Chapter 314: Integration of forest and paper

Everyone had dinner in the canteen of the forest farm. There were more than 300 students, more than the forest farm workers who were dining in the canteen. It was very lively. Zhou You, as the leader of the company, Ma Zishan and Li Zhifang, as the leader of the school, sat at the same table with the leaders of the forest farm.

After dinner, everyone will board the river and go down the river.

Before boarding the river ship, Zhang Ke came to Zhou You and asked him: "Will Jinhu be integrating forest and paper now? Is it too early?"

"Ah..." Zhou You was stunned. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ke had been wandering around the forest farm for a day and asked such a question.

The main raw materials required for paper production include straw pulp and wood pulp. Because straw pulp will cause great environmental pollution in the production process, and straw pulp is impurities and cannot be used to produce medium and high-end paper products. Since 1993, the country has gradually closed the chemical straw pulp production line, while domestic forestry resources are limited and self-produced wood pulp is very limited, and wood pulp mainly depends on imports.

The papermaking companies operated by Kumho all import wood pulp as raw materials to produce medium and high-end paper products.

The so-called forest and paper integration, namely the trinity of afforestation, pulping and papermaking, is the only way to become a large paper group.

Kumho is currently gradually acquiring and integrating its papermaking companies to build a large paper production base in Chengnan District. There is no plan to raise a pulp factory yet, and there is no question of forest and paper integration.

Zhang Ke remembered that it was not until 2001 that the country clearly provided policies to support forest and paper integration. In 1996, the integration of forest and paper was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the funds were not easy to raise. The country would not provide low-interest loan support at all, but the forest and paper integration project occupied a huge amount of funds.

If you do not want to destroy the existing forest resources, the integration of forests and papers is to afforestation first, invest a lot of money to build a large scale of speed-forest forests. The growth cycle of speed-forest forests is usually five to six years. In other words, huge investment in afforestation will not gradually generate returns after five or six years. This is definitely a project with high investment and slow returns. In addition to papermaking companies with strong capital, few domestic companies have taken this step, especially the international supply of wood pulp is relatively sufficient, and no one will do this thankless thing.

Although the benefits of Sufeng Forest to the ecological environment are not so obvious, at least it has a significant effect in soil and water conservation, flood storage and reduction. The growth cycle of Sufeng Forest is very short. As long as it is implemented, it can form a forest in one or two years and turn it into five or six years, which can slightly slow down the impact of the flood in 1998 on the Xiaojiang River Basin.

To be honest, even if hundreds of thousands of acres of rapid-flood forests could be built before 1998, the relief of floods would be very limited. However, for a camel with hundreds of kilograms, adding a straw would press it down and reducing a straw might make it grit its teeth and survive it.

In addition, the most worthwhile thing is to persuade Xu Xueping to ask the Water Resources Department to investigate the hidden dangers of water conservancy projects in the middle and lower reaches of the small river and increase investment in dike construction in the past two years.

Zhang Ke ignored Zhou You's surprise and said, "We will stay and not go back to Haizhou with them."

"Ah..." Zhou You was stunned again. He wanted to say that he was currently Ida's person. If he really wanted to go to the forest and paper integration project, he could send Jinhu staff to investigate and analyze it carefully. Think about it and give up. Who knew that Zhang Ke had any ideas at this time and couldn't wait to stay.

Zhang Ke ran to the river bank to find Tang Jing and Li Zhifang, saying that he would stay with Zhou You and Fu Jun and others.

Tang Jing asked Zhang Ke: "Why should I stay?"

Others were present and couldn't explain clearly. Zhang Ke said, "Why do you stay too?"

Tang Jing wanted to be with Zhang Ke, but she was a member of the student union and one of the initiators of the winter camp. She couldn't get off the boat halfway. Besides, school will start in a few days. Tang Jing also knew that Zhang Ke was with Zhou You halfway, and Fu Jun stayed mostly for the company's sake, so she shook her head and said, "Let's go back to Haizhou first. Be careful and don't catch a cold."

Zhang Ke wanted to hug Tang Jing, but Tang Jing hid her embarrassedly.

The school really couldn't say anything about such a maverick student, not to mention that Zhang Ke was on the boat halfway with Zhou You. Ma Zishan and Li Zhifang gave an extra order, and even called Zhang Zhixing to inform him by phone from the forest farm. After fulfilling the school's responsibilities, Zhang Ke was left to stay in the forest farm.

Zhou You, Zhang Ke and Fu Jun suddenly wanted to stay, and the forest farm was also quite surprised.

During dinner, several leaders of the forest farm attended the meeting. Finally, the person responsible for sending off the winter camp Jiangchuan was a deputy director named Tu Jinying. Although Aida Electronics is a private enterprise, it is a well-known domestic enterprise. Although Tu Jinying felt it was troublesome, it was difficult to refuse, and there was no way to treat guests. He called the director Cai Gaozhong at the dock and asked how to entertain him.

Cai Gaozhong is enjoying the warm hospitality of the timber merchants, and has no time to pay attention to it and let Tu Jinying make the decision himself.

As the largest state-owned forest farm in the upper reaches of the small river, it has more than 500,000 acres of forest land, which accounts for almost half of the county's area. It has six wood processing plants, waterfront docks, large barges, tugboats, etc. In recent years, the demand for timber has been strong, and a large number of wood merchants have flocked to the forest farm, making the site of the farm prosperous like towns in the suburbs of Haizhou, and there are also small hotels.

Zhang Ke and Zhou You saw the impatientness of the forest farm and insisted on arranging their own residence. As for the purpose of staying, they just wanted to stay in the mountains for a few more days. Haizhou did not have such fresh air and such delicious wild game.

Tu Jinying was a little impatient. Seeing Zhou You, Zhang Ke and the others insisted, so they shook their sleeves and left, a little anxious.

Suddenly stayed, without the cooperation of the forest farm, and I had no idea about the situation. I stood on the dock and looked at the shimmering river water under the lights. Zhou You asked Zhang Ke: "Why did you suddenly remember the integration of forest and paper?"

It is hard to talk to Zhou Hao about the flood in two years. Zhang Ke said: "I really feel disgusted when I think of Xie Jiannan. If we insist on the integration of Shanglin Paper, they might withdraw from Jinhu..."

Zhou You smiled and said, "The integration of forest and paper is promising, but the project cycle is too long. I think the funds in Zhengtai are not yet sufficient to accompany us to play such a project, but we are not sufficient to... Currently, the demand for wood pulp in Kumho is 100,000 tons. Considering the growth in the next few years, we need to consider standard land enclosure and afforestation of 200,000 tons. At least 150,000 mu of reserve forest land is required. In addition, a large wood pulp production base is also necessary to build a billion or two billion yuan, so I am afraid I can't do it..."

Zhou You was unable to accurately estimate the amount of funds he needed, but he still knew what the order was about, and he was very suspicious of whether it was necessary to take this project at this time.

He admires Zhang Ke's business talent very much, not that he doesn't have his own thinking.

The 150,000 mu of forest land was far from enough for Zhang Ke's expectations. He wished that every county along the Xiaojiang River would plant 150,000 mu of quick-flour forests.

Zhang Ke said: "If you only cultivate forests in the early stage, and if you choose to cooperate with forest farms and farmers to cultivate forests, you don't need to make such a big investment at once. The pulping production line... It is still time to invest after Sufeng Forest becomes a forest. Just invest in a small-scale factory and accumulate technology and experience..."

Zhouyou pointed to the road ahead, and there was a light in the distance. It was the place to stay and said, "Let's talk while you walk."

Zhang Ke asked Zhou You: "Who can share the pressure for you when you say Yang Yun and Liu Minghui?"

"Ah," Zhou You patted his head, "You won't let me go back to Kumho to take charge of this matter, right?"

"No, let you be the deputy general manager in Kumho..."

Zhou You's eyes darkened and felt that his life was miserable. Aida Electronics had just gotten on track and had not yet enjoyed two days of happiness. He was going to do this job that Zhang Ke himself felt very reluctant. He smiled bitterly: "Yang Yun and Liu Minghui, I chose Yang Yun. His sense of overall situation is slightly stronger. He is suitable to lead the overall situation and can also control the group of marketing elites he has recruited during this period..."

"Okay, let Yang Yun be in charge of the marketing operations department share the pressure for you..." Zhang Ke said very neatly.

Zhou You smiled bitterly and did not ask whether to discuss this matter with Xie Wanqing. During these times, Zhang Ke's suggestions were rejected by Xie Wanqing for a while. It was because Zhang Ke's eyes were too accurate, so Zhou You would think at this time, would there be something he didn't see, and Zhang Ke saw the business opportunity with a flash of inspiration?

If you want to talk about business opportunities, there is indeed. In September 1997, the Indonesian forest fire suddenly tightened the supply of wood pulp. In addition, the Asian financial crisis caused Southeast Asian manufacturing to be damaged, and domestic manufacturing industries, including paper, took advantage of the situation to rise. Of course, these are not factors that can be told to others at this time.

Considering the long-term trend of the paper industry, although the return cycle of forest and paper integration is very long, it is also a safe and reasonable structure investment.

If you do not have your own forestry base and your own wood pulp supply source, five or six years later, when Kumho develops and becomes larger in scale, it will become sensitive to international wood pulp prices. A large paper group must take the path of forest and paper integration to further develop. At this time, invest in Sufenglin and have mature forest land in five or six years, so you don’t have to worry that the supply of wood pulp will get stuck in Kumho’s neck.

In any case, Zhou You still feels that it will not be too late to consider the forest and paper integration project in two or three years. Perhaps Zhang Ke really wants to squeeze Zhengtai out of Kumho.

There is a small street above the pier. Both sides of the street are homes built by employees. There are many shops, restaurants, barber houses, and ambiguous neon lights. There are magnificent beauty salons and saunas. There are many wood merchants crowded here from all over the place. It is not surprising that Zhang Ke looked inside and saw a middle-aged man looking at the back.

After walking a while, I had not seen the hotel mentioned by Tu Jinying. I saw a chess hall first, where there were several people playing chess, Go and chess. There were also two girls in their teens who were playing Goji. Maybe the chess friend took his daughter out for a walk.

Zhang Ke and the others walked in to ask about the location of the hotel, but they heard that the chess players inside were talking about the various bad things in the forest farm. They were all workers born and raised by friends, and there were also migrant workers who worked in the forest farm. They had a rough personality. Although they were helpless with the leaders of the farm, they were not very afraid. It was common for them to scold them in private.

Zhang Ke and Zhou You were not in a hurry to ask for directions, so they asked for a pot of tea. A pot of tea is five yuan, boiled water is available, and chess is available. Two girls who played Go, one helped them make tea, camellia, and tea crumbs. The shape was not good, but the fragrance was lingering; the other girl asked them whether they wanted to play chess or Go. The man who looked like a shop owner was lying on a rattan chair, covering his knees with an old blanket, reading a book.

Zhou You said: "Get Go first..."

There are many barren mountains that have not been replanted after the forest farm is cut down. To build fast and abundant forests, it is the most direct and labor-saving to cooperate with the forest farm. Listen to the complaints from the forest farm workers here, and you can also touch the details of the forest farm.

Zhou You’s Go is not enough for Zhang Ke to watch, and it’s not enough to change chess. Zhang Ke finally asked him: “Do you want to change Goji?”

Zhou You said with a shameless face: "Then let's play Goji..." and asked with a smile, "Have you tested your IQ?"

There were only a few outsiders in the store, and the owner of the chess hall naturally paid attention to them. After reading for a while, he also felt that Zhang Ke played the chess well and felt that itchy skills. He put down the book and walked over and said, "Get a plate with me, I will treat you to tea."

Just as he was worried about how to get familiar with these people, Zhou You stood up and gave the chair to the owner, and he pulled Fu Jun to play Goji.

Fu Jun said: "You actually chose us to bully us, play chess..."

Zhang Ke laughed, Fu Jun played chess very well, and he accompanied Fu Jun and wanted to be energetic, so Zhou You went to joke again.

Zhang Ke asked the owner: "Where is the hotel in the forest farm? We came from the dock and haven't seen it yet?"

"You don't rest. You will be there after a few more steps. Don't rush over. Even if the door is closed after twelve o'clock, you just knock on the door hard. Look at you, it's your first time to come to the forest farm. The accommodation fee is 10 yuan per bed, so don't slaughter them."

"Wang Mazi, if you don't tell me, can we still deceive them in the hotel?" The middle-aged woman standing there watching cards came back and scolded the shop owner.

"The ears are like dogs, and they are standing up," the owner smiled and asked Zhang Ke and the others, "What are you doing when you go to the forest farm during the New Year?"

"I heard that the forest farm can contract forest land, so let's come and have a look." Zhou You said.

"As long as you find the right way, that's a good way to get rich..." The owner smiled.

Zhou You asked, "What do you say?"

"You come here to contract the forest land, so you will naturally ask for a happy way and come in again. What do you want to ask me what to say?" The owner was a little surprised.

Zhang Ke curled his lips and played chess with the shopkeeper. Zhou You said that he was contracting forest land, which could be contracting for barren mountains or forest land logging. It seemed that the shop owner understood that they wanted to contract a piece of forest land to log, and the pond was quite shallow. But then again, where is the water in China? Zhang Ke and the others knew this very deeply, and they didn't make a fuss after hearing the shop owner's words.

From the middle of the game, Zhang Ke's advantage is obvious. The owner wanted to get back his disadvantages and took the initiative to attack during the game, wanting to kill Zhang Ke in a large piece of chess. Many people didn't play chess and watched around them.

Someone asked someone else: "Why do you think about contracting forest land in the forest farm? The forest farm is from the Municipal Forestry Bureau, and there are more twists and turns behind the ground. You might as well just contact the county forestry bureau to contract a piece of forest land. There are forest farms and some county forests. Just find the county, and you can get three or four hundred acres of mountain forest land for 5,000 yuan. The cost behind it is less than 100,000 yuan. If you have strong relationships, you can settle it even if you have 50,000 or 60,000 yuan..."

Zhang Ke picked up a chess piece. After hearing what he said, he was shocked. He fell to the sound of the chess piece and knocked a particle next to him away. Fu Jun went over to help him pick up the chess piece.

Zhou You asked, "How much does it cost to pull the 20-centimeter larch to the water?"

"Are you asking about the cost?" asked the man standing beside him, "You guys, you haven't figured out anything, just want to come and contract the woodland? Haha, but there is no problem. As long as you find the right way and give the right money, you can't lose. If you pull the larch to the edge of the water..." The man thought for a while, "Don't want to be eighty."

"It's really profitable. When you go outside, you'll have to say at least 26 pine boards with a diameter of 20 cm, and the logs cannot be less than 200..." Zhou You was afraid that Zhang Ke would not know the market conditions here, so he simply reported the data he knew.

Zhang Ke did not have the good mood to play chess. He contracted three or four hundred acres of forests, and only 5,000 yuan could be recorded. After spreading it, each acre of forests was less than twenty yuan. It was not enough to buy a few saplings. No wonder he saw Zhuzhuo Tongshan along the coast!

A mu of forest here can produce at least twenty squares of logs. Putting aside the labor cost, two thousand yuan per mu of forest is always worth. The economic value of three to four hundred mu of forest is close to one million. Now only 50,000 to 60,000 yuan to open joints and 5,000 yuan to enter the Ming account can be settled. This world is really strange. No wonder the weather is cold and the sauna and beauty salon in the forest farm look so lively.

If you say that you came to contract the forest planting of barren mountains, the group of people in the store would probably laugh. The price of fast-growing logs such as eucalyptus and poplar trees is cheaper, about two-thirds of that of larch, but the wood production is higher, and the economic value of each acre of forest is equivalent, but when it comes to investment, it is naturally much higher than that of contracted forest logging.

Zhang Ke put down a chess piece and ate the owner's two particles. Now, the owner had no power to turn the world back and couldn't help but sigh and wanted to go to another plate. It was already very late, and he was afraid that Zhang Ke and the others would delay their rest.

Zhang Ke said at this time: "Actually, we want to contract the barren mountains and forest planting..."

When Zhang Ke said this, everyone around him was stunned. They all knew that it was easy to make money to contract the forest and log out of the mountains. They had never heard of anyone coming to contract the forest planting of barren mountains. But the owner reacted first and said, "It's a good thing for you to contract the forest planting of barren mountains. You just need to go to this broken store, drink tea and play chess... A lot of trees have been cut in recent years. The income from the Forestry Bureau on the surface is not enough to buy a few saplings, let alone their group of things, they took money behind their backs and had to eat and drink on the surface. Large areas of mountains are deserted, so how can they make money as cutting trees? They didn't think about it. The tree was cut down and it would be cut down in a few years."

The floods in 1998 were better, and the middle and lower reaches were extremely severe. Stopping the indiscriminate deforestation can only be said to be a repair for the loss of sheep.

Zhang Ke rarely talks about political matters with Xu Xueping, and hears something below. As long as it is not something that is too relevant to him, he will not say it. With the current national conditions, Xu Xueping will not be unsure of it. If he says too much, he will only cause trouble. However, the current situation of the provincial forestry system has reached this point. If he can organize it at this time, it may leave more room for the flood in 1998.

Xu Xueping originally came from the political and legal system, and it was easy to handle this matter. He instructed the provincial discipline inspection personnel to investigate several cases in the provincial forestry system. Zhang Ke was thinking in his heart how to talk about this to Xu Xueping.

In addition to this, there are also hidden quality hazards in the Xiaojiang River Basin embankment system, which is a direct factor that led to the collapse of many dikes in the Xiaojiang River during the flood in 1998. Zhang Ke believes that there will definitely be water conservancy experts in the province that doubt the stability of the Xiaojiang River embankment system. However, due to the stubborn disease of the bureaucratic system, this kind of worry is difficult to reach the ears of the superiors. Even if it can reach the ears of the superiors, there will be more voices that report good news but not bad news to affect the judgment of the superiors.

Zhang Ke even had a major flood in the Xiaojiang River Basin in 1996 or 1997, breaking through one or two river embankments to remind people, but in Zhang Ke's memory, in 1996 and 1997, the summer climate in the Xiaojiang River Basin was surprisingly stable, with a short rain period and no particularly severe typhoons passed through the East China Sea.
Chapter completed!