Chapter 115: Storm Rises Again (Ch 815456330)

October 13th.
The old house of Zhang Xincheng in Yancheng Village.
Xie Xiaowei, who had been a stay-at-home here for almost three months, finally received a notice from his boss Jiang Anye, telling him that he could complete the final transaction with Zhang Xincheng.
Xie Xiaowei, who had been feeling extremely bored, quickly called Zhang Xincheng.
“Hello, it’s Xiaowei! What’s the matter?”
“Brother Zhang, I want to go back.”
“Oh? That’s good. Have you finished your business?”
“Yes, it has been taken care of.”
“I send you.”
Ten minutes later, Zhang Xincheng drove a pickup truck alone to his old house.
Fortunately, several villagers living near his home have moved to the urban area or town. He also told a few acquaintances that a distant relative had recently come to live in the old house for a while, and that this relative had some mental problems, so he asked the surrounding villagers not to disturb him.
Therefore, even though Xie Xiaowei has lived here for almost three months, the villagers in Yancheng Village are not quite aware that there is someone living here.
After Zhang Xincheng opened the door.
He saw Xie Xiaowei, who had packed his luggage, waiting for his arrival in the lobby.
“Brother Zhang, I have already transferred the money.”
“I just saw it. Let me take you to the high-speed rail station!”
“Then I’ll trouble you, Brother Zhang.”
The two did not say anything else.
Soon, Zhang Xincheng was outside the high-speed rail station, watching the train that Xie Xiaowei was on slowly leave the station and accelerate towards southern Fujian.
The corners of his mouth slightly raised: “Smile! Let’s see if you can still laugh in a few months.”
Back to Magong Town.
Zhang Xincheng did not go to find Jiang Miao, but continued to work as usual. When it was time for lunch, he went to the restaurant area next to the experimental area.
He whispered, “A Miao, the water fish has gone back.”
“Is that so? Then leave the rest to me!” Jiang Miao was very calm. For him, this kind of thing was as easy as taking something out of a bag.
“Then I’m relieved. By the way, the fish ball factory in Yandunshan has completed its interior decoration, and all the equipment is in place. The 200-acre indoor fish pond next door is also complete. Do you have time to go over and take a look this afternoon?”
“No need, brother-in-law, you can arrange it.”
“Then I will arrange the preparations for production.”
“Can.”
After lunch, Zhang Xincheng took an hour’s nap and arrived at the Yandunshan Fish Ball Factory early.
Li Xinhua followed closely behind. As managers of the aquatic products division, the fish ball factory and indoor breeding farms were both industries they were responsible for managing.
However, there were not many people in the fish ball factory at that time because the raw materials had not yet been farmed. Only a few mechanical maintenance workers and equipment operators were left, who were debugging and maintaining the equipment.
The two walked directly to the indoor breeding farm next door.
Li Xinhua looked at a part of the fish pond, which was already filled with black Egyptian catfish. He asked curiously, “Manager Zhang, is this farm ready for use?”
“Yes, they can all be used. I intercepted some Egyptian fish from the feed factory a few days ago. Now there are about 50 tons.”
In each fish pond, the Egyptian catfish are quite large, especially those fed with No. 4 feed, which are about 7 to 9 kilograms.
Suddenly, Li Xinhua saw the breeding ponds of different colors and asked in confusion: “Huh? Manager Zhang, why are the breeding ponds painted in four colors?”
“Because we have four types of Egyptian fish.”
“?” Li Xinhua was even more confused: “Four types?”
“Well, the four colors of breeding ponds represent four types of Egyptian fish.” Zhang Xincheng pointed to the gray-blue breeding pond and said, “The gray-blue breeding pond is where ordinary Egyptian fish with no earthy smell are bred. Generally, it only takes 28 days to breed them.”
Then he patted the white wall of the breeding pond next to him and said: “These white breeding ponds are used to breed high-protein Egyptian fish, and the proportion of unsaturated fatty acids is specially increased. The breeding cycle is about 70 days.”
“The fish raised in black ponds also tend to be high in protein, but their meat is more crispy and elastic. They are customized products planned to be used for boiled fish. The breeding cycle is about 62 days.”
“The innermost green aquaculture pond is used to breed sweet Egyptian fish, which can be steamed or fried. The breeding cycle is about 88 days.”
Li Xinhua was amazed. He had never thought that there were so many types of Egyptian catfish. “Are these all bred by adjusting the feed?”
“Well, otherwise it wouldn’t take that long. After all, in this high-frequency circulation breeding pond, 99% of the earthy smell in the Egyptian fish can be removed in 28 days. The other three types of Egyptian fish must be professionally fed for a longer period of time to ensure quality.”
The reason why so many types of Egyptian fish are developed is mainly to expand the market for Egyptian catfish and avoid the product being too single.
You should know that the local catfish, which is in the same family as the Egyptian catfish, generally has a market price of 11 to 20 yuan per kilogram, which is 5 to 10 times the price of the Egyptian catfish.
It can be said to be a model of “body and land are one”.
Of course, this is also related to the flavor of the catfish. Those wild catfish have very little earthy smell and taste very good. In addition, the catfish has certain requirements for the water quality of breeding.
At the same time, wild catfish in the Lingnan water system are threatened by invasive alien species such as the Egyptian catfish and the scavenger fish, and the number of wild populations has been shrinking rapidly in recent years.
However, the popularity of catfish in various regions of Lingnan is increasing day by day.
Due to various factors, the market price of catfish has been raised.
The high-protein type Egyptian catfish, the crispy and elastic type Egyptian catfish, and the sweet and fresh type Egyptian catfish that Hailufeng Company is preparing to launch are all cooking types, and are also intended to increase the economic added value of Egyptian catfish.
Most scaled fish have tiny bone spurs, and freshwater scaled fish are particularly prone to earthy smells.
The catfish family, to which the Egyptian catfish belongs, generally have large bones and obvious garlic-like flesh.
When Jiang Miao was studying in Jiangcheng, he had eaten boiled fish several times, but the dense small bones made him lose his appetite. After returning to his hometown, he stayed away from boiled fish, grilled fish and the like.
In fact, this is also an important reason why many young people do not like to eat fish.
Freshwater fish that contain tiny bones not only require caution when eating, but also have the risk of getting stuck in the throat, making eating unpleasant. Young people who prefer a fast-paced lifestyle will definitely not like to eat this kind of fish.
In coastal areas, the fish with few bones and large bones are generally marine fish, such as pomfret, grouper, and mackerel. If these fish are used to make boiled fish, people will probably laugh to death.
After all, these sea fish are very expensive, and their main use is in light-tasting dishes. If they are used to make heavy-tasting dishes such as boiled fish, the value of these fish will be lost.
After developing a low-cost technology to remove the earthy smell of Egyptian catfish, Jiang Miao is considering further expanding the scope of utilization of this fish.
These three derived targeted breeding varieties are prepared for dishes such as steamed fish and boiled fish.
“Manager Zhang, if this is the case, I am a little worried whether the customers will accept Egyptian fish.” Li Xinhua was a little worried about this. Obviously, the image of Egyptian catfish has left a mark in the minds of the people in Lingnan.
Zhang Xincheng certainly knew about this problem, but he already had a solution: “I know that the company has asked the physical business department to buy buildings in the urban area, Haifeng, Lufeng and other places, and is preparing to open 8 restaurants. The name is Jianghai Restaurant, and the main dish is fish dishes.”
“In other words, we do it ourselves first, and then attract the market to follow suit?” Li Xinhua did not expect Zhang Xincheng’s solution would be this way.
Zhang Xincheng is very confident: “That’s right. As long as the taste is good, our premium Egyptian catfish costs no more than 6 yuan per kilogram, which can beat those grass carp and carp in terms of cost. If the market prices of both dishes are similar, then our profit will be several times that of ordinary pickled fish, boiled fish, and grilled fish.”
“Besides, it’s useless for other restaurants to react. If they want to imitate us, they can only purchase from our company. The earthy smell of Egyptian fish raised in ordinary mud ponds can ruin their reputation.”
After hearing this explanation, Li Xinhua also thought about various situations and found that it was just as Zhang Xincheng said.
This is the advantage brought by technology.
“Even if these fish cannot be sold in a short period of time, we can still use them to make fish balls or feed. Anyway, everything is under control.”
Hailufeng Company’s gradually growing industrial chain and powerful technical strength are the basis for Zhang Xincheng’s confidence.
…
The next day, noon.
Great Ryukyu Island.
Due to the impact of the approaching typhoon, Pingtung County is on high alert.
The Anye Aquatic Products Company in Pingtung County is no exception.
It is on the fifth floor of the office building next to the aquaculture base.
In the chairman’s office.
Jiang Anye looked at the situation on the laptop, his face lost in thought.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the office door.
“Come in.”
The door opened, and the person who came in was Xie Xiaowei who had just returned. He smiled and greeted him: “Boss, I am glad to have accomplished your mission.”
“Big Crab, you did a good job this time. The technology company has completed the verification. I plan to arrange mass production as soon as possible. However, the breeding farms here are not easy to transform, and there are not many mature white eels to breed.”
When Xie Xiaowei heard this question, before he could say anything, Jiang Anye had already arranged everything:
“I have made an appointment with the president of Xiyuan Group to meet in Busan. Once the contract is signed, we will use several large eel farms of Xiyuan Group near Busan to start large-scale production. After the typhoon, we will fly to Busan together.”
“No problem.” Xie Xiaowei nodded, and suddenly he asked: “Boss, have you confirmed that the technology can really breed eel fry? No other questions?”
“No, those experimentally bred eel fry have been hatched for more than a week and are still alive and well.” Jiang Anye threw a cigarette over.
He took the cigarette, took out a lighter and lit it, then took a deep puff. Xie Xiaowei also breathed a sigh of relief: “Huh… I’m glad there’s no problem.”
“Thank you for your hard work. Go home and spend some time with your family these days. I have already transferred your money to your account.”
“Thank you, Boss.”
“This is what you deserve. I won’t treat any hero unfairly.”
Suddenly, there was a buzzing sound from the window glass.
The two stood in front of the window and saw the strong wind that made the trees outside sway wildly. The waves on the sea a few hundred meters away were also much higher.
Jiang Anye prayed: “May Mazu bless us, the wind is really strong, I hope the typhoon won’t land here!”
“It shouldn’t be a big problem, after all, there is a mountain blocking it.” Xie Xiaowei comforted.
However, the opposite happened.
That night, after bypassing the Central Mountain Range, the typhoon turned and made landfall near Kaohsiung, so the area around Pingtung County was also greatly affected.
The storm surge along the local coast was extremely severe.
At this moment, Jiang Miao also controlled some of Anye Company’s electrical appliances through the Internet cable.
This is thanks to the fact that the typhoon did not make direct landfall in Pingtung County and did not cause power outages here, otherwise it would have been difficult for him to get in through the Internet.
Jiang Miao originally planned to see the reactions of Jiang Anye and others tonight, but after seeing the news that the typhoon had landed in Kaohsiung, he immediately changed his mind.
Taking advantage of the strong winds and heavy rains in Pingtung County.
Based on the layout of the buildings and facilities that he had already figured out, he took control of the computers in the rooms where Anye Company conducted experiments. Since these rooms were temporarily renovated, they used laptops.
This gave Jiang Miao an opportunity. The camera of one of the laptops that was not closed was turned on silently.
With the help of the laptop screen light, looking at the situation in the room, it is obvious that this is an experimental data office. In addition to laptops, there are also various books, draft papers and other things.
Then his eyes lit up, because he found that the layout of this room was very interesting. It should be for temporary use, and ordinary foam color steel tiles were used to divide it into several rooms.
Perhaps Jiang Anye arranged the breeding experiment in this place for the sake of confidentiality, which also resulted in the lines inside being pulled from this computer room.
Soon, the battery in one of the laptops caught fire.
As the storm outside was still going on, there was naturally no one in the factory, so no one noticed the fire in the computer room.
Soon, the synthetic wood table and the surrounding books and draft papers all caught fire.
In the office building next door, Jiang Anye was having an in-depth conversation with his personal secretary in the lounge when his vision suddenly darkened.
“The power is out?”
“Boss! Keep going!” The Taiwanese girl’s unique motorcycle voice is very coquettish.
Jiang Anye grasped the two key points and at the same time did not forget the defect. He worked tirelessly to teach his secretary how to fill the defect. The reason why he was so relieved was because the breeding base had a backup generator.
Sure enough, after a while.
The power in the room was restored again.
“Boss, you are so awesome! I admire you so much!”
Jiang Anye became more and more focused while teaching. Although he was sweating profusely, it could not offset the surging emotions in his heart.
Just when Jiang Anye was having an in-depth conversation with his secretary.
In the breeding base nearby, the fire in the computer room became more and more intense. After the foam in the interlayer of the color steel tiles was ignited, it was out of control.
Soon it spread to several nearby rooms.
Dozens of tanks that were housing hundreds of thousands of experimental glass eels had lost power, the air pumps had stopped working, and the surroundings were filled with toxic gases produced by burning foam and plastic.
However, due to the constant rain outside, the roof could not reach the combustion temperature. Only a large amount of water vapor formed on the surface, and a lot of black smoke came out of the gaps.
But there was no one outside at the moment, so naturally no one could notice these abnormalities.
The flames caused the temperature inside the factory to soar.
The glass eels in the water tank were directly turned into boiled fish under the scorching flames around them.
Two hours later, a security guard got up to urinate. He wiped his eyes and saw flames coming out of the factory building not far from the window. He was so scared that he held his urine back.
Jiang Anye, who had finished teaching his secretary, had just finished taking a shower and was about to have a glass of wine before going to bed.
Suddenly his cell phone rang.
“Hey, Lao Xia, why are you still awake so late? What’s the matter?”
“Boss, something bad has happened. The factory is on fire.”
“What?” Jiang Anye didn’t care about his sweater falling off. He ran to the window and opened the curtains. He immediately saw flames coming out of the factory building not far away, and there was pitch-black smoke.
“Old Xia, call everyone to put out the fire immediately!”
“Boss, no! The wind outside is too strong and people can’t stand steadily.”
“Damn it!”
The seven employees inside the breeding base, wearing raincoats, stood together with Jiang Anye, braving the storm and trying to get closer to the factory.
The result was naturally futile.
All they could do was watch the entire factory burn to ashes.
Early the next morning, the wind was much weaker, but the heavy rain was still there.
Jiang Anye didn’t sleep all night. With a pair of panda eyes, he looked at the dozen managers and said, “The research data and the glass eels that we just cultivated have been burned. What should we do now?”
The person in charge of the technical department was not too worried: “Don’t worry, boss. The data in the computer room is gone, but we still have a backup in the company’s office building. Besides, we are only verifying the technology, not researching it. Even if the eel fry in the experiment are burned, it will not affect the overall situation.”
“That’s good, that’s good.” Although Jiang Anye felt sad that the factory was burned down, he thought that as long as the eel fry could be put into production smoothly, the factory worth only a few million would be nothing.
Xie Xiaowei frowned, but soon relaxed his brows. He actually had some doubts in his mind as to whether someone had deliberately set the fire.
But after some reasoning, this somewhat fantastic suspicion was dispelled.
After all, in yesterday’s weather, with strong winds and heavy rain, it was hard to even stand, let alone run in and set fire, which was obviously very difficult.
Perhaps out of fear of further problems, Jiang Anye requested that all the information be divided into three copies, one to be kept in the computer in the office building, and the other to be placed in the safe in his villa.
He took the other copy to South Korea.
On October 16, the weather just turned sunny.
Jiang Anye took Xie Xiaowei and a dozen other people and flew straight to Busan.
He couldn’t wait to make money. After all, the huge profits made by Hailufeng Company had already stimulated his greed, and he wanted to replace it immediately.
But he didn’t know that this was a bait filled with poison, which was pushing him step by step into the abyss of no return.