Chapter 449 Investment Hotspot
The Northwest has suffered from water shortage for many years.

The Hongqi River can greatly improve the current water shortage situation in the northwest, which makes this envisioned river an obsession for many people.

It is also Guo Yang’s obsession.

It has been nearly a week since Guo Yang left Mr. Liu's yard. During these days, he has been in Beijing.

I paid New Year's greetings to the leaders, met with Lin Keqing's family, and discussed many practical issues. The days passed quickly and fulfillingly.

Time flies and it is already mid-February.

On this day, Luo Xiu, who had returned home for the holidays, came to Beijing. Guo Yang also resumed his busy work and came to the offices of Weiguang Company and Huinong.com in Beijing.

The holiday has just ended and the employees are experiencing some post-holiday syndrome.

During the holidays, some flowers and plants were not taken care of and looked listless.

"Good morning, boss."

"Hello, Chairman."

"Morning~"

"Oh, we just finished the festival, and I got another bunch of green bananas."

"Haha, boss, do you want me to sign again? No one ate the banana you signed last time."

Guo Yang waved his hand, indicating that he would not sign this time. He was happy to see these new things that Weiguang had come up with.

Because you never know when it will become popular.

Then it will drive the explosion of a small single product in NIO's field. No matter how small the mosquito leg is, it is still meat.

Jiahe now needs to accumulate more capital and more money. Only in this way can it be more likely to promote the construction of Hongqi River.

Without hundreds of billions of cash, Hongqi River can only be dreamed of.

Guo Yang went straight to Yang Cheng's office, where he was on the phone. He heard words like "group buying" and "Weibo" from his mouth.

After waiting on the sofa for a while, Yang Cheng hung up the phone.

Guo Yang asked first: "What happened to the group purchase project?"

Yang Cheng said: "Recently, various group buying websites have emerged. I have just been discussing with Wang Xing about the follow-up investment in Meituan's B round. The valuation is not low, so I am also in contact with Lashou and 24juan."

What's there to hesitate about...

Lashou, Meituan, and 24juan are currently the leaders in the group buying field.

However, Guo Yang knew that Meituan won the victory in the end, and Weiguang had been involved in Meituan's investment since the angel round.

Yang Cheng hesitated perhaps because he wanted to lower the price.

After thinking for a while, Guo Yang said, "You can lower the price, but Weiguang must follow the investment and try to get more shares."

Yang Cheng was surprised and asked, "Aren't you considering cashing out some of the profits?"

Guo Yang shook his head. "It's not time to cash out yet. Group buying is a track with great potential. The profits it will bring in the future may be a hundred or a thousand times."

“Are there any other websites that still vote?”

"There's no need to waste money. Meituan cannot compete with Lashou now, but it is likely to be the one that stands out in the end."

Meituan’s market value in the future will exceed one trillion yuan. If Weiguang can hold on until the listing and then cash out, it will be able to get a large sum of funds.

Similar examples include Weiguang’s equity investments in Penguin, Apple, etc.

Afterwards, Guo Yang and Yang Cheng reviewed the projects that Weiguang had invested in over the years and once again determined the future investment direction.

In addition to Meituan, Weiguang has also invested in top Internet and technology companies such as Xiaomi, and has purchased shares in many high-quality companies.

Let’s be friends again in time.

This is the conclusion Guo Yang came to.

In another ten years, the value of these shares will increase tenfold, a hundredfold, or even a thousandfold.

With this money, even if Jiahe forces it, the Hongqi River project can be launched!
After spending two hours with Yang Cheng to determine the future investment direction, Guo Yang asked about futures funds.

“The four private equity funds have been established and staffed. In addition to Xiaohan, the other three funds have also attracted many investors to join.

But the bulk of the work is still done by glimmers, accounting for about 60%. "

The four funds amount to US$40 billion, or a total of nearly RMB 300 billion, of which Golden Harvest accounts for approximately RMB 180 billion.

This ratio is in line with Guo Yang's expectations.

After all, not everyone can invest. Weiguang also has certain requirements for investors, either a large amount of capital or a connection with the two major industries of cotton and sugarcane.

Guo Yang looked at the list.

Many names that were familiar to him appeared, even Penguin's Ma and NetEase's Ding each invested 5 million yuan.

It is also the largest individual investor.

In addition, there is the group of coal bosses. Li Yongcai of Qingshan Lushui Company also invested 1 million yuan this time, and other coal bosses also invested millions or tens of millions.

Finally, there are the companies in the cotton and sugar industry chain.

Yageo invested the largest amount of 25 billion yuan, and Huafu, Guannong, Xinnong Development... the scope involved is very wide.

“Have you decided on the fund manager?”

"It's settled. Bao Zhenghao, Lian Jie, Zhang Ziqian, and Yang Rui are all veterans trained by the company. They're mainly good and obedient."

Well-behaved and obedient... There was something strange in Guo Yang's eyes, but he didn't say anything.

If you want to make the most of the changes in the global cotton and sugar markets, following his command is inevitable and being obedient is a necessary factor.

"Tell them to come to me this afternoon."

It is impossible for Guo Yang to grasp the details of this change, but the change in the general direction is enough to make a fortune.

As for how much you can earn, it depends on the fund manager's micro-management.

In the afternoon, Guo Yang met with four fund managers in succession to discuss the trading direction, and Yang Cheng was listening on the side.

But it also feels like nothing special.

The general meaning is to enter the market slowly this year and choose to short both cotton and sugar, which is similar to the current mainstream direction.

The only difference is that at the end of the year, you need to increase your short selling efforts, but this is not a special strategy.

"Mediocre."

"Nothing special, why is it so secretive? Besides CEO Yang, the chairman's assistant will also be keeping an eye on it."

"It's a bit too easy. I thought it would be a challenging operation."

After the meeting, Bao Zhenghao, Lian Jie, Zhang Ziqian and Yang Rui gathered together and discussed their ideas, but they were all a little disappointed.

This feeling is like a time traveler being called to the Cliff of Repentance by Feng Qingyang in the middle of the night. He thought he would be taught the Dugu Nine Swords, but what he got was a basic book on Huashan Swordsmanship.

Isn't this just Chunchun taking off his pants to fart?
Bao Zhenghao was somewhat disinterested. "What's the point of doing this? This is far from what I had imagined!"

"Brother Hao, you don't want to change places, do you?"

"I didn't have this idea before, but now I do have it." Bao Zhenghao said: "A top domestic institution invited me to join and offered me a more generous salary, not only with high dividends, but more importantly, with great autonomy."

Lian Jie and the others were silent.

To say that Weiguang is good in every way is that it has very little autonomy. Every day I am either buying penguins or on the way to buy apples, and occasionally I buy houses.

Not only is the chosen direction fixed, but even the individual stocks that can be bought and sold are limited in range.

This is not the life of a trader as they imagined, this is like being a puppet.

Seeing that the few people were silent, Bao Zhenghao said, "You all have a place to go, right? If it were you, you should change your job as soon as possible and get out of this sea of ​​suffering."

"That's right." Zhang Ziqian echoed, "It doesn't matter if this person is not a tool!"

"what about you?"

Bao Zhenghao looked at Lian Jie and Yang Rui again. Lian Jie said, "Let's wait and see. I think the company's salary and benefits are quite satisfactory, except for the autonomy."

"Tsk." Bao Zhenghao said disdainfully: "Based on the profits that we brothers have created for the company in the past few years, is it worth this little money?"

Zhang Ziqian said: "That's right, in the past few years, the company has created tens of billions of profits, but it's all for these beggars who are just making a living.

Moreover, according to the boss’s operation ideas, it is hard to say whether the futures fund will make a profit or a loss this time.”

Lian Jie said: "I don't plan to leave."

Bao Zhenghao asked again: "Where is Yang Rui?"

Yang Rui looked up at the ceiling. "The profits we have made for the company in the past few years are not due to our high level. If we leave, we will probably be beaten back to our original state."

Zhang Ziqian said angrily: "What technical content can there be in the company's foolish investment operations?"

Yang Rui ignored him. Seeing this, Lian Jie breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that he would be left alone.

"As you wish."

When they learned that Bao Zhenghao and Zhang Ziqian were going to resign, neither Guo Yang nor Yang Cheng had the slightest intention of retaining them.

This further hurt Bao Zhenghao and Zhang Ziqian's fragile hearts. They really treated them as dispensable tools!
The two left the office angrily.

"Young people are full of vigor!" Yang Cheng sighed.

"How can we call them young people if they are not full of energy? To be honest, I am kind of looking forward to them being able to achieve something when they go out."

"I haven't experienced the hardships of society yet. If I go out, I'm likely to get hurt."

This is just an episode.

Guo Yang didn't care. There was no shortage of such people in Weiguang. After all, it was a top investment company, so it was normal for people to come in and out every year.

Just as Yang Cheng said, what he needs is someone who is well-behaved and obedient.

Compared to training talents for the future, he now believes more in the vision gained from his own time travel, and will talk about it after a dozen years.

After spending a day at Weiguang Company, Guo Yang also spent a day at Huinong.com.

Compared with Alibaba, Penguin and other companies, Jiahe does lack Internet genes, and Huinong.com and Weilai Tianjian have always had limitations.

But now it has established a firm foothold, and in the Internet field, no one will ignore the existence of Huinong.com.

However, Guo Yang does not devote much energy to the Internet.

This year's No. 1 document has been out for some time.

There are many policies that are closely related to Jiahe, including the fallow land that Guo Yang is concerned about. This year, the intensity of fallow land has been further increased.

It reached an astonishing 1 million acres!

Many people were surprised by this level of effort; however, considering the increase in grain production this year, this level of effort is reasonable.

Even if grain production decreases, imports will solve the problem. Appropriate import and export trade will be more conducive to the stability of the grain market.

But there is another item that has attracted widespread attention from the society: encouraging industrial and commercial capital to enter agriculture.

In fact, this statement has been around since China joined the WTO. Today, hundreds of billions of dollars are flowing into modern agriculture every year.

Especially Jiahe, one company accounts for half of the investment.

But this is obviously unreasonable, and the scale cannot satisfy the appetite of the upper class.

You know, some of the surplus funds of domestic industrial and commercial enterprises have been looking for investment channels, especially after the financial crisis, when the money was released in large quantities...

Real estate has become the largest reservoir.

However, the development of large-scale infrastructure has also led to rapid development of rural infrastructure, roads, transportation, etc.

Now a powerful weapon like bioenergy has emerged, and the two can better complement each other.

How can the cost of infrastructure investment in some remote mountainous areas be recovered? Isn’t this where bioenergy forests come in?

Therefore, the policy encouragement this time is unprecedented, and even in Document No. 1, it is clearly mentioned that industrial and commercial capital is encouraged to invest in energy forests.

Especially Xanthoceras sorbifolia and Jatropha curcas.

Many media outlets were involved, and most publicity agencies also mentioned the Xanthoceras sorbifolia oil.

In less than half a year after it was launched on the market, it quickly became popular in major cities and became a representative of high-end edible oil that the general public can access.

People are becoming more and more accepting of Xanthoceras sorbifolia oil, and its nutritional content, taste, appearance, and health benefits have received numerous positive reviews.

Even though its price is 2 to 4 times that of ordinary cooking oil, it cannot stop people's enthusiasm for buying it.

The outside world does not know the specific sales volume of Xanthoceras sorbifolia oil, but peers can feel its huge popularity and the huge profits that come with it.

Apart from Jiahe’s Golden Snail Xanthoceras sorbifolia Oil, there are few competing products on the market.

Most of them are not golden snail varieties, not to mention their not-so-good quality, and the key is that their yield is not high either.

The only few companies participating in the competition are mostly companies like Li Yongcai. However, their production is not large and they lack sales channels for edible oil.

In addition to the ones developed by themselves, most of the seeds are also sold to Jiahe.

Edible oil can be made into huge profits, and Jiahe’s Golden Snail is unique.

This makes many edible oil companies extremely jealous. Seeing others making money is one thing, but the key is that their own high-end edible oils are being squeezed out and the market is shrinking significantly.

Following Guoliang, many edible oil companies such as Wilmar International, Shancheng Grain and Oil, and Huifu Grain and Oil have also launched their own Xanthoceras sorbifolia development plans.

In addition, many companies in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biological industries have also participated.

As a result, the A-share market has seen the emergence of Xanthoceras wenyi concept stocks and bioenergy concept stocks, which have become a new topic of speculation.

Often, an unrelated company can see its stock price rise dramatically simply by revealing a development plan.

It's magical.

Hype is hype, but some companies are really interested in it.

After all, the profits are visible to the naked eye.

Planting trees is so easy, everyone can do it.

As a result, more and more companies are going bankrupt.

For the rest of February, fallow and energy forests remained a hot topic.

Guo Yang originally wanted to return to Jiuquan early, but he was unable to get away for the time being, and invitations from various major units held him back.

The National Energy Administration and the three oil companies successively held talks with him.

The plan to develop 2 million mu of bioenergy forests across the country, which had been dormant for several years, was mentioned again.

At the same time, the three oil companies have shown enough sincerity this time, and are determined to restore the leprosy tree cultivation in Panzhihua, western Sichuan and other places.

Moreover, the ambitions are huge, and the entire southwest region may be included in the plans of the three oil companies.

Guo Yang was naturally happy about this.

With the three oil companies in the southwest taking the lead and Jiahe providing seedlings and planting technology behind the scenes, the energy forest in this region can be developed!
This is a tough nut to crack!

But it is not the hardest bone. The hardest bone is in the Qinghai-Tibet region. If you want to dig the Hongqi River, you must overcome the high-altitude and cold Qinghai-Tibet region.

As for the Northwest, it has become a must-fight place.

Jatropha has a higher potential for producing biodiesel, but Xanthoceras sorbifolia kernel oil can not only be used to extract biodiesel, but is also a high-quality edible oil with rich nutritional ingredients. Its economic value far exceeds that of Jatropha.

Only after negotiations with the three oil companies was Guo Yang able to escape and return to Jiuquan.

But things didn't become less busy at all. During the days he was away, Qi Ziwen handled a lot of matters for him, and he reviewed them one by one after he came back.

From the seedling order data, he could feel that the Northwest had become a hot spot for investment.

However, the Northwest is short of water.

He was waiting for someone to discover the problem.

(End of this chapter)