Chapter 0107: The Resignation of the Four Great Grain Merchants
Seeing the shock on Chen Cheng's face, Han Qi smiled.
Huanong Group has been cultivating agricultural products in China for decades, and has developed into the largest local agricultural supplies group in China step by step.
This is also one of the values that Han Qi thinks she has to talk about cooperation with Chen Cheng.
In terms of technology, the technical experts of the entire Huanong Group may not be Chen Cheng's opponent, but in terms of market acumen, Han Qi thinks that Huanong Group is the second, and no one dares to say the first.
Not even the four major grain merchants.
Chen Cheng asked: "Zhongliang Collective must know better than anyone about the changes in grain prices, and the state has entrusted it with the responsibility of regulating grain prices." As far as my own feelings are concerned, I don't feel that there is a big fluctuation in food prices every year. ”
Han Qi asked rhetorically, "Then have you heard that Zhongliang urgently deploys a certain grain to ensure market supply?" In addition to several staple grains such as rice, wheat and corn, have you often heard that the prices of garlic, soybeans, ginger, etc. are out of stock in a certain place, causing prices to soar? ”
Chen Cheng thought about it seriously, and then nodded involuntarily.
This kind of news is really heard all the time.
"So, there are shadows of the four major grain merchants here?"
Han Qi bowed his head slightly and continued: "Sixty percent of the agricultural supplies companies in China have the participation of the four major grain merchants, and these 60 percent of the agricultural supplies companies control more than 70 percent of the agricultural supplies market.
Every once in a while, they will raise the price of pesticides, fertilizers, and other agricultural supplies necessary for the cultivation of certain agricultural products, and through the price, they will influence the farmers' choice of agricultural products to be planted in the next season, so as to achieve control over the market. ”
"With this means, they can control the entire grain market in China?"
Chen Cheng was a little incredulous, after all, Huaxia is so big, and there are many varieties of agricultural products, and it may be difficult to control the grain market in Huaxia by this means.
"It's not entirely right to say control, I guess it's disrupted. The more chaotic they are, the more chances they have to start from somewhere else. ”
"Does the price of agricultural supplies really have a big impact on farmers' farming?"
Chen Cheng changed his sincere attitude, because the information that Han Qi said really shocked him. He was desperate to know the logic of the whole process.
Han Qi said: "Let's give you an example." One mu of rice, according to the yield of 1,200 catties per mu, the market price of rice is 2 yuan/catty, and the harvest of one mu of rice in one season is 2,400 yuan. Do you know how much it costs a farmer to grow a season of rice? ”
Chen Cheng shook his head.
"Excluding labor, 1,400 yuan."
"The 1,200 yuan is the cost of farmers to buy pesticides, fertilizers and other agricultural supplies?"
Han Qi nodded: "This is not counting the cost of transportation, irrigation." ”
Chen Cheng knows that in the process of rice experiments, herbicides, insecticides (borers, planthoppers), fungicides (rice blast, sheath blight, thin stripe disease), growth regulators and other pesticide products are used in a season of rice, and phosphorus fertilizers, nitrogen fertilizers and potassium fertilizers are also applied according to the growth of rice.
It is true that there are a lot of agricultural supplies used, but they go to the laboratory building to receive as much as they want for experiments, and they never calculate their prices.
Hearing Han Qi say this, he felt a little like a man on his back.
"Who knows that the food on the plate is hard", this sentence is never so easy.
Han Qi said: "Do you think that if farmers knew that the price of pesticides and fertilizers for the next season of rice would have risen a lot, would they still choose to grow this kind of grain?" If 10 percent of the country's peasants switch to other grains, the price of such grains will fluctuate by more than 10 percent in the coming year.
The four major grain merchants also have room to operate. ”
"I see!" Chen Cheng clenched his fists, but didn't let Han Qi see it.
"So how do they make money on it?" Chen Cheng asked again.
"If the price of grain is raised, Zhongliang will collect it at a high price, and they will sell it at a high price, and if Zhongliang sells it at a low price, they will buy it at a low price. Once it comes back and forth, the profit comes out.
Moreover, their grain merchants in China are not related to each other, so it is difficult for Zhongliang to find out the handle.
Another point, even if Zhongliang guesses their tricks, they can only bite the bullet and regulate the market, because the market price fluctuates too much, and the impact on people's livelihood will be very serious. ”
"!" Chen Cheng cursed in his heart.
Han Qi stopped talking, and just used his peripheral vision to observe the wheat-complexed, youthful teenager opposite.
"He must be twenty-two or three."
Han Qi sighed slightly in his heart, not knowing if he was sad because he was five years older than him.
After a while, Chen Cheng said slowly: "The main business of your Huanong Group is also agricultural supplies, right?" ”
Han Qi showed a frank smile and said, "Yes." Although we are trying hard to broaden the market, please believe that Chanda's incident was indeed accidental, and of course, our group is also responsible for poor supervision. ”
Chen Cheng waved his hand and said, "Tell me about your conditions." ”
Han Qi smiled: "You are really a refreshing person. ”
She stared at Chen Cheng with burning eyes, and then said defiantly: "If you cooperate with us, it means that you have to stand on the opposite side of the four major grain merchants, do you dare?" ”
Chen Cheng smiled.
"As the vice president of sales of Huanong Group, you speak so artistically, don't you just want to provoke me?"
Han Qi only felt that his face was slightly hot, and he couldn't help but stick out his tongue.
This is a bit different from the calm and capable image she tried to show just now.
"Tell me the truth, isn't it?" Chen Cheng said again.
Han Qi suddenly smiled heartily and said, "I know it's wrong, don't I have to tell you the seriousness of the matter first?" ”
"It's not serious, I have my own judgment, you just need to say your conditions. As for whether you are afraid of the Big Four, I think you should have watched the press conference between me and Freman. ”
Han Qi let out a sigh, the expression on his face relaxed a lot, and then said: "We, Huanong Group, want to cooperate with you and use your advanced technology and our market and scale to completely kill all the manufacturers of the four major grain merchants in Huaxia!" ”
"After killing them, won't Huanong Group stand alone in the world?" Chen Cheng asked very directly.
Han Qi smiled: "Are you worried that our Huanong Group is dominant? ”
"The boy who slaughters the dragon will one day become an evil dragon." Chen Cheng said.
are businessmen, and it is impossible to remain unmoved by interests.
Of course, Huanong Group may also have the enthusiasm of patriotism and serving the country, but it is an enterprise after all. With just the word "believe", it is difficult to believe.
Han Qi said: "I understand your worries, before I came to you, I talked to the vice chairman of Zhongliang Group, and they are willing to invest in the establishment of a company specializing in agricultural supplies with Huanong Group and you."
Equity is accounted for by capital contribution and technical verification. ”
Chen Cheng lowered his eyes and looked at Han Qi.
Han Qi's eyebrows flashed with anticipation, and he looked at him calmly.
"I'll call you back after thinking about it."
"It's a deal."