"Uncle, I have decided to establish Galaxy Agriculture Company with a registered capital of 10 billion RMB. For the time being, it will mainly focus on agricultural machinery manufacturing, seed breeding, fertilizers, and pesticides!"

【Galaxy】is an important brand under Wujiang Group. In the future, Galaxy Agriculture Company may conduct space breeding. Zhao Ye hopes that the 【Galaxy】brand will become even more well-known.

Mechanical manufacturing is a strength of Wujiang Group, so theoretically, it is highly feasible for Wujiang Group to venture into agricultural machinery.

The reason for choosing seed cultivation is that, apart from rice and wheat seeds which are basically domestically produced, corn, soybean, and vegetable seeds are mostly imported from abroad.

Therefore, after establishing Galaxy Agriculture Company, the first thing Zhao Ye thought of was to cultivate seeds.

Seed cultivation should be researched in experimental fields, followed by the establishment of seed supply bases, large-scale mechanized production, and finally, the sale of improved varieties to foreign countries, thereby breaking the foreign seed monopoly.

Pesticides and fertilizers are crucial factors in ensuring food production, so they have been prioritized.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuliang's face lit up with joy, but at this moment Zhao Ye suddenly changed the subject.

"Uncle, after Galaxy Agriculture Company is established, it will set up Galaxy Seed Industry Division. Galaxy Seed Industry Division will be divided into two departments: one department is conventional breeding with hybridization technology as the core; the other department is biological breeding with transgenic technology as the main focus."

I hope you can help me invite Academician Yuan Nongping to join the Galaxy Seed Industry Business Unit, primarily responsible for the breeding department focusing on hybridization technology!

Zhao Ye paused for a moment, then sighed, "Without a leading scientific researcher, Galaxy Agriculture Company would have a hard time surviving! Most importantly, Academician Yuan Nongping can play a more significant role in our company. We can provide him with more research funding to accelerate the research on super rice and other grain and vegetable seeds, thereby increasing my country's total grain output!"

The super hybrid rice of this period was naturally not as advanced as that of Zhao Ye's previous life; there was still a lot of room for improvement in hybrid rice.

However, conventional breeding, which is based on hybridization technology, has become very mature after decades of development. But with hybrid vigor already fully utilized, there is little room for further productivity improvement. On the other hand, bio-breeding, which is based on transgenic technology, is more efficient, precise and direct in the variety selection process, and the resulting varieties bring greater economic benefits. Therefore, it has become a key development direction for seed industry giants.

This year, in 1996, Monsanto launched its first genetically modified soybean, sparking a wave of genetically modified food. Subsequently, major companies around the world will also launch their own genetically modified products.

Is it safe to eat genetically modified food? Is it healthy?

This seems like an unnecessary consideration.

In China in its previous life, many seeds were imported from abroad, and most of these seeds were genetically modified. If people didn't eat genetically modified food, they would have nothing to eat.

In its previous era, China primarily relied on hybridization techniques, but it also conducted research on transgenic breeding.

What Zhao Ye is doing at this point is simply advancing the research on genetically modified food and investing heavily in the research.

Whether genetically modified foods from abroad are safe is uncertain.

However, Zhao Ye can guarantee the safety and health of the genetically modified food he developed himself.

In his previous life, Zhao Ye had heard that foreign genetically modified foods were mainly designed for Asian DNA, thus enabling genetic modification to have the strategic power to precisely target a particular race.

Therefore, Zhao Ye has even more reason to enter the field of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Currently, although China's biotechnology lags behind, the gap with foreign countries is not significant. Monsanto only launched genetically modified soybeans this year, and if Galaxy Agriculture Company strives to catch up, it is entirely possible to catch up.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuliang paused for a moment before saying, "Inviting Academician Yuan Nongping to join Yinhe Agriculture Company shouldn't be a problem, but our government hopes to acquire shares in Yinhe Agriculture Company!"

The authorities clearly have a high opinion of Wujiang Group's investment in the agricultural sector, so they made the decision to acquire a stake a long time ago.

Agriculture is the foundation of a nation.

After the government invests in Galaxy Agriculture Company, it will be able to better understand and master agricultural technology, promote domestic agricultural technology innovation, and increase China's total grain output.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ye was slightly taken aback, but then immediately agreed, "Okay, no problem, I can let the state take a 30% stake."

Xiao Yuliang said happily, "Great! Then we will contribute according to our shareholding ratio: Wujiang Group will contribute 7 billion RMB, and the government will contribute 3 billion RMB!"

"Hmm." Zhao Ye nodded, having no objection, as this was relatively fair to both parties.

After a while, Zhao Ye hung up the phone.

He has already reached a basic agreement with Xiao Yuliang.

However, Zhao Ye will send someone to discuss more details with the government.

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Zhou Yue, male, 43 years old, graduated from the University of California. He previously served as the Vice President of China at ADM, one of the world's four largest grain trading giants. Despite his outstanding abilities, he was always overshadowed by white superiors. Chinese people often encounter a glass ceiling in Western companies.

Clearly, this is the case with Zhou Yue. Despite his superior abilities being far superior to his white superior, AMD's management favored the white manager.

This made Zhou Yue very dissatisfied, but he was helpless.

When Zhao Ye extended an olive branch to him, Zhou Yue was overjoyed and decided to join Galaxy Agriculture Company as its CEO almost without hesitation.

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