, you have come from afar and chosen to invest in our Changbai region, which shows your trust in us. We will definitely do our best to provide you with the best business environment."

"But your second request is really a bit difficult to fulfill..."

Zhao Hongbo then revealed a hint of embarrassment.

At this moment, all the leaders and senior executives of Changbai Group sitting around the round table focused their attention on Zhao Hongbo and Gu Heng.

Despite the attention of the crowd, Gu Heng remained calm.

"Director Zhao, as far as I know, providing policy support such as 'seven connections and one leveling' for foreign companies has basically become a standard practice for investment promotion in various regions, right?"

Gu Heng's voice was calm: "Our Zhencui Group has come to the Changbai region to invest this time, and we have only made two requests regarding land. If the Changbai region can only meet our first request..."

"Excuse me for speaking frankly, but I see no sincerity from our Changbai region."

The so-called "seven connections and one leveling" policy support means that before enterprises invest and build in a place, the local government completes the basic infrastructure construction in advance, including road access, water supply, electricity, drainage, heating, telecommunications, gas supply, and land leveling, so as to ensure that enterprises can operate smoothly in the local area.

In today's booming investment promotion efforts, provinces and regions across the country are going to great lengths to attract foreign investment, boost local employment, and promote local economic prosperity.

If this were a decade or two ago, policy support would at most amount to "three connections and one leveling".

The evolution from "three connections and one leveling" to "five connections and one leveling," and now to "seven connections and one leveling," is entirely due to the infighting among provinces and regions.

Nowadays, the "seven connections and one leveling" (referring to infrastructure, water, electricity, road access, and land leveling) has become a standard requirement for investment promotion in various provinces and regions. As long as a project is of high quality and has great development potential, it can generally obtain policy support for the "seven connections and one leveling".

This is why Gu Heng just said that he couldn't see any sincerity. And right after Gu Heng said this, the expressions of everyone present changed slightly.

"Chairman Gu, it's not that we lack sincerity, but your demands are a bit unreasonable. The 10,000 mu of land you're asking for to be reserved around the base is more than ten times the size of the base you plan to build."

“The Changbai region is mostly mountainous. Let alone whether we can find such a large area of ​​land suitable for planting Chinese medicinal herbs for you, even if we could, we can’t reserve it all for you.”

Zhao Hongbo still looked troubled, but his words were reasonable and well-founded.

"What if we reserve space for you, but you decide not to develop it in the future?"

"Even if you promise that it will definitely be developed in the future, how long is that future? Three or five years? Or eight or ten years?"

Zhao Hongbo sighed softly: "Chairman Gu, it's not that we lack sincerity. If you asked us to reserve 3000 mu of land for you as a backup, we would definitely do our best to meet your demands. However, reserving 10,000 mu of land as a backup is something we are simply powerless to do."

"Even if we agree, the province will not agree, let alone approve it, unless you give a written commitment and set aside a deposit as a guarantee for the written commitment."

Just as Zhao Hongbo finished speaking, and many Changbai leaders thought the negotiations might come to a standstill, Gu Heng nodded without the slightest hesitation.

"can."

Gu Heng’s voice was clear and bright: “You reserve 10,000 mu of land for us as a backup, and we will sign a written commitment with you and set aside a deposit as a guarantee for your written commitment.”

"Within one year, Zhencui Group's Chinese herbal medicine planting base will expand by no less than 3000 mu."

"Within three years, all 10,000 mu of reserved land will be developed."

"If this plan is not completed, the deposit will serve as compensation for breach of contract."

"certainly……"

"The prerequisite is that the Changbai region must always maintain a clean and healthy business environment, and that all government departments must always maintain a proactive and diligent attitude towards the Chinese herbal medicine planting base that our Zhencui Group has invested in and built here."

Gu Heng agreed to the conditions Zhao Hongbo had just proposed without the slightest hesitation.

Is a 10,000-mu (approximately 667 hectares) Chinese herbal medicine plant

Such a scale is probably considered quite large even when viewed from the perspective of the whole of China.

However, for Gu Heng, who possesses the "Meng Shen's Dietary Compendium," if he were to utilize all 81 medicinal cuisine recipes within it in the future, and expand Zhenyuan Dietary Workshop throughout the country and even globally, the current 10,000-mu (approximately 667 hectares) Chinese herbal medicine plantation would be merely a drop in the ocean. 10,000 mu?

Even if it increases tenfold, it might still be far from enough.

The initial 800-mu Chinese herbal medicine plantation was merely a test field for Zhencui Group to expand the scale of Chinese herbal medicine planting in the future. Once Zhencui Group has a clear understanding of the Chinese herbal medicine planting business, it can then expand the planting scale without hesitation.

The geographical environment of Changbai Mountain is extremely suitable for the cultivation of ginseng and lingzhi. These two Chinese medicinal herbs appear frequently in the many medicinal diet recipes in "Meng Shen's Dietary Canon", and their demand is the highest among all Chinese medicinal herbs.

In addition, Changbai Mountain is also rich in Schisandra chinensis, Epimedium, and other Chinese herbal medicines that have the effect of tonifying the kidneys and replenishing essence. Although they do not appear as frequently as ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum in the "Meng Shen's Dietary Canon", they are important ingredients in those medicinal diet recipes for "aphrodisiac".

The demand for important medicinal materials related to "aphrodisiac" is likely to be no less than that for ginseng and lingzhi once Zhenyuan Diet House is fully established.

Planning ahead is essential; being mindful of potential dangers even in times of peace and planning for the long term are crucial.

How fast Zhenyuan Shanfang can develop in the future will depend entirely on the amount of Chinese herbal medicine reserves of Zhencui Group.

Despite professional survey data showing that the planting area of ​​Chinese medicinal herbs in China has exceeded 6000 million mu, the vast majority of the output from this planting area is basically monopolized by major domestic pharmaceutical companies.

Either these are herbal medicine plantations established by the pharmaceutical companies themselves, or these herbal medicine plantations have long signed exclusive supply contracts with major pharmaceutical companies or chain pharmacies.

If Zhencui Group's demand for Chinese herbal medicines is not large, it can still purchase them from the market. However, once Zhencui Group's demand for Chinese herbal medicines increases, the limited supply in the market is simply not enough to support Zhencui Group's consumption.

In addition, if Zhencui Group does not have its own Chinese herbal medicine planting base, it will be easy for it to be held hostage by others in the future.

As the saying goes, even a clever cook cannot cook without rice. At that time, no matter how magical the "Meng Shen's Dietary Canon" is, it will be of no use and we will only be at the mercy of others.

In this situation, the best time for Zhencui Group to develop quietly was before Zhenyuan Restaurant attracted attention.

According to the discussion between Gu Heng and Fan Hong, Zhencui Group is currently adopting a "two-pronged" strategy in terms of strategic reserves of traditional Chinese medicine.

We must simultaneously focus on both open source and cost reduction.

Open source means establishing its own Chinese herbal medicine planting base, so that Zhencui Group can obtain a long-term and stable source of Chinese herbal medicines.

Cost-saving measures mean that before establishing an internal supply and demand cycle for Chinese herbal medicines, Zhencui Group will purchase as many Chinese herbal medicines as possible from the existing Chinese herbal medicine market for future needs.

Gu Heng's thoughts were racing, but in reality, only a moment had passed.

After Gu Heng finished speaking, Zhao Hongbo and many other leaders of Changbai were stunned. None of them had expected that Gu Heng would be so accommodating.

We promise to cultivate 3000 mu (approximately 200 hectares) in one year!
A three-year commitment to 10000 mu!
A written agreement serves as proof, and a security deposit serves as security.

What the hell!

Is this a 3000 million investment?

This is clearly an investment of 3 million!

The Chinese herbal medicine plantation covers an area of ​​tens of thousands of acres, which will surely bring countless jobs to the local area!
All the leaders from Changbai Mountain present were in an uproar, and Zhao Hongbo's eyelids twitched uncontrollably.

Despite Wanda Group's direct investment of over 20 billion yuan in the Changbai Mountain International Resort, it was a one-off deal, and it's unlikely that such a large investment will come in again.

"Chairman Gu, is it true?"

Zhao Hongbo managed to remain calm.

"Of course I take it seriously."

Gu Heng smiled and nodded.

"Chairman Gu, our Fusong County has been deeply involved in the field of Chinese herbal medicine cultivation for decades, and has multiple demonstration bases for Chinese herbal medicine cultivation. We also have several locations suitable for your group to establish a Chinese herbal medicine cultivation base. On behalf of the Fusong County Government, I sincerely invite your group to build a plantation in Fusong."

Zhang Jin, the county magistrate of Fusong County, who had been eager to try, immediately stood up from his chair and extended an invitation to Gu Heng as soon as Gu Heng finished speaking.

Gao Zhenfei, the county magistrate of Jingyu County, who was originally sitting opposite Zhang Jin, saw that Zhang Jin had no martial ethics and started to snatch people without any warning. He couldn't help but stand up from his chair and extended an invitation to Gu Heng, not wanting to be outdone.

As for face?

Garlic bird, garlic bird, compared to this 10,000-mu Chinese herbal medicine plantation, what does face matter!

All they knew was that if they failed to bring back Zhencui Group's investment, and Zhencui Group's 10,000-mu Chinese herbal medicine planting base was established in the neighboring county, they would be relentlessly criticized and ridiculed by the local people...

(End of this chapter)