Chapter 207 Prices
After a while, the barbecue and drinks ordered by Gao Changfeng and others were delivered to the table one after another.
A variety of grilled meats and grilled mushrooms, accompanied by rice and cold drinks, are really delicious in the hot summer.
Gao Changfeng picked up a skewer of grilled pork belly and king oyster mushrooms, sprinkled a little cumin powder on it, and put it into his mouth.
Da Biao, who was standing nearby, suddenly shouted, "Awesome! Hongshawadi defeated the Bukhara Khanate."
It turned out that the TV next to it was broadcasting the Group F match of the World Cup Asian qualifiers, which was also the last game of the group stage.
After defeating the Japanese team 6:0, Hongsavadi defeated the Kokand Khanate 9:1 on June 11.
Just now, they defeated the Bukhara Khanate 7:0.
In eight games, they won a total of 5 games, so they have 15 points and are ranked second in the group. The first place is the Japanese team, which lost one game and got 21 points.
"It was a good kick, but it was useless." Gao Changfeng smiled and took a sip of lemon tea.
Maun Yumu, who was also very excited, shook his head helplessly. He knew it was useless. Hongsavadi had too few points. If he wanted to guarantee promotion, he had to get more than 17 points.
Da Biao drank a bottle of beer in one gulp: "Huh, Hongsavadi has only taken football seriously in the past two years, otherwise the Japanese would not have the qualifications to be so arrogant."
Another person who came from Luzon to work, Bartley, was beaming: "This time Luzon has a high chance of advancing."
Hearing Barrett's words, Da Biao's face suddenly became a little embarrassed.
Because the Luzon football team also finished its last group match today. They recently defeated China, Guam and Maldives respectively, and won a total of 16 points.
Da Biao said with a lack of confidence: "Everything depends on tomorrow. If the Chinese team wins tomorrow, then the Chinese team and the Luzon team will both have 16 points, so they may need to play an extra game."
Gao Changfeng, who was eating roasted pork belly, actually quite liked watching football games. However, when he heard Da Biao's words, he immediately complained:
"With the current mentality of the Sea Cucumber Team, they would probably be in trouble if they encountered a Damascus steel knife."
Barrett smiled without saying anything, because in the match on June 8, it was Luzon who kicked those sea cucumbers so hard that they doubted their lives, and the game ended with a score of 7:1.
The only goal scored was from a penalty kick.
Gao Changfeng spread his hands helplessly: "Even if those sea cucumbers suddenly become hard, and we beat Damascus Steel Knife tomorrow, the total score will only be 16. Then we will have to play another match with Luzon..."
"..." Da Biao was depressed. After all, Luzon team had performed strongly in the past few games. He didn't think that group of sea cucumbers could defeat the opponent in the extra game.
"Haha, let's not talk about football anymore. Our company's material research and development team is really amazing." Gao Changfeng changed the subject with a smile, and at the same time led the topic to another direction that interested him.
However, Mao Youmu, who knew some of the situation, shook his head and said, "Those materials were not developed by our company, but purchased from the Mandalay Special Smelting Company of the Development Group."
In fact, Gao Changfeng knew in his heart that it was manufactured by Mandalay Special Smelting Company, but he wanted to see if there were any friends or relatives working there among the people present.
"Oh? I think this company's materials are good! Are the landing gear parts for our team produced by their company?"
Mao Youmu nodded: "Yes, a classmate of mine used to work there. I heard that many of the precision parts in China are now provided by this company. What a pity..."
"What a pity?" Gao Changfeng asked quickly.
Mao Yumu took a bite of the fried enoki mushrooms and replied:
"Unfortunately, the technology of this company was not developed domestically, but brought over from the Sapiens Company in Luzon. In order to produce precision parts, Mandalay Special Smelting Company paid 49% of the shares, and the core formula is still in the hands of the Sapiens Company."
“So that’s how it is …” Gao Changfeng pretended to have an expression of sudden enlightenment.
Da Biao finally came back to his senses from his disappointment: "Come on! Come on! Stop chatting, eat something."
After saying that, he ordered himself a few more plates of fried skewers and two bottles of beer.
As a result, Gao Changfeng and others also ordered more fried skewers and drinks.
While eating, Da Biao suddenly asked, "Changfeng, I plan to bring my family over by the end of the year. Would you really not consider it?"
"Me? Forget it ! My parents don't agree. They want me to return to my hometown to develop in a few years. I plan to save some money and then go home to start a business." Gao Changfeng had already prepared an excuse.
"That's a shame." Da Biao took another sip of beer. "Although the salary here is average, the other benefits are still good. I have two younger brothers at home, and my parents only have one old house. It's not easy to buy a house in my hometown city now, let alone get married and have children."
"The other benefits here are really good." Gao Changfeng also thought so in his heart.
Even though they are aircraft engineers, their basic salary is only 15,000 gold yuan a month. With other miscellaneous expenses, it is about 20,000 gold yuan.
Calculated based on the current indirect exchange rate of 5:3.6 between Jinyuan and Huayuan, the salary is roughly equivalent to around 14,400 yuan in China.
This salary is actually relatively low for aircraft engineers.
But many people overlook two key issues, namely the purchasing power of money and hidden benefits.
In these two aspects, Gao Changfeng had to admit that Hong Shawadi was indeed quite confident.
Just looking at the barbecue, fried skewers and drinks they are eating now, we can actually see that the actual purchasing power of gold and silver is very strong.
500ml of beer is 2 yuan.
500ml of lemon tea is 0.8 yuan.
A fried skewer of pork belly weighing about 50 grams costs 1.5 yuan.
500 grams of fresh pork belly costs 8.3 yuan.
The prices of chicken and duck meat, chicken and duck eggs, edible fungi, edible insects, cooking oil, vegetables and fruits are very low.
If calculated based on the indirect exchange rate, the average price of fresh pork in Hongsavadi is only about 6 yuan per 500 grams.
These prices are comparable to the price of meat in America.
The reason why food prices can be kept so low is, on the one hand, due to large-scale farming and the support of various technologies.
On the other hand, the production of grain, vegetables and fruits in Hongsavadi itself is huge this year.
This year, we can produce about 32 million tons of rice, 27 million tons of corn, 5.5 million tons of soybeans, 1.8 million tons of potatoes (fresh weight), 3.4 million tons of sweet potatoes, 4.5 million tons of cassava, and 1.1 million tons of peanuts.
These agricultural products can all be used as feed, such as soybeans, corn and peanuts. After the vegetable oil is squeezed out, what is left is used as feed raw materials.
The total annual production of concentrated feed in Hongsavadi is now about 35 million tons, of which 18.6 million tons are pig feed.
A pig needs to consume about 300 kilograms of feed from piglet to slaughter.
In other words, Hongsavadi can supply 60 million pigs throughout the year. The live pig weight is about 100 kilograms and the meat yield is about 75%. 60 million live pigs are converted into pork, which is about 4.5 billion kilograms.
With a population of 56 million in Hongsavadi, each person consumes 80 kilograms of pork per year.
The annual production of chicken and duck in Hongsavadi is higher than that of pork. In addition to edible insects, the production of beef and mutton is also considerable.
After all, a lot of straw will be produced during the harvesting process of corn and rice, and Sapiens has a special fermentation and silage technology that can convert the lignin and crude fiber in these straws into small molecule polysaccharide organic matter suitable for cattle and sheep to eat.
At present, Hongsawadi produces 160-170 million tons of corn straw and 30 million tons of rice straw as roughage every year. After fermentation and silage, it can produce about 180 million tons of silage roughage.
Such a huge amount of roughage is enough to supply tens of millions of fattening cattle or tens of millions of sheep.
Such a huge production volume has resulted in the average edible meat per capita in Hongsavadi reaching an astonishing 213 kilograms.
What is giftedness?
This is what a gift is.
With a small population, rich agricultural resources, technical support and a strong management team, Hongsavadi took only more than two years to surpass most regions in the world and become a meat exporter.
After all, the maximum amount of meat, eggs and milk consumed by the local people in Hongsavadi is only 60 to 80 kilograms per person, so the remaining half of the meat products can only be consumed by export.
This is what led to the extremely low prices that Gao Changfeng saw.
Only Hongsawadi, which can export large quantities of grain, has the confidence to maintain such ultra-low prices.
