Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon - Vol 2 Chapter 577
Chapter 577 Come to invest and build a factory!
The squad leader Niu finally learned to drive a cotton harvester.
Sitting in the cockpit of the cotton harvester, in front of the endless cotton field, Squad Leader Niu had a feeling of pride.
The cockpit of the cotton harvester is relatively high, and the vision in front of you is much better than sitting in a tank!
Although the size of the tank is not small, the internal space is still very cramped. When driving the tank, you can often leave the cockpit and climb outside for ventilation, but most of the time you can only stay in the tank and pass through the narrow observation port. , To understand the situation outside.
In contrast, the cockpit space of the cotton harvester is large enough, with glass on all sides, giving people the feeling of being in an open area.
Hang up the stall, and the cotton harvesting moved forward slowly. Although the speed was much slower than that of the tank, it felt leisurely and contented. The squad leader could even hum the tune of his hometown with his legs up.
This cotton harvester is only the first generation product of Fukang Agricultural Machinery. It is not perfect in terms of performance. The failure rate is higher than that of other mature agricultural machinery products. That’s why Li Weidong sent technicians over. To repair at any time, the second is to provide feedback on common faults.
At the same time, the noise of this machine is relatively loud when it is running, and the vibration of the machine is relatively strong during operation, which is even worse than using a tractor.
If ordinary people drive this thing for a day, even if their hands and feet are not numbed, their minds will be buzzed by the noise.
But these are not problems for tank soldiers.
No matter how noisy the cotton harvester is, can it be much bigger than the tank? The tank started to move and talked inside. It was hard to hear anyone who shouted. It only relied on wireless devices to talk.
No matter how bad the cotton machine vibrates, can it still be compared with tanks firing? When the tank fires, the huge recoil, if there is no protection, can throw people out for several meters.
These little noises and vibrations of the cotton harvester are nothing compared to the daily training of tank soldiers. Let the tank soldiers drive the cotton harvester, just like a holiday.
At this time, the squad leader Niu really enjoyed this state.
In previous years, the cotton harvest was carried out with snakeskin sack, under the sun, and kept doing manual labor. It was really sweat dripping down the soil, and the whole arm was unconscious during the day.
Now sitting in the cotton harvester, playing with the gear lever a few times, even if the harvest is completed, you can watch the scenery without wind and sun, and even make a big tea pot in the cab of the tea room.
It’s so cozy!
“Comrades, we have dinner!” The voice sounded from behind, and it was people from the farm riding an agricultural tricycle to bring them food.
“Comrade, I will give you a meal at noon, eat a sliver, and let the cafeteria prepare food for you when I go back in the evening.” The food delivery person said.
La Tiaozi is noodles, this thing is really resistant to hunger, and it is the first choice for locals for lunch.
Although the squad leader Niu drove the cotton harvester all morning, he didn’t feel hungry. After all, he just sat there and didn’t consume too much energy.
“Comrade, it’s not enough to come again!” The aunt who delivered the meal handed a portion of the noodles to the squad leader Niu.
This aunt is very healthy and her hands are not shaking, so there are many dishes in this noodles.
Squad leader Niu took advantage of the trend and looked back, only to discover that the endless cotton field had become an endless open space, and the buildings on the farm had disappeared from the field of vision, and even the cooking smoke could not be seen.
Squad leader Niu was taken aback, and he secretly asked, “Is it just one morning, so many harvests? It feels like our ten cotton harvesters have harvested hundreds of acres of land!”
So the squad leader Niu asked: “Auntie, how long have you been here to deliver food?”
“Did you have the noodles? The road is a bit far, and it took some time. I’m sorry!” The rice delivery aunt continued with a look of guilt: “I have water here. Add some water to mix it and it will be better.”
“Auntie, it’s not a matter of face. I want to know how long it took you to come here so that we can all figure out how many acres of cotton we harvested this morning.” Squad leader Niu smiled and then asked; I guess, how come there are hundreds of acres, right?”
“Hundreds of acres? How can there be such a small amount!” Auntie Shoufan pointed around, and then said; “Let me see, how come you have to harvest four or five hundred acres of cotton this morning!”
“Four to five hundred mu!” Class leader Niu was taken aback, obviously taken aback by this number.
Then Squad Leader Niu looked back at his cotton harvester and muttered to himself; “This thing is so powerful!”
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At ten o’clock in the evening, squad leader Niu finished his day’s work and was ready to go back to rest.
A truck came, and a group of new fighters came down from above to take over the work of the cattle squad leader, and the cattle squad leader returned to the farm by car.
People rest and machines endlessly, change a group of drivers, turn on all the searchlights, and continue to work at night.
Although there will be dew in the evening, the quality of the harvested cotton may be slightly inferior, but what is needed at this time is the yield. After the harvest is completed one day earlier, the cotton harvesters can rush to the next farm to continue the harvesting task.
Harvesting cotton is originally a race against time, not to mention the one million cotton harvester, let alone idle, it takes twenty-four hours to work on the shaft.
On the way back to the farm in the car, the squad leader Niu realized that he had collected so much cotton in one day.
At the entrance of the farm’s warehouse, a pile of packed cotton is being transported into the warehouse. Inside the warehouse, the cotton has also been piled up into a hill.
Squad leader Niu looked at the snow-white cotton and asked with a shocked look: “Are these all we harvested today?”
“Isn’t it, there are still several trucks over there, no packing yet!” The farmer replied.
“How many kilograms did you receive today?” Squad leader Niu asked subconsciously.
“It is estimated that the total amount for a whole day should be close to two hundred tons!” The person replied.
“Two hundred tons? There are two hundred tons in a day? Then, our cotton harvester has harvested 20 tons of cotton!” Squad leader Niu took a breath.
In previous years, when picking cotton, a strong guy like squad leader Niu would pick 200 kilograms of cotton a day with all his strength, but now he picks 20 tons a day, a thousand times the amount in the past!
“This cotton harvester is so powerful, it is really a thousand horses on top of a machine!”
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On the cotton field, a whole row of cotton harvesters were working, and not far away, more than a dozen second-generation Pajeros were parked there, incompatible with the surrounding environment.
The second-generation Pajero was introduced to China when it came out in the early 1990s. By the mid-1990s, domestic manufacturers had already produced this car through the mode of assembly of all parts.
At the time, Pajero was considered the most luxurious off-road vehicle in the country, and it was more advanced than the Grand Cherokee introduced in the 1980s.
The road conditions in the northwestern region are not as good as those in the eastern provinces, and off-road vehicles are used for a wide range of purposes. Therefore, many enterprises and institutions are equipped with off-road vehicles, but there are not many units that can use more than a dozen Pajero.
A group of people in suits stepped out of the car, headed by Uncle He.
I saw Uncle He pointed to the cotton harvesters that were working, and said to a gray-haired man next to him; “President Qian, that is the cotton harvester we purchased this year. This farm’s 68,000 mu of cotton , Are harvested using cotton harvesters.
Our production and construction corps has planted an additional 1 million mu of cotton fields this year, and is expected to increase the harvest of 150,000 tons of cotton. These new cotton fields are basically all harvested by machinery, so they must be harvested on time to ensure that the cotton can be harvested in time. supply. ”
The gray-haired president Qian nodded, and asked, “In other words, can the 150,000 tons of cotton be supplied stably every year?”
“As long as there is no natural disaster that affects the output of cotton, there should be no problem in stabilizing the supply.” Uncle He paused, and then said;
“Of course, if necessary, we can also increase the cotton planting area. We have nothing else here. There is a lot of land, and there is a large area of open space. Cotton can be planted at any time!”
After Uncle Ho’s introduction, several other people, including Chairman Qian, also showed very interested expressions.
The chairman Qian is the chairman of the East Zhejiang Textile Association and the chairman of a domestic textile leader. The people behind him are members of the textile association and the heads of various textile companies.
Uncle He finally invited them.
Inviting investment has always been an important local work. Uncle He’s task this time is to allow enterprises from the Zhejiang East Textile Association to invest and build factories in the Northwest.
And what Uncle Ho can rely on is that the Northwest can supply high-quality cotton at a low price.
Cotton is the most important raw material in the textile industry. For companies, closer to the raw material supply base, the production cost is lower.
Cotton needs to be spun before weaving. From the perspective of transportation costs, it is certainly more economical to transport good fabrics than to transport cotton.
Under normal circumstances, one ton of seed cotton can produce about 330 kg to 420 kg of lint. The quality of the cotton in the Northwest is high, so it can produce 400 kg of lint.
400 kg of lint can produce 360 kg of ordinary cotton yarn or 320 kg of combed cotton yarn.
The freight per ton of goods is fixed, that is to say, the freight is the same for one ton of seed cotton and one ton of cotton yarn. But the value of the goods is three times worse.
If these textile mills build factories in the cotton producing area, they can directly transport cotton yarn to the east, which can save two-thirds of the transportation cost.
For a bulk item like cotton, saving two-thirds of the transportation cost is still a lot of money. Whether an enterprise can make a profit after a busy year is likely to depend on the two-thirds of the transportation cost.
But while saving costs, companies must also consider a stable source of raw materials.
If a company comes to set up a factory, but the local area cannot provide enough cotton for production, the company will instead purchase cotton from the eastern region and sell it back to the eastern region after production. Instead, it will lose a fortune.
Manpower has always been the most important factor restricting cotton production in the Northwest. There is a shortage of people in the Northwest. However, people are needed to pick cotton. It is hoped that the cotton picking army, which migrates like migratory birds in September and October each year, cannot solve the problem fundamentally, and neither stability.
Now with the cotton harvester, the problem of unmanned cotton picking is solved, and the cotton planting area can also be expanded.
Just like the 150,000 tons of seed cotton that the uncle’s mouth can produce at least more than 50,000 tons of cotton yarn, the profit that 50,000 tons of cotton yarn can bring is a textile enterprise will be jealous.
At that time, China was still in an era when the textile industry was booming. The country still had to earn foreign exchange by exporting clothes, shoes, hats and socks. As the upstream raw material of the textile industry, cotton was naturally in short supply.
I just listened to Uncle He then introduced; “Although our cotton production has increased a lot, but because of its good quality and affordable price, it has basically been booked. Your member companies of the East Zhejiang Textile Association have also ordered a lot.
But cotton picking requires a process. Even with the help of a cotton harvester, we have to wait until mid-to-late October for our entire autonomous region to complete cotton picking.
So when shipping, we also have a priority. In principle, whoever places the order first, pays the deposit, will give priority to whoever delivers the goods, and those who place the order can only wait first.
However, there is an exception. Our local textile companies have priority in supplying goods, and local textile companies can also give priority to some high-quality sources. This can be regarded as some of our care for tax-paying companies. ”
Uncle He made it clear that he was saying, come and invest and build a factory here!
Of course, President Qian heard what Uncle He meant, and he said, “I don’t come to the northwest very much, and I don’t understand the situation here. However, according to my observations along the way, the infrastructure in the west is still not as good as the east. If If you build a factory here, I don’t know if there is any problem with the company’s water and electricity use.”
“Don’t worry about this, we are not short of water or electricity!”
Uncle He went on to explain; “Although the first and second largest deserts in the country are both in our place, companies will not be built in the desert!
We have a lot of mountains here, there are glaciers on the mountains, there are groundwater underground, and there are many amber rivers, so the water resources are still very rich. Our per capita water resources here are more than twice that of eastern cities.
As for electricity, not only is there no shortage of electricity here, but electricity prices are also very cheap. We were originally a large coal-producing province, and coal is our important industry. The price of coal is cheap, and electricity prices are naturally cheaper. Therefore, if we build a factory here, the cost of electricity will be much lower than in the eastern provinces.
In addition, we have some policy preferences for companies that come to invest, such as land or taxation. If the scale of investment is relatively large, we can also give special tilt in infrastructure…”
Uncle Ho began to work hard to promote the local preferential policies for attracting investment.
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Zhang Jianshe is sitting at the table correcting official documents.
The secretary knocked on the door and came in and said, “Leader, Deputy Secretary He is here.”
“Please come in, Comrade He Rong.” Zhang Jianshe said.
After a while, He Rong walked into the office and sat in front of Zhang Jianshe.
Zhang Jianshe put down the pen, and said with a smile; “Lao He, I was just trying to ask you what happened to the delegation of the East Zhejiang Textile Association. I didn’t expect you to come here.”
“I also wanted to report this incident to you when I came here.” He Rong took a deep breath, handed a folder up, and said excitedly:
“The negotiation is concluded. In the East Zhejiang Textile Association, 33 companies have signed contracts of intent with us for investment, and the investment amount exceeds one billion!”
“One billion! Okay, that’s great!” Zhang Jianshe was in a good mood for a moment: “Although the number of one billion is a little bit moist, we will be content as long as we can implement half of it.”
He Rong smiled slightly: “Leaders, when it comes to funding, I am more confident than you! In the past two years, the domestic textile industry has developed very rapidly, and the demand for cotton has also increased.
As far as I know, this cotton yarn is almost in short supply. As long as it is produced, people are rushing to ask it. So as long as we can supply a large amount of high-quality cotton, we don’t have to worry about these textile companies not coming here to settle down! ”
Zhang Jianshe nodded: “I have recently been summarizing the cotton picking situation of various farms. With the cotton harvester, the picking efficiency has indeed been greatly improved. I transferred to a tank battalion and collected more than 100,000 tons. Cotton. In normal terms, this is the labor of tens of thousands of people.
But this cotton harvester is also expensive enough, one million. However, it can bring one billion yuan in investment, and this cotton harvester is not at a loss! ”
“It’s not just a loss, it must be a profit! In addition to attracting investment, selling cotton is also money!” Uncle He said with a smile.
“Look at my mind, I just thought about attracting investment and forgot about selling cotton! Our cotton can also be sold for a lot of money!” Zhang Jianshe patted his forehead, and then said;
“If the investment of the East Zhejiang Textile Association can be implemented, we think we can continue to expand the cotton planting area next year and attract more textile companies to invest here.
If the cotton planting area is to be expanded, this cotton harvester must continue to be bought. This kind of large-scale planting is unreliable only by manpower, and it has to use machinery and equipment.
When we meet next Monday, we will discuss with several other comrades. Let’s order one hundred cotton harvesters from the manufacturer! ”
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