Chapter 362: Can you earn 2 billion US dollars a year?
The memorial service did not make Su Wenchen depressed.
Instead, it made him more aware of his responsibilities and direction.
Return to the Ministry of Railways staff housing compound.
Su Wenchen's apparent calmness was quickly replaced by inner tension.
Under the light.
He immersed himself in the materials again, making a final report on the benefits of salinization and alkali treatment, a data comparison between golden-feathered chickens and fast-growing chickens, and benefit calculations after the introduction of equipment.
He can only mobilize all the resources he can to fight for it.
Since it is a special administrative region, it should look a little special.
Then Su Wenchen went straight into his room and made final preparations for the preparatory meeting tomorrow morning.
10 am the next day.
State Planning Commission meeting room.
The long, large mahogany conference table was already filled with deputy representatives from various ministries and commissions on both sides.
Some even have their direct leaders come in person.
The atmosphere in the meeting room was solemn.
The winter sun shines through the window and shines on the blackboard filled with numbers and project names.
There were piles of half-extinguished cigarette butts in the copper ashtrays on the tables in front of many people.
Because Su Wenchen was seated at the back, he witnessed rounds of verbal battles between departments.
"Next, the representative from the Ministry of Industry!"
Hearing this, a middle-aged man straightened his clothes and stood up and said.
"Leaders, comrades, our Ministry of Industry has applied to import a high-precision seamless cold-drawn steel pipe production line from West Germany in the Northeast Industrial Base."
"This is the preliminary data we have collected. If we can introduce this equipment, our domestic special steel smelting technology will have a major breakthrough."
"The level of basic materials for our industry will also be greatly improved."
"Our military industry and machinery manufacturing can benefit from this."
As soon as the representative of the Ministry of Industry finished speaking.
The leader of the Planning Commission looked through the other party's materials.
"What do you all think?"
Hearing this, the representative of the energy department sitting opposite him interrupted first.
"I don't think this matter is urgent. The data on the cold-drawn steel pipes written above is indeed excellent."
“But the question is how much basic steel do we have?”
“Even if we bring it back, how much can we produce in a year?”
"Is it necessary to use this high-end steel pipe for some ordinary mechanical manufacturing?"
When the other party heard this, his face was obviously dissatisfied, and he immediately said.
"Old Liu, the situation is changing."
"Our latest research has found that this equipment is crucial for improving the manufacturing process of precision bearing steel tubes and even has great potential in areas such as petrochemical exploration."
"It also has a great impact on your energy-related fields."
Hearing this, the representative from the Ministry of Energy opened his mouth and wanted to say something.
But in the end he remained silent.
But on the other side, a cadre with a nameplate of the Ministry of Light Industry in front of him stood up and spoke very quickly.
And it’s very direct.
"Lao Gao, we all know that every foreign exchange transaction nowadays is squeezed out by tightening the belt."
"The application of high-end equipment you mentioned is indeed important, but that is a plan for the 1975, 1980, or even after 1985, or even a goal even further away!"
"Right now, our light industry departments are waiting impatiently for all kinds of chemical fiber raw materials to be put into the pot. They are already waiting with tears in their eyes."
"Your steel pipeline is very advanced, but compared to solving the most urgent problems of people's livelihood and basic industrial needs at the moment, doesn't it seem a bit like icing on the cake?"
"I think your project can definitely be put on the reserve list. It can wait for a while in terms of urgency."
His words caused a low murmur in the meeting hall, and many people nodded silently.
The representative from the Ministry of Industry's face flushed slightly.
He looked directly at Director Li Zhenlin of the State Planning Commission, who frowned, paused, and continued.
"It has been temporarily included in the reserve project list, and the situation will be reviewed during the Seventh Five-Year Plan period."
Obviously he also agreed with the previous representative's rebuttal.
Since there had just been a round of heated debate, the leader of the State Planning Commission sitting at the top emphasized it directly.
"There is only so much foreign exchange available this time, so every foreign exchange indicator must be like a tightly closed faucet. We must carefully calculate every drop."
"So the projects we are introducing this time are mainly those that will be of great help to the country and the people, and will have high subsequent returns."
"Those projects that need improvement will be put aside for later. We must take advantage of this window of opportunity to solve the problems from scratch."
"If you already have it, or it's not urgent, put it aside for now."
"Next, the representative from the Huanghuaihai Special Region!"
Hearing this, Su Wenchen was shocked.
He quickly straightened himself up and stood up.
And it can be seen from the current name of the special zone that it has undergone more than half a year of development.
The name of the special zone has gradually changed from the original saline-alkali land management special zone to the Huanghuaihai Special Zone.
Obviously, this means that their special zone has entered the territory planned above.
This also means that the authorities are also interested in planning a central city in the Huanghuaihai area to drive the development of nearby areas.
Thinking of this, Su Wenchen quickly stood up and distributed the prepared "Special Zone Agricultural Modernization Supporting Introduction Plan".
"Dear leaders, our special zone has applied to introduce four production line projects related to agriculture and animal husbandry."
"The first is a complete large-scale fertilizer production line, including a synthetic ammonia reaction tower and a urea granulation tower."
“The second item is a large-scale feed amino acid production line!”
As soon as Su Wenchen finished speaking, the representative of the Ministry of Industry, who had been refuted before, looked directly at the information Su Wenchen had sent out and questioned it.
"You guys from the Special Zone are here to eat the rich!"
"He started with four projects. I won't go into details about the fertilizer plant. I just gave you the agricultural sector, and they introduced more than a dozen projects at once."
"Let me start by talking about the introduction of the feed mill?"
“Or a large feed mill?”
"I don't understand what amino acids you're talking about, but I do know how many livestock farms there are in our country."
"Besides, we're just feeding the livestock with food, so why should we spend such a huge amount of dollars?"
"Feeding livestock directly with grain won't stop them from growing."
"Tell me, what's the necessity?"
As the doubts arose, everyone in the venue focused their attention on Su Wenchen.
Su Wenchen was not panicked at all, because he knew it would be strange if no one questioned it. After all, every application from the previous department would face questioning.
It depends on whether you can convince everyone and make most people think that your project is indeed important.
It may also be beneficial to their department in the future.
So he calmly looked through the information.
"Leaders, you can take a look at the information I sent you earlier. There are various data on the third page."
"This is the actual measurement report of the corn yield of Blue Water Farm in the Special Administrative Region this year, as well as a comparison chart of the weight gain of broiler chickens fed with our self-formulated feed and ordinary feed."
"The leader just now asked me why it was necessary to introduce feed mills since there were so few livestock farms in the country."
"Then I will explain it to you."
"First of all, this year in our special zone, the highest yield of autumn corn harvest in some areas has reached 900 kilograms per mu."
As soon as this number came out, there was a slight gasp in the conference hall - because it was far higher than the national average.
Of course, this was also a little clever trick of Su Wenchen. He didn't mention the average yield per mu.
So when they heard Su Wenchen's words, many representatives from various provinces who were attending the meeting looked at Su Wenchen curiously.
Obviously, they were all shocked by the output.
Only the representatives from Jiangsu and Anhui provinces looked at Su Wenchen with strange expressions.
But they didn't say much, even though they knew it was laboratory production.
But for them, they still look forward to the development of the Special Administrative Region.
Especially Jiangsu Province.
In this way, they can take over the overflow resources from the Shanghai Stock Exchange in the south.
It would be wonderful if the north could take over the overflow resources of the Special Administrative Region.
Su Wenchen continued.
"One of the key reasons for this is the rational fertilization plan we have developed under the guidance of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, which is inseparable from the help of large amounts of organic fertilizer."
"And the production of organic fertilizer requires a large number of poultry."
“In addition, we have tried and found that mixed amino acid feed can increase the weight gain rate of broiler chickens by at least 30%.
"This means we can convert grains like corn and soybean meal into meat more efficiently."
"So a large feed yard is equivalent to a plant that produces a continuous supply of grain."
Su Wenchen turned to the cadre who asked the question.
“So chemical fertilizers increase the potential of land, and high-quality feed can reduce the consumption of grain by livestock and poultry, converting grain into meat, eggs and milk more efficiently.
"Furthermore, this large-scale production line can achieve scale and standardized production, ultimately lowering unit costs. Combined with the next two projects, we are even planning to form a complete industrial chain, not just introduce a feed production line."
"If the project is implemented, I believe it will enable our people to eat meat at the lowest cost."
"It's not like now, where every time we buy meat, it's like a battle. Some people in rural areas even don't eat a single bite of meat in a year."
"Leader, do you think this is necessary?"
The other party opened his mouth but said nothing.
Although he felt that this matter was not urgent, he also knew that it would be a bit incorrect to say it out loud.
Especially after New Year’s Day, the Chinese New Year is coming soon.
I guess if this news gets out, people who can’t buy meat will throw stones at him.
He would never do such a thing!
Many other people had similar ideas. After all, Su Wenchen was talking about people's livelihood, which might not be urgent.
But we have suffered for so many years, so it’s okay to endure it a little longer.
But can you say this?
If he said that, he would be asking for trouble, so the scene was silent for a while.
The leader above nodded.
"Representative of the Huanghuaihai Special Administrative Region, please continue!"
Seeing this, Su Wenchen began to explain the importance of poultry hatching environmental control systems.
"Leader, although our fast-growing chickens grow very fast, their reproduction rate still cannot keep up with the current expansion speed."
"The hatching process is greatly affected by temperature and humidity. Our domestic hatching rate fluctuates around 70%."
"However, the introduction of this system can steadily increase the hatching rate to over 90% and effectively control disease infection, which is crucial for expanding the scale of high-quality breeding poultry."
"With this equipment, we can quickly provide high-quality seedlings not only to our special zone but also to neighboring provinces."
"This is especially true of the state-owned livestock farms and commune-brigade farms in the four provinces of Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, and Anhui that are adjacent to our special zone."
"They can directly purchase large quantities of chick seedlings from us. By cooperating with our feed factory, we can also drive the rapid development of the breeding industry in the four surrounding provinces."
Obviously, Su Wenchen also knew that it would not be possible to fight alone, so he directly pulled the four provinces who could be pulled over to be teammates.
Obviously, the other party listened to what Su Wenchen said.
Looking at the detailed data described in the information, the feed-to-meat ratio of broiler chickens that can be slaughtered in 40 days is about 1 to 6.
This is such a good deal.
After all, the four provinces near Su Wenchen are also currently major production provinces.
If they could exchange coarse grains for food at a rate of 1:1.6, they would be very happy.
Therefore, the representative from Su Province was the first to jump out and support Su Wenchen's words.
"I agree with what the representative of the Huanghuaihai Special Economic Zone said."
Seeing this, the others were speechless.
But then the other three provinces followed suit.
After all, although the project is not implemented in my province, it is not far away, so I can still get some benefits, right?
Seeing this, Su Wenchen also made his final statement in one go.
"Leaders, our livestock industry has been developing slowly to begin with. Currently, the national average annual meat and egg intake is less than five kilograms."
"And in the United States, the average annual meat intake per capita is over 200 kilograms."
"Our main meat supply, even most of it, is concentrated in urban areas."
"You can imagine the meat supply in rural areas."
“Is it that our people don’t like to eat meat?”
"Then why is it that during holidays, the state-owned butcher shops under the meat processing plants in almost all cities open with only scraps left?"
"So I think there's no time to delay the development of the livestock industry. We've already delayed it too much."
"Now we are catching up again, which inevitably requires more resources."
"Of course, if you, the leader, feel that we need too much funding, we can refuse to allocate funds."
"Open a temporary foreign trade window for our special zone, and let us use all the US dollars earned from the export of alkali fertilizer and golden-feathered chicken to import equipment."
Obviously, Su Wenchen doesn't have to rely on funding from above to introduce it this time.
If the higher-ups agree that they can use the special zone's foreign trade funds for their own purposes, then he naturally doesn't mind.
That will actually lead to faster development.
When the leaders above heard that Su Wenchen was so confident, he actually planned to use the funds earned by the special zone to introduce projects.
Immediately curious.
"You plan to export your alkali-treated fertilizer. Has the US expressed interest in purchasing it?"
After all, the leader above was from the State Planning Commission, although he knew that an advance team had been to the Special Zone before.
But he really didn't know the specific content.
Su Wenchen thought about it and did not directly mention the issue of alkaline fertilizer treatment involving the subsequent votes, but only talked about normal economic interests.
"We've discussed a rough purchase intention. Based on the rough data we've learned so far, the US has over five million hectares of saline-alkali land."
"In the United States, the cost of treating one hectare of saline-alkali land is generally between US$500 and US$800 per year."
"And the cost here is probably just a few dollars."
"After all, our labor costs are actually not high."
"But the export price is definitely not this. My current target price is around $100 to $300 per year."
"If the price is too high, there's no need for others to buy. And if there's no profit in the US, they won't come all the way here to buy."
"As for the Golden Feather Chicken, things are a bit more complicated. As a high-end broiler, we plan to adopt the same high-price model as the Yuehua Rabbit."
"As for the price, it's between tens and hundreds of dollars per piece. We don't really have a firm idea ourselves. After all, we're not sure whether wealthy Americans can afford it."
After Su Wenchen finished saying this.
Someone below frowned and calculated with a pen.
As a result, he took a breath of cold air and couldn't help but say.
"This alkali-control fertilizer you're using, if you calculate it at a minimum of $100, you can make over $500 million a year?"
"So at $300, you can make $1.5 billion a year?"
Hearing this, the conference room suddenly became quiet.
Many people calculated it again and found that they were indeed correct.
They all looked at Su Wenchen in shock.
Wow, no wonder they have the confidence to announce the launch of four projects in one go!
They can earn 1.5 billion a year, and they dare to be so arrogant!
They even dare to apply for ten projects.
As for the golden-feathered chicken, most people ignore it. They think that no matter how delicious the chicken is, Americans can really spend hundreds of dollars to buy a chicken!
You really treat people as suckers!
Everyone is confident about the cost-effective alkali-control fertilizer. After all, in their view, land is everything.
There is no reason why low cost cannot solve the land problem.
As for this expensive chicken, no one cares about it.
Even the leaders of the State Planning Commission thought so, so they faced Su Wenchen's request.
He just coughed lightly.
"Well, what are everyone's opinions on the four projects proposed by the representatives of the Huanghuaihai Special Economic Zone?"
The leader glanced around.
Someone opened his mouth, wanting to say something but ultimately left it unsaid.
After all, the latter two didn't actually cost much money, although they felt it was unnecessary.
But who can blame them for earning so much every year? They are so confident!
If this goes wrong, you may have to ask the other party for help in the future.
Although the opponent is now the lowest level person in the audience.
But the other party was sitting at this table, not in the same row with the clerk behind.
What this means is that everyone has a clear understanding of it.
Looking at the silent crowd.
"Okay, due to the domestic shortage of livestock and meat, the four projects proposed by the Huanghuaihai Special Zone representatives will be officially included in the procurement catalog for the 72nd Plan."
"We will implement it later and discuss it in detail after the leaders confirm that there is no problem."
"Representative of the Huanghuaihai Special Economic Zone, now that the project has been implemented, you should also devote your energy to the development of the feed industry."
"We can't just be content with introducing a production line."
"As you said, our people have too little meat supply. One large feed mill is far from enough."
Su Wenchen bowed slightly.
"Thank you to all the leaders! The Special Administrative Region has resolutely completed the difficult task assigned by our superiors. After the project is implemented, we will fully promote the development of our own feed industry."
Since Su Wenchen was the one with the lowest position present, after he made his proposal, the leader above him looked around the entire audience.
"Does any department have any other project proposals?"
"If you have other opinions, please raise them. Otherwise, it will be too late for me to submit the procurement catalog after the meeting."
After he finished speaking, he paused.
After seeing that no one spoke.
"Okay, that's it for today. Except for the representatives from the Huanghuaihai Special Region, everyone else can disband."
Su Wenchen was a little surprised when he heard this.
Why was I left alone?
However, this time his overall goal was basically achieved, although the process was a bit tortuous.
But there were basically no accidents.
So I really don’t know why this leader kept me.
(End of this chapter)
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