Chapter 155 Progress

Chapter 155 Progress

Chapter 155 Progress (Update)
3 month 25 day.

The temperature in the eastern part of the southern desert has risen, and there is a hint of spring, but the local sandstorms are still very strong.

Jiang Miao met Lin Yonghua, Lu Mingyuan and 47 other employees who rushed over from the headquarters.

Inside the temporary office.

"Boss, I've never managed such a large enterprise before. I'm a little worried that I might let you down." Lin Yonghua's face was filled with anxiety.

However, Lu Mingyuan did not show any worry, which may be related to his introverted personality, or it may be that he is younger and has a broader vision than Lin Yonghua.

Jiang Miao poured a cup of salty milk tea for the two of them and said with a smile: "The business of this United Mining Company is very simple. You don't need to worry about business problems, because there will be a lot of people who will actively seek cooperation with you in the future. Lao Lin, you are honest and can resist temptation, but I don't trust others."

Lin Yonghua smiled bitterly: "Since the boss trusts me so much, I can only go all out. But boss, if there is a suitable candidate in the future, please arrange for someone else to replace me!"

"Your management work is very simple. Just proceed step by step according to my plan. Other matters can be handed over to other management. If you can't make up your mind, you can also communicate with Mr. Jiang and me." Jiang Miao disagreed in his heart.

Although United Mining may realize tens of billions of profits each year in the future, the management of this company is very simple and it has only two core businesses: land reclamation and leasing, and mining.

In the absence of other businesses, management difficulty is not high. Even if you want to develop other businesses, you can add a business unit manager who is specifically responsible for the new business.

Lu Mingyuan was silent for a moment, then asked directly: "Boss, what exactly does this United Mining do? I read the documents you sent over, but I'm a little confused."

"The company currently has three main businesses, or to be more precise, two industries." Jiang Miao explained the details one by one:

"One is the desert land reclamation industry, which can generate farmland leasing business, agricultural machinery leasing business, soybean planting business, forage planting business, forage processing business, nutrient soil sales business, etc. Of course, the core business is still farmland leasing business."

"The other industry is the mining industry that you are in charge of, Mingyuan. It can be divided into traditional mining business, biological mining business, fertilizer production business, etc. The core business is biological mining."

After listening to Jiang Miao's description, Lu Mingyuan still frowned. Although he knew that his next words were a bit offensive, he still said bluntly: "Boss, can biological mining technology really compete with traditional mining at present? If it is precious metals such as gold, silver and copper, it may be okay, but the price of phosphorus is too low, I am afraid it will be difficult to make a profit, right?"

"The current cost of the laboratory stage is about three times that of traditional mining." Jiang Miao once again brought up the previously exaggerated costs.

"The laboratory stage is three times?" Lu Mingyuan was not completely confused: "Boss, where are the main costs?"

Jiang Miao picked up the salty milk tea and said, "Water. Currently, biological phosphorus mining requires 1200 cubic meters of fresh water for every ton of phosphorus. The mining water fee in Mo Nan is 1 yuan per cubic meter, and for this kind of mining that consumes a lot of water, the local government will double the water fee."

"So many? No wonder." Lu Mingyuan frowned.

"I have thought of several solutions. I will do experiments when I return home. If the experiments are successful, the cost can be reduced to about 870 yuan per ton of pure phosphorus."

Lu Mingyuan suddenly thought of his boss's scientific research ability, and the doubts in his heart suddenly disappeared. He touched his chin and said, "If the cost can be similar to that of traditional mining, then according to the boss's idea, the hundreds of billions of tons of ultra-low-grade phosphate ore in the northern region will have huge value."

"Anyway, whether it succeeds or not, we can get the results before the end of the year. If the experiment fails, you can come back to the headquarters, or stay and help Lao Lin manage United Mining."

"Okay." Lu Mingyuan chose to obey the arrangement.

Lin Yonghua saw that the two had finished their conversation and put down his milk tea. "Boss, do you have any instructions for the desert reclamation project of United Mining?"

"I do need to instruct you on a few important points."

Lin Yonghua quickly took out a small notebook and a ballpoint pen.

Jiang Miao solemnly instructed: "The first point is that in the process of cooperating with local governments, we should not directly use United Mining as the main body to contract the desert, but we should form a joint venture with the local state-owned asset management company to establish a secondary subsidiary, and let this subsidiary contract the desert."

“Everywhere?”

Jiang Miao nodded slightly: "Yes, all, as long as there is a desert. I will give you a map later. You can go to negotiate in any desert circled on it. But you don't have to show up. Let Zhao Shuisheng sent by the Mo Nan State-owned Assets Operation Company to negotiate."

"Okay, I see."

Jiang Miao raised two fingers and said, "The second key point is to classify the enclosed desert into levels one, two, and three."

"First-class farmland is desert sandy saline-alkali land with abundant water or precipitation and very flat; second-class farmland is farmland that has some of the conditions of first-class farmland and can meet the requirements of growing drought-resistant crops; third-class farmland is land with scarce precipitation, such as the desert in the western part of the southern desert, which can only be used as pasture."

Lin Yonghua stopped writing, looked up and asked, "Boss, is the rating used to set standards for rentals?"

"Yes, the annual rent for first-class farmland is 500 yuan per mu, the annual rent for second-class farmland is 300 to 500 yuan per mu, and the annual rent for third-class farmland is 100 to 300 yuan per mu. This is the rental price without renovation."

“What if it’s farmland that has been transformed?”

Jiang Miao shook his head: "After the transformation, United Mining can operate the farmland itself. There is no need to rent it out. It is not cost-effective to rent it out."

"I understand."

"The third point is that except for some management, the relationships of all other employees of United Mining will be transferred to United Mining. Employees whose relationships are transferred to United Mining can obtain virtual shares of United Mining, but cannot obtain virtual shares of Hailufeng Company."

This is a must and is also a relevant clause that was set when United Mining was established.

After all, United Mining is not a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hailufeng Company, so it is natural to separate it from the parent company to avoid financial entanglements between the two parties.

In the future, all non-wholly owned subsidiaries of Hailufeng Company will be handled in this way.

While facilitating management, it can also prevent Hailufeng Company from having too many virtual stockholders, which would lead to a significant decline in corporate profits.

However, senior executives of non-wholly-owned subsidiaries such as Lin Yonghua are still employees of Hailufeng Company and can continue to hold virtual shares of Hailufeng Company, which is similar to labor dispatch in nature.

After explaining the relevant matters, Jiang Miao took Li Zixuan, Ke Yong and others and hurriedly took the high-speed rail south.

I took the high-speed train from Zhelimu City at 3 pm on March 25th and arrived at Shanmei High-speed Railway Station at 22: pm the next day. The whole journey took hours.

Back inside.

Shuya, who is pregnant, now only works four hours a day. The rest of the time, she helps Jiang Miao look after the company or teaches He Youwei some things.

He Youwei has completed the formalities for her application to become Shuya's doctoral student. She returned to Beijing some time ago and applied for leave of absence from both the Union Hospital and China Peking Union Medical College.

Shuya, who was reading a book, saw him and looked at him with surprise: "You are back..."

"Don't get up." Jiang Miao threw his coat on the coat rack, then put his arm around Shuya's shoulders: "Have you missed me these days?"

"I miss you for nothing. Look at you now. You're almost turning into a middle-aged uncle." Shuya joked as she put the book on her lap and looked at his face, which was worn by wind and sand and showed a hint of vicissitudes and fatigue.

Shuya slowly leaned on his shoulder and slowly talked about every detail of the past few days.

Jiang Miao also talked about what he saw and heard in Mo Nan.

"I wanted to go to Mo Nan with you, but luckily I didn't go. Otherwise, my skin, which had finally become white, would have turned yellow again."

"Haha... Let's go there in a few years! When the new soybean varieties are popularized, there will be much less wind and sand there."

"Don't move." Shuya patted his mischievous hand.

Jiang Miao looked around and suddenly asked, "Why don't I see An Ning and Wen Na?"

"An Ning's sister is getting married these days, and she's going to be the bridesmaid; Wen Na has her period, so I asked her to go back and rest."

Jiang Miao massaged her shoulders and arms, and after a while he said, "You need to adjust your diet to avoid postpartum depression."

"How could that be? I don't feel anything now?" Shuya was a little surprised.

"It's normal that you don't feel anything now! Your belly hasn't grown yet, and the fetus is still in the initial development stage. It hasn't entered the period of rapid growth. Once it enters the period of rapid growth, your body's absorption of nutrients will increase, so you still have to adjust gradually."

Shuya nodded slightly: "Okay! You are a professional, I will listen to you."

Jiang Miao stood up and stretched. "I'm going to take a shower and sleep for a few hours this afternoon. I've been on the bus for more than 20 hours. Even if it's a business class seat, I can't stand it."

"Go ahead!"

Before I knew it, the night had passed.

The next day, early in the morning.

Jiang Miao, who was fully recovered, took a shower after running, and had breakfast with Shuya, his parents.

First, we went to the salmon breeding base in Nanhu. After a month of recuperation, only 87 of the more than salmon of various types died of illness, and the remaining salmon became lively and energetic.

He once again adjusted the food for the five species of salmon to enhance the accumulation of special nutrients in their bodies so that they could spawn smoothly this year and produce as many and healthiest salmon roe as possible.

Of course, since the seawater temperature, salinity and light in the indoor farm can be adjusted, Jiang Miao actually has the final say on when these salmon spawn.

Since the Jilongshan terraced farm and the Zhalang farm have not been completed, Jiang Miao will not let the salmon spawn so quickly to avoid having enough fish ponds for breeding.

After seeing the completed salmon breeding base, he took a car to the strawberry processing factory in Hongcao Town.

Passing by Yandunshan Farm, the more than 4,000 acres of terraced farms here have been completely transformed and planted with beautiful silk cotton trees. Many farm workers are grafting these lush and beautiful silk cotton trees. Most of them are grafting genetically modified silk cotton trees, and a small part is grafting old branches of golden pillow durian.

As for the alfalfa in Yandun Mountain, due to the warm winter this year and the characteristics of the new variety, these alfalfas have bloomed and formed pods early.

Some farm workers are using small alfalfa harvesters to quickly harvest the alfalfa.

Jiang Miao took a look at the harvestable alfalfa and obtained the specific area through the identification panel, which was a total of 1279 acres.

Alfalfa can produce 120 to 150 kilograms of seeds per acre, so much seeds can be used to sow 100 acres of land.

In other words, the seeds of the 1279 acres of alfalfa in front of us can be used to sow about another 12 acres.

In addition, several other farms, together with the Gannan branch, have a total of nearly 60 acres of alfalfa, which will soon mature in May and June, and can provide enough grass seeds to plant acres.

By then, all farms and the newly established Mo Nan branch will be able to obtain enough alfalfa seeds.

Jiang Miao didn't worry too much about alfalfa seeds. After all, if it was harvested at maturity, the seeds obtained could expand the planting area a hundred times.

In less than a year or two, there will be more than enough to supply planting all over the country.

This is the advantage of short-lived herbs, they multiply very quickly.

Passed Yandun Mountain.

Passing by Xinxiang again.

In the roadside staff quarters, all 50 buildings have been topped off, and the rough interior and exterior decoration are now underway.

Employees who have already booked houses have chosen decorated houses and selected decoration samples, which will be decorated uniformly by Hailufeng Real Estate Company.

For houses that have not been ordered, only the facades will be done, and the decoration will be concentrated when new employees want to order houses.

In fact, the profit of this real estate is not bad. Even with full decoration, the price of 7500 yuan per square meter still has a gross profit of 2300 yuan.

The gross profit of an unfinished house is 1800 yuan per square meter, and the gross profit of a decorated house is 500 yuan per square meter.

However, after deducting taxes and adding some internal deductions within the company, the final net profit per square meter is approximately 750 yuan, or a net profit margin of 10%.

If all these 2700 houses were sold, we could probably make more than million yuan.

The profit of Hailufeng Real Estate is basically far different from that of Hailufeng Agriculture. After all, the eel fry industry of Hailufeng Agriculture can earn more than 300 million in gross profit a month.

Sure enough, monopoly industries are the most profitable.

If it weren't for improving the quality of life of employees and making them work harder for the company, Jiang Miao would not bother to develop real estate. Real estate is really not profitable now.

But we cannot do without development.

Because during the Chinese New Year, Jiang Miao had heard rumors that housing prices in nearby Jincheng Bay were picking up.

If Hailufeng Company does not want its employees to work hard to earn money only to have it drained of money by real estate companies, it can only take action itself and provide houses for its employees to suppress the occurrence of this phenomenon.

After all, those real estate companies are not good people. Jiang Miao feels uncomfortable when they make money from their employees, as if he is working for the real estate companies.

Instead of undercutting other real estate companies, it would be better to let Hailufeng Company build the houses itself. This would not only allow it to recover employees' wages and bonuses for expanding production, but also tie the employees to Hailufeng Company.

As for the location, they also had no objection.

After all, it doesn't matter who makes the money, and if it's those big real estate developers, they won't keep the money locally after making the money. On the contrary, Hailufeng Company will keep a large part of the money locally.

Therefore, it is very easy for Hailufeng Real Estate Company to obtain residential land locally.

On the other side of the highway, the Shanma Avenue upgrade and renovation project previously funded by Hailufeng Company is also in full swing.

Due to the need to lay an additional large underground sewage pipe, it is estimated that the construction will not be completed until the Mid-Autumn Festival this year.

The construction site across the road is the Xiaonanshan headquarters.

Currently, 12 floors of the No. 8 office building of Xiaonanshan headquarters have been completed, and there are only floors left before the roof is completed. It is estimated that the roof will be completed in mid-May, and the decoration will be completed around August.

Then it will be parked for another two months, and we will be able to move into the new office building in October this year.

Passed the Cheung Sha Wan Expressway intersection.

Then we entered the area of ​​Hongcao Town.

After a while, we arrived at the strawberry processing factory in Xihe Village.

As you approach here, there is a faint scent of vanilla in the air.

Even if the factory's ventilation ducts are equipped with special filtering equipment, there is still no way to filter out 100% of the vanilla flavor substances inside the factory.

Fortunately, the smell does not affect health and it is not a foul smell. The nearest residential building around the factory is about five or six hundred meters away. By the time the vanilla smell reaches the residential area, it has become very faint.

On the contrary, the vanilla smell inside the strawberry greenhouse next door is very strong, so fragrant that it is a bit pungent. If you smell it for a long time, you will feel dizzy and nauseous.

In order to prevent the strong vanilla smell from leaking out of these greenhouses, these greenhouses are wrapped with several layers of plastic cloth, and the ventilation system is also equipped with special deodorization equipment.

Even though you can smell the scent of vanilla around you, it's at a very comfortable concentration.

When Jiang Miao arrived at the factory, Xie Guangxia, the director of the strawberry processing factory, was already waiting for him at the door.

"Guangsha, has the first batch of strawberry powder been produced?"

Xie Guangxia led the way and replied, "We started production a week ago. We have already produced five batches, a total of five tons of strawberry powder."

Since the factory had already started closed production, Jiang Miao did not go in to join in the fun, but came to the back of the office building next to the factory.

Behind the office building is the storage warehouse. When you open the door of the warehouse, you will see rows of tin buckets inside, which are a bit similar to the iron buckets holding latex paint, but much smaller than latex paint buckets.

"Boss, these are the strawberry powder that has been produced. Each barrel is 5 kilograms."

“No small packages?”

Xie Guangxia shook his head: "No, although the factory has a small-package production line, I think few people will buy it in the early stage. We will focus on bakery shops and ice cream factories first, and then consider making independent small packages after we open up sales channels."

"Well, your consideration makes sense."

Jiang Miao tried the blended strawberry powder again, and found that the fragrance concentration was almost the same as natural vanilla.

In order to dilute the concentration and make the strawberry powder less "pungent", 2.43 times the amount of mature pure starch was added to make the strawberry powder taste natural.

Of course, this only smells natural. If you taste it directly, the smell is still very strong and will make your tongue feel nauseous.

This is why this thing can only be used as a seasoning.

“How does the sales department arrange sales?”

Xie Guangxia scratched his head: "They plan to invite ice cream companies from all over Lingnan to taste it in a few days, and then sell it to them."

(End of this chapter)