Chapter 96: Meeting the Mother-in-law and a New Project (Part 2)

  "Tea?! Our tea garden is not bad, but how can we make money from it?!" Ge Tai was somewhat surprised and asked Liang Sanping: "You little rascal, tell me, what's the trick to making money?"

  "Haha... You have no idea, right?! The Japanese have a long-term habit of consuming tea, and they consume tens of thousands of tons of green tea every year. Think about it, what a huge market that is!"

  But then Liang Sanping chuckled and said, "Our autonomous prefecture's capital is surrounded by mountains with clouds and mist swirling around. It's the perfect place to produce high-quality green tea. Why can't our tea be sold in Japan?"

  Ge Tai was stunned, he knew that Liang Sanping's thinking was active. He also tried to keep up with Liang Sanping's thinking, and indeed he had accepted many of the ideas put forward by Liang Sanping. But exporting tea, this he really hadn't thought of.

  "Wait, it's too late now. Come to the office tomorrow and bring your ideas in a report. We'll discuss them then." Ge Tai felt that his brain was not enough, he had to go back and check the information about tea production in the autonomous prefecture.

  Only then can he discuss this matter with Liang Sanping. Otherwise, he has no bottom line in his heart. Every time Liang Sanping says something, it's a new trick for Ge Tai.

  If he didn't understand, Ge Tai had no idea how to deal with the situation raised by Liang Sanping.

  "Alright, I'll prepare tonight. Tomorrow, I'll go to the autonomous prefecture and talk to you specifically about this matter." Liang Sanping said with a smile, knowing that Ge Tai would definitely need some preparation.

  Otherwise, he has no way of understanding the things he himself proposed.

  Since then, Liang Sanping has been thinking about what other ways to make the ordinary people in Baoting area get rich faster. The East Mountain Goat and Wen Chang Chicken thing, although Ge Tai said it with some joking words.

  But in his heart, he may not be satisfied, and this matter needs to be resolved by Liang Sanping. Many big problems and contradictions are often accumulated from small things.

  If these things are not handled properly, the final result will be an unstoppable flood. The collapse of a thousand-mile dike due to an anthill is precisely this principle. Liang Sanping naturally understands the underlying principle, so he has never underestimated such situations.

  But the specialty of Bao Ting area is that five-legged pig. And this project will definitely not be able to start for the time being. Liang Sanping must find another way out. And when he visited Li Feng's home this time, the green tea on the table gave him a great inspiration.

  Qiong Island, especially the Wuzhi Mountain area. Shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, it is famous for its excellent tea. Although the tea leaves are not as famous as they used to be, their quality is extremely good. Most of them are exported.

  Some tourists who came to Hainan also noticed the good tea leaves here, which has also become a symbol of Wuzhishan area. Unfortunately, due to development issues, the declaration of tea leaves here is not obvious.

  Liang Sanping now needs to do is promote himself to the Japanese, as long as this tea is accepted by the Japanese. Then the future sales volume can be expected. Japan still maintains a good habit of drinking tea.

  If Liang Sanping can just get Japan's scientific research institutions to prove that long-term consumption of tea beverages is beneficial for the body, then the sales volume of tea beverages in Japan will undoubtedly be boosted.

  This has been proven by later generations, after the older generation of Japanese people who liked to drink tea gradually passed away. The new generation of Japanese people accepted a new habit of drinking tea due to health factors.

  The annual sales of tea beverages have been increasing year by year, and the raw materials for Japan's large amount of green tea beverages are mostly imported from China, with a proportion that once exceeded 70%.

  Because the production of green tea in Japan is limited and the price is extremely high. If it is used as a raw material for producing green tea beverages, the cost is really too high. China not only has a large planting area but also a cheap price.

  So a large amount of Chinese green tea was purchased by Japanese green tea beverage manufacturers and then transported back to the country for production. China's high-end green tea, semi-fermented tea, fermented tea... and other types of tea have also begun to enter Japan.

  And was gradually accepted by the Japanese people. At that time, Liang Sanping did not stare at Japan's low-end tea market, what he considered was Japan's high-end tea market.

  The price of high-end tea market is what can satisfy Liang Sanping. And the high-end sales, it's easier to attract a large number of high-level customers, which in turn affects the overall consumption of Japan.

  At that time, Liang Sanping will also launch his own low-end brand. While taking care of high-end sales, it is no doubt that at least half of the Japanese market will be taken over by Liang Sanping.

  The influence of high-end brands is not limited to this. Once Japan's high-end consumer market is captured, the next impact will be on the entire Asian region.

  It may even further help Liang Sanping enter the European and American markets, so this move by Japan is extremely important for Liang Sanping.

  "What's going on?! Sanping, are you talking about tea leaves this time?!" Liang Sanping arrived at Ge Tai's office, only to see a thick stack of documents on his desk.

  Just a glance. Liang Sanping saw several "tea" characters. Old Liang secretly smiled, and looking at Ge Tai's dark circles under his eyes, he knew that the area commissioner had not slept all night, studying the data on tea leaves that he had mentioned.

  "Lao Ge, actually I've been thinking about our long-term development issues all along. Especially how to make the people in the mountainous areas also develop." Liang Sanping held back his smile and said to Ge Tai.

  In fact, Liang Sanping appreciated Ge Tai's serious attitude. If it were another leader, he would at most instruct his secretary to prepare the relevant materials for tomorrow and might not even bother to read them himself at night.

  After all, leaders are "busy with a million things"! For this kind of thing, the secretary only needs to provide a brief and concise report for himself. Then when he talks to people about things, he can say some key points to show that the leader is all-knowing. That's enough.

  "After some thought, I think of the tea problem in our Wuzhi Mountain area." However, Liang Sanping smiled and said: "The tea here has always been very good, according to Japanese standards, it is also a green product."

  "But all along, there was no way out. So I was thinking, if the Japanese can accept vegetables, then can they also accept tea?" Suddenly, Liang Sanping said with a smile.

  "Japan was deeply influenced by our culture and gradually produced its own culture due to this influence. Tea is one of them. Japan has developed tea drinking and the way of tea, but they themselves do not have a large tea production."

  "So, this gives us an opportunity." Liang Sanping paused and said: "Our vegetables have made a name for themselves in Japan, so next we need to do some other industries, relying on the east wind of vegetables. I think what we should do best is tea!"

  "Japan's annual tea production is less than 100,000 tons, but consumption exceeds 1 million tons. To meet domestic demand, they have to import large quantities of tea. However, black tea is not their usual choice and has a smaller consumer base. Green tea, on the other hand, is widely accepted..."

  "Previously, most of the imports were Taiwan's Yunwu tea, but Taiwan's production is also extremely limited. Apart from their domestic sales, there isn't much for export. And what I'm thinking is: our climate is almost identical to Taiwan's, and we even have varieties they don't have. As long as we improve our planting technology and tea quality, it won't be difficult to get others to accept us with the recognition of the Japanese market."

  Ge Tai fell into deep thought upon hearing this, to be honest it was a good consideration. But actually putting it into practice, he didn't know how the situation would turn out. The data Ge Tai could see now only included the tea factory's production volume.

  The Bao Ting area indeed has two tea gardens, one is local and the other is a state-run farm. Apparently, the local tea factory has never been able to compete with the state-run farm in terms of production technology and output.

  Every year, the finance has to allocate a lot of funds to maintain the operation of this tea factory. If we can revitalize this tea factory and drive the local tea planting and sales, it will indeed be a good thing for Bao Ting.

  "Of course! But this isn't unconditional, I hope to take the lead in this matter." However, Liang Sanping smiled and said to Ge Tai: "Otherwise, I won't guarantee that it will definitely work out."

  Ge Tai smiled bitterly, he knew that what Liang Sanping said was true. But Liang Sanping's success made many people extremely jealous, even a vegetable could be sold out, and he even managed to get into the capital to meet with high-ranking officials.

  They thought, isn't this just a matter of course?! Even a small kid from Guangxi Province can do it, we must be able to too. With this mindset, many people set their sights on Liang Sanping. Of course, Liang Sanping also noticed this.

  So he proposed to Ge Tai that this matter must be dominated by himself. If it is done by others, to be honest, Liang Sanping does not think highly of it. It's not that they are not capable, but they simply don't know what marketing is and how to deal with foreigners.

  "Sanping, I still need to discuss this matter with other regional committee members. After all, this is not a small matter." Ge Tai smiled wryly at Liang Sanping: "To be honest, I'm really having a hard time with this..."

  "Frankly, if I weren't the one handling this matter, I think there's at least a 70% chance it would be botched." Liang Sanping shrugged and said, "Don't blame me for not warning you! When the time comes and things fall apart, don't expect me to clean up the mess..."

  "You're quite confident, aren't you!" Ge Tai couldn't help but laugh and say: "Nowadays, many people are keeping an eye on you! However, this time, I really don't have a good grasp of the situation."

  "Now in the autonomous prefecture, many people have reacted. They feel that the local area has been taken advantage of by the agricultural reclamation..."