Chapter 334: Housing Division; Agricultural Supplies

Let’s go back to a few days ago, Zhangye.

"Boss Yin, do you really want to divide the house?"

"It's written in black and white in the group's documents." Yin Xiaobing, general manager of Tianhe Zhangye Branch, said with a smile:

"However, the group only has more than 200 housing units in the first phase, and the number of places is limited. Each company will nominate outstanding employees, and the headquarters will select candidates based on their work results."

"As long as the first phase is divided, why worry about not having a second phase? There is always something to look forward to!"

"Yes, I haven't heard of any company giving houses to its employees these days, not even state-owned enterprises."

In the conference room, the main leaders of the branch were all there. Someone curiously asked, "Are all the houses allocated to us in Jiuquan?"

"Yes." Yin Xiaobing said, "But if you really get the quota, you can resell it, or sell it directly to the company."

The atmosphere in the venue was restless. Since ancient times, Chinese people have had an obsession with houses, and houses symbolize home for many people.

"Mr. Yin, what is the current housing price in Jiuquan?"

Yin Xiaobing was originally the production workshop manager of Shazhou Seed Industry. He has been in Jiuquan for more than ten years and his family is still in Jiuquan.

"It has been rising since last year, up about 400 yuan. The average selling price of new houses has reached 1600 yuan per square meter, and the highest selling price of some good properties is close to 2000 yuan per square meter."

"So high!"

"If we calculate it based on a 100-square-meter house, that would be more than or yuan, which is equivalent to several years' income for an average worker!"

“The group is really generous.”

Yin Xiaobing smiled and said, "I've seen the house. It has a good location, complete surrounding facilities and supporting facilities. It's a high-end residential area."

"This time, candidates for manager and below positions are eligible, but they must have more than three years of service and have outstanding performance and outstanding contributions."

Tianhe Zhangye Branch was established less than 5 years ago, and a 3-year working experience is considered an old employee.

There were people present who met this requirement and had more expectations, while those who did not meet the requirements were envious.

This is a free house!

"Boss Yin, how do you decide on this candidate?"

Yin Xiaobing said: "Two reserve places have been decided by Mr. Tian, ​​Mr. Xu and I, and will be announced today. Basically, everyone who applies this time will be allocated a house."

"Which two people?"

Everyone looked at him eagerly.

"Wang Fen, and... Lu Xicheng."

“Others should not be discouraged, this is only phase one, phase two and other residential projects are also underway.”

When he heard his name, Lu Xicheng felt so excited that a volcano erupted, and his body trembled for two seconds.

The others also looked at him in surprise. Lu Xicheng was the production manager of the workshop, but he was very young, only about 27 or 28 years old, but he was also one of the first employees of the company.

Some people were a little dissatisfied, but more people continued to congratulate: "Congratulations, Manager Lu."

"Congratulations, congratulations, now we have to set up a table."

"This is the best gift for New Year's Day. I can celebrate with my family when I get home."

One of the vice presidents said, "Xiao Lu has to be on duty again this New Year's Day. Do you think it's easy to get this position? Last year and the year before last, the productivity was not up to par during the Spring Festival, and Xiao Lu was the one who was on the front line in the processing workshop."

The year before last was the first year of the explosion of orders for Tianyu No. 1, and production capacity was completely unable to keep up.

Last year was the year with the highest production and sales volume for Tianyu No. 1, and the production work was also very stressful.

Lu Xicheng joined Zhangye Company right after graduation. After two years of experience, he quickly stood out during Tianyu's boom and was promoted twice.

He also withstood the pressure during the company's expansion period, and many people admired him.

As for Wang Fen, she is the quality inspector in the workshop. There has never been any problem with the seeds coming out of this factory, so there is nothing wrong in choosing her.

The group company was distributing houses, and the news that Lu Xicheng and Wang Fen got houses quickly spread throughout the Zhangye company, making everyone envious.

At the same time, I am more motivated to do things.

The boss's promise to provide housing to employees at last year's annual meeting was not empty talk, and it gave many people hope.

As Lu Xicheng walked in the workshop, people frequently talked to him.

"Manager Lu is not married yet, right? My niece is so pretty. Can I introduce her to you?"

"Hey, Xiao Lu has been assigned a house now, and he's also a manager, so how could he be interested in your niece?"

"Manager Lu, I have a neighbor's daughter who is also a college student. She's a good match for you!"

"Work hard and don't whisper to each other." Lu Xicheng had a stern face, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking, but in fact he was already secretly delighted in his heart.

After get off work that day, Lu Xicheng called the convenience store in his hometown.

After telling the convenience store which store to go to, you still have to wait at least half an hour.

He was also a little worried that it might be snowing in his hometown as the mountain roads were difficult to travel on.

His hometown is in a remote mountain village in Longnan. It takes several mountains to get to the nearest town, and it is also some distance away from the grocery store.

The house at home is a dilapidated adobe house that can only shelter from wind and rain.

The few acres of thin land can only be used to grow corn and potatoes.

I don’t know how long I waited before the bell rang again. Lu Xicheng’s hands suddenly trembled with excitement!

"Hello, Xicheng, are you calling to tell me that you won't be back on New Year's Day?"

Lu Xicheng took a deep breath and said, "Well, Mom, the factory is busy this year. The company is worried that there will be a snowstorm in the spring that will affect transportation, so we need to prepare the goods in advance."

"Oh." The two elders were a little disappointed, but also very pleased that their son was willing to talk to them about work.

The kid next door always responds in a blunt voice, "You don't understand," whenever his parents ask him about work.

"You have to come back for the New Year, right?"

"It's not clear right now."

After a long silence, the two elders said, "You don't need to send money home this year. The potatoes and corn seeds you gave me have had a good harvest this year. I made several thousand yuan from selling the grain. I'll save the money to buy you a house in the city."

"I have a house now." Lu Xicheng endured the bitterness and said, "The company will give me a house this year."

"Really?"

"Well, once we get the house, we'll take you to live in the city."

The two elders were so excited that they were incoherent with joy, their lips were trembling, and their bodies were in a trance for a few seconds.

The couple from the canteen who had been paying attention to the situation here hurried over and said, "Mr. Lu, what's wrong? What happened?"

The boss lady remembered that it was the two old sons who called, and asked, "Did the children get into trouble outside?"

"You are the one who committed the crime. They are allocating a room, allocating a room." Father Lu said loudly, "Xicheng Company has allocated a room for him!"

The news spread throughout the entire small mountain village overnight, making people envious. Another person had successfully made it out of the village.

...

After New Year’s Day, January 1th.

The snowflakes arrived as expected and the weather was still cold, but Jiahe was full of restlessness.

After entering the new century, many people left their hometowns for work, education and other reasons and came to live in an unfamiliar city.

There are many people like Jiahe.

Especially with the rapid expansion in recent years, a large number of new people have been recruited from major universities.

A small number of these people stayed at the group headquarters, while more of them spread to every corner of the country.

Some people work hard in seed production bases, some go to the countryside all year round, and some work hard in factories...

Most of them come from agricultural schools and are from poor backgrounds, and many of them want to settle down in the city.

But some people spend their first two years of work paying off student loans. Even without loans, it is not easy to buy a house in the city with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan.

People with many years of work experience will also feel stressed when buying a house.

Now, the group divides the house...

The sensation it caused can be imagined.

Even in the two cities of Jiuquan and Jiayuguan, the New Year's Day alone had already caused a lot of buzz.

Jiahe’s house is really well built.

The community is named Jiahe Village. It is located in the new urban area of ​​Jiuquan and is very close to the Taolai River. The environmental greening land along the river has taken shape. When green plants are planted in the spring of next year, it will become a beautiful riverside park.

Jiahe Village is definitely a higher-end residential area in the surrounding area, and the house types are mainly spacious and comfortable.

Lu Xiqi, who rarely came to the headquarters, became more and more satisfied the more he looked.

The area is not 100 square meters as guessed by the factory. The basic apartment type is 132 square meters.

That’s more than 200,000!
The large group of people looking at houses attracted the attention of the surrounding residents. A couple who were also looking at houses nearby asked curiously:
"Is there an event going on in that neighborhood? The house looks nice, and it's closer to the river. Let's go take a look later."

An old man passing by said: "If I could buy it, I would have bought it long ago. It's Jiahe's internal staff housing."

"what?"

"Are there any units in Jiuquan that provide housing?"

"Jiahe!"

After looking at the house, Lu Xicheng followed the crowd to the conference hall of Jiuquan International Hotel.

It's time to get the keys and go through the formalities.

The excitement of the group of people was visibly evident.

Sitting next to Lu Xicheng was a small, thin girl with a healthy complexion, which made him curious.

"Hello, I'm Lu Xicheng from the production department of Tianhe Zhangye Branch."

"Hey, what a coincidence, I'm also from Tianhe, Lin Jiahuan, but I'm from the Yumen Seed Production Base, so you can just call me Xiao Lin."

"Hmm? I think I've heard of your name."

Xiao Lin was surprised and said, "Really? Impossible, you are framing me, I have never been to Zhangye."

Lu Xicheng smiled and said, "You underestimated your reputation. There are only a few girls in the seed production base, and you are the first one who dared to make a scene in the police station."

Xiao Lin originally thought that Lu Xicheng was trying to flirt with him, but it turned out that he had become notorious. Damn it, he was happy for nothing!
At this moment, the conference hall suddenly became quiet.

The boss and leadership are here.

There are no dry and long speeches. It is in line with the boss's usual style, simple and light, and gets straight to the point.

A group of people went on stage in batches to sign, received a blue velvet gift box, took photos, left the stage, and then the next group took over. It looked very rushed.

"Puchi..." Xiao Lin, who was still waiting downstairs, suddenly laughed out loud.

Lu Xicheng asked: "What are you laughing at?"

Several people around him also looked over, which made Lu Xicheng feel a little uncomfortable.

Xiao Lin said softly, "Don't you think the boss is very quick and efficient? He didn't waste a moment, as if he was saying, take your house and leave quickly."

A few people looked at the stage again and it seemed that this was indeed the case.

It just so happened that one employee was obviously too excited and kept talking, while the boss just kept nodding.

"It seems to be true."

“This scene is quite funny!”

"Ha ha…"

The whole group of people started laughing, which attracted the attention of more people. Soon, the laughter spread throughout the hall as if it was contagious.

Guo Yang on the stage heard the laughter, looked up at the audience, and couldn't tell what was going on. He thought the employees were too happy.

Just like the previous group, there were always a few excited employees who pulled him aside and said words of thanks.

More than two hundred people is not a small number, but if they are divided into groups of ten, they can come quickly.

After a while, another group came on stage, and this time Guo Yang saw several familiar faces.

"Xiao Lin, you've done a good job in the past few years. Keep it up."

"Okay, boss." Xiao Lin took the gift box and stood aside obediently waiting to be photographed.

Guo Yang was a little uncomfortable with this clean and neat manner. He looked at the next boy who signed and recognized him.

A member of the Golden Harvest Leadership Program.

"Lu Xicheng, this is yours."

"Okay, thank you boss." After saying that, Lu Xicheng also stood beside him.

This made Guo Yang stunned.

What happened next was basically just a word of thanks and that was it.

Guo Yang felt something was not right, something was strange, but he was happy with it, because he had been in a lot of trouble during this period and was under a lot of pressure.

After spending the whole morning to settle the housing allocation issue, Guo Yang hurried back to the company.

Blizzards are not only raging in North America, but the entire northern hemisphere is also frequently hit by cold waves.

Climate disasters have occurred in Iran, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

The temperature in the country has also dropped significantly, but it still has not attracted enough attention.

Looking across the country, only Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province, has reports of organized snow clearance.

Other areas have only issued a yellow warning for the cold wave, which is not enough vigilance.

Oh, the reaction in the futures market was quite dramatic, and the climate became a catalyst for boosting the rise in commodity markets.

But the main reason is that Bush officially signed the latest new energy bill at the end of December.

The American economy is beginning to strain.

The funds in Jiahe Grain and Oil’s overseas account were also transferred out again.

However, Golden Harvest's pressure comes from within the country.

As soon as Guo Yang returned to the office, Yuan Wenwu called him, obviously waiting for him.

"Boss, I can't take it anymore!"

"Now everyone is attacking Denong for raising fertilizer prices. There are endless complaints against us, and regulators have sent us multiple letters of inquiry."

"Hold on for a few more days." Guo Yang said in a deep voice: "Who is targeting us?"

Yuan Wenwu said: "There are many. The worst trouble is in Hunan Province. Huilong Holdings, Huiduoli, Xiangnong Agricultural Materials, Anbang Agricultural Materials, and Jiuhe Holdings are all making small moves."

"There is also the Tianmeng agricultural supply chain in Yunnan Province. Its parent company, Yuntianhua, is now refusing to supply us."

"..."

After taking a sip of hot tea, Guo Yang said, "Fortunately, the two giants have not been eliminated, so they should be able to hold on."

Yuan Wenwu felt uncomfortable: "Their terminal network has no conflict with ours, so we don't care."

In the agricultural materials industry, fertilizer alone is a huge industry, with annual fertilizer sales in the country approaching 6000 million tons, exceeding 2000 billion yuan. There are two leading companies: the first is Huaxia Agricultural Materials Group, and the second is Sinofert Holdings.

The two companies together account for just over 20% of the domestic fertilizer market.

However, Huaxia Agricultural Materials and Sinochem only engage in wholesale distribution, and their terminal networks only cover districts and counties.

In addition, more than 30 enterprises that have been restructured from provincial agricultural materials groups account for about 30% of the market.

The remaining 50% is divided among tens of thousands of agricultural inputs distribution companies.

Guo Yang pondered and said, "Hold on a little longer. We still have half a month at most. Try to store more."

Yuan Wenwu said: "Yuntianhua is out of stock, and there is no way to get nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers in the southwest and Guangdong and Guangxi. Huiduoli reported us in Zhejiang Province that we do not have the qualifications to store fertilizers during off-season and sell them during peak season. In Hunan Province, we joined forces with Huilong and Xiangnong to accuse Denong of raising fertilizer prices."

It gives me a headache just listening to it.

Guo Yang said: "Send me a copy of the information for research."

"Boss, you have done this several times and have prepared the information more than three times."

"No matter how much we stock up, the distribution center warehouse may not be full, but the chain store's warehouse will be full."

After thinking for a while, Guo Yang changed the subject, "Tianhe's seeds and Quanwang's pesticides should have arrived one after another, right?"

"According to what you said, corn, soybeans, rice, cotton, and vegetables in the southern region are already on their way. Pesticides are mainly seed dressing agents and seed treatment agents, so there is no problem."

"Well, tell the brothers down there to hold on a little longer and treat the locals to a few more meals."

"One meal costs tens of thousands of dollars."

"It's just sales expenses. It's fine as long as it can open up the market." Guo Yang said, "I'll think of a way to improve public opinion."

After some effort, Yuan Wenwu was finally appeased.

The domestic agricultural inputs market is an extremely competitive industry, and no one can cover the entire country except Huaxia Agricultural Inputs and Sinochem.

But among the top 20 companies, many can cover more than a dozen provinces and have thousands or even tens of thousands of outlets.

Denong Agricultural Materials’ success depends entirely on seeds.

Chemical fertilizers are labor-intensive and unprofitable, biological pesticides are expensive, and farmers are not very willing to use them, but it is impossible not to do these two things.

Recently, Denon's sweeping purchases and large-scale layout in the fertilizer market have undoubtedly attracted the attention of competitors.

Especially the five provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, Guangxi and Anhui.

This is also the area hit hard by heavy snow.

At first glance, they are all people with strong backgrounds, and none of them are easy to deal with.

The parent company of Huiduoli Agricultural Materials is Zhejiang Agricultural Materials Group, the third largest in the country;
Huilong shares ranked fourth, formerly known as Anhui Agricultural Materials Group;
Xiangnong agricultural supplies are the reform of agricultural supplies in Hunan Province.

In addition, companies active in Hunan Province include Anbang Agricultural Materials, formerly Hengyang Agricultural Materials; and Jiuhe Co., Ltd., which is controlled by Sichuan Province's Lu Tianhua.

In the Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan regions, there are also Tianmeng under Yunnan Tianhua and Kaiyuan in Sichuan Province.

These agricultural supply chain enterprises basically cover towns and even villages, and they also have one thing in common: they all have a certain fertilizer production capacity.

Only Denong agricultural supplies rely entirely on procurement.

Yuntianhua's termination of supply has indeed hit Denon's weak spot. If this continues, there will be many similar examples.

The only thing that can stabilize the situation may be Luo Potassium's potash fertilizer.

In terms of public opinion, Guo Yang can only predict this year's abnormal weather phenomena through Huinong.com. Farmers and experts will look at it.

But for agricultural input companies, who cares about this as it does not affect their own interests?

...

Zigui, Hubei Province.

Along the winding mountain road, the altitude continues to rise until we reach 600 meters above sea level, where we reach Guojiaba Town and Yandengbao Village.

There is a navel orange orchard here.

The navel oranges that should have been picked in December are still hanging on the trees because of the application of on-tree preservation technology.

The ripe navel oranges stand out among the green leaves.

Old man Cui is whitewashing the citrus trees, while his wife is busy covering the tree trunks with rice straw, and his son who has returned from winter vacation is also helping.

The family was busy until noon before returning to the village.

"Lao Cui, you really listened to the advice of the new Denong agricultural supply store in town. It's all a scam. You should sell your oranges quickly instead."

"I really think what they said makes sense." Old man Cui said, "Wait a little longer, the New Year is coming soon, the price will be good."

The reason why the tree-keeping preservation technology in the Three Gorges Dam area has a market for promotion is completely passive.

Because they cannot compete with Gannan navel oranges.

That is why we take advantage of our northern geographical location to keep the oranges fresh on the trees and sell them out of season. Also, after the winter frost, the navel oranges will taste better.

One villager said: "It's only been more than half a month since the Chinese New Year, how could there be such severe frost damage?"

"Yeah, stop messing around!"

At this time, Wei Kejie, the manager of Denong Supermarket, who was riding a motorcycle and wearing a blue vest over a black down jacket, stopped by the roadside.

"Lao Cui, you need to speed up the frost prevention work in your orchard. The temperature is getting lower and lower. If you delay any longer, the trees may be damaged."

"Okay, I'll find two people to help tomorrow."

A villager passing by said, "Lao Cui, what kind of magic potion did this Wei give you?"

Wei Kejie grinned, "Xu Laoer, don't blame me for not reminding you. Your orchard of several acres is 730 meters above sea level, which has exceeded the safe line for planting."

"What? Could they all freeze to death?"

Seeing his expression, Wei Kejie was so angry that his teeth were itching. He wanted to say something but the phone rang urgently.

"Manager, it's bad. People from Huilong are causing trouble again. A group of them came and stopped us from unloading the goods."

"Wait, I'll bring someone back soon."

Wei Kejie hurriedly stepped on the ignition and shouted before leaving: "Lao Cui, it's better to prepare some weeds or straw piles in the orchard."

"Okay, I'll remember that."

"Do you really believe it?"

"It's none of your business, Xu Lao Er."

Half an hour later, Wei Kejie rushed back to Guojiaba Town. A 9.6-meter-long trailer full of potash fertilizer was parked in front of the newly opened agricultural supply store.

There were seven or eight people confronting each other in front of the car.

Wei Kejie rushed forward like a madman, "What are you doing? I've already called the police. If you don't want to get into trouble, get out of here!"

"F**k, calling the police is nothing!"

"I'm afraid of you if I call the police, you big idiot, you coward, this truckload of goods belongs to us Huilong, and it needs to be unloaded in our warehouse!"

Wei Kejie: ​​"Bullshit, when did this become Huilong's goods? Are you looking for trouble? Unload the goods, let's see who dares to stop us!"

In just a short while, both sides called people over, and with the porters and the crowd watching, it became very lively.

"The manufacturer said that this truckload of goods should be given to us."

The person who came was Mi Feng, the purchasing manager of Huilong Zigui Distribution Center, who was also very angry at the moment.

This truckload of goods was supposed to belong to Huilong, but because Denon disrupted the market, it gave a significantly higher purchase price.

Of course Huilong is going to make a fuss.

"Look carefully, Huilong is the general agent of 'Yanqiao' brand potash fertilizer in East China and is the largest customer of Qinghai Salt Lake Potash Fertilizer Company."

Wei Kejie had already known the situation of his opponent. Huilong was the largest potash fertilizer seller in China and had established strategic partnerships with more than 100 upstream fertilizer plants.

Denon does not have an advantage in the fertilizer supply chain, but how could the goods that have arrived at our doorstep be snatched away by others?
"Hubei Province is in central China, not eastern China. Even if the contract is signed in black and white, it won't work even if salt lake potash fertilizer comes."

Wei Kejie yelled, “Unload the cargo!”

“No unloading!”

A group of people came forward.

Another group of people blocked the way.

Back and forth, the situation was tense.

The two sides confronted each other like this for another two or three hours. The onlookers were reluctant to leave and squatted on the side of the road with their bowls in hand while eating.

The police finally arrived when the large trailer seriously affected traffic.

With it written in black and white and both parties exercising restraint, the farce finally came to an end.

But this has seriously affected the work efficiency of the Denong Guojiaba store. A truckload of goods was not fully loaded into the warehouse until around eight or nine in the evening.

"Damn, this job is so frustrating. Four or five groups of people have come every half a month, and the higher-ups haven't even finished paying respects to the pier yet?"

"Why worship the dock? We are the dock ourselves, they are just afraid of us." Wei Shujie finished smoking his cigarette, put it out, and looked at the warehouse shed which was mostly filled.

"Reinforce it tomorrow."

"Still reinforcing it?"

"If there is a heavy snow, we have both seeds and fertilizers. Isn't that a good opportunity?"

...

It is freezing cold in Shandong Province.

Yuan Wenwu was so angry that sweat broke out on his forehead!
"It's too much to bully someone!"

"Let them make trouble if they want. We can tolerate it. Why do we have to overturn the table?"

For two or three days in a row, not only did the conflicts in various places intensify, but Denon's already unstable fertilizer suppliers also turned against it one after another.

In addition to Yuntianhua, major domestic fertilizer manufacturers such as Salt Lake Potash, Lanhua Science and Technology, and CITIC Guoan Technology have also temporarily stopped supplying.
The cost of fertilizers is closely related to raw materials such as oil, coal and natural gas.

Amid the rising trend in the commodity market, fertilizer prices have also skyrocketed.

It is currently the off-season, and the existing sales companies have joined forces to oppose it. The manufacturers are also unwilling to take risks, so we are really helpless for the time being.

After sorting out the situation, Yuan Wenwu called his boss again.

"Boss, this is good now. No need to stock up anymore."

“Is the warehouse at the distribution center also full?”

Yuan Wenwu muttered to himself, you wishful thinking, "No, more than 90% of the suppliers are out of stock."

"Eh... who else is supplying?"

So you know all about it, Yuan Wenwu said helplessly: "In addition to Luo Potassium, Kaiyuan in Sichuan Province also has some cooperation with us. Kaiyuan hopes to distribute Tianhe seeds, which is a goodwill gesture."

"Well, I'll tell Qu Yang."

Huili agricultural supplies chain under Kaiyuan Group and Denong agricultural supplies under Jiahe are the top two private agricultural supplies distribution companies in China.

Moreover, Kaiyuan’s layout is wider than Denong’s. It has established 17 branches in 30 provinces and cities across the country and has more than network member stores.

In addition, Guo Yang remembered another thing: the member company of Kaiyuan Group, Asia Potassium International, owned the largest potash mining rights in Laos.

At this moment, Asia Potassium International has not set sail yet.

Jiahe still has the opportunity to intercept or cooperate.

Yuan Wenwu said: "The warehouses are full. If there is no heavy snow or a drop in agricultural input prices after the New Year, the development of Denong may be dormant."

"Don't worry, at least the price won't drop in the short term."

The thing the agricultural supply industry fears most is storage. When the price is high and you go to an agricultural supply store to buy fertilizers, the store doesn’t have much in stock but the boss just won’t purchase any more.

If a large grower wants to buy a few bags or even dozens of bags, the store owner may not sell it to you, because the profit is higher when selling a few kilograms of bulk goods to farmers.

The reason why people don’t dare to stock up is naturally that they are unwilling to take risks. These are all bloody lessons learned.

As for Denon's massive hoarding and price hikes, people in the industry were cursing and despising it at the same time.

A manager of the Anhui Province Agricultural Materials Supply Cooperative launched a fierce attack and ridicule in the media.

"Yuan Wenwu still hasn't learned the lesson from the collapse of the Delong Group. During the off-season for agricultural supplies, he not only expanded his stores but also filled his warehouses with fertilizers at high prices. This mindless and reckless style will surely make Jiahe pay a heavy price."

"The fertilizer price was maliciously raised by Denong, which greatly dampened farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain in the spring."

Gongxshe and Huilong are basically in cahoots with each other, and anyone with a discerning eye can tell what's going on.

Although Huilong originated from the agricultural supplies industry in Anhui Province, its market share in Anhui Province is less than 15%. Its fourth place in the country is entirely due to its presence in every surrounding province.

Competition is already fierce in these provinces.

Golden Harvest suddenly appeared unreasonably and disrupted the market in central China.

Not only Huilong was anxious, but Huiliduo, Xiangnong Agricultural Materials and Anbang Agricultural Materials were also equally furious.

"Denon has made a mistake in its efforts. Its high-risk operations will soon lead to its own consequences!"

"If Denong sells seeds well and relies on Tianhe's seed distribution advantages, it will have a good life, but now... the prospects are worrying."

"If we raise the cost price, the selling price will not be lower. Even if farmers come to the store to buy fertilizer, they will turn around and leave when they ask about the price."

Such public speeches are widely circulated in the industry.

Everyone thought that Denon, which started out as a seed seller, would fail this time due to fertilizers.

...

January 1, Jiuquan.

The cold air in the north is getting more and more severe.

The engineering team that Niu Hulin temporarily assembled had stopped working long ago, but the more than 100 kilometers of the lower reaches of the Shule River have been roughly cleared and water should be able to flow through.

The front-line base personnel who have been working overtime all year round also have a long vacation.

Jiahe's office is still busy.

Ning Xiaojing said, “Boss, Yang Tairen, the CEO of Bunge China, mentioned you in an interview.”

"Bongji is also involved?" Guo Yang was speechless. "What did he say again?"

Ning Xiaojing said solemnly, "He thinks your style is too radical, and Jiahe will suffer a great loss sooner or later."

"You think so too?"

Ning Xiaojing just stood there, not saying anything.

As the year draws to a close, Jiahe is constantly on the move, clashing with others in the fields of fertilizers, seeds, grain and oil, making enemies one after another and getting into trouble.

The group is also exhausted both physically and mentally.

The employees' joy at allocating housing quickly faded. While they were busy, they were also worried about the company's situation and whether they could continue to allocate housing in the future.

The ringing of a bell broke the silence.

Guo Yang picked up the phone on the table and answered it. "Boss, widespread rain and snow are starting to appear in the central and eastern parts of the country."

Looking out the window at the Qilian Snow Mountain, heavy snow is falling.

(End of this chapter)