Free Web NovelChapter 644: Chapter 306: Work Deployment, President Jiang’s Generosity! (Part 2)
When they grew up, one of them stayed in the countryside, and the other in Beijing, worlds apart.
Most of Xu Li’s attention and energy was on her daughter, Jiang Xue, busy with motherhood.
Fang Qi focused all her energy on work and entertainment.
Their interactions became less frequent, and their relationship was far less close than when they were young.
But after all, they had been sisters for many years, so their relationship was naturally better than most people’s.
"I’ll find a chance to visit Cousin Lili and the others to maintain this relationship well."
Ring ring—
Just as Fang Qi thought of reconnecting with her cousin Xu Li, the phone on the table rang.
Seeing the caller ID on the phone, Fang Qi couldn’t help but be stunned.
"Cousin Lili."
"What a coincidence!"
Seeing Xu Li’s call, Fang Qi was dazed for a few seconds before picking up the phone.
"Hey Sister Lili, do you think we have a telepathic connection?"
"I was just thinking of going to your house for dinner tonight when you called."
"Hehe, we haven’t seen each other for a while, I miss you~"
"No, I’m just an older single woman who probably won’t get married in this lifetime."
"I’ve already prepared myself for being single forever. It’s quite nice, being able to eat well on my own without worrying about others." frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
"My parents have come to terms with it early on and stopped pressuring me."
"Now, the old couple is traveling all over the country after retirement, checking in at various tourist spots."
"Alright, alright, then I won’t eat lunch and will come to your place for a feast tonight!"
"..."
Fang Qi and Xu Li chatted on the phone for over ten minutes before hanging up.
A phone call brought them closer again.
...
East of Xiaoshanhe Village.
Jiang Tao and Liu Yuan walked side by side through the fields, discussing project development.
By this time, a large number of machines and workers had started to enter the site.
The once weed-infested wasteland now somewhat resembled farmland.
"The cost of the light steel greenhouse is about 65% higher than the ordinary plastic film greenhouse."
"President Jiang, starting with something so high-end, in terms of funding..."
Liu Yuan looked at Jiang Tao with surprise and concern in her eyes.
After listening to her comparison of ordinary plastic film greenhouses and light steel sunlit greenhouses, Jiang Tao decisively chose the latter.
This choice meant an increase of about 65% in the originally planned investment scale, which was not a small amount for this agricultural project.
"Don’t worry about the funds, just submit the report for how much money you need, the funding is very ample."
Jiang’s Agricultural Development Company is a joint venture between Jiang Tao and Yuan Mengqi,
they can use Yuan Mengqi’s exclusive 180 million consumption fund.
With over 100 million in reserve funds, investing in a project worth twenty to thirty million isn’t a stress for Jiang Tao.
Moreover, this project is essential for Jiang Tao.
In order to mass-produce Jiang’s Delicious Barbecue Sauce, the raw material issue must be resolved.
Once the raw material problem is solved, the profitability of Jiang’s Delicious Barbecue Sauce will also greatly increase.
It might break even in a year or even half a year, and the rest would be pure profit!
"President Jiang is bold! Since you say so, I’ll go all out."
Liu Yuan had advised what she could, seeing Jiang Tao’s determination, she could only follow his plan.
Jiang Tao continued to ask, "How long do we expect it to start planting? How long before we start harvesting?" frёewebnoѵēl.com
"At the fastest, it is estimated that it will be completed and start production in 2 months, and we can harvest the first batch of products in about 4 months."
Liu Yuan walked alongside Jiang Tao, reporting her estimated timeline for project completion and product delivery.
Jiang Tao asked, "Can it be faster?"
Liu Yuan replied, "As of now, this timeline is the most economical. If we want to shorten the schedule, the costs on inputs will increase by about 8%."
Jiang Tao: "How much can we shorten the schedule at most?"
Liu Yuan: "To ensure quality, we can shorten it to about 3 months at most."
Jiang Tao: "3 months... can’t it be any faster?"
Liu Yuan nodded: "No faster. Quality can’t be assured faster than that."
"Then 3 months, the shorter the schedule, the better. Spending a bit more money is fine."
After hearing Liu Yuan’s report, Jiang Tao decided without hesitation to spend money to shorten the construction period.
Compared with the profit of starting the production and sale of Jiang’s Delicious Barbecue Sauce earlier,
the cost of shortening the timeline isn’t worth mentioning.
Liu Yuan finally nodded:
"Understood! I’ll negotiate with the contractor, getting some extra equipment on site."
Jiang Tao said, "Thanks for dealing with it here. If the workers are not enough, recruit as much as you need."
Liu Yuan laughed and said, "I was just going to mention that. We are indeed short-staffed."
"In the future, you don’t need to report small things like recruitment to me, just manage it yourself."
Jiang Tao trusted Liu Yuan greatly, giving her considerable authority.
"By the way, how are the strawberries I asked you to cultivate?"
After finishing the discussion about agricultural development, Jiang Tao shifted the topic to the strawberries he had entrusted Liu Yuan to cultivate earlier.
That strawberry was reported by the system to be a highly valuable mutant variety.
In the future, when this variety begins large-scale cultivation and production, it can also create a significant profit.
When Jiang Tao initially acquired this strawberry, he even thought of selling it to the Agricultural Research Institute for cash.
After all, according to the system’s intelligence, the Agricultural Research Institute’s offer was already worth millions.
However, as Jiang Tao’s assets rapidly increased, he wasn’t interested in those millions anymore.
He decided to keep the mutant strawberry, cultivating it himself, and letting Liu Yuan develop this new variety.
When this Rainbow Strawberry is successfully cultivated and comes to the market in large numbers,
it can surely become a specialty product of Jiang’s Agricultural Company with its unique appearance.
By then, the Rainbow Strawberry will significantly boost the company’s development and promotion.
"All 38 plants are growing very well, and they are expected to bear fruit in about half a month."
"President Jiang, what’s so special about our strawberries?"
So far, Liu Yuan, who was fully in charge of the strawberry breeding project, still hadn’t discovered anything special about the strawberries she was cultivating.
After all, the plants were still in the growth phase and hadn’t started fruiting.
They looked exactly like regular strawberries with no differences at all!
Jiang Tao smiled, "I’ll keep it a surprise. You’ll know what’s special about them once they produce fruit."
"Alright then, I’ll be waiting expectantly!"
Liu Yuan saw that Jiang Tao was tight-lipped and didn’t ask further.
She had asked Jiang Tao about this five times already and always got the same answer.
Her curiosity had been deeply piqued by Jiang Tao.
Every day after work, the first thing she did was check on the strawberries she was cultivating.
She cared for those strawberries even more attentively than she would a child.
Jiang Tao and Liu Yuan chatted while walking through the fields and returned to the roadside where they had parked by 10 a.m.
Ring ring—
Jiang Tao was about to say goodbye to Liu Yuan and leave when his phone rang again.
He pulled out his phone and saw the same unfamiliar number he had hung up on twice before.
This time, Jiang Tao slid his finger to answer the call.
"Hello, is this Mr. Jiang?"
"This is Ma Jingsong, the top lecturer of Action Education. We met yesterday."
As soon as the call connected, Ma Jingsong’s polite voice came from the other end, devoid of the arrogance from the previous day.
"Who is Ma Jingsong? Have we met?"
Jiang Tao had a mocking smile on his face, intentionally pretending not to remember Ma Jingsong.
"Ahem, yesterday at Black Bull Barbecue, we..."
Although Ma Jingsong knew Jiang Tao was teasing him, he didn’t dare to get angry and patiently helped Jiang Tao recall their meeting.
Jiang Tao feigned ignorance, asking, "Oh, so it’s Lecturer Ma. What can I do for you?"
"Well, President Jiang, first of all, regarding the incident yesterday, I sincerely apologize to you..."
As soon as he started, Ma Jingsong immediately began to apologize, without saying anything else.
