I am farming in the real world

Chapter 225: Rui County + Racing, is there any potential?

Inside the canteen of the Rui County Comprehensive Compound, it was already past 7 PM, and there were quite a few civil servants dining, clearly preparing for fixed overtime in the evening.

Chen Jue, who had just arrived upon invitation, was enthusiastically pulled by Deputy County Head Wang Delong to a small round table in the corner of the canteen.

Having dealt with County Head Wang a few times before, they were already familiar, so Chen Jue naturally didn't stand on ceremony.

It was right at dinner time, and he was hungry, so he started using his chopsticks as soon as he sat down, planning to taste the skills of the chef in the county compound's canteen.

Being able to have a separate small stove just for Chen Jue showed how much the county leaders valued him.

Of course, besides Wang Delong, who was in charge of investment promotion, the county's old secretary Wu Xiujie and County Head Li Xiaobo were also present, all curiously sizing up this somewhat familiar young boss.

"General Chen, this time your Magic Cube Group has launched a huge satellite in front of the people of the whole country!"

"Is that news about the World Robot Conference signing over 70 billion orders true?" Wang Delong asked with a smile, constantly putting food into Chen Jue's plate with public chopsticks.

Rui County's annual GDP is only over 130 billion, but the Magic Cube Group quietly participated in an exhibition in the capital, and just by selling an industrial robot, they completed more than half of this annual GDP target.

Adding in the tens of billions of orders for 'river dredging and silt removal' for several brother cities before.

This year, Rui County's GDP growth, driven by Magic Cube Group alone, has reached more than 60%!

Such a heaven-defying growth rate, looking at the entire Wenshi City... No!

It is a top-notch existence in the 2,843 county-level units across the country!

With such a huge political achievement falling on their heads, what's wrong with inviting Chen Jue to the compound canteen for a small stove?

If such a terrifying growth rate could come again next year, promoting the local economic development of Rui County and driving the county's employment environment.

Even if they moved the canteen to Chen Jue's house, the Rui County leaders present would be a hundred times willing.

"70 billion is just a preliminary letter of intent, and this amount may be even higher after actual delivery." Chen Jue replied with a smile, making the Rui County leaders present look excited.

Looking at Chen Jue, they felt more and more pleasing to the eye.

As for Chen Jue, after chatting with the leaders about some interesting things at the conference, he picked up a piece of iron plate beef on the table, tasted it, and a look of 'amazing' suddenly appeared on his face: "Is this local Huling yellow beef?"

Old Secretary Wu Xiujie, seeing that this young man seemed to be a connoisseur, immediately helped pour a glass of homemade bayberry wine: "Local yellow beef should be paired with local bayberry wine. After eating, it's salty, fragrant, slightly spicy, and has a sweet aftertaste. It's endlessly delicious!"

Chen Jue didn't decline upon seeing this, and tasted a few mouthfuls according to the old secretary's way of eating, with a face full of enjoyment.

If Chen Ji's roast chicken could be scored 10 points with the help of the MC system, this way of eating paired with local yellow beef + bayberry wine could definitely be rated 9 points or even higher at 9.5 points.

As for Rui County's Huling yellow beef, it is called "Ouyue Biao Yellow Beef" in historical books and is one of the four major cattle breeds in China.

Don't be fooled by the name 'yellow beef', its variety actually belongs to a type of black beef, and its meat quality is comparable to the Kobe beef of the little devils, just like the endangered Zhoushan yellow beef.

It is said that during the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, Japanese pirates frequently invaded the coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian, and they once brought local yellow beef back to the Japanese islands for localized breeding, which led to the now famous Japanese Wagyu brand.

And the Huling beef short ribs, Huling steak, Huling beef and other snacks extended from Huling yellow beef are even more popular and fashionable throughout the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.

Unfortunately, overconsumption more than ten years ago caused Huling yellow beef to be eaten almost to extinction, just like Zhoushan yellow beef.

Finally, the Rui County government funded the establishment of a protective breeding base to maintain the number in the pen at a normal level.

Chen Jue had previously spent a lot of money to introduce several live American Wagyu cattle at the International Food Exhibition in the Magic City.

Currently, they are in the hands of [Breeding Expert] Old Nong, who is crossbreeding them with local Huling yellow cattle.

With the blessing of the MC system, the growth rate of livestock and poultry has become very fast, which can greatly shorten the breeding time.

This is also a new dish that Chen Jue is currently laying out in advance for the 'Chen Ji' brand.

It's just that when the results can be achieved depends on the performance of the [Breeding Expert].

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At the dinner table, after Chen Jue had a few drinks with the leaders, he directly asked about the reason for inviting him to be a guest.

Those present were all the parents and officials of Rui County, who were busy every day.

If they wanted to praise the Magic Cube Group, they could just make a phone call and arrange a research visit.

If there was nothing major, they would basically not invite him to dinner.

"You really can't hide it from General Chen!"

"Isn't it because the Magic Cube Automobile's car manufacturing project is in full swing everywhere! 11 car manufacturing bases have recruited more than 200,000 front-line employees in one go."

"Our Rui County has always been a weak spot in the heavy manufacturing industry, with a lot of historical debts. After discussing with Secretary Wu and Old Li, we were wondering if Magic Cube Automobile could also set up a car manufacturing base in our Rui County."

"It just so happens that there are still many vacant blocks in the Binhai Industrial Park. If General Chen is interested, just say so. We won't charge rent, and we'll even give you the land to build a factory!" Wang Delong said, his old face turning red.

As the former hometown of auto and motorcycle parts, not having incubated its own complete vehicle manufacturing enterprise is definitely a major failure in Rui County's previous investments, no less than the International Small Commodity Market.

Now, seeing the unicorn Magic Cube Group start to rise, the county leaders have become active.

They can't wait for Chen Jue to set up a car manufacturing base in his hometown, driving local economic development and manufacturing transformation.

After all, Rui County's economic structure is still dominated by traditional light industries such as shoes and clothing.

Although some forging factories can be seen everywhere, they are all entry-level heavy industries that make rough blanks for complete vehicle parts, which are far from real cutting-edge manufacturing.

Seeing that several county leaders had taken the initiative to speak, Chen Jue couldn't help but express something.

So, after taking a sip of bayberry wine, he expressed his thoughts: "County Head, Old Secretary, it's not that I don't want to move the car manufacturing base back, but there is already an existing Weimar base in Wenshi City."

"In addition, our Rui County is not a traditional heavy industrial city, and the local population is small. Even if I move the car manufacturing base back, there will be a lack of qualified skilled workers locally, and we will need to massively recruit from other places, which is not cost-effective."

Wang Delong's face became a little embarrassed when he heard Chen Jue's euphemistic refusal: "Really can't do it?"

Chen Jue nodded: "Can't!"

"Oh~ Delong! Don't embarrass Xiao Chen. It's enough for our whole county to eat dividends for decades to pick up a deep-water port wharf for nothing. What else do you want a car manufacturing base for!" Old Secretary Wu stood up to help smooth things over.

County Head Li Xiaobo also nodded in agreement: "Our county's population distribution is relatively scattered, and there is no reserve of industrial workers who can build cars. Rashly introducing a car manufacturing base will indeed delay the project progress of Magic Cube Automobile."

However, just when everyone thought that this compound canteen dinner with the purpose of 'investment promotion' would end unhappily because the car manufacturing base could not be negotiated.

Chen Jue reopened a brand new window of brainstorming for these leaders who were一心想 to develop the local economy of Rui County: "To be honest, I was deeply touched by leading the team to Germany to break the Nürburgring record this time."

"Why are all the major international mainstream auto races firmly controlled by foreign car companies?"

"Whether it's F1 Formula, Nürburgring Endurance Race, Rally Race, etc., there is no place for our domestic car companies."

"Since others are unwilling to play with us, then we will create our own international auto race."

"I plan to invest huge sums of money to build a race track, turning the entire Rui County, especially the section along the Feiyun River, into a racing mecca belonging to China!"