"Okay, if there's nothing else, that's the end of today's meeting."

"Let's go our own way!"

With Wang Ye's voice, the first meeting after the Chinese New Year ended like this, and Wang Ye, who came out of the conference room, lowered his head and didn't seem to know what he was thinking, and walked all the way back to his office.

"Alas!"

After sitting down on the chair, Wang Ye looked a little irritable, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and knocked it up, even if there was a blue sky and white clouds outside the window today, it seemed that it could not change Wang Ye's bad mood.

"Director, what's wrong? You look preoccupied after the meeting. ”

"Is there a problem that is difficult to solve? Or is it because I'm at work today? Didn't wake up in the morning? ”

Not far away, Bai Tingyu asked curiously while pouring tea for Wang Ye, Wang Ye sighed, threw the melon seed skin into the trash, and then hesitated and explained:

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just that I suddenly thought of an old man."

"Well, it's the old man, and then suddenly I sighed."

Hearing Wang Ye say this, Bai Tingyu suddenly seemed to think of something, and at the same time showed an expression of sudden realization, and then put down the thermos flask and said:

"Oooh! I understand! ”

"I'm sitting next door, factory director, you call me directly if you have something, then I'll go!"

Seeing Bai Tingyu's expression, Wang Ye knew that she must be crooked, but the best thing about Bai Tingyu is that her mouth is very tight, and she will definitely not go out to talk nonsense, otherwise she will not serve as the secretary on duty.

So Wang Ye didn't tell anything else, but couldn't help but laugh and scold:

"You know! Go for it! ”

"Annoying!"

In the face of the factory director's "bad" attitude, Bai Tingyu didn't care, and he didn't ask anything curiously, just smiled and waved his hand and left the office.

Waiting for the door to close, Wang Ye couldn't help but sigh again.

The reason why he was in a bad mood suddenly was because when he said the words "agricultural technician" in the meeting just now, Wang Ye suddenly had a memory in his mind, and then thought of a person.

This person's name is Zhuang Bingcang.

He is a native of Laiyang County, Yuntai City, born in 1957, because of the times, he often did not have enough to eat when he was a child, so at that time, he was determined to become an agronomist, study more high-yield food, solve the problem of not having enough to eat, and thanks to his intelligence, and then he stepped step by step towards his ideals.

In 85 years, he obtained a master's degree from Huaxia Agricultural University, and because at that time, there were many big bulls in the research of wheat and rice, the two main crops in China, and various achievements emerged from time to time, so he found another way and chose the soybean field, which was still insufficient in domestic research.

Soybeans are also important cash crops, not only can be used for oil extraction, soybean meal can also be used for breeding, in short, it is very important in the agricultural field.

Later, in order to improve his scientific research ability, he also left his hometown to go to Germany for further study, during which he won the appreciation of many foreign scientists and related institutions and companies, hoping that he could stay, but he did not forget his original intention, and was not moved by these invitations and even expensive material conditions, and resolutely chose to return to China.

After returning to China, he went to work at the Jilin Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and also served as a doctoral supervisor, continued to focus on the field of soybeans, made frequent scientific research achievements, made great contributions to the development of national agriculture, and enjoyed the special national allowance, in a sense, this is already the top scientist in China.

Later, after the new century, in order to improve its scientific research level and scientific research influence, Laiyang Agricultural College also knew that there was such a "fellow", so it issued an invitation, and Mr. Zhuang Bingcang was also willing to support the construction of his hometown, so he quit his job at the Jilin Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences and returned to Laiyang.

As a result, the unexpected appeared.

In 02, he was robbed by several "unemployed vagrants" and was stabbed to death in order to protect the information in his briefcase.

"Alas!"

Thinking of this, Wang Ye couldn't help but sigh.

Although this incident has not happened yet, and even because of its own appearance, the trajectory of history has changed a lot, such as today's Laiyang, because of the existence of the consortium, so the security is very good, but in the end, it is still very annoying to think of it, after all, even if those gangsters are cut with a thousand knives, but such an important scientist can't come back!

"Horse-stepping!"

In the end, Wang Ye couldn't help but curse.

However, after a short period of entanglement, Wang Ye no longer thinks about this agricultural expert, after all, he is still studying for graduate school, in fact, he is not much older than himself, and there are still nearly twenty years before the accident appears, and there is still enough time and way to change the tragedy in the future.

After a moment of silence, Wang Ye picked up the phone and dialed Director Li's office of the Yuntai City Industrial Bureau.

"Hello? I'm Li Gang! ”

Hearing Director Li's self-introduction, Wang Ye couldn't help laughing, and at the same time teased:

"Ahh I'm Wang Ye! ”

At this moment, accompanied by Wang Ye's voice, Director Li, who was sitting at the table drinking tea on the first day of work at the beginning of the year, suddenly had a bright smile on his face, and said haha:

"Huh? Rare guests! Director Wang, a busy man! Why did you remember to call me? ”

"Flattered! Flattered! ”

Indeed, as Director Li said, Wang Ye has not contacted the Industrial Bureau for a long time, for no other reason, the scale of the consortium is getting bigger and bigger, and it is a business of hundreds of millions of dollars at every turn, plus they are all foreign-related activities, so the small temple of Yuntai, in a sense, can no longer let go of this big Buddha.

Therefore, today's consortium, although theoretically speaking, still belongs to the Yuntai Municipal Industrial Bureau directly under the coordinated management of the Provincial Defense Management Office, but in fact, these two departments have completely become the existence of the cooperative consortium, to put it bluntly, they only carry out "support and logistics" and other work, and management has nothing to do with them.

So who is the current consortium in charge?

In essence, it is the management of the unit itself, and in terms of administrative structure, it is directly managed by the ministry and commission, after all, all the problems of the current consortium can be solved directly by contacting the ministry and commission.

"Hey! That's what you said. ”

"Wasn't we busy some time ago! You don't contact me, and I don't want to bother you, do I? ”

"It's not just the end of the New Year, just the first day of work, I'll call you quickly, ready to give you a New Year's greeting, say a good New Year, it shouldn't be too late, right?"

"Director Li, Happy New Year, all the best, I have a New Year's greeting to you!"

The relationship between Wang Ye and Director Li naturally goes without saying, so for Director Li's ridicule, Wang Ye is handy and has no difficulty, and said with a smile.

"Hahaha! You kid really are! Ok, good, good! ”

"Happy New Year! Happy New Year for you, too! Happy New Year to you and all the best! ”

"Now don't talk about our industrial system, the city's economy is counting on you, you can get all the best, you must have all the best, you can do anything, get rich! Make a fortune! ”

"Hahaha!"

On the other end of the phone, Director Li's laughing voice came, and it was obvious that he could receive Wang Ye's New Year's call, which made him feel very happy, after all, at this time and then, Wang Ye half a year ago and Wang Ye now, that is too much different, the director of the Red Star Machinery Factory and the director of the Red Star Consortium, the difference is 108,000 miles!

Subsequently, the two of them greeted the parents and exchanged a few words of greeting.

"However, if you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do, there must be something wrong with your kid."

"Hurry up and say something, after all, the most important task of our Industrial Bureau now is to provide good service work for your consortium, you're welcome, just say what you want!"

After chatting a few words, Director Li on the other end of the phone smoked a cigarette and brought the matter back to the topic, and Wang Ye also said unceremoniously:

"Actually, I called you today, in addition to the New Year's greetings, there is indeed one more thing."

"This matter is too small, it is the canteen problem of our consortium, but if it is big, it is related to the development, economic and people's livelihood problems of our entire Yuntai City and even Luqi Province!"

"However, although this matter has something to do with our Industrial Bureau, it has little to do with it, I am mainly the most familiar and close to you, and I am looking for you to be my intermediary."

Accompanied by Wang Ye's voice, Director Li on the other end of the phone gasped and sighed:

"Is your kid so big now?"

"Development issues? Economic problems? Livelihood issues? That's a big problem! But I can't think of it, what do these problems have to do with the canteen of your consortium? ”

"Quick, you explain to me."

Chatting with Director Li is like this, pleasant and relaxed, Wang Ye said with a smile:

"Actually, it's very simple to say, the problem is agriculture!"

"To put it more bluntly, it's farming!"

Faced with Wang Ye's explanation, Director Li was stunned for a moment, it was obvious that he still hadn't figured out the joints.

Although farming is indeed related to the canteen of the consortium, and also has an important relationship with the economy, development, and people's livelihood, the problem is that farming has been going on since ancient times, and Luqi Province is a major agricultural province. Hasn't farming always been the same old thing?

"I still don't get it."

Director Li said this very frankly, and Wang Ye explained eloquently:

"Director Li, first of all, let me clarify our intentions."

"That is the next step, our consortium is going to start farming, I hope you can help communicate with the city and the relevant agricultural departments, as for why the consortium wants to farm, you listen to me in detail."

"There are actually two reasons for farming, both internal and external."

"From the internal point of view, as the weather heats up, the second round of expansion of our consortium is about to begin, and according to our plan, after this round of expansion, the total number of workers and families of the entire consortium will increase to more than 100,000, which is a very terrifying scale."

"And when there are more people, eating becomes a problem, food is rationed by the state, so there is nothing to say, but this non-staple food, relying on the state alone will not work, and even if we pay for it, I'm afraid the city can't solve this problem, right? So after thinking about it, we decided to do it ourselves and farm! ”

"However, we don't grow food, we only grow non-staple food."

"In the future, there may be various vegetables such as melons, fruits, peaches and plums, but the first project to be launched next is actually only a category of mushrooms."

"And the reason why this category is determined is related to external factors."

"From the external factor, it is because I found a very good business opportunity last year, the kind that can earn foreign exchange and make a lot of money!"

Hearing this, Director Li was not calm for a moment, sat up straight and asked:

"Earning foreign exchange? How do mushrooms earn foreign exchange? ”

"As far as I know, mushrooms are not easy to preserve, in the past, people took advantage of the opportunity of the rain to go to the mountains to pick mushrooms, and when they came back, they ate them directly, and they quickly rotted if they couldn't finish eating."

"Unless it's sun-dried, sun-dried mushrooms, but do foreigners also like to eat dried mushrooms?"

Regarding Director Li's statement, Wang Ye smiled and said:

"Then I don't know, and I'm not sure if foreigners like to eat dried mushrooms."

"But one thing I am sure of is that our big brother the Soviet Union, as well as those countries in Europe, they must like to eat canned mushrooms, the so-called canned mushrooms, that is, the harvested fresh mushrooms are cleaned, and then after a series of treatments, they are filled into tinplate cans and made into canned food for sale."

"And this is also the reason why I said that this matter has something to do with our industrial system, but it has little to do with it, the canning production line does belong to the industrial system, and it can't be said that it has nothing to do with us."

Hearing Wang Ye say this, Director Li's reply was only three words:

"It's rigorous!"

And Wang Ye continued to explain to himself:

"The reason why I say that this matter is related to the development, economy and people's livelihood of our Yuntai City and even the entire Luqi Province is because this whole set of things is actually not particularly difficult, in other words, there is a possibility of expanding the scale of this thing!"

"Different from our consortium to engage in technology, no matter how big our scale is, it is so big, but if this thing is done well, people in our city and even half of the province can rely on this business to make a living and get a lot of income."

"And what we're going to do next is to get off to a good start!"

Suddenly, Director Li suddenly realized, he imagined that scene, if the land of the whole city can be planted with mushrooms, and then harvest the mushrooms and send them to the processing factory, make canned food and export it to the Soviet Union and Europe to earn dollars, then it is conceivable that the economy of Yuntai City will soon take off!

After all, as long as it is related to foreign exchange, there is no one who is not fat!

And the reason why Wang Ye is so confident is that there are two main reasons, the first is that the Soviet Union and Europe really like to eat canned food, they are different from China, which believes that canned food has preservatives in it, which is unhealthy food, and they have no such cognition at all, and they are accustomed to eating canned food.

As for canned mushrooms, it is their favorite, because the presence of mushrooms in Western food is very strong, such as bisporus mushrooms, Wang Ye is ready to engage in this thing first, fast growth, high yield, long cycle, Westerners are also willing to accept it, put it in canned food and quack it is to sell, it is definitely a good product that sells well in the Soviet Union and Europe!

Secondly, in addition to mushrooms, vegetables, fruits, and even staple foods are also the focus of the future, which is also the second reason.

In the normal history, the vegetable planting industry in Luqi Province is the existence of the famous one, supplying a large area of the northern region, the yield is of high quality, such as Shou Bang, there are greenhouses everywhere, all year round, regardless of spring, summer and autumn, there are a large number of fresh vegetables produced every day, and then supplied to all regions of the country, as for fruits and staple foods, Luqi Province is a large agricultural province, and the output is naturally undoubted.

And Wang Ye's confidence comes from this, since in the past history, Luqi Province was able to engage in agriculture and vegetable and fruit planting, then this time, with its own leading vision and a large amount of capital investment, it will be even more able to do it, and it will definitely be better than in history, with a larger scale, higher yield, and more amazing profit margin!

After all, in the past, it was mainly domestic sales, but this time it is to focus on exports and earn dollars!

As for where will these canned foods and fruits and vegetables go in the end?

Europe is of course one direction, but more, Wang Ye wants to sell them to the big brother Soviet Union!

Because of the Soviet Union, due to the country's relatively cold geographical location and development strategy, in fact, there has been a huge problem since the founding of the country, that is, although they are a large country in land area and a large grain producing country, but because of the uneven distribution of grain producing areas, transportation difficulties, and agricultural policy problems, they have been relatively difficult to eat, and have to rely on grain imports for a long time, although it sounds outrageous, but this is the truth!

Even in normal history, after the collapse of global oil prices as Saudi Arabia increased oil production under the threat of the United States in '86, the Soviet economy was hit hard, and as a result, they ran out of dollars to import food.

So what Wang Ye has to do is also very simple.

Giving them food is, in a sense, holding their lifeblood.

Just like a few decades later, the world's major grain companies, they hold a large share of the world's grain trade, and many small and medium-sized countries that cannot be self-sufficient in food are controlled by them, as long as they don't sell grain, you will have to die, which is quite a bit of the feeling of "black-hearted grain merchants" in ancient times, but no one can sanction them, because behind them are the United States and the West!

It is precisely because of the existence of these grain companies that food security is an issue that has been emphasized in China, and it is precisely because of this that those gangsters should be cut with a thousand cuts!

Of course, in addition to wanting to grasp the lifeblood of the hairy bear, Wang Ye also wanted to know, how many canned mushrooms can be exchanged for a white swan?

And this is Wang Ye's ultimate goal!