Chapter 1885: The Maneuver at the Table
Agriculture is what Yang Dongxu has been insisting on doing for these years, but it has been a bit tepid for various reasons. Even his acquisition of land around the world has been a bit bumpy.
But now all the problems have been solved. The land he has acquired abroad. Various Chinese medicinal herbs are planted in mountain forest reserves and so on, and now some output has begun to appear.
The farmland in Brazil and the black soil in Ukraine that he is targeting will all be grain production bases in the future. Yang Dongxu has planned to plant oil-pressing crops such as soybeans and rapeseed in these places in the future.
Chinese people do not lack staple food, or even though there have been bad news about domestic farmland in recent years. But overall, China's self-sufficiency in staple food is still very high, and even if there is a gap, imports can basically meet the needs of the entire nation.
What China lacks now are various non-staple food crops, such as soybeans and rapeseed for oil extraction, and sorghum and glutinous rice for brewing, etc.
The cultivation of staple food is relatively simple. Basically, after the popularization of automated agriculture, it is basically no problem for one person to plant hundreds of acres of wheat, after all, everything can be done by machines.
Planting non-staple crops is a bit labor-intensive, such as soybeans. The degree of automation of domestic soybean automatic harvesters is a bit unsatisfactory.
At the same time, weeding and various care after soybean planting are also very troublesome. If the pesticide is too heavy, the pesticide residue will be too serious. It is really not cost-effective to weed and harvest manually without heavy pesticides.
In addition, the cost of domestic agricultural production is relatively high. Compared with cultivating a few acres of land, it is better to go out to work for a month. This has led to a large amount of land being abandoned and not cultivated.
Why did the country give farmers various subsidies per acre and various welfare policies to large grain growers after abolishing various agricultural taxes?
It is to make farmers feel that farming is still cost-effective and let them return to the land, so that the safety of domestic grain production can be guaranteed.
But no matter how much subsidies are given, staying at home to farm and not being able to support a family, and having no choice but to go out to work is still a common phenomenon in rural areas across the country.
Therefore, the production of staple food in China is still above the safety line, and the production of other crops is seriously unbalanced. This requires standing up for adjustment, and responsible entrepreneurs take responsibility. Yang Dongxu is ready to take his responsibility.
After all, the international capital group headed by Monsanto is well known for its wolfish ambitions to lobby for the use of their crop seeds. Since he has this ability, Yang Dongxu has no reason to let these foreign capitals control the Chinese people's dining tables.
Not only agriculture, agriculture is only the first step in his planning. In the future, the wine industry will include beer, white wine and red wine. The food industry, such as various biscuits, bread, instant noodles, etc.
These are all within his step-by-step planning. The food security and food safety of the Chinese people must be in the hands of their own people. We must never let the American cola, cheese and other junk fast food culture dominate the trend of domestic catering culture.
"Although the first step is to go after edible oil, we should also contact the wine industry in advance. For example, beer brands such as Qingdao, Snow, and Snow Jin can be contacted with acquisition intentions first.
In addition, domestic dairy industry, such as pure milk, yogurt, and even better-level children's milk powder. We should also start trying to contact and include them in the group's support for branch companies.
Since we have decided to build a group, we must expand our branches and leaves comprehensively, involving the entire industry and the entire upstream and downstream supply chain. Even if we cannot completely control everything, we must occupy a dominant position.
In short, our domestic agricultural products and our domestic agricultural market can only be decided by our people. Those foreigners can tell them to roll as far as they can."
In the office of the chairman of Millennium Supermarket, Yang Dongxu and Hu Dashan were drinking tea face to face in the reception area.
Just now, the meeting threw out the route of Millennium Supermarket to prepare for the general agricultural group, which was just a bait for the company's senior executives to make them all proactive.
In order to avoid the same as before, they would move after being poked, and fish in troubled waters all day without any enthusiasm for development.
Of course, the bait is not an empty bait, and it must be done. But the bait is definitely not all, so Yang Dongxu should communicate the general plan with Hu Dashan, the general manager of Millennium Supermarket, so that he can start preparing with a plan in mind.
"Understood." Hu Dashan nodded. He was no longer surprised by Yang Dongxu's big moves, but such a big move would definitely encounter many problems. "When these plans are implemented, I can communicate with both the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce.
But with my face, I can only communicate to solve problems, policy support, or take the initiative to promote and promote a series of things. I don't have that face. As long as our plan is implemented, the sooner the better.
After all, those international capitals are not just eating dry rice. Those people have been eyeing the fat piece of Chinese agriculture for a long time. Many have begun to infiltrate and quietly acquire domestic agricultural companies. If there is no support from above, our expansion speed may not be as fast as those foreign big dogs waving money in their hands."
"I will communicate this!" Yang Dongxu said.
He understood what Hu Dashan meant. Policy support is not only to support the implementation and development of this plan, but also to strike a certain blow to those foreign capitals with bad intentions.
For example, when a foreign capital quietly acquires domestic companies in the same industry in order to monopolize a domestic industry. The government can completely terminate some malicious acquisitions on the grounds of protecting local industries in the region to prevent monopoly, so as to buy enough time for the development of Millennium Supermarket.
"During the expansion process, we should also coordinate the export of domestic vegetables and other agricultural products, such as agricultural products to South Korea, Benben and other countries that cannot be self-sufficient." Yang Dongxu continued.
"What do you mean?"
"Since we are preparing to become a group, we naturally have to show the style of a group. We are newcomers to the agricultural industry. International grain prices are too ethereal. We are not qualified to point fingers now.
But as our base camp, I can still say a few words about China's export of agricultural products.
For example, the export of kimchi to South Korea does not make sense. The same product, the same quality. Even the quality of our export is better than that of other kimchi, but the price is determined by the Koreans.
As a businessman with conscience, we don't do those things that lose conscience in food crisis and vegetable crisis. But I buy my own products at the price they should have, is this okay?" Yang Dongxu said.
Hu Dashan nodded thoughtfully.
He summarized the main meaning of Yang Dongxu's words as follows: I have the final say over my kimchi. If you want to buy it, buy it. If you don't want to buy it, get out!
Although it's a bit embarrassing to use a small piece of kimchi as a bargaining chip, it has to be said that this is really a big deal related to the Koreans' dining table.
Hu Dashan especially likes to manipulate Koreans, because in recent years, when Millennium Supermarket expanded overseas. Even with Yang Dongxu's endorsement, he was still manipulated by many people abroad.
Among those who manipulated him, the people in Korea and Benben were the worst. Now that he can manipulate them back, he is naturally happy.