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Chapter 556: Rice is snapped up at sky-high prices

The farm’s rice harvest has once again been bumper, and not only the employees within the farm are happy. Town leaders and many people who were concerned about the farm were happy after hearing the news. Because this also means that there is new rice to eat.

As the mature rice was harvested and dried, the first batch of processed rice was also sent to the households of related households by Mushanhe. Even Su Hong and other families far away in Xiangcheng also shared this joy.

As one of the few people in the entertainment industry who can enjoy such treatment, Zhang Guorong said with emotion when he saw the two bags of rice delivered: "Every time I receive this kind of rice, I am both happy and sad at the same time!"

After hearing this, Mei Yanfang said directly: "Don't think I can't hear it, you are showing off. If you really don't want to accept it, just give it to me. Others have this kind of rice. Money can’t even buy it!”

"Now that you know, why are you asking? Although I can't give you a bag, I can still treat you to a few meals."

Knowing that Zhang Guorong has a close relationship with his boss, in addition to receiving this kind of rice that other artists cannot buy with money, he can also receive other agricultural products of the same rare quality every year. This unique treatment is really the envy of the company's artists.

But it's useless no matter how much you envy him. Who knew Zhang Guorong and his boss first?

In addition to the envied Leslie Cheung, there is naturally Zhou Huimin who is even more enviable. For her, after receiving two bags of rice, she sent them home directly to share them with her mother, who depended on each other.

As for senior executives of other groups or companies, only those who are truly in charge have the opportunity to enjoy such treatment. The result is obvious. Without exception, these executives' cronies took the rice home and shared it with their families.

After learning that the farm's rice had been harvested this year, customers who had been looking forward to rice for a long time also contacted Xu Siwen to inquire about the status of their orders. Faced with the demands of these customers, Xu Siwen could only try his best to appease them.

Although the farm's rice output and planting scale have increased this year, the share that can be sold to foreign customers is still less than last year. But even so, those customers didn't dare to have any objections.

If they are dissatisfied, Xu Siwen will not tolerate them. They don’t want it, but there are many customers who want to buy it!

Seeing the first batch of payment deposited into the farm account, Zhao Zhicheng, the general manager, was equally happy and said: "Mr. Mu, has the price of our rice gone up again this year?"

"Yeah! I heard from Lao Xu that it was the customer who raised the price on his own initiative. He just hopes to get more quotas."

"It seems that our rice is now completely famous."

"Not only rice, but also the watermelons that are about to mature, and the fruits and vegetables produced in greenhouses in winter will become hot commodities among high-end customers. I think our farm's income can also increase year by year."

Although Mu Shanhe does not expect to make money from the farm, the annual income from the farm is still considerable. As farm managers, Zhao Zhicheng and his team's current annual salary is not low. Plus food and accommodation are included, and those with a lot of money can only deposit it in the bank.

The family members who were brought to the farm also knew that the treatment given to regular employees by Mushanhe was undoubtedly quite good. If you can become a farm manager, your annual bonus will also be generous.

When the first batch of ten tons of rice arrived in Xiangcheng, Xu Siwen also arranged for this batch of rice to be put directly on the shelves of his franchise stores. A five-kilogram bag of rice costs nearly a thousand xiang coins, and a kilogram costs hundreds of yuan. Such an exaggerated price makes people who occasionally pass by say that this is sky-high price of rice. Unfortunately, for such sky-high prices, specialty stores have even implemented purchase restrictions. If you are not a VIP member, you can only buy one bag even if you have money.

What surprised the citizens of Xiangcheng was that the rice at such a sky-high price attracted panic buying on the first day it was put on the shelves. Cars belonging to wealthy people from Xiangcheng appeared in front of the entire store from time to time. Some rich people even came to buy rice in person.

With the VIP membership card they applied for, they can buy fifty kilograms, or five bags of rice, in the store every month. Upon hearing such a strange request, a wealthy man soon asked: "Can we supply it every month?"

"Yes! Although we cannot guarantee that we can supply it in time every month. But we will also find ways to meet the needs of each VIP user. Not only this kind of rice, but also some products that will be launched in the future will be given priority to supply to VIPs."

Even if you apply for a VIP card, you still have to pay membership fees and reach a certain consumption amount every year. But for these rich people, if they wanted to eat the agricultural products produced by Matiling Farm, they had to go to other countries to buy and reserve them.

Nowadays, they can buy such high-quality and delicious agricultural products in Longcheng's specialty stores, so they will not miss this opportunity. A bag of rice costs nearly a thousand yuan, which is indeed expensive, but it only costs a few thousand yuan a month.

For these billionaires, such expenses are undoubtedly a drop in the bucket. Other foreign customers who have enjoyed these agricultural products also seemed a little helpless when they learned that Dongfang Shanzhen opened a directly-operated store in Xiangcheng.

Fortunately, Dongfang Shanzhen promised that the agricultural products grown at Matiling Farm will only open directly-operated stores in Xiangcheng and not in the country where they are located. In this way, they can still monopolize such high-end agricultural products from Xu Siwen.

After receiving Xu Siwen's call from Xiangcheng, Mu Shanhe said helplessly: "It seems that I still underestimated the demand of the high-end market! If this trend continues, we will have to expand the planting scale next year."

"Young Master Mu, the town actually proposed to us before that it is willing to lease more land to us. People in nearby villages are actually willing to rent fields that can grow rice to us, so that it will be easier for them."

Although the fields are now distributed to each household, the people who actually farm know that if they just grow food, they will not make much money after a year of hard work. If you rent it to a farm, you can still earn a lot of rent in a year.

Although there is no land to farm, you can find other things to do. Especially in winter, as long as people are diligent, they can make a lot of money in one winter. Because of the winter in small towns, almost every village is short of labor.

For those farmers who have built greenhouses, their families will stay around the greenhouses throughout the winter. Although the greenhouse area under management is not large, the income is more profitable than simply growing food. In this case, leasing the excess fields will naturally have no problem.

But as far as the current situation is concerned, Mu Shanhe does not want to expand too blindly. According to the farm manpower and market demand, the corresponding planting area will be increased. If not, there will also be problems with the supply of divine soil fertilizers.

Even in order to add more sacred soil, Mu Shanhe specially asked Li Yi, who was far away in the border town, to let Slava and others form a manpower to hunt a group of wild beasts. If you don't harm those at home, you can only harm those abroad.

Anyway, within Damao, many places are vast and sparsely populated, and there are many wild animals that live there. Allowing people to eliminate some is actually more conducive to maintaining ecological balance. Thinking of this, Mu Shanhe felt that there was no need to feel too guilty!

(End of this chapter)