Chapter 623 The Benihans Group in Asia

Not only did Lei Jun not come to Lin Ke for a greeting. There are other bosses in the electronics and IT industry who didn't find him for pleasantries.

These people are human spirits, and when Link introduced unmanned driving on stage, he mentioned that the control system was derived from the operating system of Strus's mobile phone, and everyone realized that Link had the possibility of licensing the Strus mobile phone system to the outside world. So they came to the door to ask him if he had this intention.

He didn't have much to say about it. I just told this person that this system does have plans for external authorization in the future. But when exactly is it authorized. There will be a management decision from Strus.

He's blaming it on Martha and Carrick.

Based on concerns about the Chinese market, Link agreed to talk to Martha about several major Chinese mobile phone manufacturers and ask Martha to find time to communicate with them.

Four days later, summer Davos ended.

Link also has time to accompany his wife and children to play in the surrounding attractions, but the time is relatively tight. After the arranged schedule was over, they took a plane south to Xiangjiang.

He came to Xiangjiang, one is to play. Link felt the need to expose his children to different worlds. The other was to talk to Deere and find out about Benehans Asia.

It's the work of the Benehans Group, and Link can't leave Jessica as president. But a few children stayed in the hotel and were afraid that they would feel lonely. So Link summoned Dill to their hotel room.

Seeing Diere's face full of spring breeze, Link smiled and said, "It seems that you have adapted to life in Xiangjiang." ”

"Yes. Although the city is more crowded than New York, I think it's okay. ”

Link beckoned him to sit down, and let Hannah play with the two children in the room while the bodyguards watched. He and Jessica chatted with Dee in the meeting room about Benehans' work in Asia for most of the past six months.

Deere was sent to Hong Kong by Link to succeed Martha as president of the Asia company. He needed Martha to host Strus Electronics for one reason. Another reason is that Deere is interested in his analytical ability, whether it is for people or affairs, and Deere also has a strong ability to execute.

The situation in Asia is more complex than in Africa. This is a continent that has developed, and to enter this market, there must be a leader with outstanding ability. And among those he could trust, Dill was the most suitable.

Dill also knew that Link wasn't going to see him to catch up. He took some information from his briefcase and said, "This is a summary of the main work of Asian companies during this period. ”

Link saw that there were several documents, and when he took them, he took only one of them and gave the rest to Jessica. However, he didn't open the materials and said, "Deere, you know very well what we want to do to open a company in Asia. I'm sure you're working towards that goal as well. What do you find most difficult about working in Asia?"

Without even thinking about it, Dill replied, "Population and terrain." He paused and explained. "The products of the Benihans Group are more suitable for large farms. In Asia, most of the farmland is small plots. Accustomed to rain intensive farming. Benihans's seeds, with that kind of cultivation, the yield increase was too low. This is especially true in China. ”

Referring to one of the sources, he said: "In this report, we have the yield of winter wheat grown by us and a farm in northern Chinese mainland. In the end, they were only able to increase their yields by about 8% compared to their existing winter wheat varieties, which was not enough to arouse their interest in Benis No. 1. It is said that the wheat seeds that China is now working on may also reach that yield. ”

Jessica asked, "Isn't it said that China's land transfer policy has allowed farmland to be cultivated intensively?"

"That's true, but a single farm is usually no more than a hundred acres in size. And it was in the northern plains. But you know, the proportion of plains in China is very small, only about 12%. And in the United States, it is about 50%. ”

After a pause, Deere continued: "In addition, although China has basically completed the process of urbanization, it still has more than 20% of the rural population. That's the equivalent of 300 million farmers. The United States has just over 10 million and much more arable land than China. ”

His comparison of data also shows why China's farmland is a small plot.

Jessica frowned and said, "So, it may be difficult to promote Benis No. 1 wheat in China?"

"We are also working with farms in China to grow spring wheat. It won't be until September or October to know the results. ”

Some spring wheat yields are usually derived from low wheat yields, especially hard wheat. Benis No. 1 wheat cannot be clearly classified as spring wheat or winter wheat. Planted in both seasons, the yield is about the same. However, the protein content of spring wheat is slightly lower than that of winter wheat. But if the yield is increased a lot. Perhaps Benis No. 1 could be promoted in China as spring wheat.

Link asked, "What about corn and soybeans?

"Yes, but not yet. And I've found that China is very strict about the protection of seeds. Especially soybeans. China's main soybean producing region is the plain region of their northeast region. But there seems to be a lot of resistance to trying foreign seeds. ”

Jessica nodded and said, "I've also heard that it is said that the cultivation of genetically modified soybeans was banned in the first place. It seems to be a certain province. ”

Link thought for a moment. China is a very important market, and it can be said that no matter what the field, the Chinese market is an unavailable sector in the world. The economy and population decide everything.

But Asia isn't just a big market for China. South Asia has less than half the total area of China, but its arable land is more than half that of China. And the population is larger than China. It is also an important component of the world agricultural market.

"And the rest of Asia?"

"The rollout in India has been a bit smoother than in China. Each state has its own degree of autonomy. Moreover, the way of using money, the results achieved are better. We have obtained seed marketing rights in 23 states in India. Although it has not yet been released. However, we can expect good results in India. ”

Link nodded and said, "They don't have any special requirements?"

Dill laughed and said, "No." They didn't even ask us to open a branch in their country. But we've also spent more than $30 million on PR. ”

"Money solves problems, that's not a problem. Link paused and said. "Now Asian companies are also licensed for seed patents. You can cooperate more deeply with the Chinese side. The Asian market will become the largest market in the world, and we need to grow with it. ”

Dill listened to him, nodded and said, "I'm working on it." In addition, our Asian company is also a popular investor in China. He said this, smiling. "I think it's thanks to who you are. You are Chinese, and you have taken the initiative to cooperate with Chinese companies in many ways. This gives them a better impression of our Benehans Group than any other company in the United States. ”

"Are they willing to accept the pollution-free food standard?"

"In fact, China also has its own pollution-free standards. It's just their pollution-free standards, just market access standards. There is a big difference with our pollution-free. And because Chinese farmers have so little land to manage, it's hard for them to enforce the standards that we're pushing in the U.S. But they would never object to that standard either. It's just that we have to put it another way to distinguish it from their pollution-free standards. ”

Dill paused here and said, "In fact, our pollution-free standards are closer to their green standards. ”

Jessica flipped through the information in her hand and asked, "Deere, the group headquarters has put forward several plans recently, do you think there is a market in Asia?"

There are several products that have been newly developed by the Benihans Group and have entered the market promotion stage, such as highly efficient degrading bacteria and super natural gas bacteria.

Deere thought for a moment and said, "We are conducting market research for two new bacteria. Link mentioned earlier that China has the largest aquaculture industry in the world. Degrading bacteria does work well for this industry. But relatively speaking, promotion is not easy. Because it's not a product that can significantly increase production or profitability. Farmers will not easily accept a new product that will increase their costs. As for the wastewater treatment industry, we are still conducting research. ”

"As for biomass natural gas, the Chinese side has taken the initiative to contact me. This is probably the easiest project to promote. But what they seem to mean is that they want to work together to get the way the bacteria is prepared. ”

Link listened to him and looked at Jessica.

Jessica understood what he meant and nodded at him.

Link then said to Dill, "You can promise them." But we want to have half of the stake in the cooperation project. The specific negotiations are left to you. ”

“OK!”

"In terms of seeds, you can also work with each other. ”

This was originally a negotiated countermeasure, which was to promote and apply several of Benehans's core technologies around the world, so that the United States would not take action against Benehans in order to monopolize those technologies.

This is what the Benihans Group does with subsidiaries in Africa, Europe and South America.

So Deere didn't raise any doubts about Link's request: "I will contact the Chinese side as soon as possible." ”

Link smiled and asked, "Have you found a suitable builder for the sea ranch platform?"

"I had preliminary negotiations with the most experienced shipyards in China in this area. They are very interested in your order. However, they still need to evaluate your request. If they can solve those technical solutions that you are asking for. We will be able to place the order formally. ”

"Fish from farming?"

"The issue of sales is also within the scope of negotiations. Dill said with a smile. "You know, the demand for both meat and fish in Chinese has not yet reached the level of developed countries. Their market in this area is far from saturated. ”

After listening to his debriefing, Link was very satisfied with his work.

Deere still has a suggestion: "Link, Jessica, I suggest that the Benis Institute launch high-yielding rice as soon as possible. Although this is the least produced of the three major cereals, it also has the smallest cultivated area. But that's very big in the Asian market. ”