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Chapter 1530 - 735 Director Ou Great Development_2

Chapter 1530: Chapter 735 Director Ou Great Development_2

"Hello, Boss Yan, come, come, let me introduce everyone. This is Boss Yan we have been looking for; although young, he has started from scratch to build up his substantial family business, truly a legendary figure in Wancheng City. This is Manager Zhong from Daxingfa Sausage Factory and this is his assistant, Xiao Xu." Zhao Rongyao cheerfully introduced everyone as soon as he got out of the car.

After Yan Fei and Manager Zhong shook hands and exchanged greetings, they led everyone inside. As they walked, Yan asked, "Manager Zhong, if I remember correctly, didn’t Daxingfa Sausage go public last year? Why are you planning to develop new products now?"

"Stop calling me Manager Zhong, just call me Old Zhong. When I’m elsewhere, being called Manager Zhong gives me a little thrill, but here, seeing such a young boss like you, I feel unworthy to even be called a manager!" Manager Zhong is in procurement, and his ability to get along with people is almost innate. "I didn’t expect Boss Yan to pay such close attention to our enterprise! Last year’s public listing was mostly just talk; the enterprise is still the same, being listed doesn’t help if we can’t improve ourselves."

Yan Fei smiled and responded, "It’s not easy either. I wouldn’t dare to think about that, better to focus on running my own business well. My business isn’t big, but I deal with a variety of things. See those horses over there? They were specifically transported from the grasslands; they’re all well-trained, and later everyone can try riding them for a few laps..."

"Sure, haha, I’ll try riding a horse after we finish our talks," Manager Zhong laughed and said. "Boss Yan, this place of yours is really fantastic. I haven’t been to many places, but I’ve never seen an enterprise built like a park. Calling it a park is even an understatement; you’ve turned this place into a Shangri-La of your own creation. I almost don’t feel like leaving after coming here!"

"If you don’t want to leave, then stay; the countryside doesn’t have many advantages, but it does have plenty of space," Yan Fei said with a laugh.

Walking along, enjoying the river breeze and the faint scent of flowers in the air, passing a small prairie, animal pens, and bamboo groves, by the time they reached the conference room, Manager Zhong was at a loss for any more compliments. He regretted speaking too highly of the small garden they first saw upon arriving; he ran out of words afterward, leaving only "really nice" to describe everything.

Once they entered the meeting room, Manager Zhong simply cut to the chase: "Boss Yan, no need for further niceties. Just by seeing how this place is built, I can tell your taste... The beef must certainly be as good as its reputation suggests. Let’s get straight to the point!"

Daxingfa Sausage Factory, despite having gone public just last year, is still a multi-billion-dollar company, far larger than Yan Fei’s cattle farm.

However, since Manager Zhong is just the head of procurement, his demeanor remained appropriately respectful, given that Boss Yan was personally hosting him.

Previously, Daxingfa Sausage had always used pork and chicken, running their own pig and chicken farms. Now, they are planning to introduce beef sausages, but beef can’t be compared with pork and chicken; beef sausages were never planned to be a large part of their product line, and setting up their own cattle farm might be overkill.

After all, our province specializes in cattle farming, and Wancheng’s yellow cattle are nationally famous, especially popular along the coast. Directly purchasing local beef can also help in promotions. If a stable partnership can be formed, it will definitely be more cost-effective than building their own cattle farm.

Of course, there’s no need for Manager Zhong to mention all this to Yan Fei; he’s here to negotiate prices. Regarding product quality, he verbally claims no need to check further, trusting its reputation, although he had already organized a thorough investigation beforehand.

Even laymen know that the food industry is different from others; starting from raw material procurement, strict checks are essential. Using substandard beef for sausages could cause issues later; harming Daxingfa’s brand with any problems—saying the beef was subpar would be too late, as customers and consumers didn’t directly consume the beef, nor was it supplied for their processing; such excuses would be pointless.

Therefore, Old Zhong’s role as the head of procurement is laborious; seeing his partial baldness at such a young age indicates as much. Although his department is lucrative, it indeed requires commitment. A single oversight could jeopardize more than just his position—while occasional negligence in other industries might be overlooked, in the food industry, accountability for fault is severe once an issue arises. Position hardly matters then.

Thus, Manager Zhong, after conducting thorough market research, confidently chose Qian Niu Hua Agricultural and Livestock Company — currently, Qian Niu Hua is the largest breeding base in the province and a major enterprise that has introduced Wancheng yellow cattle into upscale coastal restaurants. This choice assures much higher reliability compared to other breeding bases.

Besides that, there is another important factor, which is the issue of transportation costs. The distance from Sancha River Town to Daxingfa’s production base is about 400 li, and such a distance doesn’t really count for much nowadays with the continuous expansion of highways.

With these foundations laid, the main focus of discussion was on the pricing issue. Other minor issues, such as the exchange of goods, are just details and not worth mentioning for two mature large enterprises.

Yan Fei didn’t significantly raise the price, just a little more than one yuan higher than the initial contract with Jiang City Ning Xianwei. This increase was not intended by Yan Fei but was agreed upon after the Yellow Cattle Association had specifically called Yan Fei countless times.

Nowadays, Yan Fei’s cattle farm is the benchmark for the yellow cattle enterprises in Wancheng City. If his beef prices do not increase, other enterprises cannot raise theirs either. Although high-end beef enterprises have high profits, other cattle farms don’t fare as well; saying they are digging for gold in cow dung is an exaggeration, but profits indeed aren’t that high.

As society progresses, costs such as labor and feed are all rising, and beef prices are inevitably escalating. Yan Fei might not care about this, but others cannot afford to ignore it.

Chairman Dong also communicated with Yan Fei several times after hearing everyone’s opinions. If high-end beef is out of reach for others but Yan Fei continues to supply ordinary beef at low prices, other cattle farm owners might end up on the losing end.

Regarding this slight price increase, Manager Zhong merely symbolically expressed ’protest’. Following Yan Fei’s remark about raising prices after a year of the contract with Ning Xianwei, Zhong did not dispute further—after all, the sausage industry is high-profit, and having a stable and reliable supplier is far more crucial than a slight increase in price.

An increase of more than one yuan per catty, or two to three thousand yuan per ton, isn’t significant. Daxingfa Sausage Factory, just beginning to experiment with beef sausages, plans to expand into the Northwest market and some minority markets, and does not plan to purchase heavily yet, aiming for about twenty tons a month—which is still less than the current purchasing amounts at the Jiang City shores.

Ning Xianwei originally signed a contract for twenty tons but had been pushing for increased purchasing amounts by leveraging the Morning Glory brand to open up markets.

For Daxingfa, twenty tons, which is about fifty to sixty thousand yuan, the price increase is completely acceptable to them.

Of course, to put it bluntly, they had no choice but to accept it anyway, as other cattle farms will not supply beef at prices much lower than Yan Fei’s—everyone knows Morning Glory beef is in short supply and requires advance contracts and waiting; casual buyers might not interest Yan Fei, nor do they need to wait over a month.

Sometimes business negotiations take a long time, dragging on for ten days to half a month. However, when Manager Zhong visited this time, once the price was agreed upon, he immediately signed the contract, even having clear terms about the payment for beef from Yan Fei beforehand, making a call immediately after signing the contract to process the payment of several hundred thousand yuan.

After signing the contract, Yan Fei, before going out to have fun, casually handed the contract to Heizi: "The rest is up to you now. If we’re running out of space in the cattle sheds, go build another site near the fertilizer plant. I don’t need to tell you how to handle it, right!"

Heizi, holding the contract, turned and saw Chang Liang and Li Fang seeming quite pleased with themselves. His eyes lit up and he handed the contract to Chang Liang: "Manager Chang, Manager Li, the rest is up to you two. Coordinate with Boss Ma about building the new site, and remember to contact Director Ou as well. Since we’re constructing nearby, we can utilize one set of wastewater disposal equipment. For the rest, you know what to do, right?"

Chang Liang and Li Fang looked bewildered: We’ve been promoted too... That was really fast!

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