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Chapter 618: Putting your job in your own hands (fourth update, please subscribe)

To be honest, the weather in Nanyang is not very pleasant. Even though this season in Nanyang is not the rainy season, the heavy rain still fell without warning.

This heavy rain has been falling since early morning. Anyone who stays outdoors for a while will be soaked in water, but it is nothing serious. Thousands of migrant workers held umbrellas in their hands and rode bicycles toward the factory.

Heavy rain fell on the windshield, making the vision a little blurry. Although the wiper wiped the rain from time to time, the vision was still affected. Li Jiebai, who was sitting in the car, was flipping through the newspaper. In a corner of Nanyang Daily, when he saw the news about TCL Corporation transferring TV technology to Haitian Corporation, he was stunned for a moment, and then said softly.

"I didn't expect that TCL would raise a wolf so quickly..."

As the manager of Jiahe Company, Li Jiebai certainly knew that this kind of technology transfer was just part of the company's "Wolf Raising Plan". In fact, it could also be understood as corporate expansion, just in another way.

While reading this news, a thought came to his mind - should Jiahe also raise wolves?

But how should Jiahe raise wolves?

Sitting on the back of the chair, Li Jiebai kept thinking about the possibilities in her heart.

Different from ordinary companies, Jiahe is the largest grain and oil enterprise in Nanyang. He owns 80% of the oil palm plantations and 70% of the farms in Nanyang, and also controls the import and export trade of rice, grain and oil in Nanyang.

It can be said that Jiahe holds Nanyang’s rice bowl in its hands.

It is precisely because of its own particularity that Jiahe Company has not raised its own wolves until now. Although there are also some private enterprises involved in the grain import and export trade, their scale is far from comparable to Jiahe.

"513 tons..."

Li Jiebai frowned after this figure came to mind. This was the amount of grain imported from Nanyang last year, with half rice and half wheat.

“Until now, Nanyang’s food is still mainly imported!”

Just thinking about this matter, Li Jiebai's brows furrowed.

When he entered the company building and stepped out of the elevator, there was still a trace of worry on his face. Before anyone could enter the office, Li Jiebai gave instructions to his secretary.

"Ask Manager Wei to come over and keep going."

Ten minutes later, in the general manager's office on the top floor of Jiahe Company, Wei Liangyou pointed at the charts on the rack and introduced the company's operations one by one.

"Last year, we exported 475 million tons of cassava chips to foreign countries, and imported 311 million tons of rice and 202 million tons of wheat... In terms of import sources, our main sources of rice imports are currently Myanmar, Siam, Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia, while wheat mainly comes from the United States, Canada and Australia..."

After explaining the food import situation in Nanyang, Wei Liangyou emphasized specifically.

"General Manager, with the use of rice transplanters and harvesters, the manpower and costs required for rice planting have been greatly reduced. Currently, 32 company-owned farms have begun to plant rice. With the use of agricultural machinery and equipment, In two years, Nanyang will basically be self-sufficient in rice.”

After a pause, Wei Liangyou emphasized.

"This self-sufficiency is based on the current import volume, but considering the level of population increase, it will take about four years to achieve complete self-sufficiency, but... this does not include wheat, because half of the population in Nanyang comes from the north. , They are used to eating pasta as their staple food, and the climate in Nanyang is not suitable for growing wheat, so wheat will still be mainly imported. "

Listening to Wei Liangyou's report, Li Jiebai was silent for a while, maybe only for a few seconds. After thinking for a moment, he said.

“It’s not just wheat.”

"what?"

"There is also corn. As the demand for meat and milk increases, we also need to import a large amount of corn. The climate in Nanyang is also not suitable for growing corn."

Apart from the weather, the land in Nanyang is actually not suitable for the development of agriculture. Because of the leaching phenomenon in the rainforest area, the land is very barren. Although the yield can be ensured through fertilization, this also limits the agricultural development in Nanyang.

Without a developed fertilizer industry, Nanyang's agriculture... would simply not be able to develop.

Maybe consider other ways to ensure food supply. In what way?

If it were the last century, overseas colonization could be started! The opening of overseas colonies by European countries was directly related to the lack of local resources.

Li Jiebai originally felt that colonialism should be criticized, but now from another perspective, colonies are the best choice for many countries to ensure the quality of life of their citizens.

Everyone is like this, their butt will always determine their head. Different positions will lead to different perspectives on problems.

Wei Liangyou added.

"Yes, there are also soybeans. We still need to import a large amount of soybeans. Half of our soybeans come from Tangshan and half from the United States..."

Soybeans are the most important source of oil in Southeast Asia. On the one hand, Chinese people like to eat soybean oil, and on the other hand, soybean meal can be used in aquaculture.

Because of this, Nanyang has imported more and more soybeans in the past few years. A few years ago, in order to obtain soybeans, they even imported a large amount of arms to the Northeast through agency companies - millions of Japanese-made weapons and hundreds of thousands of tons of ammunition were transported to the Northeast in exchange for soybeans.

Of course, that trade is almost unknown. It was all carried out by secret agencies. If it weren't for their work, they wouldn't know about it.

Only a very few people in Nanyang know about this. In fact, even they don't know the details, they just have a vague idea.

"Wheat, corn, soybeans..."

Turning to look out the window, Li Jiebai said in a rather helpless tone.

"Half of Nanyang's jobs are in the hands of foreigners. Do you think this can continue?"

Wei Liangyou thought about the general manager's words for a moment and said.

"Agricultural production is restricted by natural conditions. Nanyang has a tropical rainforest climate, which is not suitable for the development of wheat, soybean and corn cultivation. Well... there is too much rain."

Due to the restrictions of weather conditions, even if you want to develop these, you are destined to be disappointed. At this time, the sun was hidden behind thick black clouds and was setting, and the sky quickly darkened again. Within a moment, heavy rain once again enveloped the entire city.

"But our demand for soybeans and corn will only increase. After all, the amount of meat people eat and the amount of milk they drink are constantly increasing. Cattle and pig raising require these as feed!"

Looking at the rain outside the window, thinking of the astronomical amounts of corn and soybeans that Nanyang will need to import in the future, this makes Li Jie a little worried during the day. He is not too worried about the current import volume, but what if there is a conflict with the United States?

In other words, if another war breaks out...for example, if the war on the peninsula breaks out now, if it expands further, the Russians end up, and a full-scale war breaks out, will it affect the food supply in Southeast Asia?

Even if it didn't affect it this time, what about the future?

As the general manager of Jiahe Company, he had to consider how to grasp Nanyang's job more firmly and tightly.

"Actually, developing a colony may be a good choice..."

The general manager seemed to say it casually, which made Wei Liangyou puzzled.

"Manager, times have changed now. The decolonization of various countries has become a foregone conclusion. In the next few years, there may be a wave of independence for the colonies."

Obviously Wei Liangyou didn't understand the general manager's intention.

"yes,"

Li Jiebai nodded and said.

"So, maybe this is our opportunity."

(End of this chapter)