In the auditorium of Zhongmian Institute, applause was thunderous and it lasted for a long time.

Those attending the ceremony were not only leaders of China Cotton Institute, but also leaders from cities, towns and villages.

Wang Lin was invited to speak on stage.

Looking at the dark heads, Wang Lin cleared his throat.

He is a business owner and now he has two or three thousand employees under his command. He is used to speaking and speaking, and now he can handle it with so many people.

"All the people here are scientists and leaders. I am just a textile man. I want to show off my skills in front of you and talk about the past and present of cotton. I feel uneasy."

He thought the opening remark was pretty good, but he did not receive the expected applause.

Wang Lin had to continue talking on his own:

"The human industrial revolution began with the emergence of internal combustion engines, and internal combustion engines cannot be separated from energy. Whether it is coal, oil, and natural gas, they all belong to energy, and are known as the industrial blood of a country. However, cotton is also an indispensable part of the human industrial revolution. The first industrial revolution of mankind began with the textile industry."

"Although cotton is called flowers, it is not a flower. Its classification of species is relatively complex. Cotton belongs to the Mallow family under the Mallow family, the Hibiscus family under the Mallow family, and the Cotton genus under the Hibiscus family. In botany, the scientific name of cotton is called cotton bolls, also called cotton bolls, and is a herbaceous plant."

He said this and smiled softly: "I'm not learning by buying and playing. My pitiful knowledge about cotton was also learned from Director Xing Wending and a young doctoral student named Cotton Boll after I came to Zhongmian. This is called learning and selling."

Logically speaking, there should be laughter and applause at this moment.

However, there were a group of scientists sitting in the audience. They were good at academics, and the human nature was not good at the world, so no one laughed or applauded.

Wang Lin didn't feel embarrassed either and continued to talk.

After getting on this stage, even if he is tough, he has to continue his speech.

This was the first time he had given a speech to so many scientists!

There are also academicians sitting below!

"The growth of cotton is divided into four stages. The first stage is germination, the second stage is flowering, and the third stage is fruiting. The fourth stage is fruit cracking, revealing the cotton fibers inside. These floc fibers are processed and textile and become cloth, becoming one of the most important industrial raw materials in the world."

"The cotton in the world is divided into three categories, namely Asian cotton, African cotton and American cotton.

However, the ancestors of these three major types of cotton are all African kapok. In other words, all cotton in the world originated in Africa, which also laid the foreshadowing for Europeans to regard cotton as treasure in the future.

Cotton is a subtropical plant and has strict requirements on the growth environment. For example, the temperature during the growth period cannot be lower than 10 degrees Celsius, it is best to maintain it above 16 degrees Celsius, and it is necessary to have sufficient light and a large amount of water source."

"This is also the reason why there are Asian cotton, African cotton, American cotton, but there are no European cotton. Before the Middle Ages, Europe was cold, damp, and lacked light, so even if the cotton seeds were scraped to them, they would not grow.

Because cotton needs to grow in a subtropical environment, there are not many areas suitable for growing cotton in my country. South China Sea Island and Leizhou Peninsula are considered as cotton-producing areas. In addition, Dali, south of the colorful clouds, there is a cotton-producing area, and the Xinsheng area. These cotton-producing areas are far away from the Central Plains region. In ancient times, they were remote areas, and some places were even not within the control of the Central Plains dynasty. Therefore, before the Song and Yuan dynasties, cotton was invisible in the Central Plains region. At that time, high-ranking officials and nobles wore silk fabric clothes; poor people wore linen fabric clothes."

"When did the Central Plains come into contact with cotton? At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, a historical celebrity named Huang Daopo was founded in Songjiang Prefecture, who was regarded as the founder of my country's textile industry. Huang Daopo was a child bride for wealthy families when he was young, but later he could not bear the abuse of his mother-in-law and fled to the South China Sea. During her time in the South Island Sea, she learned to grow cotton from the local Li people, and learned how to spin cotton into thread and weave cloth. Huang Daopo returned to her hometown of Songjiang Prefecture when she was about 50 years old, and brought cotton planting and textile technology back to Songjiang Prefecture. The technology was soon transmitted from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to the Central Plains. From then on, the people in the Central Plains finally came into contact with cotton and cotton. Songjiang Prefecture became the national cotton textile industry center. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Nanjing also established Jiangning Weaving Mansion, which specialized in the production of silk and cotton cloth."

"The cotton cloth produced in Songjiang area quickly replaced silk due to its exquisite production process and low price, and became an important export product in my country. In the history of modern world trade, the famous Nanjing cloth and Songjiang cloth have been sold to Europe. In the 24th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, the export volume of Songjiang cloth reached more than 3.3 million pieces."

Wang Lin talked freely and sorted out the history of cotton.

However, there was no interaction in the audience.

There was no laughter, no applause.

Wang Lin suddenly realized that because there were a group of rigorous scientists sitting in the audience, they thought that listening carefully was the greatest respect for the speakers.

So Wang Lin continued to talk.

"In 1969, my country replaced the Eastern country, became the world's largest cotton cloth exporter, and replaced the United States as the world's largest cotton yarn producer; in 1988, my country became the largest clothing exporter. It was also this year that we were established and participated in the first Canton Fair. Among the clothing products exported by my country, we were fortunate to occupy a place. Next, our goal is to become the world's largest textile exporter! Our textiles of our Aixu Group will work hard for this goal."

"If my country wants to build itself into the world's only textile industry center, it needs to have the entire industrial chain of the textile industry from cotton to weaving cloth to printing and dyeing, and then to making ready-made garments. As the world's largest textile exporter and cotton consumer country, last year, my country's annual cotton consumption was more than 4 million tons, but the annual cotton output was only 3.8 million tons. There is still a gap of 400,000 tons, which needs to be filled through imports. Therefore, our Aixu Group decided to invest in the construction of a 50,000 mu cotton field production area in the Jiangnan region to reduce its dependence on imported cotton."

Wang Lin's voice became louder: "Here, I would like to sincerely thank all the scientists and cotton experts here. It is precisely because of your efforts that our country's annual cotton production can rise year by year, and our country can achieve today's achievements in the textile industry. Your merits will be remembered in the historical merit book. Dear reporters, I have a suggestion that you don't shoot me anymore. You should point your shots at these great scientists. They are the greatest idols of this era and people who deserve our respect!"

The reporters in the audience turned the camera and took pictures of the scientists.

Wang Lin smiled and said, "In order to better support the cotton scientific research, on behalf of Aixu Group, I donated 5 million RMB to China Cotton Institute. Thank you everyone, my speech is over."

There was warm applause from the audience.

Wang Lin was worried secretly, but finally he didn't let anyone be embarrassed.

The next step is naturally the leader’s speech.

Wang Lin walked off the stage and sat down to listen to the speech.

The cotton bolls sat next to him.

"Mr. Wang, you know the history of cotton, which makes me admire you." Cotton Boll took the initiative to talk to Wang Lin.

Wang Lin laughed and said, "It's really about learning and selling, it's all the knowledge learned among you cotton."

Cotton boll said: "That's the case, but it's rare that you can remember and speak it well."

Wang Lin asked, "Do you really have a surname Mian?"

The cotton boll said: "What's wrong?"

Wang Lin said: "The surname Mian is rare. This is the first time I have seen him."

"Mian is indeed a surname, but it is really a sparse population. There are only a thousand people in the country! And there have never been any famous historical figures, so it is normal that you have never heard of them. There are no such names as Wang in the world, and there are many historical celebrities."

"I'm ignorant." Wang Lin said, "Why are you named cotton bolls? Does your father like cotton very much?"

"My name was chosen by my grandfather."

"Oh, your grandfather must be a researcher in cotton?"

"My grandfather is Director Xing."

“…”

Wang Lin laughed and said, "So that's it. You must have been influenced by your family since childhood and passed on your family traditions, so you like to study cotton, right?"

Cotton Boll asked: "There are some of these factors in it. Mr. Wang, in the eyes of many people, the textile industry is a low-end industry, not as good as those high-tech industries and heavy industries. In developed countries, they have begun to eliminate the textile industry. If you are so rich, why do you still need to develop in the textile industry?"

Wang Lin said: "The key is that the textile industry can solve the problem of employment in a large number of people, which is in line with our national conditions. The textile industry is not only low-end industries, but also mid-end industries such as printing, dyeing and flower ginning. And I think that any industry can be top-notch as long as it is done well. The textile industry is not as high-tech as computers, nor as advanced as the automobile industry. However, this industry is very important and is related to all aspects of people's food, clothing, housing and transportation."

The cotton boll said: "You are very special."

Wang Lin said: "You are even more special."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

The ceremony is finally over.

Wang Lin notified the company's finance department and invested a huge sum of 5 million yuan to the China Cotton Institute's corporate account.

This can be regarded as Wang Lin's meticulous contribution to my country's textile industry.

Cotton boll will follow Wang Lin to Loudong to guide the early reclamation work of the cotton area.

Wang Lin and his team stayed at the China Cotton Institute for another night.

That night, Xing Wending and others warmly treated Wang Lin again.

Wang Lin learned his lesson this time and no longer competed with them for drinking.

Last night, he underestimated these scientists and thought that those who did research must not have much alcohol tolerance. As a result, he accidentally fell into trouble and got drunk by them.

The next day, Wang Lin bid farewell to the comrades of the China Cotton Institute and went to Loudong with cotton bolls and her luggage.

From Anyang to Gusu, it is a thousand kilometers away.

After they returned to Gusu, they first checked into the hotel.

Wang Lin and Mianboil discussed that they would rent a room for her in a hotel in Gusu City and stay for her for a long time.

The cotton boll even said it was unnecessary, so I lived in Loudong. I came to work, not to enjoy it. I am already ashamed of you paying me such a high salary.

Wang Lin said, then find you a better house in Loudong County. If there is no good house, you will rent a long-term rental house in the guest house in the county. The cotton area management here requires recruiting talents, and these things will be left to you. You know better than me what kind of talents are suitable for these jobs.

The cotton boll nodded.

That night, Zhou Boqiang and Guo Lingling returned to the hotel to report to Wang Lin.

Wang Lin first introduced the cotton boll to Zhou Boqiang.

Zhou Boqiang is the manager of Aixu Home Textiles and is also the vice president of Aixu Group. The work in the cotton area will be handed over to him to manage.

Therefore, in the future, the cotton bolls must contact Zhou Boqiang and hand over the work.

After meeting with cotton bolls, Zhou Boqiang said to Wang Lin: "The leaders of Loudong County welcome us to come to the cotton area and promised to reclaim cotton fields for us 50,000 mu of land."

All of this is under Wang Lin's expectations. Unless the other party does not want to develop the economy, he will definitely agree to Aixu Group to come in and invest.

Zhou Boqiang and Cotton Boil will continue to stay in Loudong, Gusu to deal with the preliminary survey, site selection, reclamation and other work of land in the cotton area, and also establish a cotton area company.

Wang Lin, Li Wenjuan and others fought back to Shencheng.

Before leaving, Wang Lin and Zhou Boqiang had a long talk and discussed some details about the formation of the cotton area.

Zhou Boqiang is good at socializing and management, and knows the skills of cotton bolls. Wang Lin is very relieved to have these two people stay in Loudong.

It was already July 14th when Wang Lin and his friends returned to Shencheng.

And July 15th, that is, tomorrow, is Deng Lijun's concert.

I want to go to the live concert of Tianhou Deng. This is Wang Lin’s wish. Isn’t the effort in life a process of constantly fulfilling his wishes?

After returning home, Wang Lin and Li Wenxiu discussed and asked her if she wanted to go to Xiangjiang to see a performance.

Li Wenxiu was also very moved.
To be continued...