Carrying a Jurassic on me-Chapter 768 - 398 Beef Banquet, Discussing Beef_1

"Enough with the small talk, let’s get straight to the point! Can I have a look at the qualification documents for the field? Also, there should be contracts for the cooperation with Hong Kong, right? Can you show them to me? I just want to confirm a few things. If there’s any information that involves your commercial secrets and not convenient to disclose, I won’t ask. You can rest assured that anything I see here that you need to keep confidential, I promise I won’t blab about after leaving here."

"The basic information seems fine. Our company has also started cooperative cattle raising, right? I heard that you’ve signed cooperative agreements with hundreds of households. The partnership agreements aren’t commercial secrets, right? Can I take a look at them?"

"Are any of the cooperative breeders located nearby? We’re a bit stretched for time, could we maybe go to a close-by place for a quick look..."

"By the way, this mushroom farming and earthworm breeding, they are not far from here right? Let’s go check them out!"

"Among your workers, which ones are disabled or have gone through retraining? Good, good, very well, keep it up..."

"This cold chain technology is the most advanced one currently, right? Who is in charge of managing these devices and technical workers? Do you have a dedicated vet for disease prevention?"

"How is the progress on your beef jerky factory?"

"..."

Yan Fei felt he had broadened his horizons yet again. People from the city are really something. Straightforward and efficient, and serious, to be sure. After arriving, they had everyone spinning in circles. Going everywhere on the car as if it belonged to them, using gasoline as if it was free. Their speech is rapid-fire, and their brisk walking pace is grabbing all the attention. They’re clear-cut and unambiguous.

Everyone feels overwhelmed. They only note things down in their notebooks after they’ve seen it with their own eyes. They’re so meticulous about inspecting the cows; they verify the ear tags on the cows against the registered record book. When they enter the village, they casually ask people around, as if they’re afraid of being deceived.

They even checked how Zhang Hui and the two interns were using the machinery, whether they could really operate them, and even checked their work credentials – which doesn’t exist in the cattle farm. The two newly converted full-time interns showed their graduation certificates.

When checking the silage, they got hands-on, and were not bothered by the dirt when checking the earthworms and mushrooms - inspecting everything very carefully, as if they didn’t trust anything...

By the time they had finished inspecting everything, dinnertime had long passed.

While they’re busily rushing around, Yan Fei was just strolling along with them, free to let his mind wander – when they were checking the graduation certificates, Yan Fei was wondering why he never got a middle school graduation certificate when he was in high school; When they were frightened at the sight of a tiger, he wondered whether he should apply for a subsidy for the tiger...

Not only Yan fei, but even the others also felt that the secretary of the vice mayor, who allegedly oversaw the economy in the city, was a bit overzealous. They were also left puzzled. Everything is in plain sight, is it necessary to inspect so meticulously? Could it be they’re picking faults because they have a grudge against us?

Surprisingly, it really seemed that way!

It wasn’t until they had finished inspecting everything, around midnight according to countryside standards, that Secretary Wu finally resolved their doubts at dinner, "Don’t be surprised everyone. The main reason is that there was a scandal in a city near us recently. If it weren’t for the recent sovereignty handover of Hong Kong, everyone would have probably already known about it."

As soon as they heard about the scandal, everyone pricked up their ears, very interested.

"The vice-mayor of that city went down for an inspection, also of a cattle breeding farm. The work team initially saw hundreds of cows. It was only after the farm was promoted on television and newspapers, that someone reported that the farm was a hoax. Those cows were rented from various village households at a rate of five dollars per cow per day."

The moment Secretary Wu finished speaking, everyone in the room looked shocked.

Can you even fake it like this?

This is the downside of undeveloped information consultation, these folks sometimes really were as naive as they seemed, they hadn’t heard or understood a lot of things. Actually, that neighboring city was neither the first nor will it be the last to rent cattle to pass inspections and inflate political achievements. They’ve even painted half a mountain green using green paint to pretend it’s flourishing vegetation!

No wonder there’s a phrase called ’maddeningly outrageous,’ right?

No wonder Secretary Wu and his team were so careful. Yan Fei just happened to catch this. That scandal just broke, and the ’big good news’ that his beef was being sold to Hong Kong was just announced, it was just too coincidental...

Mayor Chen immediately stood up to make a statement: "Secretary Wu, you can rest easy. Our Boss Yan is a genuine genius. This cattle farm was built single-handedly by him, we all have witnessed it. I can vouch that none of the achievements here have been exaggerated. I can guarantee this with my position as mayor. If there are any issues, you can take my hat (position) first, I won’t argue."

Secretary Wu laughed and said, "Mayor Chen, you’re too kind. I trust my own eyes and they aren’t mistaken. What I can’t believe is Boss Yan’s age! To achieve so much at such a young age!"

As the conversation went on, dishes began to be served. After several courses, Secretary Wu glanced at Boss Yan with surprise, "This is indeed a cattle farm. All the dishes are beef-related!"

He was right. Even Mayor Chen and Old Pan found the beef dishes excessive. Other county officials that accompanied them were also puzzled about what Boss Yan was up to.

Look at these dishes: they started with beef jerky and cold beef salad, followed by sautéed beef, green pepper stir-fried with beef tendon, beef stew, beef tripe noodle soup, beef offal, meatballs, and beef stew with potatoes...

It was a complete beef banquet!

Aren’t they worried about how everyone will digest this late at night?

Upon seeing the food, some started to worry about whether the toilets would be enough later in the night...

Yan Fei chuckled, "I have to let Secretary Wu taste how good our beef is, which is being sold to Hong Kong. But that’s only a small part of it, most of it is still here. We don’t even dare to sell it in the market now, but instead give them to friends and relatives. We eat as much as we can for ourselves. Otherwise, it would be a waste."

The county’s people were a bit confused, but the locals had some hunch. No wonder Yan had been holding onto those ’Letters to City Leaders’ without handing them out. Turns out he’s been waiting for this moment!

However...

People like Mayor Chen who were more knowledgeable were a bit puzzled at the young Boss Yan. They weren’t sure if he really had no clue or was just pretending...

Despite the somewhat ridiculous beef banquet, the timing of his questioning was just right.

If he had presented this letter when they had just arrived without any verification, it would definitely have given a bad first impression. Regardless of how well the event is, the first impression would be, ’The young owner of this cattle farm is quite bristly...’

But now, with all the achievements displayed and verified by everyone, it had been fully proven that this cattle farm was a solidly and diligently operated, innovative and proactive enterprise. The owner is a young man of foresight, pragmatism, and gratitude...

At this moment, presenting these letters was as appropriate as it can get...

Upon hearing what Yan Fei said, Secretary Wu, who could ’get the hint from a half-spoken suggestion,’ immediately realized there was a problem. After all, as the secretary of a city mayor, Wu had seen many situations, and Yan Fei’s small tactics meant nothing to him.

If it were at other times, Wu would have played dumb and ignored him, rendering Yan unable to further execute his plans. However, at this point, Wu’s impression of Yan was quite positive. After this visit, Wu’s evaluation of Yan’s cattle farm was one word: solid.

One common mistake many enterprises make when they encounter opportunities for rapid development is blind expansion, leading to shaky foundations. Businesses that have experienced such rise and fall are countless. When business is good, they’re on top of the world. But when there’s a single setback, they collapse, and not even deities could rescue them.

However, this small town’s cattle farm had a truly solid foundation. The calves distributed exemplify this foundation. As long as they keep persevering, the cattle farm wouldn’t need to worry about obtaining fattened cows even when there’s a massive market fluctuation.

There’s no blind expansion either; the mushroom and earthworm projects were in operation long before profits started rolling in. Money started coming in before they even thought of expanding - and that was just a few greenhouses, which seemed rather cautious in Secretary Wu’s eyes.

The profits were already coming in, the technology was mature, they partially possessed the sales network, and the investment needed was not large. To be honest, the investment was hardly an investment at all. Ingredients were free, hiring a few extra hands didn’t cost much, and only the greenhouses could be considered a legitimate investment.

Under such conditions, Boss Yan could have taken bigger, even massive steps forward.

And then there’s the beef jerky factory. The raw materials were readily available, and once the beef gains recognition, selling beef jerky wouldn’t be a problem. Yet, the size of the ’beef jerky processing workshop’ didn’t look like it was meant for large-scale operations...

This was Secretary Wu’s thought process over the afternoon. He began with skepticism, but towards the end, he was almost anxious for Boss Yan. With all these favorable conditions, it would be a waste not to seize this opportunity to expand!

Hong Kong is using your beef, you could definitely try your luck in those coastal cities. Find more clients - even if I don’t know much about beef, I know that the beef bought in Hong Kong can’t be too bad, right?

Because of this impression, when Yan Fei spoke cryptically, Secretary Wu was very cooperative, showing his concern through his facial expressions, tone, and gestures: "What’s wrong? Has Boss Yan encountered some trouble?"

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