Volume 6: The Great Change Chapter 0884 On the Road
Nan Yi was not in a hurry to ask Wu Xiaowei about his experiences in the previous month. He just gave him one day to prepare for leaving.
After having a good meal and drinking, Wu Meifeng left a pile of debris for Qi Ying. On the way out of the workers' village, Wu Meifeng also mentioned that she had tried to introduce a "partner" to Qi Ying, but was rejected by her.
Nan Yi just listened and did not express his opinion.
After returning to the hotel, Nan Yi talked to Yan Zhenhua who was picked up by the fairy. He listened to his vivid analysis of everything in the Little Angel Paradise, asked questions, and answered them . In the end, Nan Yi encouraged Yan Zhenhua with a "good job" and let him go back to the newly opened room when he went upstairs.
Yangcheng, Xiaolou, Hexiangu vegetable planting base of Kenzhi Group.
After two days of study, Nan Wuwei has mastered the techniques of growing high-tech soybean sprouts.
Actually, it is not difficult to grow bean sprouts. The core technology is watering. Anyone can grow bean sprouts at home with some soybeans. However, if you want to grow bean sprouts that look good and taste good, you need to master some skills and core technologies.
Silver Sprout No. 1, one of the flagship bean sprout products of Kenzhi Group, has the advantages of being white, thick, crystal clear, rootless and having a short growth cycle. It usually takes about ten days to sprout bean sprouts, but Silver Sprout No. 1 only needs three days.
The reason why it has these advantages is inseparable from science and technology. First of all, the soybeans for Yinya No. 1 are an improved variety, which can be said to be directed cultivation; secondly, in the process of growth, He Xiangu carried out scientific management and used the independently developed bean sprout nutrient solution NS7, which is a toxic chemical liquid harmful to the human body. After drinking a bottle, you don’t have to pay for the ICU and can be taken directly to the morgue.
Just like other harmful substances that may appear in food, the use of NS7 cannot be discussed without considering the dosage. A 500ml bottle of NS7 can be used to grow 50 tons of bean sprouts. Usually, it is mixed with water at a ratio of 1 to 100,000. The diluted NS7 is usually used.
However, it is undeniable that NS7 has a certain degree of carcinogenicity, but ordinary people can ignore this. The Kenzhi Group can guarantee that the harm caused by Silver Bud No. 1 to the human body is far lower than the pesticide residues in vegetables and grains.
Those who do not have the ability to rent land and hire someone to grow organic ingredients are advised to pretend not to know. Knowing too much will only add to your troubles.
Just like Nan Yi doesn't want ordinary people to know about the existence of the Nan family, putting aside all those trivial matters, he is actually considering ordinary people wholeheartedly. Knowing it will only make people despair, and they will never be able to catch up or achieve it in eighteen lifetimes. So what's the point of knowing it?
Nan Yi wants to create an image of a wealthy and foolish man in order to give some encouragement to the young people who are 17, 18, 20, or even 30 years old.
"Hey, Nan Yi, that idiot, is worth hundreds of millions, but he's just a little bit luckier. If I work harder, I can definitely surpass him. Today he doesn't know who I am, but tomorrow I'll make him out of reach. I swear, I must be a father of a bitch."
This shout came from the Chengzhan Railway Station in Hangzhou. A thin young man had just got off the train carrying a snakeskin bag. In the bag were small commodities such as flashlights and socks that he had bought wholesale from Yiwu.
He would rather sleep on the floor than be a boss. The young man is the owner of a translation agency. Business is not very good, so he can only run a stall on the side to earn some money to pay his employees.
The young man shouted "Sword Swing " foolishly and staggered towards the bus stop.
NS7 is a fairly mature nutrient solution. During the research and development process, Shennong Nanliang discovered that 6-benzyladenine can keep bean sprouts fresh, and sodium 4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid can make bean sprouts look better, but long-term intake by the human body will cause harm, and the vague quantitative value of "long-term" is actually very small.
Therefore, these two chemical components were abandoned, and the laboratory continued to experiment with new alternatives until NS7 was successfully developed.
High-tech bean sprouting is inseparable from NS7. This method is not suitable for Nan Wuwei. He is now learning Japanese bean sprouting techniques from a master named Yin Jizhong.
There are many hot springs in Japan, which are not only used for bathing but also used in agriculture. By utilizing hot springs, Japan has invented a soil-cultured method for growing bean sprouts.
Under the guidance of Yin Jizhong, Nan Wuwei took a shovel and dug a shallow pit on the ground. After a 6-meter-long, 80-centimeter-wide and 30-centimeter-deep pit was dug, Nan Wuwei evenly spread the soybeans soaked in hot spring water in the pit.
Then, he took a thermometer and measured the temperature at the four corners and center of the pit.
After measuring the temperature, wooden blocks for support were laid on the top of the pit, followed by a layer of plastic sheeting, a layer of straw, a layer of woven straw mats, and finally a thick layer of soil on top.
At this point, the preparations for sprouting a pit of bean sprouts are complete. In seven days, the bean sprouts can grow to thirty or forty centimeters long. After harvesting, they will be immediately shipped to Japan by plane.
Although Japan's economy is not as prosperous as before and the market for high-end food ingredients is not as prosperous as before, there are still many more nails to a rotten ship, and the market is still there. It's just that before, we could maintain superficial harmony with friendly competitors and coexist in the market. Now it's not possible. The market has shrunk, you have food to eat, and I have nothing to eat. As soon as we meet, we immediately fight to the death.
Fortunately, they have maintained restraint and are only waging a conventional war, without resorting to a nuclear-level "price war". If a price war had started, the Agricultural Cooperatives would probably have jumped out and stepped in to make up for their weak control over the high-end food market before everyone was destroyed.
Previously, Baoguo Migu Company had the business of developing soil-grown bean sprouts. With market changes, the business model naturally had to be adjusted. The vegetable business is now moving towards two extremes, one towards luxury and the other towards the most common people. The market in this range, which is neither high nor low, is worrying. The soil-grown bean sprouts with a market price of around 1,500 yen per catty are in this range.
Baoguo Migu simply adopted the OEM model and handed over the production process to the Kenzhi Group. For the Kenzhi Group, this business is very lucrative, and one pound of bean sprouts can have a gross profit of about 12 yuan. It's a pity that the demand is not large, with only orders of several dozen tons a year, and the overall profit does not even reach 2 million.
Nan Wuwei followed Yin Jizhong to complete the soil covering work, and then came to the boiler room. There were no hot springs in the He Xiangu vegetable planting base, so they could only fetch water from a hot spring not far away, and then use a boiler to boil the water to maintain the water temperature. The hot spring water would flow through the soil layer under the pit and moisturize the soybeans buried in the pit.
First checking the pressure gauge and thermometer, Nan Wuwei added two shovels of coal into the boiler's furnace. The furnace's backfired and sweat instantly broke out on his forehead. He lifted the white towel hanging around his neck and wiped his face. His cheeks turned black and white.
He pulled his sleeves, looked at the watch on his left hand, and exhaled, "Great, it's almost time to get off work."
At this time and place, Nan Wuwei was not the young master, he was just a child laborer.
"Xiwenzi, you must be tired." Yin Jizhong, who was standing next to Nan Wuwei and watching, wiped the sweat off his face with a towel and then said to Nan Wuwei.
Nan Wuwei put the shovel aside and grinned at Yin Jizhong, "Master Yin, I'm not tired."
"You said you're not tired, but I am." Yin Jizhong took a deep breath and exhaled the fatigue in his body. "Wait until we get to the store, I'll treat you to some fresh fruit smoothie."
"Thank you, Master Yin. No, I have to go back to the city tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll treat you to a meal tomorrow."
Yin Jizhong liked Nan Wuwei very much. He was a child of a wealthy family, who was able to endure hardships at a young age and was well-behaved. Of course, there was also a reason for loving the whole family. Nan Wuwei was accompanied by the person in charge on the first day he came to the base. How could Yin Jizhong not know that Nan Wuwei was the son of a senior executive of the Reclamation Group?
Yangcheng was opened as a port early, and after several generations of commercial influence, many people here have business acumen. The land where He Xiangu grows vegetables is not contracted by the reclamation group, but the nearby villagers used their land to invest in He Xiangu. Those who work here are shareholders, so the salary is very low. Depending on the type of work, the monthly salary is only between 20-50. No one cares much about the salary, and only pays attention to the dividends at the end of the year.
Therefore, Yin Jizhong was not doing hard labor here, he was one of the major shareholders. As a shareholder, he was naturally very clear about He Xiangu's situation and also had some understanding of the situation of the Reclamation Group. There was no nepotism in the Reclamation Group, and shareholders could not arrange for someone to come in.
Those who have connections can be turned down, and those who cannot be turned down are simply arranged to draw a salary without working. A boy of eight or nine years old with fine lines can be arranged to work here, although it is hard labor, but one can imagine how strong his background must be within the group.
At 8:40, Yin Jizhong and Nan Wuwei inspected the entire bean sprout shed. They finished at 9 o'clock, and it was time to get off work. The night watchman came to take over.
They went to the faucet, rubbed the towel, wiped their faces to make themselves look cleaner, and then the two, one big and one small, came to the booth to register their off-get off work time. Yin Jizhong watched Nan Wuwei get into a car, and waited for the car to drive away before he walked towards the Honda King parked on the side of the road.
When Nan Wuwei returned to Xinhepu, he saw a Mercedes-Benz S60 SEL parked in front of his villa. He glanced at the license plate and recognized it was Grandma Ge Cuizhu's car.
After getting out of the car and walking to the back seat window of the Mercedes-Benz, Nan Wuwei saw Ge Cuizhu's smiling face.
"Grandma Ge, why are you here?"
Ge Cuizhu opened the car door and got out, reaching out to stroke Nan Wuwei's hair, "Look at you, you're almost turning into a dirty little monkey."
"Hehe." Nan Wuwei grinned, "Grandma Ge, let's go inside."
"Why."
Nan Wuwei led Ge Cuizhu to the living room, and when Ge Cuizhu sat down, he said, "Grandma Ge, please sit down first. I will go and pour you some tea."
Ge Cuizhu held Nan Wuwei's hand and said, "Grandma is not thirsty. Go take a shower first and talk to grandma later."
"Uh-huh."
Nan Wuwei responded and walked towards the room.
After a while, Ge Cuizhu took out her phone and called Zhao Jinshui. After asking for Nan Yi's phone number, she called Nan Yi again.
Ge Cuizhu: "Nan Yi."
"Aunt, what's the emergency?"
Nan Yi was in Fengtian, and the satellite phone was inconvenient to use, so he didn't bring it with him. He also didn't have a mobile phone or a pager. Just when communication was poor, Ge Cuizhu called him, thinking it was something urgent.
Ge Cuizhu: "It's about money. There is a big gap in the first phase of funding for Kenzhi Cold Chain."
"I am familiar with the financial situation of the group. We still have sufficient funds to start the project. As for the follow-up funds, Auntie, how much RMB can you personally allocate?"
Ge Cuizhu thought for a moment and said, "It's barely enough to make up one copy."
"You take one, I take one. Let's lend it to the group first, and we'll see what else we can do. Auntie, the overall outlook for the Japanese yen is still bullish in the next two years. Last year, our country issued 59 billion yuan in banknotes, and the number has already exceeded that of last year. I don't know about the rest, but I heard that people on Guangfu West Road are working overtime every day."
Ge Cuizhu asked suspiciously, "Recover the West Road?"
"Banknote printing factory." Nan Yi said directly: "The value of banknotes will be discounted if too much is printed. This is the first reason. Second, prices are rising too fast. Exports have already shown signs of weakness. In the near future, there is a high possibility of foreign exchange shortages. Third, our country has already owed more than 60 billion US dollars in foreign debts. There is a great pressure to repay the debt.
Fourth, the construction of infrastructure and real estate has been booming this year, occupying a lot of funds. In addition, the fiscal deficit and losses of state-owned enterprises have led to overdrafts from banks. These overdrafts will eventually become base currency injection (deficit monetization). Fifth, the import volume has increased a lot this year, and foreign exchange is being consumed very quickly.
The most important point is that the valuation of RMB is already too high. All these points indicate that RMB will soon depreciate, whether actively or passively.
Auntie, according to the current situation, if the price of gold falls to…” Nan Yi recalled the price of gold and said, “If it falls below 60 yuan, you can consider buying some and keep it in your hands, so as not to buy fake gold.”
Ge Cuizhu: "How much can gold buy? How much can a pound of gold increase? Don't worry about it."
"Haha, Auntie is so domineering. Gold is sold by the pound."
Ge Cuizhu: "Don't laugh at your aunt, I'm in your house in Xinhepu now, Wuwei has turned into a dirty little monkey."
"It's okay, just a little dirty and tough. Auntie, please tell him to go to Xiangkeng to see his grandmother after he finishes learning how to grow bean sprouts. Also, tell him to go to bed early and not herd sheep alone."
Ge Cuizhu: "Okay."
Bang!
As soon as Nan Yi hung up the phone, an awkward gunshot immediately reached his ears.
"Black Star." The school beauty moved her ears and said.
"The sound of the gunshot is not clear enough, so it should not be a standard pistol. The most famous one now is made in the northwest, and it is probably from there." Nan Yi said, walking to the window and looking in the direction of the gunshot. He did not see what he wanted to see, but only saw lights from thousands of homes.
The sound of a gunshot made Nan Yi smell a hint of trouble. A bandit and businessman named Liu Xiangdong would appear in Fengtian around this time. Liu Xiangdong was easy to deal with, but the problem was that there was a major corruption case behind him.
"The shooting just now might have something to do with him."
Nan Yi rubbed his temples and put the things in front of him aside. No matter whether it was troublesome or not, it would not affect his determination and plan to develop in Fengtian. There were local tyrants everywhere. Here there was Liu Xiangdong, and there were also Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang, Niu and Ma "Xiangdong" in other places. As long as he wanted to develop, he would inevitably confront others.
Here in Fengtian, the plan is very big and will affect many people, but the plan is also very small and the funds involved will not be too much. Nan Yi cannot be personally responsible for the plan here, so he will send someone to be responsible for implementing the plan.
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Harvard Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory is the best synthetic organic chemistry laboratory in the world, bar none.
About 350 young scientific researchers work in this laboratory every year, half of them are doctoral students and half of them are graduate students. Each of them is a leader in the field of synthetic organic chemistry. However, they have a very hard time at "Harbin Chemical".
The inhuman pressure, huge research tasks and extremely fierce competition have made the hours, days, years, Friday nights and holidays disappear here. There are no labor laws and no statutory working hours. Anyone who complains must get out immediately. There are plenty of people waiting to come in.
To use a more trendy term, Harbin Institute of Technology is a very inward-looking place. Not only researchers, but also positions that are called assistants but are actually odd jobs are also sought after by many graduate students.
Such a popular position was snatched by a little girl.
This little girl's name is Nan Ruochan. Everyone in the lab calls her Nan affectionately, and most people like her.
If you want to succeed, you have to endure some hardships. Ten years ago, Liu Zhen was admiring the four o'clock morning sun in Cambridge. Ten years later, Nan Ruochan was basking in the four o'clock morning sun here.
In order to fit in with the researchers' schedule and to ensure her own sleep, Nan Ruochan goes to bed early and gets up early. She arrives at the laboratory before five o'clock to clean, wash test tubes, and put away experimental instruments.
The laboratory is very large and there are many assistants, but Nan Ruochan is the most hardworking one. It's not that others are unwilling to work hard, but other assistants have to work outside and earn a meager salary to make a living. A person's energy is limited, and it is impossible to always maintain concentration and high output.
Nan Ruochan is different. She has no pressure to survive, and she can only stay in Harbin for a short time. She will return to Beijing for classes after the summer vacation. She can unleash all her enthusiasm in less than two months.
Because of her love for chemistry and knowing that her uncle paid a great price to send her to the laboratory, Nan Ruochan cherishes the opportunity very much and is determined to do everything well even if it means using all her skills.
Nan Yi's purpose in supporting Nan Ruochan is very pure, which is to bring honor to the Nan family. The Nan family can produce a young chemist, which will bring honor to every member of the Nan family, including Nan Wuwei. Having a cousin who is a chemist is a very face-saving thing.
From a utilitarian point of view, it is in the interests of everyone in the Nan family, including Nan Ruochan herself, for Nan Ruochan to become a chemist.
Nan Yi and Nan Ruochan had talked several times, over a period of several years, and her love for chemistry had never changed. The Nan family had a financial foundation, and if Nan Ruochan wanted, her room could be filled with dolls, but she didn't, she preferred to play with test tubes and flasks.
Perhaps, Nan Ruochan was engaged in chemical research in her previous life, and Meng Po, the unscrupulous businessman, diluted the Meng Po soup with water.
Because I love it, I am focused. Because I love it, I am full of enthusiasm and tireless.
We started working at five o'clock, and it was already eight o'clock in the morning when we finished the cleaning work perfectly. Most of the researchers had already come to the laboratory, a few had already started working, and an even smaller number of kittens, two or three, had not left since last night.
Those who can enter Harbin are all academic masters. Unlike the classrooms in junior high and high schools, the academic masters always give the poor students an illusion of unfairness. The academic masters are sleeping while the poor students are working hard. The academic masters are playing while the poor students are working hard, but when the test results come out, the poor students are crushed.
No matter whether the top students in middle school really studied while having fun, or worked hard until late at night when they were alone, when they arrived at Harbin, they no longer had to pretend. Everyone here was similar, and everyone was on par with them. No one could crush others into despair.
There is no gap in IQ, so you can only rely on hard work to increase your overall competitiveness, tear off the label of a top student, and roll up happily.
The researchers were rolling, and Nan Ruochan, who had played the role of a cleaner, began to play the role of a waitress in a cafe. She walked around each researcher, asking if they wanted coffee, what kind of coffee, and whether they wanted sugar.
Nan Ruochan spent the whole morning providing logistical services to the researchers. In the afternoon, she had time to assist the researchers. This was also her study time, during which she could ask the researchers for advice on the questions she had accumulated before.
Some of the questions were rather superficial and the researchers had no interest in answering them. They would only tell Nan Ruochan which book to read and she would understand after reading it.
Sometimes, researchers have a bad temper. They have to complete the ideas of the laboratory director Elias J. Corey and verify their own ideas. Lack of sleep and research are not going well. At this time, if someone speaks up, they can easily become the target of venting.
At this time, Nan Ruochan was like a trash can. All kinds of dirty words would be thrown into her, and she had to receive them well without letting any of them out. When the negative emotions piled up too much, she would find a corner where no one was around to cry, and when she had cried enough, she would go back to the laboratory to continue to suffer.
The success of scientific research involves impersonation, but there is no luck. If you want to reach the other side of success, you have to cut through thorns and brambles along the way. Nan Ruochan is on the road to success. For the sake of her ideals, she always has to endure some hardships.
Nan Ruochan is lucky. Her path is much smoother than others. As long as she is able, someone will clear the warning sign "No Road Allowed" for her.
While Nan Ruochan was suffering, in another part of the Harvard campus, on the south side of the Charles River, at Harvard Business School, which is geographically part of the Boston area, Nan Ruoyin and her follower Emman Roland were sitting by the river, drinking coffee and looking at the materials in their hands.
Emman Rolland, a very inspirational character, is also an unfortunate girl who lives in a broken and muddy family.
My father was an underground singer with no achievements, but he was infected with a common disease among artists: "heartlessness and infidelity". He hung out outside all day and never cared what his wife and daughter ate or drank. He would only think of his wife's body when he couldn't find a woman to accompany him outside.
My mother was a good person in her early years. Perhaps because of the torture she suffered from her husband, she gave up on herself and started smoking and injecting drugs, becoming a half-human.
Since she was seven or eight years old, Eman has mastered the skill of distinguishing the freshness of food in the trash can. She is also proficient in begging and knows what to say and do to make passers-by feel kind. She is also proficient in stealing in supermarkets and convenience stores. When life is difficult, she will steal a candy or a piece of chocolate to comfort herself.
After years of wasting, she lived to the age of fourteen with difficulty, and finally received some bad emotional news and good news in life: her mother died and her burden was lifted.
Perhaps it was the hardships in life that made her strive for self-improvement. Her grades were always excellent, and she also received a small amount of support from a kind-hearted person who was not very wealthy, which enabled her to successfully enter Harvard.
At Harvard, Eman met another kind-hearted person, her classmate Nan Ruoyin. She no longer had to take out loans for tuition and worry about living expenses. Nan Ruoyin took care of all her study and life needs, and erected a tombstone for Eman's mother who was buried in the New York Free Cemetery, and also provided her with a job.
Nan Ruoyin turned to the last page of the information in her hand, closed it and put it aside, picked up the coffee and took a sip, then turned to look at Eman, "Did you have any contact with Chinese people when you were in Brooklyn?"
Eman looked up and replied, "Yes."
"Have you ever heard of the Chinese saying, 'A fly won't bite an egg without cracks?'"
"Not really." Eman shrugged.
"Well, I've almost finished reading the information. Do you know why Britain wants to join the European Monetary System?" Nan Ruoyin nodded. The amplitude of her movements and the calmness in her eyes were very similar to Nan Yi's, as if they were cast from the same mold.
It has to be said that Nan Ruoyin has been held in Nan Yi's arms since she was a cradle, and has been raised by Nan Yi year after year. She has received Nan Yi's enlightenment education, and has participated in various meetings and plans with Nan Yi. She has been influenced by Nan Yi in every aspect, especially her perspective on problems, which is almost the same as Nan Yi's.
Eman thought for a moment and said: "From the beginning of 1989 to September 1990, before Britain joined the European Monetary System, CPI rose from 5% to 8%. High interest rates seemed to be ineffective against high inflation, but instead increased the risk of economic recession. Britain was caught in a dilemma. If it maintained high interest rates, a great depression was inevitable, but it could not stand the inflation if interest rates were cut.
Downing Street urgently needs to cut interest rates and loosen monetary policy to stimulate the economy, but is also worried that this will lead to a depreciation of the pound, capital outflows, and trigger a financial and economic crisis.
So they hoped to rely on external forces and chose to join the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System to stabilize the pound exchange rate and control inflation. After joining, the UK immediately announced a 1% interest rate cut.
It has been proven that after joining the European Monetary System, the UK’s CPI dropped significantly and inflation has been falling.”
"In 1990, East and West Germany merged. In order to support the construction of East Germany, Germany needed a large amount of capital to flow in. In addition, due to the booming infrastructure projects, inflation was on the rise. Germany urgently needed to raise interest rates to keep funds in the country and suppress inflation.
Since the linked exchange rate among European countries is the pound to the German mark, which has an upper and lower limit, and the UK needs to cut interest rates to stimulate the economy, Germany needs to raise interest rates, this creates a huge contradiction. If the pound does not depreciate, funds will continue to flow into Germany, which will have an extremely adverse impact on the already sluggish British market.
As time went by, Britain began to be unable to bear it and asked the German Federal Bank to lower interest rates. However, all countries put their own interests first. Germany was worried that a rate cut would lead to domestic inflation and possibly trigger an economic collapse, so it directly rejected Britain's request. Not only did Germany reject the G7 summit's request for a rate cut, but it raised the discount rate to 8.75% a few days ago.
The high exchange rate maintained by the UK is not sustainable in the eyes of British financial experts and business elites. However, during this period, Prime Minister Major and Chancellor of the Exchequer Lamond have repeatedly reiterated in various public occasions that they will stick to the existing policy and that the UK has the ability to keep the pound within the European exchange rate system.
The UK is now a cracked egg. The purpose of establishing the European Monetary System is to achieve the euroization of Europe. Why do we need the euro?"
Nan Ruoyin looked at Eman.
“Fighting the dollar.”
"Well, after Germany raised the discount rate to 8.75%, market sentiment changed, causing a trend of selling pounds and liras and buying marks in the foreign exchange market. The pound-to-mark exchange rate fell from 2.95 to 2.85, and then from 2.85 to 2.7964. The Bank of England issued an emergency order to purchase 3.3 billion pounds to stabilize the exchange rate. The Bank of England successfully demonstrated its power as Great Britain's stabilizing force.
The UK still has some foundation, and the pound will not have any problems for the time being. On the contrary, some small countries, such as Finland, are very lively during this period. The Finnish people have exchanged their Finnish marks for German marks. "
Nan Ruoyin said, standing up from the ground and patting her hips, "Eman, let's go and earn some pocket money."
"etc."
Emman Roland hurriedly packed up the documents, then stood up and followed Nan Ruoyin.
