Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 786 Export of Cattle, Sheep, Sea Fish and Sika Deer
After seeing off the excited Philip, Chu Xiangqian turned and looked at Norton who had a depressed expression. He could tell with a quick guess that the boy was in a bad mood because he was not allowed to participate in the neon iron ore business.

Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but pat Norton's shoulder with amusement, "Okay, you are my apprentice, I will not forget you if there is any benefit."

Norton was stunned, and then he was overjoyed.

For Chu Xiangqian, he has a lot of things that can be sold for money.

The iron ore business pushed Philips to the forefront in order to hide itself behind the scenes.

After all, although there are not many companies selling iron ore in the world, each of them is a very powerful group.

Spend some money to push Philips to the front, and you can save yourself a lot of trouble.

From now on, myself and the shipping company may become white gloves in the eyes of the outside world.

But in fact, Philips bought all the iron ore from himself, and he was his financial backer.

Since he gets the most benefits, giving Philip some money can be considered as a reward.

In addition to iron ore, the cattle, sheep, salmon and sika deer that are refreshed every day in the Novice Village can be exported to Neon with the help of Norton and the forces behind him.

Chu Xiangqian put his arm around Norton’s shoulders and said with a smile, “From now on, the export of cattle and sheep from Downton Abbey and my master’s ranch in Los Angeles can be entrusted to you as the agent.

So as long as you negotiate the import price with the Japanese, my shipping company can also settle with you at the landed price."

Norton was overjoyed after hearing this. This meant that he only had to show up and do nothing else, and could just sit back and wait to make money.

As for helping Chu Xiangqian solve his troubles, Norton didn't care at all. As long as the money was in place, no problem would be a problem.

Norton calculated silently in his mind. He had heard that Downton Abbey had thousands of cows and more than ten thousand sheep.

Just this alone can earn at least hundreds of thousands of dollars.

If the ranch in Los Angeles was larger and raised one or two times as many cattle and sheep as Downton Abbey, then the number of cattle and sheep that could be exported to Neon every year should be no less than five or six thousand cattle and tens of thousands of sheep.

But since Chu Xiangqian wanted to make money from the Japanese, he would of course export more than just cattle and sheep.

Pulling Norton into the villa, he first went to the bedroom to check on Margaret and was about to wake her up for dinner.

Margaret, who was just woken up, felt extremely sleepy. Besides, she was too full after playing poker with Chu Xiangqian in the afternoon, so she had no mood to eat dinner.

Seeing that Margaret was a little irritable after being woken up, Chu Xiangqian smiled helplessly.

After kissing the girl, he wanted to let her continue sleeping, but then he thought that it didn't make sense for Norton to be the only middleman for the business of cattle, sheep, sika deer and salmon.

You can definitely bring Margaret along.

With her and Norton working together, not only can her wife get half of the benefits, but she can also rely on the advantage of seniority to suppress Norton in the company.

The most important thing is that if something really happens, Elizabeth will definitely not ignore Margaret.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiangqian immediately whispered in Margaret's ear, "My dear, I will discuss a business with Norton that will earn at least hundreds of thousands of pounds a year.

You really don't want to participate? Then all the benefits will be taken by that guy alone."

Margaret was still a little confused after hearing this, but four or five seconds later, the girl suddenly opened her eyes and looked at her man with a questioning look on her face.

Seeing Chu Xiangqian nod, he no longer had the heart to sleep and woke up instantly.

He rolled over and got up, not caring about the coldness of his body, and threw himself directly into Chu Xiangqian's arms and hung on him.

"Dear, you didn't lie to me?"

Chu Xiangqian slapped the girl's butt in annoyance, threw her back on the bed with disgust, and when he looked down, he saw stains on his pajamas.

Margaret couldn't help but giggle at this.

She sat up, smiled as she got out of bed and walked towards the bathroom. When she reached the bathroom door, she turned around and flirted with Chu Xiangqian, then said with a smile, "I don't even dislike you, but you actually dislike your own things."

Chu Xiangqian cursed instantly, took off his pajamas in a bad mood, changed into casual clothes and went downstairs.

After he and Norton chatted in the restaurant for a while, Margaret came downstairs in a long dress and entered the restaurant.

Everyone was present and the evening dishes were quickly served one after another.

Halfway through the meal, Margaret couldn't help asking.

Chu Xiangqian then smiled and began to explain.

61年时，洛杉矶的牧场每头600公斤14个月大出栏的肉牛515美元，但到了今年的63年，肉牛的价格已经涨到了560美元一头。

This means an increase of 5% every year.

Adding 10% shipping cost, the cost of exporting a cow from Magnesium to Neon is US$616.

But the freight is pure profit for Chu Xiangqian, and there is no need for him to really sell the cattle and sheep from the Los Angeles ranch to Neon.

In other words, the cattle and sheep sold to Neon in the future will all be spawned from the Novice Village every day.

However, in order to conceal their tracks, they still had to use the breeding farms in Hong Kong Island as a cover.

If the 29% tariff is added, a cow costs $795. But even so, it is still at least a hundred dollars cheaper than the cows raised by Japan itself.

Of course, whether there are tariffs or not has nothing to do with Chu Xiangqian.

He simply sold cattle and sheep to Margaret and Norton's import and export company.

That means $616 is pure profit.

To be more unscrupulous, the nominal 10% freight is for transporting cattle and sheep to Hong Kong Island, and then another freight is charged for shipping from Hong Kong Island.

Anyway, Japan is similar to South Korea. The prices of many agricultural and livestock products are extremely expensive because of the small country and limited land.

Without some connections and contacts, it's impossible to export to Japan and South Korea.

Japan has just joined the OECD, and in order to export electronic products to Europe and the United States, it can only expand foreign imports from other places.

Therefore, it is indeed a good time to export cattle and sheep to Japan.

As Chu Xiangqian refreshes 35 cows and 50 sheep in the Novice Village every day, he has already filled his ranches in Los Angeles, Downton Abbey, and the 40-acre farm beside Tsuen King Highway in Lung Chau and Tsuen Wan Highway in East Hong Kong Island with cows and sheep.

After all, with more than 1.82 cattle and sheep every year, it only takes two years to bring these four farms to full capacity.

And this is just the annual output of cattle and sheep in the Novice Village, plus the cattle and sheep raised in the pasture will also reproduce on their own.

The Celestial Empire had basically gotten rid of its food shortage. Starting this year, Chu Xiangqian had kept all the cattle and sheep he had raised over the past few months in an open-air fence south of the Novice Village.

Once the export business to Neon begins, more than 4 cows and 7 sheep can be mobilized from the Novice Village and transported to Neon.

If we mobilize a batch of cattle and sheep from the two farms in Hong Kong Island, the number can be increased by 50% to 60%.

When Margaret and Norton heard that Chu Xiangqian could provide at least 1 cows and 1.8 sheep every year, they immediately felt that this business could be very profitable.

But after hearing Chu Xiangqian's offer, she and Norton calculated it several times with a calculator, and their excited expressions quickly turned into depression again.

It seems that the price of US$616 per head is the cost price.

But Chu Xiangqian also asked for a 5% shipping fee, which was $30 per head.

Adding the 29% tariff, a cow costs 795 + 30 shipping, which equals 825 US dollars. Even though this price is still several dozen dollars cheaper than raising cattle by Neon, there is not much profit left for Margaret and Norton.

If it weren't for the sea fish and sika deer business, Margaret wouldn't want to get involved in this business.

But Norton felt that no matter how much he could earn, it was worth doing as long as there was money to be made.

Moreover, this business does not require much effort, and to some extent, it is a no-cost business.

There is no need to worry about losing money. After making this calculation, Margaret became active again.

And if you think about it carefully, Chu Xiangqian must earn more. Margaret thought to herself that she should just help her man make money.

The next morning, when Chu Xiangqian woke up, he felt around and saw that Margaret had not slept all night.

I immediately guessed that this woman had been discussing this business with her subordinates all night.

He washed, dressed, went downstairs, asked the maid, and went to the study.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw that in the 20-square-meter living room outside the study, not only Margaret and Norton were there, but also six or seven foreigners discussing something.

Seeing Chu Xiangqian coming in, several foreigners hurriedly stood up and greeted him.

Chu Xiangqian is now a registered knight, and everyone has to call him Sir.

So at this time, the people around Margaret and Norton no longer viewed Chu Xiangqian as just a rich man.

Norton and Margaret also stood up, and unlike the hesitant and wavering expressions at the dinner table last night, their smiles were much brighter now.

Margaret ran straight to Chu Xiangqian and hugged his arms tightly with both hands.

Smiling, she said, "My dear, we have reached an agreement with Neon overnight on an annual order of 1 cattle, 1.8 sheep, 4 sika deer, 7000 tons of salmon, and 1 tons of Atlantic salmon."

After saying that, she stood on tiptoe and kissed Chu Xiangqian on the face, saying "thank you".

Chu Xiangqian was stunned and looked at Margaret with some surprise.

Although her face was full of fatigue, she was in good spirits.

With a little thought, I guessed that there might be something I didn't expect.

But the money is another matter. This girl didn't sleep all night. If her skin is not good tomorrow, I will definitely nag her again.

Chu Xiangqian hurriedly tried to distance himself from the matter and said, "The business has been left to you and Norton. Can't we talk about it during the day?"

After listening to this, Norton and several of his men couldn't help but look at Margaret with some envy.

Margaret really wanted to hang herself on Chu Xiangqian.

She put her arms around Chu Xiangqian and shook him a few times, and said with love in her eyes, "Okay, okay, after we finish talking about the order, I'll go catch up on my sleep."

Chu nodded, knowing that this girl saw the money to be made, and she would not have been able to sleep last night if she had not found out the purchase prices of cattle, sheep, salmon and sika deer in Japan.

After listening for a while, I found that the order price roughly determined last night was about what I expected.

Raising cattle and sheep is not actually very profitable, about $15 per cow.

As for sheep, Chu sold them for $70, plus the 12% shipping fee, which meant an extra $8.4.

70 times the tariff of 29%, and the agreed landed price for each sheep is US$105, which means that we only make US$6.6 per sheep.

Even if they raise 1 cattle and 1.8 sheep every year, they can only earn $26.8.

But the good thing is that all taxes and fees are paid by Japanese companies, and you can get the money as soon as the cattle and sheep arrive at the port.

But the companies in Japan can manipulate taxes, otherwise people may not be willing to do business with Margaret and Norton's company.

Chu Xiangqian made a net profit of 616 US dollars for each cow, and there was an extra 30 US dollars for the shipping company.

The sheep earned $70 per head, and the shipping company earned $8.4.

So the real source of money for Margaret and Norton is salmon and sika deer.

But there are times when Chu Xiangqian makes mistakes. The price of salmon is still okay, but the purchase price of sika deer is completely beyond his expectations.

The Novice Village can refresh 20 tons of salmon, 30 tons of Atlantic salmon and 15 sika deer every day.

This is equivalent to an annual production of 7300 tons and 10950 tons, as well as 5475 sika deer.

Only 7000 tons of salmon, 1 tons of Atlantic salmon and 4 sika deer were exported to Neon, but Chu Xiangqian kept some for himself in case there was a need elsewhere.

London Atlantic salmon costs 120 pounds per ton, and salmon costs 140 pounds per ton.

But in Hong Kong Island, salmon costs 160 pounds per ton, while salmon is cheaper at only 130 pounds.

But in Neon, the two fish can earn $42 and $18 per ton when they arrive at the shore, which is equivalent to $47.4 per year.

What surprised Chu Xiangqian the most was that he sold a sika deer to Youguqi Restaurant in Hong Kong Island for 4 Hong Kong dollars.

This is roughly equivalent to US$950 per head, which is at least twice as expensive as in China.

But on the Neon side, the Neon Company that had negotiated with Margaret and Norton was actually willing to purchase the goods at a landed price of US$1700, and they would pay their own taxes and fees.

After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian regretted that the offer for the sika deer last night was only $950.

Originally, this price was set because Margaret and Norton didn't make much money from cattle and sheep, and the price of marine fish was actually very transparent, so the profit would not be high.

47.4 US dollars means only 4 US dollars per month, or Hong Kong dollars.

That's why he thought of using sika deer to arouse their enthusiasm, but Chu Xiangqian still underestimated the influence of Chinese culture on the Japanese.

The reason why it can be sold at this price is actually due to tiger bone wine and deer glue.

To the wealthy in Japan, tiger bone wine and deer glue are expensive, but after three years of sales, they have already become well-known among the upper class.

There are many buyers, but the amount of tiger bone wine and deer glue sold to Japan every year is limited. Those who cannot buy them or find it difficult to buy them naturally turn their attention to other substitutes.

This also made Chu Xiangqian understand once again why donkey glue from China could be sold at several times the price in Japan decades later.

The price is $950 per head, even with the 12% shipping fee, it is only $1064.

This means that Margaret and Norton can earn $254.4 million every year just from sika deer.

Chu Xiangqian's face instantly turned bad after he did the mental calculation. Adding up the four items, the two of them could earn 4 million US dollars per year.

When Margaret saw her man's face darken, she knew that Chu Xiangqian had underestimated the market for Sika Deer in Japan.

Just from this item, he and Norton's company can make a profit of 254.4 million US dollars. Although the shipping cost is paid, this business is actually just for appearance.

How the goods arrive at the port and how they are mobilized are all Chu Xiangqian's business.

After arriving at the port, the Japanese company also paid the tariffs on behalf of the goods, which meant that they basically did nothing and made a profit of US$328 million, or almost £92, every year.

If it were Margaret herself, she would also think that this money is too easy to make.

(End of this chapter)