In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

(The class reunion is finally over. I sent my good friend back to America after seven years. I’m really sorry. I broke my promise!)

Compared to when he saw him last year, Li Duoyu found that Manager An not only did not lose weight, but his belly became bigger.

And his mental state is better than before. It seems that he has eaten a lot of delicious food from all over the world.

When An Yuliang saw Li Duoyu, he immediately shook hands with him and said with a smile: "Director Li, long time no see. I feel that you are more imposing than my previous leader."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "How is that possible? I'm still young and I still have a lot to learn from Manager An."

Xiao Lin at the side said with a smile: "Hello, Director Li."

Li Duoyu looked him up and down. If he didn't speak, he would hardly recognize him because the contrast was too great.

The last time I saw him, he was fair and tender, and looked like an office worker, but now he is so thin that his cheekbones are very obvious.

His face was as black as charcoal and his eyes were dull. He looked even more miserable than when he came out of prison.

"Comrade Xiaolin, how come you have lost so much weight? I almost didn't recognize you."

Xiao Lin had a bitter face and complained on the spot, not caring whether his master was there or not: "After following the master, I have been eating it almost every day, especially from the neighboring province. I eat fried chili peppers as snacks, and even the boiled water in that pot is spicy.

Also, after arriving in the north, every meal was noodles, all mixed, without even a sip of soup."

After hearing this, Li Duoyu couldn't help but laugh. What he said was indeed right. People in Fujian Province didn't like spicy food very much, and they especially liked to drink soup.

But once you get to the north, it's a torture to have no soup to drink.

An Yuliang said disdainfully: "Young man, if you can't even endure this little hardship, how can you achieve great things in the future? Besides, when you go out to play and see the scenery, your eyes are wide open.

I bought a lot of dried chilies this time. Exercise well and I will take you there next time."

Xiao Lin looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle. He really wanted to cry. He really didn't want to cry because of the spiciness again.

Manager An continued, "Director Li, I never thought that your Minlong could grow to this scale in less than a year."

“The leadership supports me, and I’m just lucky.”

An Yuliang smiled and said, "There are many enterprises and units supported by the leaders, but you are the only one in the private sector with such good results."

"That's not so exaggerated. Those overseas Chinese are doing much better than me and earning more foreign exchange than me."

"How can we compare? He has a big family behind him. There are only a handful of people like Director Li in our country, not to mention Fujian Province."

"Manager An, I'm going to feel embarrassed if you keep talking like this, so I'd better take you to see it first."

Li Duoyu did not take him to see the eel factory and shrimp farm. As a channel specialist like him, he always keeps his eyes and ears open.

Manager An must be well aware of how much he has done, and today, what Li Duoyu is going to take him to visit is exactly what he wants to do in the future.

Li Duoyu pointed to several buildings that had already taken shape not far away and said, "The College of Fisheries Science and Technology plans to build a branch here.

The area in front is a research base of the Fisheries Research Institute, which specializes in studying various shellfish.”

After the three of them walked for a while, Li Duoyu pointed to a piece of land in front of them that had been circled and marked with white lime and said.

“A cold storage with a capacity of at least 1,000 tons will be built at this location.

Behind the cold storage is the aquatic product processing plant. Currently, our main products include grilled squid strips, black bean clove fish, spicy dried fish, and kelp strips."

Upon hearing this, An Yuliang was surprised and asked, "Have the products been developed?"

Li Duoyu nodded: "It has been developed. There are also samples for tasting in the factory. Manager An can try it when the time comes, but the kelp shreds will have to wait until next year."

"There are actually spicy dried fish. I have to try it. If the taste is good, we can sell it directly to the mainland. I went there this time and I always felt that the food there is really too monotonous."

The moment Xiao Lin, who was standing by, heard about the spicy dried fish, his stomach started to feel uncomfortable. What he feared most was that the chef would also ask him to taste it. At this moment, he really wanted to run away.

Li Duoyu went on to introduce: "For this area, it is mainly plastic packaging factories. For glass cans, we purchase directly from glass factories, and for plastic packaging, we plan to make it ourselves."

Upon hearing this, An Yuliang frowned and said, "Director Li, if you do everything yourself, the investment will be huge. Will it cause a waste of resources?"

Li Duoyu nodded.

"That's true, but the money earned is useless if you keep it in your hands. It would be better to invest it all. If you can solve the problem in one stop, the efficiency will be much higher."

Manager An sighed, then looked at Xiao Lin with a look of disdain: "Learn from Director Li, this is the pattern of doing big things."

Xiao Lin nodded quickly: "How can I compare with Director Li? We are not even on the same level."

An Yuliang smiled and said, "You kid, you have some self-awareness!"

But Li Duoyu would never tell them that the currency was about to depreciate greatly, and while the RMB was still valuable, they should quickly buy more imported equipment to improve the entire aquatic industry.

By then, he can not only run his own business, but also do OEM for others.

The other party only needs to pay the money, and Li Duoyu can provide them with one-stop services from branding, packaging to production.

Dandan Island actually has an advantage in purchasing seafood. To put it bluntly, ships can save a lot of fuel money by sailing to Dandan Island instead of going to the Qingkou Pier.

What made An Yuliang curious was that there were several large circles drawn next to the plastic packaging factory: "Director Li, what is this piece of land used for?"

"This..." Li Duoyu frowned slightly. What was to be built in this place might be a bit too advanced for Manager An and his team.

"A small sewage treatment plant will be built here, and sewage produced by processing plants, plastic factories, and nearby residential schools will flow here for treatment."

After hearing this, Manager An and Xiao Lin were really stunned and couldn't react for a while.

Xiao Lin couldn't help but ask, "Wouldn't it be better to discharge sewage directly into the sea? When my master and I went to the Yangtze River, the fertilizer factory there also did the same thing. I don't think it's necessary to build a sewage treatment plant."

Li Duoyu smiled and said that this is indeed the case in this era: development comes first, and environmental protection comes later.

But Li Duoyu is an experienced person after all, and he is clear about some things. Once some ecosystems are destroyed, there is no way back.

"We have aquaculture on our island. If we discharge directly into the sea, the entire nearby ecology will be affected, which is not good for other aquaculture farmers."

Xiao Lin slapped his forehead and said, "Yes, you have a lot of breeding on your island."

Building a sewage treatment plant does cost a lot of money, but Li Duoyu thinks that if we are going to do it, we might as well do it in one go and not at the expense of the surrounding environment.

Otherwise, by the time the processing plant is established, the reputation of Dandan Island’s aquatic products might be ruined by itself.

If the sewage is not treated, the villagers may not feel anything at first, but after a long time, they will definitely have complaints.

Li Duoyu also felt that if the development continued, the number of residents on Dandan Island would only increase in the future. Instead of trying to make amends after the fact, it would be better to plan ahead.

Of course, Li Duoyu felt that some money could not be paid by him alone. When the time came to build a sewage treatment plant, he had to invite the leaders to visit it.

After all, is it difficult to find an organization?

is not it.

But what Li Duoyu said made An Yuliang feel complicated. In fact, he wanted to cooperate with Director Li from the very beginning.

But at that time, he did not have the conditions to cooperate with him, so he traveled all over the country to accumulate various channels.

I didn't expect that after just a brief contact with him today, I was taught a good lesson by this young man again.

What the big boss said was true. This young man, despite his young age, can see farther than anyone else. Manager An thought about it and suddenly decided, "Then let's do this. Xiaolin and I will officially come to work at Minlong in the spring of next year."

Li Duoyu smiled so much that his eyes almost narrowed into a line: "Welcome to the company, both of you. When the time comes, I will provide you with a dormitory each on the island."

Manager An said, "Then let's go take a look at those products first. If possible, we will bring them to customers for trial in the spring of next year."

"sure, no problem."

Li Duoyu brought Manager An to the shrimp farm and took out grilled squid shreds, black bean anchovies, and spicy dried fish for Manager An to taste.

When An Yuliang was eating the grilled squid strips, his eyes lit up and he said on the spot: "Director Li, this tastes good. Did you make this recipe yourself?"

"I learned it from the Japanese." Li Duoyu said casually. This time he really didn't lie, he just learned it in his previous life.

Manager An was very excited: "If the grilled squid strips we produce are this delicious, I have the confidence to sell them to the mainland."

Li Duoyu said: "When the time comes, the ones produced on our assembly line will not be much worse than this one, and this one has a long shelf life, so there will be no problem selling it to the mainland."

An Yuliang was really excited and couldn't help but try the black bean clove fish again. He immediately said, "This is also very good. If you use it with breakfast, it's simply invincible."

"I feel the same way."

When it came to the spicy dried fish, Xiao Lin couldn't help but take several steps back. Li Duoyu smiled and said, "I have two versions. One is for people in spicy food areas, which is a bit spicier. The other is for people along the coast, which is just a little spicy, but not as spicy as you might imagine."

An Yuliang rolled his eyes at his apprentice and said, "What are you afraid of? You can't drive a car and you can't eat spicy food. Go eat the ones that are not that spicy."

Xiao Lin scratched his head and said:

"Director Li, is the other one really not spicy?"

Li Duoyu picked up a small spicy dried fish made of anchovies and put it in his mouth and started eating: "It's really not spicy, you can try it."

Kobayashi was skeptical, and carefully picked up a fishing rod and put it into his mouth to eat. However, his face changed drastically the next second, as if it was on fire. His mouth opened wide and he looked for water everywhere.

Li Duoyu looked puzzled: "Comrade Xiaolin, is it that spicy?"

Xiaolin was about to cry.

"It's not really spicy, but it's numbing!"

"what!"

Li Duoyu slapped his forehead and said, "I almost forgot to tell you that in order to increase the flavor, some peppercorns will be added for seasoning."

An Yuliang shook his head: "After returning home, practice more to avoid embarrassing yourself outside."

After Manager An and his team finished the tour, they returned to Rongcheng, and Li Duoyu also solved a problem with the help of the two of them.

There will be absolutely no problem with product channel sales. At that time, he only needs to be responsible for product quality.

But we are still lacking a management talent. Now that the company is getting bigger and bigger, we need more talents.

Li Duoyu felt that it would not work just to look for someone on Dandan Island. After all, almost all the capable people on Dandan Island were already working at Minlong.

It seems that after the new year, it will be necessary to recruit one or two management talents from the entire society.

There are only a few days left until the Chinese New Year.

But here in Qixing Bay, there are still many workers working, especially in the nursery pond, which is now 100% the top priority.

The second brother Li Yaoguo has been living in Qixing Bay recently and has been paying close attention to the situation of the eel fry.

Check the water temperature every one or two hours and check the water quality at least twice a day.

This time, not only the eel fry have to overwinter, but the broodstock in the pond also have to overwinter, and this time there are a lot of broodstock.

Next year, we will not only supply our own shrimp ponds, but also sell the shrimp fry to shrimp farms along the coastal areas.

Therefore, Yuedong is very important. To put it bluntly, if a mistake is made now, these eel fry and shrimps will be frozen to death.

Next year, the entire Minlong’s revenue will be cut in half. If things go wrong, even profitability will be a problem.

So the pressure is quite high.

What worries everyone the most is that the Chinese New Year is coming soon.

By then, every household will use electricity, and the power consumption will definitely soar. The voltage will become very unstable, and a group of people must be watching it at all times.

In order to deal with various emergencies, Li Duoyu has made several preparations. If the grid voltage is unstable, he will have to immediately switch to the backup generator.

If even the generator fails, he will just burn the big boiler. Anyway, he has stored at least enough firewood to burn for more than a month outside the factory, and these are for emergencies.

Li Duoyu checked the eel fry and found that it was no longer as transparent as before, and black lines had grown on its body. He estimated that if he raised it for another month, it would turn into a small black fry.

The condition of the brood shrimps is also very good, and they can be allowed to mate as soon as March comes.

In the past two days, Li Duoyu had no plans to return to Dandan Island, and even turned down many invitations to New Year's parties from various organizations.

He planned to stay in Qixing Bay with his second brother until New Year's Eve.

When Li Duoyu came out of the nursery pond, it was just evening. The winter sunset was not as bright as the summer sunset.

On the contrary, it makes people feel a little cold.

Not far away, after the seawater in those shrimp ponds had been drained, they were now full of seabirds begging for food.

It seemed that there were also a few children from the neighboring village who came to pick up leftovers. There were definitely no prawns left, but there were still some blue crabs. After all, these creatures can dig holes, so it is inevitable that some crabs slipped through the net.

Because of Li Duoyu's arrival, a security staff member shouted to the children, "Stop arresting them, leave quickly."

In fact, there was nothing in it at all. Not long ago, Director Li said that all the blue crabs that could be caught would become bonuses. They had already dug them up. In addition, the pond was dry, so if they were not caught, the blue crabs would die.

He didn't care yesterday.

But today the boss is here, so he has to pretend.

But unexpectedly, after hearing them, the boss said to them: "It's okay, the kids are just playing, let them dig."

As long as it wasn't the kind of snatching, Li Duoyu thought it was quite interesting to let others pick up some of the things they had left.

They might not be able to catch it, so it all depends on their ability. At this moment, one of the children shouted, "There is a hole here, and it seems there are crab footprints."

These kids didn't have any tools, so they just dug with their hands. They dug deeper and deeper, and everything turned into mud figures. They dug until dark, and even raised torches.

Curious Li Duoyu went over to take a look and unexpectedly found that they had caught a large blue crab. He smiled and said, "That's amazing! I think this one can be sold for more than one dollar."

One of the older boys smiled and said, "Uncle, do you want it? We'll sell it to you for two dollars."

"Is it so expensive?"

"Uncle, you may not know this, but the blue crabs farmed by Li Duoyu are actually more delicious than wild ones, and two dollars is really not expensive.

The market is full of people buying it now. If you want to buy it, you may not be able to buy the real thing." (End of this chapter)