Although Xu An did not answer the question, Professor Wei knew from the thoughtful look on his face that Xu An knew about Shouguang vegetables. Since he knew, there was no need to explain or introduce them.
"Honghe City has a considerable amount of arable land and a favorable climate, and they want to imitate the Shouguang model to promote greenhouse vegetable cultivation."
We contacted relevant financial institutions for support and assistance, and identified several companies that could potentially promote the development of greenhouse vegetable cultivation. Xu's Catering is one of them, and also the one I'm most optimistic about.”
Without giving Xu An a chance to ask questions, Professor Wei continued speaking on his own:
"The history of Xu's Catering is very simple: group meals, braised food, tea drinks, and the nascent food processing industry—all four areas are related to fruits and vegetables, and closely so."
If you can secure a reliable source of fruits and vegetables, your company will be able to become self-sufficient and possess a complete ecosystem. Now, this opportunity is right in front of you.”
Are you tempted? Yes, very tempted, extremely tempted, utterly tempted.
In fact, Xu An had this idea deep down as well, otherwise he wouldn't have bought up all the greenhouses near the abandoned paper mill.
However, due to the fragmented and small arable area in Qianhai Town, the greenhouses acquired can only provide temporary relief for two or three days at most, giving Xu's Catering a buffer and an opportunity to find new partners. It is still a long way from becoming a source of fruits and vegetables for Xu's Catering.
"Three banks in Qingyan Province can provide the project with a low-interest loan of 50 million yuan at an interest rate of 2.8%. There are no land lease fees, and each employee will receive an employment subsidy of 2,000 yuan. Depending on the company's decision, the government will also implement surrounding infrastructure, such as roads."
hiss----
Listening to what Professor Wei said, Xu An couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.
Qingyan Province has really gone all out this time! They've provided 50 million in low-interest loans just for agriculture. If you add other industries, this policy must cost hundreds of millions, right?
Finally, Professor Wei pushed the unopened document in front of him towards Xu An and said with a warm smile, "Mr. Xu, please consider this carefully. Of all these companies, your company is the one I favor the most."
The topic of Xu's Catering's development plan in Honghe City came to an abrupt end there. Professor Wei then changed the subject and started chatting with Xu An about the interesting things that had happened in Hezibao.
For example, Lu Chuan, who had just arrived in Hezibao a few days ago, spent two days getting used to life here and then started working with the employees of the Hua'an Village Bakery to prepare local food.
Snacks like dried sweet potatoes, potato chips, persimmon cakes, and mung bean cakes appeared one after another, attracting a large group of children who followed Lu Chuan around calling him "Uncle" this and "Uncle" that, willingly becoming his little errand boys.
In addition, a courier station was also built, along with a small shop that mainly sells rice, flour, cooking oil, cigarettes, alcohol, and other similar items. The rice, flour, cooking oil are mainly consumed by villagers from the surrounding villages, while the cigarettes, alcohol, and other similar items are provided to the construction team workers.
Every afternoon, after the construction workers finished work, they would gather in groups of three or five next to the small shop, smoking, drinking, and chatting, making quite a scene.
The planting of the spicy jujubes is proceeding smoothly, and they have already started to sprout. They can grow one or two centimeters taller every day. Based on this growth rate, the spicy jujubes will be ready for harvest as early as the end of December or as late as the middle of January.
However, due to the weather, air drying can be difficult. It's best to use a dryer or oven for processing, which saves time and effort and eliminates concerns about mold and other problems.
The two chatted about these interesting things for almost an hour. With lunchtime approaching, they reluctantly said goodbye, and the document that Professor Wei had used to prop up his hand finally ended up in Xu An's hands.
After leaving the Honghe City Poverty Alleviation Office, Xu An casually found a small shop to sit down and carefully read through the documents. He would occasionally stop to ponder the clauses, and it took him two whole hours to fully understand the documents.
The annual interest rate is 2.8%, the term is five years, the amount is 50 million, and the interest over five years is 7 million.
At 30,000 yuan each, 50 million yuan could build 1,666 greenhouses.
The rental fee is 3,000 yuan per year, with a government subsidy of 2,000 yuan, so local residents only need 1,000 yuan to rent a greenhouse for planting.
The company coordinates the demand for fruits and vegetables each quarter based on the sales volume of its braised food products, and growers then claim the demand and cultivate the produce.
Once the fruits and vegetables have matured, Xu's Catering obtains the produce needed for production, growers receive substantial compensation, the government addresses the employment and income issues of impoverished residents, and a perfect ecological industrial chain is formed.
Killing five birds with one stone!
Xu An took out his phone and booked a high-speed train from Honghe City to Haishi forty minutes later. He quickly finished his already cold meal, left the store, and took a taxi to the high-speed rail station.
It is unclear how many companies Professor Wei has conducted collaborative planning analyses for, or whether the analysis reports received by other companies are the same as the one in his hand. But what Xu An knows is that the opportunity for Xu's Catering to grow and expand once again has arrived!
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"What's the situation with Qiansheng Group right now?"
"Just as planned, we are now completely convinced that Xu's Catering belongs to Qiansheng Group. Not only Qiansheng Group believes it, but a large part of the people at Harvest Farm also believe it. Everyone has been talking about this these days!"
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