MMB Chapter 388 Inspection
Chapter 388 Inspection
Chapter 388 Inspection
Crete is located in the Mediterranean Sea 130 kilometers south of mainland Greece. It is the largest island in Greece and an ancient cultural center.Surrounded by blue waves, the island is mountainous, with evergreen plants, melons and fruits everywhere, and flowers in full bloom.
The beautiful island of Crete is known as the "Garden on the Sea" and is a famous tourist destination in the Mediterranean region. Especially in autumn and winter, although it is off-season, the pleasant climate and affordable prices still attract many tourists.
It takes less than an hour to fly from Athens, plus about 80 euros for airfare.At the same time, it only costs 25 euros for one night to meet the basic accommodation, which can be regarded as a very economical tourist spot.
Because the plane landed at lunch time, Liang En and the others simply found a restaurant with a high rating on the Internet to solve their lunch problem as soon as they got out of the airport.
The biggest feature of local dishes is that the selection of ingredients is simple, and the taste is better than the appearance.Even the greens are simply cooked in the finest Cretan olive oil for extra flavor.
In particular, the local specialty sheep's milk cheese and yogurt form a special taste after being added to the dish, and it has a mellow aroma.
"I think it might be better to invest in a tourism-related industry in this place." Looking at the restaurants that are almost full even in the off-season, Fan Meng expressed his feelings.
"Of course I know that investing in tourism-related industries in this place is a very profitable investment, but the problem is that we are not familiar with this industry at all, and it is not a good idea to invest rashly."
Liang En had actually considered investing in the catering industry or the accommodation industry before, but he quickly dismissed the idea. After all, he opened a restaurant after he got a house in the Czech Republic, but the net yield this year was only about 5%.
The only good news is that the restaurant's annual rate of return this year is so low and the operating expenses in the first year are too large. Next year, it may reach the normal 8%~10% net rate of return.
However, during the process of operating the restaurant, Liang En also discovered that this industry is very professional and risky, so naturally he doesn't want to have another similar industry in his own industry.
"You're right, none of the ten restaurants on my street can be open for ten years, but the plantation or farm can even be passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years." After hearing Liang En's words, Fan He immediately nodded in agreement.
The reason why the restaurant near Prague was able to get on the right track so quickly was because Liang En gave Fan Meng 10% of the profit, and then asked him to use his relationship to find professionals in this field to be in charge of the operation.
It was also because of this incident that Liang En and the others understood how complicated and risky this business is, so naturally they would not ask for trouble in this regard.
After a simple breakfast, Liang En and the others quickly got together with the official reception staff here, and then drove towards the southern hilly area in a car.
The distance is not too far, only about seven or eight kilometers. It only took them 20 minutes by car to enter the hilly area, and then entered the farm along a paved asphalt road.
The farm is built on the flat part of 20 hectares of wasteland. There are some simple bungalows and large sheds made of colored steel. They mainly store various items and provide a living area for workers.
Another reason for the low price of this piece of land can also be seen from these infrastructure constructions, because most of these buildings seem to be temporary buildings, and they have to be removed and rebuilt if they want to operate these houses.
The 60 hectares of land is quite attractive, which is equivalent to 900 mu of land in Huaxia, not to mention that there are 40 hectares of neatly planted olive trees, which looks pleasing to the eye at first glance.
However, when they drove the battery car along the road to the hills accompanied by the farm staff, they found that the situation of the entire plantation was not optimistic.Although the trees grow lush and lush, they are only leaves.
Originally, October should be the fruit-bearing period for olive trees, but now the trees look empty, with only scattered small blue fruits dotted between the branches and leaves.
"Why do these trees look like this?" Liang En asked the plantation staff who accompanied him, "Obviously the trees grow well and seem to be full of vitality, but why don't they bear fruit?"
"We asked a professor from the University of Athens who studies infection to check this, but we didn't see anything wrong?" The staff member also had a puzzled expression on his face.
"Whether it is water, soil, nutrients, light, or pests and diseases, we have considered and checked a series of conditions, but in the end we still found nothing."
"However, according to the elders in our family, it should be that these olive trees haven't woken up after being planted, but one day they will wake up and offer us fruit."
"This—" Hearing what the farm worker said, Liang En felt even more confused. Fortunately, the information he handed over at this time explained his doubts.
According to the data, there are no major problems in this plantation, whether it is the environment or the trees themselves. The reason why they have not entered the fruiting period is purely because of the growth cycle of the fruit trees.
But the problem is that, in this way, when the fruit trees will bear fruit and produce a high yield has become a metaphysical problem. The fruit trees may bear fruit next year, or it may be delayed until 3-5 years later.
This kind of uncertainty is the biggest weakness for investors, because a plantation like this spends a lot of money every year, and few people can accept losing money year after year.
Although Liang En didn't know much about how to operate an olive plantation, judging from his experience of growing up on a farm, the Greek government also had great ambitions to open up plantations here.
Just looking at the drip irrigation systems, water pumps, reservoirs, small laboratories and a lot of various labor tools distributed throughout the plantation, it can be seen that a lot of resources were invested in this place back then.
It’s just that things backfired. Some things can’t be done well if you just want to do them well. No matter how hard a layman works, the result can only be the opposite. From the current point of view, it should be ugly for the Greek government to lose money in this place.
Especially as the fruit-free period increases, the price of this plantation also continues to depreciate, because people will suspect that there is a problem with this plantation.
More importantly, if there is no fruit, then people can only shovel these trees and plant others.At this time, taking into account the labor costs of cutting trees and digging roots, the price of the plantation will be smashed to the bottom.
It is probably because the loss is too uncomfortable and the expectations are ugly, so the official will sell this land at the price of cabbage. At least from the data, the proposal for the sale of this plantation belonging to the Crete government has almost passed in the parliament. Unanimous vote.
"That is to say, our next job is almost to be luck." Fan Meng said, and after looking through everything, Liang En and the three of them occupied a room alone and discussed in French.
"You are right, it really depends on luck." Liang En nodded and said, "If these fruit trees can enter the fruit-bearing period within two years, then the operation of this place will be profitable, but if it exceeds two years, If we lose money, we will lose.”
(End of this chapter)