"When the time comes, you'll be the president of a public company. Link said with a smile.

Harry laughed and said, "If you want to go public, you can do it now." But now we are not short of funds. ”

The current assets of the tricolor grass are barely up to the standards of listed companies. However, the company went public just to make money and continue to expand. The current business situation of the three-color grass is very good, and what is lacking is not money, but heritage. Rapid expansion too early is not necessarily a good thing.

"Anyway, you can manage the tricolor. It's up to you to get an idea when to go public. Link doesn't have a problem with whether or not the tricolor will be on the market. Listing can raise funds, or you can take advantage of the listing to sell some shares for cash. But that didn't mean much to him.

If Neil's judgment is correct, crude oil prices may continue to rise, and he may earn $20 billion from selling oil this year. To him, is that little income from the tricolor grass money?

Speaking of going public, though. One of the banks he controls is preparing to go public, but he can't help but care.

The Texas Development Bank is already preparing to go public. The listing plan is under discussion. There will definitely be a change in equity at the time of listing. In fact, several other banks except Ozette Bank can go public, but he must have more than 50% control of the shares on the board.

Among them, the change in equity involves the initial listing of new shares. At the same time, the singular listing staff also needs incentives. Option options for employees also need to be considered.

The 50 per cent he asked for was just over 50 per cent of the shares held by all directors on the board, not 50 per cent of the entire bank. So it's not hard to do.

For the Texas Development Bank, going public can raise a lot of money to make up for the bank's current lack of funds.

The Texas Development Bank's business has begun to expand beyond agriculture, and the total amount of agricultural loans has exceeded the bank's assets. Without a new injection of funds, the bank will certainly be short of funds. And Link can't inject money even if he has money. That's not the same as Ozette Bank, which can still be seen as his private bank.

Now even Ozette Bank is no longer his personal bank, and Claire owns a 2.5% stake, which alone prevents him from injecting money into the bank at will.

It is even more impossible for him to inject capital into those banks at will. If they want to grow and grow, going public is the only way to go.

However, to apply for listing, it takes a long time to formulate a new share financing plan, approve and other formalities. There is also a lot to be done in this short period of time. It will take some time for the Texas Development Bank to complete its listing.

In fact, many of the companies in his hands are eligible for listing.

Benehans is certainly fine, and I don't know how many people are looking forward to it going public these days.

Xihua Company and Fox Food Processing Company also have a lot of sales, and the scale and everything is up to standard. As long as the application will definitely go through.

In fact, he kind of wanted to get Xihua to go public.

Xihua is in the midst of a rapid expansion. In order to expand, Xihua has borrowed a lot of money from the Bank of Ozette. If it goes public, it should be able to solve the problem of shortage of funds. But now the listing is too bad.

Fox Foods is not short of money, and Link has plans to expand the number of noodle shops and make Chinese fast food, and now it is even more foolish to go public. At the very least, you have to apply for the fast food project after you have an eyebrow. The promotion of the fast food project is just a good thing to make the price of the new shares issue higher.

Bill interjected: "Speaking of going public. The Strus Electronic Technology that you and Don worked on together has been very popular recently. He smiled and pulled out his phone. "My friends now use citrus. I didn't get the goods until seven days after I placed my order. I guess it must have been selling well. It should be ready to go on the market right away. ”

He smiled and said, "I don't know exactly how it sells." In a few days they will have a meeting, maybe then they will know. ”

Link has some understanding of the hot sales of citrus mobile phones, but he only knows a general idea, and he doesn't know how many citrus mobile phones are sold now.

Strus Electronics has now sold its mobile phone and has no problems with cash turnover. Why do you have to wait for sales to stabilize before applying. Apply now, do you earn money for those stockholders?

Lin's Retail's five-year plan also mentions the issuance of new shares and re-listing within two years. Springs may also be listed again.

It can be said that there will be a "wave" of listing of his companies in the next two years, and he has to be busy.

Until noon, the fish pond where the fish was to be caught was still catching, and the three of Link did not continue to watch, so they went back to their parents' house. Link had lunch at Hans's house and talked to his sister Alice about her college entrance exam. I learned that her grades were not particularly good.

He made a suggestion to see if he could send her to a school like Stanford. He donated some money and got an admission letter.

Alice shook her head and said, "I'm going to DC, where the political atmosphere is stronger." "She wanted to be a diplomat.

Link smiled and said, "You think about it yourself." But if you don't get into your dream school, tell me. "Spending money to get a degree is also common in the United States. "Remember, the so-called elites in society, their footsteps all start from the university. College is another place to start. The right to stand at a higher starting point doesn't just come from your transcript. There are extras. ”

Although it is said that colleges mainly look at transcripts and letters of recommendation. But almost all rich kids go to good colleges. Are they really that prominent? Of course not, that's because every prestigious university has a part of the degree reserved for them. Or in high school, their grades became good because of their family's money.

"Thanks, Link! I'll beg you if you need it. Alice said with a smile. "I'm not a kid anymore, I understand those things. ”

Link didn't say anything more. He left his children at Hans's house and went back to Hans's farm.

Thanks to the merger with Ekobe, Hans Farm is now very busy. He learned that Benjamin was in Ekobe, and he thought about it for a moment and went over there to find Benjamin.

Benjamin is directing workers to plant apricot trees.

The land of Ekobe has some mountainous hills that are only suitable for planting trees.

Link got out of the car, and Benjamin had already greeted him: "Link, are you here?"

Link nodded, looked at the temporary workers planting trees in the tree pits dug out by the machinery, and said, "I just saw that water pipes are being laid over there, can the irrigation keep up with the planting so early here?"

"If you wait for the irrigation system to be laid before planting trees, it wastes a lot of time. They say they won't be able to get the pipe to this side until at least the end of the fall. It was too late. Benjamin explained. "I plan to plant some of the trees first and irrigate the trees with a water truck plus a pump before the irrigation system is laid. ”

He pointed to a few water wheels in the open space not far away, and said, "Although the cost is a little higher, after calculation, it is still cost-effective." ”

Link listened to his explanation, and said, "There are a lot of workers needed to use the land here, what are your plans?" Or do you want to hire from Hanse's low-rent apartment?"

"That's the easiest way to do it. Benjamin said with a smile. "If Ekobe is completely rebuilt according to our plan, we will end up needing more than two hundred and fifty workers. People in low-cost apartments are more enthusiastic about their work. ”

Link smiled.

It is true that the enthusiasm of the residents of low-rent apartments is relatively high. Most of them have experienced long-term unemployment, and if they can have a stable job, they will be more satisfied than the average person. And the salary of Hans's farm is not low.

"Then you'll probably need to hire and train in advance. Construction of the newly excavated fishery is now underway, right?"

"It's already started. ”

"I hope that after these ponds are excavated, they will mainly be cultivated for prawns, leaflip fish and rainbow trout. The 3,000-acre water surface requires a lot of workers, and these workers also need certain work skills. In terms of training, I suggest you talk to Jeff. See if he can help with the training. ”

"I'll talk to him. ”

Link had planned to dig up so many fish ponds, mainly to secure supplies for Las Vegas, as well as clover. But now he has some new ideas.

These ponds may serve as a testing ground.

He told Benjamin: "Benehans has developed a new bacterium. It can quickly degrade organic matter. I think they might be able to be used in farmed waters. However, there are still some issues that need to be addressed. If the problem is solved, I will send some over and conduct experiments on our fish pond. ”

The most important thing in pond fish farming is to maintain water quality suitable for farmed animals.

Humans breed aquatic animals at a density that far exceeds the density of animals in nature, and there is no natural ecosystem in the living environment. Therefore, the animals raised in the pond are more sensitive to water quality.

Moreover, poor water quality can lead to hypoxia and the growth of harmful bacteria, which can threaten the life and quality of farmed animals.

One of the most important factors affecting water quality is the amount of organic matter that increases in the water body every day. Bacteria need to consume a large amount of dissolved oxygen to break down organic matter. The organic matter in the pond is mainly the residue of fish feces and feed. will be deposited at the bottom of the pond. Anaerobic decomposition bacteria decompose organic matter into nitrite or hydrogen sulfide after the bacteria are concentrated at the bottom of the pond and consume oxygen. That's all toxic stuff.

Benjamin had been in charge of Hans's farm for several years, and although he didn't know much about aquaculture, he still knew the problem.

So Link said that there are bacteria that can quickly decompose organic matter, and he is not blindly optimistic: "But Link, rapid decomposition of organic matter also means that the dissolved oxygen in the pond will be quickly consumed. If there is photosynthesis during the day when there is plenty of sunshine, that may be fine. But at night it can be dangerous. ”

Jeff is a fish farmer, and Link, as his adopted son, knows some common sense in this regard. He laughs and says, "That's what I call a problem that needs to be solved." I'm not going to let you use it until I fix that. ”

That kind of bacteria, the market he's targeting, isn't just the aquaculture industry. He has bigger goals.