Rebirth in 1998 is also a kind of life

2870 million, this is the infrastructure cost set by Yang Zhu for the Chengkou Central Kitchen.

Although the construction cost at the entrance of the city is a bit higher than other places due to geographical and transportation problems, this figure still far exceeds the expectations of everyone present at the meeting.

No way, Yang Zhu set the tone for these central kitchens from the very beginning. These central kitchens must meet the requirements of the haccp management system, in addition to strictly following the standards to establish sorting areas, incoming goods areas, raw material storage areas, processing In the basic functional areas of the finished product storage and shipping area—especially the finished product storage area, Yang Zhu even spent a huge sum of money to build a super-large-scale, ultra-low temperature cold storage with a constant temperature of -20°, and even set aside an additional one that can accommodate 10 units. The power generation room of the type diesel generator set was used as a precaution, and an order was placed directly with Qilu Weichai Power.

You know, it is now 2002, and the commercial investment scale of nearly 3000 million is not small no matter which county-level area it is placed in. What's more, in the city at this time, except for the mining industry, there is no single investment scale in that industry More than 1000 million.

As a result, although the cadres in Andong Town couldn't figure out why Yang Zhu had to convert the 50 small and medium-sized logistics stations preset by Shancheng Logistics Company in nearby areas as investment entities when he proposed the structure of the cooperation plan, but faced with such a A large investment that shocked him, he still signed the agreement of intent without hesitation-what a joke, not to mention the thousands of jobs that may be created, in addition to being responsible for the supervision and deployment of raw materials , Anton Town only needs to pay 120 acres of factory land plus 4 large-scale logistics distribution centers built nearby as the price, and can get 27% of the shares. Where can such a good thing be found?

The most important thing is that this central kitchen has a minimum protection price and a minimum purchase amount for the purchase of raw materials, and the minimum purchase amount and purchase standards will be communicated with the local township government 40 days in advance of the spring sowing, so as to coordinate the villagers The next year's planting plan and the township government's technical guidance plan, this alone is enough to guarantee the interests of the villagers, and it can be regarded as a very humane policy.

And Liu Qian, who had just been appointed as the "apprentice manager of Yubei Region" of Shancheng Logistics Company, was a little frightened. He ran back to Wanzhou District to recruit troops.

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On the afternoon of the second day after the contract was signed, Mr. Wen, the newly promoted independent director of Zhutou Trading, arrived at Chengkou with the first batch of more than 40 executive teams drawn from various departments of Zhutou Trading—he is now Another identity is the "special executive president" of Zhutou Trading, who is responsible for the supervision, implementation and implementation of the support projects in Shuangqing.

As a result, he just stayed here, and he didn't even have time to take a shower, so Zheng Rong knocked on the door of the hotel with two team members—since Zheng Rong got the original retelling by the two team members yesterday, he also had some doubts in his heart. It was indescribably uncomfortable, so as soon as he heard that Mr. Wen had arrived, he immediately came to visit him.

The reason why they visited Mr. Wen instead of other scholars in the recruiting system to consult and ask questions was very simple - they also discovered that Yang Zhu seemed to be very afraid of Mr. Wen, but respected this old man very much.For a boss of this level to have such a complex mentality, then Old Wen, a scholar they didn't particularly value before, must have something unique.

After hearing what Yang Zhu did yesterday, Elder Wen, with a slightly tired face, frowned and took a sip of strong tea, pondered for a while, and then sighed: "After all, it's a step too late... The thing I didn't want to see the most, still happened!"

Zheng Rong was startled: "Old Wen, what's going on?"

Elder Wen took off his glasses, rubbed his brows that were getting deeper and deeper, and said, "Group Leader Zheng, the two leaders, have you done any research on the primary industry in Europe and America?"

Zheng Rong and the two team members looked at each other suspiciously, and then lowered their voices: "There is some understanding, but there are some things that you definitely don't have a thorough understanding of... Elder Wen, if you have anything to say, you might as well just say it. "

Mr. Wen sighed softly: "We all know that almost all western industrialized countries have version 2.0 of industry - in the final analysis, it is to use the industrial system they have formed to transform agriculture to make it more efficient, plant The scale is larger, the product quality is more stable, the application development is more and more extensive, and the industry is more and more subdivided and in-depth; finally form an industrial chain competitiveness with absolute advantages."

"In fact, our country has been trying to learn and try to industrialize agriculture over the years, trying to turn China from a big agricultural country to a strong agricultural country."

Zheng Rong frowned: "Is there something wrong?"

Mr. Wen shook his head lightly: "Every country has its own objective national conditions. We won't discuss whether this line is right or not; I'm just talking about some things behind it that ordinary people can't perceive, which is also the deep-seated reason for Yang Zhu's actions."

Hearing that the topic has been entered, Zheng Rong immediately leaned over slightly, as if listening quietly.

When Mr. Wen saw this, he just smiled, and still said unhurriedly: "It is estimated that several leaders have also discovered that in recent years, agriculture has developed to this day, although the scale of agricultural products exported by our country has become larger and larger in recent years. , earning more and more foreign exchange, but after taking into account the production cost, you will find that our net profit, especially the net profit of a single unit, is actually not high!"

"And if you look at the world and regard the whole world's agriculture as a complete industrial chain, you will find that in almost all developing countries, only the field of planting will be placed in the country, and once it enters the fields such as transportation and storage , processing, listing, futures finance, etc., are all controlled by complex giant economies represented by multinational corporations;”

"As a result, a phenomenon has emerged. Among all the links in the agricultural industry chain, only the planting/breeding link is the least profitable-to be precise, this link has the lowest proportion of income;"

"From the field to the dining table, agricultural products can be roughly divided into several industrial links such as planting and breeding, primary processing, storage, transportation, deep processing, sales, market circulation, and serving the table. But in these links...the profit of planting and breeding is only It only accounts for less than 10% of the total profit of the entire industrial chain. However, if time and manpower are converted into costs together with basic agricultural materials, the cost of this link accounts for more than 30% of the total industrial chain cost. Some agricultural products are in this link. The cost of online can even account for more than 60%.”

"In fact, this is the reason why most of the developing countries in the world have not been able to develop agriculture—the secondary and tertiary production of agriculture is controlled by economies represented by multinational companies, and there is no market for them. How can they develop with the right to speak!?"

Speaking of this, Old Wen's face was a little complicated: "Of course, because of the system, our situation in China is better than that of other developing countries... But to be honest, if you really look at the root cause , In fact, the strength is really limited."

"One of the very important reasons is that after the reform and opening up, the country retreated and the people advanced; although most of the industries with strategic significance are still controlled by the state, as far as the field of agriculture is concerned, the state only sticks to the field of planting. It’s just my own bottom line—upstream seeds and fertilizers, downstream transportation, secondary production, and tertiary production are all liberalized.”

"The good news is that although our country is somewhat strict with foreign-funded enterprises, but due to some ideas, it is not very wary of domestic enterprises;"

"However, if you look carefully at the current casting investment business, you will find that it is now very important in the domestic economy and circulation field, whether it is the influence of consumers' minds or the decision-making of affiliated and cooperative merchants. The influence is even stronger than that of state-owned enterprises and central enterprises in related fields-it can be said that the current casting investment business has already had a very large voice in the market circulation, sales and table links of agricultural products; "

"And looking at their business development and key investment projects in the past two years, you will find..."

"Their logistics department, which has a budget of billions of dollars every year, is trying to open up the warehousing and transportation links;"

"Their investment center and private label business of the tob business are planning to open up the deep processing of agricultural products;"

"The hope agricultural technology company they actually control in the Northeast region invests hundreds of millions of dollars every year, and is trying to open up the upstream agricultural resources such as fertilizer and feed;"

"Their genetic laboratory with an annual unlimited budget in the Texas area is trying to open up the seed link in the upper reaches of agriculture;"

"Even, judging from the staggering soybean planting bases they have continuously expanded in Liaoning Province, Maoxiong Country, and Argentina in recent years, they have even extended their hands to soybeans, which is an extremely economical and people's livelihood strategy. Value-added agricultural products track;”

"Based on the above, do you feel that... Zhutou Trading has begun to take shape as a large multinational company?"

"You know, this is only the situation of Zhutou Trading itself. If you add Zhutou International Trade, a brother company that has extended its tentacles in Europe and the United States, and its financial strength is even far superior to Zhutou Trading, I can say it responsibly... ...This system is already a large multinational company, even if it is not a leading company, the difference is only the precipitation of time;”

"Under such circumstances, asking Yang Zhu to set up a prototype for the double-layer ppp model at the experimental site of Chengkou one step ahead... It is really bad news that cannot be worse!"

Zheng Rong was horrified when he heard it. Although there were many things Mr. Wen didn't say directly, his implication couldn't be more straightforward—what's going on with the national conditions in Europe and the United States, and how large interest groups are in charge of everything? He couldn't be more aware of his existence.

A leader next to him said with a little disapproval: "Our country's system is different. No matter how strong Zhutou Trading is now and how well-organized it is, as long as it dares to pretend to be a demon, it will be... Boss, it’s just a double-layer ppp model project in the central kitchen, you actually said [it can’t be worse], isn’t it a bit too much fuss?” Gu Yao

Mr. Wen glanced at the leader, and there was a trace of dissatisfaction in his always gentle eyes: "Leader, you also said that our country's system is different from Western society, so have you thought about it carefully... The cornerstone of our country's system is what!?"

"Then you think about it carefully, from the establishment of Zhutou Trading to the present, leaving aside its local life services and o2o business that are closely related to people's livelihood and economy; their arabica coffee planting plan in southern Yunnan, sign language coffee chain project, soybean planting and support plan, private label incubation, Zhuhua quick-frozen food project, and all the projects invested in the name of public welfare all over the country...is there any project that is not labor-intensive and closely binds socially sensitive and vulnerable groups!?"

The leader was shocked when he heard the words, thinking of China's national conditions and basic system, cold sweat broke out on his back.

Seeing this, Mr. Wen snorted coldly: "Although Yang Zhu looks very young, he has a very vicious vision and always does things directly. Our country will indeed not allow the emergence of capitalist oligarchs in Western society, but if Yang Zhu's deep bondage of grassroots people has reached a certain level and the scope has reached a certain level, so whether the higher-ups are willing or not, as long as he doesn't deliberately die, the higher-ups can only tolerate his existence for the time being."

Speaking of this, Mr. Wen squeezed his brows again: "According to the information I obtained from the headquarter of Zhutou Trading, as of now, even if the 140 million direct or indirect employees involved in their main business are not counted, (Self-owned employees + employees employed by high-viscosity merchants on the platform), just for those projects they invest abroad, the grassroots people directly related to them have reached 470 million—the most important thing is that most of these people are poor in rural areas Personnel are the group that the country values ​​most.”

"I can assert that, at least within five years, the country will have no way to find a suitable non-governmental alternative organization to take over so many super-large investment projects, nor can it find a suitable non-governmental economic organization to absorb so many employment groups in remote mountainous areas— —Without a replacement, the higher-ups will not have the confidence to push Yang Zhu down!"

"And the reason why I said that Yang Zhu directly signed a cooperation agreement for the project under the witness of the leaders and many township-level cadres in Chengkou yesterday is bad news that couldn't be worse. It is based on this reason-Chengkou is The poorest area in the Shuangqing area is also a national-level poverty-stricken county. Once the board is successfully established, Yang Zhu will immediately follow this cooperation framework to get involved in more agricultural secondary and tertiary industries and at the same time bind more rural areas. The impoverished grassroots turned the agriculture of these areas into their own vassals."

"You know, as far as I know, in addition to the strong strength of Zhutou International Trade, Zhutou International Trade has tens of billions of dollars in its account. With the current exchange rate and domestic prices, he definitely has this strength and resources. Through The two-tier ppp model leverages tens of billions of dollars to mobilize trillions of agricultural projects—in fact, with the current goodwill and influence of Cast Investment Trading, even if it is only willing to invest a small amount of money or even no money, There are also local governments willing to cooperate with them.”

"The most terrible thing is that, as far as I know, Zhutou Trading is now undergoing a second strategic transformation, and pure e-commerce will become one of their main businesses in the future-judging from the speed of computer popularization in China, within five years , the Internet business environment will become more mature, and with such a vast information portal at that time, Zhutou Trading will definitely have the ability to digest all the output of these agricultural projects that seem to have a huge amount of investment in the c-end market, thereby further Construct another industrial chain and interest chain that is too large and complex to imagine, and let the company's [sunk costs] rise to a level that is unacceptable to the country!"

Mr. Wen, who didn't know that Zhutou International Trade's tens of billions of dollars was used for other purposes, glanced at the pale leader: "What's worse, due to the urgent need for rural revitalization and rural poverty alleviation, the higher-ups for this time The experiment of the double-layer ppp mode is extremely important;”

"As long as this model does not find any major problems in terms of commercial operation and direct economic distribution after the experiment, there is a high probability that the above will gradually promote this model to the whole country. And to stop the experiment directly—in fact, apart from casting investment and trading, it is absolutely impossible for domestic private enterprises to have another company with the strength and ambition to gradually and deeply tie up such a large-scale agriculture in a short period of time.”

After being silent for a while, Elder Wen closed his eyes in pain: "To be honest, before I had in-depth access to the core data of Zhutou Trading, I never thought that there would be such a double-layer ppp cooperation model. Bugs, bugs—in fact, except for the freak Zhutou Trading, the rest of the domestic companies don’t have such concerns, and they can open up as much as they want;”

"In fact, the reason why I am willing to accept the post of [Special Executive President] of Zhutou Trading and hurry back is because I want to use this position's [project approval rights] to prevent Zhutou Trading from investing in projects that are deeply tied to agriculture. , and the scope of cooperation is limited to the tertiary industry or non-sensitive agricultural projects—at worst, in such projects, even if the county government or the village collective finds another financing channel or increases the investment in hard assets, they still have to obtain relatively Controlling rights, thereby retaining the right to counter."

"It's just that I never imagined that before I arrived in Shuangqing, Yang Zhu had already decided on two demonstrative investment projects, logistics and central kitchen. When the cooperation model is rolled out across the country, he can justifiably start to intervene in such deep-bundling projects on a large scale.”

Zheng Rong thought for a while: "Since the right to countermeasures can be obtained by adjusting the asset conversion ratio, then our future projects of this type will be implemented according to the operation you just said--besides, Yang Zhu signed another contract yesterday. It’s not a formal contract, after the two-tier ppp operation and management platform in Chengkou County is formally established, we will step in and adjust the share ratio of the three parties, no, the four parties.”

Mr. Wen shook his head: "This is very bad. You know, although yesterday's agreement was not a formal contract, it was negotiated under the witness of the two leaders after all. If you didn't mention it yesterday, you will suddenly change the project's shareholding ratio at that time. If the news spreads, not only foreign investors will have concerns, but even the local village collective will have no idea about the two-tier PPP model. It is hard to say what will happen when the time comes. This experiment will come to an end."

"Besides, what Yang Zhu needs is just a [case], if he didn't complete the share allocation model at the beginning, out of comprehensive considerations, it will definitely not be possible to add additional details specifically for Zhutou Trading in the work instruction manual that will be given at that time. I know very well how most cadres work in this sector, and if there is no reference to the shareholding ratio of such sensitive agricultural projects in the instruction manual, then Zhutou Commercial and Commercial University can talk about whatever they want.”

When Zheng Rong heard this, his face became bitter.

How else can it be said that being the person in charge of any experimental project is a proper high-risk and high-reward position... No, the two-tier ppp operation management platform framework in Lianchengkou County has not yet been established, and I have been recruited by Yang Casting drilled a loophole that could be extremely dangerous.

Hey... In the future work, no matter what you do, you must consult the opinions of the staff beforehand—— Zheng Rong thought so.

At this time, another leader from the Regional Division suddenly interjected: "Group Leader Zheng, Mr. Wen, there is a saying that magic can only be defeated with magic, or... let's report to the ministry and let Hualiang Group Also participate in the investment of these agricultural deep-bundling projects, and compete with Zhutou Business and Trade, as a countermeasure just in case?"

As the department responsible for the development of the western region, the leader of the Regional Division is deeply impressed by the strength of Hualiang Group—although Hualiang Group, which has just undergone a horizontal reorganization within the system, has not yet become the giant crocodile of later generations, it is definitely a central enterprise. It is one of the best in existence, and because of its special attributes, it has a reason to get involved in all agricultural projects, so it is perfect to use it as a risk plan. No matter how good Zhutou Trading is, it is definitely not as good as Hualiang Group.

Hualiang Group?

Mr. Wen thought about it carefully, then shook his head after nodding his head: "It is certainly a very effective countermeasure to allow Hualiang Group to get involved in these agricultural projects, but it is too targeted, which is not good for the government's reputation. Too good, it will cause unnecessary misunderstandings for other foreign-invested enterprises;”

"Moreover, the starting point of the two-tier ppp model experiment is to realize the resource integration of the local government-village collective-foreign investors and achieve a win-win situation for the three parties; among them, improving the debt problem of the local government is also a very important consideration. Stepping in will add many unknown variables out of thin air, so my suggestion is...to leave this plan on paper for the time being, and it is still too late to ask the ministries to help coordinate when signs are found."

After finishing speaking, the young face who respectfully saluted him as a half teacher appeared in Mr. Wen's mind, and he suddenly lost his mind, and then raised his head after a long while: "Team Leader Zheng, if not, I'll go first Talk to Yang Zhu, see what he thinks, and then decide what we should do next!"

Zheng Rong frowned upon hearing this.

chat?

As long as anyone who can become a man of power, who is not the owner of the city with deep thoughts, for a boss of Yang Zhu's level, one thing on the surface and another skill behind the other is simply a must-have skill, and he will directly tell you his true thoughts and plans. Calculate?

What a joke, it will be a bad decision to be misled by wrong information at that time!

But before he could speak, he recalled Yang Zhu's faint respect and admiration for the old man in front of him in the short conversation with him two days ago, and the young man's faint fear of Old Wen during this period, and he hesitated immediately get up...

How about...Let Mr. Wen go over and try?

Anyway, after a brief contact with him, that young man who felt a little weird seemed to be quite different from the business owners I had met before; what if he really wanted to have a serious chat with this old Wen in front of him, and confide in his heart? ?

You know, since people are willing to open up the core data of Zhutou Business to Mr. Wen, it means that Yang Zhu definitely treats the old man in front of him differently. Otherwise, this kind of top-secret treasure, even if their boss is here. , without a valid reason, there is no way to take a look at it.

"Succeed! Then I will trouble Old Wen!" Zheng Rong begged with a serious face.

Elder Wen nodded, looked at the time, then at the sky outside, and finally touched his hungry stomach.

Well, it's lunch time.

Maybe I can go to that young man's yard, grab some delicious food, and have a tooth-beating festival!

The old man who put on his glasses again thought of this...