Chapter 794 51 Billion? Ora Gold 940 Launched, Orange 4S Store Layout!
As April begins, the weather in Luzhou gradually warms up.
Flowers are in full bloom, and spring is in full bloom.
After Kuai Pao spearheaded the establishment of the food delivery association, it took over all delivery services from platforms such as Tao Diandian, Louxia 100, Daojia Meishi Hui, Linghaoxian, and Shipaishi.
The rider team has grown rapidly, with the total number of riders exceeding 800,000, making it the private enterprise with the largest number of employees in China.
Delivery drivers can be seen everywhere on the streets and alleys.
However, the number of daily food delivery orders nationwide has dropped to 70 million, a decrease of 4 million orders compared to three months ago.
The main reason for this change is that Pei Yi raised the delivery fee, which led to the loss of some price-sensitive users.
However, from the perspective of the industry as a whole, the development has become healthier.
The platform has ended its negative profit margin operation, ensuring merchants' profits. More than 800,000 full-time riders and more than 2 million part-time riders across the country have also enjoyed the benefits of a 15% to 25% increase in delivery prices.
In short, participants at every stage of the industry chain have received reasonable benefits.
In Chen Yansen's view, it would be more reasonable for the delivery fee per order to rise to 6 to 9 yuan, but currently, the income of more than 90% of ordinary people is not enough to bear such high labor costs.
The operational mechanism of misappropriating platform commissions to subsidize riders' social security, bonuses, and insurance expenses is unlikely to change in the next three to five years.
Therefore, only by raising the salary standards of the vast majority of people can the pace of obtaining humanitarian aid be accelerated.
This is the core reason why he is forcing upstream and downstream companies of DeepBlue, Tiangong, and Xingyuan Technology to raise employee salaries and improve benefits.
Only with money can one consume, and only then can Senlian Group sell more of its products.
The fact that the Qingcheng D3 SE (priced at 499 yuan) and the Qingcheng D3 Pro (priced at 899 yuan) can sell over 100 million units a year is essentially because most consumers have limited income.
We're too poor!
Otherwise, if their financial situation allowed, who wouldn't want to buy the Orange and Shiny Orange series with better configurations and stronger performance?
Therefore, Chen Yansen meticulously planned and seized control of Abyssinia, sending a steady stream of expatriate employees to the country while also transferring some of his factory's production capacity there.
In East Africa, he has a greater say and can set employee salary standards entirely according to his own ideas.
He offered basic salaries of 8,000 to 10,000 yuan to construction workers and fruit and vegetable growers, and even college graduates with some technical skills could earn a starting salary of 12,000 yuan.
Experienced steelworkers, carpenters, and truck drivers can easily earn up to 20,000 yuan a month.
Of course, this approach also has its problems, as it can cause Abyssinians a great deal of psychological distress.
Chinese people are treated like royalty, while they can only do basic jobs such as cleaning, security, and screw fasteners.
But Chen Yansen also left a way out: as long as one is willing to learn Chinese and technical skills, their salary will gradually increase.
What he wants is a tool for creating the flame of humanity, not slaves.
Whether all of this can proceed smoothly according to his plan depends on Leggeji's ability to implement it.
at the same time.
DJI has been making great strides in the global market, becoming the undisputed king of the consumer drone industry.
Typically, when a new thing first appears, those who enter the field early are the first to reap the benefits.
Domestically, the biggest beneficiaries of this wave of benefits are the college students of Xucheng Academy and Senlian Academy.
Chen Yansen funded and provided equipment to build drone training bases in the two schools.
After more than half a year of systematic learning, even a novice with slightly less ability can earn 2,000 yuan a day by taking on small jobs such as aerial photography of wedding photos and shooting of ordinary short videos, charging per job.
Those who excel at this field can earn between 5,000 and 10,000 yuan per project if they are able to secure professional and challenging projects such as film and television productions or large-scale commercial promotional videos.
This also made Chen Yansen a top topic on the online forums of the two universities, with many of them being his loyal fans.
Anyone who dares to say a bad word about him on the forum will be chased and cursed by these naive college students for hundreds of posts until the other party deletes the post.
After all, they had already mastered aerial photography skills before drones became a huge hit, making money couldn't be easier.
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April 20th, the first day of mid-April.
According to Huxiu IT, only one in ten merchants have survived on Qiandu Waimai and Qiandu Tuangou, and the business is on the verge of collapse.
As soon as the news broke, netizens flooded the comments section with complaints:
"Holy crap! Baidu Waimai is still around? I thought it was long gone!"
"Last month I bought a roasted lamb leg set meal through a group deal. The product page said it was three pounds of lamb leg, but when I got to the store, the smallest one was 4.7 pounds. I also had to pay the difference of 88 yuan per pound. In the end, it cost me a full 300 yuan. What a rip-off!"
"You're lucky you managed to redeem your coupon! I bought a foot massage package coupon last time and rushed over excitedly, only to find the store had already closed down. It's ridiculous."
Online opinion is overwhelmingly negative, with no one expressing regret over the current state of Qiandu Takeaway and Qiandu Group Buying.
The impression these two products leave on users is similar to that of Baidu Search, with absolutely no user experience to speak of.
However, a group of people felt uncomfortable, such as the merchants on Baidu and the gray-market studios operating in the shadows.
In recent years, although the large-scale subsidies of Qiandu Takeaway and Qiandu Group Buying have subsided considerably, they still occasionally issue red envelopes.
Of these marketing expenses, users actually consumed less than 30%, while the remaining 70% was completely drained by Baidu's own operations, merchants, and gray-market operators.
Now, when people hear that Baidu Takeout and Baidu Group Buying are about to go out of business, no one is more heartbroken than Li Yanhong.
It's fun to fleece people for a while, and it's even more fun to keep fleecing them. Now that the sheep is dying, it's understandable that people are sad.
In fact, as Aurora Mobile's market share continues to rise, the value of 91 Mobile Assistant, which Robin Li initially purchased for $1.9 billion, is also depreciating significantly.
Brands like Orange, Xiaomi, 360, NetEase, Meitu, LeEco, OPPO, and Meizu occupy 60% of the domestic smartphone market. These phones come pre-installed with the Aurora Future App Store, so users don't need to download 91 Mobile Assistant separately, which would waste phone space.
Not to mention 91 Mobile Assistant, even App Store, which Ma Wenteng once heavily promoted, has gradually faded into obscurity.
Faced with Baidu's predicament, Robin Li chose to cut unprofitable projects and retain only the three core businesses: autonomous driving, search engine, and online lending.
In its pursuit of profit, Qiandu Loan launched a massive advertising campaign, which deterred the few remaining loyal users.
The more bidding ads there are in lending, healthcare, and gray areas, the worse the user experience and the lower the revenue.
The lower the revenue, the more bidding ads there are in the loan, medical, and gray areas, directly leading to a vicious cycle.
Users have other options; the user experience of Lingxi Search, Lingxi Encyclopedia, and Lingxi Tieba is far superior to that of Baidu.
Previously, users didn't switch due to their usage habits, but now Baidu is too lazy to even do the superficial work and crammed all kinds of ads into the product. How can users not switch?
No one could have imagined that Baidu, which was at its peak three years ago, would see its market position plummet under the dual pressure from Senlian Group and 360, going from one of the BAT giants to a nobody.
But after spitting out the criticism, the user immediately forgot about Baidu.
When enjoying the convenience of the Moss language model, who would miss Baidu?
Just like when everyone is using Orange, Apple, and Sunstar smartphones, who would still think of Nokia, Blackberry, and Motorola?
When the times abandon you, they never give you a warning.
At the same time, Orange Auto's 4S direct-sale stores quietly appeared in CBDs of Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Luzhou, Yanjing, and Tianjin.
These stores are mostly under renovation, and recruitment and training are also underway.
After someone posted photos and videos of the store on social media, it immediately sparked heated discussions among netizens.
"Isn't Orange Auto's release schedule too slow? It's been almost a year and a half, and we haven't seen a single car yet, all they've done is release a 37-second short video."
"Didn't they say that Orange Auto's factory had already finished recruiting? Why hasn't even a prototype been revealed?"
"I'm in Northeast China! I ran into a Yaoguang E1 test vehicle on the road a few days ago, and to be honest, it looks amazing! Sen really understands what young people like!"
“I’ve seen it in Zhuzhou too! It seems that Brother Sen wants to have the Yaoguang E1 undergo comprehensive testing in various extreme environments such as high temperature, cold, desert, and mountains before its official release.”
"I understand! Although this is Orange Auto's first time making cars, it's always good to be cautious."
"It's true that Orange Auto is making its first car, but its engineers are no novices! These people come from all over the world, including R&D backbones from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, GM, SAIC, and BAIC. I personally witnessed the boss scolding Brother Sen for poaching people in the company."
"Brother Sen is really being unfair! Why doesn't he train his own engineers instead of poaching other companies' key employees all the time?"
"Dude, are you serious or just faking it? I'm asking you, if I gave you a 30% raise, would you quit? It's just a job, you're not signed a contract to sell yourself, who would turn down money?"
"Haha, according to the logic upstairs, since I changed jobs five times after graduation, should I be labeled a 'servant of five surnames'?"
"Ignore this idiot, he's just obsessed with working overtime! A wage earner is empathizing with his boss, and a lackey is feeling sorry for his master, how ridiculous!"
"Brothers! Hurry up and send out your resumes! Brother Sen has invested tens of billions in Orange Auto's business, do you think he needs a few of us for a pittance? The salary and benefits will definitely be amazing!"
After being reminded by netizens, quite a few people actually went to the recruitment section of Orange Auto's official website.
Sure enough, everyone found the job posting for a car sales position: base salary of 4,000 yuan, sales commission of 1‰ to 2‰.
Although the base salary doesn't seem high, most people think that the Yaoguang E1 will sell well.
Even with a commission rate of 0.1%, you can still make a lot of money as long as sales pick up.
Moreover, what makes Senlian Group most attractive is its comprehensive welfare benefits, with a constant stream of subsidies, plus supplementary medical insurance that covers wives and children.
In the eyes of netizens, Senlian Group is more like a state-owned enterprise, providing food and drink, and purchasing land in various places to build welfare housing for its employees.
Once you become an employee of Senlian Group, your life is secure.
Despite being established for less than five years, the steadily increasing revenue and profits have given employees great confidence.
For a time, job seekers submitted their resumes in droves, like a swarm of locusts crossing a river.
Then, a week passed in the blink of an eye.
On April 29th, as soon as Chen Yansen entered Orange Biotechnology's R&D center, Sun Jianing greeted him with a beaming smile: "Boss, the T0 generation of C4 soybeans has matured. I've estimated the yield, and it can reach 940 kilograms per mu."
She was a top student at an agricultural university and was well aware of the significance and commercial value behind this number.
Although Orange Bio is just a subsidiary of Orange Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Technology, as long as it masters the breeding technology of Super Rice 2000 and C4 soybeans, it is as if it has sat on a gold mine.
What does it mean to double soybean production?
Global soybean production is around 300 million tons per year, and each acre requires 5 kilograms of soybean seeds. Assuming an average yield of 250 kilograms, the price of high-end genetically modified soybean seeds is between $7 and $8.5 per kilogram.
In other words, by simply monopolizing the soybean seed market, Orange Biotech could generate $42 billion to $51 billion in revenue annually.
It would be very easy for Orange Biotech to monopolize the market. With the same piece of land, the planting yield would be twice as high. Even if the price of soybean seeds increased several times, agricultural associations from all over the world would flock to it.
Upon hearing this, Chen Yansen nodded and then walked into the artificial climate chamber, arriving at the experimental area for C4 soybeans.
In a ten-square-meter area, soybeans were planted, all of which were now ripe, golden yellow, with plump pods and round beans.
He bent down and picked a soybean pod. With a gentle squeeze, the plump soybean rolled into his palm. It was shiny, uniform in size, and much larger than a regular soybean.
"Have the moisture content and protein content been tested?"
Chen Yansen weighed the beans in his hand and asked.
"The protein content reaches 42%, which is 5 percentage points higher than that of ordinary soybeans; the fat content is 26%, which is 6 to 8 percentage points higher."
Sun Jianing answered immediately.
The core premise of soybean oil yield is the total amount of fat in the raw material. Under the same conditions, the higher the fat content, the more oil can be extracted, and the higher the oil yield will be.
In other words, C4 soybeans not only have a high yield, but also a higher oil extraction rate.
Once this thing comes out, unless someone is incredibly stubborn, everyone will have to switch to growing C4 soybeans.
"Let's change the name to Ora Gold 940! Perhaps the yield of T2 generation plants and F1 generation hybrid plants will be higher, but T0 generation is just the beginning."
After thinking for a moment, Chen Yansen said.
Ora is short for Orange, Gold represents golden soybeans, and 940 is the estimated yield per acre for T0 generation plants.
Next, we must accelerate the breeding process and stockpile sufficient soybean seeds in advance in order to gain a competitive edge in the market.
Half an hour later, Chen Yansen left the R&D center and called Meng Yuanzhi.
To carry out breeding work, you must have a dedicated breeding base; an area of less than 10,000 mu is simply not enough.
In Luzhou, the only person who could make the final decision on this matter was Meng Yuanzhi.
After hearing Chen Yansen's request, Meng Yuanzhi was stunned and asked incredulously, "You mean, Orange Bio has cultivated a soybean variety that yields 940 kilograms per mu? You're not kidding?"
"This is only the yield of the T0 generation plants. The target gene for C4 photosynthesis is not stable enough yet. After another 4 to 6 generations, the production capacity can be stabilized at 1,100 to 1,200 kilograms. However, due to the influence of external growth conditions, even if it does not reach the peak, it is not a problem to stabilize it at more than 900 kilograms."
Chen Yansen replied casually.
How is that possible?
Meng Yuanzhi's mind was buzzing; he couldn't believe it at all. Finally, he said, "I'm coming right away," and hung up the phone.
China's soybean demand this year is as high as 80 million tons.
Based on the current average yield of 250 kg per mu, meeting this demand would require the use of 320 million mu of arable land.
This presents a choice: either grow rice to ensure a stable supply of staple food, or grow soybeans to support the development of the livestock industry.
Previously, China prioritized rice cultivation, while soybeans were mainly imported.
However, if we switch to Ora Gold 940 seeds, we can achieve soybean self-sufficiency with only 80 million acres of arable land!
Leaving aside the enormous economic value behind it, its strategic significance alone is enough to astound people.
On the other side.
Li Qingsong, far away in Yanjing, frowned deeply. In his hand was a research report, which could also be called a "complaint report".
The Senlian Group imported large quantities of milk, beef, and mutton from Abyssinia, effectively squeezing out the profits of domestic farmers.
To put it bluntly, people in North China, Northeast China, and Northwest China are now unhappy and are demanding restrictions on the Senlian Group.
This put Li Qingsong in a difficult position. Senlian Group had just won glory for China at the German Industrial Fair with the Aurogon 3000. How could he possibly ask for help?
"A bunch of short-sighted fools!"
Li Qingsong cursed under his breath.
He knew that Chen Yansen had wanted to build a farm in the Northwest, but was rejected by the local authorities.
As a result, Chen Yansen turned around and went to Australia and New Zealand, where he acquired large ranches and gave the businesses abroad.
Just then, the phone on the desk rang.
Li Qingsong sighed softly, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and picked up the receiver.
"What? He really succeeded? 940 kilograms per mu!"
Li Qingsong suddenly stood up, looking shocked.
It's worth noting that the highest publicly available yield of genetically modified soybeans in China is just over 300 kilograms per mu (a Chinese unit of area, approximately 0.165 acres), and that was achieved under carefully managed experimental conditions.
In actual planting, even under good conditions, the yield of soybeans per mu is mostly between 200 kg and 250 kg.
Orange Biotechnology has doubled the yield per acre!
After listening to the report, Li Qingsong asked for a set of data and then went straight to Han Jinheng's office.
(End of this chapter)
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