Chapter 555: Immortal Chairman

There is no shortage of land in the Northwest. The Production and Construction Corps has taken root in the Northwest for decades, but there are still large tracts of land that have not been cultivated.

It's not because I don't want to cultivate it, but because even if the land is cultivated, there are not so many people to cultivate it.

Later, for the purpose of protecting the environment, the Production and Construction Corps also slowed down the pace of land reclamation, and then reclaimed new land, more to stabilize the red line of the country's 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land.

Before the popularization of cotton harvesters, the biggest constraint to growing cotton in the Northwest Autonomous Region was that there were not so many people picking it.

Not only cotton, but other crops are also similar, because there are not enough human resources, even if there is land, they dare not cultivate it.

From 1978 to 2000, the sown area of ​​crops in the Northwest Autonomous Region rose from 45 million mu to just over 50 million mu, an increase of only about 10%.

After 2003, agricultural machinery began to be gradually popularized, and the sown area of ​​crops also increased rapidly. By 2016, it had increased to 93 million mu, which was double that of 1978.

This is the great role of agricultural machinery. The extensive use of alleys has made up for the shortage of human resources in the Northwest and greatly expanded the area of ​​cultivated land in the Northwest.

After 2016, in order to protect the environment, Northwest China started a series of conversion of farmland to forestry, resulting in a slight decrease in the sown area of ​​crops. However, due to the advancement of agricultural technology, the yield of crops has been increasing.

The future Production and Construction Corps has planted more than 13 million mu of cotton, and this is the data after reducing cotton and increasing roots. In 1998, the area of ​​cotton planted by the Production and Construction Corps was less than half of that of later generations.

The main reason is that there are not so many people picking cotton. If the problem of picking cotton is solved, the cotton planting area of ​​the Production and Construction Corps can be doubled rapidly.

When Li Weidong said that the production of cotton would increase by 1 million mu, Zhang Jianshe was instantly shocked.

Zhang Jianshe quickly estimated that according to the normal cotton production in the Northwest Autonomous Region, 1 million mu of cotton fields could harvest about 150,000 tons of cotton, while the national annual cotton production at that time was only 4.5 million tons.

This also means that with an increase of 1 million mu of cotton fields, the national cotton production can increase by 3.3! Even if there is a 10% loss, there can be an increase of 3.

The national cotton production has increased by 3, this temptation is too great, this is definitely an upgrade of the strategic level!

Moreover, 150,000 tons of cotton can also bring huge economic benefits. In addition to being able to sell directly for money, it may also attract some textile companies to settle in.

If you buy 100 cotton harvesters, you can grow 1 million mu of cotton next year. This is a booming economy!

Although the cotton harvester is a little more expensive, one unit costs 1 million, and 100 units is 100 million. But using 100 million yuan to exchange for 150,000 tons of cotton to increase production seems to be quite cost-effective.

What's more, this is not a one-shot deal. Even if the quality of the cotton harvester is poor, it can still be used for ten or eight years. This will increase the production of 1 million mu of cotton every year. In the long run, this investment is a bloody profit!

As for the drivers of cotton harvesters, there are plenty of them in the Production and Construction Corps. The entire production and construction corps has 14 divisions, and there are a lot of drivers who can drive. Some of them specialize in driving tanks. These people can drive cotton harvesters after casual training.

If you count on manual harvesting, when truckloads of workers come over, it will be possible to increase production by 1 million mu!

After such a calculation, Zhang Jianshe was immediately moved.

But 100 million yuan is not a small amount after all. Zhang Jianshe felt that it was still necessary to negotiate the price. Every penny saved by the country was a penny.

So Zhang Jianshe said: If it is really possible to increase the production of one million mu of cotton as you said,

Then this cotton harvester is worth the money.

But the price of one million units is really too expensive. If we purchase in large quantities, should we lower the price, so that you will make small profits but sell more, and you will not lose anything.

Secretary Zhang, the price of one million yuan is already a small profit but quick turnover. If it can be sold at a lower price, of course I am willing to sell it at a lower price. It is best that every cotton grower can use a cotton harvester.

Li Weidong said with a long sigh: But in this cotton harvester, many parts have to be imported, which also increases the production cost, and we have no choice but to sell it so expensive.

If the Production and Construction Corps is willing to order in large quantities, we can offer discounts in other areas. We can accept payment in installments, just like other agricultural products, according to 24 months. And we can also do not need down payment, no interest. This is the biggest concession we can make.

Hearing that the payment can be made in installments, and there is zero down payment and zero interest, Zhang Jianshe began to calculate again.

If one hundred million points is repaid in 24 installments, it will be more than four million yuan a month. This is not good for the Production and Construction Corps, which will not cause too much financial pressure.

To put it another way, even if 100 million is deposited in a bank, you will still have to earn 15 to 6 million interest in two years. In this way, zero down payment and zero interest analysis for 24 months is equivalent to a 15% discount. Still a good deal.

Zhang Jianshe thought about it for a while, and felt that it was more cost-effective than buying and selling, so he said: Chairman Li, you go back and make a more detailed manual and give it to me. We need to discuss it before we have a meeting in two days. Make a decision!

I have prepared a detailed explanation plan. Li Weidong quickly took out the prepared plan from his bag, and handed it up with both hands.

Of course, Zhang Jianshe couldn't make a decision on a large purchase of 100 million yuan, and had to discuss it through a meeting.

But what Li Weidong can be sure of is that the Production and Construction Corps will absolutely not be able to resist the temptation to increase the production of one million mu of cotton.

As for the installment payment with zero down payment and zero interest, it is also within Li Weidong's tolerance.

In the agricultural machinery industry, due to the existence of various subsidies, it is almost impossible to receive the full payment immediately.

When farmers buy agricultural machinery, they mainly use loans. Not many people pay the full amount, and many of them are interest-free loans. 24-month loans are relatively common in the agricultural machinery industry.

National and local agricultural machinery subsidies are also settled once a year, and funds will not be allocated until the settlement is completed. Sometimes companies even have to wait two or three years before they can get the agricultural machinery subsidy. For agricultural machinery companies, waiting for payment is a common thing.

Therefore, this 24-month installment payment with no down payment and no interest is just in line with the internal rules of the agricultural machinery industry.

Things were just as Li Weidong expected. A few days later, Zhang Jianshe sent a message saying that the Production and Construction Corps was willing to purchase 100 cotton harvesters and would send people to Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory for field inspections.

Fukang Agricultural Machinery Company, Yue Anan sat in the office, holding a phone in his hand.

Hi, old Zhou, I'm Yue Ping'an! It's been a long time, and we really need to get together some other day. Yes, after the organizational reform, I won't be in the ministries and commissions, and now I'm the general manager of Fukang Agricultural Machinery Company.

I remember that your place is a big cotton-producing county, and you have planted hundreds of thousands of mu of cotton, right? Now I happen to have a cotton harvester, which is specially used for picking cotton. It is very suitable for your county!

This cotton harvester is a good thing. One harvester can surpass the picking efficiency of more than 100 workers. Harvesting a hundred acres of cotton a day is definitely not a problem.

The price is a bit more expensive, 1.1 million units. But this is much cheaper than imported cotton harvesters, which cost two to three million a piece!

You can buy one or two and try it first! What? On a budget? Too expensive, really can't afford it? Well then, if you want to buy cotton for harvesting in the future, you have to be the first to find us!

Yue Anan put down the phone and sighed helplessly. Although he has a lot of connections, he is completely ineffective in selling cotton harvesters.

The main reason is that the price of the cotton harvester was too expensive, and it was really unaffordable at the economic level of China at that time.

I'm still bragging in front of Song Chengde that I want to sell 100 cotton harvesters! Even if I sell less than 100, if I sell 60 or 70, it's more or less a pass, and I can save some face. Now I sell all of them. If I don't go out, I'm going to lose all my face! Once in front of Song Chengde, I really won't be able to hold my head up.

Thinking of this, Yue An'an let out a long sigh, full of depression in his heart.

The phone on the table rang suddenly, Yue Anan picked up the receiver, and Li Weidong's voice rang out:

Mr. Yue, get ready to meet the inspection team from the Production and Construction Corps.

The Production and Construction Corps? Why did this person come all the way to visit us? It's not that there are decent agricultural machinery companies in the northwest region, so why come to the eastern provinces specifically?

Yue Pingan thought to himself, and asked, Chairman, why did the Production and Construction Corps come to our place for inspection, and what kind of content do they want to inspect?

Li Weidong opened his mouth and replied: They are here to inspect cotton harvesters. The Production and Construction Corps has agreed to purchase 100 cotton harvesters, and the quotation I gave is one million.

100 units is 100 million. For such a large order, other customers are not allowed to come to the field to inspect it in person, to see the situation of our factory, and then dare to place an order when they are relieved!

Chairman, we didn't hear clearly. You mean that the Production and Construction Corps wants to purchase 100 cotton harvesters? Yue Anan asked in surprise.

Li Weidong continued: Don't be too small, this is only our first cooperation with the Production and Construction Corps, and there will definitely be more cooperation opportunities in the future.

I estimate that the Production and Construction Corps alone will need more than 2,000 cotton harvesters in the future. This is a billion-dollar business! We have to catch it, but we can't fall into the hands of others.

Therefore, we must also treat the inspection team of the Production and Construction Corps well, and show our advantages as much as possible. You start making arrangements first, and I'll be back in two days.

Hey, talk, is the signal bad? This is a fixed line, not a mobile phone, it shouldn't be! Hey, can you hear me...

Li Weidong nagged for a long time, but Yue Ping'an didn't respond. He thought it was a bad phone line.

Yue Ping'an had already stayed there, and he was still recalling the sale of 100 cotton harvesters in his mind. As for what Li Weidong said later, he was not listening at all.

This is a one million cotton harvester! From yesterday to now, I have made dozens of phone calls, begging my grandpa to sue my grandma, and I haven't even sold a single cotton harvester! You go there Northwest sold a hundred units, what kind of fairy chairman is this!

Zhao Jinshan came to the door excitedly.

Weidong, look, this is the list of coal mines I have compiled. I have had someone inspect every coal mine, and the details of the coal mines are in the back. Zhao Jinshan handed over a thick stack of documents.

Before that, Zhao Jinshan didn't listen to Li Weidong's words, and went to Russia with the international financial giants, hoping to make another fortune, but in the end, a large sum of money was trapped in Russia.

After eating a ditch and gaining wisdom, Zhao Jinshan didn't dare to make troubles on his own anymore. He followed Li Weidong's suggestion and honestly went to Inner Mongolia to inspect the coal mines.

And this time, Li Weidong also expressed his intention to participate in the investment, which made Zhao Jinshan even more energetic.

Zhao Jinshan felt that since Li Weidong was willing to do it himself, the coal mine business must be profitable, so he devoted himself to the coal mine inspection work.

In order to do the coal mining business, the two also set up a company called Dongshan Mining.

Dong is Li Weidong's Dong, and the mountain is Zhao Jinshan's mountain. The two names each pick a word, and it becomes the name of the company.

Now Zhao Jinshan came to the door with a list of coal mines, just to discuss with Li Weidong which coal mines to buy.

At the end of the 1990s, when the price of coal was at a low tide, many coal mines were unable to make ends meet. In addition to the reform of state-owned enterprises by the state, many enterprises were reorganizing and optimizing their assets, and there were still quite a few enterprises selling coal mines. .

Zhao Jinshan took the list of coal mines and introduced: The first two pages are all small and medium-sized coal mines. There is still a lot of room for selection in this type of coal mines. I was too dazzled to select these. of.

Let's forget about the small coal mines. Not to mention the low output and high risks, they are also not environmentally friendly. In the future, they will definitely become the key targets of the country's rectification. It is not worthwhile to buy them if they can't be opened for a few days and have to be closed. Li Weidong Open your mouth and say.

Small coal mines have always been the focus of the state's rectification. In 2001, the State Council issued the Urgent Notice on Closing Small Wells of State-owned Coal Mine Offices and Suspension of Production and Rectification of Township Coal Mine, requiring the closure of small coal mines facing each other.

From the initial all four are closed, to the subsequent closure of thirteen types of small coal mines, and finally to the complete closure of small coal mines, the national team's efforts to rectify small coal mines have become stronger and stronger.

So investing in small coal mines is not a good choice.

If you want to buy things like coal mines, buy the big ones, and the bigger the better!

So Li Weidong simply turned to the next page.

This page is all relatively large-scale coal mines. It's just that the difficulty of purchasing will be greater. Zhao Jinshan said.

Li Weidong looked carefully, and all the data indicators of the coal mine were clearly listed.

Suddenly, the name of a coal mine came into Li Weidong's eyes.

Taifeng Mine? I read it right! Can such a large coal mine be bought with money?

After Taifeng Mine, the next name also surprised Li Weidong.

Taisheng Mine is also for sale! Is it real or not? It's just a Taifeng Mine, and even Taisheng Mine is also for sale, it's impossible!

So Li Weidong pointed to the list and asked, Are the Taifeng Mine and Taisheng Mine really going to be sold?

Of course the mines on this list are for sale! Zhao Jinshan replied.

According to my understanding, the Taifeng Mine and Taisheng Mine are both large mines. Even if these two mines are sold, there will be no problems? Li Weidong continued to ask.

Are you worried that I will be cheated? Zhao Jinshan smiled conceitedly, and then said: In Russia, I was tricked, but in China, no one really dares to cheat I!

When Li Weidong thought about it, it seemed that this was really the case. With Zhao Jinshan's background, no one in China would dare to lie to him!

It seems that these two mines are really going to be sold, and this time they can make a fortune!

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