Volume 5: The Age of Storms Chapter 0603 The Future Comes with Wind and Rain
"Yes, you are so shameless."
"Okay, it's up to you." Nan Yi spread his hands and said indifferently: "It's windy, do you want to wear a mask?"
In the summer of 1985 in Beijing, the nights were chilly and windy, and the ground was covered with sand. A playful girl invented a mask by putting a gauze scarf on her head and tying it at the back. From a distance, it looked like a red plastic bag.
"I don't want to wear it. It's better to wear glasses and a mask than that."
"Hurry up, let's go."
Nan Yi put his hand into Liu Zhen's arms, swapped the roles of man and woman, put his arms around her, and leaned his head against her shoulders.
Liu Zhen stretched out his index finger to lift Nan Yi's chin, and said with a chuckle: "Young lady, you are quite pretty. How about going back with me to drink wine?"
Nan Yi clenched his fist and knocked on Liu Zhen's chest, "Oh, you bastard, I'll do whatever you say."
"Hahaha!"
Nan Yi's little fist made Liu Zhen so happy that she stood there, laughing for a long time before taking a step forward.
Unlike the past two years, the current atmosphere is a little more open. No one will say anything if men and women walk arm in arm on the street. This behavior is getting further and further away from being immoral.
"Would you like to go get something to eat?"
"Are you hungry so soon?" Nan Yi asked, looking up.
"I'm not hungry, I just want a midnight snack."
"Then we'll wait and see, and eat whatever we see."
"It would be nice if I could come across a stall set up by someone from Wuchuan." Liu Zhen said with a pout.
"I think we should be able to meet some. There are many people from Wuchuan setting up snack stalls in the capital."
"There are quite a lot of people from other places coming to Beijing this year. My mom told me that there are several people with foreign accents living in the alley where I live. They are all here to work."
"Is there a story?"
"No."
"You have no story to tell, make up something nice for me."
"Hehe, how do you edit it?"
"Listen, let me give you an example. A simple young man from the countryside came to Beijing for the first time. When he passed by a public toilet, he saved a young girl who had fallen into a cesspool. This rescue was incredible. The girl immediately fell in love with this simple young man. She loved him so much that she even used her family's influence to pave the way for him.
You may not know this, but this young lady's family is not simple. Her grandfather's grandfather was the governor of the Nine Gates of the City of Four Nine. That was an incredibly wealthy family, and even when it was passed down to her parents' generation, they were still wealthy.
Her father is a cleaner in the cleaning team, and it is an honor. Her mother holds an important position in the street office, and she works hard every day to maintain peace in the alley. Just yesterday, she dissuaded one family from dropping chemical weapons fumigation tubes on another family, and a local war that would have affected the entire alley was resolved by her invisibly.
These two people were very fond of the young man, and worked together to help him find an important position in a key department.
This position is very important. If the young man is unhappy, you will either freeze to death or get burned."
"Fire the boiler?"
"No matter what you're going to write, just follow my lead and make it heart-wrenching and exciting. If it doesn't sound good, I won't let you touch me tonight."
"Hehe, I really treat you like a gold nugget. Who wants to touch you?" Liu Zhen glanced at Nan Yi and said, "I can't make up stories, but I want to comment on your story. When it comes to the glory of cleaners, your tone is wrong, which shows that you don't understand the market situation of this position at all.
I tell you, being a cleaner is a good job, and ordinary people can't even think about doing it. In 1972, there was a man in my alley who bought a spot from someone else. Do you know how much he spent?
"Oh, you underestimate me, don't you? How could I not know that cleaners are popular? If you want to get this job, you have to pay at least three years' salary. In 1972, let me think..." Nan Yi thought for a moment and said, "In that year, the salary of a new employee should be 33.6 yuan. With all the subsidies, it should be at least 40 yuan. Without 1,500 yuan, forget about buying this job."
"What are you thinking? Three years' salary is not enough. Let me tell you, the guy in our alley, who is related to the seller, also spent four years' salary."
"Well, it seems like providing cleaning services to the people like Shi Chuanxiang is quite expensive."
"Of course, it was a good job, with high salary and good benefits. Apart from the workers in the meat processing plant, cleaners had a good life. At that time, I could often smell the smell of meat coming from his house." Liu Zhen said nostalgically: "It smelled so good."
"Haha, don't tell me, the job of a cleaner is so tiring. They have to load the trash cans on the street one by one onto the truck. It's only right that they get a higher salary."
"In the 1970s, who didn't work hard? And how many people's strength is so valuable?"
There was a hint of resentment in Liu Zhen's words.
"Okay, my little chicken feet." Nan Yi stretched out his other hand that was not clamped and patted Liu Zhen's belly. "Your belly is at least enough to feed several food factories. Let me do the math. You are now 98 kilograms. The total cost of raising one kilogram of meat is more than 100,000. Tsk, tsk, I really admire myself. It's not easy to feed you. Comrade Nan Yi, you've worked hard."
"Don't give me that." Liu Zhen first glanced at Nan Yi, then stroked Nan Yi's face and murmured, "Meeting you is the greatest luck in my life."
"Okay, stop being sentimental. I haven't seen you repay me."
"Why haven't I repaid you? I gave myself to you and gave birth to a son for you."
"What the hell, you're just robbing a man." Nan Yi slapped his forehead and sighed, "Oh, what a sin I must have committed in my previous life to have met you."
"Haha, I'll snatch you away, little lady. Come with me up the mountain and be my wife."
"Bah, bandit, even if you get my body, you can't get my heart. Qinglang, I, Jinlian, have let you down. I will live with you forever in the next life." Nan Yi glared at Liu Zhen, "Humph, Wu Dalang, others may be afraid of you having a brother who is a police chief, but I, Jinlian, am not afraid of you. Come on, open your mouth and welcome the judgment of justice."
"Hehehe, you little girl is quite fierce." Liu Zhen put her face in front of Nan Yi's eyes and said viciously: "I'm not afraid to tell you that my brother killed people before he became a captain, and he had a life-and-death battle with the bandits in Liangshanpo. If you don't obey me, hehe, at the very least, your parents will be exiled to Lingnan, or at the worst, your Jinjiazhuang will be massacred."
"That's too cruel. Come on, ravage me. I give in."
"Hey." Liu Zhen leaned close to Nan Yi's ear and said, "Let's cosplay tonight. I'll be Wu Song and you'll be Pan Jinlian."
"Hey, your taste is quite strong... But I like it, hehehe!"
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After dressing up as Jinlian for half the night, Nan Yi's steps became a little lighter when he went to work the next day.
Early in the morning.
Nan Yi received the news that the Eureka Project was officially implemented.
In 1981, the Soviet revisionists held military exercises in the West; in 1983, Reagan proposed the Star Wars plan; in the 1970s, Japanese products were rampant all over the world, and Japanese tycoons were buying things all over the world. For the security of Europe and to cope with the increasingly fierce competition, Western European countries formulated a plan to carry out joint research and development in cutting-edge scientific fields, namely the "Eureka Project."
The Eureka Project appears to be of a civilian nature. Its research projects are proposed from the bottom up by enterprises and scientific research institutions and then decided by the relevant countries. Each research project must involve enterprises from two or more different countries. The portion of funds coming from national funds shall not exceed 50%, and the rest shall be provided by the business community.
But according to Nan Yi, there are too many scientific and technological advances that can be interconnected between military and civilian use. When exploring civilian technology, it is natural that technologies that can be used for military use will be involved.
Of course, whether it is used for military purposes or not is not the point. For Nan Yi, the implementation of the Eureka Project means that Bolin Investment Holdings and Sophie Investment Holdings can participate in cooperative research and development in the European science and technology field, and also have the opportunity to participate in the merger of European science and technology companies.
For example, Alcatel, Lucent, and Nokia are all targets that Nan Yi has in mind.
Both Pan American Investments and British Capital Partners, a subsidiary of Bolin Investments, have quietly started investing in Europe's high-tech sector. They have invested in Akon Computer and coveted ARM. In the industrial software sector, they have invested in Dassault Systemes and Germany's SAP, and have also invested in Denmark's Vestas, stepping into the clean energy sector.
It can be said that Nan Yi’s attitude towards high-tech is to invest in high-end products. Even if the research seems nonsensical or difficult to monetize in a short period of time, he will still invest a little to help out.
Just like there was a black kid at Columbia University who wanted to research a reactor that could turn a black person into the president of the United States. How ridiculous this thing was, but Pan American Investment Management invested in it anyway. Of course, high-tech had to be invested in. What if it came true?
After spending two hours thinking about the Eureka Project, Nan Yi then focused on his work at Yaqing Company.
Nan Yi called Zhang Lianying, the head of the Personnel Department, to his office and said to him, "Chief Zhang, we can start setting up the Logistics Department."
"Boss Nan, what is the scope of responsibility of our Yaqing Logistics Department?"
“Sanitation, landscaping, printing, conference affairs, property management, equipment maintenance, etc. are all within the scope of the logistics department’s responsibilities. We at Yaqing will not set up a separate property management department, maintenance department, or administrative department.
The rest can be a little slower. We need to focus on sanitation and landscaping. The warehouse will be delivered soon and someone needs to clean it. In addition, the landscaping at Tiantang Corner also needs someone to do.
There are many more migrant workers in Beijing this year. We can select people from them according to two principles: first, couples with children can be given priority, provided they are reliable; second, unless they are a couple, do not recruit multiple people from the same place of origin at the same time. I don’t want to see our fellow villagers sticking together in the future sanitation and cleaning team of Yaqing.”
Zhang Lianying nodded, "I see, Mr. Nan, what is the salary standard for cleaning?"
Nan Yi thought for a moment and said, "The price of pork has risen again. We must ensure that they can afford 30 kilograms of pork a month. Let's set the price at 48.5 yuan a month first, and then adjust it based on the situation after the opening in September.
The benefits are the same as those of other employees. You can live in Tiantang Corner, and the double room can be changed into a six-person room, so the rent does not need to be deducted from your salary.
Also, by the way, regarding the food issue, they don’t have food coupons. After they start working, we will ask them their own opinions on how many food coupons they need per month. If there is not much difference between everyone, we will unify the amount.”
"Does the company provide additional subsidies, or deduct the corresponding expenses from the salary?" asked Zhang Lianying.
"If subsidies are not available, others will have objections. The company only needs to help them exchange for affordable food coupons. They can choose to eat lunch at work or receive meal subsidies. Talk to them clearly in advance. Once they have chosen, don't change it frequently. It can only be changed once a quarter, and any special circumstances will be ignored."
"OK."
"Go back and estimate the number of people you need to recruit, inform the Finance Department of the figure you have come up with, and ask them to make a budget for me."
"clear."
"Go ahead."
After staying in the office until noon, Nan Yi returned to the old villa. Ge Cuizhu came over, and Nan Yi wanted to go back to talk to her about work.
There was some shui suan noodle made in the morning in the refrigerator. Nan Yi cooked some chili soup and he and Ge Cuizhu filled their stomachs first. They teased their son for a while, then made some tea and started talking about work.
"Our people have conducted a detailed investigation around the capital. In terms of climate and soil conditions, there are many places suitable for establishing vegetable bases. Almost every county under the capital is suitable. However, considering other conditions, especially the humanistic conditions, only Miyu and Fangshui counties are suitable for our reclamation group."
"Shun Yi is not okay? I remember that place has the most arable land."
"It's OK, but the overall conditions are not as good as those of Miyu and Fangshui, and the investment risk is more than ten percentage points higher. Nan Yi, I want to say that you thought too much at the beginning. It is unrealistic for us to consume all the vegetable supply in Beijing. Not to mention the policy level, the economic level is also very difficult."
Every time he met Ge Cuizhu, Nan Yi could feel her changes. Ge Cuizhu was becoming more and more like a chairman.
"I know it's not very realistic." Nan Yi laughed and said, "Set your goal boldly and achieve it carefully. The goal is the entire capital, but the starting point must be one of Mi Yu and Fang Shui. Aunt, tell me, if you only have to choose one of them, which one is more suitable?"
"Dense rain."
"Give me a detailed report on the dense rain investigation and let me study it first."
"It's already done." Ge Cuizhu said, taking out a thick stack of documents from her bag. "The climate, soil, rainfall conditions, planting history, local government policies, and rural field surveys are all in the report."
"Okay, Auntie, you are becoming more and more thoughtful in your work." Nan Yi praised, took the document and started reading it immediately.
It took Nan Yi an hour and a half to finish reading all the documents.
"The report is well done, but it is still lacking. I did not see any analysis of the insect pest situation in Miyu in the report. No mention was made of the fall armyworm, grass borer, and striped stem borer, which are not very related to vegetables, or the locusts, cabbage worms, and armyworms, which are very related to vegetables.
In addition, there is the issue of flooding, which is not mentioned in the report. Is it that there is no risk of flooding due to heavy rain, or was it missed?"
"Pest control, water control, and Miyu have all been done well, and the impact on the harvest is within controllable range."
"Even though that's the case, we still have to make up for what needs to be done, and the more detailed the investigation report is, the better. The reclamation group depends on the weather, and there are too many uncontrollable factors. If we don't control the controllable factors more, if God gets angry one day, we can only sit and wait for death."
"Okay, I'll have someone make up for it."
Nan Yi put down the report and said, "There is a new nutrient solution abroad, which is very effective. I have asked someone to prepare some and wait for it to be delivered. Auntie, please ask someone to mark out a piece of land to test the effect."
“For the vegetable greenhouse?”
"Yes, targeted products." Nan Yi waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's talk about other things."
Ge Cuizhu took out another folder, opened the first page, and said: "First of all, beekeepers support this side. In addition to linden honey, we have developed several varieties of acacia honey, litchi honey, vitex honey, jujube honey, and wild osmanthus honey. Acacia honey and jujube honey have entered the Japanese market through Chairman Ding's channels.
As of the day before yesterday, this year's honey revenue was 15.724 million, with a gross profit of 3.072 million;
A total of 1,307 beekeepers were supported, 17.22 million yuan in support loans were issued, 9.0724 million yuan has been recovered, and the support loans can now achieve a healthy self-circulation.
I haven’t received the report from Bass Tree Honey yet.”
"Well, I know that. The price of linden honey has increased a bit this year, so the profit will be quite good. I'll have them give you the report later."
Bass tree honey has been introduced into the international market as a luxury food ingredient, and the operation is carried out by Shennong Nanliang.
“Well, the number of deer at the Yujiatun Sika Deer Farm has reached 1,207; the number of flying dragons at the Feilong Farm has exceeded 7,000, probably around 7,400;
Park Dashan has already opened a 60-acre wild ginseng plantation near the North Korean border of Changbai Mountain and is trying to transplant wild ginseng from other places. It will take time to verify whether this plan is feasible.
The poultry breeding base in Jigongtang, Huizhou, currently has 120,000 chicks, 100,000 ducks, 30,000 geese, and 90,000 quails; pearls have been cultured in the reservoir at the foot of the mountain. In order not to damage the water quality, no nutrient-rich feed was added to the water, and the quality of the clams is not high, so this investment will result in a loss. "
"It's okay if you lose money. We let you raise pearls to prevent the kids from the nearby villages from playing in the water. If a few of them drown, we won't be able to explain ourselves. It's okay if you can't raise pearls, but don't let the clams die. I'm still waiting to eat the clam meat."
"The clams won't die." Ge Cuizhu smiled and continued her report. "We have established a piglet breeding base on the halfway slope of Jigongtan and are conducting research on various pig breeds and breeding methods.
Jiuzhangji Research Institute has improved the rabbit breed suitable for breeding in Wuchuan Baigong area. Next month I will start to establish a rabbit breeding base;
As for special breeding, we have conducted research and experimental breeding on centipedes, snakes, scorpions, foxes, sables, etc. However, due to the lack of experts and manpower, the progress is slow.
Vegetable cultivation has not changed much and the scale continues to maintain. However, due to rising prices and the large increase in fertilizer prices, our profit margin is decreasing. Compared with three years ago, it has dropped by 12.5%.
The supply of vegetables from Xiangkeng has further increased. This year's supply has reached 75% of last year's, and the profit margin is increasing. If the current situation continues, by the end of the year, the net profit this year can exceed 25 million Hong Kong dollars.
However, the situation next year may not be as good as this year. Others have already started to participate in the Xiangkeng vegetable supply business, and we will have more and more competitors. "
"When a competitor that poses a greater threat emerges, we should start negotiations with them and try to maintain healthy competition. We should not engage in price wars or resort to shady tactics, and we should also be especially careful not to cause fights.
"Shajiaotou handed over weapons and firearms quite thoroughly, and Wenchangwei didn't have a single gun left. But it's hard to say about other villages. If a fight really breaks out, it won't be knives, guns, sticks, or clubs, but shells flying everywhere."
Last year, there was an armed fight between villages in Guangdong Province. The scale of the fight was almost the same as that of an encounter war. Guns, cannons, grenades, grenade launchers, anti-aircraft machine guns and everything else were used.
Fortunately, both sides exercised restraint and only fired a few rounds at the open space, not daring to fire at the crowd.
"What if the other party doesn't want to talk?" Ge Cuizhu asked.
"Let's not talk about it. It depends on the situation. If there is orderly competition, then let it be. If there is a price war or some dirty tricks, then we will overturn the table. Wenchangwei, as a representative of the mainland, will express condolences to our fellow Hong Kong compatriots and give them free vegetables for half a year."
"Nan Yi, please stop saying those angry words." Ge Cuizhu said angrily.
"Well, what else can we do except to get angry? We do things according to the rules, and work hard to support the market and maintain a relatively high profit. However, in the eyes of others, these can be regarded as "rich but unkind".
Forget it, let's not talk about this first. I'll have someone do a survey in Xiangkeng before making a decision. Auntie, you should speed up the construction of the Wenchang vegetable brand. As long as the brand is well-known, you will face less competition in the future. Continue."
"Everything is going smoothly on the eel farming side. Our people are taking good care of the eels. The mortality rate remains at a low level, and there are no signs of fish plague. As long as the eels are successfully released, we can make a lot of profit.
Finally, Bad Seed Breeding has already started to enter Tubo to look for excellent Tibetan Mastiff breeds.”
"Well, we don't need to pay too much attention to the bad seed breeding. This is just for speculation. If there are dates, we will take a shot. If there are no dates, it doesn't matter." Nan Yi said lightly: "In the Northeast, do a survey on snow frogs. If the prospects are good, add this breeding project.
In Jigongtang, we continue to work hard on improving the breed of poultry. We only sell young poultry and do not directly participate in breeding.
As for pigs, the most important thing at present is to study the speed of slaughtering. We should first solve the problem of quantity so that the people can eat cheap meat, and then consider the problem of quality in the future so that the people can eat delicious pork.
Pig feed and feed additives can be put on the agenda. In the next two years, pig breeding will usher in a peak period, and this is a good time to launch products.
In addition, the Food and Beverage Research Institute is developing a type of ham sausage that has nothing to do with pigs except for its name. The Reclamation Group will also follow suit and develop a sausage with a delicious taste. Well, the main ingredient must be pork.
The enema is the clarion call for the battle. The Reclamation Group is about to start the battle of deep processing of food. There are two more things you need to do quietly. "
"What's the matter?" Ge Cuizhu asked.
"First, quietly prepare to split the business of the Reclamation Group. Except for the vegetable business, all other businesses will be assigned to other companies in the future. Second, set up an oil pressing plant that belongs to you personally. Start by helping farmers press oil. When the time is right, I will cooperate with you in the name of foreign investment, and the two of us will do another business."
"Making oil?"
"Well, soybean oil, peanut oil, rapeseed oil and other cooking oils, make one or two."
