After having dinner at home, Chen Nan thought about arranging a meeting with Annie and Zhou Huimin to discuss the wedding arrangements.
But when she called, she heard Zhou Huimin's slurred voice greeting her, "Big sister, I'm breaking up with Chen Dong."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Where are you right now?" Chen Nan realized that Zhou Huimin might be drunk, so he quickly asked, "Who are you with? Let him answer the phone."
Just then, another voice came from the phone, "Sister Nan, this is Annie."
"I'm breaking up with Chen Dong too."
"Two drunkards."
Despite her complaints, Chen Nan was genuinely worried about the safety of the two girls, who were completely drunk.
They immediately contacted everyone they could reach to trace the address from which the call came.
Not long after, someone sent Chen Nan a text message with the address where Annie and Zhou Huimin were drinking.
Chen Nan rushed over in a hurry, and after searching around the bar, he finally found Annie and Zhou Huimin squatting at the toilet door.
She quickly called a few people to help carry them into the car.
After the others carried them away, Chen Nan glanced around and saw Zhou Huimin's cell phone lying on the ground.
She was furious and immediately opened her phone's contacts, finding Chen Dong's number.
"Chen Dong, are you courting death?"
"Didn't you say you were going to get married? Now you're pulling this stunt on me again."
In the dead of night, Chen Dong and Wolong were scouting a chicken farm in Liufushan when they received a call from Zhou Huimin. It turned out to be her older sister speaking, and she inexplicably scolded them.
"Big sister, I didn't do anything."
"You didn't do anything! You didn't do anything, so why are Annie and Vivian Chow drunk and saying they want to break up with you? You must have done something to wrong them."
Chen Dong felt very wronged. "Okay, okay, I was wrong, big sister. I'll apologize to them when I get back."
When he saw Wolong and the others come out, he quickly said a few perfunctory words and hung up the phone.
After Chen Dong hung up the phone, Wolong reported: "Most of the chicks and dressed chickens sold by Xiangjiang Chicken Farm to the mainland have gone to Guangzhou and Fujian, and a considerable portion has been transported to Macau."
"These three places are the main distribution centers for goods from coastal ports."
Chen Dong frowned. He had already thought of it. "These places are densely populated and are also the most likely places for an outbreak of infection."
This avian flu outbreak is very likely to travel upstream from the Yangtze and Pearl River estuaries along the coastal ports.
Seeing Chen Dong remain silent, Wolong asked curiously, "Boss, Lin Zhiyuan has already found the land for the Xiangjiang breeding farm. The breeding farm is located on undeveloped land in the New Territories."
"Land in the New Territories is incredibly valuable, every inch of it is worth its weight in gold."
Chen Dong raised an eyebrow, already knowing what Wolong wanted to say.
"Do you think I made a bad deal?"
Farms are either built in the mountains or on undeveloped wasteland. Building a farm on land that is about to be developed in the New Territories is just burning money.
After this period of investigation, Wolong naturally knew that a bird flu outbreak was about to occur in Hong Kong, but based on the data they currently had, it was difficult to conclude anything.
If we invest such a large sum of money now, even if bird flu breaks out in the future, it will probably be difficult to recoup the costs.
Chen Dong sighed and explained to Wolong, "Actually, I built a farm because bird flu has been spreading in Hong Kong's farms. If we can build a safe farm with strict quarantine measures, we can sell our chickens, ducks and pigs for a lot of money after the bird flu outbreak."
"On the other hand, this outbreak of avian influenza is very fierce. At present, no infectious strain of the influenza virus has been isolated. However, if these chicken farms in Hong Kong continue to operate in this way, the highly pathogenic influenza virus will soon infect humans."
"I did this so that I could control healthy meat farming resources so that when bird flu breaks out, the people of Hong Kong won't be left without meat to eat."
Upon hearing this, Wolong and Lin Zhiyuan, who was standing next to him, both became anxious. "Can this thing really infect people?"
"Some people may not develop symptoms after infection, but once infected, they will definitely carry the virus. The virus will eventually find a suitable host through human-to-human transmission," Chen Dong replied.
Lin Zhiyuan swallowed hard. "You're right. All our preparations this time should prioritize safety over profit."
"You're in charge of the construction of this farm and the procurement of fertilized eggs," Chen Dong said solemnly, pointing at Lin Zhiyuan. "You must ensure that the animals don't get infected with avian influenza throughout the entire process, from procurement to transportation to hatching, otherwise all our previous efforts will be in vain."
"Don't worry," Lin Zhiyuan said confidently, "I've already asked Afang to contact relevant experts. This time, from setting up the breeding farm to the entire hatching and raising process, experts will provide guidance."
"That's good."
The truth will out. Unscrupulous chicken farmers are trying to sell diseased chickens as healthy ones, and this has become an industry norm.
If news of an outbreak of bird flu in Hong Kong were to break in the future, all the live chickens in these farms would be culled, and the farms would be forced to close.
Chen Dong recalled his experiences in his later life. After the outbreak of avian influenza in Hong Kong, the mainland's agricultural department immediately introduced a number of policies, one of which was aimed at the operation and screening of farms.
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