Some time ago, Liang Qichao did report the recent situation of Wonderland Farm to Tang He. In addition to the great success of the Taoyuan vegetable experiment, Tang He was more interested in another thing that Liang Qichao reported to him.
That was, Xia Ruofei was very close to Tang Yitian, the founder of the Australian retail giant Meiya Group. With the support of the Meiya Group, Wonderland Farm basically did not need to consider the problem of sales in Australia.
Tang He did a simple calculation. The 6,000 hectare Wonderland Farm was a relatively high-quality farm resource in Australia due to its rich water source. After deducting the facilities of the horse ranch, the artificial lake, and the farm infrastructure land, etc., the area that could be applied for growing Taoyuan vegetables was at least 4,500 hectares.
Just take tomatoes as an example. If such a large area was all used in greenhouses and staggered the planting time to ensure a stable supply every month, it could reach at least 20,000 tons of capacity.
At present, the price of Taoyuan vegetables in China was about 150 dollars per kilogram. If it was sold in Australia, the price would definitely be higher. According to the exchange rate, it would be at least 30 Australian dollars per kilogram.
In other words, if the production capacity was set to full capacity, Wonderland Farm's monthly output of 30,000 tons would have a turnover of 600 million Australian dollars, which was equivalent to 475 million US dollars.
Of course, production costs, labor costs, maintenance and operation costs, transportation costs, taxes, and so on were relatively high in Australia. The actual net profit may reach the level of 100 to 200 million US dollars.
Even Tang He, who was sitting on tens of billions of US dollars, could not underestimate this level of profit.
After all, the farm was only purchased for tens of millions of US dollars. Just because of the Taoyuan vegetables, it had become such a high-quality asset, which really made Tang He look askance.
Of course, the key to reaching the above level of profit was that the Taoyuan vegetables could be sold at an average price of 30 Australian dollars per kilogram.
After all, the normal price of vegetables in Australia was about 5 Australian dollars per kilogram. 30 Australian dollars was definitely a high price.
But Tang He had personally tasted the Taoyuan vegetables. He was very clear that the Taoyuan Company's vegetables and fruits, which were excellent in appearance and taste, had great potential. He personally judged that it should be no problem to sell them at a price far higher than ordinary vegetables.
Even in the eyes of Tang He, who had a net worth of tens of billions, such a farm was considered a very high-quality asset. Therefore, he was somewhat moved and hoped to continue to expand his cooperation with Xia Ruofei. It would be best if they could adopt a similar model in the United States and continue to develop high-end agricultural side industries.
After Xia Ruofei heard this, he fell into deep thought. After a long while, he said apologetically, "Mr. Tang, I'm really sorry. Our company doesn't have any plans to expand our overseas business in the near future. Moreover, the company is expanding too quickly. Our next step is still to be steady and steady …"
Xia Ruofei had naturally done the same for Tang He. He was very clear about the astonishing profits of the overseas farms.
But correspondingly, the investment was also quite astonishing.
In order to ensure a stable supply of vegetables throughout the year and every month, even in Australia where winter was very warm, it was necessary to use greenhouses.
More than four thousand hectares of plantation area, just the investment in the greenhouses alone was an astronomical figure.
Of course, Wonderland Farm also invested in batches of construction and planting. The profits from the early stage could be used to invest again.
In other words, the astonishing profits on paper might not be able to turn into real money in the short term. The dividends in the early stage should be very small because most of the profits would be invested in the construction of infrastructure.
The construction costs and labor costs in Australia were much higher than in China. Therefore, although the investment had not been clearly calculated, it must be very large.
If he wanted to continue to develop the farm, he was bound to invest more money. Although Tang He said that he could pay for it, Xia Ruofei did not want to owe him a favor. After all, this was not a very urgent matter for him. There was no need to take such big steps.
Of course, the most important point was that whether it was Taoyuan Farm or Wonderland Farm, the core competitiveness was the Taoyuan vegetables and "technical strength." Therefore, from the bottom of his heart, Xia Ruofei did not want to continue to use the cooperation model.
Wonderland Farm was just a special case.
After the initial accumulation, Wonderland Farm would continue to generate profits. At that time, Xia Ruofei, who had mastered the core "technology," could do it alone. Why should he share a piece of the pie with others?
Of course, Xia Ruofei naturally could not say this reason. Otherwise, it would hurt their friendship.
Tang He was also a little disappointed. He said, "That's a pity …"
In fact, Tang He also knew that when Xia Ruofei's company was still relatively small, it was very lucky to be able to cooperate with Xia Ruofei to develop Wonderland Farm at a certain price.
He knew that with a resource like Taoyuan vegetables in hand, as long as the Taoyuan Company's confidentiality work was not a problem, the future prospects were limitless. If it were him, he would not be willing to cooperate with others.
Therefore, Tang He only proposed the cooperation with the idea of trying. Xia Ruofei's rejection was also expected.
Moreover, Tang He's Shengbang Group was a giant consortium, and its main business was not agricultural products. Although it was a pity that they could not cooperate, Tang He was not angry because of this.
In the eyes of these super-rich people, money was endless, and no one could monopolize all the industries.
Therefore, Tang He quickly adjusted his mentality and said with a smile, "Ruofei! I heard that you later bought a winery in Australia, and it's not small, is it? "
Tang He knew that Xia Ruofei had bought West Winery at that time, and he had also lent money to Xia Ruofei to use and advised him to set up an offshore company.
Later, Xia Ruofei Robinson's Golden Oak Winery was desperate and finally begged Xia Ruofei to buy it. Liang Qichao mentioned it when he reported to Tang He.
"It's a little bigger than West Winery, but it's certainly not in your eyes!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
Tang He said with a smile, "Our Shengbang Group also has some red wine sales, and the channels are good. If there's a chance, we can cooperate!"
Xia Ruofei nodded happily and said, "That's great! Mr. Tang, the wineries under my name may be transformed. West Winery mainly produces Semillon white wine, and Golden Oak Winery should also focus on Semillon until there's no better choice. "
"Good! The Semillon in the Hunter Valley region is world-renowned. " Tang He said with a smile, "I heard from Qi Chao that you're going to improve the grape varieties. I'm looking forward to your wine!"
After seeing the Taoyuan vegetables, Tang He was very confident in the ability of Xia Ruofei's company to improve crops. He also believed that Xia Ruofei would not do something without thinking. He knew that Xia Ruofei must be very confident in replanting the grapes that had been planted in the winery for many years.
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "When the first batch of wine is produced next year, I will invite you to taste it!"
"Hahaha! Good, good, good … "Tang He said happily.
Xia Ruofei thought for a while and began to get to the point. "Mr. Tang, I've arranged the warehouse. What time is convenient for you tomorrow? Let's meet directly at the warehouse! "
Tang He nodded and said, "Nine o 'clock in the morning! I'll finish breakfast here and then go there. Ruofei! I really can't wait for it to start! I really want to go there tonight to see the wood you've found for me. "
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Don't worry! The wood won't fly away in the warehouse. You can see it more clearly during the day tomorrow, right? "
"Hahaha! Okay, I'll listen to you! "Tang He said with a hearty smile.
Xia Ruofei chatted with Tang He for a while in the presidential suite, then got up and said goodbye, returning to Taoyuan Farm.
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The next morning, Xia Ruofei finished the breakfast that Huzi's mother had carefully prepared for him in the small villa. Then, he said goodbye and drove away from the farm.
At around 8: 30, Xia Ruofei arrived at the warehouse he had rented in the city.
With a thought, he took out two pieces of Phoebe zhennan wood that he had prepared long ago from his spatial ring.
To Xia Ruofei, this warehouse was equivalent to a transit station. He could store the Drunken Eight Immortals Wine and other large items that were inconvenient to take out directly from his spatial ring. He could hide them from others by transferring them here.
That day, after Xia Ruofei brought the truck back to the farm, he returned to the warehouse in the afternoon. He stored the new wine sent by the winery into his spatial ring and arranged them in an orderly manner.
Therefore, the warehouse was currently empty. There was no problem in storing two pieces of Phoebe zhennan wood.
Three days in the outside world was about three months in the Primordial realm.
Xia Ruofei took out a tape measure and measured it. In the past three months, the diameter of the core had increased by two centimeters, reaching 1.02 meters. The entire piece of wood was in perfect condition.
He raised his hand to look at his watch. There was still about half an hour before the appointed time.
With a thought, Xia Ruofei took out a tea set, picnic chairs, and power strips from his spatial ring. He pulled the electricity from the wall socket and connected it to an electric kettle. Then, he took out a drinking bucket from his spatial ring. It was filled with the spatial spirit pond water.
After stuffing the water pipe into the bucket, Xia Ruofei pressed a switch, and the spirit pond water was automatically drawn into the kettle to heat up.
He also took out a small box of top-grade Da Hong Pao tea from his spatial ring unhurriedly.
After the water was boiled, Xia Ruofei first used the boiling water to rinse the tea set. Then, he used a wooden spoon to scoop an appropriate amount of tea leaves into the Yixing clay teapot. He began to brew tea in the simple warehouse.
Xia Ruofei was already very familiar with the process of brewing tea. In a short while, the alluring tea fragrance began to fill the warehouse.
Xia Ruofei sipped his tea as he waited.
After a few brews, Xia Ruofei poured out the tea leaves from the teapot and washed them with hot water. Then, he poured in new tea leaves.
At that moment, the sound of a car came from outside the warehouse.
The door to the warehouse wasn't closed. Xia Ruofei calmly poured the hot water into the Yixing clay teapot before looking up.
He saw an extended Bentley slide to the entrance of the warehouse. A middle-aged man in a suit alighted and opened the door. Tang He and a middle-aged man in his fifties, who was also dressed in a Tang suit, alighted together.
Xia Ruofei poured away the first batch of tea before standing up to welcome them.
"Mr. Tang, you're very punctual," Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
Tang He also said with a smile, "Punctuality is one of the most important qualities of a businessman! Ruofei, the wood is ready … Eh? This tea fragrance is very special! "
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "I was making tea alone just now! Mr. Tang, do you also know about tea? How about drinking tea together? "
Tang He said happily, "Okay! This should be the fragrance of Da Hong Pao! "
"Please come in!" Xia Ruofei made an inviting gesture.
After entering the warehouse, Tang He's eyes first fell on the two thick pieces of wood. His eyes lit up and he asked, "This is the Phoebe Phoebe Zhennan wood that you helped me find, right? It looks like it's not much worse than the one last time … "
"It took a lot of effort to find these two pieces of wood. I hope you'll be satisfied!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
Tang He nodded slightly, then turned to look at the middle-aged man beside him and said faintly, "Ah Zhong, go take a look at the wood!"
"Yes! Master Tang! "The middle-aged man in the Tang suit, Ah Zhong, said respectfully.
Then he put on white gloves, took out a flashlight, a magnifying glass, and other tools, and went straight to the two pieces of wood.
Tang He said to Xia Ruofei with a smile, "Come, come, come, Ruofei, let me try your Da Hong Pao first. When I smelled the fragrance just now, I felt that your tea was not ordinary! "
"Mr. Tang, please sit!" Xia Ruofei smiled and made an inviting gesture.
Just now, Xia Ruofei considered that Tang He would also need to sit when he came in, so he took out three picnic chairs at once.
The two sat around the picnic table, and Xia Ruofei poured the boiled water into the Yixing clay teapot.
The tea had already been washed, so Xia Ruofei waited for a few seconds, then poured the tea from the Yixing clay teapot into the strainer, and then into the small teacup.
When Tang He entered the door, he only smelled the residual tea fragrance from Xia Ruofei's tea. Now that Xia Ruofei used the new tea leaves to make the first tea, the fragrance was much stronger. Tang He couldn't help but take a deep breath when he smelled the tea fragrance.
"Thank you!" Tang He said, and then couldn't wait to pick up the teacup with his thumb and middle finger. He gently blew a few breaths and smelled the tea fragrance. Suddenly, a look of enjoyment appeared on his face, and he closed his eyes slightly.
When the temperature of the tea dropped a little, Tang He opened his eyes and drank it with a hint of anticipation.
After the tea stayed in his mouth for a while, Tang He swallowed it.
A look of reminiscence appeared on his face, his expression also extremely rich. Only after a while did he exclaim in admiration, "Ruofei, this is probably the best quality Da Hong Pao tea I've ever tasted … I once had the fortune to taste the tea leaves from those mother trees, but regardless of whether it is the tea fragrance, color, sweetness, or other aspects, your tea leaves seem to be a level higher!"
"Mr. Tang, you flatter me. This is a native tea made by myself. How can it compare to the mother tree's Da Hong Pao?" Xia Ruofei said modestly.
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