Chapter 117
The pigs raised in Meng's pig farm are all fat and strong, and are growing well.
Pig feed is also a trade secret and certainly cannot be told to others so easily.
What's more, Zhen Zhen wanted to lead everyone to get rich, but she had no obligation to feed them. Raising pigs was not a joke. She bet all her belongings on it, but she couldn't even raise these pigs. Li Decheng's nephew named Baoding was really not a capable person.
Of course Zhen Zhen couldn't say this out loud. She glanced at the farmers around her, all of whom were listening attentively to hear her tell the recipe.
Zhen Zhen pondered:
"The pig farm is run by Daguo. Daguo said that this pig feed was prepared by experts he hired from abroad. The pigs that eat this feed grow twice as fast as ordinary pigs."
"Yes, yes, yes! I've also heard from many people at the pig farm that the Meng family's pig feed is terrible! They said that my pigs don't grow fat, and the problem lies with the feed." Baoding said.
Li Decheng heard the hidden meaning of Zhen Zhen's words and said quickly:
"Auntie Guizhi, let me tell you the truth. Many people in our village have asked me for pig feed. We are not the kind of people who are naive. You have helped us so much, it is not reasonable for us to take it for free. How about you give us some of the feed and we will buy it at the market price?"
Zhen Zhen was waiting for him to say this. The country has liberalized the pig business, and every farmer's household raises pigs, and there are a lot of professional breeders.
But there is no particularly good feed on the market. Since Meng’s feed is really good, why not mass-produce it and sell it to farmers?
The smaller the business, the easier it is to do. If all the pigs in the country buy their food from Zhen Zhen, how could Zhen Zhen make less money?
Zhen Zhen agreed to allocate some pig feed to Batou Village for the villagers to use first, and the price would be based on the market price.
Li Decheng was very happy, thinking that a big boss like Zhen Zhen gave him face.
"When will Arya come back? The village wants to hold a celebration party for her and hire someone to write a village history."
"Village annals?" Zhen Zhen really had something to say, "I remember that the village annals of Batou Village only had men's names, not women's names."
"That's how it was done before, but now is a new society, and under your leadership, our village has become rich. Now women are in charge of the village, and men don't make as much money as women. It's really unacceptable not to write women's names on the list! Besides, there is also Erya, who is not only the pride of Batou Village, but also the pride of the whole country."
Zhen Zhen was satisfied, "Meng Xi will be able to go home next month."
"Don't forget to bring Meng Xi back to the village so that everyone can see the world champion."
"I can't forget it." Zhen Zhen said with a smile.
Zhen Zhen originally thought that starting a feed business would not be too difficult. All he needed to do was buy some equipment and build a factory. However, he never expected that when he went back and inquired, he would find out that a decent feed factory in the country would require an investment of tens of millions of US dollars.
Judging from the current exchange rate of the US dollar, it will cost several tens of millions of RMB.
"Several hundred million RMB?" Cheng Su frowned. "Auntie Zhen, you just opened a department store, bought a mine, and opened a gold shop. Investing so much money is too risky."
"The risk is not that bad. The cost of the department store has been recovered, and the gold mine and gold shop can make money every day. But I really don't have much money on hand."
Zhen Zhen thought that the gold shop had enough reserve funds, and if he could sell some gold, he could get back tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars every day.
If we add the money from the food factory, pig farm, and women's clothing store, we will have no problem raising a few million.
Once you have enough initial capital and build the factory, you can apply for a bank loan.
The feed business can be successful!
But the stall at home is indeed too big, and the pig farm is run by Meng Daguo, so whether to do it or not depends on his opinion.
At the end of the month, Meng Daguo and his wife came back with Meng Xi. As soon as Meng Xi got out of the car, he ran home, shouting:
"Grandma! Grandma! Your second granddaughter is back!"
Zhen Zhen was sewing clothes and was dazed when she heard the voice. "Is there something wrong with my ears? Why can I hear Meng Xi's voice?"
Old Lady Meng laughed and said, "I heard it too. Isn't it your granddaughter who has returned?"
Zhen Zhen threw down his clothes and ran out, hugging Meng Xi. Meng Xi was hugged tightly and giggled, "Grandma, you missed me, right? I knew you missed your second granddaughter!"
Zhen Zhen kissed her on the top of her head a few times, "Grandma's little darling, grandma really misses you so much! If you don't come home, grandma will kill your diving team."
Meng Xi giggled and clung to Zhen Zhen like a koala. Zhen Zhen simply held her on his lap and treated her like a baby, refusing to let go wherever they went.
Meng Xi was so happy that she started to act coquettishly in her arms, needing her grandmother's help to feed her apples and porridge, and even to wash her hands. She had completely degenerated into a baby who could not even walk.
Meng Daguo wanted to laugh. He went to the kitchen to wash his face and rolled up his sleeves when he came out:
"Mom, look at how you spoil your child! When she was abroad, she could speak English, look up maps, take the subway, and do everything. But when she came back, she became just a kid again."
"I was originally a child." Meng Xi said coquettishly.
"That's right. My second granddaughter is a child to begin with." Zhen Zhen held her and doted on her, making the other children jealous, especially Si Ya, who sat in front of her sister with a stool and said with a frown, "Second sister, you've been holding her for two hours. Aren't you tired?"
"Not tired. Grandma and I are conjoined twins. We go everywhere together."
The fourth girl made a vomiting expression, and the third and fifth kids also vomited into a ball.
Zhen Zhen held her in his arms for the whole night before he patted Erya's butt and let her go upstairs to play with her younger brothers and sisters.
She called Meng Daguo, Meng Eryong and others into the house and told them about the feed factory.
Meng Eryong and Tao Aihong both felt that this was too big a step. They were busy like tops every day and wanted to take a break.
Besides, how much money can you make from selling feed?
In Meng Eryong's eyes, raising pigs and selling feed are things that only farmers can do.
The Meng family was a family of high status and position. The county leaders were all polite to them and asked him to sell feed, but he refused to do it.
Meng Daguo has different ideas.
Meng Daguo has worked on a pig farm for many years. Now that the farm is managed in a modern way, it has provided hundreds of jobs for the county.
If he builds another feed factory, farmers who have no work to do and no food to eat in the surrounding area can come to his factory to work.
Meng Daguo went abroad and grew up a lot. The longer he stayed in developed countries, the more he felt that our farmers had a hard time. Farmers have nothing. When they get old, they can't even eat. Pig farms and feed factories are physical work. No education is required, and the government can buy insurance for farmers, pay wages, and provide benefits.
As long as it can help the villagers, he will raise his hands in approval!
Zhen Zhen also agreed with him, "I let you run a feed factory for my own reasons. I thought that although your pig farm is large, its business model is very simple. It is not enough to rely on ham and luncheon meat alone. If you can have a feed factory, maybe you can go public in the future."
Meng Daguo learned about listed companies abroad.
“Can the pig farm still be put on the market?”
"Of course not on a pig farm, but a pig company can."
Meng Daguo couldn't help but get excited when he thought about the pig farm he had built up could be listed on the market.
Tao Aihong didn't understand and asked Meng Eryong: "What does it mean to go public?"
"Listing?" Meng Eryong scratched his head. "It means selling it on the market. That's called listing."
Sanwa said contemptuously, "Dad, if you don't know, don't talk nonsense. Going public means selling stocks to investors. If my uncle's company can go public, my uncle will be the boss of the listed company and can buy stocks of other companies."
Meng Eryong was stunned when he heard this. "According to what you said, it's not easy to go public!"
"Of course. Many mainland companies go to Hong Kong to go public. After going public, they can use the stocks to cash out. In short, there are a lot of tricks involved." Sanwa has been reading books on stocks and speaks very coherently.
Meng Eryong and Tao Aihong looked at each other and said, "If this company really goes public, I will be the big boss, right?"
"Of course, you are the shareholders of the listed company!"
The word "shareholder" sounds very fashionable!
Meng Eryong slapped his thigh and said, "Then we must go public. We can't miss this opportunity."
The matter of opening a feed factory was decided. A feed factory requires a large venue and equipment, and it cannot be set up in a few months, so we have to inform Xu Wei first.
Xu Wei of course raised his hands in agreement. Xin Yao County had no industry to rely on, and the plan really helped solve many employment problems in the county, but Xin Yao County had a large population.
Who complains that there are not enough local businesses?
If we really invest in a feed factory, we can at least solve the employment problems of thousands of people!
It can also bring in a lot of tax revenue for the county.
Xu Wei was so happy that he felt that coming to Xinyao was the right move! Xu Wei's old man had been urging him to transfer to a big city, but he refused because he thought that Xinyao County could become a model city, which would be an indispensable page in his resume.
If Xin Yao County City's economy develops well, with its population, it might be able to be established as a city!
If that were the case, Xu Wei would definitely be promoted to city leader. Wouldn't that be more stable and secure than going to other cities?
Xu Wei actively cooperated, and the county was willing to give Zhen Zhen a particularly good piece of land to run a feed factory.
To be on the safe side, Meng Daguo plans to test the waters first.
The pig farm already has feed mixers, grinders, and dryers, but now they have to transfer a packaging machine from the Zhenxin Food Factory in order to bag the pigs for sale.
It would be great if the trial products did not need to be packaged. Meng Daguo weighed them in sacks and distributed them directly to the villagers of Batou Village.
Some were packed into small bags and sold outside.
The gate of the pig farm is close to a four-way intersection with many passing vehicles. Meng Daguo piled bags of feed at the door of the factory and put up promotional slogans. Soon people came to inquire about the price.
Meng Daguo's feed was inexpensive and effective, so when farmers from other towns heard the news, they all came with carts to buy it.
It must be said that Meng Daguo is really good at mixing feed. Many farmers can feel that their pigs have gained weight after just three or four days of feeding.
"It's really strange!" Li Decheng said, "The amount of food I feed is the same as usual, how come your fish grows so fast?"
Meng Daguo explained with a smile: "We also use corn, soybean meal and other ingredients in our feed, but our feed is the best formula obtained after testing on tens of thousands of pigs in our pig farm. It comes from practice. Moreover, our feed is expensive and contains trace elements, vitamins, fish meal and other good things, which are better than what people eat!"
"No wonder!" Li Decheng suddenly realized.
A 300-pound pig needs to eat 800 pounds of feed.
With so many pigs in the country, one batch after another, how many tons of feed will be consumed!
His mother was right, if the feed was done well, he would definitely make a lot of money.
Meng Daguo works diligently in selling feed, and in his spare time, he develops new varieties of feed. He uses his own pigs for experiments. The villagers have reported that pigs that eat Meng's feed not only gain weight quickly but are also less likely to get sick.
The reputation of Meng's feed spread to nearby cities.
Zhen Zhen named the feed Guoguang.
Meng Daguo smiled and said, "Guoguang is great! Bringing glory to the country!"
Zhen Zhen glanced at him and thought that the boss had also turned bad and was now testing her in roundabout ways.
Zhen Zhen smiled and said, "It's not about winning glory for the country! It's about saying that the great country is the glory of our Meng family. With the great country, our Meng family will not be afraid of having no leader, walking at night, or having no successors."
Meng Daguo wanted his mother to praise him, but he didn't expect his mother to be so corny.
His old face flushed and he uttered a few humble words, but in his heart he was so happy that he almost fainted.