Chapter Seventy-One: Farm Expansion
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, A-Niang and Grandma and Cousin finally came back, everyone had lunch together at noon, and in the afternoon, Li Dong personally drove his cousin and them to their respective dormitories.
"Xiumei, let's live in a bungalow? How does my mother feel like she is in a dream? ”
When I was eating just now, the juniors were there, and my grandmother was naturally inconvenient to ask questions, so she had to put on a calm look.
"Auntie, what kind of dream is this, I don't believe you twist your arm." Lu Xiumei quipped.
"Mother is not fooled, how long did you say it's only been a long time, why don't you even live in the villa, and you will have to have it in the future." Grandma sighed.
"Auntie, just relax, the days to come will definitely get better and better." Lu Xiumei said confidently.
"By the way, Xiumei, what about Carrefour? We can't see the store when we live here. Grandma suddenly remembered that the store at home made a lot of money a year, and it was a pity to close it.
"Don't worry, Dongzi has already sent someone to take over, the store is still open, we can go back and have a look when we have time." Lu Xiumei explained, in fact, she was a little reluctant.
"Oh, then don't you and I have nothing to do?" Grandma said worriedly.
Lu Xiumei knew that her father and mother were idle people, if she just wanted them to enjoy their old age here, then it was better to stay in her hometown. At least the children and grandchildren are around, and the living conditions have improved, so they can live more freely.
"Auntie, how can I have nothing to do, I have to take care of the business, and I can count on you for the affairs of the family. Besides, Dongzi is also planning to open a branch in the community, and you can also go and help out in normal times. Lu Xiumei hurriedly comforted.
"That's good, mother, I can't be idle, I'll worry about my life for the rest of my life." Grandma breathed a sigh of relief, as long as she can still move, the most unacceptable thing is to eat rice, even if it is her own daughter.
On the other hand, Li You found Li Dong and wanted to discuss with him the discovery plan of this year's farm. In the conference room, in addition to Li Dong and Li You, Secretary Wang, the spokesperson of the municipal government, was also impressively listed. After all, it was about the future development of the farm, and Li Dong specially asked Li You to invite her over.
"Secretary Wang, today's meeting is mainly to determine this year's development plan. Also, soon a year is coming, the shares need to be redivided, and I don't know what your city government thinks? Li Dong didn't detour and asked straight to the point.
"The municipal government is very optimistic about the development prospects of Xiaoyu Farm, and in principle, it is ready to keep the shares unchanged."
Secretary Wang said unhurriedly. Last year, she stayed on the farm and saw it firsthand. It's not clear whether she makes money or not, but she can still see the patches of green vegetables, which should not be underestimated.
"Okay, Mr. Li, you can report to Secretary Wang about last year's business situation, and everyone has a good number in their hearts." Li Dong instructed, he also wanted to know if the farm was losing money with the plug-in.
"Okay, I won't talk about the specifics, there are too many, I can't finish it for a while, I'll summarize it roughly." Secretary Wang took out a notebook and was about to start recording, and she also needed to report to the leader when she turned back.
"Since April last year, Xiaoyu Farm has been in operation for a total of 10 months. Overall, the loss was not much, about 53,000 yuan. In other words, it only took us ten months, and we basically earned back the 500,000 yuan we invested in the early stage. ”
Li You said excitedly, there is also his contribution here. Li Dong was very surprised, he originally planned to return to his capital in two years, but he didn't expect Li You's business ability to be so strong.
Of course, the reason for such a big harvest is closely related to Carrefour's procurement. Secretary Wang, you may not know that Carrefour and Xiaoyu Farm are both subsidiaries of Datang Agricultural Trade, so we have obtained a lot of concessions in terms of procurement. ”
"Really? I didn't expect Boss Li's business to be so big. Secretary Wang was very surprised, although Carrefour has only two stores, but its scale is too large.
"Okay, now that we've summarized, let's talk about the next development plan. This year, my plan is to add another 300 acres of greenhouses, and I expect to invest 2 million. Li Dong mainly said to Secretary Wang that if the city government still wants to keep its shares, it will have to come up with real money.
"Boss Li, isn't it too fast, I think it's okay to add a hundred acres." Secretary Wang doesn't want to take risks, if something goes wrong, she also has to take responsibility, of course, if she succeeds, she is also indispensable to her credit.
"Secretary Wang, you may not know that Carrefour is going to open three more stores this year, and the supply of the farm will definitely not be able to keep up by then, and I don't think you want to miss the opportunity in vain." Li Dong explained that the space is not good to expand the planting area of vegetables, so he can only rely on farms.
"In this way, I can't call the shots, I can only wait for me to report to the leader before I can give an answer." Secretary Wang said helplessly.
"Okay, I hope it won't take more than a week, we will start construction next week, time waits for no one." Li Dong didn't want to be forced too hard, and it was not a good thing to offend the government.
"I try." Secretary Wang didn't dare to say too much.
"Mr. Li, you are responsible for the specific plan, or the same as last year, you go to Mr. Wang's company, and the quotation is as low as possible, after all, this is three times the amount of last year."
Li Dong explained that although he is very familiar with the fat man, business is business. He handed over the project to the fat man, which was already extra care, and there was no need to continue to make profits.
"Okay, I got it." Li You nodded.
"By the way, this is the contract I signed for the purchase of agricultural machinery, and when the greenhouse is built, you can go and transport them back." Li Dong took out a document bag from his carry-on bag and handed it to Li You.
Li You opened the bag, took out the documents, and took a closer look: "'Xianglong Machinery', boss, no, I know this company, isn't it rumored that there is a problem with their company's products?" ”
"It's just that there is a problem with the newly developed model, and ordinary machinery like agricultural machinery is definitely fine. If you're not sure, you can ask an expert to check it out. Li Dong explained.
"That's right, okay, I'll take care of it." Li You thought about it for a while, what Li Dong said also made sense, at least the offer was much cheaper than others.
After the meeting, Secretary Wang left in a hurry, she needed to hurry up and communicate with the leader, and before leaving, she also specially asked for a detailed financial report.
Li Dong called the fat man and asked him to get ready, so as not to run out of manpower and delay the construction period. The fat man was very happy, but he didn't expect that he unintentionally planted willows and willows, and inadvertently let him dig a gold mine with huge potential.