Chapter 103 Production Reduction

Chapter 103 Production Reduction

Chapter 103 Production Reduction (Medium Cup)
Coming down from Yandunshan Farm.

Passing by the feed factory, I saw farmers flocking in to buy Egyptian catfish in early August. As time went by, the farmers became more rational and no longer swarmed in.

Currently, the purchasing room of the feed factory can only purchase 70 to 90 tons of Egyptian catfish every day.

Jiang Miao went straight into the feed factory.

Fang Yi, who is in charge of managing the factory, is not here at the moment. He is at the Feed Factory No. 2 which he just acquired a few days ago.

The location of Feed Factory No. 1.3 is not too far from Feed Factory No. . Just walk north along the road at the entrance for about kilometers to reach Feed Factory No. .

The area of ​​Feed Factory No. 483 is even larger. It was originally a wooden furniture factory with an area of ​​ acres, but part of it is forest land and orchard contracted by the previous factory owner.

In order to avoid trouble, Jiang Miao has asked Jiang Haibo to handle this matter and convert the agricultural land into industrial land as soon as possible.

This matter is relatively simple. After all, Hailufeng Company has a huge influence in the local area, and the land authorities will not make things difficult for Hailufeng Company.

Upon hearing that the boss was coming, Deputy Factory Manager Liu Hongjun quickly asked someone to bring the boss in and explained that he was accompanying a client.

Liu Hongjun looked at the guests beside him a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, our chairman is here to inspect the factory. I'm sorry for neglecting you just now."

"It's okay, Director Liu, I would like to meet the chairman of your company." The person who spoke was a middle-aged man with a ruddy face.

"Then please wait for a moment, Mr. Li."

"You're welcome." Li Jianye smiled and picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Liu Hongjun hurried out to greet Jiang Miao.

And in the reception room of the factory.

Li Jianye crossed his legs. He had not paid attention to the company Hailufeng because the two parties had no business overlap before.

Li Jianye only got to know Hailufeng Company half a month ago when the team leader of the Beibu Gulf sales area of ​​Hailufeng Company came to his door in person to sell him the crude fish oil produced by Hailufeng Company.

In the past, Li Jianye would have ignored these small companies that came to his door to sell his products, but the situation in the past few months has forced him to change his mind.

Because of the sharp drop in production in Peruvian fisheries in recent months, global fish oil prices have soared from around 24 yuan per ton in 3500 years to 5300 yuan per ton.

Under this environment, the price of domestic fish oil has also risen sharply, reaching between 4800 and 5000 yuan per ton.

Olate, a company that has been engaged in the deep processing of fish oil for a long time, can only respond to the skyrocketing prices of raw materials by raising prices.

However, Olate Company has a big problem, that is, their company does not have its own crude fish oil production base, and has always been purchasing crude fish oil from outside and then conducting deep processing.

As for several other fish oil deep-processing enterprises in China, they all developed based on local fishery resources and their companies are all located on the coast. Only Olate is located in the inland Green City of Guangxi Province.

This results in higher production costs for Ouellette than for other local companies.

During this global fish oil price surge, other local fish oil deep-processing companies also increased their prices, but the increase was not large, only around 10% to 15%.

Obviously, this increase made Olate very uncomfortable.

You should know that the imported primary refined crude fish oil contains 22% saturated fatty acids, 46.5% monounsaturated fatty acids and 24.3% polyunsaturated fatty acids.

During the refining process, saturated fatty acids need to be removed, monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids need to be separated, and then a series of deep processing is required. The high concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acids finally obtained is food-grade fish oil.

For general food-grade fish oil, the content of monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids combined should be at least 60~70%.

If it is to reach pharmaceutical grade, the polyunsaturated fatty acid content needs to reach more than 85%.

The landed price of imported crude fish oil reached 5300 yuan per ton. Adding a series of deep processing costs, the cost of food-grade fish oil per ton soared to 1.2 yuan.

However, the current market wholesale price of domestic food-grade fish oil is only 1.5 yuan.

This market price put Olate Company in a difficult situation.

Those companies with local fish oil production bases have a tacit understanding and are determined to stick to the market price of 1.5 yuan. It is obvious that these companies want to bankrupt the deep processing companies that rely solely on imported crude fish oil.

However, fish oil cannot be stored at room temperature for a long time, unless it is stored in a frozen warehouse.

However, cold storage does cost money, and many companies’ cold storage is very small and is only used for temporary storage of crude fish oil.

Faced with this situation, Olate Company was also very anxious.

As soon as he heard that Hailufeng Company was producing fish oil, Li Jianye hurriedly brought people over to investigate.

After a while.

"Boss, please come inside."

Led by Liu Hongjun, Jiang Miao came to the reception room of the feed factory.

With Liu Hongjun's introduction, the two sides also got to know each other initially.

"Mr. Li, are you here to purchase fish oil?"

Li Jianye nodded, then smiled bitterly and complained: "Yes! The price of imported crude fish oil this year is too expensive, and our company can't afford it."

"If the price is right, our company is naturally willing to cooperate with your company." Jiang Miao looked at the other party with a smile.

Li Jianye said helplessly: "Boss Jiang, to be honest, although your company's offer is relatively low, it is still unaffordable for our company."

Jiang Miao turned his head and looked at Liu Hongjun: "Old Liu, what is the company's price for crude fish oil?"

"Boss, the company's crude fish oil quotation is from the Cost Accounting and Product Pricing Office, which is 4800 yuan per ton." Liu Hongjun actually planned to talk to his boss to see if he could give the other party a preferential price. After all, only customers who purchase in large quantities can absorb the company's production capacity.

You should know that the Yandunshan Feed Factory currently has a surplus of 8 tons of crude fish oil every day. Currently, there are 123 tons of crude fish oil in stock in the cold warehouse. If the amount continues to increase, the storage cost will continue to accumulate.

However, Jiang Miao did not intend to lower the price because he knew that the fish oil from Egyptian catfish was different from ordinary sardine oil.

The content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in crude fish oil from Egyptian catfish is about 31%, which is about 24.3% higher than the 6.7% content in sardine oil.

In terms of monounsaturated fatty acids, the two are almost the same.

Moreover, the price of 4800 yuan per ton is also the current lowest price of domestic crude fish oil. If it is lower, it will be asking for trouble.

Jiang Miao smiled and said, "Mr. Li, I understand that your company is having difficulties, but business is business, and our company's crude fish oil has a polyunsaturated fatty acid content of up to 31%."

Li Jianye was also very clear about the content issue mentioned by Jiang Miao, because after he got the crude fish oil sample from Hailufeng Company, he conducted relevant tests.

If purchasing at this price, Olate will actually be profitable and can reduce costs by at least 10%.

They are just businessmen, and pursuing profits is their instinctive reaction.

Li Jianye naturally hopes that Hailufeng Company can lower its prices so that he can make greater profits.

After talking for a while, Jiang Miao had already seen the other party's bottom line, so he did not intend to give in.

As a last resort, Li Jianye accepted the price of 4800 yuan per ton.

As for small matters like signing contracts, Jiang Miao doesn't need to worry about it, Liu Hongjun and the sales department will take care of them.

After signing the contract, Li Jianye and his team left in a hurry, and they left a contract with Hailufeng Company to supply 200 tons of crude fish oil per month.

Don't think this purchase volume is small.

You should know that China only imported 5.7 tons of crude fish oil and related fish oil products last year, plus 3 tons of domestically produced crude fish oil, a total of 8.7 tons.

Of this amount of crude fish oil, 95% is consumed by a dozen or so companies at the forefront.

Therefore, Olate purchases 200 tons of crude fish oil every month, making it a relatively large-scale fish oil deep-processing enterprise.

While they were signing the contract, Jiang Miao spent more than an hour inspecting the fish ball factory next door and the construction site of the Egyptian catfish breeding base.

Back to the feed factory again, Liu Hongjun immediately appeared in front of him this time: "Boss, it's too hot outside, come inside and take a break!"

Jiang Miao, who was standing at the door of the purchasing room, waved his hand: "No, I'll just sit here for a while. How is the production these days?" Hearing this, Liu Hongjun secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly replied carefully: "Boss, the three types of eel feed production produces about 3 tons per day, the by-product crude fish oil surplus is about 24 tons per day, and the No. 8 Egyptian catfish feed produces about 4 tons per day."

“How are crude fish oil sales going?”

"Fortunately, the sales department reached a cooperation agreement with a pharmaceutical raw material manufacturer in Pengcheng a few days ago. They ordered 50 tons of crude fish oil from us every month. The price is the same as that of Olate, which is 4800 yuan per ton."

Jiang Miao raised his eyebrows: "Not bad, the sales department did a good job."

Liu Hongjun also knew that this was the credit of the sales department, but he still explained the market environment: "Fish oil is selling well now because the sardine catch in Peruvian fisheries has dropped by about 7% over the past three months compared with previous years, causing the price of fish oil, a by-product of fish meal, to soar. The current landed price of imported crude fish oil is 5300 yuan per ton, refined food-grade fish oil is 1.5 yuan per ton, and pharmaceutical-grade fish oil is 2.2 yuan per ton."

This reminded Jiang Miao of a document he had approved a few days ago: "Manager Fang said a few days ago that he wanted to purchase fish oil refining equipment. Was it because he saw the soaring price of fish oil in the market?"

"It's normal for Manager Fang to have such thoughts. After all, the higher the unsaturated fatty acid content of fish oil, the higher the price, and this is conducive to product diversification." Liu Hongjun was no longer nervous when talking about the factory's products.

Jiang Miao did not object to Fang Yi's idea.

After all, as the scale of local Egyptian catfish farming continues to increase, it is estimated that by November, the feed factory will be able to purchase about 800 tons of Egyptian catfish every day, and by then it will have a surplus of about 80 tons of fish oil every day.

Nearly 3 tons of crude fish oil can be produced in a year, which is equivalent to the total domestic output.

This is a good profit, but also a considerable burden, after all, the domestic market is so big.

The diversified development of products is conducive to enhancing the ability to resist risks.

After all, the customers of crude fish oil are feed companies and fish oil deep-processing companies; food-grade fish oil can be sold to health food companies and pet feed companies; and pharmaceutical-grade fish oil can be sold to pharmaceutical companies.

Only by diversifying products can we expand market share.

After sitting next to the purchasing room for a while, Jiang Miao saw several farmers who had just sold their fish, and then bought more than a dozen bags of No. 4 feed in the feed storage warehouse next to the purchasing room.

"How are the sales of No. 4 feed going?"

"We can sell more than 100 tons every day, but it's all mainly accounted for and it takes some time to get the money back." Liu Hongjun explained the situation.

Jiang Miao was not too worried about the accounting: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, I can use it as a deduction when I purchase Egyptian fish. It's just that the payment will be delayed for three months."

"You go and do your work first! I'll go to the Yancheng breeding farm." As soon as Jiang Miao finished speaking, he stood up, drank the rest of the mineral water, and then left the feed factory with Ke Yong and Li Zixuan.

"Boss, go slow."

After exiting the gate of the feed factory, I saw a row of container trucks driving past on the road nearby, seemingly heading towards the Shiomachi breeding farm.

Jiang Miao took a look and knew what these vehicles were transporting. He smiled and said softly, "They are the vehicles of the solar panel installation company. Let's go to the farm and take a look."

"Okay." Ke Yong quickly trotted to drive.

After a while, the pickup truck arrived at the gate of the Shio-machi farm.

The Yancheng Farm has not stopped expanding in the past few months. As of this month, the area of ​​its open-air breeding ponds has reached 700 acres, and the area of ​​its indoor breeding farms has remained at the previous 200 acres.

However, the indoor farms have been gradually changed to a three-story elevated design, and 3 acres is equivalent to 200 acres of open-air breeding ponds.

He came quietly and did not let the security guard notify his brother-in-law.

Because at this time, many construction team workers were busy on the open-air fish ponds and dams. Some workers were welding some angle steel frames on the concrete pillars inserted into the fish ponds; and some workers were installing solar panels on the welded steel structure frames.

This is what Jiang Miao instructed his brother-in-law some time ago to find a company that specializes in solar panels to install solar panels on the farm.

Currently, a total area of ​​350 acres, or 233100 square meters of solar panels, has been signed, with a total contract price of 4500 million yuan, an average of about 182 yuan per square meter.

In addition, he has contracted a large valley on Zhuzai Mountain, east of Nanhu Village, near Baihe Temple, and he has another supporting project planned there.

Jiang Miao came back to his senses from his thoughts.

My brother-in-law has come over with a middle-aged man wearing glasses.

"A Miao, this is Zhang Zhixing, the project manager of Donghao Solar Engineering Company."

"Hello, Mr. Jiang! I'm Zhang Zhixing."

"Hello, Manager Zhang."

Jiang Miao shook hands with the other party.

Zhang Zhixing raised his glasses and said with a smile, "Boss Jiang, your solar panels cannot be connected to the grid for the time being. I suggest you adjust your daily production time. During the peak period of power generation during the day, you should carry out the power-consuming work and use the power from the grid at night."

"Thank you for your advice, Manager Zhang. We will plan the production schedule reasonably." Jiang Miao also nodded with a smile.

A group of people walked on the dam of an open-air fish pond.

Looking at the high-mounted solar panels, Jiang Miao turned around and asked, "Manager Zhang, can these solar panels withstand typhoons?"

Zhang Zhixing quickly explained: "Please rest assured, Mr. Jiang, our company has previously contracted the solar panel project of Haijing Company. They also deployed it on the fish pond dam. We also have a special design that can quickly lower the solar panels when a typhoon occurs, and the angle can be adjusted to reduce the situation of being caught in the wind."

"Is that so? Then I feel relieved."

Looking at the solar panels arranged on the dam of the fish pond and extending to both sides, they probably occupy more than half of the fish pond area.

The height of these solar panels and the concrete pillars underneath have been designed to minimize the impact on traffic and operations.

Due to the shade of the solar panels and the evaporation of water in the fish pond, it feels chilly when walking on the pond dam.

Jiang Miao found that the water temperature on the surface of the pond had also dropped a lot. When compared with those fish ponds without solar panels installed, it can be seen that there is a clear difference in water temperature between the two.

This also solves a pain point of high-density farming in open-air fish ponds.

If the water temperature is too high, it will not only make the fish in the water very uncomfortable, but also reduce the oxygen content of the water, increase the amount of dissolved carbon dioxide in the water, and thus increase the acidity of the water.

After all, when people are in a place with too high temperature, their desire to eat will be obviously suppressed, and the same goes for fish.

Especially for fish like eels, which are somewhat pampered, they may even stop growing if the water temperature is too high.

However, these solar panels are not completely covered, but leave some gaps.

The purpose of doing this is, on the one hand, to ensure that the solar panels have room to adjust their angles; on the other hand, it is also to leave some sunlight on the water surface so that ultraviolet rays can kill some bacteria and fungi in the surface water layer.

After watching for a while, Jiang Miao remembered the arrangements made at Yandunshan Farm, so he stopped and looked at his brother-in-law:

"Brother-in-law, the ponds and dams in the farm are quite large. I will ask the Agricultural Planting Division to send agricultural technicians over to make use of the land in a while."

"Oh? A Miao, what are you planning to plant?" My brother-in-law was a little curious.

"Clover."

"Alfalfa? The kind you feed pigs?"

"Well, this thing is valuable and can be used as a raw material for feed. Durian plantations all grow alfalfa."

Zhang Zhixing, who was standing by, was confused: "Boss Jiang, your company also grows durian? Is it in Qiongzhou?"

Jiang Miao did not hide it: "No, it's right here at Ma Palace."

"Ah? Can... durian be grown here?" Zhang Zhixing raised his glasses again, looking puzzled.

Jiang Miao said casually: "Yes, it is a new variety. In two years, Manager Zhang will be able to buy durian produced by our company."

"Then I'm looking forward to your company's durian." Zhang Zhixing had a smile on his face, but he didn't agree in his heart. After all, the durian in Qiongzhou has been hyped up for several years, but the output and quality are still not up to par. There is not enough to eat in Qiongzhou, let alone sell to the mainland.

At this moment, Li Zixuan's phone rang.

He hurried to the side to answer the call.

(End of this chapter)