Chapter 19 Plant Protection Drones"...Forget it, let's just use one set!" When Guo Yang said this, he also felt a little regretful. I was clearly prepared to spend a large sum of money on imported agricultural machinery, but in the end I felt that it was really not worth it. This is what happens to people who have been engaged in agriculture for a long time. They are used to living frugally. He roughly calculated in his mind that the official selling price of Fendt 930 is about 33 US dollars, but Fendt does not sell directly to the Chinese market. Therefore, they had to purchase from a third-party company, and then Yu Honghai’s machinery company would introduce it into the country as second-hand agricultural machinery. Although this avoids restrictions, it also increases various costs such as taxes and transportation. As a result, the final estimated cost of Fendt 930 exceeded RMB 400 million per set, and two sets would be RMB 1 million. Add to that the series of silage machinery from Claas needed for subsequent forage planting, the money spent on importing agricultural machinery this time is probably far more than 2000 million yuan. That’s just the cost of two Fendts and one Claas.
This undoubtedly made Guo Yang sober up a little. With the same amount of money, you can buy a lot of domestic tractors. Although the quality is slightly worse, the quantity can make up for it to a certain extent, and it can also support the development of the domestic agricultural machinery industry. And he has already put the plan of building his own agricultural machinery factory on the agenda. Therefore, he finally bought two Fendt 930s and a complete set of Claas series agricultural machinery. In addition to using them for agricultural operations, they will also undertake the subsequent task of research and imitation. After hearing Guo Yang's needs, Yu Honghai also estimated the cost in his mind. "Mr. Guo, there is no problem in helping to import agricultural machinery, but how much is this?" Guo Yang smiled and asked, "Why? Are you planning to place an order in Hanover?" Yu Honghai also forced a smile on his chubby face, rubbing his hands and saying: "Hey, Mr. Guo, to be honest, I went with the Agricultural Mechanization Department to participate in the exhibition abroad this time. I originally wanted to represent several international brands. It just so happened that you wanted to buy Claas machinery, so I wanted to take this opportunity to talk to them." "And as far as I know, Claas has had plans to enter the Chinese market since we joined the WTO, but now they are planning to enter the tractor field and have been busy acquiring the French Renault Agricultural Machinery Company." "If I come to you with the order now, I think it will be more effective!" Guo Yang took a sip of tea and thought in his mind. He and Yu Honghai had just met, and he was not sure whether his character was trustworthy. But thinking about the follow-up plans, Yu Honghai may still be of great use. You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing your child... "Mr. Yu, please go ahead and negotiate the order. I can transfer you a 20% deposit first, and then give you a 30% advance payment after I sign the contract in China. I can then pay the final balance after the delivery is completed. Do you accept this approach?" "Yes, yes." Yu Honghai nodded quickly. He originally took advantage of the opportunity of joining the WTO to explore agricultural machinery distribution channels. Guo Yang was willing to pay part of the deposit in advance, which made him believe that Guo Yang was not a liar but was really capable, thus dispelling his doubts. After the preliminary negotiation, the two discussed the details for a while, such as the specific models of the Claas series of machinery, the preliminary cost budget, and Guo Yang's other special requirements.
After everything was discussed, Guo Yang transferred a deposit of 500 million to Yu Honghai. When seeing the money successfully arrived, Yu Honghai was dazed and unbelievable at first, and then excitement and excitement filled his whole body. It also made him more confident in Guo Yang's ability. After discussing the matter, the two returned to the hotel. Guo Yang also got a ticket back home at the hotel front desk, and will fly directly to Beijing at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. Yu Honghai learned that they also bought tickets for this flight, but now because of Guo Yang's order, he is not sure whether he can catch it. But Director Zhang and others must take this flight back. After a comfortable night's rest in the hotel, Guo Yang went to the exhibition hall on time the next day to collect agricultural machinery information. After two days of hard work, he had acquired at least one or two of the machines that were in short supply. So today his goal is mainly to find types of agricultural machinery that may be used in the future and have high enough technological content. For example, cotton harvesters, potato harvesters... At the same time, in order not to miss some machinery he had forgotten, he no longer focused on collecting agricultural machinery information in the afternoon. Instead, he took some time to wander around the exhibition hall to see if there was any important agricultural machinery he had forgotten. And this really made him discover something, and then he felt horrified. He saw the Yamaha unmanned plant protection drone from Xiao Ri! Plant protection drones will be the first field in which China will overtake other countries in agricultural mechanization in the future! China's agricultural drones, which originated in 2010, have reached the top of the world in just over ten years! Guo Yang's excitement was beyond words, but he quickly calmed down. The rapid development of China's agricultural drones has benefited from the development of the smartphone market, because most of the parts of smartphones are similar to or overlap with those of drones, so the dividends of its mature industrial chain can be quickly eaten by drones. Now was the era when Nokia and Motorola dominated the market, and smartphones had only just started to develop a few years ago. "Never mind, let's collect them first." Guo Yang thought about it and decided there was nothing to hesitate about. Since he had seen it, he might as well collect it first. As for whether to do it or when to do it, that is something to be considered later. After collecting Yamaha's agricultural drones, Guo Yang set his sights on the American agricultural aircraft... By the time Guo Yang had finished collecting information on aerial plant protection aircraft, the exhibition was almost over, and he didn't know what the progress was on Yu Honghai's side. There were only three or four hours left before the flight back home took off, and Guo Yang couldn't help but feel agitated. I've been running around outside for nearly a month, just to be able to go back to the Northwest and do some great work! But before that, there is one thing that needs to be done, which is to prepare a gift for Fran and others. He still remembered the scene when he and Fran first arrived at the farm. Catherine complained sternly to Victor for accepting two people who came empty-handed. Thinking of this, Guo Yang couldn't help but chuckle.
"It is indeed time to send some gifts, otherwise people will think that Chinese people are stingy." "Besides, I've been staying at Victor's house for two days. Even though I haven't known Fran for a few days and our friendship isn't that deep, it's not good to just leave without asking." "And Catherine, I shouldn't have messed with her." "But what should we send? Farm machinery?" After thinking for a while in the exhibition hall, Guo Yang gave up the idea of giving away agricultural machinery. The main reason is that it is too expensive. It may be a habit developed from engaging in farming for too long in his previous life. He always likes to consider the economic cost when doing things. In other words, he is a bit stingy. Moreover, he and Fran and others were just casual acquaintances. Maybe they would meet again in the future, but at least it was not worth it for him to do so now. After leaving the exhibition hall, Guo Yang went straight to the nearest shopping mall to buy a batch of gifts and then took them back to the hotel. It was not until I was waiting at the airport that I called Fran. Ask him and Victor to go to the hotel front desk to pick up their things. (End of this chapter)