Chapter 432 The Road to the Sea
When Wumu was replacing the Mercedes-Benz, a high-level meeting was also being held in Beijing.

There were three main forces attending the meeting: the chemical group represented by Ren Jianxin, the Sinochem Group represented by Liu Deshu, and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission serving as the judges.

The issue remains whether to bid for Syngenta.

Ren Jianxin insisted strongly, Liu Deshu firmly opposed, and the situation became deadlocked again. This situation has occurred several times in the past month.

"There is no time left. The chemical group must contact Syngenta first!" Ren Jianxin said with a stern face, "Monsanto has already bypassed the Syngenta board of directors."

Liu Deshu said coldly: "It is said that Monsanto plans to acquire Syngenta at a premium of more than 30%. As an Eastern camp enterprise, is the Chemical Group determined to be a sucker?"

“This is what the people want and what everyone expects!” Ren Jianxin said:

"China lags far behind in core technologies. Genetically modified organisms and other biotechnologies are the trend of the times!"

"You really believe the compliments given by others?" Liu Deshu teased, "Or, you put on the compliments yourself."

'Acquisitions for the country' is the banner that Ren Jianxin has always held high, which has won him a lot of support and is also his greatest confidence.

Liu Deshu's direct attack undoubtedly hit the opponent's weak spot, and Ren Jianxin's face turned red.

Fortunately, it has many supporters. Lin Song, a professor of agricultural economics who participated in the meeting, said:
"Based on domestic agricultural productivity, we can only be regarded as a large agricultural country, far from being a strong agricultural country, and we lag far behind the West in core technologies.

Once the acquisition of Syngenta is successful, it will significantly enhance the core competitiveness of domestic agriculture. It is no exaggeration to say that it is an acquisition for the country.”

Liu Deshu sneered a few times and said, "You are short-sighted. You can't see the progress of domestic agriculture in recent years, and you keep focusing on the one acre and three mu of pesticides."

Liu Deshu turned to the officials who were attending the meeting on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture.

"Director Liu, do you want to express your opinion?"

Everyone looked at Director Liu of the Crop Production Department. This was the first time that the Ministry of Agriculture and other ministries had attended the meeting.

Director Liu smiled and said, "Chairman Liu is right. The agricultural sector in China has made great progress in recent years, especially private enterprises, which have demonstrated extraordinary strength."

"So, the Ministry of Agriculture does not approve of the acquisition of Syngenta?" asked an official from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.

"Haha, our opinions don't matter."

"How can it not be important? The acquisition of Syngenta is to serve agriculture!"

Director Liu still smiled and said, "It really doesn't matter. Whether there is Syngenta or not, it will not affect the changes taking place in domestic agriculture."

All the participants were a little surprised.

We fought for a long time and the owner didn't care about the result at all!
Although it is not stated explicitly, the Ministry of Agriculture's attitude is already very clear: Syngenta is irrelevant, and it does not matter whether its technology is available or not.

If it were a vote, the Ministry of Agriculture would definitely vote against it.

Ren Jianxin said sternly: "There are only a few private enterprises, big and small, who can only bully their own way and take advantage of the times. Most of them can't even afford research and development. Can they withstand the pressure from international giants?

I am afraid that pesticide production will become more low-end, and environmental and safety issues will be more difficult to curb! "

In fact, Ren Jianxin really wanted to attack seeds directly, but the existence of Tianhe Seeds was a thorn in his side, as it raised the level of the domestic seed industry.

So we can only criticize it as a whole.

"The achievements in grain yield per unit area, total grain output, and farmland quality are obvious to all." Director Liu said with a half-smile:
"There are also giants in the private sector. If Jiahe Group is interested in acquiring Syngenta, with Jiahe's assets and a group of people, it should be no problem to raise $40 to 50 billion in financing."

"That's impossible." Economics professor Lin Song said in surprise.

“It’s definitely very difficult, and if you’re not careful you could get stuck in a quagmire.”

Director Liu’s words are suggestive. Jiahe may be stuck in a quagmire. What about the Chemical Group?

He laughed again and said, “So Golden Harvest chose another path: to face the challenges of the giants head on.”

Liu Deshu asked at the right moment: "The Ministry of Agriculture is very optimistic about Jiahe!"

"Hahaha, I don't know about that." Director Liu laughed and said, "I only know that DuPont Pioneer 335 lost to Tianyu No. 1, DuPont Kangkuan lost to Quanwang Speed ​​Kill, and Dow AgroSciences' Gaicaoneng lost to Quanwang Qingqi.

Therefore, the leaders and colleagues in the department just watched the merger of the giants as a fun thing.

Sometimes people even joke that the merger between DuPont and Dow was because they were scared of Golden Harvest, so they wanted to stick together for warmth.

"Haha, just have fun. Why are you so bitter and vengeful? Do you think the sky is going to fall?" Liu Deshu laughed.

These days, the dramatic scene at the DuPont Kangkuan brand promotion conference has relieved Liu Deshu's pressure a lot.

It also made him more determined to oppose the acquisition of Syngenta.

The main driving force behind this matter is Ren Jianxin. The two are at the same level, but he has more experience and Sinochem's assets are better.

Even if he has many supporters, as long as he can resist, this thing will not be accomplished.

Watch Director Liu and Liu Deshu talking back and forth.

Ren Jianxin angrily said: "Liu Deshu, others may not know the situation, but you are not clear, biological pesticides can only be used as auxiliary, chemical pesticides are the mainstream."

"As long as the effect is good and can solve the problem, botanical pesticides can become mainstream." Liu Deshu responded sharply.

“Is this possible?”

"The farmers have sharp eyes." Liu Deshu said: "Between Kangkuan and Susha, growers chose Susha!"

Ren Jianxin: "Botanical pesticides are just a branch of biological pesticides!"

Liu Deshu: "Quick kill wins over Kang Kuan."

Ren Jianxin: “The product is too niche and cannot meet the needs of field crops at all!”

Liu Deshu: "Quick kill wins over Kang Kuan."

Ren Jianxin questioned: "Besides quick kill, what else can you come up with!"

"Qingqi also defeated Gaicaoneng." Liu Deshu said in a contemptuous tone.

"Bang!" Ren Jianxin slapped the table and said, "What does this have to do with Sinochem? To put it bluntly, Sinochem's pesticide business is also an OEM and middleman business!"

Liu Deshu shook his head, looked at the leader of the SASAC, and said, "Is it necessary to continue this meeting?"

"Mr. Liu, do you still want to persist?"

"Of course, unless I am no longer in Zhonghua." Liu Deshu stood up, leaving only his back to everyone.

Undoubtedly, Ren Jianxin's words hurt Liu Deshu.

The sales of Speed ​​Kill, Green Cut and New Leaf have nothing to do with Sinochem, but he is not jealous. After all, the Quanwang Group has provided support for him to oppose the acquisition of Syngenta.

But words like "OEM factory" and "middleman" completely chilled his heart.

Sinochem owns the first new pesticide variety in China with independent intellectual property rights - flumorph, but this was the result before the Shenyang Institute of Chemical Technology was incorporated into Sinochem.

Sixteen years have passed.

The total profits and taxes generated were only more than 80 million yuan.

After that, there were also some new compound results, but their influence in the market was far less than that of Quanwang’s major brands.

In the pesticide business, Sinochem's business volume is very small, which is also Sinochem's weakest link.

Sinochem is also trying to make up for its shortcomings through mergers and acquisitions, so it acquired Australia and New Zealand Agriculture at the end of last year.

But Sinochem has another target: Israel's Maxim Agan, both of which are leaders in generic drugs.

Sinochem has invested nearly US$50 billion to acquire a controlling stake in Australia and New Zealand Agriculture, and Maxime Agan also needs a lot of money.

With the background of Sinochem and Chemical Industry, they can indeed complete the acquisition of Syngenta together, but the offer must be higher than Monsanto!
Monsanto has already paid a 30% premium, reaching more than 400 billion US dollars. If Sinochem wants to complete the acquisition, the cost, including the intermediate expenses, may be close to or even exceed 500 billion US dollars!
This will not only cause a sharp increase in debt and endless troubles, but will also affect the acquisition of Maxime Agan.

Therefore, no matter what, he would not agree to let Sinochem participate in the acquisition of Syngenta.

After Liu Deshu returned to the office, he thought for a while before calling Guo Yang and briefly told him about the content of the meeting regarding the King of All.

"I had no choice but to use the Omni King as a shield this time. Ren Jianxin might hold a grudge against the Omni King."

Guo Yang said: "When the enemy comes, we will stop him with soldiers; when the water comes, we will cover it with earth. When there are too many lice, we will not be afraid of itching. The King of All has already stood on the opposite side of all traditional pesticides. He wants to turn the world upside down and completely subvert traditional chemical pesticides!"

Liu Deshu laughed and said, "It's more refreshing to chat with young people. We have been arguing about this Syngenta issue for a month."

"Hey, I also feel annoyed, so I made something fun recently. Would you like to take a look, Mr. Liu?" Guo Yang said. On his office computer, the latest episode of "Five Acres for a Mercedes-Benz" was playing, which made him smile from time to time.

"What's so fun?"

"Go to Huinong.com and watch Five Mu for a Mercedes-Benz. This is a program produced by Jiahe. The latest episode is about the King of All."

"Good boy, you still don't forget to take the head. Well, I'll take a look."

"I guarantee you'll be amused after reading this."

"Okay, let's not talk about it anymore."

Liu Deshu called his secretary Zhuang Chen and asked him to help him find the video of the five acres in exchange for a Mercedes-Benz.

"You know what, this program's name is quite good," said Liu Deshu.

Zhuang Chen pondered and said, "One should have lofty aspirations. This is a very good idea."

"exactly."

As he was talking, a group of jumping black people appeared on the computer, looking very happy.

"Kenya... Has the King of All gone out to sea?" Liu Deshu murmured.

A farmland appears as seen from a high altitude. Time flies from sowing to germination, and then large patches of brilliant white flowers bloom.

From a distance, it looks like it is covered with a white carpet.

This is pyrethrum.

Then the scene changed and we returned to China, to the pyrethrum bases in Honghe and Yuxi of Yunnan Province, the neem base in Panzhihua, the bitter lily and ice wolf grass bases in Altai...

The aerial photos of the base taken by the drone make people feel like they are watching a blockbuster movie.

These bases also have one thing in common: artificially cultivated insecticidal, weed-killing and fungicidal plants.

Then came the scenes of primary processing and formulation processing. This was the first time that the entire industrial chain of botanical pesticides was shown in China.

The upstream planting bases, the midstream primary processing plants and original drug factories, the downstream finished preparations... are all displayed one by one.

Unlike people’s impression of pesticide companies, the whole process is filled with birdsong and flowers, and it looks clean and tidy.

Many people have gained new insights. This is different from what they imagined. Where are the pesticides that pollute the environment?
Quanwang is also the only company in China that has achieved intensive planting and industrial production of plant-based pesticides.

Liu Deshu sighed: "What a pity, I can't use it!"

Zhuang Chen asked: "Can't we buy it?"

"Not for sale."

“Can patents be purchased or licensed?”

Liu Deshu shook his head. "The profit from monopoly is the highest. Not only is Quanwang's technology exclusive, but the cultivation of the two plants is also strictly controlled. It is difficult for others to imitate it."

A screen showing an interview with pyrethrum growers appeared on the computer.

But Liu Deshu found that the style of the video changed from this moment on, and the barrage of comments also became joyful.

Especially when it comes to introducing the planting of bitter lily and ice wolf grass, the style of painting starts to become a bit outrageous.

Ligusticum chuanxiong is a highly poisonous plant that only grows deep in the uninhabited Asafetida Gobi Desert and is strictly managed.

But even so, a variety of small animals died at the hands of bitter grass, from rabbits to various insects.

In addition, growers sometimes accidentally get infected and scream in pain, but the narrator says that there is no danger to life as long as they don't eat it.

It just hurts.

The pain is so severe that it distorts one's face.

Just watching it will make people laugh.

The raw material for the quick-kill product is the plant extract of Ligusticum chuanxiong, but the specific content is only briefly mentioned.

There is also ice wolf grass, a variety cultivated from wolfsbane, but it is not toxic at all. On the contrary, its root secretions have a strong inhibitory effect on poisonous weeds and weeds.

During a season of planting wolfgrass, the planting site was connected to the bitter grass.

As a result, the bitter lily in the adjacent plots did not even sprout, and large areas of the ones a little further away were malnourished.

"I woke up and the sky fell."

"I have been honest, please let me go."

Wang Kuan, the general manager of Qinghe Agriculture who was leaving the country, looked like a man who doesn't shed tears easily.

Suddenly, a series of hahahaha floated across the barrage.

Liu Deshu also smiled knowingly.

However, when I learned that the main raw material of the green-cut herbicide was the plant extract of wolfgrass, I was shocked, surprised, and worried. "It's totally unheard of."

"Damn, there are plants like this!"

The narrator also explained that ice wolf grass is not only the main source of raw materials for green cuttings, but is also widely used in the management of degraded grasslands.

Poisonous weeds are usually the last plants to grow in degraded grasslands and are very difficult to control during grassland management.

Sowing ice wolf grass at this time can naturally inhibit the growth of poisonous weeds, kill them, and gradually restore the grassland ecology.

This has been verified in the Urad Grassland, Gannan Grassland, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Tianzhu Grassland and other areas.

"I am the one whose sky is falling."

"Just tell me, how many kinds of poisonous plants does the Omni-King have?"

"Everyone has a poisonous weed."

"True poison master!"

As if he knew what everyone was thinking.

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The narrator said: "The engineers of the Omni-King have found ingredients that can inhibit the growth of weeds in 18 poisonous plants.

Not only that, the phytoncide in the Quanwang fungicide brand New Leaf is also derived from a mixture of toxic plants and other natural plant extracts.”

Aerial footage of various poisonous weeds soon appeared in the video, and everyone was amazed at their beauty when they bloomed.

Especially the ice wolf grass, which completely inherits the splendor of the heartbreak grass when it blooms.

A non-toxic grass that not only looks good, but also has many values ​​that are impressive.

However, the style of the painting changed again.

In the laboratory, researchers such as Li Hui, Yuan Fang, and Ma Lin appeared one after another, and various plants showed many wonderful uses in their hands.

But the theme is pesticides, so the protagonists are also extracts from poisonous plants.

As a result, all kinds of ridiculous accidents occurred.

Yuan Fang said with full confidence that the little white mouse was doomed to die, but it turned out to be alive and kicking a day or two later. It was clearly the extract from the highly poisonous plant.

When Qingqi was first developed, the weeds that were sprayed with the medicine waited and waited, but after a few days, there was no sign of death.

The result is that the natural active ingredients decompose extremely quickly under natural conditions, and without any mixture they may be completely decomposed in an hour or two.

This is why there is no pesticide residue.

Of course, in the process of developing crop-specific herbicides, the phenomenon of crop wilting, reduced yields, and even death often occurs.

Botanical herbicides are the first not only for the general public, but also for researchers and developers. It can be said that every attempt is a challenge to the unknown.

Therefore, whenever something goes wrong, the R&D staff often have expressions of "how could this happen", "the sky is falling", and "collapse".

"Hahaha, it's so fun."

"That Yuan Fang is so funny."

"I thought I had gone to the wrong channel, but the words 'Five acres for a Mercedes-Benz' were so conspicuous."

"Teacher Xiang, are you still there? Teacher Xiang, if you've been kidnapped, just make a sound..."

But some people are worried.

"I'm not worried about pesticide residues now. I'm worried about whether it can kill pests and control diseases. Practicality is the bottom line."

“It should work, after all, it has been proven in the market, but I’m afraid it’s still not as good as traditional chemical pesticides.”

"Try to buy high-end goods in the future. I recommend Jiahe Supermarket and Ai Shang Shenghuo Supermarket, both of which are from the Jiahe series..."

Although growers have reported that Quanwang Speed ​​Kill is better than DuPont Kangkuan, many people still have doubts.

Especially experienced growers, they trust traditional chemical pesticides more.

Besides, the botanical pesticides under development don’t seem to be that powerful?
Even though Liu Deshu is optimistic about Quan Wang, at this moment, he also wants to know how Quick Kill, Green Cut, and New Leaf perform in the farmland.

This should be the last part.

When all the "accidents" were about to end, the powerful voice of a middle-aged man suddenly appeared, "Oops, I forgot to mention the topic."

Liu Deshu was a little caught off guard. Why did this show look so frivolous?

"Fuck, you scared me."

"Here he comes, here he comes."

"Teacher Xiang, is that you?"

Just then, a burst of chirping birds sounded, followed by the sound of light and bright music, and the picture switched to an aerial perspective.

"Jay Chou's Rice Fragrance."

"Wow……"

Along with the sound of music, a beautiful rural scenery came into Liu Deshu's eyes.

In the hot summer, travelers slow down their pace and immerse themselves in the tranquility surrounded by rice fields and hydrangeas.

On both sides of the rice fields, clusters of hydrangeas are in full bloom, like a scene from a cartoon, making people stop and admire them.

This surprised Liu Deshu. This village was well built!
"Wow, it's so beautiful."

"Hiss... Can any great god tell me where this is?!"

"Is this a hydrangea? There is such a beautiful hydrangea."

"I was also dumbfounded. I also planted a few hydrangeas in my garden, and I thought they were pretty. But compared to this, they are completely different concepts!"

"Excuse me, what kind of hydrangea is this?"

It took about a minute and more than a thousand acres of hydrangeas in rice fields appeared before everyone's eyes.

Pink, red, blue, white, yellow...all kinds of colors, so many flowers that it is overwhelming and makes people fascinated.

"Okay, time to get down to business."

Suddenly, a square-faced man appeared on the screen, and many people were startled.

“I’m Xiang Tianshan, you can also call me Teacher Xiang. There are a lot of protagonists in this episode, but you can all find them in the rice fields behind me. By the way, let me touch on the topic.

Although I didn't achieve the goal of exchanging 5 mu for a Mercedes-Benz, I did achieve the goal of exchanging 1,000 mu for a Mercedes-Benz. Come on, photographer, take a photo of Zhang Wei and the car. "

Directing Xiang Tianshan, Zhang Wei appeared in the camera with some embarrassment.

"I don't think this is a big Benz. It's just a small Benz at best."

"Xiao Ben is also Ben. He started from scratch and has developed to this point. It fits the content of the program and also hits the theme."

"So I'm here to give you some advice!"

"Not entirely." Xiang Tianshan smiled and said, "Your years of hard work in the agricultural field are of great inspiration to the audience of the program.

Okay, let’s not waste any more time.

Let me start by introducing today’s project case – the transformation from a real estate agent to the owner of a hydrangea farmer with thousands of acres of rice fields.

The farmer is the guy next to me: Zhang Wei, who used to be a real estate agent, drove farm machinery, and worked as a general manager. Now he runs a farm. So far this year, the daily traffic during the peak flowering period has exceeded 3000 people..."

The past and present of the Rice Field Hydrangea Farm were told by Xiang Tianshan.

Initially it only produced food, then gradually developed agricultural tourism, and the farm is also shifting towards producing green and organic agricultural products.

From this point on, old viewers knew that the real stuff was coming.

Rice is a crop that is prone to diseases and insect pests, and hydrangea is also susceptible to diseases and insect pests.

When these two crops are combined together on such a large scale, daily management will be a problem, especially if we also have to pursue ecological goals, which makes it even more difficult.

The video about rice field hydrangeas was made a long time ago, so the whole process is presented this time without any omissions.

Especially for the key weed and pest control, the full range of products used throughout the process have achieved results far exceeding the experimental version.

Combined with drone flight control, if you spray pesticides in the morning, the insects will die in the afternoon; if you spray pesticides in the evening, the insects will die at night… Its reputation for rapid killing has spread throughout the rice pest world.

Pests such as rice thrips, rice planthoppers, rice borers, rice stem borers, striped stem borers, etc. have no way to escape.

Natural enemy insects make pests tremble with fear.

The insecticidal method of biological pesticides is different from the contact killing of chemical agents. They often kill by paralyzing the pests' nerves.

Therefore, biological pesticides are safe for both natural enemy insects and higher animals.

The two methods work together to keep pests and diseases at the Rice Field Hydrangea Farm under excellent control.

The rice, wheat flour, rapeseed oil and other agricultural products produced by the farm are also of excellent quality.

Combined with the flow of people in agricultural tourism, not only the shipment speed is fast, but also the price is high and the output value is sold.

This is the true meaning of exchanging five acres for a Mercedes-Benz!
...

After watching one episode, I found that the program contained a lot of information, but Liu Deshu felt that it was worth savoring.

So he read it again.

"King of All, no, it should be said that Golden Harvest has developed a unique brand marketing channel!" Liu Deshu exclaimed.

In addition to the good program effects, he also saw many growers and agricultural supply personnel in the comments of this program.

Zhuang Chen said: "The program of "Five acres for a Mercedes-Benz" is really good, with enough gimmicks and good effects."

"Not only that." Liu Deshu thought about it and said, "The key is the real and verifiable success stories. Jiahe's seeds, agricultural machinery, pesticides, drones, agricultural products, etc. are all connected together through this column.

The combination of products and supporting agricultural technologies has created successful cases one after another. The effect is better than the experience of getting rich, which makes people excited.

This is equivalent to the field management technology training meeting that is most popular in the agricultural supplies industry today, except that Jiahe has moved it online.

Internet + agriculture, Jiahe has created a new marketing method! "

In his impression, Tianjian Sanhui also originated from Tianhe Seed Industry’s Tianyu No. 1. The best variety met with a good marketing method, which allowed Tianyu No. 1 to dominate the country in a few years.

Now, Golden Harvest has upgraded it again.

It is a method that is difficult for other companies to imitate. There is only one Huinong.com in China, and it does not have agricultural resources as wide as Jiahe, so it is impossible to imitate it even if you want to.

Liu Deshu remembered Guo Yang's confident smile and praised him highly.

"What an amazing young man! He may not be joking about completely subverting traditional chemical pesticides..."

Zhuang Chen also realized the great value of exchanging five acres for a Mercedes-Benz.

The Internet is developing rapidly, and new farmers in China are emerging frequently. When these two are gradually combined, how far can Jiahe go?
Zhuang Chen frowned and said, "Are we just going to watch Quanwang Bio grow and develop? Australia New Farm has already delivered the transaction, and there is also Maxim Agan. The operating pressure of these investments is not small."

"Do you know why I frequently show my goodwill to Guo Yang?" Liu Deshu asked with a chuckle.

Zhuang Chen was surprised, "Why?"

Liu Deshu said in a deep voice: "Because of interests."

He stood up, Zhuang Chen poured him a glass of water, and then Liu Deshu began to speak.

"Quanwang no longer faces any obstacles in China. Its biggest problem is going overseas. Acquiring some of Dow's businesses is one way to do this, but it is far from enough.

The six giants have hundreds of years of history, and their channels cover more than 100 major countries and regions around the world.

Of the four little dragons of generic drugs, two are already in the hands of Sinochem, and the remaining two will not be sold.

Tell me, what is the fastest and best way for the King to go out to sea? "

Zhuang Chen thought for a while before slowly sorting it out.

“Golden Harvest has overseas channels, but the foundation is far from enough, and the overseas business it has is only a superficial one.

But when it comes to seeds and pesticides, especially pesticides, almost every country has product registration, and they cannot be sold locally without registration.

Some registrations are easy, some are difficult, and each product registration costs millions of dollars.

So although a lot of domestic pesticides are exported, most of them are sold to middlemen, namely the six giants and the four little dragons of generic drugs. "

Thinking of this, Zhuang Chen understood clearly, "Boss Liu wants to become the overseas agent of Golden Harvest by acquiring Australia New Zealand and Maxim Agan!"

"You're half right." Liu Deshu laughed and said, "The head of Jiahe is quite ambitious, and the status of an agent is not easy to obtain."

"Together is beneficial to both sides!"

"That's the truth." Liu Deshu said, "But even if Jiahe agrees, it will still walk on two legs."

(End of this chapter)