Living like a salted fish in the end times

Chapter 318 Shocking Scandal
Artificial meat companies rely on policies to reward food. Although they have been tepid over the years, they have not lost much money anyway, and they can basically guarantee a balance of income and expenditure.

For this kind of high-tech company, as long as there is no huge loss, Zhang Hao's consistent attitude is to reduce human intervention as much as possible and let it develop.

Zhang Chongxin still trusted his grandson very much, and did not raise any objections, and quickly changed his target:
"And that special thing..."

"Dad, it's Tesla."

Zhang Hao corrected.

"Got it, it's a local company, why do you have to choose a Western-style name?" Zhang Chongxin complained.

Zhang Guoji immediately helped to answer: "Grandpa, the Tesla brand has great potential, because apart from Faraday, Tesla is the only well-known scientist related to electricity. My father has a vicious vision and moves very quickly."

"Dad, your eldest grandson explained it very well. Who made our modern science lag behind others? This company, I am going to directly compete with Faraday. If you don't believe me, let's wait and see." Zhang Hao said confidently.

Zhang Chongxin showed a look of disgust: "Don't talk about it with me, Faraday has been acquired by BYD, what's so awesome about it? Let me tell you, today is different from the past, your kind of xenophiliac thinking... is not good."

"All right, all right, you're always right, can't I change it?" Zhang Hao coaxed immediately.

"Stop talking nonsense, let's quickly talk about Tesla's situation. Did it make a profit last year or lose it?"

Zhang Chongxin heard the perfunctory in his son's tone.

Zhang Hao nodded with a smile: "Of course I made money. Didn't I just say that Minde Times cut two-thirds of its production capacity, and Tesla finally didn't have to lose money to support the parent company. Last year, it made about seven or eight dollars." If everything goes well this year, the profit can be doubled again.”

Since he took control of Minde Times, Tesla was directly merged into Minder Times under his arrangement and became a subsidiary company for the convenience of management.

In fact, Tesla has developed very fast because of the dividends from large-scale infrastructure construction in recent years. As of last year, it has established sub-bases throughout the federation. Among the same industry, the scale is second only to the Federal Supply and Marketing Cooperative Subsidiary Waste Management Bureau.

"If you want me to say, you should have listened to me. Well-run companies should be vigorously supported. Those that are not well-run must stop losses in time. Those that should be laid off should be laid off, and those that should be closed should not be mixed together. The last one will not be healed. "

"Dad, in order to control Minde Times, I have invested hundreds of billions of dollars. If the company is allowed to close down, all those investments will be in vain."

Zhang Hao spread his hands.

"Didn't BYD want to acquire Minde Times? It's really impossible to sell it, right? If you lose, you will lose."

Zhang Chongxin frowned.

Unlike the Minde era, BYD has been enjoying great success in recent years. With its advanced technology, its market share once exceeded 50.00%, and it has become a well-deserved leader in the automotive industry.

"Let me surrender to BYD?" Zhang Hao immediately raised his eyebrows when he heard the words: "This is absolutely impossible! I can't swallow this breath!"

"Don't be impulsive when doing business."

Zhang Chongxin tried to persuade him.

Zhang Hao quickly explained: "Dad, to tell you the truth, I am very optimistic about the prospects of graphene batteries. Even if I invest another 1000 billion, I will be happy."

"Don't be too confident, I think you are a little arrogant now, and arrogance is often the beginning of failure..." Zhang Chongxin babbled a lot.

Seeing this, Li Dajuan quickly interrupted: "Okay, father and son, stop talking about business, hurry up and eat, and when there is a bonfire party in the village, let's join in the fun together."

"What kind of bonfire party are you having in such a cold day? It's really nothing to do."

Zhang Chongxin said something against his will.

It's cold, you don't need to ask, you know, there must be no part for yourself.

Li Dajuan explained casually: "Didn't the village head change last month? This event was organized by the new village head. I guess I want to have some fun together."

After all, Village Chief Fan is old and has passed the retirement age long ago. Finally, after the vote of all the villagers, the throne of village chief was passed on to the deputy village chief, that is, Fan Youwei, the eldest of their family.

This phenomenon is very common in rural grassroots.

"Grandma, it's about having fun with the people."

Zhang Guodong rushed to add.

"An'an in our family is really smart." Li Dajuan praised immediately, "I also heard that the village will expand the scale of earthworm breeding in the next year."

"Aren't there only a few basements in the village? How can there be room for expansion?" Zhang Hao frowned.

"It is said that part of the apartment will be emptied out, so there will be a place for it?"

"Apartments? It's illegal for them to do that."

"I have to break the law. People in the village have had a very difficult life these past few years. Who doesn't want to share more rations? People are starving to death. How can they care about so much?"

Li Dajuan shook her head, and casually picked up a big chicken leg for her grandson.

Shawei Village was originally a rich village, but with the passage of time, the villagers' food reserves have long since been exhausted. They have lived through a hard life for several years.

The only advantage at present is the mushroom plantation and earthworm farm in the village. Although the output is limited, it is better than nothing.

Zhang Hao immediately paid attention to it: "This matter is not that simple. It is not enough to just have a venue. It is illegal for them to purchase earthworm feed at all."

Zhang Chongxin interjected: "It's not easy, they definitely want to ask you for help."

"It's useless to find me, and I can't help it."

Zhang Hao shrugged.

"Why not? Don't you have 3000 to million tons of feed? Are you running out so soon?"

"That's not true." Zhang Hao shook his head, and then explained the reason: "It's just that in the past two years, the higher authorities have suddenly strengthened supervision. Now the warehouse is full of people from the Food Administration. I really can't help it."

"Forget it if you don't have one. Don't put yourself in danger. Don't forget that you still have a wife, children, and parents."

Li Dajuan quickly reminded.

Yang Huaqing on the side also showed worry.

Zhang Hao gently held his wife's hand: "Don't worry, I'm not that stupid."

"This matter can't be delayed, you can discuss it with Boss Fan later, and tell him not to mess around."

Zhang Chongxin solemnly reminded.

"Got it." Zhang Hao nodded.

……

After handing out the New Year's money, Zhang Hao took his wife and sons out together.

Li Dajuan didn't go with her.

On the one hand, he is also not young, and he is afraid of catching a cold, so it is better to be careful; on the other hand, he also wants to stay and take care of his old man and his sleeping granddaughter.

When he arrived at the bonfire party, Zhang Hao quickly found the new village chief, Fan Youwei.

"Old Fan, happy Chinese New Year!"

"Zhang Dong, you are here too."

Fan Youwei greeted with enthusiasm.

In recent years, their old Fan's family has gained a lot of respect from each other, and it is precisely because of this that the whole family is not hungry.

Zhang Hao nodded with a smile: "Anyway, if you're idle at home, you're idle, so why not come out for a stroll."

"You should come out more for shopping. A busy person like you may only be able to relax for a few days during the Chinese New Year." Fan Youwei complimented.

"I can't help myself!" Zhang Hao sighed, and then asked: "Why didn't Uncle Fan come out tonight?"

"During the New Year's Eve dinner, Tiantian suddenly had a stomachache. The old man sent her to the hospital."

Fan Youwei replied.

Tiantian is the step-sister who is 50 years younger than him. The old man raised the little girl very well, she is chubby and very cute.

Zhang Hao quickly asked concerned: "Is it serious?"

After all, he also grew up watching Tiantian.

"The preliminary judgment is appendicitis, and the specific situation will not be finalized until they come back."

"Let me know when there is news later."

"En." Fan Youwei nodded.

After some courtesies, Zhang Hao immediately talked about the expansion of the farm. His attitude was very clear, and he thought it was inappropriate and unworkable.

Fan Youwei suddenly looked sad: "Mr. Zhang, is there no room for negotiation on this matter?"

"No, the top management is very strict, especially the chaos of small plantations inside state-owned enterprises that were exposed a few years ago, which has completely blocked the road to the nursing home."

Zhang Hao said without hesitation.

"This is terrible, the news has spread, what do you want me to explain to everyone?"

Fan Youwei stomped his feet anxiously.

He is now a new official who took office three fires, but he didn't expect the first fire to be extinguished, which would severely damage his prestige, and the position of village chief may not be guaranteed.

Zhang Hao hurriedly comforted him: "Old Fan, in fact, you can't blame this incident entirely on you. Your intentions are good, but nothing happened..."

"Zhang Dong, what do you think if we use natural soil to raise earthworms?"

Fan Youwei was quick-witted and quickly grasped a life-saving straw.

"Yes, yes, I talked to Uncle Fan. The only shortcoming is that the breeding efficiency is too low, and the more you raise, the more you lose."

Zhang Hao replied truthfully.

Fan Youwei breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay to lose money. Now that you have money, it's hard to buy food. In this way, it's actually not a loss."

"Old Fan, don't be in a hurry to expand. I suggest that the village conduct a small-scale experiment first, and then consider whether to expand the scale when there are results."

"Yes, yes, try first and then talk."

Fan Youwei nodded repeatedly.

After talking about the business, Zhang Hao put all his attention on the bonfire party and played with his wife and children for two and a half hours.

Generally speaking, the bonfire party was well organized, with a fireworks show, singing and dancing performances, and a lottery that everyone loved.

Zhang Guoxuan was the luckiest, and he was the only winner among the six. He won a lucky prize. The prize was a notebook. Don't get me wrong, it's just an ordinary notebook, not a computer.

The prize for the first prize is ten catties of shiitake mushrooms, which is approximately equal to ten catties of rations. It is not the most valuable among all the prizes, but it is the most popular.

……

The second day of the new year, early in the morning.

A bunch of relatives came to the old Zhang's house one after another. Before ten o'clock, the living room was full of people. Zhang Hao roughly counted them, and there were almost 70 people.

Most of the people here live in Huicheng, or Zhucheng next door, only Zhang Xu, Zhang Kun and Li Ningtao's three families rushed here from Minde.

This is probably "the rich have distant relatives in the mountains"!

Everyone was chatting in full swing when Cao Fan suddenly stood up and shouted:
"Fuck!"

For a moment, everyone at the scene looked sideways.

Cao Zheng immediately glared at his son: "What are you doing? Surprised?"

"Dad, look at your phone quickly, something serious happened."

Cao Fan couldn't wait to say.

Zhang Hao took out his mobile phone casually, clicked on a trending list, and then his eyes widened instantly.

Zhang Chongxin's eyesight was not good, and his movements were inconvenient, so he directly asked, "What happened?"

"Grandpa, there is a super big melon on the Internet. Someone released a top-secret file. It turns out that the Middle East war was actually staged. This is a shocking scandal." Zhang Guoji hurriedly replied.

"Actor? What do you mean?"

The old man was getting old, his mind was a little confused, and he couldn't react for a while.

Cao Fan took the words: "Grandpa, it means 'fake'. The Federation and the Europas have put on a show together, and they have deceived all of us."

"Why are they acting?"

Zhang Chongxin was puzzled.

"It is stated in the declassified document that the Federation gave up the Middle East oil depot with only one purpose, that is to deliberately clean up Europa's split, and then take advantage of the trend to lose the burden of the African region and the Middle East region."

Cao Fan explained in detail.

"Could it be a conspiracy theory?" Steve tried to question, "The purpose of the Federation is unity and common prosperity. Such an approach simply runs counter to the spirit of the Constitution. How could such a thing happen?"

"Well said, it's outrageous to open the door for outrageous, outrageous home."

Li Ningtao followed suit.

Cao Fan retorted after hearing the words: "Don't believe me, the declassified documents contain not only various meeting records, but also audio and video recordings, which are unlikely to be fake."

"Cao Fan is also right. The armistice agreement and the peace agreement later have many doubts. If all these are false, then it makes sense."

Zhang Hao sided with the eldest nephew.

"Tsk tsk, if the declassified documents are true, then Consul Ji must be to blame. I'm afraid he will retire early, and he may have to go to a military court."

Zhang Xu gloated.

Consul Ji has made great contributions to post-disaster reconstruction during these years in power, but it has also caused dissatisfaction among many people, especially the increasingly tense food rations.

Zhang Chen retorted on the spot: "Consul Ji's term of office is only left for the last half a year, if he really steps down early, to be honest, he won't suffer much.

Moreover, no matter during the term of office or the end of the term, the consul enjoys absolute judicial immunity. Even if this matter is really planned by him, it will not be able to do anything to others. "

The reason why there are such regulations.

The main reason is that the federation is too big, and the problem of internal strife is a bit serious. If the basic safety of the consuls cannot be guaranteed, there is basically no need to do anything.

Steven still insisted on his judgment: "I still think it is unlikely, if it is really acting, then there is no need to destroy the Djibouti military port, or even ignite the oil well, these losses are not light.

In addition, although the casualties on both sides were not large, they also lost thousands of people, so it should not be so. "

"What's so incomprehensible? There's a saying in the East, it's called acting in a complete set. If the acting is too fake, will you really think everyone is a fool?"

Zhang Hao explained casually.

Steven's face suddenly became serious:
"If this declassified document is true, then the problem is too big. The federation may fall apart because of it, and a real civil war may even break out."

Zhang Guoji, who was on the side, couldn't help interjecting: "Second Uncle, I think you all forgot a little bit."

"Forgot what?"

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