Chapter 330 Project Establishment; Closing Positions

It took a long time for Lu Qi to come back to his senses, but the more he thought about it, the more unbelievable it became.

The concept of national parks originated in the United States. Yellowstone Park, built in 1872, is the world's first national park.

Proudly called "the most unique and magical paradise on earth" by Americans, the area has many attractions.

The national desert park project proposed by Jiahe is somewhat similar to the Mojave National Desert Park.

This is a desert reserve located in southern California, covering the three major deserts in North America: the Great Basin, Sonora, and Mojave.

It is currently also a relatively successful case in the field of national desert parks, and desert ecosystem conservation and tourism development have achieved perfect harmony.

Lu Qi thought about it for a while and decided that the National Desert Park was indeed a good project.

During this scientific expedition, the Kumtag Desert also demonstrated its unique desert tourism value.

It’s just a national desert park…as the name suggests, it’s usually government owned.

But Golden Harvest is just a private enterprise.

However, the 300 billion and 1000 billion yuan of funds are too shocking.

If the government is in charge, how much money can it put forward if it can approve the project? 1 million yuan is a great deal of attention.

After thinking about it, Lu Qi called Wang Ji, director of the Longnan Province Desert Control Institute, who was also the initiator of this scientific expedition.

"Hey, Director Wang, are you coming to participate in the review of Jiahe's project?"

"I've already bought my ticket."

"What do you think?"

"I don't know. I'm just confused now. Let's listen to what Jiahe has to say first!"

"I'm confused too." Lu Qi sighed, "It's only been a short time since the expedition, but it seems like a lot has happened."

At the same time, experts from all walks of life went to Beijing at the call of the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Forestry Administration.

The Ministry of Agriculture and the State Forestry Administration are both directly under the State Council, and both manage various nature reserves, scenic spots, natural heritage sites, and geological parks.

The Dunhuang West Lake Wetland is under the management of the State Forestry Administration, but the "National Desert Park" is more of the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture.

A day later, Wang Ji also arrived in Beijing, and the two met before the review meeting.

Lu Qi asked: "Have you met the boss of Jiahe?"

"We can meet them today." Wang Ji said, "The Desert Control Institute has been dealing with Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry for several years. They are a group of people who get down to work."

“Do you support this project?”

"Don't you have this idea?"

In the Kumtag area, various types of prohibited development areas are everywhere, and the "high fences" and multiple management have also brought many problems.

Lu Qi thought about it over and over again over the past two days and felt that the idea and intention of this project were really good.

"I have ideas but they are useless."

"Yes, but I think it should be possible. The notice was so urgent and no information was given in advance. Maybe the higher-ups have already made a decision."

"That's right, maybe it's just a process."

In a spacious conference room, people were constantly taking their seats.

But the seated experts all looked towards the seat of Jiahe Group unconsciously.

Guo Yang sat calmly in his seat. Next to him was his mentor Weng Lixin, who was also the nominal chief expert of the project.

There are many desert grasslands, wetland grasslands and salt marsh grasslands in the project area, so grassland experts are necessary. Guo Yang simply asked his tutor to come and support the project.

In the conference room, in addition to the long table in the middle, there were also some spare tables and chairs. Niu Hulin and Ning Xiaojing were sitting upright beside them.

Many of the experts who came recognized Weng Lixin and were surprised to see him sitting in the Jiahe seat. Among them was Wang Ji from the Desert Control Institute.

As a top professor of alfalfa science, Weng Lixin has become quite famous in the past two years, especially his suggestions on revitalizing the alfalfa industry, which have been approved by senior management.

It has only been these two years since the evaluation of academicians began.

Wang Ji asked, "Professor Weng, will you participate in the entire Jiahe project?"

"Yes, Boss Guo invited me, and I can't refuse his kindness!" Weng Lixin said with a smile.

In fact, although he had heard of this project a long time ago, he still had many doubts. However, when he received the invitation from the students, he still agreed.

Soon.

A number of leaders from the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Forestry Administration, and the Water Conservancy Department also took their positions one after another.

The Ministry of Agriculture is led by Vice Minister Fan Jian, while the State Forestry Administration is also headed by a deputy director, Pan Yong, as well as the Department of Wildlife Conservation and Nature Reserve Management.

In addition, the Agriculture and Forestry Departments of Xinjiang, Gansu and Qinghai provinces also sent people.

After everything was ready, Guo Yang began to introduce the entire project.

Many participants also received the materials prepared by Jiahe in advance and quickly read through them.

Compared with the project's investment figures, the entire project plan seems a bit simple.

As for the part about the national desert park, Guo Yang just mentioned it in a few words.

The core is just one: it focuses on protecting the ecosystem and carrying out recreational activities, with a greater emphasis on ecological governance.

This is a long-term plan, but it is also used to scare people and give them some room for buffer.

If the national desert park isn’t okay, then the Dunhuang West Lake Wetland should be okay, right?

Afterwards, Guo Yang focused on introducing the relevant situation and planning of the Dunhuang West Lake Wetland.

"The Dunhuang West Lake Wetland is located at the lowest point of the western section of the Hexi Corridor. Historically, the Shule River and the Dang River met here, but now the surface runoff has dried up."

"Underground runoff seeps out from the ground in the form of springs in places such as Dama Mitu, Xiaoma Mitu, Tuhuoluo, Wanyaodun and Tianqiaodun, forming seasonal and permanent wetlands."

"But with economic development, the increase in population and cultivated land, the amount of groundwater seepage in wetlands is also decreasing, and the area of ​​swamps, lakes and grasslands is constantly decreasing."

"Natural vegetation decline, rivers and lakes shrink and disappear, secondary salinization of irrigation areas, land desertification, soil erosion..."

"The purpose of the first phase of the National Desert Park project is to protect the ecosystem of the West Lake Wetland. Of course, the current reserve has also done a lot of work, but due to lack of funds and too little investment, it is difficult to restore the wetland area to its previous size."

Having said that, Guo Yang paused. He wanted to see if anyone had any objections.

As a result, a group of experts were busy reading materials, and only the administrative leaders were listening carefully.

Guo Yang said: "Jiahe's management strategy is mainly to achieve ecological water use by saving water in the Shule River and Dang River basins, while supplementing the wetlands with special plants."

"The complete water conservation planning project involves multiple rivers including the Shule River, Dang River and Hasten River."

"As for the Shule River, through the renovation of the main and branch canals in the Changma and Shuangta irrigation areas, and supporting efficient water conservation, 9000 million cubic meters of water will eventually be discharged downstream through the Shuangta Reservoir for ecological restoration, and the amount of water reaching the Yumen Pass area and entering the West Lake Wetland will reach 3800 million cubic meters."

"At the same time, the ancient river channel in the Shule River Reserve has been buried by quicksand and no longer exists. A total of 180 km of the river channel needs to be restored and converged..."

Guo Yang then explained bit by bit the theories about water-saving drip irrigation, drought-resistant crops, land fallow, etc.

In fact, the idea is very simple.

Increased per-acre yield of crops - food surplus - water conservation through fallowing and drip irrigation.

The cultivated land area in the Shule River Basin is about 70 mu. The average water consumption per mu of ordinary crops in Jiuquan is 600-700 cubic meters.

Conventional water-saving irrigation can save at least 150 to 200 cubic meters of water per mu, which is 1.05 to 1.4 million m.

In addition, 10% of the land in the basin is left fallow each year, which is 7 mu, which is equivalent to saving 0.42 to 0.49 million cubic meters.

The total area is 1.47 to 1.89 million m.

Of course, this data includes the amount of groundwater, but the discharge target of Jiahe Phase I is only 9000 million m.

The same goes for Danghe.

As long as the existing plan can be implemented, the West Lake wetland will be greatly improved.

In the later stage, there is still a lot of room for development. Once comprehensive water-saving irrigation is achieved and the western section of the Hexi Corridor is left fallow as a whole, the water resources saved will be considerable.

In addition, Guo Yang also emphasized Jiahe’s unique resource conditions: seeds.

"In terms of crops, Tiandou No. 7 and Tianyu No. 8, two high-yield crops in arid areas, have laid a solid foundation for regional fallow and water conservation."

"In terms of drought resistance, cold resistance, and salt-alkali resistance, Jiahe has mastered a variety of plant resources, including king grass, white wormwood, ice wolf grass, and Haloxylon ammodendron. The sand sea has become the largest desert botanical garden in China."

"Especially Hanhai kenaf, which has the same origin as Lop Nur kenaf, has more outstanding characteristics and is extremely capable of conserving water resources, which is the guarantee for ecological management."

"After completing the scientific expedition to the Kumtag Desert, there will be more and more special seeds like this one."

"The Kumtag Desert has the most precious wild plant gene resources in the desert, and Jiahe has made a major discovery..."

After the rhythmic introduction, Guo Yang thought that he would attract a lot of attention, but he didn't expect that everyone's attention was not focused on this at all.

Fan Jian asked, "Is Jiahe really willing to spend 300 billion to do this?"

Guo Yang said: "Before coming here, Jiahe has already established an ecological environment restoration company to be responsible for this project. Today, the project was approved and 100 billion yuan will be deposited into the special account immediately. The subsequent 200 billion yuan can also be deposited at any time."

This appearance of wealth and power made Minister Fan shake his head. How much money did Jiahe make from this North American futures trade?

"Director Lei, what do you think?"

Director Lei, that is, the attendee of this meeting from the State Forestry Administration, is also the highest management body of the Dunhuang West Lake Wetland.

"It's a good thing that companies want to invest. It mainly depends on the opinions of experts to see if the project is feasible. If so, we can proceed to the next step."

Why do we have to proceed to the next step?

These words made the experts think deeply.

There is an inside story!

The chief expert on the jury happened to be Lu Qi, who had almost finished reading the information and asked:
"Mr. Guo, how will Jiahe implement water conservation for cultivated land in the Shule River Basin?"

The implementation of water-saving irrigation requires economic support, especially drip irrigation. The investment in the head unit, pump house, main pipeline laying, etc. is not small.

Not to mention ordinary farmers, even many state-owned farms have not yet popularized it.

Guo Yang said: "First, Jiahe will set up a water-saving irrigation factory to reduce costs as much as possible; second, promote drought-resistant crops to reduce water use; third, consider ecological compensation for farmers in the middle and upper reaches; fourth, discuss cooperation with agricultural reclamation. The area controlled by state-owned farms in the basin is 2 to 3 million mu; fifth, increase crop yields and promote fallow."

Someone asked: "If crop yields increase, will farmers agree to leave their land fallow?"

Guo Yang smiled and said, "What if there is a surplus of food in the country in the future? Moreover, we have already reached an agreement with the city government on this matter, and the city government will promote a pilot project this year."

"The food surplus is a nice thought..."

As he was talking, he felt something was wrong and everyone around him looked at him with strange eyes.

Fan Jian smiled and said, "If we can maintain the growth rate of the past two years, a surplus is not impossible."

With significant increases in corn and soybean production, this year's estimated total grain output is close to 6.3 million tons, compared with less than 5 million tons two years ago.

The cumulative growth rate over two years is 26%.

Consumption is far behind the rate of production increase. Even if the growth rate is halved, surplus is inevitable sooner or later.

It only took a moment for everyone to react and realize the feasibility of leaving land fallow, which could even be implemented throughout the northwest region.

Because the supply and demand of grain in the Northwest is basically balanced, except for corn sold to the Southwest.

Once there is a nationwide surplus, why produce so much? To feed Africans, it would be better to feed the land.

Fan Jian said, "President Guo, please tell Jiuquan to report the fallow pilot project." "Okay."

Many experts have little to say about the Dunhuang West Lake Wetland Project.

Jiahe's rough logic makes sense. The key is that it has money. Jiahe is willing to spend 300 billion to do this. I don't know how many people are watching it.

You can get a lot of benefits by participating in any of the projects.

Anyone who opposes is likely to become the target of public criticism.

Several experts had figured it out long ago, and after discussing it for a while, Lu Qi finally said, "The first phase of Dunhuang West Lake Wetland is fine, but the National Desert Park involves many protected areas, geological parks, cultural relics, etc. How should Jiahe be handled?"

Guo Yang pondered and said, "The protected area can refer to the practice of the West Lake Administration and participate in daily ecological supervision. As for cultural relics and scenic spots, they are still the property of the local government."

"Then what does Jiahe want to achieve by doing this?"

In the eyes of most people, the only economic value of national desert parks is tourism.

Among them, scenic spots such as the ancient city of Loulan and the Peacock River Ancient Tomb Valley are the most valuable, but Jiahe chose to give up.

Guo Yang smiled and said, "The desert contains the most precious plant gene resources. Jiahe values ​​these genes the most. Seeds are the foundation of Jiahe."

What is Jiahetu?
This problem cannot be explained in any way.

Guo Yang didn't think about explaining.

Just take the money and push it forward.

When 1000 billion yuan of funds is placed on the negotiating table, this is the best bargaining chip.

The attitude of the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Forestry Administration is a clear proof of this, because they know that Jiahe has made a fortune and has the financial strength.

If it were someone else or a company, they would go wherever is cooler.

Lu Qi and others stopped talking and just asked a few symbolic questions to get the job done.

Guo Yang said: "If the project is really feasible, Jiahe would like to invite experts to join the Jiahe consulting team, and the subsequent detailed planning will also require the assistance of various units."

Wang Ji laughed and said, "Haha, that's easy to say."

"Landa is willing too."

"Northwest Agriculture and Forestry is also willing to help out."

Lu Qi, who was still doubtful, also quickly said, "There is no problem with the desertification institute."

For such a large project, not to mention its scientific research impact, the planning and design fees alone are enough to make many units jealous.

There were no such desertification projects in the past.

Even Fan Jian joked, "Mr. Guo, the Ministry of Agriculture Planning and Design Institute also participated in Jiahe's first project."

Everyone laughed.

The atmosphere suddenly became very harmonious.

Finally, Fan Jian made the final decision and said seriously: "The national desert park project can be done. I believe Jiahe also has the strength to do it."

"But we have to start with the first phase. If we don't do well in the first phase, there will be no second phase."

Guo Yang said: "Since we are going to do it, we must do it to the best of our ability."

...

After coming out of the conference room, Guo Yang didn't take a break and hurried to Weiguang Company. Huinong.com discovered some problems again.

Weng Lixin felt like he was a mascot and hadn't said a word at the meeting, but now he finally couldn't hold back.

"Aren't you nervous at all?"

Guo Yang smiled and said, "It's something that was expected. There's no need to be nervous. The Ministry of Agriculture and the State Forestry Administration have already communicated with each other in advance."

“Can the two units be so harmonious?”

"Of course it's because there are higher-level ones."

"Is there any higher one?"

Finally Jiahe came. The Haloxylon ammodendron forest in the desert formed a sharp contrast with the saline-alkali desert, and Jiahe also made a two-year agreement.

Now two years have passed, and Qingtu Lake has become a wetland with a fixed lake surface.

In addition to the stable water transfer, several artesian springs also have an expanding trend.

Qingtu Lake, which had been dry for nearly 50 years, has regained its clear water, and even has green water plants and flocks of birds.

Jiahe’s governance capabilities are convincing.

The plan for the national desert park and the information on Qingtu Lake appeared in front of the leaders at roughly the same time.

After Guo Yang explained the whole story, Weng Lixin suddenly understood.

Indeed, with just a slight push from senior leaders, the resistance to this matter would be much smaller.

Weng Lixin asked: "300 billion is an astronomical figure. Are you sure you have thought it through? Just for an illusory dream?"

"Teacher, you have persisted in forage breeding for so many years. Don't you also have a dream in your heart to support you?"

Forage breeding, especially alfalfa breeding, was indeed difficult in the early years.

Weng Lixin said: "The situation is different. This is hundreds of billions of yuan. Did you notice at the meeting just now? It's just a plan, but so many people have ideas."

"It's just human nature. These expenses were already budgeted in the 300 billion."

Guo Yang pondered and said, "Now that I am financially free, I should do something meaningful. Besides, 300 billion is not a lot for me."

"not much?"

"Even if it's all discounted, it won't affect Jiahe's foundation. Just think of it as recharge money for playing games."

Weng Lixin was speechless. He was becoming more and more confused about this student.

On the way, Guo Yang received a message from Miao Lanchun: the Milan River Water Conservancy Project has been completed.

2.2 million yuan can account for 61% of the shares, which is quite good. This 2.2 million yuan will also be included in the total investment of the project.

There will definitely be more projects like this in the future, such as oases and spring wetlands along rivers, which are the prototypes of future governance.

Guo Yang’s most fundamental goal is actually natural energy, because the mechanism of the seed store ties him to ecological restoration.

No matter how much others don't understand, he has to keep going.

The capital city has turned cooler in late October, and the roadside trees have put on their autumn clothes.

On some willow tree trunks, you can also see blue needles and infusion bags. From the packaging, Guo Yang can tell that it is Quanwang's product.

This is sterilizing the tree again.

It seems that people in the capital won’t have to suffer from the trouble of willow catkins next year.

Half an hour later, Guo Yang arrived at Weiguang Company. Yang Cheng was not there, and the A-share stocks had been sold out, so the remaining staff had quite some free time.

Guo Yang didn't stay long, but went to Huinong next door.

Something happened in the domestic citrus industry these days: oranges were infested with maggots, similar to "banana cancer".

A text message was forwarded crazily by people.

"Please tell your family, classmates and friends not to eat oranges for the time being. This year, small maggot-like pests were found on the white beards of the peeled oranges in Guangyuan. A large number of them were buried in Sichuan and limed! Please forward this to everyone you care about."

Many people in Jiahe received this text message.

This is actually the citrus fruit fly, which is also an invasive alien species. It will be found in various citrus producing areas in China in the future, but it is not well-known at the moment.

Although it has a long history, it is just a common pest, just like the worms in apples and peaches.

But this time it caused a big uproar again.

In addition to the text message, major forums and communities on the Internet have reposted the message, as well as close-up photos of the "little maggots".

Subsequently, the "oranges with maggots" incident quickly fermented and spread across the country.

The emergence of posts and text messages has caused the national citrus market to almost shrink and paralyze.

This is another sudden incident.

Many areas across the country have suffered unexpected disasters.

Guo Yang found Zhang Wen, who was in charge of product sales and promotion, in the office.

"How is the situation now?"

Zhang Wen said: "The popular science information has been published on the Huinong website, and other websites such as Tencent, NetEase, and Tianya have reprinted it."

“What about the consumer groups?”

"There are still some people who don't eat it if they can, but more people are letting down their guard and starting to consume citrus."

After several years of hard work, we have received traffic from Happy Farm, experienced crises such as banana cancer, and even established a quality inspection laboratory in collaboration with portals such as NetEase.

Huinong.com has established its authority in the rural areas.

It has also gained a considerable degree of trust among ordinary consumers, which is a good thing.

Guo Yang looked at the agricultural technology section of Huinong.com again and found a post about the citrus fruit fly.

But it is more of a professional technical prevention sticker.

Traditional methods of luring and killing fruit flies such as "sugar + vinegar + trichlorfon".

This method still makes it difficult to avoid the harm of the fruit fly, but Guo Yang remembers that better attractants should have been developed in the future.

After looking at it for a while and thinking about it, Guo Yang called Yu Qin and asked Quan Wang to pay attention to this matter.

Jiahe's citrus orchard in Sichuan should be bearing fruit in two years.

After dealing with this matter, Guo Yang returned to Weiguang Company and called Yang Cheng and Gao De who were overseas.

The peripheral grain futures market continues to maintain rapid growth.

Since Jiahe went long, wheat has risen by 71%, corn by 42%, and soybeans by 45% in the Chicago futures market.

This kind of increase has long exceeded Guo Yang's profit expectations.

There may also be an upward trend in the next six months, but when it comes to futures, once the goal is achieved, it is time to take profits.

Things are beyond Jiahe's control, and the right thing to do is to stop as soon as possible and secure the profits.

It is also easy to close the position at this time.

When Guo Yang, Weng Lixin, Niu Hulin and others returned to Jiuquan, Jiahe Grain and Oil's warehouse receipts in the periphery had basically been sold.

The 200 billion yuan used for long positions also accomplished its mission. After clearing the positions, the total amount including principal and interest was 1070 billion yuan.

Including the 778.6 billion yuan that returned to China, the total amount is 1848.6 billion yuan.

Compared with the cumulative investment of 184 billion yuan, it has exceeded the target by 10 times, so there is really nothing to be nostalgic about.

The rest will be left to the Americans to deal with.

(End of this chapter)