novelaction Chapter 586 Freeze-Drying Technology
Chapter 586 Freeze-Drying Technology
After arriving at the express delivery center, Gu Chang walked to the office area with ease and quickly found Zheng Xiangcheng.
"Uncle Zheng, are you busy?"
Gu Chang looked at Zheng Xiangcheng who was explaining something to several employees and greeted him with a smile.
"I'm here, Xiao Gu. Wait for me for a few minutes. It will be ready soon!" Zheng Xiangcheng looked up at Gu Chang and said with a smile.
"It's okay, there's no rush, Uncle Zheng, you go ahead and do your work first!" Gu Chang smiled and didn't care, but walked towards Zheng Xiangcheng's office next to him.
As soon as he entered the office, Gu Chang saw a refrigerator. He walked over, opened the refrigerator and took a look. Hey, there was actually Coke in the refrigerator?
In such hot weather, what could be more relaxing than drinking a can of iced cola? So he took out a can without hesitation, opened it and drank it in big gulps.
Before he finished a can of Coke, Zheng Xiangcheng had already arranged his work and walked into the office.
"Uncle Zheng, you're living a good life. You even have ice cola!" Gu Chang looked at Zheng Xiangcheng and couldn't help teasing.
"Hey! This is not mine. I'm old and can't drink this stuff!" Zheng Xiangcheng said with a smile and waved his hand.
"Oh, then whose are these Cokes?" Gu Chang asked curiously.
"The young people in the factory bought it. They knew I had a refrigerator here, so they put the beer here to keep it cold. When the weather is hot, they come over and get a few bottles to drink," Zheng Xiangcheng explained.
"So that's how it is. I thought so!" Gu Chang nodded in sudden realization.
"By the way, Xiao Gu, what have you thought about the cannery?" Zheng Xiangcheng suddenly seemed to remember something and asked Gu Chang seriously.
A few days ago, Gu Chang called Zheng Xiangcheng and discussed with him about building a cannery. In fact, Zheng Xiangcheng had always been reserved about the cannery.
Transportation conditions are getting better and better now, and fresh fruits are obviously more popular than canned fruits.
Moreover, there are many canning factories in the market, with a wide variety of products and fierce competition.
The technical content of this industry itself is not high. You can almost always find a few canning factories in places where there is a lot of fruit.
Therefore, it is not an easy task to succeed in this field.
"Uncle Zheng, I've already thought about it!"
Gu Chang said with a determined smile.
"Oh? Tell me what you think?" Zheng Xiangcheng looked at him curiously, wanting to hear what special insights this young man had.
Gu Chang smiled slightly: "Originally, I did plan to open a canned fruit factory, but after talking to you on the phone that day, I felt that you were right. The competition in the canned fruit market is too fierce now, and canned products are not as popular as they used to be."
Zheng Xiangcheng nodded slightly in agreement, thinking that this boy was quite smart. It was very good that he could think of this.
But he was still a little confused. If that was the case, why did he insist on opening a cannery?
So he asked doubtfully, “You know all these problems, but you still insist on opening a canning factory?”
Gu Chang smiled and answered affirmatively: "Yes!"
Hearing this, Zheng Xiangcheng became even more confused. He frowned and asked, "Then what are you going to do?"
Gu Chang said confidently: "But now, we can't call it a cannery anymore, we should change the name to 'Fresh Fruit Processing Factory'!"
"Fresh fruit processing factory? How is the processing method?" Zheng Xiangcheng asked curiously.
Gu Chang explained in detail: "We can divide it into three parts for operation. First, keep the traditional canned fruit production line. I don't need to introduce this part any more, right?"
"The investment for a traditional canning factory is relatively small. One million to eight hundred thousand is enough for us to introduce a production line and build a canned fruit processing factory!" Gu Chang said with a smile.
Zheng Xiangcheng nodded in agreement. He knew that building a factory here could save a lot of money because the local factory building and labor costs were relatively low.
Gu Chang continued: "The second thing is to freeze-dry fruits and vegetables!"
Zheng Xiangcheng asked in confusion when he heard the word, "Freeze-dried? Are you planning to do freeze-dried food?"
Gu Chang nodded affirmatively and replied: "Yes, I plan to introduce a freeze-drying production line."
Freeze-drying technology, also known as freeze drying, is also called sublimation drying.
This technology is a drying method that freezes water-containing materials below freezing point, converts water into ice, and then converts the ice into steam under a high vacuum to remove it. In this way, the nutritional content, taste and appearance of the food can be maintained.
This is a new food processing technology that has rapidly emerged and expanded in recent years!
Freeze-drying technology can preserve the color, aroma, taste, shape and nutritional content of food to the greatest extent possible; it is light and easy to carry, and because of its excellent recovery properties, it usually only takes seconds to minutes to return to the state of fresh products!
"This freeze dryer requires a lot of money!" Zheng Xiangcheng sighed.
"Yes!" Gu Chang nodded in agreement.
"According to the current market price, a 200-square-meter fruit and vegetable freeze-drying machine normally costs about 400-450 million yuan!"
"The budget for the matching pre-processing equipment is about 150 million yuan, and the post-processing equipment requires an investment of about 100 million yuan. In addition, the supporting public engineering equipment investment cost is about 30 yuan. Therefore, a complete production line requires a total investment of about to million yuan."
"That's indeed a lot!" Zheng Xiangcheng couldn't help but sigh.
"It's okay, Uncle Zheng, I've thought it through. If the dried fruits produced by this freeze dryer don't sell well, I will switch to producing freeze-dried chicken breasts and the like for cat food!" Gu Chang consoled with a smile.
In fact, he already had a plan in mind. If this situation really happened, he would change direction and use these equipment to make pet food such as freeze-dried chicken breast, freeze-dried quail and freeze-dried egg yolk.
After all, these things are very popular in the market and can be said to be star products in the pet industry!
Just like his Fugui, who has a special liking for freeze-dried quail. Every time Qi Tianming brings freeze-dried quail to his home, Fugui will be very happy and even take the initiative to act like a spoiled child with Qi Tianming.
Qi Tianming also relied on this trick to successfully win the favor of Fugui.
So, if these devices are used to make pet food, maybe good results can be achieved!
After listening to Gu Chang's idea, Zheng Xiangcheng nodded seriously, with a thoughtful gleam in his eyes: "Well... this is a good idea. It is indeed safer to prepare for both situations."
"For a high-investment factory like this, every step needs to be carefully considered. In the past two years, the challenges faced by enterprises have become increasingly greater, and the pressure to survive is increasing day by day!" He sighed heavily and said with emotion.
Zheng Xiangcheng couldn't help but recall the hardships he faced when he started his business. At that time, the market competition was fierce, but at least there were opportunities and space for them to fight.
Today, faced with an increasingly severe economic situation, he knows that every decision may be a matter of life and death.
Gu Chang also agreed deeply, and he nodded gently to show his approval. He knew that what Zheng Xiangcheng said was true, and the economic environment had indeed changed significantly in recent years.
Whether it is capital, technology or market demand, everything is becoming increasingly complex and changeable.
The road to entrepreneurship is full of thorns, and it is not easy to succeed.