The next morning.
Su Yuzhen arrived at the gate of the military compound, holding the temporary pass that Xia Mengsheng had given her.
The guards at the gate carefully checked the identification and made a phone call to confirm before letting me through.
Xia Mengsheng was already waiting inside, and immediately came to greet Su Yuzhen upon seeing her.
"Yuzhen, why are you looking for me so urgently? What happened?"
"Mengsheng, our family is in big trouble."
Su Yuzhen recounted in detail how Greengrass Group stole germplasm resources.
"My dad said this concerns national agricultural security, and we must find professionals to help."
Upon hearing this, Xia Mengsheng's expression immediately turned serious.
"Come on, I'll take you to see someone."
The two arrived at a small building of the military region's logistics department. Xia Mengsheng led Su Yuzhen up to the third floor with ease and knocked on the door of an office.
"Professor Li, I apologize for disturbing you."
Behind the desk sat an elderly man with gray hair, wearing thick glasses, flipping through a heavy English book.
Hearing the voice, he looked up and immediately smiled when he saw Xia Mengsheng.
Xia Xia, what brings you here?
"Professor Li, this is Su Yuzhen. Her father is Su Jianguo, who runs the 'military-civilian joint construction' vegetable base."
Xia Mengsheng explained.
"They've encountered a tricky problem and would like to ask for your help."
Professor Li adjusted his glasses and gestured for the two to sit down.
Tell me about it.
Su Yuzhen laid out the samples and materials she had brought on the table one by one.
"This is a cold-resistant cucumber variety cultivated at our base, and now a foreign company is trying to steal our germplasm resources..."
After listening, Professor Li immediately picked up the sample and examined it carefully, and then looked through the planting records brought by Su Yuzhen.
His expression grew increasingly serious.
"This variety's cold resistance is indeed exceptional. If its gene sequencing is completed, its estimated value on the international market will be at least tens of millions of US dollars."
"That valuable?"
Su Yuzhen's eyes widened in surprise.
"Not only that."
Professor Li said seriously.
"These local varieties often contain unique genetic fragments, the result of generations of selective breeding by farmers. If foreign companies were to register patents first, the consequences would be unimaginable."
Xia Mengsheng interjected.
"Professor Li, could you help them with a professional assessment? Preferably one with legal validity."
"sure."
Professor Li stood up and took a document from the bookshelf.
"These are the relevant regulations of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (IUPAC), and your situation fully complies with the national regulations on the protection of germplasm resources."
As the three were talking, the office door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man in military uniform walked in.
"Old Li, what about the data from that cold-resistance experiment last time..."
The visitor paused for a moment when he saw the young man inside the room.
"Minister Wang!"
Xia Mengsheng immediately stood up and saluted.
Minister Wang recognized Xia Mengsheng.
"Xia? What are you doing here?"
His gaze shifted to Su Yuzhen, then to the samples on the table, as if he understood something.
"Is it because of the Su family?"
Professor Li explained.
"Minister Wang, the situation is more serious than we imagined. The cucumber variety that Greengrass Group is eyeing is incredibly valuable on the international market."
Minister Wang's expression immediately turned serious.
"Come on, let's talk in my office."
In a confidential conference room in the military region, Su Yuzhen recounted the whole story once again.
After listening, Minister Wang immediately picked up the red phone on the table.
"Connect to the security department."
After hanging up the phone, Minister Wang said to the three of them.
"This is not a simple matter. Greengrass Group appears to be a foreign-invested enterprise, but according to our intelligence, it may be linked to an international technology espionage network."
"So what should we do now?"
Su Yuzhen asked anxiously.
Minister Wang pondered for a moment.
"Don't alert them yet. Here's the arrangement: Professor Li will be responsible for issuing the professional assessment report, and I'll send two technical investigators to assist you in gathering evidence. As for Boss Su..."
He looked at Xia Mengsheng.
"Go there yourself and explain the situation clearly. Remember, keep this matter to a minimum for now."
That afternoon, Xia Mengsheng drove Su Yuzhen back to Sujiatun.
After listening to the report, Su Jianguo frowned.
"Just as I suspected. I knew this wasn't a simple matter."
"Dad, Minister Wang said we should collect evidence first."
Su Yuzhen said.
Su Jianguo nodded, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.
"Since they want our breed, then we'll give them a 'breed'."
He turned to Su Mingqiang.
"Mingqiang, I remember the Academy of Agricultural Sciences gave us a few experimental varieties?"
Su Mingqiang immediately understood his father's meaning.
"You mean... setting a trap using fake samples?"
"good."
Su Jianguo sneered.
“Take out that experimental variety with poor disease resistance and low yield, and give it a good ‘packaging’.”
For the next three days, everything seemed normal on the surface, but in reality, the Su family was making preparations in earnest.
Su Mingqiang, along with several trusted technicians, carefully "cultivated" a batch of special cucumber seedlings.
These seedlings look exactly like their flagship varieties, but they are actually experimental products rejected by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
at the same time.
Su Jianjun and the military's intelligence agents closely monitored the movements of the Green Harvest Group.
They discovered that Lin Shirong sent people to loiter around the base almost every day, clearly waiting for an opportunity.
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