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Chapter 51 Vegetable and Fruit Farm
In people's imagination, farmers will be busy all year round.

In fact, except for the busy farming season, there are not too many things to do at other times. When I am free, I am very idle, and when I am tired, I am really tired.

In the past, most of the residents in Lanai Town could only work part-time in the pineapple garden.

It seems that the daily salary is not bad, but on average, I can only work for about two months a year, earning some money to supplement the family, like a part-time job.

At other times, you can only go to other islands to work, or make a living on a fishing boat. Life is not easy.

No wonder the Hawaiian girls on the other islands, when they heard that some of the guys were from Lanai, thought they were rednecks with no money.

If the home is in Honolulu, at least it means that the house is worth some money. Don't think that American girls are not snobbish.

Things have changed since Suri bought the island.

In terms of ranch, although there are still few livestock, but such things as reclaiming new land, erecting fences, cleaning cattle pens, picking up cow dung in the field, etc., the trainee cowboys spend a lot of energy every day, basically belonging to [-] to [-]. You have to clock in and out of get off work.

On the west side of the island, the farm at the foot of the Lanai Ridge also continued to employ a group of regular employees, so the total number of regular employees under Su Rui increased to more than 110.

On the farm side, there are mainly hardworking women who take care of the vegetable and fruit farm, which currently covers an area of ​​more than 3000 mu. Recently, Su Rui's parents are in charge of managing it, so they just find something to pass the time.

The entire farm is long and narrow, and was used to grow pineapples in the past. There are lush virgin forests on both sides, and the environment is very good.

More than three o'clock in the afternoon.

Su Rui drove a Mercedes-Benz G55-AMG modified by Brabus, searched around for a while, and finally saw his parents near a clearing.

He got out of the car and walked to the two of them, stared at the red and blue agricultural machines, and asked, "Let me bring Secretary Amanda over to pay for this machine?"

"Yes, I bought a total of three tomato seedling transplanters. I just tried it out and the planting speed is very fast."

Papa Su unscrewed the lid of the teacup and took a sip, then smacked his lips and added:
"After finishing the work of raising tomato seedlings, I had someone plant a small piece of it. I bowed my head and bent over from morning to night. I was exhausted. Fortunately, I was smart, and I thought that someone would invent such a machine, and it happened to be on the big island of Kona. A company that specializes in selling agricultural equipment placed an order yesterday and delivered it today."

Suri's mother also said:
"Three machines, including shipping costs, the total is only [-] US dollars. Originally, I wanted to write a check directly, but paying in the name of your company can save some money by tax deduction."

"I can't save much, and I have no income for the time being, and I am in a state of serious loss."

Don't worry about losing money or anything. The business has just started, and the investment amount is huge, which is already expected.

Slightly curious, Su Rui finished speaking, and then asked, "How is it planted?"

"Just keep planting so that the tomato seedlings won't wither, you'll know later."

Papa Su looked around and said again:

"The weather in Hawaii is good. Even in the local winter, the plants grow very fast. There is no need to build a greenhouse, which saves a lot of expenses. But now there is a very critical problem... When the vegetables and fruits are planted, we should To whom? Son, have you contacted the buyer?"

Su Rui shook his head immediately, smiled and said:

"I was just about to talk to you about this. Recently, I used an online shopping platform and found that Amazon has not yet entered Hawaii. There are only some small websites that trade second-hand items. Are you interested in incubating a company? Then directly add [-] million U.S. dollars, package and sell to those giants.”

"Really? Amazon can't be used in Hawaii?"

"Well, those online shopping platforms are still grabbing the international market. Mosquito legs are also meat. After the market is slowly saturated, they should be interested in the Hawaiian market. Anyway, it doesn't cost much to buy a ready-made platform. Go to other islands to build a few logistics warehouses, and the publicity cost will be very low.”

After listening to Su Rui's words, Dad Su thought it was very funny.

Although he was just a dentist before and didn't know anything about investing, he has been paying attention to the Internet industry since the end of the 80s, and it has been 20 years since he worked hard.

learn by analogy.

Father Su said excitedly:
"If you have your own freight system, you can sell fresh vegetables directly to customers. Tomatoes, cauliflower, cabbage, and peas can be stored for a period of time, picked on the same day and delivered tomorrow, and you can also process some tomato paste..."

After hearing these words, Suri could only say that it was not easy.

The past is sad and vivid.

After all, as early as 20 years ago, he desperately tried to provide clues, such as placing the newspaper in the most conspicuous position, turning the radio to Gates' interview program, and hinting at this cheap dad many times, but he was life and death about investing in Microsoft stocks. Not interested in.

In the era when there was no personal computer at home, it was difficult to change it by himself, and finally forced him, who was more than two years old, to call his stock trading manager in a childlike voice.

I just said that it was my father's intention to exchange all the stocks for Microsoft.

The trading manager didn't know his age, and saw that the logic of his speech was so clear, so he believed it.

It was more than a month after it was discovered that it had been exchanged for Microsoft shares.

However, Papa Su thought he was wise. After drinking the fragments, he adjusted his position and made a huge profit of more than 3 US dollars in just a few weeks. He wanted to cash out and buy a Porsche, which almost forced Su Rui to drink to relieve his worries. .

Buying a car is spending money, and trading in stocks is making money.

As time goes by, there may be a difference of several million dollars between one come and one go. The dream of becoming a second-generation lying win is almost shattered, and of course it makes people vomit blood.

Fortunately, he pretended to be sick and didn't let Father Su succeed.

It can be said that his father's current achievements are all broken up by Su Rui and fed to his father. At this moment, seeing each other at this moment makes it easy, and it feels like he has finally grown up, and a sense of relief follows.

Don't rush to discuss the details, but also investigate the current status of Hawaii's e-commerce industry in detail.

Prepared shortly.

The tomato seedling transplanting machine started to move forward. An aboriginal aunt threw tomato seedlings along the pipe, and the machine planted them directly into the soil.

It cannot be considered fully automatic, but only semi-automatic, and the efficiency is much higher than that of manual planting.

In the United States, Europe and other countries, part of the reason why agricultural equipment is more advanced is the high labor cost. The monthly salary of the surrounding workers is more than 3000 US dollars, and the purchase of equipment is obviously more cost-effective than the number of people.

A tomato seedling transplanter like this can be used next year after buying it this year. Now that the workers' salaries are paid, they will continue to be paid next month.

With the income of the farm and ranch still unclear, Su Rui no longer plans to continue to recruit more regular employees, and can provide some part-time workers when they really need to employ people.

A long strip of tomato seedlings is quickly planted.

His mother, Li Wan, remembered the incident and asked: "After harvesting the cabbage in the morning, I picked a lot of leaves, which are easy to break when piled on the ground. Can I take them to feed the sheep?"

Suri replied:
"There is no problem without the use of pesticides. It is best for our farm to only produce organic vegetables, so that we can open up the market as soon as possible..."

(End of this chapter)