Chapter 451: Summary of Another Year
The cold wind is no longer so biting, and the sea buckthorn has sprouted tender green buds, bringing new life to the barren snow-capped mountains and deserts.

Several buildings stand on this wasteland.

People came and went in the building, and Guo Yang's office also had new people coming and going.

Fang Xiaozhang, Xiang Tianshan, Yu Honghai, and now Yang Guocheng, Qing Shihua and Yuan Wenwu, are the important personnel in the Jiahe Fertilizer sector.

"In the first half of this year, the domestic potash fertilizer market still had an oversupply and the market was relatively weak. In the next few years, the market may not be as bullish as it used to be, and the downturn may be difficult to change."

Yuan Wenwu did not intend to avoid Yang Guocheng.

“The market situation facing Lao Potash Corp. in the future may not be very good.”

Yang Guocheng and Qing Shihua are both technical personnel, but they are not completely unfamiliar with the international potash fertilizer market.

At its peak a few years ago, the offshore price of potash fertilizer reached US$580 per ton.

It is currently less than US$400 per ton, but with the arrival of spring farming in the northern hemisphere, the international potash fertilizer market is showing a trend of rising prices again.

Yang Guocheng asked: "There is a lot of potash fertilizer inventory in China now, why is the price continuing to rise?"

Yuan Wenwu said: "There is a price but no demand. The international potash fertilizer price has risen, but the domestic market is no longer buying it. Not to mention $400, even the price of $350 has long ceased to attract the attention of traders at all levels."

"Buyers are not buying it, but the price is rising instead of falling. It's really strange!"

"The stalemate will not last long. Fertilizer companies in Russia, Belarus, Canada and the United States are not monolithic. With the economy in a bad state, it is inevitable that each company will cut prices to grab market share."

Yuan Wenwu pondered and said: “Once Laotian potash fertilizer is produced, it will face fierce competition.

Recently, a domestic potash fertilizer company has signed a contract with Canada to jointly develop a project with an annual output of 400 million tons of potash fertilizer.

Canada’s mineralization conditions and infrastructure are far better than Laos’.”

Yang Guocheng and Qing Shihua were a little at a loss.

The Lao Potash Fertilizer Company has spent more than two years on this project, completing everything from surveying to technical testing and trial production.

The next step is to build a production base and put it into production.

However, the market situation is not very good.

But just give up?
They have also had a difficult time in Laos over the past two years. Due to the lack of gas and electricity, they have worked on their own with domestic coal bosses to develop the scarce coal mines in Laos.

Although the traffic conditions were poor, roads were gradually being cleared.

The comprehensive utilization of by-products and environmental protection issues such as backfilling of tailings salt are also being tackled one after another.

Among the many potash mining projects invested in Laos and Thailand by China, only Kaiyuan Mining can compare with them.

Others, whether state-owned or centrally-owned, or with strong backgrounds, have encountered various problems, and some have simply shut down.

I really feel unwilling to give up or pause like this.

Yuan Wenwu, Yang Guocheng and Qing Shihua all looked at Guo Yang, and he was the one who made the final decision.

"The country is short of potassium and this cannot be changed."

Guo Yang pondered for a while. In fact, he only had a vague understanding of the international potash fertilizer market.

But he knows that the price of potash fertilizer will definitely go up, and there is always a risk of being choked. In the long run, this is a business that is sure to make money.

He now understood why so many people liked war.

Once the future Russia-Ukraine war breaks out, international food and potash fertilizer prices will skyrocket, and related manufacturers will take off.

"In fact, there has always been an oversupply of potash fertilizers in the world, but the production capacity is highly monopolized by countries such as Canada and Russia, and the price is completely determined by the sellers."

Guo Yang paused, looked at Yuan Wenwu, and asked, "Will the Canadian and Russian fertilizer companies continue to fight among themselves?"

Yuan Wenwu shook his head. "If we keep fighting a price war, it will ultimately harm the interests of the producing countries. When the price drops to a certain level, production will be restricted."

"Yes, it's not just China that is short of potassium. India, Brazil, Argentina, and Europe are also short of potassium."

Guo Yang made the final decision, "Laos potash should continue to move forward with all its strength and come up with a production plan as soon as possible."

"it is good!"

Yang Guocheng and Qing Shihua were quite excited.

Yuan Wenwu said: "Boss, when will Lao potash fertilizer be put into production? What is the production capacity?"

"In two years, the first phase will be able to produce 50 tons of potassium chloride annually."

Yang Guocheng then introduced the progress made in the past two years.

Jiahe Laos Potash Company owns potash mines covering an area of ​​more than 100 square kilometers in Khammouane and Savannakhet provinces, divided into three mining areas.

According to the assessment, the total proven potassium chloride reserves of the three mining areas are about 4 million tons, making them super-large potash mines.

It is planned to develop the Longhu mining area in two phases, with an overall production scale of 300 million tons of potassium chloride, including an annual output of 50 tons in the first phase.

Yuan Wenwu pondered and said, "50 tons can be easily sold in the country, but it is difficult to transport it back."

Yang Guocheng said: "The Kunyu section of the China-Laos Kunming-Vientiane Railway has already started construction."

Yuan Wenwu said: "The Kunming-Vientiane Railway may not be built within 10 years, so we can only rely on road transportation for the time being."

The cost of road transportation is high, but Laotian potash also has mining cost advantages compared to Qinghai and Luo Potassium in China, which can be offset overall.

However, when facing Canada and Russia, we have no cost advantage at all.

"Let's go according to plan."

Guo Yang thought for a moment and said, "I just talked to Yu Honghai. Congo (DRC) is also short of potassium. Currently, it can only be purchased from foreign-funded enterprises in Congo (Brazzaville).

Once we have accumulated enough experience in Laos, we can also invest in Congo (Brazzaville).”

Leaching in tropical rainforest areas almost washes away the nutrients in the local soil.

As a result, the yield of food crops such as cereals that require potassium salt has not been able to increase.

So, the land on the African continent also has a demand for potash.

Yang Guocheng nodded. Congo (Brazzaville) also has rich potassium salt reserves, but it is still too far away to talk about it now.

"Okay, let's get busy first."

After the three people left, Qi Ziwen came in and made a cup of tea for Guo Yang. After resting for a while, he notified Yu Xiaochuan.

Guo Yang looked at him for a while.

"I've gotten darker and thinner."

Yu Xiaochuan showed a smile that was uglier than crying, "I thought I would be more sociable after I came back, but everyone turned white, and I became the darkest one."

"Yuze sunscreen and whitening cream is worth your having." Guo Yang laughed, exchanged a few words with Yu Xiaochuan, and then started talking about work.

There's actually nothing much to talk about.

Everything Golden Harvest does in the Middle East actually has only one purpose: to make money from the wealthy people in the Middle East.

Other things, whether it is sand control or sea rice, are all auxiliary means, and we have to believe in the spending power of the local tycoons.

“The only thing to pay attention to is the local political situation.”

"The situation is indeed very tense," said Yu Xiaochuan. "A fight might break out someday. I feel like Colonel Ka is going to get beaten."

It would have been better if he didn't mention it. As soon as he mentioned it, Guo Yang remembered that Colonel Ka might not live long.

"Jiahe's personnel in Libya and Syria should be withdrawn temporarily."

"Row."

There is nothing to hesitate about. Having stayed in the Middle East for many years, Yu Xiaochuan feels that these two countries may explode at any time.

Money needs to be earned, but life is also important.

Yu Xiaochuan said: "By the way, Boss, Saudi Arabian Agricultural Company also wants to invest in energy forests."

Guo Yang laughed and said, "It hasn't been rolled out in China yet. Let's just evade it and say that the variety may not be suitable for the local climate."

Yu Xiaochuan thought about it and said, "We can first build a breeding cooperation center and let the Saudis pay for it."

"this is OK."

After chatting with everyone one by one, Guo Yang also felt tired, but it was indeed necessary to communicate.

He did not organize a year-end summary or make plans for the beginning of the year at the end of last year, so it was naturally necessary to communicate after the beginning of spring.

In this way, it took him two or three days to finish talking with all the company leaders and take a lot of notes.

The rest of the people did not leave either, but stayed at the headquarters to sort out the newly added tasks.

In addition, we are also preparing materials for the first conference after the new year.

There are so many dishes in Jiahe’s cafeteria that Ji Zhuowen, who is often on business trips, is overwhelmed.

“The dishes are more diverse.”

"Hey, Mr. Ji, come on, let's line up together. There will be more people if we wait a little longer."

Ji Zhuowen looked over when he heard the voice and saw a calm middle-aged man.

"Mr. Fei, what a coincidence."

Fei Xiaofeng, who was holding Ji Xiaobai, smiled and said, "Hey, I'm eating actively."

"They are very active in their work. The more than one million mu of Gobi Desert along the Jingjia Line has undergone visible changes, and it has only been less than half a year."

Fei Xiaofeng proposed at the last meeting that Ji Xiaobai should develop the Gobi Desert, which left a deep impression on everyone.

It was not easy for this executive who joined Golden Harvest midway to figure out his boss's preferences in a short period of time.

Ji Zhuowen lined up behind Fei Xiaofeng, "Mr. Fei, how much was Ji Xiaobai's revenue last year?"

"About 33.4 billion. It's far behind Hexi Dairy, maybe even less than a fraction of Hexi's."

Fei Xiaofeng half-turned his body, looking at Ji Zhuowen with sharp and careful eyes, hoping to know something about the situation of Hexi Dairy.

Strictly speaking, Ji Xiaobai and Hexi Dairy are in a competitive relationship.

Ji Zhuowen seemed not to understand and said, "It is said that the Gobi Desert occupied by the white thorns covers more than 180 million mu. The financial pressure is not small, right?"

Fei Xiaofeng pondered and said, "The financial pressure is indeed not small, but fortunately Ji Xiaobai's profitability is still good, and with the loan, it can be digested step by step."

Ji Zhuowen said softly, "Come down and sit with me when you have time. Hexi Dairy is actually quite interested in the development of the Gobi Desert."

Fei Xiaofeng had never expected the other party to have such an idea, so he asked, "Did Hexi Dairy make a lot of money this year?"

Ji Zhuowen nodded slightly.

Fei Xiaofeng asked curiously: "How much is the revenue?"

Ji Zhuowen raised four fingers.

"400 billion!" Fei Xiaofeng exclaimed, and unconsciously raised his voice, attracting the attention of people in front and behind him.

"It's your turn, President Fei." Ji Zhuowen raised his eyebrows and eyes, "Eat first. I haven't eaten the food at the headquarters for a while. This smells delicious!"

Fei Xiaofeng started to select dishes mechanically, with 400 billion, 400 billion still echoing in his mind...

There are also differences between fractions and decimals. Ji Xiaobai would definitely prefer to be the decimal of 300 billion.

This should be the first company of Golden Harvest to exceed 400 billion in revenue.

No wonder.

Having quietly become the leader, he must work harder to show his performance.

He has made up his mind to make a profit from Hexi Dairy.

Fei Xiaofeng and Ji Zhuowen were concentrating on eating. They were considered early arrivals, and by the time the cafeteria became more crowded, they had already finished eating.

"The food at headquarters is still better."

Fei Xiaofeng had almost finished eating, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile: "Hey, it's just like that. I've been eating in the cafeteria every day for the past six months and I'm not addicted." "I used to eat in the cafeteria every day."

Ji Zhuowen felt something was wrong, but before he could think about it, Fei Xiaofeng pulled him to get some fruit after dinner.

"Try this banana, it's from the base in Guangxi Province, it's really delicious, you won't get addicted even if you eat it every day."

Ji Zhuowen finally reacted and looked strange. Fei Xiaofeng looked quite calm, but it turned out that he was not only a foodie, but also quite humorous.

"This banana is really good." Ji Zhuowen added, "It's probably the best banana I've ever eaten."

"The fruits at Tianhe are all delicious. Bananas, dragon fruit, tangerines, apples, each one is the best in the world, ah!"

"Why are you sighing?"

"I'm sighing for Tianhe."

Fei Xiaofeng shook his head. "Even with so many excellent varieties, Tianhe's performance is still crushed by Hexi!"

"..."

Ji Zhuowen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "That's it? The profit of Hexi Dairy may not be as high as Tianhe."

Fei Xiaofeng said: "Anyway, I'm determined to hold on to you."

The two of them held bananas in one hand and ate them with the other, and walked towards the sea buckthorn forest to take a walk to help digest their food.

However, during this meal, the news that Hexi Dairy's revenue exceeded 400 billion spread like wildfire.

After taking a short walk, Fei Xiaofeng went directly to the construction site of Jingjia Gobi, while Ji Zhuowen went to the office.

Along the way, people kept greeting him.

This should be normal, after all, he is a boss, but he always feels something is weird, and it has been weird since he met Fei Xiaofeng today.

Until he met Xie Shijie.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Ji, this is amazing, 40 billion, this will crush Mu He to the ground."

"?"

Ji Zhuowen's mind was full of question marks, "Where did the 40 billion come from?"

"Still pretending? Look at the Qilianshan spam group, it's already flooded with messages."

Xie Shijie shook his head. "The top position of Jiahe has now been handed over to Hexi Dairy. In the future, Big Brother will have to take care of us upstream companies."

"Alfalfa Agriculture and Animal Husbandry is the big brother and the backbone of Jiahe."

"Things are different now. Alfalfa No. 1 seeds have long passed their peak period. Self-retained seeds are rampant, leaving only some high-end markets."

The rapid development of the domestic dairy industry is closely linked to the supply of high-quality alfalfa.

It is precisely because of the abundant high-quality forage that the domestic milk production and quality have both increased, and the dairy industry has emerged from the shadows.

In addition, Hexi Dairy has been holding high the banner of high-end milk. Many people who originally did not drink milk or had no habit of drinking milk have gradually become accustomed to drinking Hexi milk, which has made the milk industry bigger and bigger.

As the leader, Hexi Dairy naturally reaped the biggest benefits.

When Yili and Mengniu just reached the revenue threshold of 300 billion, Hexi Dairy had already opened the door to 400 billion, and the profit margins were also incomparable.

He looked at Mengniu's financial report and found that its profit margin was only 4%, and Yili's was about the same.

Hexi Dairy, which insisted on developing the high-end market, reached 21.3%.

Colleagues can only shake their heads and sigh.

But now it seems a bit too much, even within Golden Harvest it is a bit outstanding.

Thinking of this, Ji Zhuowen smiled and said, "Would you like to sit together when you have time?"

"Why, you want to win me over? Then you have to let Hexi Dairy give some profit to the upstream."

"Of course you can make concessions. Call Lao Qiu, Lao Bao, and Wang Kuan. It would be better to notify the boss as well and discuss it together. There must be rules for making concessions. The ecosystem that we have worked so hard to build cannot be destroyed." Ji Zhuowen said.

Xie Shijie looked at him in surprise, a little bit unbelievable.

But the other person's eyes were sincere, without any evasion, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll mention it to the boss during the meeting."

"That's it for now. I still have to go back and change the plan."

"OK."

Xie Shijie watched Ji Zhuowen walk into the office and suddenly felt that he was not bad.

Alfalfa has not had an easy time in the past two years, with its flagship product, Alfalfa No. 1, declining in performance year after year.

After sowing alfalfa once, it can be mowed continuously for 4 to 5 years before renewing the rotation. Some ruthless people can even go 7 to 8 years without renewing.

Just like buying an electric fan in the 1980s and 1990s, you could use it for 20 to 30 years.

The manufacturers have all gone bankrupt, but the electric fans they produced are still in normal use.

This is the situation with Alfalfa No. 1 now.

Not to mention that after the improvement of saline-alkali land in recent years, there is not so much of it anymore. Some land with less demanding requirements can be used for self-saved seeds.

The market has shrunk and prices have dropped. Although Alfalfa No. 1 is still the crown of the forage grass industry, it has long passed its peak.

It is not as easy to develop the market for other high-quality forage seeds as Alfalfa No. 1.

Xie Shijie estimated in his mind that the revenue of Hexi Dairy might be 6 times that of Alfalfa Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. Alfalfa’s revenue this year was just over 70 billion.

"Thank you, sir."

"it is good."

The greeting brought him back to his senses. Hey, what was I doing here?

Xie Shijie looked around and couldn't remember the purpose of coming to this floor.

After turning around twice, he remembered that he was here to find Ji Zhuowen. "Ah, I was overly stimulated by the 40 billion."

Not only him, the news that Hexi Dairy's revenue exceeded 400 billion, far ahead of Yili and Mengniu, spread quickly within the company.

This is a daily consumer product that is closely related to many people.

"Although I'm a little surprised, it's not surprising if you think about it. Hexi Dairy's reputation has been getting better and better in recent years."

"Someone made a comparison and found that children who drank Hexi milk for several years were obviously taller and stronger."

“And smarter.”

“I also have better energy for studying.”

"Hey, I remember Hexi Dairy also has a long-term observation and tracking program for infants and young children, but I haven't heard any news in the past two years."

"Who cares? It's awesome anyway."

Ji Zhuowen not only read the messages in the Qilianshan spam group, but also saw the chats of some ordinary employees.

Needless to say, in the spam group, everyone is congratulating, and then asking for care, asking for a mentor, and asking for support.

Most ordinary employees also feel proud of it.

He couldn't help but smile. In fact, he was not so confident that he could surpass Tianhe and Muhe at the beginning.

But now I think that the scale of the seed and forage industries are far from comparable to the dairy industry.

No matter how high Tianhe's market share is, the size of the domestic seed market is only 60 to 70 billion yuan, which is a fraction of the dairy industry.

This is the advantage of consumer goods.

February 2011, 2, Thursday, Lantern Festival.

Jiahe’s year-end summary meeting is finally here. In fact, most people have gotten to know the situation in the past two days and have some idea of ​​it.

The meeting room was also noisy.

"what's the topic?"

Guo Yang walked in quickly. His suit and slender figure immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Qi Ziwen also followed closely.

Xie Shijie said: "Everyone is talking about performance. Tianhe, Jiahe Biochemical, Hexi Dairy, Hexi Animal Husbandry, and Jiahe Grain and Oil have all achieved performance of over 10 billion this year. Everyone should learn from their successful experiences."

Guo Yang sat down and looked at Qu Yang, Fang Xiaozhang, Ji Zhuowen, Qiu Jingrang and Gao De.

"How about you guys form a boy band, Jiahe 500?"

"Hahaha, okay, that's a good idea!"

"Northwest 500 is not bad."

There was constant laughter in the conference room.

Guo Yang cleared his throat and said, "We did a good job last year. The revenue of the entire group exceeded 2000 billion for the first time, 2043.88 billion."

He said it lightly.

But the others were stunned at first, and then burst into warm applause that lasted for a long time and could be heard from far away.

After the applause died down, Guo Yang continued, "The profit is also 266 billion yuan."

This time, he waved his hand, signaling not to applaud, "In fact, there is still room for profit to increase, such as Ji Xiaobai."

Everyone looked at Fei Xiaofeng.

Guo Yang said: "The revenue was 33.4 billion, and the profit was only 1.8 million, which was far below expectations. But everyone present knew that Ji Xiaobai urgently launched the Jingjia Gobi project at the end of the year, and the action was very fast, and it did not stop throughout the autumn and winter.

It looks like we can plant a lot of sea buckthorn trees this spring.

I personally agree with Ji Xiaobai's approach. In the short term, it did result in a lot of personal loss.

But in the long run, as the scale expands, the profit prospects are equally good.

In addition, the same is true of Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, which was able to barely break even this year, but in the end, it continued to launch projects, resulting in losses on its books.”

After saying a long thing, Guo Yang picked up the thermos and opened the lid. Wolfberries from the desert floated on the surface of the cup.

He ate it while drinking water, and kept an eye on everyone's expressions.

Ji Zhuowen pondered at this time and said: "Boss, Hexi Dairy is not good at upstream, so I have discussed with Mr. Xie, Mr. Qiu, Mr. Wang, and Mr. Bao these two days to appropriately increase the upstream raw material procurement price.

The profits of terminal brands are transferred upstream, and Muhe, Qinghe and others use this part of the profits to build more grasslands. "

After thinking for a moment, Guo Yang understood Ji Zhuowen's thoughts.

"It's like Hexi Dairy pays them to do things for you. It's good. This method is not bad either."

Qu Yang, who was also listening with his ears pricked up, felt a little uncomfortable.

He had actually thought of this method before. As for the entire industry chain, everyone present was familiar with it.

Profits can circulate freely in the industrial chain, which allows for flexible response to problems while also making it difficult for people to understand the company's true colors.

But seeds are at the very upstream of the industrial chain, and it is unlikely to work to find solutions downstream.

Jiahe does not engage in grain cultivation, and most of its vegetable cultivation is also on a cooperative basis.

The only solution is fruit trees.

Thinking of this, Qu Yang said: "Boss, Tianhe has also picked two plots of land in Aksu and Kashgar in Xinjiang Province and plans to use them to plant fruit trees.

Mainly apples, as well as pineapples, plums, pears, peaches, and other economic forests that can conserve water and prevent sand. "

Hearing this, Guo Yang lowered his head to look for information, and Qi Ziwen handed him Tianhe's information at the right time.

“It’s fine to grow fruit, but I looked at the promotion area of ​​several fruit varieties in Tianhe.

Apples, citrus fruits, and bananas are all fine, but why is the promotion of dragon fruit so slow?
Including Tianhe's rose honey fragrance, the national planting area is less than 5 acres? ! "

(End of this chapter)