Chapter 664 665【Prepare for a rainy day】
After Xiang Nan's new book was published, the literary world was still full of praise.
However, when it was put on the market, the sales volume was already much worse than before.
Before, the first volume of "Such a Beautiful Country" had a total sales volume of more than 1.5 million copies; the total sales volume of the second volume was also 1 million copies; the sales volume of the third volume was less than 50,000 copies in the first week of its release. It seems that if it can sell 500,000 copies, it is considered good.
Fortunately, Xiang Nan doesn't make money by selling books. Otherwise, you will surely die of sorrow.
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And in May, Xiangnan's orchard is bustling again. Bloom and bear fruit…
Because he took good care of them and supplied water and fertilizer in a timely manner, the fruit trees grew very well and the growth rate was gratifying, so it can be seen that this year is another bumper harvest year.
In addition, the fruit trees of other villagers have only been planted for one year, and they have not yet produced fruit. However, thanks to the technology taught by Xiang Nan, most of the fruit trees have survived and are flourishing. I believe they will be able to bear fruit next year.
This made the villagers look forward to it very much, and the waiters were even more attentive.
In comparison, Li Dayou was even more irritable.
He was afraid that Xiang Nan would be playing tricks on the big guys, so he didn't dare to plant fruit trees, and he still planted corn and wheat with Shuiwang. Now that everyone's fruit trees are alive and growing so well, they will be able to bear fruit and make money next year.
He couldn't sit still.
"What's the matter, is it really all right?" He wondered.
"Dad, I said earlier that Brother Yongfu won't lie, but you are too suspicious, so you don't believe it. Now it's all right, next year the family will bear fruit, and by then, one mu of land will earn thousands of dollars. What do you two do? You only earn a few hundred yuan a year. You will regret it." Li Shuiwang said depressingly.
"You bitch, are you a weirdo now?" Li Day asked angrily when he heard this.
Li Shuiwang was afraid of his father, so he quickly confessed, "Dad, I don't blame you, I just want to say, it's still too late to change. Let's plant the tree quickly, and we will be able to make money in two years. It's better than regretting it now."
Li Dayi listened, thought for a while, and nodded.
A hero does not suffer immediate losses. It's okay to talk about it, as long as you can make money, you don't have to be ashamed.
Thinking of planting trees now and making a fortune in two years, he couldn't sit still, and immediately went to Xiang Nan for help.
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Compared to Li Dayou who is full of energy, Xiang Nan is a little bit big-headed now.
Last year, when people from the county, city, and province came to ask for advice on how to make a fortune by planting fruit trees, he made three suggestions.
One is to guide the planting of trees, especially to send experts to follow up and guide, not to just promote and ignore after-sales. It is difficult for farmers to take good care of these fruit trees without technology and experience.
The second is to lay a good lead and go to the market early to ensure that the fruits of the fruit growers are sold; the third is to introduce fruit deep-processing enterprises to increase the added value of fruits.
Regarding these three suggestions, each one is very necessary, very important, and worthy of attention.
But so far, he has not seen any action in the county, city, or province. It can be said that they did not take his suggestion seriously at all.
This is actually normal.
Everyone has their own misunderstandings.
People in counties, cities, and provinces can’t even imagine that thousands of acres of orchards will harvest at the same time, how many fruits will be produced, how difficult it is to transport, how difficult it is to digest, and how difficult it is to store...
They haven't met before, so naturally they can't imagine it, so it's hard to pay attention to it.
Xiang Nan can already foresee that if no measures are taken next year, it may be troublesome. At that time, tens of thousands of acres of land and tens of millions of tons of fruits will be backlogged, which is a catastrophic level.
So Xiang Nan is very pessimistic and worried now.
So when he heard that Li Dayou also wanted to grow fruit trees, he suggested, "Uncle Dayou, if you want to grow fruit trees, I suggest you grow wolfberries. This thing has always sold well."
"I heard that grapes are more profitable?" Li Dayi retorted after hearing this.
"Now the grape planting area in our county is nearly 5,000 mu. One mu produces 3,000 catties of grapes, which is 15 million catties, or 7,500 tons.
A truck weighs six tons and has to pull more than 1,200 vehicles. "Xiang Nan explained, "If you think about such a large amount, which market can digest it. By then, I'm afraid half of them will be rotten. So I suggest you grow goji berries, which have a small yield and can be stored for a while after being dried, so they won’t go bad. "
Li Dayi nodded upon hearing this.
He had long believed that planting fruit trees was unreliable. Hearing what Xiang Nan said, he strengthened his belief.
Xiang Nan is right. Now the counties, cities, and provinces are calling for the planting of fruits, and tens of thousands of acres of one species are planted. At that time, who will sell so many fruits to? !
If it can’t be sold, it can only rot in the field. This is not like corn and wheat, which can be kept if they cannot be sold. Fruits are fresh, and they will rot within a few months.
So he didn't even grow goji berries at all, but grew his own corn and wheat. By the way, he slumped his shoulders and waited to see the excitement of these fruit farmers.
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Xiang Nan didn't have the mood to watch a good show like him. He went to the county, city, and province successively to find someone to report the situation and demand that it be taken seriously.
It is advisable to plan ahead, not to dig wells when you are thirsty.
You must know that Huaxia is a poor place, the poorer it is, the harder it is for the people, and the more unable to withstand failure.
They worked hard for two years in order to plant fruit trees, buy fruit seedlings, buy chemical fertilizers, and buy water. If at that time, the fruit cannot be sold at a high price, then they will all be cheated.
So he strongly appealed to pay attention to it, prepare in advance, contact foreign merchants, build cold storage, and introduce fruit deep-processing enterprises.
However, Xiang Nan's appeal did not attract enough attention.
Firstly, it was still in the 1990s, and their sense of service was not strong. Those who have a sense of responsibility at the booth, such as Zhang Shucheng and Ma Defu, are fine. Everyone else just does what they are doing and doesn't care about anything else.
Secondly, it is still a cognitive defect. They never imagined what the fruit disaster would be like. They didn't have this concept in their minds, and even if Xiang Nan explained it repeatedly, they still couldn't understand it.
So, they all said yes, but they didn't actually act.
Seeing this, Xiang Nan had no choice but to rely on himself.
He could only build a cold storage and a fruit deep-processing factory in Yuquanying Development Zone, and invested more than 80 million in one go.
Fortunately, he has money, otherwise he would be in trouble.
When the cold storage and factories were under construction in full swing, the fruit in Xiangnan's orchard was harvested again. And because it was the only one, it was sold at a very good price.
Seeing this, the counties, cities, and provinces don't trust his flowers. They all think that next year, the people in the whole county, city, and province will be able to make a fortune from the fruit. Their taxation and poverty alleviation tasks will also achieve great achievements.
(end of this chapter)