Regarding the 100-50 Plan, the boast that the shopping mall channel has been opened has been spread, but October Company does not have such a channel at all. Nan Yi is taking advantage of the time difference. It takes time to set up the October Brand Management Company and it takes time to set up the brand. So Nan Yi is taking advantage of this time to get the shopping mall channel in place.
Among them, TSUM is the key. As long as the October products enter TSUM, the channels of other shopping malls can be taken over accordingly.
It just so happens that TSUM is also on the list of shareholding reform. Although a shopping mall is well-known and influential, it does not contain much profit. A seven-story building and some luxury brand channels, the value of these two things is relatively transparent, and there is not much room for operation.
Compared with other manufacturing companies, as long as they make some adjustments during the production line and raw material evaluation, the machine will go from 80% new to 50% new, and the raw materials will be evaluated as waste. The price difference will be tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of rubles.
Comparing the two, TSUM is just a useless thing and is not taken seriously by most ambitious people. If October Company says it has set its sights on TSUM, it is unlikely to encounter a strong competitor. Most future oligarchs will give it face, even if they don't want to. If you want to snatch the market from me today, I will snatch the oil fields and natural gas mines from you tomorrow.
There is more meat than wolves, so you can pick and choose. Now is not the time to engage in a head-on fight. If you don't seize the time to build up your own strength and compete with others, you will miss the best golden period. Those who do this are not qualified to become capital at all.
"This condition is not bad, Evelyn, you continue to follow up and take down TSUM as soon as possible." Nan Yi nodded and said.
"I will."
"Have you eaten yet?"
“I ate it on the way back.”
Taking a look at the braised food on the plate, Aksinya frowned slightly. Most Russians do not eat animal offal and are not interested in such food.
"oh."
Nan Yi picked up a piece of small intestine skin, bit the casing wrapped outside, peeled it off circle by circle, layer by layer with his teeth, swallowed it into his mouth, and waited until he finished eating the outer casing before starting to eat the meat in the middle.
After eating the braised food, Mei Zhengyi made a portion of knife-cut noodles for Nan Yi in the hot pot. I don’t know if it is authentic or not, but the noodles are cut with a knife. Two boneless and hairless fried eggs are added to the noodles, and some vinegar is poured. Chopped peppers are used as chili oil. It tastes okay, but I didn’t get sweat on my forehead after eating it, which was a bit lacking.
Aksinya was in charge of TSUM affairs, Bao Huantou was in charge of the establishment of the October Brand Management Company, and Nan Yi no longer interfered with the specific affairs. In his free time, he began to tinker with the vegetable greenhouse. It was still the three ridges of only more than two centimeters but less than three centimeters. This time he was not tinkering around like he did last year. In order to build the greenhouse successfully, Houji Agriculture specially sent a team of experts. There were too many people, and they were so close to each other that even three centimeters of land could not accommodate them.
Professionals do their work in a professional way. The soil in the three ridges was shoveled away and replaced with new soil transported from the agricultural area near Moscow. Various professional equipment was also used, and all kinds of data such as soil composition, temperature, and humidity had to be tested and measured. After the seeds were sown, it was like being admitted to the ICU, and someone was paying attention to all kinds of data 24 hours a day.
In November in Moscow, the various grocery stores that usually sell vegetables not only did not have the normal amount of vegetables available, but the variety was also very limited. Whenever you went there, the only things available were potatoes.
Some higher-end supermarket-like stores do sell a wide variety of vegetables, but they are basically imported from Europe, mainly from Southern European countries such as France, Spain, Italy, etc. The prices are very expensive and ordinary people simply cannot afford them.
In the autumn, Vasily Supermarket began to sell vegetables imported from the northeast region of China. The varieties are relatively concentrated, with only three types of vegetables that Russians consume in large quantities: cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce. The prices are not expensive and they are sold as limited-supply special products, which bring a lot of people to the supermarket every day.
In October, the supply of the three special-priced vegetables stopped as it was out of season, and there was no supply from the Northeast. Although some places in the Northeast have started to build greenhouses, the quantity is not large, and they are fresh and out-of-season vegetables, so the selling price is very high. Vasily Supermarket could neither get much supply nor a good price. In comparison, Houji Agriculture's supply from Europe had lower costs.
The Northeast can build greenhouses, so can Russia. Compared with the Northeast, which requires a lot of manpower, the Russian greenhouse model is easier to implement with scientific management. In the high-altitude cold regions, the most important thing to pay attention to in greenhouses is heat preservation. Fortunately, Russia has abundant natural gas at a low price, so it is completely possible to install natural gas heating and heat preservation equipment in greenhouses.
Russia has vast land and winter vegetable markets. Russians are also rough in character, cannot do delicate work, and are relatively lazy. In winter, Russian farmers stay in hibernation, and it is difficult to get them to work. Fortunately, if they don't want to work, they can find people who are willing to do it.
By next year, Houji Agriculture will unite local Russian landowners and domestic farmers who are willing to come and grow vegetables. One party will build shipping channels, provide technology and part of the investment, one party will provide the land, and one party will provide labor and part of the investment. The three parties will cooperate in a bundled manner to build a vegetable greenhouse trust together.
When everyone's eyes were on the privatization securities, Nan Yi transformed herself into a Russian lady, with a Russian people's menu in mind, and wandered around vegetable and grain shops every day.
"Adam, come here."
In the west of Moscow, at a spontaneous black food market, a Russian lady was waiting in a queue and shouted to Nan Yi who had just appeared.
Nan Yi stepped forward quickly, "Nina, what are you selling today?"
The Russian lady was very stout, and Nan Yi immediately turned into a skinny monkey when he stood next to her. A girlish name like Nina didn’t seem to fit her very well. However, the lady had also been through her teenage years, and had once been a sweet girl in other people’s eyes.
"Anise, fresh."
Anise is Russian fennel, a spice that occupies a very important position in the Russian diet. It can be said that anise can be added to anything you eat.
In November, it is impossible to grow anise in Russia. However, the five Central Asian countries and the three Polish countries are in a relatively warm and habitable zone with an average annual temperature above zero degrees. It is not difficult to grow anise in this season.
"Oh, how much per kilogram?"
"I don't know." Nina shook her head, looking worried. "I saw the queue, so I came over to queue. I hope it's not too expensive."
"If it's too expensive, just buy some fennel powder."
Since there are fresh products to sell in this season, Nan Yi doesn’t think they will be sold at a low price, and Nina’s idea will most likely be dashed.
"Adam, you don't understand. If there is fresh food, I will eat it fresh. If there is no fresh food, I will use fennel powder."
"Well, we can only pray that it won't be too expensive."
Nina and her husband retired a few years ago. Two years ago, their living conditions were very good, which was equivalent to a couple in China receiving a pension of 13,000 or 14,000 yuan each in more than 20 years. With this amount of pension, they often do not have the burden of subsidizing their offspring. The two old people have no major expenses and do not have to worry about the future. With nearly 30,000 yuan a month, or a thousand yuan a day, they spend it happily and lavishly.
Of course, this was two years ago. It is no longer possible now. The pension has been almost wiped out and divided by two. The superior retirement life has become barely enough to meet survival needs. Don’t even think about quality. It’s good enough to have enough food and drink.
"Adam, I'm going to Yeliseyevsky tomorrow, do you want to come with me?" Nina asked.
Nan Yi: "I'm going to Vasily Supermarket tomorrow. The weather is getting cold, so I'm going to buy an electric blanket."
Yeliseyevsky is a high-end shopping mall with a long history that mainly sells food. It has little to do with ordinary people and is not within the scope of what Nan Yi wants to know.
Nina: "Isn't the heating enough?"
"Not enough. I used to live in an area where I only needed to wear short sleeves and there was no winter. I'm afraid of the cold." Nan Yi shook his head and said.
Nina stroked Nan Yi's cheek and said, "Poor Adam, did Moscow freeze you?"
"Well……"
Nan Yi felt Nina's wrinkled hands and felt a little embarrassed. He was being treated like a grandson, but he regarded her as his best friend.
Fortunately, the embarrassment passed after a while. Nina quickly withdrew her hand and told Nan Yi that she had discovered a new market where there were often some good ingredients for sale.
Through his contact with Nina, Nan Yi could feel that Nina should have been born in a relatively well-off family, had a high-paying job when she grew up, and married a husband who also had a high-paying job, and had a smooth life until retirement.
It was only in the past two years that she felt the hardship of life. She ran around every day, looking for all kinds of cheap "good ingredients", performing large rituals in small temples, and using the devalued rubles to maintain her family's living standards.
In fact, Nina cannot be considered an ordinary citizen of Moscow, and her life is not representative in a universal sense. However, for Nan Yi, she has great research and observation value. Whether it is greenhouse vegetables or the spice field that he is about to enter, Nina's class and the next level class are the main potential consumer forces.
For the more grassroots ones, we can just use technology and some hard work to reduce the cost and the selling price. Relatively speaking, this type of potential consumer does not need too in-depth research on individual cases. It is enough to investigate their price acceptance and taste preferences on a large scale.
After accompanying Nina in line to buy anise at a reasonable price, the two took the subway to a spontaneous market in the south of the city and bought some herb and cilantro. After shopping, Nan Yi invited Nina to have lunch and afternoon tea before they parted.
After returning to the consulate, Nan Yi opened a software, retrieved the data he had previously entered, and made new additions and modifications.
The software is called "global vegetable". The original intention of developing this software was to allow Shennong Nanliang to conduct horizontal comparisons of global vegetable prices. It is also part of the big data plan. However, for the time being, the data is not sufficient or comprehensive enough and can only be used as an auxiliary reference.
Nan has been collecting various data in a planned and purposeful manner and establishing a database to store them. At the same time, he has also been conducting data dimension experiments. He has found several representative research observation subjects, collected various data from the "objects", and then summarized and analyzed them, trying to summarize a set of behavioral analysis data models that can be applied to most people.
Simply put, it is to find several data parameters. When these parameters show different indexes respectively, through calculation, the next behavior of the parameter owner can be predicted.
As long as the parameters are comprehensive enough, it is possible to predict most of what a person will do next. For example, whether you need to urinate when you wake up in the morning can be predicted by monitoring the bladder data. When you are sleeping, your bladder is about to explode, and when you get up, you cannot just decide not to urinate subjectively.
For example, if a person says that he just had a meal in a five-star hotel, just pull out his data: he is a moonlighter with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan, his credit card and certain loans have been overdue for several months, and he has taken all the money that can be taken from online loan platforms. Hey, isn't this definitely bragging?
Of course, Nan does not collect data for such boring things. Generally speaking, Nan's big data will be used for market forecasting and analysis of consumers' next behavior. If any government needs to establish a national monitoring system, Nan does not mind exporting technology.
If big data is used properly, it can be as practical as the Jinyiwei and the Nianganchu, and can play a revolutionary role in maintaining the cornerstone of a country's rule.
After the data was entered, Nan Yi tapped on the keyboard, and a chart combining cylinders and pie charts immediately appeared on the screen. Various data flashed and changed. At first glance, it looked very sci-fi, and it made people suspect that it was alien technology, but it was actually just a few effects written in a scripting language. If you break it down, the difficulty is equivalent to the multiplication table.
Of course, it is indeed difficult for those who can solve the problem of 8×9 but cannot figure out the problem of 9×8.
After looking at the data for a while, Nan Yi tapped the keyboard again, and the chart on the screen turned into an information list again. He clicked on the red title at the top, and a window popped up. The latest information about Russian vegetables was listed, which was input by different people, including Nan Yi just now. The program filtered and classified according to the specified conditions, and rearranged and combined them. The text and table were well presented, making it clear at a glance.
Russia's privatization plan includes plans for land privatization, but it has not yet started. Currently, Russia's land, especially arable land, is in a neither public nor private state. State-owned arable land is managed by state farms and collective farms left over from the Soviet revisionist period.
The next day, Nan Yi went to the Lenin State Farm located southeast of Moscow early in the morning.
Lenin State Farm covers an area of ​​1,447 hectares, or 21,705 acres, or 14.47 million square meters. It is a farm specializing in growing strawberries. During the harvest season, it can supply 60 tons of strawberries to Moscow every day.
Arriving at the gate of the farm, Nan Yi saw a gate with a fairy-tale atmosphere, which was very different from the mediocre suburban buildings around it. There was a sign on the gate with a line of red Arabic numerals reading "1918" on the top and another line of Russian words "Labor Guanrong" below.
From this sign, we can learn that Lenin State Farm was probably established in 1918.
Looking at the gate, Nan Yi looked around again with a frown. The geographical location here is too advantageous. Compared with being used for planting, it would be more valuable to use it for real estate development in the short term.
After knowing that there was a state farm here, Nan Yi found information and conducted research. Two days ago, he even looked at the entire farm from close up. The area that can be used for planting on the Lenin State Farm exceeds 20,000 acres.
If used for scientific tomato cultivation, the annual yield per mu can reach about 5,000 kilograms, and the total annual output can reach 100,000 tons. If the population of Moscow and its surrounding areas is included, each person can get about 15 kilograms on average.
If we do not consider the long-term sustainable development of the land and over-use planting on the land in all directions, in the short term, this one farm alone can solve the basic vegetable supply problem for Moscow's population of millions.
[The vegetable output of one acre of land (not scientific industrial planting, but the way ordinary farmers grow vegetables) can only guarantee the basic consumption of two normal people. The intake is moderate, and there is no need to eat leisurely. It is not an extreme case of a big stomach. The basic guarantee supply is to supply the output of one acre of land to about 5-10 people.]
According to the current abnormal vegetable prices in Moscow, Lenin State Farm can have an annual sales volume of more than 300 million US dollars. Based on the past experience of Houji Agriculture, after deducting production costs and non-production and operating expenses whose actual figures cannot be calculated for the time being, there will be at least 50 million US dollars in net profit left.
This figure does not take into account the special situation of greenhouses. If the farm conducts off-season planting, the net profit will increase significantly.
Although such profits could not last long, as long as the ruble's exchange rate returned to normal, the profits would plummet exponentially, but the five or six years of huge profits were enough to bring Houji Agriculture to its knees.
Before entering the farm gate, Nan Yi's plan was to grow vegetables for five or six years without regard for the consequences, and after the fertility of the land was exhausted, he would package the farm land and sell it to real estate developers or develop it himself.
This is the plan, but it is hard to say whether it can come true. When looking at the list of management of Lenin State Farm, Nan Yi saw the name Gruginin. If his memory is not bad, this Gruginin will not be easy to deal with.
After graduating from university in 1982, Gorjinin was assigned to work at the Lenin State Farm. During Gorbachev's 1990 open reform process, he entered the farm's management and turned the farm into a joint-stock company during the reform.
After the disintegration of the Soviet revisionism and the beginning of the Russian era, the central management and financial systems disappeared, and most collective farms could not operate normally. Farms close to cities were even more difficult because the privatized shares of the farm employees' state-owned property were more likely to be coveted by developers and speculators.
Look, the evil wolf Nan Yi has been attracted here. I'm sure more evil wolves will come to share the food, but they are too busy to do anything for the time being.
"There's a tiger in front and a pack of wolves behind. This is a tough nut to crack." Nan Yi sighed and turned to leave the farm gate. It was not time to walk through the gate yet.
For the following period of time, Nan Yi traveled around Moscow Oblast, visiting state farms in various districts, such as the Zhalai State Farm, the Shatul State Farm, etc. Each region had a slightly larger state farm. Nan Yi not only observed the land conditions of the farms, but also learned about the traffic conditions from the farms to Moscow city.
Judging from Russia's current situation, Moscow will have the same status as Seoul in South Korea in a short period of time. A city condenses most of a country's essence and creates most of its GDP. It also gathers most of its consumption capacity. If the area is expanded to the Moscow Oblast area, 80% of Russia's consumption power will be included.
One day, Nan Yi came to the Volovsky District, which is a district under the jurisdiction of the Lipetsk Oblast, only more than 200 kilometers away from Moscow. There is a Volovsky Farm in the district. It is not too large, with only 100 square kilometers and about 120,000 acres of arable land.
When he arrived at the outskirts of the farm, Nan Yi was instantly shocked. It was so flat, so flat that he could see from one end of the farm to the other. There was nothing in the middle, not even a small earthen slope.
"How far is that electric pole?" Standing in the wilderness, Nan Yi looked out for a while, then turned to ask the tiger cub.
The tiger cub looked in the direction that Nan Yi had just observed, and after a brief calculation in his mind, he said, "Nan Sheng, that's not a telephone pole, it's a building that's at least 60 meters wide. The distance is between 15 and 16 kilometers, which is too far to make an accurate judgment."
"oh."
Nan Yi responded unconsciously, picked up the telescope and began to observe . He stood and observed for a while, then set up a height reference object not far away, lay on the ground, closed one eye, made the eye and the top of the reference object form a straight line parallel to the ground, and observed the level.
After watching for a while, Nan Yi had no choice but to let the tiger cub come over. His eyesight was too poor and he couldn't see far while lying down.
The tiger cub lay on the ground, observed for a while, and then took a pen to calculate on paper. After repeating this process for a few minutes, the tiger cub stood up and said, "I can't see far either. I can only roughly see the horizontal line within two kilometers. It is very flat. The ground has been flattened by humans."
"oh."
Nan Yi licked the index finger of his left hand with his tongue, raised his left hand to feel the direction of the wind, then dug a piece of dry mud from the ground, rubbed it into fine powder in his hand, raised his hand high, let the powder fall freely, and observed in which direction the powder was blown.
After confirming that the wind was blowing from the southwest, Nan Yi and his party headed towards a small village that they had just spotted.
The village was very small. There were only a dozen low houses in sight, scattered and far apart from each other, dotted with pine electric poles, short trees, yellow grass, and bushes. It was an hour before dinnertime, and smoke was rising from the chimneys of the houses.
When they arrived in front of a house, a Russian was standing next to a white Lada with the hood open, looking worried. Nan Yi saw that the Lada was so old that he was surprised that an old driver couldn't handle a Lada from the 1960s.
"Hala Shao."
Nan Yi greeted the man from a distance.
The man heard the voice and replied, "Mr. Hara, are you Chinese?"
"Yes, my name is Ivan."
Nan Yi temporarily gave himself a very insincere Russian name. In the Tsarist era, at least two and a half out of ten men were named Ivan. He appeared frequently in literary works and film and television works, surpassing China's "Xiao Ming".
The man smiled and said, "My name is Seryoza."
Nan Yi walked up and shook hands with Sheliozha, "What's the problem with the car?"
"The carburetor's float valve is broken." Seryoza frowned.
Nan Yi said regretfully: "What bad news, we can't help, there is nothing prepared in the car."
"No need to apologize, Ivan. What are you doing in Kinza?"
"It's like this. I'm a businessman engaged in agricultural business. I heard that you in Russia are privatizing securities and it is very likely that state-owned farms will also undergo shareholding reform. So I went around to see if I could find a farm suitable for investment."
When Seryoza heard Nan Yi's words, his face turned strange. "I have heard about the privatization of securities, but I haven't heard about any reforms in state-owned farms. Ivan, if you are interested in Volovsky Farm, I advise you to give up the idea."
Nan Yi asked curiously: "Sheliaoza, can you tell me why?"
Seryoza looked embarrassed, hesitated for a while, and said: "Ivan, you'd better not ask, it's not convenient for me to tell you."
"Okay." Nan Yi spread his hands and did not continue to ask questions. Instead, he asked something else, "Sheliozha, does it rain often here?"
"It rains a lot in spring and summer, rarely in fall and winter, and then snows in a few days."
“Is the snow heavy in previous years?”
"It's huge. The snow will accumulate up to 70 centimeters..."
Nan Yi asked a lot of questions about the weather, and then with consent, he walked around Sheliaozha's house, especially the exposed brick walls and the places where water fell from the eaves. He observed them very carefully, and even broke the gaps between the bricks with his hands to check the degree . He also asked questions like when the house was built and when was the last time it was renovated.
After saying goodbye to Shelyoza, Nan Yi went to the village’s collective reserved farmland, took a walk around, and took away some soil samples and water samples from the puddles.
After returning to the car, Nan Yi recorded what he had just seen when observing the house, looked at his watch, then looked at the sun in the sky, and recorded the angle of the sun at the moment.
The car then came to a small hill with trees. Nan Yi walked up the hill and observed the growth of trees, thorns and grass on the four slopes of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest. He also picked a few dead grasses and thorns on the four slopes as specimens, pulled them up to observe the condition of the roots, and then observed the moisture of the soil.
Go back to the car and record your observations.
By observing and comparing the different degrees of erosion and weathering on the four exterior walls of a house, one can roughly judge the rainfall in an area, whether it is abundant or not; one can also roughly judge what kind of wind usually blows. For example, if there is a frequent south wind, the degree of weathering on the south wall will be more serious than the other three walls.
There is an idiom that goes "Dripping water wears away a stone". Nan Yi asked Shelyozha when the house was built, and also asked when the ground under the eaves was last repaired. Under the eaves, Nan Yi saw a shallow pit on the ground eroded by rain, and traces of moss and lichen growth on the edge.
The presence of mosses and lichens indicates that there is a lot of rainfall during normal times. The depth and width of the shallow pits, combined with the length of time the shallow pits were formed, the compactness of the soil, and the direction of the flow of water when it rains, can roughly calculate the intensity of the rainfall.
The hillside is simpler. Without human intervention, the growth of plants on the north and south sides of a mountain will be different. By comparison, we can roughly determine the daily light angle and rainfall angle.
Nan Yi came at the wrong time. If it came at the turn of spring and summer, you could judge what kind of wind usually blows by observing the plant's lodging angle, growth inclination angle, and root growth direction.
Throughout December, Nan Yi traveled back and forth between agricultural production areas, using traditional methods to record and observe the meteorological and soil data of various places, and mobilized people to go to the meteorological departments of various states to obtain the latest data. During the Soviet revisionist period, Shennong Nanliang had already conducted various investigations on the main grain producing areas of the Soviet revisionist regime, but the investigations were relatively macro and did not go deep into the specific areas.
Today's weather stations are not as detailed as those in later times, and they focus on a wide range of issues, so people often complain about inaccurate weather forecasts, such as when it says it will rain but the sun is shining brightly. Just like the measurement of temperature, the internationally accepted temperature measurement standards are only of reference significance to Shennong Nanliang, which operates in a refined manner. Shennong Nanliang sets up its own measurement points in the fields.
Along the way, Nan Yi and his party sometimes had to sleep in the open air. In Ryazan Province, they were lucky enough to be blessed with a rare localized rainfall. It was really localized, with the rainfall covering only about ten square meters, which poured water on the place where Nan Yi and his party had camped.
Along the way, Nan Yi and his party met many hospitable Russians, but also met some arrogant and unreasonable ones. Some were warmly received, while others were rudely driven away. The customs and people were different in every place.
When I returned to Moscow, a year had passed.
Take a break for two days to recover your energy and pay attention to how Bao Huantou arranges the year-end party, how to calculate the year-end bonus and how to arrange the duty during the New Year, including booking round-trip air tickets for employees, distributing New Year goods and a series of tedious tasks.
Although October Company is located in Moscow, most of its employees are from China. The holiday arrangements and customs are still based on those in China. No matter how far away from home they are, a group of employees will be sent home to celebrate the New Year. They will be divided into three waves: one wave leaves early and comes back early, one wave leaves late and comes back late, and one wave stays to be on duty and enjoys five times the overtime pay.
Except for designated leadership positions, ordinary employees are free to sign up and draw lots. If they want to earn more, they sign up. If they want to go back, they draw lots. Those who are on duty consider themselves unlucky.
Seeing that everything was arranged properly, on the 39th day, Nan Yi left Moscow and embarked on a journey to Xiangkeng.
After arriving in Xiangkeng, Nan Yi was unable to relax immediately. He attended meetings of the Information and Policy Committee for five consecutive days, summarizing the gains and losses of 1992 and discussing arrangements for 1993. By the time Nan Yi could really take a break and wait for New Year's Eve, it was already the day of the Southern New Year.
While eating breakfast in the dining room this morning, Fang Mengyin asked Nan Yi: "There will be a group year-end party tonight. I have invited several other wealthy people in Hong Kong to attend. Do you want to attend?"
"Who are they?"
"I invited all the ones you are familiar with."
Nan Yi thought for a moment and said, "Grandma, I won't go. Next year's year-end party can be more grand. I plan to arrange for your successor to make an appearance."
Fang Mengyin was slightly startled, "You want me to retire so soon?"
Nan Yi chuckled, "Grandma, you're worrying too much. The successor will need at least 50, 60, 70 or 80 years to get familiar with the business, and you still have to continue to manage Fang's business."
"You, stop trying to make me happy. Tell me, when do you want me to retire?"
"I'm serious. I have absolutely no intention of asking you to retire immediately. If you want to continue working, then keep working. My preferred successor still needs to learn and grow. You have to work for at least another five years."
Fang Mengyin's expression relaxed and she said, "Who is your favorite successor?"
Nan Yi shook his head. "I haven't decided which one yet. There are several candidates. I plan to observe them for a while."
"I can guess what you're going to do. It's either that Hongdou girl or someone from the Intelligence and Strategy Committee."
"Grandma, please don't guess. I haven't made up my mind yet. However, you are wrong. Anyone could be the one except Hongdou. Her roots are in the mainland, and I don't want her identity to become too complicated."
In Nan Yi's expectation, Fan Hongdou's character should be a national entrepreneur, and being a manager of a Hong Kong-funded enterprise is not what she should do.