Chapter 16 On the Eve of Returning Home Looking at Director Zhang's leaving back, Guo Yang fell into deep behavior today was a bit abrupt, but he didn't think he had done anything wrong. As for Director Zhang and others not believing him, it is normal. New Hope, which is in its heyday in China, only claimed to invest about 10 billion yuan when it entered the dairy industry. It is inevitable that people would be suspicious if he, a nobody, started talking about 20 acres of saline-alkali land. The management of saline-alkali land is difficult and costly, while the development cost of saline-alkali wasteland is even higher. There are many saline-alkali wastelands in the northwest region, which means the investment is bound to be considerable. In addition, conventional methods of improving saline-alkali land take a long time, have no room for profit, and do not even have the basic conditions for deceiving people. This is also one of the reasons why Director Zhang and others had the patience to talk to him for so long. Fortunately, Guo Yang did not tell Director Zhang and others that he was going to enter the seed industry, nor did he mention any further agricultural machinery plans. If they had really said that, Director Zhang and others would have left long ago. At this moment, Guo Yang noticed that a slightly fat man stayed and handed him a business card with a smile in his eyes. "Mr. Guo, my name is Yu Honghai. I run a business in Shandong Province selling various agricultural machinery. We can work together if there is a chance."
Guo Yang took the business card and said with a smile: "Okay, Mr. Yu, I will also purchase a batch of domestic tractors after I return to China. I will contact you then." Yu Honghai smiled and said, "You must come, Mr. Guo. We also have a lot of coastal saline-alkali land in Shandong Province, where we can grow forage grass." Guo Yang smiled and nodded, and only looked at the business card in his hand after Yu Honghai left. "Weifang Guwo Machinery Co., Ltd., General Manager Yu Honghai." Although he had never heard of this company or this person, Guo Yang was interested in them. His current work focus must be on accumulating natural energy, that is, improving saline-alkali land. The second is the seed industry. But after that, agricultural machinery was also in his plan, and when it comes to agricultural machinery, Weifang is a place that cannot be ignored. There is a saying that has been circulating in the agricultural machinery industry: Look to Shandong Province for Chinese agricultural machinery, and look to Weifang for Shandong’s agricultural machinery. In later generations, Weifang's tractor industrial cluster is unrivaled in the country and is known as the "Agricultural Machinery Capital of China". The city has 657 agricultural machinery manufacturing companies with a total output value of over billion yuan. As for the reasons for its "invincibility", one is the super power brought by the dual engines of Foton Lovol and Weichai, and the other is the supporting system with extremely detailed division of labor. In addition, its geographical location, market capacity and industrial foundation are also its advantages. Yu Honghai was able to run a machinery company in Weifang, which made Guo Yang want to make friends with him. After Yu Honghai left, Guo Yang resumed collecting agricultural machinery information. And this time the enthusiasm is even greater. After all, the bragging has already been spread out, and I believe that this incident will be used as a topic of conversation by many people. Although I really have to do this, there is still a desire to be competitive in my heart. Whether it is to make this group of people stunned or impressed, you have to make some achievements to prove yourself. As for his memories of his past life, they could allow him to achieve financial freedom and even become a wealthy man without any problem. But his ambition was not wealth.
His pursuit should be to become a great entrepreneur, influence the pattern of agricultural development around the world, and even grow crops into space. To achieve all this, his greatest reliance is the seed store in his body. Therefore, Guo Yang became more focused when collecting agricultural machinery information, and devoted almost his whole heart to each agricultural machinery. This also led to the seed store's increasing efficiency in collecting agricultural machinery information. Guo Yang, who discovered this, became more and more excited. One, three, seven, ten... When Catherine, John and Fran found Guo Yang at the Kubota booth, he was concentrating on test driving a Kubota rice harvester. In the field of rice harvesters, Kubota will continue to attract attention from agricultural machinery operators even in 2023 because of its low failure rate and long service life. In 2002, Kubota was a major player in the global agricultural machinery industry. So, it was also on Guo Yang’s initial list. "Hey, Guo, we should go back!" Catherine's voice awakened Guo Yang from his focused state, and he realized belatedly that there were fewer visitors in the exhibition hall. "Oh, Guo, you are so crazy. You are the most obsessed with farm machinery I have ever seen. We have been watching you here for at least 10 minutes, and during these 10 minutes, you have been touching this small harvester like you were touching a beautiful woman." After collecting the information about Kubota's agricultural machinery, Guo Yang got off the agricultural machinery and saw Fran speaking to him in an extremely exaggerated tone. "Fran, I am really interested in these machines. They are very important to me." "So are you planning to pack them all up and take them back home, my Chinese friend?" "I actually have this idea, but I can't do it." Guo Yang said with a smile and a double meaning, then looked at Catherine and John as a greeting. "I was just joking, but I feel like you took it seriously." Fran spread his hands. Guo Yang continued, "I really want to take them back with me, because I am also planning to return to China soon." Hearing that Guo Yang was about to return to China, Fran showed an exaggerated look of sadness and reluctance, which made Guo Yang exclaim that Fran's acting skills were really good. This made Fran and John laugh out loud, and only Catherine was a little silent. After a while, Catherine adjusted her mood and asked, "Guo, you didn't watch the farm machinery all day today, did you? We didn't see you at lunch, and you didn't answer the phone when we called you." "Maybe he didn't notice. I put my phone in my pocket and put it on silent mode." Guo Yang looked at his phone and changed the subject. "What about you guys? Do you have any machinery you want to buy on your farm?" John shook his head helplessly. "We're out of money." Guo Yang was a little surprised and asked, "In my impression, German farmers have always been very rich." “In recent years, our farm has continuously acquired nearby ranches and purchased additional milk distribution rights. Last year, we built a new biogas power plant and added two new farm machines at the beginning of this year. This cost us a lot of our savings,” Catherine explained. Guo Yang thought of the Claas and Fendt that had previously triggered the seed store's agricultural machinery information collection function. Those two big machines really cost a lot of money. He also saw the Fendt 930 at the exhibition. Its official price was over 33 US dollars, so he thought the Claas would not be cheap either.
"I also want to buy agricultural machinery from Claas and Fendt, but I forgot to leave their contact information. Do you have any acquaintances who can introduce them to me?" "I think you can go back to the farm and find Victor. He has a lot of acquaintances," Fran said. “No…no…no, Guo, you’d better go to their booth and ask tomorrow.” "Why?" Fran looked puzzled. “Victor only knows some domestic manufacturers, but selling machinery overseas involves a lot of procedures, so it would be more convenient to find a dealer with experience in cross-border trade.” Hearing this, Guo Yang understood. (End of this chapter)