Chapter 514 National Entrepreneurs

If some people didn't understand what the number 8.8 million tons meant when it appeared in the news.

Then when the proportion of global food production comes out, the sharp contrast before and after makes everything clear.

Even Guo Yang was shocked.

The grain yield is so high!
He calculated in his mind that the average growth rate in recent years has been less than 10%, which seems acceptable after this conversion.

But it's still outrageous!

The peak of the country's total grain output in the original time and space should have been around 7 million tons, a difference of 1.8 million tons.

However, this time the 8.8 million tons also include soybeans, which are completely self-sufficient.

In the original time and space, corn was the main crop, and soybeans relied on imports.

The difference in food structure makes the figure of 8.8 million tons very valuable!

Not surprisingly,

This figure has also been questioned, especially in the context of a sharp drop in grain production abroad.

Under normal circumstances, the United States and India rank second and third in grain production, approximately 4 million tons and 3 million tons respectively.

However, production expectations for both were nearly halved.

On the contrary, domestic prices are rising sharply.

No matter how you look at it, there's something wrong.

Some people started conspiracy theories.

I wonder if the University of Tokyo secretly took action against these two countries.

However, this speculation is unfounded, and can super-resistant weeds be artificially created?

Then Monsanto will probably wake up laughing.

The conspiracy theory did not hold water, and some people began to doubt the accuracy of domestic grain production.

On the one hand, the domestic urbanization process is accelerating, with more and more high-rise buildings being built in cities, the rural population decreasing, and the amount of abandoned land increasing.

On the other hand, grain production has been growing year after year, which creates a sense of disconnection.

After the news about total grain production came out, some media and celebrities questioned the authenticity of the data through various channels.

"The 1200 kilograms per mu of wheat in the model fields is an absurd contrast to the farmers' actual harvest of 600 kilograms. Are we repeating the farce of how productive people are and how daring the land is?"

“How to explain the contradiction between the miracle of increased production and natural disasters?”

"In the past two years, we have reported many cases of 'rat-infested' grain warehouses. If the grain purchase and sales sector is still plagued by pests, how can the production statistics sector be immune?

When the "security satisfaction survey" becomes a standard answer with a prize, who can guarantee that the actual test is not another form of the emperor's new clothes? "

All kinds of remarks are very popular.

And full of malice.

Almost said:
I don't believe your statistics.

At the same time, Western European grain-producing countries represented by France and Germany are also questioning the authenticity of 8.8 million tons.

"If this is true, the world's second to fourth largest grain production countries combined are lower than China's!"

“A new food hegemony is taking shape!”

Faced with all these questions, the Ministry of Agriculture announced that there would be relevant explanations at the press conference.

This is a routine, there is such a press conference every year, but it has received special attention this year.

People both at home and abroad are waiting for this press conference.

Some people expect that China's grain is real and have prepared money.

There are also people who don’t want this to be true, and even if it is true, they want people to doubt whether it is false, because this will continue to push up global food prices!

People in the country are also waiting for an explanation.

for a moment,
Domestic and foreign media gathered in Beijing.

at last,

The press conference was held one morning in October, attended by the new leader of the Ministry of Agriculture and several relevant leaders.

Facing numerous media reporters, the new leader sat on a chair with a calm expression, with a speech on the table in front of him.

He just read it out in a straightforward manner.

Repeated the total grain output of the country,
8.8 million tons, without any changes, and the tone was particularly emphasized when reading this number, so sonorous and powerful!

This was followed by some serious official documents, which roughly explained how the production was calculated.

However, the new leader noticed that not many people at the scene paid attention to what he said.

Instead, he was eager to ask questions.

Come on then,

"Now we will start the question and answer session."

As soon as these words came out, countless hands were raised at the scene, and he randomly picked a female reporter who looked unfriendly.

Ella couldn't believe that she was the first one to be drawn. She is a reporter from AFP.

In past AFP propaganda, the University of Tokyo has always been a representative of power in the eyes of AFP.

At the same time, France is also a major agricultural country, and its agricultural product exports also occupy an important position in the world.

After the fall of America and India, France is also expected to benefit from the new round of food crisis.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that she had come with ill intentions.

But she happened to be the first one drawn.

"Are you trying to use me as an example to scare the monkeys? Then I just can't let you have your way." Ella snorted in her heart.

She had carefully prepared many sharp questions, and after thinking for a moment, she began to speak.

“The first question is, is the grain production real?”

The new leader said calmly: "There is no doubt about the authenticity, and I don't want to elaborate on it. We are harvesting in autumn now, and everything will be clear in two months. Next."

Ella immediately asked, "Are you avoiding this question, or are the statistics inaccurate?"

The new leader sneered and said, "This is already a very conservative forecast."

Ella was stunned.

Others also stared at the speakers on the stage.

What does it mean?
Very conservative data?

"Could the actual output be even higher?" someone asked immediately.

The new leader didn't say anything, but his slight nod said it all.

This is even more amazing, the actual grain output may exceed 8.8 million tons!

Some reporters from small resource-poor countries were completely confused, and even reporters from agricultural powerhouses like Ella felt a little uneasy.

The fact that they dared to say these words to his face was enough to prove the confidence of the people on the stage.

Very sufficient!

In that case, Ella asked again before anyone asked her to sit down.

"How much did China pay to achieve such a miracle of high yield?"

Ella stared at the spokesperson closely. She was very confident about this issue and had carefully prepared a lot of information.

The others also realized the sharpness of this question.

In pursuit of high profits, Indian agriculture grows super-domestic varieties, which at best leads to intensified conflicts over water resources and depletion of soil fertility.

In pursuit of labor-saving and low-cost, American agriculture chose genetically modified varieties, which eventually gave rise to super-resistant weeds, and farmers across the country are currently stuck in the quagmire.

And what has China paid to increase grain production?
The curiosity of domestic journalists was also aroused. Yes, it is impossible that there is no cost at all.

Facing the crowd who were eyeing him covetously, the new leader uttered two words with a strange look on his face.

"No."

"No?!"

Ella asked sharply.

Not only her, but everyone else was also surprised, and then extremely dissatisfied. The Chinese were fooling them!
How could there not be one? There was some noise at the scene.

Everyone looked at the stage in disbelief.

The new leader added two more words this time, "Really not."

Ella said angrily, "But as far as I know, the North China Plain has formed a 25 square kilometer 'funnel area' due to over-exploitation of groundwater, and the Northwest Shelterbelt has died in large areas due to excessive reclamation. The United Nations Environment Program reported that the ecological carrying capacity of the Yellow River Basin has exceeded its limit..."

Ella's eyes seemed to be spitting fire. "Behind the myth of China's grain production increase is a serious ecological cost. It is overdrawing the future of the Asian continent!"

Seeing the mocking expression on the spokesperson's mouth, Ella became even more furious.

"The lessons learned from India and the United States have not yet passed, and now China is repeating the same mistakes."

Immediately, many overseas reporters nodded in agreement.

However, domestic media and journalists from some informed countries remained silent, and even cast mocking and sympathetic eyes towards Ella.

Such a look made Ella very uncomfortable.

It also made some people realize something.

The new leader asked sarcastically, "Ms. Reporter, what year's news did you read?"

"What year is it now?"

Facing the counter-question, Ella remained firm and said, "In other words, this is what actually happened. China paid a serious ecological price in order to increase grain production."

But no one agreed with him anymore.

At this time, the new leader was still full of sarcasm: "The three ecological problems you mentioned have disappeared in recent years. Everyone in China knows about them. Instead, I suggest that your country pay more attention to the water of the Seine River."

Ella didn't believe it, "Impossible, ecological problems are not that simple..."

The spokesman said: "Next."

Ella went a little crazy.

And with Ella's previous experience as a lesson, the subsequent questions were still very sharp.

Does food aid hide a geopolitical trap?

and many more,

But the spokesperson resolved them one by one.

It was not until the second half that the spokesperson called on a reporter who was arranged internally to ask questions.

“How did China achieve continuous and rapid increases in grain production?”

In fact, this issue has already been discussed in the initial press release, but the official press release is concise and many things are not fully explained, requiring people to think deeply.

For the general public, the most feared thing is thinking.

They need some layman's explanation.

So I prepared this question.

When the new leader faced this question, he smiled kindly, which was in stark contrast to his previous coldness.

"In fact, there have been many reports on this issue over the years."

"This has to start with the improvement of saline-alkali land. Starting from ten years ago, China has added 1.8 million mu of arable land through the improvement of saline-alkali land!"

"At the same time, through measures such as crop rotation and fallow, hundreds of millions of mu of low- and medium-yield farmland have been transformed into high-yield fertile farmland!"

"In addition, the progress in seed technology and agricultural technology has enabled the domestic grain yield to maintain super-high growth."

"The increase in cultivated land area and the improvement in yield per unit area are the direct factors for achieving the miracle of high grain yields."

"During this process, many great and outstanding enterprises and agricultural experts have emerged. It is they who have gradually brought domestic agriculture to the top of the world!"

Everyone listened in silence.

Some people disagree.
Some people looked excited.

After the new leader finished speaking, some domestic reporters couldn't wait to ask questions.

"Leader, you just mentioned a great and excellent company. Is this company referring to Jiahe Group?
As we all know, Jiahe is the undisputed leader in the agricultural sector in China, and many state-owned enterprises are outshined by it.”

Under the gaze of everyone, the new minister smiled and slowly said: "Yes, Jiahe is a great and excellent company."

Suddenly,
There was an uproar at the scene.

Many foreign media didn't know what happened. It's just a company, not very well-known internationally, so how could it have caused such a big response?

"Great and excellent company..."

They don't know the value of this evaluation, but the domestic media are not stupid. The words "great" and "excellent" are rarely used to describe companies, let alone coming from this person.

After a while,
Then someone else asked, "Leader, some people compare Jiahe to Monsanto. Will Jiahe repeat the Monsanto-style tragedy and plunge domestic agriculture into crisis?"

The person asking the question is anxious.

In such an occasion, if you ask such a question, it will most likely be recorded in a small notebook by Jiahe or the person in front of you.

however,
The new president still smiled and reiterated: "Jiahe is an excellent and great enterprise, and its founder Guo Yang is also a national entrepreneur with a very high patriotic sentiment.

I will not elaborate on the achievements and contributions made by Golden Harvest. Those who are interested can learn more about it.

At the same time, it is also recommended to visit the Northwest.

Don't work in isolation.

The Northwest shelterbelts have died due to excessive reclamation. If you visit the Northwest more often, you will know how ridiculous such remarks are.

It also proves that some countries only want to smear for the sake of smearing, ignoring the facts, and may even turn a blind eye to the dirt in the Seine River. "

The last few words were obviously directed to French journalist Ella.

At the same time, it also attracted the attention of some people.

What is the situation in Northwest China?
Why is Huaxia so obsessed with repairing the Hongqi River?

The answer was not at this press conference, but the seed was planted.

The press conference is over.

But the global impact has only just begun.

China has food!

I give you money and I give me food. This is the reaction of the local tyrants.

I want to be a dog of the University of Tokyo, which is a small country that is poor and short of food.

Well, Brother Dong, I think I may still be able to save it. This is an island country and South Korea.

It is impossible. Even if it is true, it is overdrawing the future. It is food hegemony under the digital game and food colonialism with hidden traps. This is the Western countries.

They are even unwilling to visit the Northwest. Even when officially invited, they pretend not to hear and instead insist that ecological destruction and other activities are taking place in the Northwest.

But no matter what,

One piece of news was confirmed: China has food, lots of food.

Food orders poured in.

Some people also focused on the funnel area of ​​the North China Plain, the shelterbelts in the Northwest, and the ecology of the Yellow River Basin.

In fact, you don’t have to go to the scene, you just need to check the relevant official reports to sort out a lot of information.

However, they went anyway.

The so-called ecological problems did not exist, but instead many unforgettable scenes appeared.

At the junction of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia in the Yellow River Basin, the arsenic sandstone area, which was once barren, has now become a green wasteland with dense gully bottoms, continuous gully slopes, and green leaves and red fruits beautifying the gullies.

In the vast land of the Three North Regions, spruce, fir and Xanthoceras sorbifolia have become the army protecting the ecology of the Three North Regions.

Miniature water tower, sand-fixing king, emerald in the desert, backbone of the plateau...

With their tenacious vitality, these trees take root and grow in harsh environments, guarding the land beneath their feet and providing shelter for the creatures around them.

Fortunately, the green transformation continues.

The content of the press conference was interpreted over and over again. In addition to food and ecology, Jiahe also became an important focus.

The minister's comments on Jiahe sparked heated discussions.

And that phrase of a national entrepreneur with extremely strong patriotic sentiments brought Guo Yang to the forefront again.

(End of this chapter)