Chapter 032 Expansion
Li Qingye took out a document from the drawer: "Xincheng, I have a new project here, take a look first."
Fang Xincheng took the document and looked through it carefully.
The new project is called: Breeding and deep processing of genetically modified Eucheuma.
By using genetic recombination technology, the genes of other plants were inserted into the seaweed Eucheuma as the mother plant. The resulting transgenic Eucheuma has the characteristics of rapid growth, large aggregates, high galactose content, high trehalose content, and high amylose content.
According to laboratory test results.
The yield of genetically modified Eucheuma is 3,400 to 3,700 kg per mu (wet weight), and the dry weight of Eucheuma after removing the water is 18 to 20% of the previous yield.
Every acre of Eucheuma can produce 120-130 kg of amylose, 62-66 kg of trehalose, 340-370 kg of carrageenan, and 500-540 kg of plant fiber.
Moreover, the growth cycle of genetically modified Eucheuma is relatively short. Native Eucheuma can only be harvested twice a year in the waters of Luzon, while genetically modified Eucheuma can be harvested four times a year.
This is because Li Qingye enhances the photosynthesis of Eucheuma, increases the coverage area of the leaves, and forms huge leaves similar to those of Victoria amazonica. By increasing the area, the purpose of improving photosynthesis is achieved.
Of course, this transformation is not without its drawbacks. The genetically modified Eucheuma will absorb a large amount of nutrients from the seawater and block sunlight from shining on the seabed, which is a disaster for other seaweeds.
This is like in a tropical rain forest, under those towering trees, other plants have basically no chance to get sunlight, so it is naturally difficult for them to survive.
In order to prevent this genetically modified Eucheuma from flowing into the natural environment, Li Qingye made a lot of preparations in advance.
For example, genetic sterilization can only allow transgenic Eucheuma to divide cells to increase the algae, but these cells cannot release reproductive spores;
Another example is limiting the life cycle of genetically modified Eucheuma so that it can only grow for three years. After three years, the genetically modified Eucheuma will no longer be able to divide its cells and will completely wither and decompose.
This means that after planting the genetically modified Eucheuma, it can be harvested 12 times in three years.
"Boss, is this investment too big?" Fang Xincheng hesitated.
Li Qingye's plan is to build a 100,000-acre seaweed cultivation pond in Lima South Bay south of Dart Port, with an investment of 300 million US dollars.
In addition, a supporting refining plant will be built to extract amylose, trehalose, carrageenan and cellulose from Eucheuma, with an investment of approximately US$200 million.
100,000 mu of seaweed ponds produce 1.36 million to 1.48 million tons of Eucheuma annually, from which 48,000 to 52,000 tons of amylose, 24,800 to 26,400 tons of trehalose, 136,000 to 148,000 tons of carrageenan, and 200,000 to 216,000 tons of plant fiber can be extracted.
These products can be used as raw materials or sold directly.
Currently, carrageenan is priced at around US$10,000 per ton, trehalose is priced at around US$1,000 per ton, and amylose is priced at around US$250-280 per ton.
These things are actually raw materials in food processing.
Cellulose can be used to make paper, fuel and plastics.
The total investment is US$500 million, and the annual output value is approximately US$2 billion.
Li Qingye waved his hand and said, "Our company now has a cash flow of 1.1 billion US dollars. An investment of 500 million is not too much. What's more, we can get a large amount of funds from eel fry and eel breeding next year. We don't need to worry about funding issues in the short term."
Fang Xincheng asked with some concern: "Boss, will Luzon agree to the cultivation of genetically modified Eucheuma?"
"Don't worry. I am a good friend of Mada from the Fernando family. He agreed to invest and help us solve all the problems we have locally." Li Qingye was confident about this.
After all, Mada is his man, and the Sapiens company will not directly participate in the Eucheuma planting and processing business, but will go through a subsidiary, and then absorb the funds of the Fernando family and appear in the form of a joint venture.
In this way, the people of Luzon can save face on the surface, but in fact the subsidiary still belongs to the Zhiren Company.
Since Li Qingye was so confident, Fang Xincheng naturally didn't say anything. He asked, "Then we need to set up a subsidiary. What do you want to name this subsidiary?"
"Let's call it Haitian Agricultural Company!"
"I see. What is the proportion of the joint venture?"
"We are 70% and Fernando's family is 30%."
The two of them agreed on some details, and Fang Xincheng started working according to the plan with the entire company.
The entire South Bay of Lima is not small. The outline of the bay is similar to a cloth bag. The exit of the bay is on the north side. The north-south length is about 38 kilometers, the east-west width is about 17 to 25 kilometers, the sea area is about 900 square kilometers, and the coastline length is about 120 kilometers.
Since the Eucheuma farm needs to be built on the seashore, it can only be built near the coastline.
With the help of Mada, Zhiren Company quickly established Haitian Agriculture Company. The two parties completed the cooperation, and Mada invested in Haitian Agriculture as a private person.
And Mada also has to pay some resources, such as helping Haitian Agriculture obtain 100,000 acres of coastal tidal flats and wasteland for free, as well as 8,000 acres of land for building a refining plant, and dealing with local bullies.
At the same time, with the cooperation of Philip's internal affairs department, Chen Jianxiong remotely controlled Ma Da and secretly transferred some members of the gang controlled by Ma Da.
These selected gang members are all orphans and have committed extremely heinous crimes.
These people will be sent to Caragua Island one after another, undergo genetic modification and biochip implantation, and finally complete training before being assigned to the Security Department and the Internal Affairs Department.
Through this covert absorption, the power in Motor's hands is gradually transforming into the power of the Homo sapiens company.
In order to transfer benefits to Mada and strengthen his voice in the family, Li Qingye also used the name of engineering contracting to give the Haitian Agriculture planting pond construction project to an engineering company under Mada's name.
After all, it doesn't matter who makes the money, but the company that gives it to the motor is just rotting the meat in its own pot, transferring it from left hand to right hand, and a large part of the funds returns to its own system.
Moreover, as for the company that provides the motors, Homo Sapiens can also adopt strict monitoring measures and does not have to worry about the engineering company cutting corners.
After all, even the other party's boss is one of his own. If anyone still dares to cut corners, Li Qingye will admire the other party for being a person who values money over life. By the way, he will prepare gasoline barrels and concrete for them and let them go to the Luzon Trench to calm down.
Since Sapiens is very low-key, Motor also suppressed the information of this project.
As the local boss, it is quite easy for the Fernando family to suppress some information.
After receiving the funds, the engineering company quickly completed the land acquisition and started construction.
On the other hand, Fang Xincheng also found the relevant company that contracted the factory and asked them to design a comprehensive factory that could extract amylose, carrageenan, trehalose and cellulose.
Moreover, the factory's production scale requirements are relatively high. It is required to be able to produce 200,000 tons of amylose, 400,000 tons of carrageenan, 100,000 tons of trehalose, and 1 million tons of cellulose each year at full capacity.
Although the current output of 100,000 acres of seaweed fields cannot meet the needs of the factory, this is a preparation made in advance for future production increases.
As long as there are no accidents in the eel industry, Haitian Company can invest another 100,000 acres of seaweed fields next year.
