Chapter 803: Dark Thunder Appears

Chapter 803: Dark Thunder Appears

Although Huahetong's project is booming in the news, there is constant discussion within the company.

"I really can't understand why this digital set-top box has to be replaced for free. You know, such a large sum of money is now wasted." Duan Yixiong said somewhat unhappily in the meeting room.

"Mr. Duan, it's unrealistic to expect farmers to pay for it themselves. A set-top box costs hundreds of yuan. They usually can't even afford to buy a small plastic stool, so how can they spend so much money to buy a small plastic box?" Feng Yun said with a smile. He had been annoyed with Duan Yixiong for a long time.

This guy is always stingy and spends a lot of money on every project. When would he discuss such a small amount of money in a meeting?

"I know Mr. Feng has money, but this project is done by everyone together, so we have to take everyone's ideas into consideration."

"Which company can have all the people in the same opinion? Mr. Duan used to be the leader of a Chinese company, and there are some things you can't see. Private enterprises are different from Chinese companies. Mr. Duan, you are used to being a leader in a Chinese company, so you should adapt yourself more..." Feng Yun said sarcastically.

Duan Yixiong used to work in a Chinese company. In the eyes of private entrepreneurs like these, as long as they leave their original identity, they may not be able to do business well.

"In fact, this issue has been researched a long time ago. Rural people are unwilling to pay for it themselves, even if it's just a few dozen yuan. Instead of delaying the project progress, it's better to just choose free of charge. I will apply for subsidies from above when the time comes." Fan Hongyuan spoke up at this time.

He also looked at Chen Xi deliberately, as if to indicate that we were comrades in the same trench.

Duan Yixiong was speechless after hearing this. He looked at Fan Hongyuan with suspicion, not knowing which side the other party was on.

He had already made concessions on the company name. Duan Yixiong had originally thought of a high-sounding word, but it was rejected by Fan Hongyuan. Fan Hongyuan required that the company name must contain the word "合" (cooperative), which represents a cooperative. So Duan Yixiong had to reluctantly give up the name he had thought of for several nights.

In fact, many bosses are very concerned about the company name and corporate logo. Everyone will give their own expectations and ideas, and even their own names, to it, and Chen Xi is no exception.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Hengxiao Group's agricultural projects have already started operating. Hengxiao Grain and Oil focuses on high-end organic grain and oil, including rice, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, etc. Hengxiao Dairy has acquired the New Zealand Blue Kawa Bear Dairy brand and imported milk powder. Hengxiao Livestock has already laid out the beef supply chain and introduced Australian Angus cattle. Their organic soybean oil is priced at about 238 yuan/5L, which is three times the market price. You can also see the names of these brands on TV, in the stadium, and on the Internet. At present, American grain traders ABCD not only control my country's grain and oil market, but also involve other agricultural products. We need to cooperate with Hengxiao Group and fight a good fight together!" Fan Hongyuan slammed the table to emphasize.

"Organic soybean oil is sold at three times the market price. How can the sales be good? I feel like it is not making any money. How many families will use this oil?" Duan Yixiong muttered to himself.

"Didn't the Xu family say last time that they would provide low-priced and high-quality products to the people? Why are they pricing it so high?"

"Maybe they can't compete in the low-price market, so they can only go for the high-end route. But Chinese people who can afford high-end oil generally choose imported products."

Huaxing Group's general manager Wang Tong and deputy general manager Pu Jian echoed one after another.

“Generally, people who consume expensive oil will choose imported products, but most of these imported oils are olive oil, which is not suitable for certain Chinese dishes.” Chen Xi put down the teacup.

"I think the company has just started, and we should focus on the projects for agriculture, rural areas and farmers. The problems in my country's grain and oil market cannot be solved in a short time, and it seems that there is no benefit from investing money. Think about it, soybean oil is not olive oil, who would spend more money to buy this? It is more cost-effective to buy rapeseed oil at a low price..." Duan Yixiong said hesitantly, and then secretly glanced at Fan Hongyuan.

"Mr. Duan, of course these high-end goods can only be sold if they are placed in high-end supermarkets. May I ask where you usually go shopping?" Feng Yun joked.

"Me? Of course I'm going to the import and export supermarket to buy things." Duan Yixiong tidied his clothes.

"That's right. The things in import and export supermarkets are more expensive than those in ordinary supermarkets. Different products satisfy different customers."

"But this is a domestic product. Do you want to put it in an imported supermarket under the name of a foreign brand?"

"That's not necessary. Mr. Duan often goes to imported supermarkets to buy things, so he must have heard of Shanmu. Shanmu is targeting the membership track of high-income groups. We Aba Aba are planning to open a similar high-end supermarket..." Feng Yun said about his new project with a smile.

"Heh, as far as I know, Shanmu seems to have been making losses all the time. One of the reasons is that warehouse-style shopping is not suitable for the local environment. In addition, the shelf life of the products is too short and importing takes a lot of time. As a result, it has only opened a few stores in the past 20 years. Mr. Feng, if you want to learn its model, you will definitely lose all your money. Oh, no, I forgot that you are now the nominal richest man in the country. But if you, Mr. Feng and Mr. Xu, want to lose money, you can't drag others down with you..." Duan Yixiong sneered, his meaning was very clear.

I won't stop you from opening a supermarket, but don't try to drag everyone into this trap.

"Haha, Mr. Duan. You don't know this. Since e-commerce became popular, Shanmu has launched an online flagship store, with more than 200 million members. The number of stores has also increased dramatically, covering several major cities in China."

At this time, Huaxing Vice President Pu Jian interrupted and said, "Mr. Feng, as far as I know, Shanmu is a flagship store launched on a certain JD platform. You are not trying to use our strength to fight against us. Let us help you deal with your competitors."

Park Jian’s words made Feng Yun very embarrassed, because Feng Yun did have this idea.

Now, JD.com has the ability to compete with Taobao, and the threat of Penguin's WeChat payment makes Feng Yun feel uncomfortable.

In fact, the supermarket Feng Yun mentioned was Hippo. Hippo was indeed in the same situation as Shanmu in the early stage, and was in the loss for several years. But in the later stage, it adjusted its model and gradually turned losses into profits.

The things sold at Hippo are generally more expensive than those sold outside, but the quality is impeccable. Chen Xi has also shopped there many times.

Seeing Feng Yun was a little defeated, Chen Xi immediately came out and said, "Ahem, at present, the houses and population in big cities are increasing. Vegetable markets can't cover most areas at all. There are even some communities that don't have vegetable markets within several kilometers. More and more fresh supermarkets are springing up, and the daily shopping habits of residents in big cities are also changing. We should take this opportunity to link it with the "Three Rural Issues" project. What Mr. Feng said just now was not for us to open a supermarket, but for us to supply him..."

After hearing this, Duan Yixiong and others no longer objected. After all, if they sold the goods to others, they might not get paid, but if they sold the goods to Feng Yun, they would definitely get the money back.

Huahetong has now acquired the largest grocery shopping platform in China, which was created by Wang Xianqi's relatives. Now that Feng Yun's high-end supermarket is in place, there is no need to worry about the lack of outlets for high-quality products.

Fan Hongyuan waved his hand: "Okay, let's get down to business. Since our project started, many people have smelled business opportunities in this area. They have developed businesses in many places across the country under the slogan of responding to policies and supporting farmers. Not to mention those inferior products without any quality certificates, there are too many illegal financing and irregular financial lending businesses in various places to count. Although the relevant departments have arrested a large number of people and eliminated many dens, some rural people have become skeptical about the "Three Rural Issues" project. You may not know much about these villagers. They usually rely on hearsay to get information, and the authenticity of the information is often greatly discounted during the transmission process. So if we want to gain the trust of rural people, we must first bring them benefits..."

When these words were spoken, everyone except Chen Xi looked unhappy.

This project already costs a lot of money, and they were thinking about how to achieve profitability quickly. But now they have to provide benefits. When can they get their money back?

Even the wealthy Feng Yun had some opinions at this time.

After all, he is investing his own money, so if it is Aba Aba, then it doesn’t matter.

While they were having the meeting, in Yang Dan's film and television company, Xu Yun was sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed, drinking tea leisurely.

She looked at Yang Dan who was sitting on the chair and said, "I asked you to ask that woman out, why haven't you done it yet?"

Yang Dan might have been scared by Xu Yun's beating before, so she answered honestly: "I don't have her phone number, how can I make an appointment? Besides, the news on the Internet has disappeared, so why are you holding on to this matter?"

"Nonsense, if that woman isn't caught and dealt with one day, she might come back to harm someone again someday. I don't want to be secretly photographed every day!"

"You're working so hard to solve this problem, are you in love with Chen Xi?"

"So what if it is, so what if it isn't, I won't like you anyway."

Looking at Yang Dan with a gloomy face, Xu Yun smiled triumphantly.

"I think you want him to help you make money! To be honest, I have a lot of companies, and basically every company has an annual income of over 100 million yuan. How about we cooperate?" Yang Dan extended an olive branch to Xu Yun.

"Just you?" Xu Yun glanced at the other person with contempt.

Although she was a little reluctant, she still wanted to make money. She approached Chen Xi just to make money.

However, she hasn't made a penny from her investment in Zhijie so far, and the Xu family gave her a large sum of money last time. The idea of ​​finding someone else to invest has already taken root in her mind.

"It's very easy to make money by making games now. You can just spend a few hundred thousand to open an APP, and then intervene in the port to make a lot of money. You don't need a big investment at all." Yang Dan saw what Xu Yun was thinking and immediately explained the price of the investment.

"Hundreds of thousands? If the investment is really small and you can make a lot of money, why don't you make it yourself and come to me? Do you think I'm an idiot?"

"Hey, I know what you're worried about. You don't have to invest a dime. You can make money by promoting my app. I will return a percentage of the amount of each recharge. And you can also develop downlines, and part of their earnings will become yours."

"I'm very busy and don't have time." Xu Yun didn't quite understand what he said, but she felt it was very troublesome. She would rather do nothing and just invest some money. "This is not difficult. Your Overseas Returnees Association has a website and so many members. You just need to put the link on your website and app."

"The association has a clear rule that advertising is not allowed." Xu Yun shook her head.

"This is not difficult. There are many websites that will jump to other links when you click on them, and then many mirror images will appear on the opened links..."

Xu Yun really couldn't understand these computer questions, so Yang Dan had to give up for the time being.

What a stupid woman, she won't understand anything you say to her.

Yang Dan felt that Xu Yun was just a vase. Putting aside her identity as Miss Heng, she probably had to sell herself to support herself.

"Huh? There are so many actresses in your company, but they don't seem like actors if you look closely." Xu Yun looked through the gap in the blinds, watching the scantily clad women lining up and walking towards the meeting room, and couldn't help feeling curious.

"That's an internet celebrity from other companies of mine who came for the interview. I just said that I have many companies on hand." Yang Dan smiled proudly.

"Internet celebrities? Are they those dancing girls who are live streaming on mobile phones nowadays?" An image immediately emerged in Xu Yun's mind.

A woman in revealing clothes twists her body in front of the camera to please the audience. Then a group of men cheer on the barrage, and the big brothers give gifts one after another.

"I've heard of all the famous live streaming platforms online. Which one is your company? Douyu? Foxfang? It definitely can't be Tianya."

"None of that."

Yang Dan smiled and waved his hand.

"There's a shitty amount of money to be made. Live streaming requires traffic, and it must be on a big platform." Although Xu Yun is a business idiot, he still has some understanding of these things.

"Those are just your opinions. I have my own ways to make these women popular. And those big platforms you just mentioned are my partners! I was the one who pushed those female internet celebrities to the top of the rankings!" Yang Dan crossed his legs and lit a cigarette.

"Boasting!" Xu Yun just curled her lips when she saw the other party's show-off look.

"I'm too lazy to explain. Anyway, you may not understand it even if I explain it to you. Let me tell you this: whatever Chen Xi can come up with, I, Yang Dan, can also make, and I can do it better than him!" Yang Dan exhaled a puff of smoke and said confidently.

"Oh? Tell me about it." Xu Yun became interested at this moment.

At the same time, a meeting was still going on at Huahetong headquarters.

"Okay, Feng Yun. You keep saying there are new projects, but after all this time you just want us to serve Aba Aba, right? What pre-prepared food factory? Isn't it just to provide food for the Ele.me that you just acquired? Who would eat that stuff? I really can't understand." Duan Yixiong slammed the table in dissatisfaction.

Just now, Feng Yun proposed that we should not only supply goods to Hippo Fresh Supermarket, but also to future pre-prepared food factories, and that Huahetong should participate in the investment and construction of pre-prepared food factories.

This puts the already tight budget even further under pressure.

"Mr. Duan, there are more than one billion people in the country, and not all of them go to big restaurants to eat every day like you. The pace of life is very fast now, and the food preparation in restaurants has also become faster. The delivery time of food delivery riders is very short. How many dishes can those pots in the kitchen make? Many fast food restaurants have begun to reform, directly producing and distributing to various branches in the central kitchen, which is clean, hygienic and convenient. The food produced by pre-prepared food factories is actually similar to canned food abroad. Nowadays, young people are exhausted after get off work every day. Do you still expect them to cook? Let me tell you this, street restaurants have begun to use cooking bags. Ordering takeout is also eating pre-prepared food, so it is better to let them buy it and heat it up at home. Now many big restaurants have also begun to cooperate with factories and adopt the pre-prepared food model. As long as there is no problem with food safety, isn't it good..." Feng Yun looked at Duan Yixiong with some ridicule, as if laughing at the other party's lack of knowledge.

"Is this thing edible? It's full of additives, just like instant noodles." Duan Yixiong snorted coldly.

"It's a different era now. People abroad have been eating it for so many years without any problems. Do you have to believe some experts and people with low cultural level who spread rumors online? Those are just fake news deliberately spread by some manufacturers to promote their own health products. As for whether their products are healthy or not, no one knows."

"If we want to start a project now, where can we get so much money to build a factory?"

见两人吵的激烈，陈熙轻咳一声：“工厂的费用包括土地租赁、厂房装修、设备、人员培训等。日产量3-5吨，服务区域连锁餐饮的小型工厂总投资在2000-4000万左右。日产量10-20吨，覆盖省内渠道的中型工厂投资在5000万-1.2亿。日产量50吨+，全国供应链布局的工厂为1.5亿-3亿。现在农业产业化重点企业、乡村振兴专项补贴比如厂房建设补贴为30%-50%，设备如果选用国产则比进口价低40%-60%。厂房可以租赁改造现有食品厂，成本又可以下降30%。假设日均销量20吨、毛利率25%-35%，回本周期约3-5年。我们只要将库存积压、生鲜损耗率需控制在5%以内，就可以保持住利润……”

At this time, Fan Hongyuan also said: "Well, I think this is a good idea. The Sannong project is a long-term strategy and will require continuous investment in the next few decades. We must first make a profit to maintain the subsequent investment in the project. This is also what everyone cares about..."

"I..." Duan Yixiong stammered and finally shut his mouth.

Today’s meeting has come to an end here. As to whether the factory can be opened, further discussion is needed.

After the meeting, Duan Yixiong invited Wang Tong and Pu Jian to a restaurant.

"Mr. Duan, why are you so anxious?" The two looked at each other in confusion.

"How can I not be anxious? You all heard what that guy said at the meeting. It will take 3-5 years to get your investment back, and we don't know when we can make a profit. Business is unpredictable, and who knows if there will be problems!" Duan Yixiong lit a cigarette.

"The general meaning of that paragraph is..."

"My idea is simple and clear. If a company wants to make money quickly, it will use the topic to go public through backdoor listing and hype it up!"

"But this... also needs to be done slowly. Besides, the project has just begun! Mr. Duan, I want to remind you. Fan Hongyuan is not what you think. He is the head of the department and his ideas are different from those of us businessmen." Park Jian tapped the table with his hand while smoking.

The three of them looked at each other and stopped talking about this topic.

A few days later, Xinjin Port.

The scorching sun baked the concrete road surface hot, and the sea breeze from the port, carrying the salty smell and rusty smell of containers, swept over the mountains of cargo.

"Hello, hello. I didn't expect that a girl like you would come to work on this project. I'm really sorry to trouble you with this warehouse renovation..." Wang Xianqi stood in front of the warehouse at the dock and shook hands with a woman enthusiastically.

"It's nothing. There are many women in our company." Shen Xinyi adjusted her helmet.

"We are very satisfied with this renovation, but I would like to add a small request to the previous plan, which is to build a shed next to it to protect against rain and sun..." Wang Xianqi took out a small notebook.

"Excuse me, what is this used for?"

"It's used to park new energy vehicles. Isn't it true that the profits from selling imported Teslas are high now? In addition, Xinjin Port is well-known, so many buyers like to come to the port to inspect the goods. Putting up a shed is both professional and respectable..."

"Excuse me for being blunt, but the batteries of new energy vehicles seem to be very prone to spontaneous combustion. It is really unsafe to park a large number of cars outdoors. I think this plan needs to be modified... This is Xinjin Port, and everything must comply with regulations, just like the warehouse over there..." Shen Xinyi said as she pointed to several large warehouses in the distance, with the logo of Hairui Logistics Company hanging on them.

At this time, several workers were unloading goods in the warehouse of Hairui Logistics Company.

"What the hell is this? It's so heavy." a worker complained.

"What else could it be? Goods! Look at what's piled over there. I heard there are more than a thousand tons in total!" Another middle-aged man wiped the sweat from his forehead and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket to share with his colleagues.

"What the hell are you mumbling about? You don't want to work anymore. Hurry up and put the things in the designated place. Damn it, are you looking for death? How many times have I told you, no smoking, no smoking! You don't have ears, do you? Do you know how much this warehouse is worth? Even if I burn ten of you, it won't be enough to compensate you!" At this time, a fat man came over, and seeing the man smoking, he hurriedly stepped forward and kicked him, then picked up the cigarette box and crushed it hard.

"Sergeant, why are you kicking me? Smoking a cigarette won't kill you. I can just clean up the cigarette butts when the time comes." The middle-aged man touched his butt with resentment.

"Stop talking nonsense, the boss has already said that these warehouses must be strictly controlled. If you want to draw, go somewhere else. If we weren't short of manpower today, I wouldn't have brought you newcomers here!" The fat man roared in dissatisfaction.

Seeing this, several workers put their cigarettes behind their ears and continued to move the goods with their heads down. Sweat beads hit the wooden boxes, making a slight clacking sound. (End of this chapter)