Chapter 143 Indoor Layered Agriculture

Xu Chuxia plans to start a business.

So what projects are better?

What is more promising and has a higher profit margin?

On this question, everyone sat on the sofa in the living room and discussed it for a whole day.

The average profit margin of the catering industry is 5%~10%. If the location is not good and the management is not good, the probability of loss is more than 70%.

The average profit margin of hotels and hostels does not exceed 15%.

In the field of mass consumer goods, the profit margin is about 10%, but it is greatly affected by rent fluctuations and labor costs.

The cultural and entertainment industry requires large packaging and large investments, and the profit margin may reach 30%, but the risk is also very high.

The profit margin of traditional manufacturing industry does not exceed 20%, which is greatly affected by the economic development situation. When the economy develops well, the manufacturing industry is booming; when the economy is depressed, the manufacturing industry is also depressed and unstable.

The education industry is a huge cake with good profits, but it is mixed and the competition is fierce.

The energy industry, luxury goods, finance, Internet, biomedicine, high-tech and other fields either have high thresholds, require brand accumulation, or require massive investment... all are excluded.

Besides, Wei Ming's Black Hole Group already involves many high-tech fields, so it is meaningless to engage in duplicate construction.

"I have said it long ago that the real economy is not that easy to do."

Xu Weihua couldn't help but interrupt the discussion and said: "You always talk without any pain, thinking that you can make a lot of money by doing it casually. In fact, the current real economy has a 5% profit margin, which is very good. Some well-known foreign-funded enterprises occupy the best position and have the most advanced management model in the world. The profit margin of their operations in China is only 7%~8%. How can you achieve great success all of a sudden?"

"Listen to me! Buy a few more stores with good locations and rent them to others to sell fruits, open supermarkets, milk tea shops, or set up a car rental company and rent trucks to others to run logistics. In addition, it is also good to run a cold chain warehouse. This market is not saturated yet... As long as you listen to me, an annual return of 10% is not a problem at all."

He talked endlessly and seemed to be very reasonable.

However, no one paid attention to him and chose to ignore him.

But he still pointed out a reality.

That is, in China, except for a few high-tech fields, all other physical industries that can guarantee a stable profit of 10% are extremely rare. As long as the profit is slightly higher, there will be a rush to enter the industry, which will eventually lead to a sharp decline in profit margins.

After all, China's population is too large, and there are too many smart and hardworking people.

Many jobs in developed Western countries that can easily earn millions a year will face hellish competition in China. Unless they are retirees with generous pensions, few people can comfortably get high salaries.

"In fact, I think the future development prospects of garbage recycling are still quite good."

Xu Chuxia couldn't help but speak up. She has been in charge of the Black Hole Garbage Recycling Company for several months. She has a clear understanding of this industry and has reached the expert level.

She looked at Wei Ming: "After the "Regulations on Garbage Disposal Fees" are officially implemented in June this year, if we do not adopt a recycling strategy with different prices, the price of all garbage recycling will be unified at 0.5 yuan per kilogram. In addition, the salary of sanitation workers will be reduced from an average monthly income of 6,000 yuan to about 4,000 yuan per person, which is a one-third reduction. Then this one-third is the extra net profit of the recycling company."

"If we also cut the five social insurances and one housing fund, then more than 10,000 sanitation workers can create more than 25 million net profits per month, and a total profit of about 300 million yuan a year. Because of tax exemption, the actual profit level is no less than some Fortune 500 companies, which is enough to meet the needs of the Xu family."

Of course, even if the garbage disposal fee of 0.5 yuan per kilogram is strictly implemented, under normal circumstances, a garbage recycling company cannot achieve a net profit of 300 million yuan per year.

This is based on the fact that Wei Ming can eliminate garbage out of thin air.

If Wei Ming does not have the ability to eliminate garbage, even if he still charges for throwing garbage, the salary of sanitation workers will still be reduced to 4,000. At the end of the year, there will be no profit of a penny, and only losses.

"Four thousand a month, how can you live in a city like Hangzhou?"

Wei Ming shook his head: "Don't think about those sanitation workers. They also want to save some money for retirement, buy some medical insurance and social security, so that they can have some security when they retire. He Chun told me that even if many sanitation workers get 30,000 a month, I have hardly seen any of them spend money recklessly. In the past, they only had two steamed buns and a bottle of water for one meal, and now they still have to make do with one meal. Most of the money is saved. Don't lower their wages and cut off their hopes."

"Besides, I agreed to accept those sanitation workers before, mainly for the land. I can give you two or three pieces of land. Just don't think about those sanitation workers. In short, the purpose of the existence of Black Hole Garbage Recycling Company is not to make a profit."

Oh~

Xu Chuxia lowered her head, and the light in her eyes dimmed.

"This is the responsibility of a true entrepreneur." Xu Shuhua gave a thumbs up and looked at Wei Ming with admiration.

"Three plots of land, niece, take them! One acre of land in the city is worth at least 100 million yuan, and three plots of land of 50 acres are worth at least 5 billion yuan!"

Xu Weihua almost jumped up with excitement, his eyes red with envy.

"I don't want to get something for nothing."

Xu Chuxia shook her head. She really didn't have that kind of personality: "Since you have decided to start a business, you must show some ability and skills, instead of just lying down and collecting money. This doesn't give you any sense of accomplishment. The Xu family is also like being given alms. It won't sound good if it gets out."

"That's right."

"You can rely on others, but not completely."

Xu Shuhua and others nodded.

But excluding this and denying that, the options are getting fewer and fewer.

What project is better?

For a moment, everyone frowned and couldn't think of any good ideas.

Suddenly.

Wei Ming had a flash of inspiration and an idea popped up in his mind.

"Why don't you try indoor stratified agriculture?"

He said: "The competition in traditional industries is too fierce, and the market is generally saturated. It's meaningless to participate in it. It's better to try new industries, such as indoor stratified agriculture. I heard that this is more popular abroad, but it's still very rare in China. Why not do indoor stratified agriculture and see if it can make money."

Indoor stratified agriculture is a new way of agricultural planting. Unlike open-air soil planting, the temperature, water, fertilizer, and carbon dioxide in indoor agriculture can all be adjusted to keep plants in the best growth state.

In addition, because it is grown indoors and isolated from the outdoor environment, there is basically no pest and disease phenomenon, no weeds, no need to spread pesticides, and the growth process is very healthy, which can be called pure green food.

In addition, vertical space can be used to achieve high-density planting. Stacking 10 or 20 floors is not a problem at all. In a building with more than ten floors, every floor from bottom to top can be planted. One acre of land can create fifty acres, one hundred acres of land or even higher agricultural output.

Finally, a special light source that is conducive to plant chlorophyll absorption is used. It is irradiated 24 hours a day, with high photosynthesis efficiency and fast plant growth. The harvest period of many types of vegetables can be compressed to 10 days.

It can be said that indoor layered agriculture has many advantages, is healthy and efficient, and is the ultimate direction of future agricultural development.

However, as soon as he spoke this idea, Xu Chuxia immediately denied it.

"No, this industry consumes too much electricity. The vegetables grown are not enough to pay the electricity bill. It's not worth it."

"I have a combustible waste power plant that can generate more than 20,000 kWh of electricity every day. All of this electricity is for you."

"It requires occupying valuable urban land."

"I have land."

"The investment cost is also very high."

"I will sponsor you 1 billion first, and then add more if it's not enough." Wei Ming said with his legs crossed.

"This... seems to be possible."

Xu Chuxia's eyes widened, and suddenly she realized that this was really worth considering.