Chapter 671 Fast-Growing Beets
"The police have intervened. This fraud case is now a key case in Xucheng. The police are mobilizing all their forces to solve the case."
"But according to previous precedents, the subject of the fraud case has already absconded, and the possibility of recovering the stolen money is not high. Not to mention, the biggest loss currently lies in the delayed cultivated land and next year's harvest..."
Zhuang Buyuan frowned and said, "How did this happen? How could it affect so many people?"
Director Chen sighed and said: "A few months ago, a group of people used the name of Xucheng Agricultural Research Institute to sell seeds, saying that they had high-yielding seeds. They also said that if the seed yield did not meet expectations, the seed seller would pay per mu. 600 kilograms are repurchased. 600 kilograms is already an extremely high yield that an experienced, well-managed, disease-free farmer can achieve. The price of seeds at this company is almost ten times the price of seeds on the state market, but For high yields and insurance, many people still buy seeds.”
Zhuang Buyuan frowned and said: "Where is the Agricultural Research Institute in Xucheng? Do these people believe it?"
Even he, a farmer who doesn't do much farming, knows this.
Highly concentrated and highly developed cities are constantly driving certain low value-added industries out of the city.
Even if this is not the intention, the market itself is doing this. Even if Xucheng provides subsidies, some units and industries with low added value and difficulty in making profits will continue to leave Xucheng and move to other cities with lower costs.
In other words, wages in some industries are too low to afford employees' living expenses in Xucheng. These people have either changed careers or left Xucheng.
In an era where everyone is speculating on real estate and chasing the latest trends, some basic industries are faced with the embarrassment of being unavailable.
The same is true for agriculture. In Xucheng, agricultural research tasks are entrusted to Xucheng University and private scientific research institutions. There is no agricultural research institute at all, and Nong Lixin happens to be a subsidized professor.
"Farmers are superstitious about authority and will believe it if they are fooled." Director Chen said.
"What about your regulatory authorities? Didn't they do something? When they failed to act during supervision, something happened and we were asked to find a solution?"
"Ahem." Taulud coughed twice quickly to signal Zhuang Buyuan not to be so angry.
Director Chen's face turned red after being questioned by Zhuang Buyuan, and he said: "Their promotion was very secretive at the beginning. When we intervened, it was already too late. Tens of thousands of farmers had already bought their seeds. This is our job. It was not in place and not sensitive enough. But we immediately took measures to carry out scientific publicity everywhere to prevent later people from buying seeds. They actually thought that we were preventing them from getting rich. Our staff were almost beaten. During this period, the wheat did not meet the schedule. Only then did they feel something was wrong and came to the regulatory authorities again..."
Zhuang Buyuan didn't know what to say.
Seeing that there is money to be made, they flock to it, and if they are deceived, they come to the government to take responsibility. This routine is really...
So familiar!
Is money so easy to make in this world?
Is there any business in this world that guarantees profit without loss?
Zhuang Buyuan felt that Old Man Jia was right.
Farmers are all honest, as long as their simplicity is not tested.
More often than not, it is they who are simple and noble, and they are also the ones who are greedy and ignorant.
Zhuang Buyuan felt a headache.
"Then how do you want to solve it?" Zhuang Buyuan asked Director Chen.
In fact, it was originally a meeting, but now, it seemed to have turned into a negotiation or an appointment.
In the entire venue, only Director Chen and Zhuang Buyuan spoke, and everyone else listened quietly. It seemed that no matter what Zhuang Buyuan's attitude was, they would support it unconditionally.
Director Chen was shocked when he saw it. It felt like he was not having a meeting with a group of entrepreneurs, but like he was talking to the same company. Is this young man so dominant in Xucheng Agriculture?
Tao Lude also smiled bitterly. He, as the president, probably existed in name only from the moment Zhuang Buyuan appeared.
Zhuang Buyuan didn't want to be the president of this association, probably because he thought the plate was too small and he didn't like it.
"In fact, the biggest problem for these farmers is not that they have no money, but that their ability to resist risks is too poor. They invested too much in buying seeds before. Many large grain growers have dozens or hundreds of acres of land, and they buy seeds. The amount of money is at least tens of millions. Such a large amount of investment without any output may directly bring down a family farm, a small cooperative or a small business. I am not asking you to give money for direct assistance, but I hope You can sign some purchase agreements with them and pay deposits in advance to help them tide over the difficulties and reduce risks. I will also try my best to obtain a fund from the city as a subsidy..."
Zhuang Buyuan frowned. The purchase agreement also meant that the risk was transferred to the agricultural industry company.
An industry like agriculture that depends on the weather is very risky.
Zhuang Buyuan knew that they would obey his words, but he had no obligation to do so, nor did the CEOs of the agricultural product companies who trusted him.
I am a capitalist, with dirty blood dripping from every pore.
Zhuang Buyuan lowered his eyelids, thought for a while, and said, "The biggest loss now is actually because their harvest for the coming year has been delayed, right?"
"Then, as long as there is a crop grown now that can replace winter wheat, most of their losses can be recovered."
"This is the best, but now there is no substitute crop..." Director Chen said.
Zhuang Buyuan took out a piece of information that Zhao Min had given him before, flipped through it and said, "I happen to have a kind of low-temperature-resistant, fast-growing sugar beet here."
Zhuang Buyuan wanted to say that the seeds would be distributed to farmers for free, but he thought of what Old Man Jia said before: "My batch of sugar beet seeds can be distributed to farmers, but they must have the purchase agreement and buy-back contract from the scammer seed company." I will bear the risk, but if the law enforcement agencies recover the stolen money, subsequent compensation and refunds will have nothing to do with them."
Director Chen frowned and thought for a moment, and felt that this was a good idea. The only question is: "What is the yield of this sugar beet seed? Can it really grow quickly? Can it make up for their losses?"
If sugar beet seed yields don't meet expectations, wouldn't it be a big deal?
Zhuang Buyuan smiled and said nothing.
Do we, the Almighty Manor, need to prove our strength again?
If you don't believe it, forget it.
No matter what Director Chen decided, Zhuang Buyuan went back and found Old Man Jia and told him his solution.
"Quick-growing beets?" Old Man Jia looked at the village and said, "Master, this is a trick!"
Recently, the sugar consumption in the Era of Exile has continued to increase, and the expenditure on purchasing sugar has also been increasing. Zhuang Buyuan asked the villagers to plant beets, it must be for the Era of Exile.
But as You Zhuang said this, what does Old Man Jia still have to worry about?
He is the one who knows the strength of the manor best.
Old Man Jia happily went to inform the villagers of the news. In the evening, he brought hundreds of buy-back contracts.
Zhuang Buyuan called Xu Jianfei: "Have you ever hunted down fugitives?"
These hundreds of contracts add up to hundreds of millions, and the follow-up may be hundreds of millions. Do I have to bear this loss?