Chapter 405 Ending and Beginning

During the gathering, he only had a brief taste.

Instead, he was chatting more with Yu Qin and others to learn about recent work developments.

Yu Qin finished eating the mutton skewers in his hand and said, "Double Eleven is very popular now. Ge Wenyao is very concerned about Yuze's online sales, and the offline market feedback in the early stage is also very good."

Guo Yang raised his eyebrows, "Where's Herborist?"

"Offline channel dealers have a lot of complaints." Yu Qin paused, "The sales director of Herborist has reduced investment in online channels."

"Do you want to go on?"

"Yes, the advertisement has already been released. If we cancel it now, the backlash will be huge for Herborist."

Guo Yang nodded. Herborist has developed through 10 years of hard work in offline channels, and its profit chain is very long.

It cannot be cut off in an instant, and it cannot be cut off.

Today’s e-commerce is not like that of later generations, and it cannot support the sales of a brand of cosmetics in a short period of time.

"Let's focus on Yuze. I'll ask Weilai Tianjian to give Yuze more resources."

"Okay." Yu Qin nodded. "At the beginning of last month, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission approved Jiahua Group to transfer 4.9% of its shares to Shanghai Chengtou and Shanghai Jiushi. This month, Jiahua will be transferred from Guosheng Group to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission as a whole."

Guo Yang smacked his lips, "This efficiency is quite amazing!"

"Indeed." Yu Qin said with a smile: "The valuation may be done next month, and then it will be listed for transfer. If the effect of Double Eleven this time is good, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission may slap its thighs."

Guo Yang smiled and said, "They have a long-term vision and see the potential of Jahwa and Quanwang joining forces."

"Hey... Hey... Senior Brother, Mr. Yu." Lin Keqing's voice came, "You two have been talking about work all night, do you want me to find you an office?"

Guo Yang turned his head and saw that Lin Keqing, who was wearing a white down jacket, had a flushed face.

"How much alcohol have you drunk?"

"Sister Hui and Yuan Fang don't dare to drink with you two, so they drag me to drink. I'm fighting two of them at once!" Lin Keqing's aggrieved look made Guo Yang a little stunned.

Li Hui: "You only drank one cup in total, and not only did you get red in the face after one cup, you also got drunk after one cup."

"Hey, Lin Keqing, you call me Sister Li Huihui, why do you call me by my first name? Isn't it worth it for me to just call you Brother Fang? No, you have to drink."

"Just drink!"

"You would rather drink than call me Brother Fang!"

Researcher Yuan Fang's voice brought Guo Yang back to his senses. Seeing that Lin Keqing really wanted to drink it, Guo Yang snatched it away.

"Okay, let's not talk about work anymore. Come on, Lao Yu, let's have a drink."

"Okay, I haven't had a drink with the boss for a while." Yu Qin also brought up the wine glass.

An hour later, Guo Yang saw Lin Keqing still lying on the table. He felt helpless and didn't know where he got the courage to drink.

I didn't even finish the glass, but my physique makes me get drunk easily after drinking.

Guo Yang asked: "Has she ever drank with you guys before?"

"No, this is the first time I see her drinking. She used to drink beverages." Li Hui stood up and shook her body.

"Boss, please give Keqing a ride. Yuan Fang and I will take a taxi back."

Guo Yang said: "Let's go together. Luo Xiu will drive you there."

Li Hui waved her hand and pulled Yuan Fang into the night market. "Hey, no need. Yuan Fang and I will go to eat Lanzhou sesame cakes again."

Guo Yang looked at Yu Qin again, "Let's go, I'll take you first."

Yu Qin pointed in a random direction, "My driver also wants to buy Lanzhou sesame cakes."

Guo Yang: "Do I look like a sesame seed cake?"

"..."

Yu Qin still left.

If he didn't have to drive, Luo Xiu would have wanted to leave, "Boss, I'll go get the car first."

"No, go buy some sesame cakes first."

"..." Luo Xiu touched his head, "Now that they said that, it seems that they are indeed a little greedy."

Guo Yang curled his lips, "There's still a person who has not eaten anything yet!"

On the way back in the car, Guo Yang couldn't help but take a bite of a hot and fragrant pancake, which immediately warmed him up a lot.

"Hmm..." Lin Keqing smelled the smell and opened her confused eyes, "What smells so good?"

"You have a really good nose." Guo Yang handed over a piece of cake. "Here's a piece of sesame cake. I bought this for you because I thought you fell down after just two bites of the food."

"..."

Lin Keqing asked: "Where are the others?"

"I'm back." Guo Yang said, "I'm on my way back now."

"Oh."

Lin Keqing took the pancake and started eating it in small bites. Maybe he was really hungry, because by the time he got outside the community, he had already finished one beef pancake.

After Lin Keqing left, the car still stopped by the roadside for a while. After confirming that everyone had arrived home, Guo Yang leaned back in his seat and exhaled softly, "Let's go back."

It was he who asked Yu Qin to initiate today's party.

The original intention was to ask Lin Keqing to help make some connections. Her great-grandfather's surname was Liu. He joined the party in 1938 and was once the leader of Long.

But he came to Long Province after the reform and opening up, and before the 60s, he had always been a deputy at Shuimu University.

After retirement, he has been living in Beijing.

Therefore, it has a significant influence in Lanzhou University, Long Province, Shuimu, and Beijing.

His children and grandchildren all teach at foreign universities such as Cambridge and Oxford, and he only has one close granddaughter in China: Lin Keqing.

If you can get on this line, many problems can be easily solved.

But in the end, Guo Yang regretted it.

The 900 Yuan Action has already begun, and external pressure will be there immediately; if internal pressure is put into practice, it will definitely have an effect.

Moreover, even if consumption tax is imposed, it will not stop the development of bioenergy forests.

The 900 Yuan Action is just a trigger.

No matter what method you use, as long as it can get things done, it is a good method.

There was a figure by the window on the upper floor of the community, and it disappeared long after the car left.

...

The next day, before dawn, Guo Yang got up from his manor in Lan City.

This manor is located on the outskirts of the city, close to the mountains and water, with pleasant scenery. It was bought and carefully built in the past two years, and some thought was also put into security.

Guo Yang, neatly dressed, started his morning run in the cold wind, devoting himself to it wholeheartedly, and his body was soon soaked with sweat.

Only when he sleeps and exercises can he put aside all distracting thoughts.

The rest of the time, whenever I stop, I will keep thinking about work.

Even while taking a shower, Guo Yang was still thinking about how to communicate with the provincial leaders later.

Exempting biodiesel from consumption tax is a matter for the State Administration of Taxation and the Ministry of Finance, but the province should also have a way to do it.

An hour later, Guo Yang appeared in the provincial government building and walked around the building all day.

Visit, talk, wait, talk; repeat the same process over and over again.

In view of Jiahe’s influence, several key leaders readily agreed and said they would submit the proposal to their superiors.

In the evening, Guo Yang walked out of the government building without looking back.

Luo Xiu, who had been following him, reminded him, "Boss, the leader in charge of illegal refining of waste oil hasn't come back yet. He said he's on the way."

"I won't wait any longer." Guo Yang pondered, "I've been on the road since noon, and now I'm off work. It's obvious that I don't want to see you, so I'll just disappear."

Illegal refining of waste cooking oil; legal processing of biodiesel, no matter how complicated the interest chain is, Guo Yang is not interested.

But when he was talking with provincial leaders, he also mentioned the issue of cracking down on gutter oil, and the leaders agreed to it.

Both sides just treated it as a trivial matter.

I made an appointment with the person in charge of specific matters just because I didn't want to offend him, but now it is obvious that others don't want to appreciate it.

On the way back, Guo Yang called Wei Guan of Tianhe Anti-Counterfeiting Team and said, "Come to Lan City."

The next day, when Guo Yang was jogging in the morning, he saw a familiar car parked outside the manor. When he walked closer, he found Wei Guan sleeping in the car.

Guo Yang patted the car door and waited for him to open his eyes before asking, "When did you arrive?"

Wei Guan adjusted his chair and said, "I arrived in the early morning, but I didn't bother the boss because it was too late."

"Then we should go find Luo Xiu. There are plenty of rooms in the manor." Guo Yang was somewhat relieved, but also a little angry. "Thank you for your hard work. Go in first."

"It's not that bad. I was in Zhangye. I told my business to go there and then I came. When I was out and about, I was used to sleeping in the car or in the tent..."

Guo Yang waved his hand and stopped his morning run. "Stop talking. Let's go in and have breakfast first, and then have a good sleep."

"I can't catch up on sleep. The standard down jacket issued by the company is really a magical item. It's long and warm. I don't feel cold at all when I sleep at night."

Wei Guan got out of the car, stretched his legs, and adjusted his black down jacket.

"I had a good rest last night. If you have anything for me, boss, just let me do it. I'll do it after breakfast."

Guo Yang patted Wei Guan's shoulders heavily twice.

"Go have breakfast first."

"it is good."

Breakfast is noodles, but the method is very luxurious, using broth made from local chickens, the flour is also carefully selected by Jiahe, and other high-quality ingredients are added.

Wei Guan, who was already in his fifties, also let go of Xuan. After he finished eating, Guo Yang still had half a bowl left.

"There is something that the anti-counterfeiting team needs to look into."

"Boss, just speak frankly." Wei Guan said seriously, his eyes unconsciously showing fierceness, "The anti-counterfeiting team will never be vague."

"Don't be so nervous." Guo Yang smiled, "It's not against the law. On the contrary, we represent justice."

Afterwards, Guo Yang briefly talked about the issue of gutter oil. It was not complicated and there was no need to do anything. He just needed to push it at the key nodes.

At the same time, also feel the situation of excellence.

In this way, external pressure can be more effective.

After understanding it, Wei Guan breathed a sigh of relief. Although this matter was dangerous, it was much easier than fighting counterfeiting in the countryside.

"Okay, I'll arrange it later."

Guo Yang smiled and nodded, "Old Wei, do you want to change your position?"

Wei Guan was stunned for a moment, a little overwhelmed, "Did I do something wrong, boss?"

"You've done a great job, otherwise you wouldn't be asked to come." Guo Yang shook his head, "But at your age, it's not a good idea to keep running around the country like this. Do you want to settle down?"

Wei Guan said: "Of course I want to, but if I leave the countryside, I won't know how to do many things!"

"You're being modest. The anti-counterfeiting team is doing a good job." Guo Yang said with a smile, "It's up to you. You can always tell me where you're going."

Wei Guan thought of the elderly and children at home and nodded silently.

…the capital city.

Guo Yang experienced a journey full of setbacks. The State Administration of Taxation and the Ministry of Finance did not recognize the Jiahe brand.

It's not that I don't recognize it, but I just handle everything in a fair and impartial manner.

But he did not lose heart. He did his best and let his leaders know that he was working hard for this matter. That was enough.

Coming out of another courtyard, Guo Yang was silent all the way.

"Boss, look, this is NIO's Double Eleven advertisement in the field!" Luo Xiu, who was driving, pointed to an advertisement in an outdoor square.

Guo Yang looked up when he heard that.

"Double Eleven Online Shopping Carnival, half price and free shipping for everything is waiting for you - Weilai Tianjian."

After this ad, there was another one from Jiahe Grain and Oil, "Go to Weilai Tianjian, buy safe grain and oil, and enjoy a half-price discount when you place an order on Double Eleven!"

After passing the square, Guo Yang saw a similar advertisement near a bus stop.

However, this time, in addition to Weilai Tianjian, the brands participating in the promotion were changed to Ji Xiaobai and Hexi Milk.

It is worth mentioning that Jiahe’s juice beverage company has officially changed its name to Ji Xiaobai Co., Ltd.

All beverages and juice products under Jiahe will eventually be labeled with Ji Xiaobai, just like Wahaha, Nongfu Spring and other companies.

In addition, he also saw other advertisements with the Double Eleven tag.

After more than a month of warm-up, now, as if overnight, Double Eleven advertisements are everywhere offline.

This kind of investment in publicity and promotion is something that other platforms cannot even begin to match.

This cheered up Guo Yang a little.

He took out his cell phone and confirmed the date. There were still five days until Double Eleven, and he wondered if Ye Huodong could make any move before then.

...

In Chengdu, Sichuan Province, as night fell, two electric vehicles drove onto the cold street.

After several twists and turns, the electric car arrived at a medium-to-large hotel, and the two tiptoed to the sewer connecting to the kitchen.

A shovel, a few old iron buckets and a flashlight are all the tools you need.

After busying around for a while, a young and somewhat confused voice sounded in the darkness.

"Brother Bing, why do we have to pay so much to the hotel when we clean the sewers for them? 50,000 a year, isn't the hotel making a profit for nothing?"

"Shut up." The man called Brother Bing shouted angrily, "Focus on your work."

"Oh."

Holding back the nausea, the two used shovels to scoop out scoop after scoop of greasy floating material, commonly known as "gutter oil," from the sewer.

After two or three hours, the two men returned with the iron bucket fully loaded.

Halfway through the journey, one of the electric bikes suddenly stopped.

The soldier's eyes wandered on the empty road for a while, and the other man followed him and looked at him for a while, not knowing why.

"Brother Bing, what's wrong?"

"The price of oil has gone up. Now I can sell a pound of oil to people above me for 1.7 yuan." The soldier pondered for a while, "Let's work overtime tonight and put the barrel back before we come back."

"Ah, brother soldier, where is there anything left?"

"Xiao Tao, you have just started this business, and you still have a lot to learn. I will teach you a little tonight."

Xiao Tao's eyes flickered, as if he was a little surprised.

More than an hour later, the street became even quieter. Xiao Tao watched the soldier riding his electric scooter around for a few circles and then stopping in front of a manhole cover.

"Xiao Tao, pry this open, there is oil underneath!"

The soldier's tone was very firm, and Xiao Tao was a little skeptical, "What if it's feces?"

"You look down on your soldier brother?" The soldier raised his eyebrows, then took out two sanitation clothes from the car and said, "Put these on."

Xiao Tao took it in surprise, then took some effort to pry open the manhole cover. Sure enough, there was a layer of dark, turbid, slightly reddish paste floating on the surface of the sewer.

"Amazing, brother soldier!"

"Don't waste time, get to work. I'll be watching. If the cops come, run away."

Because the market price of edible oil soared, Brother Bing unleashed his skills that had been hidden for many years and taught the young Xiao Tao a profound lesson.

They fought hard all night and were very lucky, finding the right position several times. It can be said that they returned with a full load!

According to Bingge’s estimation, they could earn more than 10,000 yuan that night!
During the same period, similar scenes occurred all over the country.

The sharp rise in edible oil prices has made some craftsmen active again.

Sometimes in the early morning on the main road, you see people prying open manhole covers. They may not be trying to steal the covers, but they may be trying to scoop out oil.

After the lunch and dinner peaks the next day, the same group of people would go to fixed restaurants on a regular basis to collect泔水, which is the greasy leftovers from hotels and restaurants.

Then it is aggregated and processed by the upper-level purchasing party. After separation, a part is used as pig feed in pig farms around the city, where pigs are raised with swill, which is harmful to human health. The rest is recycled into illegal workshops together with gutter oil.

Although the job is not dignified, there are many people who want to do this job.

Sometimes, in order to reap the benefits, various forces will fight each other fiercely, and the supporters behind the scenes will also take turns to come on stage, making the fight very lively.

The collected pastes are filtered overnight, and then caustic soda is added to deodorize, bleach, wash and precipitate. The oil is now bright yellow and has no odor.

It is then mixed with authentic salad oil and sold to agricultural and sideline product trading markets at the junction of urban and rural areas through various channels.

In the entire underground market, multiple parties make profits, and the only losers are uninformed consumers.

Oh, no, the biodiesel companies are also very upset about this.

The raw material procurement costs for related biodiesel companies have risen sharply, and some are even unable to obtain raw materials.

In this situation, another game begins.

On the evening of November 11, Hanzhong Airui Biodiesel Co., Ltd. in Hubei Province fired the first shot.

When Guo Yang woke up in the morning, he was a little confused when he learned that the noise was first caused by Huazhong, and that it was a company he had never heard of before.

"The leaf activity energy is so great?"

The main reason is that iResearch Bio revealed too much detailed information to reporters.

"A university in Hanzhong investigated hundreds of hotels and guesthouses in four areas: Wuchang, Hankou, Hanyang, and Jiangxia.

From the valid samples, it can be inferred that the daily output of泔水 by Hanzhong catering enterprises is about 2500 tons, and the annual output is about 90 tons. The daily output of泔水油 that can be refined is about 415 tons, and the annual output is about 15 tons.

With the recent sharp rise in edible oil prices, the net profit from processing waste oil is getting bigger and bigger.

The market for purchasing waste cooking oil is becoming increasingly chaotic, with a large number of lawless elements intervening in the purchase of waste cooking oil to make huge profits.

Such detailed information is obviously well prepared!

At one point, Guo Yang suspected that Ye Huodong had already had this idea before he came to him!

After calming down, Guo Yang called Wei Guan.

After some investigation.

"It must be a coincidence. I contacted Zeng Wei, the head of Airi Biotechnology, and they funded a project team at a university three years ago for this investigation!"

"It's just that the price of cooking oil has risen sharply recently, and black market dealers have been active, competing with Airy for the 'contracting rights' of restaurant swill and gutter oil. The two sides have had serious conflicts and even fought each other in order to grab the territory.

AirResearch suffered a loss, so it released this information and took the initiative to seek media publicity. "

Guo Yang was a little stunned.

Unexpectedly, Ye Huodong didn't move, but someone else overturned the table first.

This is also good. It can break the surface with a single point, and the outstanding new energy can be hidden in it to add fuel to the fire and exert several times the power.

There is no way a self-made hero like Ye Huodong would miss this opportunity!

Guo Yang also contacted Qu Sheng as soon as possible.

Huinong and NIO’s Weibo accounts have allocated some traffic and other resources to related events.

In addition, the food quality inspection column jointly established with NetEase and Tencent has also set up a special topic to track related events.

It is important to spread the knowledge about the dangers of gutter oil, which can cause food poisoning in mild cases.

Long-term consumption can lead to accelerated aging and nutritional deficiencies in the mildest cases, and various diseases, severe damage to internal organs, and even cancer in the worst cases...

On that day, in addition to focusing on improving the Double Eleven activities at Huinong, Guo Yang also kept an eye on news from various places.

Finally, around three in the afternoon.

Relevant information came out again.
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Chengdu: This is how waste cooking oil ends up on the table!
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Magic City: Gutter oil is back on the table!
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Chongqing: Hundreds of tons of waste cooking oil go unaccounted for every month!

...

Several pieces of information quickly spread on the Internet, and by the evening of that day, TV stations across the country followed suit.

But after Guo Yang looked carefully, he didn't find any footage related to Fujian Province.

"Ye Huodong, Ye Huodong." Guo Yang felt the cunning of this person. Until now, he could not see any shadow of his outstanding new ability.

"Which one is yours?"

With so many cases, Guo Yang asked Wei Guan to give up the back-up plan and instead called the province to discuss the exemption of consumption tax on biodiesel.

This time, it went much more smoothly.

At this time, at a dinner party in Xiamen.

The officials from the environmental protection and food regulatory departments raised their glasses and looked at Ye Huodong, a little tipsy.
"Mr. Ye, turning waste cooking oil into treasure and preventing it from returning to the dining table depends on companies like Excellence. The city's policy this time is sufficient, and Excellence's Xiamen factory must be put on the agenda immediately!"

"Leader, don't worry. The factory will definitely start production within three months!" Ye Huodong said, patting his chest.

He had wanted to build the Xiamen base for a long time.

It’s just that there has never been a good opportunity. This time, I happened to get some leverage, and if I could smooth over some relationships, I would get preferential policies and subsidies.

The next day, two reports were also released in Fujian Province.
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Excellent New Energy: Turning waste cooking oil into new energy.
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Fuzhou Daily: It is strictly forbidden to discharge waste cooking oil directly into the sewer.

When Guo Yang saw this news, he exclaimed, "Wow!" It felt like Ye Huodong had deliberately thrown it out.

As if to say: "Look, I am actually doing something."

But no matter what, the fire has been lit, and the vast majority of ordinary people have paid attention to this incident.

Another round of crackdowns has also begun in various places.
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Make waste cooking oil invisible.
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We will never let gutter oil end up on people’s tables.

However, ordinary people are terrified of gutter oil, and the number of customers in restaurants and hotels has begun to decline, but they prefer branded cooking oil.

For several consecutive days, the price of cooking oil on supermarket shelves has been raised.

Guo Yang also felt that his activities in the capital were going much more smoothly. At least he no longer encountered the situation where he made an appointment but didn't show up for a long time.

The exemption of consumption tax on biodiesel must be accelerated.

Strict prevention and control can only be a temporary solution. The only way to solve the problem fundamentally is to convert waste oil into biodiesel.

The related biodiesel enterprises are already struggling to develop, and now the price of edible oil has risen sharply. If supporting policies are not introduced quickly, biodiesel enterprises will die out!
By then, the return of waste cooking oil will be everywhere.

Exemption of biodiesel consumption tax will definitely happen!

"To buy safe grains and oils, go to Weilai Tianjian. During the Double Eleven online shopping carnival, you can buy high-quality grains and oils at half price."

Listening to the advertisement, Guo Yang felt inexplicably happy.

(End of this chapter)