The Link family had a Christmas that was more lively than in previous years. Not only because there are two more children in the family, but also because the Hans family and the Florin couple come to Ozette to spend Christmas together.

However, while the Christmas tree was still flickering in the living room of Hannah Castle, Link braved the snow to fly to Oregon.

The textile mill of the Benihans Group is about to start production. As Chairman of the Board, he inspected the property of the Benehans Group for the first time.

That makes the outside world feel weird. Regardless of whether it was a large slaughterhouse or other companies that had opened, Link had not shown up except for the Texas Development Bank. And this small textile factory, why did Link personally cut the ribbon.

The great debate about racial discrimination in the United States, which attracted the attention of the whole world in New York, has not yet subsided. So he is still the focus of attention in the American media.

When he sent out the invitation, the media, whether they liked him or not, had no reason to decline the invitation.

The mill was built in Grants Pass, a small city not far east of South Oregon Farms. Today, reporters from hundreds of media outlets suddenly poured in, and this is the first time that a media group of this scale has visited the city since its establishment.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony was simple. It was Link who said a few words, and then cut the ribbon.

Link finished cutting the ribbon with a smile and handed the meeting to Tiger beside him. Workers who had already prepared began to enter the factory. There were only a few workers, just 150 people, all from the local area, and this was the only factory in Link's business that did not recruit tenants for Hans's low-rent apartments. The factory needed very few workers, and he couldn't afford not to take care of the local population.

When a factory comes, the local residents are denied employment opportunities, which will make the local residents resentful in the long run.

After Link and other workers went in, they also invited reporters to come in and visit.

Workers in the workshop have already started working. The ingredients used were accumulated by alpacas on farms in Southern Oregon last year. After these alpacas are used up, the tens of thousands of alpacas raised in the spring and summer of next year can be sheared again. Raw materials are not in supply.

Although the factory building is not very large, the factory has a high degree of mechanization, the number of workers in it is not large, and there is enough space between the brand-new production lines.

Link took the reporter around the workshop, then walked out with the people, answering the reporter's questions as he went.

"Mr. Hans, we have found that you attach great importance to this factory. Does the Benehans Group have bigger plans for alpacas?"

Link looked at the reporter from the BBC and said as he walked, "Yes. We do have a very large program for the breeding and promotion of baby alpacas. We hope it will form the largest industrial network in the United States."

The reporter was surprised and said: "The largest industry? As far as we know, the little alpaca wool is indeed a high value-added agricultural product, but I am surprised by your confidence." ”

Link said with a smile, "When I say the largest, I mean the largest number of participants. ”

"Can you elaborate on that?"

"The Benihans Group's alpaca breeding programme has been an initial success. At the same time, the Beni Hans Institute is further optimizing the wool production genes of the baby alpaca, and now the target gene segment has been found and manually optimized. Without adding any foreign gene fragments, the baby alpaca can produce more and longer alpaca hair. The baby alpaca is an animal that can adapt to poor pastures, they are kept at high densities, and they do not harm the grass roots when grazing. Alpaca calves can also be raised in barren pastures, and the pastures can be protected. ”

As he spoke, he walked out of the workshop.

He paused, his voice a little louder, and continued: "We plan to open more alpaca textile mills and sign contracts with breeding farms to buy alpaca wool at market prices. Farmers sell alpaca wool to textile mills. After the textile products are sold, the factory returns half of the after-tax profits to them. We hope to raise more than four million baby alpacas in the United States. Hopefully more farms will join our program. ”

Half of the net profits from the sale of textile products are returned to the farmer.

The reporters who heard it suddenly discovered the big news and asked one after another: "Mr. Hans, how will this plan be implemented?"

"First of all, we will enter into agreements with the farmers we work with to limit the number of alpacas that can be raised on each farm, so as to control the price of alpaca wool. Farmers can elect representatives who oversee the factory's production and sales, as well as the factory's finances. Then, the textile factory will process and sell according to different grades and colors. Finally, all farmers can share the dividends of the alpaca wool sold in proportion to the grade and color of the alpaca wool sold. We are willing to negotiate with the farmer to determine the payment time for the sale of alpaca wool and the payment of dividends. ”

When he said this, he smiled and said, "Of course, it must be the farm where we breed alpacas, so that we can sign such a contract." ”

This is the way he came up with to quickly promote the baby alpaca. And he had thought that in this project he would only make money from the sale of young alpaca cubs, and he could give the profits from alpaca textile products to the farmer.

Use this concession to strengthen ties with farmers in the Midwest. He made less money selling alpaca textiles, but was able to tie more farmers directly to the chariot of the Benihans group.

In fact, he even thought about implementing such a concession system in the slaughter of cattle. It's just that it's too offensive to do that. Because cattle are an important agricultural product in the United States, the market has already been divided. These are completely different concepts from the little alpaca, an industry that did not exist in the United States before.

Because the United States does not have a small alpaca industry. His offer of concessions in the Little Alpaca project will not harm anyone's interests, at least on the surface. Even with the potential loss of profits, Link's approach is beyond reproach.

Something like a cow or a pig is not good, and if he does the same kind of concession plan in those industries, it will put other food processing groups under direct threat. They can sue Benehans' slaughterhouse for unfair competition.

The U.S. federal may just be waiting for those well-founded accusations to have a reason to clean up the Benehans group.

Link was thinking about getting the word out about Benehans' plan. So he was also very patient with reporters' questions: "We all know that in the thirties and forties of the last century, the black storm made some states of the Great Plains barren. We have also noticed that some farmers have made unremitting efforts to protect their land, even giving up raising beef or dairy cattle altogether. We at the Benihans Group also want to contribute to the restoration of the damaged land. Of course, after the farm raises baby alpacas, they need more manpower and therefore more employment opportunities for the community. We also hope that the farmer will have enough income to pay the new staff and earn more than before. ”

Link couldn't have given a red envelope to reporters, but the reporters left satisfied. They didn't come in vain this time.

Link gives enough news that

Even if the project is launched in the United States, it may not have much output value, but Link is the person that many Americans are concerned about now. The report of the concession plan he proposed is out, and there will definitely be many people who are willing to read it.

Link's concession sounded like an unprecedented, ingenious way of working together in favor of farms. But some keen enough reporters have already figured out the headline of the news, "Link Hans Surprises Again?".

No one is a fool, and no one will think that Link will give up for nothing.

Many reporters were thinking that Link's concession was to let more farmers breed alpacas. Link's concession plan has one precondition: it can only breed baby alpacas bred by the Benihans Group.

They thought Link was simply trying to sell baby alpacas.

Some reporters even declared the project bankrupt after maliciously speculating whether Link would sell the baby llamas.

Link didn't care what they thought or guessed.

That evening, he returned to Ozette and, along with Jessica, saw reports on television and the Internet about his alpaca promotion plan.

The next day the newspaper also came. It is not an exaggeration to say that the intensity of the coverage of his concession plan is "overwhelming".

However, reporters are not all good words, and there are many malicious speculations.

A prominent Wall Street Journal commentator wrote in an op-ed: "Mr. Link Hans's offer of concessions is tempting indeed, but I hope not to hear about the exorbitant price of baby llamas." ”

Link's concession plan, of course, he discussed with Jessica.

During their negotiations, Jessica had doubts, but did not object to his plan. And now the media coverage of Link's plan has been mixed.

Seeing these reports, Jessica was a little worried and said to Link: "In this way, the price of baby llamas can't be too high." ”

In order to protect the country's alpaca industry, Peru restricted the export of baby alpacas, and although it was later liberalized in small amounts, the price per head was more than 30,000 US dollars.

And the price of the baby alpacas that Link buys from Peru is no more than a thousand dollars each. But he also invested a lot before he bought the baby llamas. Add this part of the cost, and a baby alpaca can cost thousands of dollars. Even at this cost price, American farmers may not be willing to buy this kind of animal farming.

After all, a few thousand dollars is worth two beef cattle that are raised for slaughter.

Link said with a smile: "The reason why the price of baby alpacas was high before was because the birth rate of baby alpacas was too low, and it was difficult for the industry to expand. And our alpaca herd is bred in captivity and has a high reproductive rate. According to Tom Sr.'s estimates, at least 75 percent of this year's rubbing adult alpacas will give birth to their young. Even if we only sell a thousand dollars each, we can make money. ”

At a price of a thousand dollars, if he can sell a million heads, it will also be a billion dollars, and his investment in the entire alpaca project will be fully recouped and there will be a certain profit.

In the future, although the textile mill will not be very profitable, it can slowly earn profits. In addition to making money, he can also get other collateral benefits. As for money? He doesn't need everything to make a lot of money.

That's the same thing as a supermarket that sells certain items at low prices to attract traffic and guide them to buy other items.

This is a conspiracy, and those who wish to take the bait!