Chapter 376: Daughter-in-law becomes mother-in-law?
Within two days, Guo Yang met Xu Xuenong, who had returned from a business trip within the province, in the office.

I didn't have time to change my clothes and shoes.

He was wearing blue jeans, a military green windbreaker, his hiking shoes still had traces of mud on them, and he was holding a specimen collection in his hand.

"Boss, I'm going to Fujian Province on a business trip for a few days."

"So urgent?" Guo Yang was a little surprised, and at the same time reached out to take the specimen collection.

Xu Xuenong dodged for a moment, but still handed over the specimen collection.

"I contacted the jatropha base in Fujian Province and communicated with the Forestry Bureau. I found out that this period is also the peak period for forest pests in Fujian Province."

"Go ahead, I approve."

Xu Xuenong stood still and said, "Boss, I have to put the specimen back first."

Guo Yang smiled and said, "Can you give me this copy? I'll keep it as a collection."

"Uh... I'm afraid that won't work. We have to take it back to the lab for molecular research."

Xu Xuenong refused decisively. Guo Yang was a little disappointed and had to return the specimen to Xu Xuenong. The latter took the specimen and left in a hurry.

It seemed that if I stayed for another second, the specimen would be snatched away.

Guo Yang found it a little funny, but he also understood Xu Xuenong's mentality.

Entomology once had a glorious history, but now it is indeed a rare and unpopular subject.

Students who study this major are either transferred here without knowing why, or they are very interested in this career.

Xu Xuenong is obviously the latter.

Guo Yang has learned about the sources of insects in the natural enemy center. Because this subject is unpopular, there are still many gaps, so the collection of wild resources is particularly important.

The Natural Enemies Center has also been working in this regard.

Specimen collection is one of the links, and it was also Xu Xuenong’s previous profession: when the insect season (summer) comes, he has to go to the mountains and become a savage.

This is extremely hard work.

Specimens are not easily obtained. The more you collect, the more you realize how precious and difficult it is to obtain them.

It is not impossible to give it to others, but people who collect specimens hope that it can have greater value.

Come back to your senses,

Guo Yang returned to the financial statements in his hand, which showed Jiahe's operating conditions last year.

The annual revenue is still over 20 billion, close to billion, but the growth rate is only about % compared to last year.

Not too slow.

But Jiahe’s ultra-fast development has encountered new bottlenecks.

The main reason is that Tianhe and Alfalfa are almost reaching their industry ceiling. The domestic arable land area can be calculated, and the annual seed sales volume can be roughly estimated.

Tianhe’s market share has long been exaggerated, and it can only focus on expanding product categories, expanding its industries, and going overseas.

As the scale of Muhe decreased, its revenue inevitably declined.

Hexi Dairy focuses on mid-to-high-end brands and its sales volume is still growing rapidly.

Other revenue growth mainly came from companies such as Quanwang, Grain and Oil, Shahai, and Denong, which together contributed more than 10 billion in revenue growth.

However, although the growth rate has slowed down, the overall profit margin is increasing significantly and cash flow is getting better and better.

It’s just that the outside world doesn’t understand this.

The reason why he was looking at the financial statements at this moment was because voices against Jiahe had emerged in many fields.

When Guo Yang was watching intently, Jiang Wen, the full-time secretary of Jiahe Grain and Oil, came in.

"Boss, the media is saying ADM is going to acquire Wilmar International again."

"It's been going on for almost half a year, and there's still no result." Guo Yang put the report down.

Jiang Wen said: "This time it's different. In addition to the reports from domestic and foreign media, Wilmar International's attitude is also very ambiguous.

In an interview, Guo Guangfeng said that the poor domestic competitive environment has brought great trouble to Wilmar, and he almost blamed Jiahe Grain and Oil by name.

Guo Yang smiled knowingly.

He felt relieved when Wilmar found the situation difficult.

Jiang Wen said: "Some people in the company also think that Jiahe Grain and Oil's business situation is not very good, and the losses are shocking."

Guo Yang stood up and walked to the window, stretched himself, and said, "Our market share has increased, so it's not a waste of money."

Jiang Wen forced a smile. Most people couldn't stand the strategy of killing 800 enemies but losing 1,000 of their own.

"Jiahe Grain and Oil is now being criticized by everyone in the industry, even Guoliang is criticizing Jiahe."

Jiang Wen handed over a newspaper, Guo Yang took it and started reading. There was a photo in the middle of the newspaper, which was of Yu Bo, the general manager of Guoliang.

He commented on the current status of the grain and oil industry.

The general idea is that industrial changes have led to fierce competition, and both domestic and foreign capital are losing money to gain publicity.

Guo Yang thought for a moment and said, “Before, when Guoliang bought soybeans overseas, it had to find middlemen and suppliers to place orders.

Now that domestic procurement channels have been established, we can buy grain directly from farmers, and the cost of national grain will also be reduced!"

Jiang Wen said: "But the investment in Guoliang's overseas channels has already been spent, which is equivalent to duplicate investment."

Guo Yang smiled and said, "So the financial report of Guoliang was still in the red last year?"

"I lost a lot." Jiang Wen couldn't help laughing, "It may be comparable to Jiahe Grain and Oil."

Guo Yang couldn't help but smile.

"If the national grain trader is in such a state, the rest of the international grain traders will probably be in even worse trouble. No wonder Guo Guangfeng changed his attitude."

Jiahe had long speculated that ADM might acquire Wilmar International and had made corresponding preparations: acquiring oil palm plantations in Indonesia.

We have already acquired one and reached palm oil purchase agreements with some plantations and companies.

Jiang Wen asked: "If the merger really happens, how will the group respond?"

Guo Yang remained calm and said, "Just do our best."

Jiang Wen was surprised, "You don't care about anything?"

Guo Yang didn't take it to heart at all, "The more anxious Fengyi is, the more it means that its luck has run out.

I have changed my previous idea. The more Guo Guangfeng keeps making a fuss about this matter, the more it shows that he will not easily agree to merge with ADM.

It’s just that Jiahe’s competitive strategy has made Wilmar’s business very difficult. Soybean processing has been ruined, and Wilmar has no advantage in corn processing.

The only high-profit product is palm oil, but Jiahe has also opened up a palm oil market in Indonesia.

If I were in Guo Guangfeng's position, I would also be annoyed by Jiahe's dog-skin plaster-like approach.

But there is no way, this is Golden Harvest’s advantage.

Jiahe can accept a small profit or even a loss in the processing of ordinary edible oils because it can earn corresponding profits in the seed and planting stages.

In the future, Jiahe Grain and Oil will also have profit points from high-end edible oils such as Xanthoceras sorbifolia and sunflower oil, as well as deep-processed products.

In the long run, Jiahe still has the advantage, and the current losses are nothing.

As for the actions of other competitors, there is no need to pay too much attention to them.”

Jiang Wen seemed to be thinking about something. The boss's idea was very clear. He wanted to use the profits from other links to make up for the shortfall of Jiahe Grain and Oil.

At the same time, high hopes are placed on Xanthoceras sorbifolia.

He didn't know how to comment, so he could only talk about another thing.

"The State Grain Industry Group plans to integrate Mengniu. Chairman Ning Gaoning has said that Mengniu will surpass Yili and Hexi Dairy in 3 to 5 years."

"Ha ha……"

This time, Guo Yang just chuckled, his tone full of contempt.

"Chairman Ning is a capable man, but Mengniu can never surpass Hexi, and Yili alone can easily suppress him." In the past six months, Jiahe's business has indeed shrunk.

This is reflected in the dairy industry, where Jiahe originally had nearly 40 dairy cows in the entire dairy system.

Today, this number is not only not increasing, but is decreasing.

This gave the outside world an illusion.

Jiahe is reducing its fresh milk production capacity, but the actual situation is that Hexi dairy cows are being replaced and Hexi Animal Husbandry’s breeding technology is also improving.

The milk yield per cow is steadily increasing, so there is no need to raise so many cows.

This is also the core reason for the increase in profit margin of Hexi Dairy.

After Jiang Wen left, Guo Yang no longer had the heart to look at the financial statements. There were no major problems with Jiahe's operations.

On the contrary, the structure is gradually improving.

Someone is just deliberately misleading.

Guo Yang took a sip of tea before slowly opening the computer web page and browsing industry and financial news.

This year's No. 1 document provides such strong support for agriculture that investment in agriculture remains high.

NetEase Ding Lei’s pig farming demonstration base has even officially settled in Anji, Zhejiang Province.

There are also many other agricultural investments.

This has attracted the attention of many entrepreneurs to the agricultural sector, and there are many more agricultural projects in angel investment projects.

Agriculture has suddenly become a hot topic in the past six months.

Traces of discussion and reporting can be seen in agricultural machinery, seed industry, dairy industry, grain and oil industry, agricultural supplies, and even Internet + agriculture.

Guo Yang flipped through it for a while and found many Jiahe figures in it.

But Golden Harvest is a private company and does not need to disclose its financial results to the public. Like Cargill in North America, it is not well known to the world.

The outside world only knows that Golden Harvest’s strength should not be underestimated.

Little did they know that Golden Harvest was already capable of ranking among the top 50 Chinese companies.

When discussing Golden Harvest in the news, the company is usually not explored as a whole, but rather compared based on specific business areas.

For example, Tianhe Seed Co., Ltd., people like to put it together with Zhongzhong, Longping High-Tech, Denghai, Fengle, Wanxiang Denong, etc.

And Tianhe is too low-key.

Longping High-Tech has the name of a scientist and has always called itself "China's first high-tech agricultural stock." There have also been repeated reports of it being reported, so it has always been a hot topic.

Zhongzhong and Denghai Seeds also frequently appear in party media, especially Zhongzhong, which has excellent relations with many ministries and commissions.

Fengle is also a listed seed company.

These companies often appear in public and in society, and often cooperate with government departments to do some formal things. They have a very good official image.

In comparison, only Tianhe and Wanxiang Denong are private enterprises and are relatively weak in media publicity.

Of course, it is also related to the fact that both of them do not care about these things. To put it nicely, they are more pragmatic, focused and sober.

The value of the domestic seed market has grown to more than 700 billion yuan. The two companies together account for half of the domestic market, totaling about 300 billion yuan, of which Tianhe accounts for more than 280 billion yuan.

In addition to Zhengdan 958, Wanxiang Denong has also successively acquired and developed a number of competitive seeds.

Tianhe is already a de facto seed industry aircraft carrier, and the Farmers’ Daily has reported on it. However, some articles in the party media still maintain that the seed industry aircraft carrier has not yet been launched.

"As an export-oriented vegetable production base, domestic seed varieties are facing a complete loss."

"Foreign seed companies are forcing domestic farmers to buy expensive seeds, and China Seed Group is once again adopting an M&A strategy."

When Guo Yang saw such reports, he couldn't help but curse, as some vegetable varieties were clearly recovering their lost ground.

"You are blind!"

"Some people are really servile!"

But no matter how it is promoted, it is a fact that the concentration of the seed market has increased significantly.

What Tianhe needs to do is to slowly penetrate smaller markets and explore the upper limit of the market. 700 billion is definitely not the upper limit of the domestic seed market.

Similar to Tianhe, under the financial crisis, the dairy industry, grain and oil, agricultural machinery, agricultural supplies, etc. are all facing fierce competition.

It has also encountered various neglects or some misleading public opinion.

Some people who know Golden Harvest believe that its strategy is wrong, that it has failed to grasp the main line, and that it cannot identify the potential for business growth.

Some people think that Jiahe is investing recklessly, bioenergy has been identified as an immature industry, and ecological governance is even more random.

Some people also believe that Golden Harvest is the Delong Group, and its blind expansion and investment will sooner or later lead to the same ending.

Guo Yang didn't want to pay attention to this.

He knew that what happened to Jiahe was related to him, so he was unwilling to participate in industry exchanges or gatherings of big names.

Golden Harvest’s rapid development was destined to make countless enemies, but none of this mattered.

Only by keeping moving forward can all obstacles be overcome.

After watching the news and drinking some tea, the unhappiness in my heart quickly disappeared.

As the weather warmed up, Guo Yang resumed playing basketball and working out after get off work, during which time he met Kobe Bryant and Wade again.

However, Guo Yang felt that he was in good shape, and he fought back and forth with several other people in the team.

After successfully winning the rotation again, Guo Yang said with a smile: "You guys are a little green!"

"I can't help it. It's hard to find a place to play in the winter." Kobe said, "I haven't practiced much in the past few months."

Guo Yang thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I guess I have to build a basketball court for you guys."

Kobe and the others were confused, "That's not what I meant!"

Guo Yang smiled and said, "I think this is what you mean, so it must be this."

Guo Yang thought that a professional gymnasium was worth investing in, and it would be useful for the group's large-scale events in the future.

The next day, Guo Yang prepared to report the matter.

After Ning Xiaojing was transferred to Jiahe Biochemistry, in addition to the regular secretarial team, Guo Yang also hired two full-time assistants.

Qi Ziwen, a junior of Yang Heng in the project team, is a graduate of Northwest A&F University. He has been a recipient of the Jiahe Scholarship and has been interning at Jiahe since early 2007.

During the past two years, I was selected into Golden Harvest's leadership program and became familiar with Golden Harvest's various business segments.

The other person was Zhang Jing, who was transferred back to the headquarters from Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry.

Zhang Jing is one of the first veteran employees of Golden Harvest. He and Lu Hanbin have been living in the desert for six or seven years.

He was suddenly transferred to the position of assistant to the chairman, and people in the company were speculating that he would also be in charge, and now it was just a transition.

Zhang Jing didn't care much about these things. Instead, he was a little reluctant to give up his career in the desert.

"Boss, are you looking for me?"

Guo Yang raised his head and said, "The group lacks cultural and entertainment facilities. I plan to build a gymnasium near the headquarters. I'll leave it to you."

"Row."

Guo Yang asked again: "I remember your hometown is Yun Province, right?"

"Yes, Lu Liang's."

"Where is Lu Liang?"

"It's a county in Qujing, east of Kunming." Zhang Jing asked, "Boss, are you planning to let me go back to Yunnan Province?"

"Yes, I have this idea." Guo Yang pondered and said, "After the documentary and other materials about the Sand Sea are handed over, you can first familiarize yourself with the situation in the southwest. The project focuses on bioenergy and medicine.

The main crops include leprosy, neem, pyrethrum, etc. I think you can take some time to visit Guangxi and Fujian provinces first.

The jatropha plantations in those two areas should soon come to an end.”

Zhang Jing let out a sigh of relief. What is this? A daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law?
(End of this chapter)