After Xiang Nan's new book was published, the literary world was still full of praise.
However, when it was put on the market, sales were already much lower than before.
Previously, the total sales volume of the first volume of "The Country Is So Beautiful" exceeded 1.5 million copies; the total sales volume of the second volume was also 1 million copies; and the third volume, in the first week of its release, sold less than 50,000 copies. It seems that if it can sell half a million copies, it is considered good.
Fortunately, Xiang Nan does not mean making money by selling books. Otherwise, you will definitely die of worry.
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In May, Xiangnan's orchard is bustling again. Bloom and bear fruit……
Because of his good care and timely supply of water and fertilizer, the fruit trees grew very well and the growth rate was gratifying. From this, it can be seen that this year is another bumper year.
In addition, the fruit trees of other villagers have only been planted for one year and have not yet produced fruit. However, thanks to the techniques 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 they served them even more attentively.
In comparison, Li Dayou was even more irritable.
He was afraid that Xiang Nan was setting a trap for everyone, so he didn't dare to plant fruit trees, so he took Shuiwang to plant corn and wheat. Now I see that everyone’s fruit trees are alive and growing so well. They will bear fruit and make money next year.
He couldn't sit still.
"What's going on? Is it really okay?" he wondered.
"Dad, I told you before that Brother Yongfu won't lie. It's just that you are too suspicious and don't believe it. It's fine now. Next year, everyone will have their fruit. By then, we can earn thousands from one acre of land. Let's do it together. You only earn a few hundred yuan a year. You will regret it." Li Shuiwang said depressedly.
"You coward, are you weird now?" When Li Day heard this, he immediately asked angrily.
Li Shuiwang was afraid of his father and quickly gave in. "Dad, I don't blame you. I just want to say that it's still too late to make changes. Let's plant the trees quickly. We will make money in two years. It's better than regretting it now."
Li Dayi heard this, thought for a while, and nodded.
A good man does not suffer immediate losses. It's okay to slap yourself in the face, as long as you can make money, there's nothing to be embarrassed about.
When he thought that planting trees now would make him rich in two years, he couldn't sit still and immediately went to Xiang Nan for help.
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Compared with Li Dayou's high energy, Xiang Nan is now a little overconfident.
Last year, when people from the county, city, and province came to ask for advice on how to make a fortune by growing fruit trees, he made three suggestions.
First, we need to guide tree planting, especially by sending experts to follow up and provide guidance. We cannot just promote the tree without caring about after-sales service. It is difficult for farmers to take good care of these fruit trees without skills and experience.
The second is to plan ahead and go to the market early to ensure that the fruit farmers sell their fruits; 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 deserves attention.
But so far, he has not seen any action from the county, city, or province. It can be said that they did not take his suggestions seriously at all.
This is actually normal.
Everyone has their own misunderstandings.
Before Xiang Nan watched "Mountains and Seas", he couldn't believe that in the 1990s, there were still people who couldn't afford to wear pants.
People in counties, cities, and provinces could not imagine that thousands of acres of orchards would be harvesting at the same time. How many fruits would be produced, how difficult to transport, how difficult to digest, and how difficult to store...
They have never encountered it before, so naturally they cannot imagine it, so it is difficult to pay attention to it.
Xiang Nan can already foresee that if measures are not taken next year, there may be trouble. By then, tens of thousands of acres of land and tens of millions of tons of fruit will be backlogged, which will be a disaster.
Therefore, Xiang Nan is very pessimistic and worried now.
So when he heard that Li Dayou also wanted to plant fruit trees, he suggested, "Uncle Dayou, if you want to plant fruit trees, I suggest you plant wolfberries. The sales of these things have always been good."
"Um, I heard that grapes are more profitable?" Li Day retorted after hearing this.
"Now the grape planting area in our county is nearly 5,000 acres. One acre of grapes produces 3,000 jins, which is 15 million jins or 7,500 tons.
A truck carrying six tons 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 rot in the ground. So I suggest you grow wolfberry. The yield is small, and it can be stored for a while after being dried in the sun without spoiling. "
Li Dayi nodded after hearing this.
He had long thought that planting fruit trees was unreliable, but hearing what Xiang Nan said made him even more convinced.
Xiang Nan is right. Counties, cities, and provinces are now calling for fruit planting, with tens of thousands of acres of fruit being planted. At that time, who will sell so many fruits? !
If it cannot be sold, it will rot in the ground. This is not like corn or wheat, which can be kept even if it cannot be sold. Fruits are fresh and will rot within a few months.
So he simply stopped planting wolfberries, and instead planted his own corn and wheat, leaning on his shoulders and waiting to see the excitement of these fruit farmers.
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Xiang Nan was not in the mood to watch a good show like him. He went to the county, city, and province successively to find people to report the situation and ask for attention.
It is better to prepare for a rainy day and never dig a well when you are thirsty.
You know, Yuexia is a poor place. The poorer it is, the harder it is for the people and the less they can afford failure.
They worked hard for two years to plant fruit trees, buy fruit seedlings, buy chemical fertilizers, and buy water. If the fruit cannot be sold at a high price by then, they will all be in trouble.
Therefore, he strongly called for attention, early preparation, contacting foreign merchants, building cold storage, and introducing fruit deep processing enterprises.
However, Xiang Nan's appeal did not attract enough attention.
First, it was still the 1990s, and their service awareness was not strong. The responsible people at the stall, such as Zhang Shucheng and Ma Defu, just pay it back. Everyone else just does what they are doing and nothing else matters.
Secondly, it is still a cognitive defect. They have no idea what the fruit disaster will be like. They don't have this concept in their minds, and they can't understand it even if Xiang Nan explains it again and again.
Therefore, they all agreed verbally but did not actually take any action.
Seeing this, Xiang Nan had 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 this effort.
Fortunately he has money, otherwise he would have been in trouble.
Just as cold storage and factories were being built in full swing, Xiangnan's orchard had another bumper harvest of fruits. And because it was the only one, it was still sold at a very good price.
Seeing this, the county, city, and province did not pay attention to his flowers. They all believed that next year the people in the county, city, and province would be able to make a fortune from the fruits. They will also achieve great success in taxation and poverty alleviation tasks.
