Chapter 647: The World's Richest Man's Pig Farming Diary, Postpartum Care for Sows
In late June, midsummer arrived quietly, the weather in Luzhou became increasingly hot, and the sound of cicadas gradually began to be heard among the trees downstairs of Senlian Science and Technology Park.
"Boss, we've got the animal epidemic prevention certificate, business license, sewage discharge permit, and breeding livestock and poultry production and operation license. The water and electricity facilities have also completed their final round of inspections. The ventilation system in the constant temperature breeding shed will be ready this afternoon."
Wang Guan, head of the pig farming department of Orange Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Technology, reported to Chen Yansen through video conference.
"Where are the breeding pigs, material reserves, and technical teams?"
Chen Yansen leaned back in his chair and asked casually.
Wang Guan was the CEO he poached from Muyuan Group and a top student majoring in animal husbandry at Northwest A&F University.
He started as a grassroots pig farm technician and was eventually promoted to the position of deputy general manager of the breeding department with his solid professional ability and rich experience.
It took twenty years!
However, Wang Guan’s annual salary at Muyuan Group is only 700,000 yuan. After deducting the performance bonus, his monthly salary before tax is less than 40,000 yuan.
Chen Yansen offered him an annual salary of one million, plus equity incentives. He didn't think much about it and resigned immediately. He took his half-life breeding experience and team and ran to Xucheng to report, responsible for the preliminary preparations for the pig farming department.
Wang Guan, on the other side of the screen, listened and replied steadily, "As for breeding pigs, I've contacted the national breeding base in northern Jiangsu. They're all high-quality breeds that have undergone three generations of selective breeding. Their litter size is stable at over 12 pigs per litter, and their feed-to-meat ratio is 0.2 percentage points lower than that of ordinary breeding pigs."
He paused and said, "Material reserves are still under discussion. We plan to order 100 tons of corn and soybean meal from grain merchants in Northeast China first, and purchase them in three batches.
The first batch has a total of 10 tons, which are currently stored in the constant temperature grain warehouse in the park. I asked the laboratory staff to conduct random inspections. The moisture content is 13.5%, the protein content meets the standard, and there is no moldy grain.
As for epidemic prevention supplies, I have a six-month supply of swine fever and foot-and-mouth disease vaccines, over 200 boxes of glutaraldehyde and potassium persulfate for disinfection, and even 20% more spare parts for heat lamps and mattresses in the farrowing pens to prepare for emergencies."
Chen Yansen nodded and motioned Wang Guan to continue.
In his opinion, it was worth spending 1 million to get Wang Guan. Not only did he have strong skills and experience, but he also had a lot of supplier resources.
“Regarding the technical team, I brought 16 people from Muyuan Group, all of whom are core technicians who have worked with me for at least five years.
There are 4 senior veterinarians who are good at preventing and controlling common pig diseases and diagnosing difficult and complicated diseases.
There are 8 breeding technicians, 2 of whom are specifically responsible for the management of sows during pregnancy. They previously managed the sow farrowing house at Muyuan Group, and their annual survival rate was above 98%.
There are also 4 that are used for data monitoring, which can predict the health status of pigs based on their feeding and drinking data.
In addition, I have recruited eight experienced breeders from my alma mater. They have just completed two rounds of theoretical training. Next week, after the breeding pigs arrive, they will undergo a week-long practical assessment. Only those who pass the assessment can start work."
Wang Guan spoke eloquently.
For someone who has raised pigs for twenty years, it is natural for him to talk about breeding-related technologies and personnel reserves.
In fact, today's large-scale pig farms are typical "technology-intensive" industries rather than "labor-intensive" industries.
Because a large number of technicians are needed in genetic breeding, feed engineering, environmental control and epidemic prevention systems.
Otherwise, if a large-scale swine fever or respiratory disease occurs, the losses could reach hundreds of millions or even billions depending on the size of the farm.
To put it bluntly, raising pigs is impossible without skills.
However, feed processing, slaughtering and other links can be classified as labor-intensive industries.
After hearing Wang Guan's reply, Chen Yansen's eyes showed even more approval.
You know, if the entire process of the breeding industry is included in the business scope, it can provide at least 100,000 jobs.
In one year, it was easy to earn 2 million yuan.
What's more, with the development of Pinbei, Kuapao Maicai and Orange Supermarket, there is no need to worry about sales problems at all.
Starting with a pig farm, followed by a cattle farm, a chicken farm, aquaculture farm, and greenhouse vegetables, and then opening a private farm, while training technicians in animal husbandry, agriculture, and aquaculture, and recruiting front-line operators.
As long as a scale effect can be formed, the humanitarian fire accumulated in a year will definitely not be less than that of the express delivery or takeaway industry.
“We try to purchase feed locally, which not only saves shipping costs but also drives the development of the industrial chain.
However, you should know my thoughts. After the production line is completed, we will have to produce and sell our own products, and only purchase raw materials."
Chen Yansen warned in a calm tone.
"Boss, I've already done some research on local feed suppliers. There are three fairly large feed mills in Xucheng. I took the lab there to collect samples. The impurity rates of corn and soybean meal are both under 1%, and the amino acid content meets the nutritional standards for our breeding pigs.
For subsequent regular monthly purchases, I plan to source 65% from local suppliers and place the remaining 35% with suppliers in Northeast China, thereby reducing reliance on a single supply chain and increasing bargaining power.
Wang Guan explained clearly.
Chen Yansen nodded slightly but did not express his opinion.
Although he had read hundreds of books and thousands of academic papers before entering the breeding industry, he only had a certain amount of knowledge reserves and still had to rely on Wang Guan for practical operations.
After all, pig farming is not like computer programming. It requires real experience accumulation, and one wrong step may trigger a chain reaction.
Just like when he mastered the polishing and coating technology of aspheric mirrors, he could not do without the support of the laboratory and the assistance of supporting R&D equipment.
It is absolutely impossible to deduce improvement plans to implement technology by simply making assumptions out of thin air.
"As for the issue of building our own feed processing, my initial idea is to divide it into two lines: one is to make premixes specifically for sows, precisely control the calcium-phosphorus ratio and vitamin content, and improve the farrowing rate.
The other line is used to make complete feed for fattening pigs, adjusting the energy ratio according to different growth stages and reducing the feed-to-meat ratio by another 0.1.
Regarding equipment, I compared three manufacturers and found a pellet mill from a German brand that can keep the feed mature to over 90%, making it easier to digest and killing mold spores in the raw materials. I plan to visit Europe next month for a field trip.
The crown then added.
Chen Yansen hummed, then reminded, "Remember to pay special attention to the after-sales response speed and adaptability of the equipment."
"Okay, boss. I understand." Wang Guan replied seriously.
"Okay, that's it for now. As for recruitment, you can ask Xiong Li to help coordinate school resources in East China and North China, and try to hold another campus recruitment fair before summer vacation."
Chen Yansen specifically reminded.
Companies mainly rely on two channels to recruit people: campus recruitment and social recruitment. It is difficult to simply judge the pros and cons of the two.
However, talents are directly discovered and trained from schools. These people are often more loyal than the "old hands" in the workplace and are more down-to-earth and serious in their work.
Of course, the most critical thing is whether the company's salary system, system and values can inspire the goodwill of employees and make them actively and spontaneously devote themselves to work.
Whether it is social recruitment or campus recruitment, if there is a lack of corresponding guidance mechanism, even enthusiastic graduates will one day become veterans.
On the contrary, if the system is perfect enough and the atmosphere is positive enough, even the so-called "old hands" will have a moment to rekindle their fighting spirit and work hard.
Ten minutes later, Chen Yansen hung up the video conference.
He stood up and walked to the freezer, took out a bottle of cold brew tea, unscrewed the cap and took a sip.
Then he came to the floor-to-ceiling window, lost in thought about other things.
Currently, Xingyuan Technology's R&D progress is stuck on the mask stage. Affected by this, the optical R&D center can only temporarily skip this module and turn its attention to the field of vacuum and environmental control systems.
Lin Nan has already communicated with the China Science and Technology Association and the National Science and Technology Investment Fund, and with the help of their resources and connections, he plans to purchase a set of equipment and materials needed to develop the mask table.
From the outside, this is clearly a sign that Xingyuan Technology is going to develop its own mask platform.
But most people are not optimistic!
Unlike the illumination system, the manufacture of the mask stage involves a great deal of precision technology.
For example, ultra-precision motion control technology requires a deep foundation in mathematics, control theory, and software engineering, coupled with long-term data accumulation and iterative optimization, to develop a set of motion control algorithms and software that can achieve nanometer-level precision.
In addition, the mask stage also requires ultra-lightweight, highly rigid, and thermally stable ceramic and carbon fiber composite materials. However, how to process these materials to extremely high shape and dimensional accuracy is itself a difficult problem.
More importantly, the current high-performance active vibration reduction platform, high-precision magnetic levitation motor and air bearing technology cannot meet the precision standards required for mask stage production.
Thinking of this, Chen Yansen made a plan in his mind: after the experimental equipment is ready, he will go to Shanghai for a while to tackle the tough problem of the mask stage first.
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The next day, Amazon launched its first smartphone, the Fire Phone.
It is equipped with Fire OS 3.5 system based on Android and is manufactured by Foxconn. It has a 4.7-inch touch screen, 2GB+32GB memory configuration, a 2.1-megapixel front camera and a 13-megapixel rear camera, and a built-in 2600mAh lithium battery.
The price of the bare phone is US$649, and the price of the contract phone is US$199.
On the first day of launch, the final sales volume was 4017 units.
This result surprised Amazon's top management. They were originally full of confidence, but reality slapped them in the face.
For users in North America, why is a smartphone that has neither system advantages nor battery life, memory, and camera advantages so expensive?
The price-performance ratio of Fire Phone is even worse than that of Orange C4S.
At the same time, Jumei Youpin was caught up in a counterfeit scandal, and its stock price continued to fall from its peak of US$39.4, just like taking a laxative, and it couldn't be stopped at all!
Keep falling!
At this time, the stock price was only 24.9 US dollars. In just ten days, the market value evaporated by 2.8 billion US dollars.
Investors in North America are collecting evidence and planning to sue Jumei.
The problem with this counterfeit scandal lies in the third-party business. In order to save the company, Cheng Ou directly cut off all third-party businesses.
But in the eyes of investors, this is no different from a scam.
Before going public, Jumei did not mention in its prospectus that it would cancel its third-party business.
Moreover, although the third-party business has been plagued by counterfeit problems, its transaction volume accounts for almost half of the total transaction volume of the Jumei platform.
As a result, the stock price fell even more!
Cheng Ou cheated the investors in North America and made them lose everything.
At this moment, a hot search rushed into the top ten of the list.
The key words are "Chen Yansen's new business"!
Driven by curiosity, netizens subconsciously clicked on it.
It was then discovered that someone had seen the sign of "Orange Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Technology Pig Farming Department" and took a photo and posted it online.
"I'm also drunk. This must be some company trying to take advantage of Brother Sen's traffic!"
"The picture is so beautiful I can't bear to look at it! But I heard that Ding Lei of NetEase and Brother Sen are good friends. As the saying goes, those who are close to vermilion will be red, and those who are close to ink will be black. Who knows, Brother Sen might also start raising pigs."
"Does anyone know the account number for the legal department of Sunlink Capital? @ it manually."
Netizens don’t believe at all that Chen Yansen would open a pig farm!
(End of this chapter)
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