Chapter 247 Cooperation with the Provincial Capital Vegetable Club for Development
"Okay, I'll go with you."
As they were talking, the four of them left home. Huo Yan drove the car, and in more than ten minutes they arrived at the vegetable greenhouse base.
When they got off the car, Gu Shuwen and Huo Yan saw only rows of houses, but after entering one of the greenhouses, they were shocked.
What appeared before their eyes was a lush green celery field, with the celery growing vigorously.
Gu Shuwen looked incredulous: "I didn't expect that I could grow vegetables in winter..."
Li Caiyun couldn't help but reveal a sense of pride in her eyes when she listened to Gu Shuwen's words.
"Your brother-in-law took care of growing these vegetables. At the beginning, many people were against it, but now that the vegetable planting has been successful, no one has anything to say..."
Gu Shuwen looked at Zhou Yong with surprise in her eyes, while Huo Yan asked, "Brother-in-law, how many kinds of vegetables do you grow in your village? Do you keep them for yourself? Or do you sell them?"
Even if you want to eat them yourself, you still have to pay for them. After all, the investment cost of growing vegetables is there, and the main purpose of growing vegetables is to increase the income of villagers.
Huo Yan nodded continuously as he listened to Zhou Yong's words: "Brother-in-law, I want to discuss cooperation with you."
cooperate?
Zhou Yong glanced at Huo Yan, who was only about 27 or 28 years old, and said with a smile, "Go ahead!"
Huo Yan's mother worked in a vegetable market in the provincial capital, but her specific position was not mentioned.
According to him, all the vegetables in the provincial capital are transported from the south after winter.
Despite the high cost of vegetables and the fact that they are often damaged by frost during transportation, vegetable markets in provincial capitals still purchase these damaged vegetables at full price.
If you don't accept the full order, the other party will not cooperate with the provincial capital's vegetable club.
Huo Yan intends to supply vegetables from Huaixi Village to the provincial capital's vegetable market. Although the quantity is limited, it can still share some of the pressure for the provincial capital's vegetable market.
After listening to Huo Yan's words, Zhou Yong calmly asked, "Can you make the decision on this matter?"
Huo Yan smiled slightly: "Brother-in-law, if my mother knew that Huaixi Village has ready-made vegetables, she probably wouldn't have gone to the south to seek cooperation..."
Zhou Yong chuckled and glanced at Huo Yan from the corner of his eye: "You need to ask your aunt about this. And if you want to cooperate, you need to meet and negotiate. It's not something that can be decided by a few words between you and me..."
Huo Yan nodded: "Brother-in-law, do you think this is okay? I will go to the commune and call my mother in a while. If possible, ask her to come over..."
After hearing his words, Zhou Yong secretly raised his eyebrows and responded with a smile.
Huo Yan suggested visiting other greenhouses to find out what kinds of vegetables were grown there.
Due to time constraints, Zhou Yong only took them to visit more than a dozen greenhouses, and he was responsible for explaining the situation in the rest of the greenhouses.
Huo Yan was definitely a decisive person. He sent Zhou Yong and others back to Li's house, and drove to the commune alone to call his mother.
The dumplings were wrapped and Huo Yan came back. His mother drove to Qingmu County in the afternoon and came to Huaixi Village for a field investigation tomorrow morning.
In the afternoon, Zhou Yong arranged for someone to take Huo Yan, Gu Shuwen and Li Caiyun to the mountain to hunt, while he stayed in the brigade to hold a discussion meeting.
The participants of the meeting were Li Baotian, Zhou Yong, Accountant Sun, Li Ming, Sun Qing…
Zhou Yong talked about the topic of the meeting, and everyone looked at each other in surprise.
Li Ming was the first to speak: "Captain, if we cooperate with the provincial vegetable market, how can we solve the transportation problem? We can't use horse-drawn carriages to deliver vegetables to the provincial capital, right? Not to mention whether people can bear it, the vegetables will probably freeze before they are transported to the provincial capital..."
Zhou Yong wrote down the questions one by one in his notebook: "Sun Qing, what do you think?"
Sun Qing frowned slightly: "The prices in the provincial capital are high, so the prices of vegetables will naturally not be low. If we cooperate with the provincial capital vegetable market, the transportation problem will have to be solved by them. If we are asked to deliver the vegetables, firstly, the personnel costs will increase, and secondly, we don't have a truck, and we rely on horse carriages to travel long distances, and all the vegetables have to be frozen..."
After he finished speaking, Zhou Yong nodded and looked at Accountant Sun.
"To put it bluntly, profit is our priority. We will cooperate with whoever offers us the highest price."
Li Baotian echoed: "I agree with what Accountant Sun said."
Zhou Yong combined the opinions expressed by others and made a summary.
After Zhou Yong finished speaking, Li Ming immediately said: "Captain, we don't need to go far away to cooperate with the provincial vegetable market. According to the previous plan, we can sell vegetables to the commune vegetable market and the county vegetable market..."
Zhou Yong gently closed the pen cap and gently rotated the pen with one hand. He thought for a moment and said, "The combined population of Hongqi Commune and the county town is still less than one-third of the provincial capital. Moreover, the provincial capital is dominated by dual-income families, whose consumption concepts are very different from ours..."
Li Ming nodded: "Captain, you are right. I am short-sighted."
Zhou Yong glanced at Li Ming and put his pen on the desk: "The reason why I want to cooperate with the provincial vegetable club is for long-term development.
This year, we only have fifty vegetable greenhouses, but next year, our size will double, possibly even increasing to two hundred.
By then, vegetable production will increase significantly, exceeding the vegetable supply demand of Hongqi Commune and the county seat.
Until then, we will have to seek partners on our own. Otherwise, the vegetables would be unsalable in the greenhouse and become worthless...
After Zhou Yong finished speaking, Li Ming and Sun Qing showed admiration on their faces.
Especially Li Ming, he did not think about the long-term, but only thought about the present.
Accountant Sun said with a smile: "Zhou Yong is a smart guy. He thinks three steps ahead."
His words were recognized by everyone, and Li Baotian couldn't help but show pride on his face.
Zhou Yong looked around at everyone, then said decisively: "If there is no objection, follow my plan."
Everyone had no objection and the matter was settled smoothly.
After a while, Zhou Yong looked through his notebook and circled some important things with a pen.
"Zhou Yong, stop busying yourself and go up the mountain to see Caiyun and the others!"
If Huo Yan's mother hadn't come for a field investigation tomorrow, Zhou Yong should have accompanied them to the mountains to hunt.
Zhou Yong responded and closed his notebook: "Dad, the rest of the work is up to you."
Li Baotian nodded: "Go!"
Zhou Yong put on his cotton hat and left the office, and Li Baotian arranged tomorrow's work.
It took him more than an hour to walk up the mountain before he found Li Caiyun, Huo Yan, Gu Shuwen and Li Hongjun.
"Nice catch, huh? Who hunted the pheasant?"
The four of them hunted two pheasants.
Li Hongjun looked cocky: "Of course it's me."
Zhou Yong smiled and looked around: "Brother, where are we going next?"
"It's getting dark soon, let's not go inside, let's just play outside for a while..."
"That's fine. If we want to go hunting, let's go up the mountain early tomorrow..."
This was said by Zhou Yong, Huo Yan agreed, Gu Shuwen agreed, and Li Caiyun naturally would not say anything else.
"Hey, why is there a number on the trunk of this big tree?"
Li Caiyun was about to speak up to clear up his confusion, but Li Hongjun took over.
All the trees with numbers are sold to construction companies in the provincial capital.
After Huo Yan heard what Li Hongjun said, he showed a puzzled look on his face: "The provincial capital construction company purchased 150,000 trees in your village? Why haven't I heard of this?"
Zhou Yong: “…?”
Fuck, Huo Yan doesn’t work in a construction company in the provincial capital, does he?
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