Linshui Pearl Cultivation Experimental Station.
All the researchers at the experimental station were excited and delighted. They had actually cultivated a super giant pearl. The pearl was 15.6x19.2 mm in size and was an oval seawater pearl. There was a small bead on the top of the pearl, which looked like a small gourd, with both blessing and divinity.
All the researchers were obsessed with its "beauty", and everyone's eyes were as bright as seeing the divine light in the dark night.
They found the light in the dark night, they saw the light!
This was the first time they successfully cultivated a super giant pearl using the technology of inserting nuclei in giant mother-of-pearl. The pearl they cultivated was one gram heavier than the largest pearl in the world at that time.
"Success! Success!"
"This is the Pearl King!"
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When researcher Yao Changtai saw the pearl, his whole hand was shaking. They did not dare to touch the big pearl that was as beautiful as a gem in their eyes.
"Big news, big news, the Pearl King was cultivated on Qiongzhou Island!"
Various newspaper reporters are rushing to Qiongzhou Island. They want to interview the experimental station and take pictures of the Pearl King. Not only reporters, but also foreign merchants who heard the news are very curious about this magical Pearl King. Merchants who like to join in the excitement are very curious about this magical Pearl King.
This pearl king is kept in the experimental station. The researchers of the experimental station come to see it every day. In the past few days, the researchers of the experimental station have received several researchers from other places to introduce this magical pearl to them.
The villagers of Linshuixin Village also came to the experimental station to see the so-called pearl king, but they were not interested in the pearl and did not understand the researchers' excitement at all.
"Isn't this just a beautiful stone?"
"It doesn't look very good."
"It can't be eaten, what's the point of these researchers studying this all day long?"
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The villagers were not interested in this so-called pearl. They didn't know the significance of the birth of this pearl, nor did they know how much their village would change in the future.
Qin Rou learned the news of the birth of the Pearl King. She took a boat from Guangzhou back to Qiongzhou Island and came to her own pearl farm.
Not only the researchers at the experimental station were excited, but also the people in their pearl farm were very excited. The first batch of pearls from their Xunrou farm was about to come out.
"Open the pearls!!"
The people in the farm were working overtime to open the pearls. The first batch of pearls produced in the farm was not much, about 300 kilograms. Some of them were natural pearls produced by mother-of-pearl oysters caught in the deep sea by Qin Rou's contracted fishing boat.
These natural pearls are extremely precious and rare.
"So beautiful!! So beautiful!! These are all pearls! Pearls!!!" Meng Lan's expression was extremely excited. In front of her were baskets of beautiful and dazzling pearls. Under the reflection of the sun, those pearls almost dazzled her eyes.
What a brilliant light! A light that brings hope! How can there be such beautiful things in this world!!
Tears burst out of Meng Lan's eyes. These are the pearls that they have guarded and cultivated day by day with great effort.
The work of opening pearls is still going on. Qin Rou is also opening pearls by hand. They also found several villagers to help.
"Uncle, where is the pearl you just had in your hand?" Qin Rou stood in front of a man in his forties or fifties, looking very serious.
In the process of opening pearls, it is inevitable that some people secretly hide pearls, thinking that they can get something for nothing.
The uncle coughed and took out a pearl from his pocket, "Here it is, not here..."
"You have produced so many pearls here, so what if you take one or two away? You are such a stingy girl."
"It's just a broken stone, why did you work so hard to dig it out? You have nothing to do."
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"Uncle, we don't need you to work here."
Ah Shi took a brother to invite the uncle out and paid him a day's wages.
"Bah! It's just this broken stone!" Uncle Sun, who was driven out, regretted it very much. He wanted to make some extra money, but he was driven out without making much.
He just wanted to take some pearls home because they were beautiful, but who knew that the people in the factory were so stingy.
Working in a factory, who wouldn't secretly take some back home to supplement their family income?
"It's not a canning factory, I don't want to take such broken stones."
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"Be careful, you can't steal pearls, factory director, when you open the pearls, you must send a few people to watch and count them carefully."
Qin Rou nodded. She was very satisfied with Ah Shi's strict management of the factory.
Thousands of pearls were opened, and then there was a very detailed and complicated pearl grade distinction. They had to carefully distinguish the large and small pearls, not only by size, but also by quality.
The quality of pearls is extremely important. Size, shape, degree of flaws, luster... all of these affect the assessment of the grade of pearls. Qin Rou has simply classified pearls into five grades for the time being. The first grade pearls are the pearls of the best quality in this batch.
There are not many high-quality flawless pearls, but each one is exquisite. Qin Rou looked at the box of high-quality pearls in front of her, and her eyes were shining.
Her fingers were white and beautiful, and the gorgeous pearls were spread out in her palms. Qin Rou's movements were extremely careful, for fear of damaging these beautiful little things.
"So beautiful!" Qin Rou exclaimed sincerely.
These pearls are round, with almost no flaws visible to the naked eye. They are so perfect that they are breathtaking. Pearl necklaces made from such pearls will also be high-quality, top-grade pearl necklaces.
The first, second, and third grade pearls can all be used to make jewelry, while the remaining fourth and fifth grade pearls can only be used to grind pearl powder.
"So many pearls!" Meng Lan found herself surrounded by so many pearls, just like a dream.
These gorgeous jewels from the sea surrounded her, making her feel a little overwhelmed. She had grown crops and fed pigs before, but... she didn't know how to get along with these beautiful beads.
"Sister Qin Rou, will anyone buy so many pearls?" This was a question that had always been buried in Meng Lan's heart.
These pearls are beautiful, but is there anyone willing to spend money to buy them?
I have never heard of how to sell pearls in the past. They can't even afford to eat, so what's the use of pearls?
If they want to sell pearls, how can they sell them and to whom?
If they can't sell them, these beautiful pearls can only be piled up in a simple warehouse.
"Don't worry, they will definitely be sold!"
Qin Rou was confident that these pearls would not be difficult to sell, and in fact, it was true. Now it was nothing. In the future, a company's demand for pearls was measured in tons, and they could easily sell these pearls.
Moreover, the seawater was not polluted, clean and pleasant, the marine life was diverse and vigorous, the nutrients brought by the tide were rich, and they were the only ones who cultivated pearls near the harbor, so the pearls cultivated in such seawater were of extremely high quality.
The news that Qiongzhou Island cultivated the King of Pearls spread everywhere, and many people came to the island to see this rare super giant pearl.
Gao Le was a Chinese from Southeast Asia, who often traveled to several states in Europe and America to do business. Now that China's policies were open and there were many preferential policies, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was an opportunity to make a lot of money, and he also took the opportunity to invest and set up a factory in the coastal area.
His clothing factory was established. Gao Le heard that giant pearls were cultivated on Qiongzhou Island, so he came to see the excitement. Gao Le was originally a pearl lover and had a deep understanding of various pearls, so he came to see what the pearls cultivated on the South Island were like.
Gao Le first went to the experimental station to see the pearl king that made a sensation. This pearl was beautiful and rare, and it had great significance. It was estimated that it would be preserved in the museum as a collection in the future.
"Is there a pearl farm here?" Gao Le learned from the researchers that there was a pearl farm on the island, so he wanted to go to the pearl farm to see the quality of the pearls produced here.
Gao Le came to the Xunrou Pearl Farm, and his brows wrinkled slightly.
I have to say that the breeding farm in front of me is too simple. Although it is not shabby, these simple houses... don't look like a proper breeding farm.
"I want to see the pearls in your factory."
Qin Rou happened to be in the factory. She received this foreign businessman Gao Le. Qin Rou saw his dress and knew that he had been to several continents and was engaged in foreign trade. She immediately became interested.
Qin Rou took out a string of pearl necklaces. This string of necklaces is different. It is the highest quality pearls produced in this batch. Each pearl is round and beautiful, and you can't even find any flaws in it.
This can be said to be their "treasure of the factory."
In addition to this string of pearl necklaces, Qin Rou also took out a dozen beautiful natural seawater pearls. These are all natural pearls. Just its meaning alone makes people amazed and happy.
"This... These are the pearls you cultivated!!" Gao Le is an expert. He was completely impressed when he saw this string of pearls. This... This... This is something he saw in a simple factory.
Shouldn't such a precious necklace appear in a noble gathering in a magnificent castle?
Now it is lying in his hand so quietly.
Oh my God! ! ! !
"Have you sold your pearl necklace? I want it!! I want it!! Do you have any other pearls here? Bring them all to me!"
Gao Le couldn't control his excitement. Such high-quality pearls, if he took them away... he would be rich!!!
Gao Le took the pearl necklace away for 5,000 US dollars. At that time, the exchange rate between the US dollar and the domestic currency was 1:1.49, which means that one US dollar could be exchanged for about 1.49 yuan of domestic currency.
Compared with other luxury goods, this is not a particularly high price. Nowadays, a motorcycle in China costs about 8,000 to 10,000 yuan, and an ordinary car costs tens of thousands. As for international luxury cars, they cost hundreds of thousands.
The super giant pearl cultivated in the experimental station is even more precious. Such a super giant pearl can be sold at a high price of 30,000 US dollars at the auction.
Gao Le waved his hand and bought the top three grade pearls in Xunrou Pearl Factory. A total of 60,000 US dollars were sold, which is about 80,000 to 90,000 in domestic currency. A large part of the price was natural pearls.
"This is the pearl cultivated by our Xunrou Pearl Factory in Nandao. There will be more high-quality pearls produced next year."
Such a large international order shocked the local government! !
Pearls can be sold at such a high price? ! ! ! And they can cultivate pearls here? ! ! ! ! !
The whole Qiongzhou Island and even Guangdong Province were in an uproar.
"Oh my god!!! The pearl necklaces from their pearl factory sold for thousands of dollars!!"
"Pearls are actually sold one by one!"
"Qiongzhou Island has cultivated the Pearl King. Linshui is a Feng Shui treasure land. The pearl necklaces cultivated there can be sold for thousands of dollars!!"
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Various explosive news came out one after another, constantly impacting people's cognition. Even the people at the experimental station were shocked. When they were doing research, they didn't know the value of pearls, but now...
pearls are so valuable! ! !
"Ahhhh!!!!"
Not only were the people outside shocked, but even the people at Xunrou Farm were stunned. Hearing that astronomical number, Menglan felt as if she had never learned mathematics. She couldn't explain it clearly.
These pearls are like stars in the sky! ! !
"Dividends are distributed!!!"
Qin Rou was very happy to make money. She distributed thousands of dividends to the backbones of their breeding farm. Meng Lan was very excited holding the money. With so much money, she could buy beautiful clothes and shoes for her daughter. With more money, they could build a house! !
Ah Shi put the dividends away. Although he was silent and didn't say anything, his eyes were shining.
Their pearl breeding farm made money!!!
For the people of Xunrou Pearl Breeding Farm, their happiness not only came from making money, but also from various newspaper reporters vying to interview them. Qin Rou did not show up, and let Meng Lan speak to the reporters as a representative.
Menglan, a former country girl, was very nervous about facing so many reporters for the first time, but she was familiar with everything about pearl cultivation in her field of expertise.
She took a lot of photos with the reporters, and soon after, this report appeared in the newspaper.
"A string of pearl necklaces costs thousands of dollars!"
The story of their pearl farm was widely spread.
"Crazy, everyone is crazy now!!"
First, the villagers of Linshuixin Village were all excited. Raising pearls is so profitable, they want to raise pearls too!!
They surrounded the test station, "We also want to learn how to raise pearls!! "
"Everyone, be patient, learn in the pearl farm first, the government is going to open a state-owned pearl farm soon..."
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"I should have stolen a few earlier!" Uncle Sun, who was chased out, is even more upset now.
He didn't expect that broken stones like pearls would be so expensive, he should have tried his best to steal a few.
If he could steal a few, he would be rich!!
Uncle Sun's eyes were red as blood, so much money was placed in front of him, but he missed it.
Those pearls can be turned into US dollars! US dollars!
Uncle Sun, like everyone else, thought that pearls could be sold at a high price. In fact, only high-quality and good-looking pearls could be sold at a high price.
After the first batch of pearls was harvested, Qin Rou's pearl farm decided to expand the regeneration and increase the scope of pearl cultivation. At the same time, more and more ships traveled between Guangdong Province and Qiongzhou Island. Many people who saw the reports went to Qiongzhou Island to enjoy the water. They also wanted to engage in pearl cultivation! !
Not only state-owned pearl farms were opened, but also various joint-venture individual pearl farms were blossoming around. The state-owned pearl farm was called Hairou State-owned Pearl Farm. In addition to Hairou Pearl, there were also several other pearl farms such as Airou, Zhenrou, Zuirou, Piaorou, etc., surrounding Qin Rou's "Xunrou" pearl farm.
When interviewed by various reporters before, Qin Rou asked Meng Lan and reporters to focus on increasing the public's attention to "Xunrou Pearls" and take the lead in striving to promote the effect of their brand so that people around them would know that there is such a "Xunrou Pearl".
As a result, the effect of Nandao Xunrou Pearl was achieved, and the Xunrou Pearl Factory, which "sold pearl necklaces for thousands of dollars", was extremely eye-catching, but this also meant that various copycats were coming.
Isn't your name Xunrou? Then I'll be called Piaorou, Jirou, Meirou...
Qin Rou: "..."
Comrade Xiao Qin was stunned when she saw those "factory signs". The pearl farm hasn't even opened yet, but they've already grabbed the name in advance. They've taken the name first. The factory building hasn't been built yet, so they've hung up the sign to let the public know so that people around them don't have the same name in the future.
Qin Rou knew that after her pearl factory became famous, other people would definitely open pearl farms, but she didn't expect that the name she picked casually could cause such a butterfly effect.
Qin Rou covered her forehead. Oh my God, in the future, all kinds of pearl farms will bloom everywhere in Linshui, and all kinds of "Rou" will bloom everywhere as well.
She regretted that she shouldn't have named herself "Xunrou" which was similar to her name.
As expected, the thing that cannot be chosen casually in this world is a name.
"Sister Qin Rou, it seems that they are going to open a Shrimp and Rou Pearl Factory?" Meng Lan and others also noticed the lively atmosphere of the factory opening, and the people in their factory also went to inquire about the situation.
"What? Xia Rou?" Qin Rou was really speechless. It's okay if you say Ai Rou Piao Rou Hai Rou, but now you are also talking about a Xia Rou Pearl Factory.
"Shrimp, shrimp, shrimp, shrimp and pearl factory! It seems that it was invested and opened by a boss from Hong Kong. He loves to eat shrimp, so he said to call it Xia Rou."
Qin Rou: "..."
Qin Rou thought that she had named it casually enough, but she didn't expect that there were people who named it more casually than herself.
These shrimp pearls don't sound like beautiful pearls, and they have nothing to do with women's jewelry. Instead, they look like snacks like shrimp chips.
Damn shrimp pearls.
Qin Rou was speechless.
Menglan saved her dividend. Although she received so much dividend, she was very worried at this time: "Sister Qin Rou, do you think that so many pearl farms have been opened around us, will it affect our factory?" "
What are you afraid of? Our factory opened first, so we are one step ahead of the surrounding people. Now our factory is also stepping up to recruit more people, and we must recruit people with good character to strengthen the management of the farm." Qin Rou had expected such a scene. As long as pearls were known to people, all kinds of people who wanted to raise pearls would naturally come in an endless stream. In the future, more and more people will open pearl farms here.
At present, they have to take the lead. Pearl farming takes years, not just one or two days.
When more people enter the pearl farming market, they will enter a mixed market. If they want to stand out, they will need to work harder to make their Xunrou Pearl Farm famous.
"We at Xunrou Pearl Farm must pay attention to the quality of pearls!"
Qin Rou's goal is to make money in the mixed market in the future, and to survive for countless years to come. They must make their Xunrou Pearl Farm famous. They must produce the best pearls!
If they want to build a pearl brand, they must ensure the quality of their products and fight a good battle to protect quality. This is one of the difficulties in the future development of their farm.
When more and more pearl farmers emerge and the fame of South Island pearls spreads, more people will come here with "fake" South Island pearls to fish in troubled waters. Because of the pearl farms here, the originally clear and clean seawater will also be affected, as well as the captured deep-sea pearl oysters...
In today's unregulated market, many industries will adopt this thirsty fishing method, and after a huge period of prosperity, they will eventually end in a miserable decline.
But no one can stop it, because you can't stop people from making quick money. In the past, everyone was afraid of poverty. Now that there is finally a way to make money, the most important thing now is to make money.
Now the government also encourages everyone to make more money. If more cultured pearls are exported, more foreign exchange can be earned.
"Well, our Xunrou Pearl Farm will definitely get better and better!!!"
Seeing the prosperous scene, Menglan smiled happily. She is no longer the country girl in the past. She has dealt with foreigners, she began to learn to speak English, she has received US dollars, and she has been on the newspapers! !
They said she is better than those college students! !
"Mengla, congratulations on your factory." Cui Mingzhan, a researcher at the experimental station, came to the farm and saw the young island woman in front of him, and couldn't help but send blessings.
During this year, because he often came to the factory to exchange ideas about pearl cultivation, Cui Mingzhan and Meng Lan had a lot of contacts and interactions. He felt that this girl on the island was shy and enthusiastic, very tenacious, and worked hard to take root in pearl cultivation, which made him admire her very much.
"Thank you, this is a pearl I cultivated, I'll give you one."
"Thank you for teaching me how to study textbooks before!" Meng Lan gave Cui Mingzhan a beautiful seawater pearl, and didn't say much to him, turning around and going back to work in the factory.
"My mother and my daughter are very happy that our factory has sold pearls."
Meng Lan actually felt a little bit of ambiguity between herself and Cui Mingzhan, but she knew that it was impossible for them to be together. She was a woman abandoned by a man, and she had a daughter. How could her family accept a woman like her, a well-educated and knowledgeable scientific researcher?
So Meng Lan now distanced herself from Cui Mingzhan.
She didn't want to think about other things now, and she didn't want to find another man. She just wanted to run the pearl breeding factory with Sister Qin Rou, take care of her parents at home, raise her daughter, and send her daughter to college in the future!
Cui Mingzhan clenched the pearl in his palm. When he looked at Menglan's back, there was a bit of loss in his eyes. He had already sensed Menglan's avoidance.
And he himself didn't know what he was thinking.
The daughter that Menglan emphasized just now was very uncomfortable for Cui Mingzhan. It seemed that Menglan was deliberately pulling her away from him.
"I'll treat you to a meal, Cui Mingzhan."
Lin Guisheng still remembered the bet he made with Cui Mingzhan. Lin Guisheng was also a staff member of the test station. Qin Rou wanted to open a pearl farm before, and Lin Guisheng made a bet with Cui Mingzhan. He bet that Qin Rou's pearl farm could not be opened, but he didn't expect that the other party's pearl farm actually produced excellent pearls and sold them at a staggering price.
He had to admire the woman named Qin Rou.
This woman was so amazing. She had her own ideas about pearl breeding. The pearls she raised according to the method she tested were of good quality and beautiful.
"Let's go, let's have a meal at the state-owned hotel!"
Although he was in a low mood, Cui Mingzhan still smiled and had a meal with Lin Guisheng.
After the meal, Lin Guisheng said to him, "Cui Mingzhan, I'm going to quit my job at the test station. Do you want to join me?"
Cui Mingzhan was surprised and asked, "What do you want to do?" Lin
Guisheng had already made up his mind. He contacted his family and former brothers in China. He planned to pool money with others to open a pearl farm in Linshui.
In the past, Lin Guisheng always disliked the job on the island and planned to go to Guangzhou to try his luck. Now he actually found a business opportunity to make money on Qiongzhou Island, so he must seize this opportunity.
"I want to open a pearl farm, Cui Mingzhan, come with me. We are both technicians and understand this technology. I believe that the pearl farm we open together will make a lot of money in the future!"
This is why Lin Guisheng was willing to invite Cui Mingzhan to dinner. He wanted to recruit Cui Mingzhan to work with him in pearl farming. "Come with me to Guirou Pearl Farm!"
"Guirou Pearl?!" Cui Mingzhan really didn't expect that Lin Guisheng actually had the idea of starting a new business. He wanted to quit his public job and start a pearl farm.
"We are national scientific research personnel."
"So what? Can we make a lot of money? Just get so little salary? Why don't we open our own factory to make a lot of money? Don't you want to buy a color TV and a refrigerator and live a good life? Times have changed now!!" Lin Guisheng tried his best to convince Cui Mingzhan. The breeding model of Qin Rou's pearl farm was known to them more clearly, or rather, Cui Mingzhan knew more about the pearl breeding model of Xunrou Pearl Farm.
Lin Guisheng had never paid attention to the pearl farm before, but Cui Mingzhan was close to the island woman named Meng Lan, so he knew more about the breeding model of Xunrou Pearl Farm.
As long as Cui Mingzhan is pulled over, Lin Guisheng believes that his Guirou Pearl Farm will make a lot of money in the future. He plans to put all his net worth into it and apply for a bank loan. The bank is now begging people to lend money.
"Cui Mingzhan, let's make a lot of money together!"
Cui Mingzhan shook his head: "No, Lin Guisheng, I need to think about it..."
Cui Mingzhan's mind is extremely confused now. Open a pearl farm? This is something he has never thought about before. Besides, even if he wants to open a pearl farm, he wants to...
Cui Mingzhan rejected Lin Guisheng's invitation.
"Cui Mingzhan, think about it again."
Faced with Cui Mingzhan's stubbornness, Lin Guisheng could only shake his head. Even if Cui Mingzhan was unwilling to join his pearl farm, Lin Guisheng still had a way to grow pearls.
He was a technician and knew more about pearl farming than those amateurs. Lin Guisheng believed that the pearls he grew would be very popular and sold at an enviable high price! !
Aunt Fu's family was very happy recently. The pearl farm where her daughter worked successfully grew pearls, and her daughter Menglan was even in the newspaper! What a great honor! The ancestral tomb of their old Fu family was smoking! !
"Our Menglan is so successful! She raises pearls! The pearls she raises can be sold for US dollars!"
"I envy your Menglan, can our family raise pearls too?"
"Go ask the Chen family, the one from the Chen family is Qin Rou's biological sister."
"Menglan also knows the technology of pearl breeding, did you know? Do you think you can just pee on it to raise pearls? You have to know the technology, otherwise what if the shell dies and doesn't spit out pearls for you?"
"It was said on the radio, what technology from some station, we are uneducated, what technology can we understand?!"
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When Menglan returned home, she was surrounded by many people. She smiled and sent away these country folk one by one. Now she has become more and more confident. Her mother, Aunt Fu, said that she also looks like a beautiful pearl.
An aunt from their family came to visit her home and talked to Menglan for a long time.
"Menlan, your uncle also wants to open a pearl breeding factory with someone else. Come over and work with your uncle!"
"Working with outsiders is better than working with your family. Your uncle will never treat you badly."
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Menglan shook her head and refused: "No, auntie, I want to work with Sister Qin Rou, I won't work with anyone else."
"You child, why are you so disobedient? Sister, why don't you come and take care of your daughter?"
Aunt Fu said lightly: "Menlan is doing well in someone else's factory. If you want to open a factory, just open it, don't involve her."
Aunt Fu and Menglan sent this relative away. In the past few days, many people came to pull her to open a pearl factory, but Menglan did not agree.
"Yes, we can't agree to it. We should be grateful and work hard with your sister Qin Rou!"