Chapter 262 Sanctions
Thinking about flower seeds, Guo Yang returned to the office and lay down on the chair to take a short rest.

Then the afternoon work started again.

Tiandao 22 is a conventional rice variety that sells itself on its outstanding quality, and its price is not cheap.

Tianhe didn't even promote its product at all. It just found a few paddy fields with good water quality and soil in its Hainan base to plant and produce high-quality rice.

Because conventional rice seeds can be kept for personal use, you won't get much profit even if you put a lot of effort into promoting them.

Therefore, we can only grow and process high-quality rice on a small scale first, or we can position it as an employee benefit.

Thinking about the faint fragrance of rice, Guo Yang was reluctant to leave for a while.

Make a cup of tea to calm your nerves first.

Looking at the few small bags of tea left, Guo Yang felt a little regretful. There were originally quite a lot of them, but Yu Honghai and Yu Xiaochuan each took a large bag and left.

What's on the table now was given to him by Ning Xiaojing.

There aren't many nowadays.

And what about others.

He had been wailing in the group for a long time, begging people for some tea bags.

This hemp tea, although it tastes a little bit amazing when you first drink it, is not addictive.

But as time goes by, the benefits of kenaf tea become more and more obvious, especially for working people who need to maintain high-intensity work for a long time.

Coffee can refresh you and help you stay focused, but it is harmful to your body.

Hemp tea is different. It helps you rest well, regulate your body, and give you energy to work and study well.

Waking up full and refreshed every morning is what makes it addictive.

It is indeed a plant that took 268 points of natural energy to cultivate.

But Guo Yang remembered another characteristic of the seeds: they were extremely attractive to bees.

He thought about it, then opened the spam group. No one was chatting at this moment, but a lot of messages had accumulated.

Guo Yang did not go to see it either, but instead @谢时杰 in the group chat, "You can try to get some beehives next year."

Maybe it was working hours, and it took a while before someone showed up in the group.

"When the Hanhai kenaf flowers bloomed last year, it did attract a lot of bees. I think there is something to be done."

"This kenaf is really a treasure. Not only can it be used to make tea for health and wellness, but it can also be used to make honey."

"I'm so jealous."

"Why are there so many good things there, Mr. Xie?"

Xie Shijie: "Okay, boss. The bee industry can also be used as part of the Gobi Desert industry development, and we will strive to achieve profitability as soon as possible."

Guo Yang: "Let's feed these people first."

"Hahaha……"

"Boss, you are wise! You are awesome!"

Xie Shijie: “Next year, I will give you enough!”

Guo Yang then looked through the messages in the spam group and found that the recent content was all about sharing photos of delicious food.

For example, Ning Xiaojing posted today’s potato feast and rice in the cafeteria, as well as various other delicacies.

Many employees also post some exquisite photos on QQ space, which arouses the envy of many people.

Maybe it’s because he is in the group, and above him, there are some interesting things happening on projects in various places.

For example, falconry and horse riding on the grassland. After several years of management, the degraded desert grassland in Urad has improved a lot.

The dense hawk-catching racks and artificially tamed and released foxes have effectively controlled the rodent infestation.

It seems like I haven’t been to the grassland for two years.

There was heavy snow in Altay, and all kinds of pasture grasses on the Atractylodes Desert were covered with snow. However, the thicker the snow, the safer the pasture grasses would be during the winter.

On the contrary, the Kazakh herdsmen who roam the mountains may have a hard time this year.

Ice formed on the surface of Xiangyang Lake.

Hainan's winter agriculture is as hot as the local weather.

Guo Yang was thinking about organizing a big team-building activity in the group before the New Year.

Employees from the north go to the south for vacation, employees from the south come to the north to see the snow, and employees from large coastal cities can also go to the Northwest.

Guo Yang didn't really want to go to the south, but was quite interested in ice fishing at Xiangyang Lake.

The news in the spam group only occurs every few days. Not long after, Guo Yang saw the updates of Yu Honghai and Yu Xiaochuan.

Both of them teased each other.

After arriving in the Middle East, Yu Xiaochuan first went to the capital of Syria: Damascus.

One of the oldest ancient cities in the world.

From the ancient Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Arab Empire... to the Ottoman Empire, Damascus has always been hailed as a city in heaven.

It is close to the most fertile land and the Damascus rose is famous all over the world.

It was written in an ancient Arabic book: "If there is a paradise on earth, Damascus must be in it."

This year, Damascus just built a Chinese trade city, which is home to more than one hundred Chinese companies.

Yu Xiaochuan wanted to see if there were any trade opportunities.

However, in the Middle East, besides the vast deserts, abundant oil, and brilliant culture, there are also ruthless revenge, constant confrontation, and constant explosions...

Damascus is no exception.

Yu Xiaochuan happened to encounter the turmoil, but fortunately he escaped in time.

Several veterans kept in touch with each other, and Yu Honghai in Africa learned about Yu Xiaochuan's predicament.

Occasionally made a joke.

But he didn't expect that a few days later, Yu Xiaochuan also teased him that he was stripped naked in Africa.

Now the whole company knows about it.

On the contrary, Guo Yang didn't pay much attention and thought he was the only one in the country who knew about this matter. He didn't expect that it had already spread.

After thinking for a while, Guo Yang decided to contact Yu Xiaochuan as Syria might not be peaceful in the next few years.

About half an hour later, the two got on the phone.

Guo Yang said: "Don't stay in Syria, go to the Arabian Peninsula, it's safer there and the market is bigger."

"I ran away early. I'm in Unai now. Oh, this place is north of the Saudi capital, about 270 kilometers away from Riyadh."

Guo Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

Onaizai didn't know where he was.

But as long as we are in Saudi Arabia, it is basically the most stable place in the Middle East.

"That's good."

Yu Xiaochuan said: "I have already established contact with the Arab Agricultural Services Company. Saudi Arabia is planning agricultural reforms."

“Give up the cultivation of water-intensive crops such as grain and alfalfa at home, and switch to importing them all or developing overseas bases. Only develop drought-resistant and facility agriculture at home.”

"I plan to set up the Middle East branch in Dubai, UAE, mainly focusing on goods trading, and then invest in a farm in Saudi Arabia to grow vegetables and fruits."

Saudi Arabia launched a wheat self-sufficiency plan in the late 70s, using the huge income from oil to support agriculture.

In the past 30 years, Saudi Arabia has transformed from a country with almost no agriculture into a major exporter of agricultural products and an important grain exporter in the Middle East.

The country is more than self-sufficient in wheat, fresh milk and eggs, and the self-sufficiency rate in fruit reaches 60%.

Agricultural output value is second only to the oil industry.

However, the price is the further depletion of its non-renewable groundwater resources and the serious problem of seawater intrusion in coastal areas.

Based on this, Saudi agriculture may have to make a major shift.

Undoubtedly, Yu Xiaochuan discovered this opportunity. Alfalfa, fruits and vegetables, drought-resistant seeds, agricultural machinery... these are all Jiahe's businesses.

Saudi Arabia is a big dog producer!
Huaxia is also its largest trading customer.

Whether Jiahe directly exports products such as forage and agricultural machinery to it or invests locally, it has the opportunity to earn rich returns.

It can also radiate to other oil-rich Gulf countries.

Guo Yang even thought of drones...

Without much hesitation, Guo Yang said: "In Saudi Arabia, you can go all out and the company will provide the necessary support."

"First, open up the trade channels between countries."

Regarding investment in Africa, Guo Yang provided Yu Honghai with project development direction.

But as for agriculture in the Middle East, Guo Yang is not really sure what to invest in, other than exporting products to the region.

Fortunately, Yu Xiaochuan can do it himself.

Yu Xiaochuan also responded seriously: "Okay, after the branch is established, I will visit other Middle Eastern countries one after another."

"Be careful. Also, communicate more with Gaode and ask Jiahe Grain and Oil to send people to support you."

"it is good."

Hang up the phone with Yu Xiaochuan.

Guo Yang thought about the development of the Middle East in the next ten years or so. It will still be a place of war and smoke.

Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan...

Damascus was also severely damaged in the war, and the roses withered. Guo Yang suddenly thought of the bitter water roses in Gansu...

The Middle East is rich in oil resources, but its geographical environment is not suitable for agricultural development. Coupled with war, it has led to long-term dependence on food imports.

Basically, this place suffers every time there is a food crisis.

The food crisis in 2008 will once again sweep across the Middle East, and Africa and Southeast Asia will also be severely affected.

At this critical juncture, Jiahe has been stockpiling food and entered the Middle East and Africa 1 to 2 years in advance.

When a food crisis comes, Jiahe, which has grain in hand, will be able to quickly open up the situation in the Middle East and Africa.

However, Jiahe was just established and has not yet obtained an export license, and grain exports are also subject to a quota system.

But there is still time, it is definitely not too late.

Next year will be the most critical year.

Guo Yang sorted out the high-yield grain seeds in Jiahe's hands: Tianyu No. 1, Tiandou No. 1, and Tianshu No. 21.

And the ones that were cultivated just in April this year,
Wheat variety: All-excellent,

Sea rice: Tianjingyan No. 1,
Silage corn variety: Tianyu No. 8.

Domestic grain production has increased for three consecutive years, and next year will be no exception.

Especially Tianyu No. 1, based on the current seed production area of ​​50 mu, the output is at least 50 tons.

If all of them are sold to farmers, the planting area of ​​Tianyu No. 1 will reach a terrifying 2.8 million mu.

It accounts for 60 to 70 percent of the country’s corn area!
Guo Yang couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

This year, domestic corn production increased by 1.44 million tons compared to the expected 1.76 million tons. Next year, the corn planting area will expand by 2.2 million mu, which will increase production by another 7000 million tons!

Reaching 2.46 million tons! Due to the good benefits of growing corn, the domestic corn planting area may increase.

In 2006, the world's corn production was 6.887 million tons.

Among them, the United States produced 2.729 million tons, and its corn exports originally accounted for 70% of the world's exports.

But in the past two years, the United States has vigorously promoted biofuels, and the export volume of corn has decreased rapidly. Coupled with some other factors, international food prices have soared.

The substantial increase in China's corn production must have alerted international grain traders.

However, the general trend has been formed, and even knowing this, the international grain trade can only take some defensive measures.

But in the next two years, China's corn production will not only increase. This year, the coastal saline-alkali land has added more than 10 million mu of arable land, and the rate of increase will only be faster in the next two years.

The yield of Tiandou No. 1 of 480 kilograms per mu has also driven up the average yield of domestic soybeans, and the seeds in reserve for seed production are also sufficient.

There is also wheat Quanyousheng, as well as sea rice and Tianyu No. 8, which can drive the growth of grain production.

Even alfalfa production is increasing…

Therefore, no matter how fast the domestic economy develops, it will not be as fast as the increase in grain production.

With so much grain, the country will definitely relax restrictions on grain exports.

There are so many changes.

It is difficult for Guo Yang to deduce in detail, he only knows that the country has more say this time.

The country's top leaders may have realized something and even reduced corn subsidies in order to adjust the corn planting area.

The state grain reserves are also consciously stockpiling.

But the subprime mortgage crisis, financial crisis, food crisis... no one probably understands this era better than him.

There were also the Olympic Games in 2008... and two major natural disasters that occupied the attention of the upper echelons.

Guo Yang felt inexplicably melancholy.

Earthquakes and snowstorms...

Guo Yang will not take risks, but Jiahe will definitely do his best.

After coming to his senses, Guo Yang contacted AutoNavi and confirmed the work progress again. Everything was in progress.

It was not convenient to reveal more details to Gaode over the phone, but Guo Yang wanted to talk to someone.

After thinking about it, Qu Yang is the only suitable person.

Yan Qun is busy with the factory's seed production, while Qu Yang has been busy convening a dealer conference recently.

It's past three in the afternoon.

Guo Yang arrived at the largest hotel in the area. At a glance, it was packed with people. There were nearly a thousand people sitting in the auditorium.

Tianhe booked a hotel and invited partners from all over the country to Jiuquan to hold a conference, which will last for 3 days.

On the stage, Qu Yang was talking.

"Tianhe will always choose those terminal distributors who have influence, sales, good reputation and are relied upon by the masses in the region as its partners."

"Treat all dealers with sincerity and treat them equally...Don't change your mind from one day to the next."

"Tianhe currently has multiple marketing channels, including direct sales, distribution, Denong agricultural supplies supermarket, and Huinong.com, which is still in incubation..."

"But you are still the most important link, and the agricultural supply supermarket and Huinong.com will be open to you first."

"Some people are worried that Tianhe will take their jobs away..."

……

Guo Yang also found a seat in an inconspicuous corner at the back and sat down.

The seed traders listened very attentively.

Especially when it comes to Denong agricultural supplies supermarket and Huinong.com, this is also the biggest point of disagreement between Tianhe and dealers.

But they can totally co-exist.

Tianhe cannot give up its distributors. Without these seed merchants, Tianhe's difficulty in combating counterfeit cards will once again reach hellish levels.

It will be difficult to curb the phenomenon of collusion between agricultural supply stores and law enforcement personnel, secret payments, etc.

Only by using interests to bind the stakeholders tightly and making as many friends as possible can you firmly occupy the seed sales market.

If a seed store or company wants to remain invincible for a long time, it must have several well-known brands as partners.

Tianhe is undoubtedly the best in China. Its seeds are good and can bring farmers a good harvest, so farmers are eager to buy them.

Even if all seed dealers in a certain area do not sell Tianhe seeds, farmers can still solve the problem through mail order, online shopping, etc.

Therefore, seed merchants will not give up and try their best to obtain exclusive agency for a region.

win-win.

Only small trickles of water can turn into big rivers.

...

The meeting lasted all afternoon.

After listening halfway, Guo Yang felt that seed sales next year would not be a problem.

The profit is high enough, and the entire chain has flexible operating space.

Therefore, Guo Yang sent a message to Qu Yang and returned to the car to check work news while waiting.

The 50 mu of saline-alkali land in Jinta has come to an end, and a large number of Donghe agricultural machinery troops have already moved to Xinjiang Province.

Zepu's base outsourcing team has also been sorted out, and Cai Bin can go there and do a deep dig with his men.

It's no problem to finish the work before the snow starts.

The four new varieties applied for by Tianhe Science Academy have passed the preliminary review. In addition, another batch of seven varieties have entered the approval process.

Experimental research on biological breeding has also made great progress. With the help of Jiahe's superior germplasm genes, a batch of results will be produced every year in the future.

It's still worth being happy about.

Bi Qiang is really dedicated to the breeding business.

At this time, Yang Cheng sent a message to Guo Yang.

"Boss, Tencent's dividend income has arrived, 1300 million yuan, and the stock price has been fluctuating recently. Do you want to reduce your holdings a little more?"

Guo Yang raised his eyebrows. Sell? Sell for nothing! His fingers quickly tapped the keyboard: "No, I will use the dividend money to continue buying!"

the other side,
Yang Cheng was stunned!
"Do you still want to buy it?"

Now everyone knows that Weiguang Corporation is Tencent's die-hard bull.

It has been buying since the beginning of the year and now holds 8.1% of the shares. Four announcements have been issued within a year.

It can be said that it attracted a lot of attention.

The stock price also fluctuated upward during this period, reaching a high of HK$6 in June. It has fallen a bit now, but it still made enough profit.

In addition to the increase in stock prices, the dividend income over the two years added up to more than 20 million yuan.

However, the market is still not optimistic about Tencent, and even Xiao Ma now cannot understand Tencent's profit model.

It sold a lot of its shares at a price of 6 yuan last year.

Even the founder is like this, let alone others.

For investors in the market, certainty is the key to confidence, but Tencent clearly does not have that now.

So Yang Chengcai thought about reducing his holdings.

Guo Yang said firmly: "Buy!"

The era of mobile Internet is about to arrive. Although the financial crisis has also had an impact on Tencent, this is also an opportunity to increase holdings.

Tencent’s real take-off did not come until the launch of WeChat, which helped it build a moat.

But it has also been rising during this period.

Yang Cheng: "Okay, got it."

Guo Yang also asked, "Where's the fresh food supermarket? And you said you were going to build an urban farm, but I haven't seen any progress."

"The fresh food supermarket is still under renovation and is scheduled to open on New Year's Day. The urban farm has also been built, but the temperature is too low in winter, so it's bare..."

Guo Yang: “Send some photos.”

"Okay, I'll send it right away. I've been so busy collecting rent and keeping an eye on stocks lately that I kind of forgot about it."

Guo Yang didn't reply.

He could feel that Yang Cheng already had a retirement mentality.

I have a happy family, an easy job, good pay, but I have little autonomy in the company.

The only thing that was built by Yang Chengzi was the urban farm, but it was almost winter.

It seems that there is really nothing to grow on the open-air urban rooftop farms in Beijing.

Waited in the car for a while.

Before five o'clock, Qu Yang appeared at the elevator entrance of the parking lot. He still exuded the temperament he had when he was giving a speech, with a bit of a rough air.

Luo Xiu waved his hand, "This way, Mr. Qu."

Qu Yang touched his forehead, which was becoming increasingly shiny, and walked over.

Guo Yang smiled and said, "Why don't you just shave your head?"

Qu Yang also smiled, his voice a little hoarse, "Don't tell me, I really have this idea."

Guo Yang said: "Thank you for your hard work!"

"It's fine. What's up, boss? How about we go have dinner with the dealer later?"

Guo Yang shook his head. He didn't want to drink.

"I mainly wanted to talk to someone about the international food situation. Since Gao De is not here, I came to you."

"I see. I'm not an expert in this area, so I can only listen."

"It's okay, just help me find the missing parts and make sure it doesn't leak out."

"No problem." Qu Yang smiled. It seemed that the matter was quite important.

After he really spent half an hour listening to Guo Yang's personal prediction, he was completely stunned.

The financial crisis, food crisis, food hoarding, futures, each of these is a big deal.

The boss is really ambitious, but he is also very generous!
This is a big deal!

But is the gambling nature too strong?
Food prices are indeed on the rise.
Just predicting the financial crisis and food crisis, there is too much uncertainty!

Qu Yang was silent for a long time. The fact that his boss brought up this matter to discuss with him was enough to prove his trust in him.

After thinking again and again, he said, "The two houses of the U.S. Congress are likely to pass a new sanctions bill in the next two days, forcing the country to choose between the two."

"Either the U.S. imposes a 25% tariff, or the renminbi appreciates. The U.S. market is too important to China, so the currency is likely to appreciate."

"So domestic export business will definitely be affected, and grain is no exception. Coupled with the increase in grain production, domestic grain prices will definitely be affected."

"It's good news for Jiahe's stockpiling, provided there is a real food crisis."

(End of this chapter)