Chapter Eighty-four: Nelson's New Mission

  Zhou Fugui smiled, and Liang Sanping also smiled. Liang Sanping knew that if Xu Tiancai hadn't said this sentence, Zhou Fugui might have really considered it. After all, he wasn't really here to sign up, just venting his anger.

  As soon as Xu Tiancai's words came out, Zhou Fugui would definitely not consider it again.

  "This leader, if you keep your word, I'll sign up now! When I get back, I'll submit my resignation!" Zhou Fugui spoke with great relish, directly to Liang Sanping: "Let me go to work right away!"

  Xu Tiancai's face changed color upon hearing this, but he couldn't say anything. Because Liang Sanping had already smiled and handed the form to Zhou Fugui, who took it and walked aside to start filling it out.

  After a while, Liang Sanping handed over the form and smiled: "Comrade Fu Gui, you can go to work now. Your current task is to assist Old Peng in maintaining order outside."

  Zhou Fugui nodded and immediately turned around to leave directly. In fact, Zhou Fugui himself was still a bit dizzy at this time, he just came over for a moment, how did he suddenly become not an employee of Jianghai Farm?!

  But seeing Zhou Fugui leave, Xu Tiancai leaned back in his chair and smiled wryly at Liang Sanping: "Comrade Sanping! You've dug a hole in the corner of our Jianghai Farm..."

  "It doesn't count, Comrade Zhou Fugui had his own ideas to begin with." But then Liang Sanping smiled and said: "Besides, wherever you go, aren't you still working for the country?! He came here, also working for the country..."

  It's all been said, what else can Xu Tiancai say? He could only smile wryly and nod, it's too late to say anything now that everything has passed, you might as well just admit defeat...

  The recruitment ended quickly, and more than 50 people were hired. More than expected, but in Liang Sanping's view, it didn't matter. As long as the person is good, they can be recruited.

  While Liang Sanping was recruiting people, he did not neglect the farmland and wasteland allocated by the local government. Jianghai Farm organized a large number of people to start clearing the land.

  Of course, it's out of the question to plant vegetables this season. But fertilizing the land and flattening it is still possible. Meanwhile, the farm's construction team has also been mobilized.

  In the originally allocated fifty mu experimental vegetable garden, a dormitory was built. With the commotion on both sides, three or four days passed quickly. News has come from the capital that the agreement has been signed.

  Simultaneously, the first payment from Wan Hong Corporation has been deposited into the account. Nelson brought his newly recruited team and representatives of Wan Hong Corporation to Qiong Island directly.

  Also arriving were a group of compound residue detection experts hired by Wan Hong Co., Ltd. They came directly by train, as they had too many instruments to transport by air.

  They can only take the train, swaying all the way. However, Nelson won't accompany these Japanese people, he takes a plane and flies directly to Qiong Island, then transfers to Jianghai Farm.

  "Hahaha... Liang! You're really my lucky god!" Nelson, who had just earned a large sum of money, beamed with joy as he exclaimed to Liang Sanping: "Every time I see you, I feel grateful! You're too amazing!!"

  Liang Sanping heard this and hastily made a few humble remarks. He and Nelson were mutually beneficial to each other. Nelson's American identity gave them a lot of convenience in doing things. Of course, Nelson also earned a lot of money from it.

  "Mr. Nelson, the next topic we're going to discuss is your old trade!" But then Liang Sanping smiled and said: "Regarding our South China Institute's trial on rubber powder disease, it has already been initially completed."

  "The results of the experiment were very satisfactory, so we decided to import a batch of humidifiers..." Liang Sanping smiled and said to Nelson: "But the price..."

  "As for the price, I can give you the best deal!" Nelson winked. He said to Liang Sanping: "I'm still with Carlon Machinery now and have some authority..."

  "No, no, no... Nelson, you misunderstood!" But then Liang Sanping smiled and said: "Placing an order is inevitable, but as you know. What we hope for more is to be able to manufacture it ourselves..."

  Nelson was taken aback. The statement made by Liang Sanping, he had never heard of it! Moreover, the transfer of American technology is definitely not that simple.

  "Nelson, think about it. You're manufacturing in the US, isn't the cost very high?! Especially labor costs." Liang Sanping said patiently to Nelson: "Because the cost can't be reduced, the mechanical competitiveness is limited now. Especially when facing European agricultural machinery."

  Li Sanping's words made Nelson nod frequently. The current situation is indeed the case, and the labor cost in the United States has been increasing continuously. Although it is not obvious now, it has already had a certain impact.

  For example, in the international market, American agricultural machinery is gradually unable to compete with European products, especially German products, which once caused a headache for the board of directors of Caterpillar.

  And these machines are mainly consumed in Asia and South America. South America is fine, but Asia is a problem. Just the transportation costs alone are a large sum of money.

  The maintenance cost is also extremely high, which makes Carl Norden hesitant to enter the Chinese market. Of course, Nelson's donation of more than 30 hot fog machines to the two universities in South China is also one of their attempts.

  On the one hand, it is to lay the groundwork for entering the Chinese market, and on the other hand, it is also because of the authority of experts from both institutions in the field of rubber planting. If Karl's agricultural machinery appears in their report, then these hot fog machines have already reached their value.

  "So, Liang! What do you mean?! How should we cooperate between us?!" Nelson asked directly to Liang Sanping, he knew that Liang Sanping would not propose this if he didn't have a plan.

  "My dear Nelson, have you forgotten that China is now open?!" However, Liang Sanping smiled slightly and said: "Of course, we are not fully open yet. It's very difficult to set up a wholly foreign-owned company in China..."

  "However, setting up a joint venture company is possible." But then Liang Sanping smiled slightly and said: "You know the cost of human resources in China, Nelson."

  "What we lack is a management approach for technology and science, quality inspection system and sales channels. If Kalmar can take charge of this aspect, then we can cooperate to produce agricultural machinery..."

  "Then we'll make a killing!!" Nelson chuckled and said: "Liang! How did you come up with this idea?! It's really great, I believe the headquarters will be moved by it!"

  Liang Sanping smiled and didn't say a word, he had been thinking about this matter for a long time. The test results were out, the incidence of rubber trees sprayed with triadimefon was more than 80% lower than that of rubber trees sprayed with sulfur powder.

  At the same time, the cost of spraying medicine has also been reduced by at least two dollars per mu compared to sulfur powder. However, the American-imported hot fog machine, although it performs well in use, has become a huge problem in terms of cost.

  If it's a large-scale introduction, the country simply can't afford to pay for it. The domestic hot fog machines, in terms of spray height and width, are simply no match for the hot fog machines produced by Kalinov.

  The experimental results of the two academies in South China can be said to be useful, but also useless. The useful thing is that they found the best way to control rubber powdery mildew. The useless thing is that this method cannot be promoted on a large scale at all.

  This made Liang Sanping very unwilling, and during this time, apart from thinking about the problem of planting vegetables on 300 mu of land, what Liang Sanping thought about most was how to promote the solution to the problem of Bai Fen disease.

  At this time, Liang Sanping dared to propose joint venture also has its own confidence. Because he knew that in April, China's first batch of joint ventures would officially appear.

  On April 10, 1980, China's first Sino-foreign joint venture - Beijing Food Company was approved to be established, and on May 1, the company was officially registered in Beijing.

  The first batch of approved Sino-foreign joint ventures also included China Xinda Elevator Co., Ltd., Xinjiang Tian Shan Cashmere Products Co., Ltd., Emperor Capital Jianyuan Restaurant, Emperor Capital Changcheng Restaurant, Tianjin Gangwan Chao Wine Co., Ltd. and so on.

  "But however, if we were to form a joint venture, the distribution of shares would be a huge problem......" Nelson hesitated and said: "And you know, Liang. Your way of doing things is different from ours. Can both parties cooperate to establish a company?!"

  Liang Sanping smiled faintly and said to Nelson, "My suggestion to you is that you can start preparing for this matter right away. Because very soon, there will be successful cases coming out."

  Nelson's expression changed slightly as he knew that Liang Sanping had always had some special channels of information. If Liang Sanping said so, then he must have been quite sure about it; otherwise, he wouldn't have brought it up.

  "Alright! But, Liang. You need to help me with this." Nelson smiled slyly and said, "You know, I don't have much experience in this area..."

  Nelson also saw that this matter was extremely beneficial to Liang Sanping. If Kalmar really set up a joint venture tractor factory in China due to Nelson's suggestion.

  So the person in charge will undoubtedly be Nelson. At least the person in charge on the US side, must be Nelson. Because this project was proposed by him, it is natural for him to manage it.

  Moreover, Karl's agricultural machinery side couldn't pull out anyone familiar with China to take over for the time being. Since it was Nelson who was in charge, this agricultural machinery factory would definitely allow Liang Sanping to gain some benefits.

  Price, quality, quantity... and so on, Nelson will undoubtedly give Liang Sanping a big discount. After all, he and Liang Sanping are in a cooperative relationship!

  PS: I wrote a little yesterday, didn't write much. Two chapters today...