Start by trimming cow hooves

In people's imagination, farmers are busy until the end of the year.

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

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

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

During the rest of the time, he could only go to other islands to work, or make a living on a fishing boat. Life was not easy.

It's no wonder that Hawaiian girls on other islands, when they hear that some guys are from Lanai, think that they are country bumpkins with little money.

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

Things started to look different after Suri bought the island.

In terms of pasture, although there are still few livestock, things like opening new land, building fences, cleaning cattle pens, picking up cow dung in the wild, etc., consume a lot of energy from the trainee cowboys every day. They basically work from 9 to 5. You have to clock in and out of get off work.

The farm located on the west side of the island, at the foot of Lanai Ridge, also continued to employ a group of formal employees, and the total number of formal employees under Suri increased to more than 110.

On the farm, mainly hard-working women take care of the fruit and vegetable farm, which currently covers an area of ​​more than 3,000 acres. Recently, it has been managed by Suri's parents, who are just looking for something to occupy their time.

The entire farm is long and narrow and was used to grow pineapples. It is surrounded by lush virgin woods on both sides and has a very good environment.

It's about three o'clock in the afternoon.

Suri drove a modified version of Brabus' Mercedes-Benz G55-AMG. After searching everywhere for a while, she saw her parents near an open space.

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

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

Dad Su unscrewed the lid of the tea cup and took a sip, smacking his lips and added:

"After I completed the work of raising tomato seedlings, I had someone plant a small plot. I had to bow my head and bend over from morning to night. It was so exhausting. Fortunately, I was smart and thought that someone would invent such a machine, and there happened to be one on Kona Island. A company that specializes in selling agricultural equipment placed an order yesterday and delivered it today.”

Mother Su Rui also said:

"Three machines, including shipping costs, total only US$27,000. Originally, I wanted to write a check directly, but paying in the name of your company can deduct tax and save some money."

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

Don't worry about losing money. The business has just started and the investment amount is huge. This is expected.

Slightly curious, Suri finished speaking and then asked: "How is it grown?"

"It just so happens that we have to continue planting to prevent the tomato seedlings from withering. You will know later."

Dad Su looked around and said:

"The weather in Hawaii is good. Even in the local winter, plants grow very fast. We don't even need to build a greenhouse, which saves a lot of money. But now there is a very critical question... When vegetables and fruits are grown, we should Who are you selling to? Son, have you contacted the buyer?"

Su Rui immediately shook his head, smiled and said:

"I was just about to talk to you about this matter. I recently used an online shopping platform and discovered that Amazon has not entered Hawaii yet. There are only some small websites that trade second-hand items. Are you interested in incubating a company? Now invest a little money in it and go to Then directly add US$100 million and package it up and sell it to those giants.”

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

"Well, now those online shopping platforms are still grabbing the international market. Mosquito legs are also meat. When the market is slowly saturated, they should be interested in the Hawaii market. Anyway, it doesn't cost much to buy a ready-made platform and then If we build several logistics warehouses on other islands, the cost of publicity will be very low.”

After listening to Su Rui's words, Su's father felt very interesting.

Although I was just a dentist before and knew nothing about investing, I have been paying attention to the Internet industry since the late 1980s, and it has been 20 years since I made full plans. Even if I am a stick-up, it is time for me to start to understand. Besides, Dad Su is very smart.

learn by analogy.

Dad 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. They can be picked on the same day and delivered tomorrow. 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 twenty years ago, he tried his best to provide clues, such as placing the newspaper in the most conspicuous position, tuning the radio to Gates' exclusive interview program, and hinting at this cheap dad many times, but he still refused to invest in Microsoft. No interest in stocks.

In an era when there was no personal computer at home and it was difficult to change it by yourself, he was finally forced to call his own stock trading manager when he was more than two years old.

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

The trading manager didn't know his age, but saw that his logic was so clear, so he believed him to be true.

It was more than a month later when it was discovered that the exchange was for Microsoft shares.

Unexpectedly, Su’s father thought he was being smart. After drinking, he adjusted his position and made a huge profit of more than 30,000 US dollars in just a few weeks. He wanted to cash out and leave, and considered using it to buy a Porsche, which almost forced Su Rui to drink to relieve his sorrow. .

Buying a car is spending money, and stock trading is making money.

As time goes by, the difference may be several million dollars, and the dream of becoming a second-generation player is almost shattered, which of course makes people vomit blood.

Fortunately, he pretended to be ill and didn't let Su's father succeed.

It can be said that his father's current achievements were all broken into pieces by Su Rui himself and fed to his own father. Seeing him at this moment makes him understand, it feels like he has finally grown up, and he feels relieved.

We are not in a hurry to discuss the details, but we also need to conduct a detailed investigation of the current situation of Hawaii’s e-commerce industry.

Ready in a short time.

The tomato seedling transplanting machine started to move forward. An aboriginal aunt dropped the tomato seedlings one by one along the pipe, and they were planted directly into the soil by the machine.

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

In countries such as the United States and Europe, part of the reason why agricultural equipment is relatively advanced is because of the high labor costs. The surrounding workers earn more than three thousand dollars a month, so purchasing equipment is obviously more cost-effective than how many people there are.

A tomato seedling transplanter like this can be used again next year after being bought this year. Now the workers are being paid, but they will continue to be paid next month.

With the income of the farm and ranch still unclear, Suri no longer plans to recruit more regular employees. When people are really needed, he can provide some part-time workers.

A long line of tomato seedlings was soon planted.

His mother, Li Wan, remembered something and asked, "I harvested the cabbage in the morning and picked a lot of leaves. They are easily damaged when piled on the ground. Can I take them to feed the sheep?"

Suri replied:

"If there are no pesticides, there will be no problem. It is best for our farm to only produce organic vegetables, so that we can open up the market as soon as possible..."