Living like a salted fish in the end times

Chapter 182 Plant Meat

"Okay, stop flattering, take me in and have a look around quickly, if you want me to invest, you have to come up with some achievements, right?"

Zhang Hao urged with a smile.

The eldest nephew probably discovered some great new business opportunity. He swore before that he didn't need to invest, but he slapped himself in the face within two months.

"Uncle, there is nothing to see in the office area, shall I take you to the laboratory directly?"

"What are you waiting for? Lead the way."

Zhang Hao nodded.

Soon, a group of people came to the laboratory.

Each floor of Huizhong Building is about square meters, and the laboratory occupies almost two-thirds of the area, which is equivalent to a small dust-free workshop.

Putting on the dust-free clothes, Zhang Hao scanned the surroundings, and couldn't help asking curiously: "Hey, isn't it too small? Where did these experimental equipment come from?"

"Half of it was bought from the other side, and the other half was bought from the local second-hand market. Nowadays, too many factories have closed down, and second-hand equipment is everywhere, and the price is very cheap."

Cao Fan replied with a smile.

"How cheap?"

Zhang Hao put on the dust-free cap casually.

"My laboratory has been completed, and the total cost is 500 million."

Cao Fan couldn't help being a little proud.

Zhang Hao nodded: "The price is really not expensive. I heard that some experimental equipment costs tens of millions of dollars per set. It's worth the money."

"Hey, the main reason is that I don't need too sophisticated equipment here. Artificial meat sounds high-end, but it doesn't have too complicated scientific principles."

After Cao Fan finished speaking, he pointed to a middle-aged man wearing glasses beside him and introduced:

"Uncle, this is Professor Hou Junsheng, the person in charge of our laboratory. He graduated from Xiaqing University and has more than 20 years of experience in research and development of artificial meat. I specially invited him to Shanghai. He has been busy since he came. Never rested."

Zhang Hao reached out and shook his hand: "Professor Hou, you have worked hard!"

"It's not hard work, I'm ashamed to say, thanks to Mr. Cao this time, otherwise I would still be unemployed at home, and the monthly mortgage of to yuan is overwhelming."

Hou Junsheng looked very excited.

Zhang Hao and Hou Junsheng chatted casually, and felt that the other party was a talent, so they proposed:

"Director Hou, you are working in Huicheng now, have you ever thought about moving here?"

"Of course I thought about it. It's just that there is a household registration restriction in Huicheng. I have already applied for it. It will take a year's waiting time at the earliest."

Hou Junsheng sighed helplessly.

Speaking of it, fortunately he has a Ph.D degree and is a senior talent, otherwise he would not even be eligible to apply.

"Well, I personally have a suggestion for you, sell the house in Shencheng quickly, and then take over the family together, rent a house for the time being, and buy a house when you get the household registration next year."

This winter is also difficult. Although Shencheng is the largest city in China, its population is almost 2.5 times that of Huicheng, and the pressure is much greater than that of Huicheng.

After all, Huicheng has an ice-free port.

Hou Junsheng was a little hesitant: "Mr. Zhang, the housing prices in Shanghai have risen rapidly recently. Is it too much of a loss to sell the house now? In fact, it will be the same next year."

"It's not as optimistic as you think. Shanghai is different from ordinary cities. It is a super-large city. According to the current situation, whether it is material supply or energy supply, the pressure is very high."

"Dong Zhang, what do you mean?"

"Shencheng housing prices are already at the top of the mountain, and there is no room for any increase in the future."

"Uncle, can't you?"

Cao Fan couldn't help but interjected.

Zhang Hao put on a sophisticated look: "Winter will be here in one month, and if there are no accidents, this year will be colder than last year. Shencheng does not produce coal, and the port is not ice-free. The pressure can be imagined. "

"This……"

Hou Junsheng became worried for a moment.

The person in front of him is not an unknown person, but a business tycoon with a net worth of hundreds of billions. He must have a long-term vision than ordinary people, so he couldn't help but believe it.

Cao Fan took the opportunity to persuade: "Professor Hou, don't be afraid of yuan in everything, but just in case, whether you sell the house or not, why don't you take over your family first?"

Hou Junsheng has a stable job and has obtained a temporary residence permit, allowing his immediate family members to come with him.

"Yes, I'll call home after get off work."

Hou Junsheng nodded repeatedly.

"That's all right. I'll give you a week off later. It's just a vacation. You go back and pick up your family."

Cao Fan is not the kind of boss who cares about everything.

"Thank you, Mr. Cao." Hou Junsheng said gratefully.

……

After a small episode, the visit officially started, and Hou Junsheng personally acted as the narrator.

"Mr. Zhang, this is our production line. It adopts the most advanced 3D printing technology, which greatly reduces the production steps. The whole production process only takes ten minutes, which is convenient and quick."

Cao Fan picked up a piece of artificial meat that had just been produced, and handed it to the old uncle:

"This round cake is our final product, weighing about grams, using advanced food processing technology to simulate meat with plant ingredients, commonly known as plant meat.

It is a bit like the vegetarian chicken we usually eat. Although their main raw material is soybean protein, the production process is not at the same level at all. "

Zhang Hao was amazed: "How much does such a large piece of artificial meat cost?"

"Mr. Zhang, many people in the West are allergic to peanuts and soy foods, but this is not a problem for Easterners at all, which saves a lot of trouble.

Our main raw material is soybeans, and the source is simple and abundant, so the cost is only two-thirds of that on the other side, and the price of each piece is about yuan. "

"Two hundred? One thousand per catty? Isn't it more expensive than real meat? Are soybeans so expensive?"

Zhang Hao subconsciously shook his head.

It's no wonder that in the dream, this thing was not promoted, and the cost was a flaw.

Hou Junsheng quickly explained: "Dong Zhang, in order to allow people to fry vegetable meat like real meat, we used rapeseed oil and butter to prepare ingredients close to animal fat.

Butter, in particular, can mimic saturated fatty acids that solidify at low temperatures.

In addition, in order to make the plant meat have a texture similar to real meat after frying, potato starch and methylcellulose are also used in the ingredients. "

"So complicated?" Zhang Hao said dumbly.

"More than that? In order to simulate the real taste of meat, a lot of synthetic spices and some trace elements are added to the plant meat, such as sunflower lecithin, sodium calcium alginate, and vitamin B.

The next step is to add water, sodium salt, potassium salt, and iron salt to simulate the state of water in the cells of real meat to ensure that it tastes soft and juicy. "

Zhang Hao looked at his nephew after hearing this: "Is this the production process you bought?"

"Well, it was even more complicated. We made some modifications based on the actual situation."

"Not enough, there are too many raw materials, the cost is too high, and it has no practical value, and we need to continue to modify it."

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