Volume 8 Final Chapter Chapter 1253 Family Son
It's nothing new. The key is that India does not have a culture of subsidies. Otherwise, the plan could be elevated to the level of national drinking water safety, with subsidies provided based on the number of people served by the water vending machines. With subsidies as a foundation, companies can go into battle with ease and more easily obtain good profits.
Without subsidies, this plan can only be watched and used as a reference. Unless it is operated in a Ponzi scheme or is focused on making money from mad cow disease, there will be no point.
"It takes too long to make a profit by selling water directly, so it's not feasible."
Nan Yi frowned and thought, first thinking of Galaxy Goddess' business line in India, and then thinking of Galaxy Goddess and Happy Water's expansion strategies in Africa. Galaxy Goddess took the low-end route, producing pure water packaged in plastic bags, while Happy Water took the high-end route, selling bottled pure water at high prices.
[In the 1990s, there was a kind of popsicle wrapped in a plastic bag that was popular. Some people called it big ice pops, and some people called it orange pops. It was a kind of sweet water mixed in a plastic bag. After freezing, it was crunchy when bitten.]
In India, Galaxy Goddess stands out in the field of mineral water and purified water, firmly occupying the mid-to-high-end market. Only the Bisleri brand poses a threat to it.
In the process of marketing, Galaxy Goddess cleverly used the caste system to convey the psychological suggestion of "superior" to users. What it did was to differentiate the market. There must be a group of people who cannot afford Galaxy Goddess.
Therefore, Galaxy Goddess can only immerse herself in the mid-to-high-end market in India and cannot enter the low-end market, even if she creates a new brand. Unless the new brand does not borrow the brand influence of Galaxy Goddess at all and operates as an independent new project, it will easily break the Galaxy Goddess's status.
The low-end purified water market in India is not small. Packaged purified water has the opportunity to achieve good sales, but it must follow the route of small profits but quick turnover. The gross profit of a bag of purified water may be only a few tenths of a rupee. Even if more than 10 billion bags are sold every year, the net profit is not much...
“Sell the concept first, then the machine?”
Nan Yi stroked his chin and a rough idea came to his mind.
First, advocate the concept of safe drinking water, and then promote the solution of bagged purified water, which not only solves the drinking water problem, but also solves the employment of some people. Take the opportunity to sell bagged water production equipment. When consumers accept bagged water and the market is fully opened, it is time for small workshops producing bagged water to expose various shocking hygiene problems, such as "purified water is not pure", "safe water is not safe", and so on.
Then we can ban illegal workshops, strengthen supervision, raise the entry threshold, and only allow capable and socially responsible companies to engage in this business. With this combined force, this market will be created.
“This operation is a bit complicated, and there are many people who want to share the profits, but it is very feasible.”
Nan Yi thought for a long time, and slowly outlined the prototype of an organization called "Voluntary Water Services", abbreviated as VWS (Voluntary Water Services). He sorted out the ideas one by one, and dismantled them when encountering obstacles, trying to make the road pass in the simulation first.
Nan Yi spent the whole morning sitting at the table, thinking . Near noon, Qin Chengying came to him with an Indian young man. He woke up from his thoughts and rubbed his temples to relax his mind.
When his mind cleared up, he smiled and looked at the young man, "Shiva, Bangalore is the hottest time of the year. Aren't you hot in a suit?"
Shiva Walmart, the grandson of Peacock Villa's housekeeper Divaman Walmart, had all his expenses covered by Nan Yi from the moment he was born to when he went abroad for higher education. He had previously interned at Boston Consulting Group, where he learned a good PPT skill. He is now able to call upon large amounts of data and use gorgeous words to write sophisticated, difficult-to-understand reports that do not solve problems.
The lofty ideals have been put in place, and Shiva is now returning to India to further cultivate the pragmatism of the common people.
" Sir, I'm used to it," Shiva replied politely.
"Ha." Nan Yi patted the sofa, "Come and sit down."
As soon as Shiva sat down, Nan Yi hugged him and looked him up and down. "I didn't see it when you were little, but now I see that you look a bit like Ranveer Singh. You are a handsome guy. Do many girls like you?"
"No, sir."
"Haha, don't be so reserved in front of me. You peed on me twice when you were a kid."
When reminded of his embarrassing childhood, Shiva's face looked a little unnatural, but he quickly returned to normal.
Nan Yi patted him on the shoulder when he saw this, "Is your father busy recently?"
"After receiving the weather forecast for the next six months last month, he began to adjust this year's planting strategy. The onion planting area will be increased by 50,000 mu."
Over the past thirty years, Shennong Nanliang has been acquiring land in India while cooperating with farmers. Farmers invest in the cooperative with land and labor, and then work according to the distribution of the cooperative. The cooperative pays a small amount of wages on a monthly basis and distributes dividends at the end of each year.
Cooperatives carry out semi-mechanized operations, have relatively high investment, and have the ability to obtain water resources from large landowners. Farmers who join cooperatives find it easier than if they grow crops individually and can earn higher returns. As a result, the cooperative model has gained a foothold in many places in southern India, but the pace of expansion has been restrained to prevent commercial behavior from being understood as political behavior.
Since most of the planting income goes to farmers, Shennong Nanliang can only maintain a barely operating business, and after a long cost recovery period, the profit is negligible. Of course, Shennong Nanliang entered India not to bring warmth to farmers, but naturally for profits, but the Indian strategy has been auxiliary, futures, and speculative.
Auxiliary cooperation is to assist the Shiva Group in the spread of pesticides and fertilizers. The Victory Pesticide and Unity Fertilizer brands are among the best-selling brands in India, and the cooperative has made an indelible contribution .
It goes without saying that the futures market will be formed. Since the cooperative has spot goods in its hands, the Oscillation team of Metropolitan Securities can run rampant in the agricultural futures market. When Oscillation is long, if anyone dares to go short, the cooperative will be able to use cotton to make wine and wheat as firewood.
Speculation can also be called market manipulation. Nan Yi has always attached great importance to climate and weather. All the high-tech that the Nan family can reach is applied to the "Prophet" monitoring system of Shennong Nanliang. After decades of continuous investment at all costs, Shennong Nanliang has a high ability to predict the weather.
With the ability to predict weather and statistics on crop planting, sales, and storage data from various regions, Shennong Nanliang can obtain various data on various crops in real time. Even the quantities of strategic reserve grain in many countries cannot escape Nan's eyes.
The staff of the Prophet often play a small game, which is to bet whether certain granaries are empty and when a fire will occur. They enjoy playing this game and it adds a lot of color to their boring work.
It is with the support of the prophet that Shennong Nanliang (India) is very clear about the quantity of each vegetable available on the market in each season, especially aniseed, peppers, and onions, which are consumed in large quantities in India. Onions in particular are not only consumed in large quantities in India, but are also the main importer for Bangladesh , Sri Lanka, and Nepal.
According to India's previous strategies, once the onion planting time is delayed compared with previous years due to weather reasons, resulting in a supply shortage and soaring prices in the market, it will launch "affordable onions" through financial subsidies, and at the same time will greatly increase onion export tariffs, or even temporarily issue an export ban.
For Shennong Nanliang, once it was known in advance that India's onion production would be low this year, it could adjust its planting plan and expand the onion planting area as much as possible without affecting the increase in onion prices. When the onions were on the market, it could quickly enter and exit the market and sell them to wholesalers before the price became unattainable, thus not making a profit of the last penny and not becoming the target of public criticism.
In addition to India, we can notify the cooperative wholesalers in Bangladesh and other three countries in advance, so that they can raise funds and open up channels in advance to take advantage of this year's big market. Although the profit of one ton of onions is not much, it is a business of hundreds of thousands of tons. No matter which country's currency, it will be easy to make hundreds of millions at a time. Moreover, it is a short-term and fast business. Buyers are begging to sell, which can make money and earn some favors.
Shiva's father is one of the main persons in charge of Shennong Nanliang's Indian vegetable business, and he is basically in charge of the pepper and onion business.
"What's the weather?"
"The southern region and Maharashtra will see a surge in rainfall this year, and the onion rot will be several times more severe than in previous years."
Nan Yi thought for a moment and said, "What instructions does headquarters have?"
"Dad won't tell me secrets," said Shiva.
Nan Yi chuckled, "Sorry, I forgot you don't work at the cooperative. Let's not talk about onions, let's talk about why I asked you to come here."
Nan Yi talked about the project he was going to do in Bangalore, "You will help me here for a while. After the project is on track, you can stay or leave as you wish. In any case, you will have at least 5% of the shares in each project."
"I'll follow your instructions, sir." Shiva had a hint of surprise on his face.
"OK, go find a place to stay today. It's too inconvenient to stay in a hotel."
“Rent or buy?”
“Analyze the housing price trend in Bangalore yourself and do whatever is cost-effective.”
"clear."
Shiva took the order and went to find a house. Nan Yi came to KiKi, who was curled up on the sofa watching short videos. He was startled when he heard the voice coming from the phone. He listened attentively for a while, and then glanced at the live broadcast of "Fortnite" on the phone screen. Yes, it was that little bastard Nan Zehang.
He took out his mobile phone, searched and entered Nan Zehang’s live broadcast room, and watched ten carnivals in one go.
"Thanks to Renshuai for sending me to the carnival, muah, buddy, I'm a talent anchor, you can ask me to do math problems, write essays, or do side flips and horse stances."
"Wait until I get back and see how I deal with you."
Seeing what Nan Yi posted on the public screen, Nan Zehang said calmly: "My friends, it's time for afternoon tea and snacks. I'm going to go offline first. See you tonight at 6:30."
As the live broadcast screen turned black, a call soon came in to Nan Yi's cell phone.
Nan Yi walked to the bedroom and answered the phone.
"You are such a good grandson of mine. Do you really want to be an internet celebrity?"
“Hehehehe!”
"Come on, don't stay at home and surf the Internet on weekends. Go out and exercise more. Basketball or football are fine. Your dad dared to go skydiving when he was your age."
"Grandpa, you're lying. Dad said he first skydiveed when he was a teenager."
"It won't be much of a difference of a few years. If you want to be stronger than your father, then you should think about it." Nan Yi changed the subject and said, "I won't stop you from live streaming, but there are two points you should remember."
"What?"
"First, don't show your face. Second, control your time. If you lose control, I will confiscate all your electronic devices."
"Make sure the mission is accomplished."
Nan Yi glanced at the calendar on his watch. "Your aunt and I will go to Thailand on the 13th. You can fly over to see your aunt Jiayao after school on Friday. Grandpa will take you to play shooting."
"Grandpa, I don't want to shoot, I want to hunt."
"You haven't even fired 10,000 rounds of bullets yet, so why bother hunting? Learn to walk first. I'll consider taking you to Africa to hunt sparrows in the second half of the year depending on the situation."
"What's the point of playing mahjong..."
"I told you to learn to walk before you think about running. Go take a nap, and then go outside to play ball for two hours. It's almost lunch time here, so I won't say any more to you."
"Oh, goodbye, Grandpa."
After staying in the hotel room until one o'clock, Nan Yi and KiKi went to a Michelin-style Cantonese restaurant, Tang Cha Yuan. The ingredients and water were guaranteed, and the price was naturally not cheap. A meal for two people would cost at least several thousand rupees.
It’s true that Michelin and Cantonese dim sum go well together, and both go for small portions. KiKi wanted to eat dim sum, so the table was full of steamers. Nan Yi also ordered a larger portion of vegetable and meat fried rice.
Tang Tea Garden is neither big nor small, in a rectangular shape, with compartments hidden in the corners. Nan Yi and KiKi are sitting in the hall. Opposite Nan Yi sits a table of Chinese people, and opposite KiKi sits a table of Indians. There are five people, four men and one woman, all wearing plaid shirts, with thick hair. Their professional characteristics are very obvious: they are programmers and work for foreign companies.
There is not much difference between local entrepreneurial Internet companies in India and those in China. They all have to work very hard. It is impossible for them to run out for lunch leisurely. What's more, an income of more than 100,000 rupees a month is enough to reach the consumption level of Tang Chayuan. Eating free lunch in the company is a better choice.
Nan Yi and the Chinese man at the next table nodded after making eye contact, and then he explained to KiKi the situation of Internet companies in Bangalore. His consistent principle is not to support idle people. KiKi has been eating and drinking for free with him for a long time, and it is time for her to move and do something.
"Most of the Internet giants set up branches in Bangalore not to expand their business in India, but to save costs. The starting salary for two programmers of the same level and similar work content in the United States is $185,000, usually in cash and stock.
In Bangalore, the cost is usually around $50,000, so companies can save more than $180,000 per programmer per year, which is very cost-effective.”
"I remember that the personal income tax in the United States is quite high, so the actual amount you get is not much, right?" said KiKi.
Nan Yi waved his hand. "The actual income is about 6,000 US dollars per month. This is not what you should focus on. You should look at the problem from the perspective of an entrepreneur. India attaches great importance to programming education. There are many official and unofficial programming training institutions. On the streets of Bangalore, if you see someone dressed a little better, he is most likely a programmer.
Programmers with high education can try to go to the United States. If they can't go there, they can consider interviewing at branches of large companies here and earn a decent annual salary of $50,000.
If your academic qualifications are not up to standard, you did not graduate from a very good university or only have a junior high or high school education, but your programming skills are relatively outstanding, you can go to a relatively good Internet company in India, where you can earn about 1.2 to 1.5 million rupees a year. This is about the same salary level for ordinary programmers in China.
If you don't have a good academic record and your programming skills are mediocre, you can only work for a relatively ordinary local company, which can earn you about 500,000 to 800,000 rupees a year.
This is roughly what programmers in Bangalore make today, and the lower the income, the longer the hours.
If you want to develop an app like TikTok, you need a mobile developer who can master South or Swift and develop for Clayman and IOS.
Programmers, engineers, and designers are also needed to be responsible for video acquisition and processing, cloud services, application architecture design, database, UI design, information security, algorithms, etc.
When recruiting these people, the main consideration is their technical skills. As long as they are talented, there is no need to worry about their salary. In addition, we should also recruit a few programmers, ladies of fame. Their technical skills can be slightly worse, but they must be beautiful.
In the Book of Songs, Chen Feng, Dongmenzhichi, it is said that Dongmenzhichi can be used to retting hemp. That beautiful and virtuous lady can sing with me. In plain words, it means that men and women work together, so that work is not tiring. Each working group can be paired with a programmer, so that the male comrades can work more vigorously.
Nan Yi paused and continued, "One is enough for each group, no more. Three women make a big show. If there are too many women, there will be more trivial matters. By then, there will be no need to pursue efficiency. We will just be busy with internal friction."
"Uncle, what do you want to do? Do you want to start an Internet company here?"
"Almost." Nan Yi took a sip of the drink, "You have been following me for almost half a month, eating, drinking and sleeping all day long. After dinner, go back to the hotel and check out the communities and recruitment websites where there are many programmers. Learn about the more famous programmers, and also learn about the salary standards and benefits of entrepreneurial companies.
Ah, don't tell me you're not good at the language. You can find a way to solve this problem yourself, whether you find a translator or use translation software. I only want the result, the process is your own business. If you can't do it well, just be a vase. I'll look for buyers outside and see if I can sell you for a good price. Any money I can get back is a good deal."
KiKi said unconvincedly: "Uncle, don't underestimate me, how could I not be able to do such a small thing."
"Haha, don't just talk, do it. I'm going to Hanusha this afternoon. If there's no dinner party, I'll call you after we're done. We'll eat and then go to the movies. Yesterday I saw at the cinema that a great anti-China drama will be shown today. Let's check it out."
