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After making three consecutive phone calls, Zhang Cang only heard a sweet yet cold, mechanical female voice each time. If it weren't for the fact that the money in the company's account was real, he would have thought he had encountered some new type of scam.
No one knows who leaked the fact that the seeds of the "giant delicious radish" came from their Red Rice Research Institute. For three whole days, there were no shortage of reporters at the bottom of the company building.
(Xu Milu: Her merits and fame remain hidden.)
Last night, they caught two people who climbed over the barbed wire fence to steal seeds from the experimental plot. Heaven knows they were growing the most ordinary plants in the plot.
All those who contacted them were companies or research institutions interested in purchasing seeds, each one more powerful than the last. Zhang Cang could only pretend to be calm, temporarily concealing the news of his boss's disappearance, while frantically trying to contact Ren Honghe.
He's been so anxious these past two days that he's lost a lot of hair.
That's outrageous!
Despite the widespread online buzz, nobody knew that they didn't actually have the seeds for those super fruits and vegetables. In fact, the seeds they used to apply for new variety rights were provided by Ren Honghe.
The office was bustling with activity, with four telephones working simultaneously, receiving countless calls from all over the country every day.
"Hello? Yes, yes, this is our company, but we're out of stock right now... Why? I don't know why either."
"Linong Seed Industry and Honghe Research Institute are parallel entities, not subordinate to each other... Yes, we understand, but please also understand us... This really isn't true..."
"Sorry, we're currently making contact because we're conducting quality testing on this batch of seeds... Online? Yes, yes, it's the Giant Delicious Radish..."
"We don't sell radishes...we only sell seeds, and we don't have any seeds right now. Radishes? We don't sell radishes...we've already said we don't sell radishes! We don't sell radishes, you bastard!!!"
Ding Shan's hair was practically a bird's nest from scratching it, and as it turns out, answering the same question eight hundred times would make him want to vomit.
"Everyone's asking me where the boss went, I want to know where the boss went too..."
Jiang Wen's dark circles never went away, making him look like he had kidney deficiency.
"Now I finally understand the saying 'money is hard to earn, and shit is hard to swallow.' Five million really isn't easy to earn—bro, has our boss been kidnapped?"
Ding Shan slammed down the phone in a huff and took a deep breath:
"Old Zhang, if this keeps up, Jiang Wen and I will go crazy sooner or later. The company has already scared away three new receptionists in just two days. We need to make a statement quickly, otherwise these people who buy seeds will drive me crazy."
Zhang Cang said with a bitter face, "I want to, but I really can't get in touch with them—"
Before he could finish speaking, a WeChat notification rang twice, indicating that their boss, who had been out of contact for three days, had reappeared.
I've arrived in Sichuan and Chongqing. I'll be heading to the research institute soon to prepare for inoculation.
A single sentence brought tears to the eyes of three grown men.
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Xu Milu, disguised as "Ren Honghe," acted with extreme caution. She chose the old town, which was unmonitored, as her teleportation point, and she was accompanied by a total of twenty large wooden crates.
—She had Aoki find someone to make them for her in the Food World, so even if someone investigated, they couldn't find the source.
The mobile phones used under the identity of "Ren Honghe" were all second-hand phones bought from a remote business hall. The SIM cards were also easy to obtain; they could be obtained by spending a little more money and finding a salesperson in a small business hall.
When Zhang Cang found the location, he was almost moved to tears:
"Boss, you've finally shown up!"
The last word was pronounced a bit too heavily.
"I'm not in the country these past few days, so I haven't been able to contact you."
Xu Milu looked at the truck and workers he had brought and nodded in satisfaction: "Let's move them."
"Boss, so you've been dealing with customs these past few days?! But how did you manage to smuggle so many seeds back to China? Boss, you can't break the law!!"
Zhang Cang looked at Xu Milu with a hint of fear in his eyes; it was unclear what he was imagining.
There are strict requirements for the entry of seeds into China. Not to mention bringing so many seeds through customs, sometimes even some spices cannot be brought into the country.
Have you seen the news these past two days?
Xu Milu subtly changed the subject: "Has anyone contacted you recently to buy seeds?"
"They've all called to buy seeds. I'm covered in business cards they've handed me. Boss, these..."
Zhang Cang placed a stack of business cards in Xu Milu's hand, and couldn't help but swallow hard as he looked at the boxes scattered on the floor.
"These are all seeds of giant, delicious radishes?"
Although these seeds are strictly speaking Ren Honghe's personal assets, Zhang Cang couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.
With so many radish seeds, how many acres of giant, delicious radishes could be produced!
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Only after all the seeds had been verified and stored did Zhang Cang finally relax.
He suddenly remembered something and said, "Boss, not only are some large agricultural companies interested in our batch of seeds, but even professors from China Agricultural University and the Sichuan-Chongqing Forestry Bureau are interested in buying them. Do you want to contact them?"
Xu Milu thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Contact the person in charge at the Agricultural University and see if he has time today. Don't worry about the other orders; just sell them online."
Upon hearing this, Ding Shan quickly explained, "Boss, our Honghe Research Institute's official website isn't designed yet. It's still in the bidding stage these days. There's no time to wait, is there?"
"Who said we were going to put it on the official website?"
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