Chapter 219: Best-selling milk during the Chinese New Year

Lu Hanbin’s journey back home is just a microcosm of Jiahe employees.

People born in the 80s don’t want to farm, and people born in the 90s don’t know how to farm. This has become a kind of ridicule among later generations.

Jiahe has gathered such a large group of young people, and everyone will inevitably be questioned by their aunts and uncles when they return to their hometown during the Spring Festival.

"What kind of work do you do outside?"

"Why are you so tanned?"

"How did you get back?"

"How much money can I make in a month?"

But if you say at this time that you are in agriculture, the older generation will most likely sneer at you.

Facing the loess and with their backs to the sky, they have been working diligently in rural areas for thousands of years, working four or five months to grow an acre of wheat, and only earning a few dozen yuan after deducting the cost.

I might as well work in a restaurant and earn that much money in a week.

When people who work in the city and have some knowledge and insight hear this, they will agree with them by saying things like "food is the first necessity of the people" and "there is a lot of room for development in the vast rural areas". However, if someone in the family wants to learn farming, they will definitely strongly oppose it.

However, when Golden Harvest’s employees and interns returned to their hometowns, a different landscape was created.

Their abundant wallets give them confidence, and they can answer questions from friends and relatives with ease.

It's a dark place, but the salary income is also worth talking about.

When talking about work, I sometimes mention the company, and my heart is full of pride and protection.

Jiahe Group, Tianhe Seeds, Alfalfa Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, etc. are all well-known in the society, and often just a few words of their mention can make people remember them.

Maybe we don’t know about the improvement of saline-alkali land and desert, but Liu Xiang, the image spokesperson of Hexi Dairy, should know.

"That's Jiahe's."

I can also talk to the elderly in the village.

Have you ever planted Tianyu No. 1? Do you know Tianjiao No. 1? When I mention a few popular varieties, many elderly people will react.

That's also from Golden Harvest.

Good boy, seeds are hard to buy now, can you get some for me?
Often just a few words can make an impression on people, rather than simply summarizing it like farming.

There are also many employees who came from poor backgrounds. After returning to their hometowns, they paid off their family’s years of debt and planned to build a house and get married.

Interns also use their first salary to buy clothes for their parents and gifts for the elderly and children.

After making money, everyone lived a prosperous life.

Guo Yang has also received many New Year greetings calls and text messages in the past two days, and the QQ work group he created is also full of laughter.

"Comrades, it's New Year's Eve, Happy New Year!"

Qu Yang: "I'm back to the village, I'm back to the village, I feel like I'm the most handsome guy in the village."

"I see you're going on a blind date. Mr. Qu, you said you wanted to find eight wives."

"Wow, that's explosive news!"

"Hey, let's watch the show."

Qu Yang posted a photo: "You are slandering me. I am taking my wife and children to set off firecrackers and blow up the dog bowl."

"...I am also playing with firecrackers, but I am blowing up cow dung."

"you……"

"Thanks to the big red envelope given by my boss at the end of the year, I can finally feel proud this year."

“Thank you to the company and the boss.”

"Wow, wow, wow, I feel sad when I think about my boss still working overtime."

Ji Zhuowen: "You should really care about the comrades who are still working overtime. Please buy more Hexi milk to give away during the Chinese New Year."

"Hahaha, I bought Hexi organic milk this year. Both the elderly and children like to drink it, and it looks high-end."

"To be honest, the packaging design of Hexi organic milk is really grand and looks very high-end at first glance."

"More than 80 yuan is still too expensive, and there are only 12 cartons of organic milk, so I bought 24 cartons of regular milk."

Ding Ji: "Don't worry, the batch of Qilian Mountain dairy cows that were artificially inseminated will also start producing milk next year."

"Yes, after the other dairy cows were fed Alfalfa No. 1, the milk production per cow was also increasing, and the production capacity was also expanding. It is expected that the price will be reduced at the end of the year."

"Why don't you see the boss?"

"Busy!"

"I heard that the factory still has to keep running on the 30th of the year."

“There aren’t many people left in the office, right?”

"There are only a few people left. Maybe the boss is the only one. Luo Xiu wanted to stay, but was driven away by the boss."

"I suddenly feel so sorry for my boss."

"Is it not good for us to make such a fuss in the work group..."

The group suddenly became quiet.

Imagine the scene, the boss's lonely figure shuttled through the deserted office, and occasionally went to the production line to talk to the workers...

I am all alone!
Boom!
Guo Yang: "It's okay, you guys can have fun as you please. I feel happy watching you and enjoy the atmosphere of the New Year."

"Boss, Happy New Year and best wishes for prosperity!"

“Thank you, boss…”

Guo Yang: "Happy New Year, but unfortunately I can't send out red envelopes now. You guys can chat first, I'm going to be busy..."

“The boss is so dedicated!”

“Model worker!”

In front of the computer, Guo Yang closed the chat interface and then clicked mute. "It's a bit noisy."

"It affects my reading of novels."

He was reading "Legend of the Little Soldier", the most popular science fiction novel in 05. If viewed from the perspective of future generations, Guo Yang would find it difficult to continue reading it.

But maybe because he hasn't watched it for a long time and lacks entertainment activities, he can use it to relax and unwind from his busy work schedule.

After working for such a long time, it would be a lie to say that I am not tired, especially since the personnel adjustments before the New Year, my nerves have been tense.

The mental pressure has reached a certain level.

He urgently needed other activities to divert his attention, and originally wanted to go fishing.

But on the one hand, the fish don't bite in the winter, and he can't leave the company for a long time. He is still on duty and has to check on the factory's operation occasionally.

[Legend of the Little Soldier] Guo Yang had watched it before, but watching it again gave him many new feelings.

For example, from the perspective of 2023, people's current imagination about the future development of electronic information technology is still insufficient.

This also made Guo Yang realize that he had an advantage: information gap!
The changes in the mobile Internet era are unimaginable to people today. Although he doesn’t understand them, he can still make some plans in advance.

Especially those related to Jiahe’s business.

After reading a novel for a while, the phone rang. I was looking at the Motorola V3 Razr, which is loved by consumers all over the world.

No one could have imagined that in just two years, it would face a rival that would overthrow it.

The call was from Xie Shijie.

"Hey."

"Boss, I'll pick you up and take you home for dinner tonight!" said Xie Shijie.

Guo Yang raised his eyebrows. After Xie Shijie got married, he settled in Jiayuguan, which was not far from Jiuquan.

"For the New Year's Eve dinner, just have your family reunion. I won't participate."

"No, my wife asked me to come pick you up."

"No, there are many employees from other places who are staying in the factory, so I will stay in the cafeteria with them."

Despite Xie Shijie's repeated invitations, Guo Yang remained unmoved, but he also felt the recognition of his subordinates.

Being invited to have New Year's Eve dinner together also shows that Mr. Guo is still popular.

After hanging up the phone, Guo Yang saw that it was still early and decided to read the novel for a while.

But more and more people called to say hello, including the core team, government departments, and cooperative units...

I can't get into the novel.

I could only stroll to the cafeteria, occasionally answer the phone and send messages.

Most of the employees who stayed in the company to have the New Year's Eve dinner were from other places, including all over the country. A master chef was also left in the cafeteria, and some employees also volunteered to perform.

Overall, it is quite rich, with chicken, duck, fish, beef, mutton, ribs, pig's trotters, vegetables and so on.

Guo Yang has never been a good cook and rarely cooks.

He felt something when he saw the chef flipping the wok in the kitchen. The chef also noticed him and started flipping the wok faster and faster, and soon the whole pot of food was finished.

"Chairman, we have all the dishes ready today, except for the seafood."

Guo Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This was him being called again. He smiled and said, "It will be soon. Next year, I will let you eat seafood from the Northwest."

"Haha, I'll remember that."

The kitchen helper also heard this and his eyes lit up, "Boss, tomorrow is next year."

Guo Yang's lips froze, and he shook his head and laughed, "Not tomorrow, but I'll definitely be able to eat it this time next year."

The hype about Northwest seafood has been going on since April and May, but there is still no result.

The same goes for hops.

However, more and more people are concerned about it.

Once things stabilize, it's time to move forward.

The atmosphere of the dinner was very good and we spent the New Year toasting each other.

Guo Yang had nothing to worry about. His parents had passed away long ago. He called his eldest brother to wish him a happy new year. His eldest brother's house was also noisy, with the voices of adults and children mixed together.

There is a sense of loneliness, but it is not that exaggerated. The dozens of workers in front of me can only rest tonight and will continue working tomorrow.

The Hexi Dairy factory was still operating even on New Year’s Eve.

During the Chinese New Year period, the sales speed of Hexi milk was a little beyond expectations, and the stockpiles of goods in retail stores before the New Year were visibly reduced.

Urgent delivery orders from all over the country are coming in like snowflakes.

The high price of milk from Hexi Dairy did not dampen people's enthusiasm.

Let’s take a look at the dairy safety incidents that have occurred in the past two years, including premature milk, reconstituted milk, bacteria exceeding the standard, returned milk, Fuyang infant formula, etc.

Each and every incident is eroding the confidence of Chinese people in domestic milk, and many people have even developed a fear of domestic milk.

But for infants and students, milk is a necessity in life; for the elderly, high-calcium, low-fat milk can also prevent osteoporosis.

Visiting relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year has once again magnified this demand. Which family doesn’t have elderly people and children?

Milk has become the most common gift.

How to choose good milk has become a new problem, and the shadow in many people's hearts has not yet dissipated.

After the Guangming milk recycling incident,
TV reporters went to the government to complain about the sewage-filled workshops, the manure-staining family milking farms, the cows not being worthy of eating high-quality alfalfa, and the stock prices of several major dairy giants suffering heavy losses...

It was at this time that Hexi Dairy stood out.

The high-quality alfalfa promoted by herbologists has been spread by the public for more than half a year. It is the only dairy sponsor of the Olympic Games, coupled with the demand during the Chinese New Year.

After more than half a year of fermentation, Hexi milk has become very popular.

(End of this chapter)