I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 206 The Great Demon is Expanding
"Boss, this was shipped from Europe."

"let me see."

However, Coach Zhang can only say that he goes with the flow when it comes to football; he thinks it's good to have some fun.

“Donate a library and a sports field to Jiangning University of Finance and Economics. The land can be used to renovate the adjacent dormitory buildings. As for the dormitory buildings, the land by the moat can be converted into student apartments and leased to Jiangning University of Finance and Economics for fifty years.”

"Yes, boss."

In terms of strength, Jiangning University of Finance and Economics is far inferior to Yuzhang University of Finance and Economics, but the school is fortunate to be located in Jiangkou Province, and now its employment prospects are extremely broad, with good options for taking civil service exams, postgraduate entrance exams, and entering enterprises.

Previously, large factories were not willing to cooperate with us; it was mostly units from the former grain system that came to recruit us. Now it's different because the "palace elders" and some "palace senior brothers and sisters" are working for a "big devil," so Jiangning University of Finance and Economics has a completely different confidence now.

This year, while raising the admission score line by 25 points, they also vigorously promoted employment opportunities.

The local state-owned investment companies have a deep partnership with the Zhang An Group. In addition, there are more than just one or two projects that will be IPO'd in the future. After the Zhang An Industrial Alliance's business is split up, it will be listed in batches, which will take at least five years.

If there are long queues, it's not impossible for it to take eight or ten years. That means the next ten years will be a golden period for employment, and this year's graduates are already reaping the benefits.

This "big devil" in the demonic path, Master Zhang, collaborates with Luzhou University of Finance and Economics, Taihu City's "money-making experts," and others. In addition to investment companies, consulting firms and insurance companies are also under construction.

Due to legal and regulatory issues, insurance companies are temporarily only using the business channels of local branches of large insurance companies, focusing on building the organizational structure and secondarily on developing a wide range of businesses.

Currently, some insurance business is mainly focused on logistics warehousing and production safety. The major client is the "Zhang'an Industrial Alliance" itself, followed by the Jiangkou Provincial Rural Education and Employment Pilot Demonstration Zone. The demonstration zone, in particular, benefits a wide range of people and has a large number of beneficiaries, so it is a collaboration with relevant agricultural management departments in the province.

It's a shift from serving individual customers to serving government and enterprise customers. Profits are average, but the potential is huge.

One of the standard property insurance policies is for farmers, but it's not for poultry like chickens, ducks, and geese; it's for dogs.

The premium for a dog is seventy yuan. According to the regulations of the Fengyi County Rural Poverty Alleviation and Prosperity Demonstration Park in Pengcheng City, once the output value exceeds 20 million yuan, the subsidy will be reduced from the original full subsidy to 50%. As long as the breeder is registered in the demonstration park, the actual insurance payment will increase from a few yuan to a little over thirty yuan.

This doesn't mean much to large-scale farms, but it's quite disheartening for individual farmers. So, for the first time in Pengcheng, a large city, individual farmers hope that the labels of "impoverished county," "impoverished township," and "impoverished village" can be worn for a few more years in Fengyi County.

This infuriated Uncle Zhang, and he argued with the fellow villagers from other counties who came to report the situation countless times in the park's office.

These days, the "elders" from Jiangning University of Finance and Economics are helping to make insurance models. Among them are some geniuses who have opened up "secret realms of dog insurance" and have helped a group of recent graduates to make a living.

After all, it's the bluest of blue oceans.

How blue is it?

Jiangning University of Finance and Economics did not share its investigation report with its fellow sects, and Yuzhang University of Finance and Economics and Luzhou University of Finance and Economics were unaware of how many "spirit stones" could be mined in the "Dog Insurance Secret Realm".

According to Uncle Zhang's statistics, the potential of the "Agricultural Counties Surrounding Pengcheng" is around ten million meat dogs, with a minimum of eight million and an upper limit depending on the final scale of the industry.

This figure of around ten million meat dogs does not include premium breeds specifically developed for Beijing and Shanghai. Dogs that can enter Beijing and Shanghai have higher quality requirements.

On average, each dog costs seventy yuan, so the insurance alone amounts to about seven hundred million yuan a year. As long as there is no outbreak of canine distemper, there is really no problem.

In reality, canine distemper is not common, especially since the standard breed of mixed-breed dogs has naturally strong disease resistance. This breed has been artificially selected over countless years, not bred for appearance or function as pets or working dogs. It's simply a matter of whether you can survive or not; if you are a good dog, then you are a good dog.

It is significantly different from regular pet dog kennels.

So as long as the meat dog breeding in Fengyi County doesn't do anything weird, the profit from this 700 million yuan could easily be 60-70%.

Jiangning University of Finance and Economics is currently aiming to monopolize the market for one to two years, which would be more than enough to cover all of next year's graduating students.

The fact that these "elders of the sect" are working so hard for Chief Instructor Zhang shows how much they care about the sect's disciples this year.

Whether future disciples from the sect will be able to reach the "Foundation Building Realm of Financial Freedom" is unknown, but a continuous supply of cultivation resources over the long term is certain.

However, Jiangning University of Finance and Economics had no idea that Uncle Zhang and Liu Yuanshan, the "county magistrate" of Pengli County, were close friends. After Yuzhang Province destroyed a "Hu Family Holy Land", Yuzhang University of Finance and Economics, whose sect strength had been greatly reduced, seized the opportunity to go to Jiangkou Province for training.

The "Dog Insurance Secret Realm" has also been opened to Yuzhang University of Finance and Economics.

This matter has nothing to do with Coach Zhang. It was Uncle Zhang who mentioned it to his close friend Liu Yuanshan, asking him to prepare and work together on a "dog meat quality standard system".

The month before last, County Chief Liu thought that the idiot surnamed Zhang was going crazy and trying to create a "small commodity futures market." But now, with the emergence of a "Fengyi dog meat" dog meat market indicator, he's completely dumbfounded.

They say fools sometimes have good luck.

Despite his vast knowledge and exceptional abilities, possessing both practical and theoretical knowledge, he still falls short compared to Zhang Zhengdong, this "dog-meat county magistrate."

Putting aside the fact that he had a "nephew" by his side as a cheat code, Zhang Zhengdong's incredible luck was also astonishing to Liu Yuanshan.

The insurance policy for "Fengyi Dog Meat" sold in Luzhou is a collaboration between Yuzhang University of Finance and Economics and an insurance branch in Liucheng District, which is undoubtedly intended as preparation for future gift packaging.

So at this moment, when Head Coach Zhang was in his office, the first thing he saw was not Jiangning University of Finance and Economics using a local dog as its "guardian spirit beast," but rather Yuzhang University of Finance and Economics, in addition to submitting a report on how many US dollars and Japanese yen they had earned in the "World Cup," also had a report on logistics and medical insurance related to the high-end market of "Fengyi dog meat."

"What the hell is this? What is Yuzhang University of Finance and Economics doing? How did they get involved with dog meat? And 'Fengyi dog meat' at that?"

"Boss, 'Fengyi Dog Meat' is now aiming for a well-known trademark. In addition to CCTV and major provincial TV stations, local TV stations are advertising heavily. The day before yesterday, Yuzhang University of Finance and Economics expressed its desire to expand its projects in the insurance industry. You said that as long as there is profit, we can cooperate."

"..."

Head Coach Zhang fell silent, guessing that his uncle had stirred up some trouble again.

So he got up and went to Fang Daqiao's place. Old Fang had worked in both Yuzhang Province and Jiangkou Province, and now he was a versatile steward. It was more useful to find him than to find Sima Cong.

"Old Fang, what's the deal with this 'Fengyi Dog Meat'?"

"Making dog-related processed products, huh? What's wrong? Is there something you're worried about, boss?"

Old Fangtou was busy checking materials at the moment. When he saw Zhang Da'an coming over, he put down what he was holding and looked at Zhang Da'an with some curiosity.

After all, normally the boss should be busy with student recruitment and college application at this time.

The only person who could get a boss to put aside his "core business" is Zhang Zhengdong from Fengyi County.

"Processed canine products?"

"Besides dog meat processing, we also export dog fur and leather products. The import and export trading company is based in Shazhou City; we have old connections. Our first stop is planned for Portugal."

"..."

"No, what I mean is, why does this 'Fengyi Dog Meat' seem to be trying to expand and become more powerful?"

"That's quite a large scale, boss."

Seeing that his boss didn't seem to be pretending not to know, Fang Daqiao explained, "Perhaps Director Zhang didn't mention the details to the boss. In the past two days, reputable consulting firms in the Yangtze River Delta region have reassessed the dog meat market. Internationally and domestically, they estimate the market size to be around two billion US dollars. The city of Luzhou believes that standardizing and legalizing the dog meat market would also benefit taxation and animal rights protection, so they plan to start promoting it around the autumn harvest."

"How much market can Huzhou possibly have? Why are you so concerned?"

"To be conservative, it's 80 million, not including fur and leather products, just the pure dog meat market. In addition to Liucheng District, we plan to open a specialty farmhouse restaurant on the island, focusing on 'Fengyi dog meat,' a geographical product. Director Zhang has already brought in 190,000 meat dogs that have passed inspection. He estimates it conservatively, around 100 million in revenue, but Taihu City believes it could reach 300 million."

How many?

"190,000 of them."

"..."

"There are only 190,000 dogs. If it weren't for Director Zhang keeping the slaughter volume down to no more than 20,000, Pengcheng City and Yishui City could easily absorb this number. Some well-established dog meat restaurants that slaughter and sell their own dogs can slaughter 90,000 dogs a year for just one store."

"Fuck..."

Because he doesn't eat dog meat, this completely fell into Coach Zhang's blind spot; he was always thinking about pet dog food and pet toys.

Turns out my uncle is really something else, all for a bite of something delicious...

This is too outrageous.

Zhang Da'an thought of pet dog food because there was a village in Shazhou City ten years ago that was once the largest pet food exporter in the country. However, they later made more money selling special steel, so they abandoned the pet food business.

So, when Zhang Da'an was making products based on the theme of "dogs," he naturally assumed that his uncle had found a business in Shazhou City and planned to take over part of it and then establish it in Fengyi County.

Looking at it now, there's no pet food at all; it's pure dog food...

Especially for some synthetic feeds made from processed animal offal, there are requirements for the source of the offal. After all, a significant portion of the offal from pigs, cattle, and sheep is not thrown away but is processed into food for sale.

However, even if it is only a part of the internal organs and bones, if the quantity is large enough, it can be harmlessly processed and then crushed and synthesized, provided that the quantity is large enough.

What a coincidence...

It's definitely not feasible for Fengyi County to engage in "bulk commodity futures," but it's more than capable of engaging in "small commodities" or "micro commodities."

Moreover, the poultry and livestock in the rural poverty alleviation and prosperity demonstration park in Fengyi County are all slaughtered in a centralized manner, and some of them are even semi-automated. In essence, a lot of the waste is a component of synthetic feed.

From the perspective of the development direction of modern agricultural technology under the "Science and Education Revitalizing the Nation Strategy", Zhang Zhengdong's work on environmental protection in the agricultural county was actually ahead of the curve.

Despite the large initial investment, the timeline doesn't actually need to be extended too much. You can see the benefits of high utilization within five years. The percentage reduction in material costs directly offsets the investment in environmental protection equipment and technology.

This is actually the same principle as the transformation of scientific and technological input into industrial output. Zhang Zhengdong didn't quite understand the logic behind it, but he just felt that it would definitely be good to have more technical personnel in Fengyi County or Pengcheng City.

Now the city is providing strong support, and they frequently run to Jiangning City to ask for money for Fengyi County's industrial planning. They have tasted the benefits, but not from local production, but from the rewards from the organization's top leaders.

Director Jia proposed the concept of the "Fengyi Model" for Fengyi County's achievements in rural education, employment, and poverty alleviation, which was promoted as a case study of agricultural industrialization.

On second-tier media, there was a special report titled "Striving for a New Era, Building a New Granary," which extensively reported on the "Fengyi Model." In particular, it highlighted the small Fengyi County, a poor agricultural county, which is "small but complete." It not only ensures the basic output of traditional agriculture, but also forms a "small industrial chain" through the combination of "production, learning and research".

It not only absorbed the surplus rural labor force but also reduced the financial burden of poverty alleviation. By relying primarily on self-reliance and supplementing it with relief applications, it quickly reversed the situation of excessively low income for the rural population.

Despite the inconvenient transportation, the county improved one-third of its county, township, and village roads by mobilizing cadres and the masses internally and balancing external technological input with human resources.

Furthermore, model villages for poverty alleviation and prosperity have been established, and the improvement of road surface and rural sanitation levels have been incorporated into the work direction and performance evaluation of grassroots cadres.

Uncle Zhang has one core principle that he never wavers on: the premise of his work is not to seek benefits for the masses, but to ensure that his own nephew's interests are not harmed.

Whether it's running the Chengbei Agricultural Wholesale Market, the Dafeng Pickles Factory, or raising Chinese soft-shelled turtles and Shanghu No. 2 ducks, the essence is that these industries can also bring benefits to my nephew, rather than being a burden.

Using his nephew's investment to boost his own political achievements... Sorry, Uncle Zhang has no interest in that.

So when Coach Zhang saw the commotion his uncle had caused, he was completely dumbfounded, because his uncle could make at least several hundred million yuan just by eating dog meat.

Of course, that's a matter for the future.

Right now, I'm only making a small profit, not much.

"Is the business of dog fur and leather booming?" "A string of fox pelts can sell for four thousand in Northeast China. It's mainly Russia that buys them. Russian trading companies are also middlemen. After processing in Russia, they are sold to Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Baltic countries. The French mainly buy raw materials from the Japanese for processing, while the British have agents in Hong Kong."

"So my uncle means to do business with Portugal?"

"The first step is to open up sales channels. Once we establish business in Portugal, we can expand into Portuguese-speaking regions. The main target is still Brazil."

"Can you do it?"

"Definitely. Fur and leather products have always been a major international market, with cowhide and pigskin selling very well. It's just that python and crocodile skins are now strictly regulated, otherwise we used to be able to import the skin of a green python from South America. Now, it's mostly smuggled, and the price is cheaper than in Southeast Asia."

Old Fangtou is quite familiar with this area. The current stock of python skin in China is not enough to make musical instruments popular, not even enough for a single erhu.

Smugglers are usually skilled individuals. This kind of shady business is different from "gambling, prostitution, and drugs," and the risks are actually not that great.

It's similar to smuggling ivory, timber, rhinoceros horn, and the like.

Zhang Da'an wasn't sure about the prices, so he chatted with Fang Daqiao and found out that a pair of high-end dog skin gloves could cost anywhere from several hundred to several thousand yuan.

Of course, converting it to euros or dollars doesn't mean much.

For someone who can afford to play golf, tens or hundreds of dollars is nothing.

The only problem is that it's difficult to sell. Originally, Zhang Da'an's idea was to find a distributor, but now that he sees the market potential is not small, he thinks it would be better to create his own brand.

Then they were exported and then sold domestically.

These days, it's become popular to use foreign brand names to make money off domestic bosses, mainly in home furnishings, kitchen and bathroom products, clothing, and imported liquor.

Currently, Wudu City in Jiangkou Province and Chancheng City in Lingdong Province are the most adept at this, but they also follow the rules. The bosses who started their businesses on both sides were either drivers, guards, or communications officers decades ago.

A secretary is also a communications officer.

Therefore, this decline also has a timeline, which basically started after the J-20 took off and gradually declined.

People like Zhang Zhengdong, who build their own businesses without being guided by "experts," are a minority.

Strictly speaking, Uncle Zhang has never had any business dealings with his former superiors, including Qiu Jianmin.

“Hey, then, since we can do it, let’s go all out. A stock of 190,000 dogs isn’t enough. Let’s increase it tenfold, add another 100,000, and have a stock of two million. Let’s set up a ‘Canine Products Division,’ and besides the meat dogs from Fengyi County, let’s also make products for pet dogs.”

Where will the funds come from?

"I'll pay for it myself."

"Okay, I'll gather some people later."

The old landlord asked about the source of funding because "dog meat" is a controversial term, and it's best to avoid affecting the company with controversial things as much as possible.

Of course, they've already fallen out, so there's nothing that can be done about it.

For example, none of the companies, factories, and schools affiliated with the "Zhang An Group" have ethnic minority restaurants; they don't have a single one. Their recruitment notices simply state that they only have "Han-style restaurants."

They're the only ones in the entire Yangtze River Delta region to do this, and they've caused countless controversies over this little thing, but it's all for nothing.

The boss continues to do things his own way, and now all the supply chain companies in the "Zhang An Group" are doing the same thing.

There's no way around it, you have to flatter him. How can you not flatter the "three-time champion"?
If you are different from the "Zhang An faction", does that mean you have a problem with the "three-time champion"?

Because the impact was so severe, the lawsuit went all the way to Beijing, but Zhang Da'an still stood firm, saying either the entire "Zhang An Group" would shut down, or he would continue.

pick one of two.

Choose it or not, come or not, it's up to you.

In such a situation, if "dog meat" attracts a bunch of fake "animal protection organizations" that are actually cult members, then chaos and turmoil will ensue.

Old Fangtou was extremely cautious about these sensitive issues.

He was most grateful that at least the company didn't have the messy international feminism, minority groupism, and other issues; otherwise, labor and legal expenses might have both increased.

However, he was certain of one thing: with his boss's condition, living to forty wouldn't be a problem, and an old man like him wouldn't need to worry about him anymore by then.

After all, I've been retired for a long time!
As for now, how can someone with a million-dollar annual salary not work?!

The boss instructed him to continue expanding his uncle's business, so the job had to be done well. Before the boss left, Old Fangtou pulled out a document and handed it to Zhang Da'an: "Boss, by the way, we can take over this company."

"Oh?"

Chief Instructor Zhang took the document, flipped through it, and asked, "A travel company?"

"I had heard before that there would be adjustments to the international tourism business. The State Council has newly announced the 'Measures for the Administration of Citizens' Outbound Tourism,' which clarifies some contents, such as that no unit or individual may organize Chinese citizens to travel to countries other than those listed as outbound tourism destinations by the tourism administration department."

"It has nothing to do with us, right?"

"This has nothing to do with us, but there are certain conditions to meet in operating an outbound tourism business. The boss's international business is growing bigger and bigger, so he might as well just start a travel agency."

"Right."

Zhang Da'an nodded, flipping through the document in his hand. It was actually an introduction to a travel agency, which was doing very well and had a healthy financial situation, but it had to be sold.

why?
Because the Hu family owns eleven percent of the shares.

It's that simple.

The other shareholders were eager to sell to Zhang Da'an, but because the business was too small, they couldn't meet Zhang Da'an in person. So they used their connections to find Fang Daqiao, hoping he could help them acquire the property.

Just then, the State Council announced the "Measures for the Administration of Citizens' Outbound Tourism," which will be implemented in the second half of the year. Several points are still very important, namely the operating conditions for outbound tourism business, which require obtaining international travel agency qualifications for at least one year; outstanding performance in operating inbound tourism business; and no major illegal acts or major service quality problems during the operation period.

Without obtaining the qualification to operate outbound tourism business from the tourism administration department, no unit or individual may operate outbound tourism business or operate it in disguised form through business, inspection, training or other means.

In fact, the part that is prohibited has always been turned a blind eye, since there is still the business of studying abroad.

The new management measures announced now don't really have much to do with ordinary people. The old approach of turning a blind eye will likely remain the same in the future.

The main focus is on "inspection tours." To put it bluntly, in the past, people would charter planes to go abroad for inspection tours at the drop of a hat, but in the future, they will have to pay for those tours themselves.

It's a tough job, and there will be a period of time when officials will be "living in misery".

Another solution will naturally emerge after a while.

There's always a solution.

As the saying goes, "the devil is always one step ahead of the saint," this most basic form of combat has been going on for thousands of years, so a decade or two won't make a difference.

Just as there have been similar poems like "Ode to Chrysanthemums After Failing the Imperial Examination" throughout history, and "daring to laugh at Huang Chao for not being a true man," it is not uncommon for "rebel" types like Zhang Da'an to occasionally cause a regional "traitorous act" that "traitors trample the bones of officials and nobles on the streets."

Anyway, now that the capital has approved "let him go and write lyrics," Chief Instructor Zhang, after failing the imperial examination, can be considered to be "writing lyrics by imperial decree," and occasionally "filling in the blanks" as needed.

A few fries served to a group of people—for a travel company, it's just a side dish, insignificant compared to a proper meal.

"We need to expand our business in Southeast Asia. Let them eliminate those with ties to the Hu family and use the rest if they are still usable."

"Okay, I'll do it."

Old Fangtou was skilled in his business; all he needed was for the boss to nod in approval and then sign the document.

Unlike those outsiders who were unaware of the situation, Lao Fangtou knew very well that his boss had rebelled against many people. The risks were indeed greater, but the profits were really high.

Unlike other travel companies, because of its internet background, even though many travel agencies have opened up online ticketing channels, none of them can actually provide efficient feedback.

Basically, they are all in the scope of businesses such as "grabbing scalped tickets", "grabbing discounted air tickets", "using credit card value-added services", and "using important customer membership card services", and of course, they also include some illegal businesses such as "cash out", "parallel sales", and "package replacement".

Therefore, the "Administrative Measures for Citizens' Outbound Tourism" also clearly stipulates that tour operators should safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of tourists.

It sounds like a pointless statement, but the nature of it has changed. It has now progressed to the stage of "having laws to follow." As for how the implementation will go, we'll see.

However, some of the rules that can build a good reputation are things that companies like the "Zhang An Group" can do in the long run by strictly adhering to the Labor Law.

For example, tour operators must provide tourists with truthful and reliable information about outbound travel services, and must not make false claims or quote prices below cost.

For example, travel agencies that organize outbound tourism should enter into written tourism contracts with tourists.

Furthermore, travel contracts should include the start and end dates of the trip, itinerary, price, accommodation, transportation, and liability for breach of contract.

If it is reorganized into "Zhang'an Tourism" or something similar in the future, there will be many benefits. First, the employees of the "Zhang'an Group" are themselves high-quality customers; second, the students and their families under the "Zhang'an Education" name are a potential high-quality customer group; and finally, all kinds of services can be made into value-added services of the "Zhang'an Industrial Alliance".

The development of online ticketing systems is the business of "Zhang Xiaobai Technology Co., Ltd."; hotel supplies can be directly deployed to Fengyi County to establish a hotel supplies production base; and for other vehicle use, "Fengyi experts" can be recruited directly from the logistics department or even recruited from Fengyi County for training.

Old Fangtou has some ideas about his retirement life. He thinks that no matter which travel company he hires after retirement, it's not as good as hiring his boss.

Not only is the food and accommodation worry-free, but VIP treatment is also included.

The boss himself doesn't care because he's young. He could buy a private jet and crash it into a skyscraper without any problem. With an annual salary of a million, he can't afford a private jet; he'd be lucky to get a business or first-class seat.

As for why this was brought out to be seen by the boss when discussing the boss's uncle selling dog meat, it's because the old man was going to Fengyi County in a couple of days to discuss related industries and personnel training with the boss's uncle.

Flattery, if done in a simple and crude way, can never capture the level and charm of General Manager Guan Changsheng. At the end of this race, General Manager Guan is invincible. Flattery with roundabout tactics and repeated interludes, on the other hand, belongs to the technical style, and is subtle and pervasive.

In this area, Lao Fangtou plans to challenge himself.

By the way, bring along your old friends from Yuzhang Province to enjoy the meat together, so that Uncle Boss can experience wave after wave of success in his business. Such flattery is quite appealing.

Practice by understanding the superior's intentions.

In the past, trying to understand old men was useless; now, trying to understand young people, especially young people who might be psychologically abnormal, requires personal effort.

However, this did not stop the old landlord from methodically pushing forward the technical flattery. He calculated that since the boss had set up a hotel and tourism school by Daming Lake in Jinan, there must be a place for internships, or at the very least, an internship site.

Because the business volume in Fengyi County is currently quite large, Lao Fangtou is waiting for the tourism company to complete the acquisition so that he can first set up a "Zhang An system" reception hotel in Fengyi County and make it a model hotel to facilitate students to come and intern.

For the boss, that would definitely be a cause for celebration.

That's how you flatter someone, without leaving a trace.

(End of this chapter)