Chapter 369: Let You Show Off for Once (Monthly Ticket Request!)

Coming out of the lab, a researcher in a white coat happened to pass by. Guo Yang asked, "Where's Bi Qiang?"

"Dean Bi should be in the office right now."

The man answered subconsciously, and then he realized that it was the boss who had come out.

In the dean's office.

Bi Qiang made some tea and said, "You've been in the lab for a few days, and the work efficiency of the institute has been greatly improved."

"Then I'll come more often in the future." Guo Yang said with a smile, "I haven't studied much this year."

"There are many academic research conferences in the industry that have invited you to attend."

"No." Guo Yang knew his own limitations. Although he had a foundation in scientific research, he was already behind the world's forefront.

"We are a commercial breeding platform. We focus on profitability and don't need to consider too many academic issues."

"Of course, those who are interested in this area should also support it."

"Others only care about you." Bi Qiang said helplessly: "The people in the hospital are too young and lack experience, so others look down on them."

"Heh." Guo Yang sneered, "It's still the same old seniority thing. Forget it, let's just do our own thing."

"I've looked at it. The breeding database of the institute is very good. The variety introduction on Tianhe's website is also very good. The characteristics of each variety are clearly described and easy to understand."

There is currently no company doing this in China, and Tianhe is also learning from the experience of foreign breeding companies.

The benefits of this are obvious. As more and more varieties are available, dealers and farmers can find suitable varieties more quickly based on information.

"Cheng Di spent two years perfecting it, and put in a lot of effort."

Guo Yang knew Cheng Di, a returned overseas PhD who was very familiar with cutting-edge commercial breeding trends.

"You can give him some more burden."

"I'm already adding more." Bi Qiang said with a smile, "We're planning to let him take charge of another breeding line."

"Yeah." Guo Yang pretended to be casual and said, "By the way, there is another batch of new seeds that need to be propagated. We have them in the laboratory and in the original warehouse."

Bi Qiang was stunned for a moment and said, "Okay, leave it to me."

Last year, Guo Yang also brought a batch of extremely valuable seeds. A year later, perhaps the seed collecting team outside had another harvest.

Today, Tianhe Academy of Sciences has cultivated quite a few varieties, but most of them have ended up in the garbage dump and never enter the review stage.

Bi Qiang did not ask any further questions, and Guo Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

It was precisely because of his understanding of Bi Qiang's character that Guo Yang felt confident in placing him in this key position.

But he didn't put all his eggs in one basket.

A short while later, he reappeared in the center of his natural enemies.

Last year, he also raised a batch of bugs.

The membership of the Insect Special Forces has been greatly expanded, such as the yellow dragonfly that can target the southern red fire ants.

As well as enhanced versions of the Harmonia axyridis, the Chinese lacewings, the Trichogrammatid, etc.

This time it is also strengthened on the original basis. Just find a corresponding hatching room and put the insects in it.

After he had circled the natural enemy center, Guo Yang also completed the release of the insects without anyone noticing.

At this time, Xu Xuenong, who had received the news, had just arrived.

"Boss, surprise inspection."

"What kind of inspection is this? I just came here to take a look." Guo Yang said with a smile, "Now that I'm done, come to your office and sit down."

After nearly two years of development, the Natural Enemy Center has taken shape.

A solid foundation has been laid for the screening of superior natural enemy seed sources, large-scale breeding technology, and natural enemy preservation technology.

Developing and optimizing suitable feed and habitat conditions can allow for large-scale breeding of natural enemy insects.

And there are also some special explorations, such as cooperation with plant protection drones. The combination of these two is a perfect match!
"Last year, more than 60% of our products were concentrated in greenhouse agriculture, with vegetables being the focus. We plan to make some adjustments this year."

In the office, Xu Xuenong said: "According to the needs of the group, we will strengthen the prevention and control of forest pests this year."

"Some water source protection forests have a single tree species, and spraying pesticides can easily pollute the water source. Niuhulin asked me to build a biological control system with natural enemy insects as the core."

The single ecological protection forest leads to serious diseases and insect pests. This problem has basically existed in afforestation over the past ten to twenty years.

The Hexi Corridor and Longzhong are no exception.

To avoid this problem, one is to use biological control, and the other is to improve the ecosystem.

"There is no problem with the plan." Guo Yang said with a smile:
“But what I know is that it is not centered on natural enemy insects, but the integrated application of natural enemies with biological pesticides, agriculture, genetics and other control technologies.”

"Hey." Xu Xuenong waved his hand, a little embarrassed. "The King of All is not that fast. They have too much business right now."

"I see there are quite a few of you as well."

"Not much," Xu Xuenong said. "There is still a big gap compared to Europe."

"The Natural Enemy Center now has only a dozen species of natural enemy insects, the main ones are still trichogrammatids and predatory mites, and other applications are still relatively rare."

"And the European company Koppet has more than 100 kinds of natural enemy insects. The output value of one company is several times the domestic output value."

It has to be acknowledged that Europe is the largest commercial market for natural enemy insects, with unparalleled variety and output value.

But Golden Harvest also has qualitative advantages.

"The performance of natural enemy products in coastal areas was good last year." Guo Yang reminded: "I think we have a great advantage in the area of ​​dominant natural enemy populations. You can re-observe and evaluate in the near future."

Xu Xuenong nodded. "We have to do this work. Insects such as pine beetles start to hatch in March and April, so we have to release them into the forest before then."

"Okay, let's do this first."

After a brief stay at the Natural Enemy Center, Guo Yang contacted Lu Hanbin again and informed him that there was a batch of new plants that needed to be received by him.

In this way, the batch of germplasm materials in Guo Yang's hands was handed over again.

He has already decided to cultivate the seeds once a year, and the seed collection team will actually provide him with a personal service.

On the way back to the company, the streets were decorated with lights and colorful decorations, people were coming and going in the city, and the merchants were constantly shouting their wares.

Guo Yang just remembered that today was the Lantern Festival.

After staying in the laboratory for a few days, I almost forgot that it is just the Spring Festival. Many construction sites have not yet started work, and the festive atmosphere is still very strong.

Especially in this year's environment.

Crossing the bustling streets, Guo Yang returned to the group headquarters in the Gobi Desert.

The sea buckthorn fruits are still hanging in the snow and ice. After a cold winter, the fruits are becoming more and more shiny.

After the Lantern Festival, temporary workers can start picking the fruits.

Jiahe is also decorated with lights and colorful lanterns, upside-down blessing characters and various spring couplets, exuding festive joy.

The spray snowflakes in the landscape belt also sprouted buds, and the colorful flower border made it difficult for him to tell which seeds were the ones he had cultivated.

"Hello, Mr. Guo!"

A delicate voice was heard, Guo Yang turned around and saw two girls, one tall and one short, whom he had some impression of.

"It's you guys." Guo Yang thought for a moment, "Starting construction so early?"

"No." Ma Lu and the other person were a little happy. They didn't expect that they would still be remembered after not meeting each other for such a long time.

"Jiahe has also subcontracted the landscaping work to us this year, so come and take a look in advance."

Guo Yang nodded slightly, "You did a good job, the flower border is beautifully designed."

Ma Lu smiled and said, "It's because Tianhe's products are so rich and high quality that we have opened a company now, and it was also developed thanks to Jiahe. We have to thank you, Jiahe."

"That's great. The real estate industry has been developing rapidly in the past two years. You must seize the opportunity and don't limit your vision to Jiuquan."

Guo Yang waved his hand and walked towards the company.

Gardening. If Jiahe’s business wasn’t already bloated enough, I would have to get involved.

But now it doesn’t seem so bad.

"Mr. Guo, if there is a chance, please come to our nursery and give us some pointers."

The girl's voice came from behind again, and Guo Yang waved his hand again, "Next time for sure."

"Okay, our company is called Jingjing Gardening."

Behind him, Ma Lu was excited, and Gan Ju was no less excited. The latter said, "This Mr. Guo is quite friendly."

"It's good to be friendly. When the work starts, I'll find a chance to invite him to the nursery to have a look."

Gan Ju was surprised. "Oh, you really believe it. He is so busy, how can he have the time?"

"That's what he said himself."

From an ordinary flower shop, he was commissioned to design the flower borders for Jiahe’s old office building by chance, and then he resold Tianhe’s flower seeds and potted flowers.

It was not until the spring of 07 that I made up my mind to start a company. I rented land to run a nursery, sold potted flowers, and provided a one-stop service for flower border design and construction.

Along the way, thanks to the cooperative relationship with Golden Harvest, the development has been smooth.

"Jingjing Horticulture has reached a bottleneck, and we need a guide." Ma Lu pondered and said, "Mr. Guo's last two sentences are very meaningful."

……

Today is the Lantern Festival, which is also Monday, and the futures market is open as normal.

Zheng Cotton opened lower that day, but the story remained unchanged. Jiahe took over, and the trading volume and position of Zheng Cotton CF903 contract continued to increase.

CF903，代表2009年3月交割的期货合约，最后交易日是合约交割月份的第10个交易日，也就是3月13日。

This means that physical delivery will take place in at most a month.

When Guo Yang returned to the office, the futures market had already closed, and Jiang Wen, Jiahe Grain and Oil's resident secretary, took a look at today's closing situation.

This is the focus of Guo Yang's long-term follow-up.

After all, a lot of money was invested.

The CF903 contract fell by 350 yuan today, closing at 14105. The market turnover was 192822 lots, an increase of 38262 lots from the previous trading day.

One lot of cotton is 5 tons, and it is calculated according to the official weight.

So the corresponding current price is 14105/5/1000=2.821 yuan/jin.

Guo Yang teased: "The short sellers are coming with great force!"

Jiang Wen curled his lips. If this short seller didn't make any move, he would be blown up, but he still explained.

"This is the strategy set by Mr. Gao and the trading team. Let's first see how much short-selling power there is."

“Because Louis Dreyfus and Ikam already have spot goods on hand, they are not afraid of being forced to close out and can make physical delivery.”

"And Jiahe is also ready for physical delivery, so the price cannot be too high or too low."

In the early stage, the cotton futures price was driven down to around 10500 yuan by short sellers such as Louis Dreyfus. After Jiahe entered the market, the price has still risen by 3605 yuan.

If the short sellers close their positions at this time, they will definitely suffer losses.

If you don’t close the position, then wait for physical delivery, and Jiahe’s goal will be achieved.

The short seller is also unwilling to take physical delivery, because his purpose of short selling is not to really sell!
He just wanted to suppress the price of cotton, then buy cheap cotton from cotton farmers and stockpile it, and then wait for the price of cotton to rise.

Therefore, at this price, short positions will face losses if they close.

By delivering the goods in hand, you can earn the difference in spot price and hedge the losses from futures.

But after working hard to purchase goods in the market for a whole winter...it is equivalent to working for nothing with all the storage and manpower.

After thinking for a while, Guo Yang said: "Now it depends on what the short sellers choose. It is not difficult to inquire about Jiahe's seats." Ordinary retail investors and speculators cannot carry out physical delivery, but Jiahe is not included.

"It may be physical delivery." Jiang Wen said: "Foreign investors should not be so stubborn."

Although he was not clear about the detailed financial situation of the trading department, the group of people spoke very confidently and Jiahe had sufficient funds.

"But today's situation is a bit different." Guo Yang smiled and asked, "Are you still buying spot cotton?"

Jiang Wen said: "It has been temporarily suspended. This price is enough for farmers to sell cotton and buy agricultural supplies."

Guo Yang nodded. In fact, Guo Yang didn’t want Louis Dreyfus and Ikam to be so cowardly. If they had the guts, they should fight Jiahe with real swords and guns!
But the decision-making power lies in the hands of foreign capital. Physical delivery is the best solution for foreign capital, at least there will be no loss.

Guo Yang would rather believe that today's decline was an emotional outburst by foreign investors out of helplessness.

Because cotton prices are certain to rise in the long term, the substantial increase in domestic cotton production is a bearish factor.

The financial crisis, the sharp increase in unemployment in the United States, the global economic downturn, and the decrease in export contracts are also negative factors.

But the US production cuts are a fatal flaw.

Therefore, there have been great divergences in the trends of U.S. cotton futures in recent months.

Is the decline in exports caused by the global economic downturn, or is it caused by the sharp drop in cotton production?
The longer the time, the greater the impact of the latter.

Therefore, domestic Zhengzhou Cotton's medium- and long-term contracts such as September and November showed a trend of adjustment and rebound.

However, CF903 was one of the main contracts that was suppressed by short sellers in the early stage, and Jiahe’s strong long position in December last year caused the short sellers to retreat step by step.

As for the short positions still remaining in CF903, Louis Dreyfus is still in a good situation as it has physical goods and can hedge risks without having to worry about being forced into liquidation.

Those speculators who were purely shorting have now closed their positions and suffered a loss of 3605 yuan per lot.

If the price can be brought down in the remaining month, there is still a chance to reduce the loss. If it cannot be brought down, the natural person will be forced to close the position before entering the delivery month.

After thinking for a while, Guo Yang was very satisfied with the current situation.

Sufficient ammunition is the basis for Golden Harvest’s current control of the market. It all depends on how stubborn these people are.

...

Magic City.

The Ecom Group is headquartered in Switzerland and its parent company is the Ecom Group, the world's second largest coffee trader.

It is also one of the world's important cotton traders, with its core base in India in South Asia.

It, Louis Dreyfus and two other foreign companies have obtained licenses to purchase raw cotton in China.

Liam is president of Ikam China, while Rick is head of Louis Dreyfus Cotton.

Since entering the Chinese market, the two companies have been fighting on their own.

And now, Liam and Rick are sitting together.

"No, we can't just give up like this."

"There's still a month left. What are you afraid of, Rick? If you hold on a little longer, the bulls may burst their positions."

"Didn't you see? They have no power to resist today!"

Liam was like a mad bull, a little bit unbelievable. Just now, Rick told him that Louis Dreyfus was going to deliver the goods.

Rick, a middle-aged white man with a high, straight nose, was unmoved by Liam's outburst.

Louis Dreyfus and Golden Harvest had clashed before, and Rick knew that this was a tough opponent with no shortage of financial background.

Louis Dreyfus has hundreds of thousands of tons of cotton in stock, and all costs come to about 2.5 yuan per kilogram.

If the delivery is made at the current price, there will still be a profit of about 3 million yuan, which can basically cover the losses in futures.

Rick thought for a moment and said, "The opponent is Jiahe Grain and Oil, which is very strong."

“So what?” Liam shook his head, stood up, and analyzed in a calm and steady tone:

"We have a low-interest loan from a bank. Will Huaxia's banks give Jiahe a low-interest loan?"

"Besides us, other speculators were also trapped in it, and those Zhejiang businessmen are also quite powerful."

"As long as there is a main force taking the lead, these people will also fight back frantically."

"Can the Jiahe family resist it?"

"He can't stop it!"

Liam's words were still very contagious, and Rick's expression was slightly moved.

“Think about Jiahe’s investments in the past two years. They involve many fields and they are all large projects.” Liam said without any hesitation:
"Jiahe doesn't have many bullets left. Go ahead, Rick. Victory is just around the corner."

Rick sat there and thought for a while, "Let's see what happens this week. There's still time."

Liam's face was almost twisted together. Louis Dreyfus certainly could stay calm, but Ikam couldn't, because he didn't have that much spot hedging risk.

March is the delivery month, and it is now February 3th.

When entering the delivery month, the exchange will require the seller to submit warehouse receipts to ensure smooth delivery.

Ikam has some, but not as many.

So he is also half a speculator.

However, Rick obviously wanted to take another look, and after thinking for a while, Liam said, "You will see Ikam's determination in the night market."

Nine o'clock in the evening.

While Chinese people are immersed in the atmosphere of the Lantern Festival, there is a group of people who are still fighting in the futures market.

Rick sat on the sofa, tasting red wine and occasionally looking at the gorgeous fireworks outside the window, but his attention was still more focused on the trading board.

After the market opened, CF903 opened lower again and fell to 14060 yuan.

Rick raised his eyebrows, took the red wine glass, walked forward and looked at the market trend. He wanted to see the bulls' tactics.

As a result, the bulls seemed like old men who were unable to cope with the situation. After resisting for a while, they surrendered.

Less than 903% positive, there was a wave of selling on the market and CF fell sharply.

It fell directly below 14000, and soon headed towards 13900, 13800…

There was a wave of selling.

Among them were Ikam who deliberately crashed the market, other speculators who followed suit, and retail investors and institutional investors who saw the situation was not good and hurriedly cut their positions.

“It seems that Liam contacted a lot of people this time.”

A trader said: "The bulls are running out of bullets, boss, should we go in?"

"hold on."

Rick did not make any move until the market closed at 11 o'clock, at which time CF903 fell to 13538, a drop of more than 4%, hitting the limit.

The bulls also resisted during this period, but they seemed to disappear after 10 o'clock.

It's definitely a win for the bears tonight.

Louis Dreyfus reduced its book losses significantly, and Rick smiled and said, "Liam did a good thing."

As soon as you mention the devil, Liam calls.

"Well, Rick, I said the bulls have no power to resist. If Louis Dreyfus works harder, it will definitely bring the price back down!"

"You and I join forces, and the bulls will be vulnerable!"

"Okay, I will consider it."

Rick picked up the wine glass again.

The bulls are indeed a bit weak today.

The result of no loss is a bit too far from the original expected profit.

……

An hour ago, Guo Yang was already reading a book and about to fall asleep when his cell phone started ringing like crazy.

I looked and it was Yang Cheng.

Guo Yang was a little dissatisfied. The two had discussed this half an hour ago. The short sellers were coming in with great force, so Jiahe would cooperate and play the show for a day or two.

"What's going on again?"

"Boss, this is indeed a big deal." Yang Cheng pondered, "The new building of YS has caught fire. Now the entire night sky is burned as bright as day. It looks like a scene from a disaster movie. It's terrifying."

Guo Yang was surprised, "Are you kidding?"

"Do you think I would dare to joke about this?" Yang Cheng said solemnly, "It's very serious. I can see it from the office building. The fire is spreading too fast. It hasn't rained for a long time."

"Now the whole city is filled with the sounds of fire trucks and ambulances, and everyone is trying to contact their families, so I simply stopped trading."

"Well, let's just stop." Guo Yang was silent for a while, then said, "It should be fine."

The fire was caused by an illegal fireworks show and the fact that it had not rained in the northern region for a long time and the weather was too dry.

Eventually, the fire spread rapidly and burned from the outside to the inside of the building, and the sporadic flames turned into a sea of ​​​​fire.

This attracted the attention of onlookers.

By the time the firefighters arrived, it was already a little late.

The fire was so fierce that people couldn't open their eyes due to the high temperature. The occasional explosions in the building caused the glass to shake and building materials to fall continuously from high altitudes.

But the firefighters still rushed into the sea of ​​fire without hesitation, enduring the scorching heat and carefully searching every room.

“Where’s the drone? Where’s the drone?”

"The monitored fire information is shared immediately!"

"Spray dry powder at key points to extinguish the fire!"

The drone was already in the air halfway through the journey.

Equipped with the latest high-definition camera equipment and infrared thermal imaging sensors, it can provide important information for rescue operations in the first place.

It can also accurately extinguish the fire source.

Soon, a drone discovered that someone had sent a distress message in the stairwell on the 8th floor.

Instructor Zhang Jianyong immediately ran to look for him.

Drones also track accurately, provide various information, eliminate key fire sources, and escort all the way.

The fire burned for five or six hours. By the time it was put out, the firefighters' skin was burnt by the flames.

Fortunately, no one died this time.

When instructor Zhang Jianyong went to the hospital for treatment, he did not forget to ask, "What about the drone? Is it okay?"

The nurse was amused.

"That little plane is so far away, and it's made of iron, how could it possibly be in trouble? Just go get treatment in peace."

"You don't understand." Zhang Jianyong exhaled, "If he wasn't here today, I might not be able to get through this."

The impact of this fire was far-reaching. It not only caused huge property losses, but also attracted widespread social attention and discussion.

Since then, the management of fireworks and firecrackers in various cities has been taken to a higher level.

Fengkai’s drone has become famous again!
As for the sharp drop in cotton futures, not many people paid attention to it except for a group of short sellers who were excited because of their losses.

Let you show off for a while.

(End of this chapter)