1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 318 No wonder the director always likes to make empty promises, because they actually work like crazy!

Now, after these years of development...

He has developed it from a small chicken farm into a national-level farm.

Their farm is already one of the most iconic large-scale livestock farms in the country.

Moreover, he has developed a network of relationships sufficient to protect himself.

At this point, some industry standards within the livestock sector even required the farms to participate in the formulation of rules.

For example, the promotion and breeding manual for white pigs was developed by their Blue Water Farm in conjunction with the Animal Husbandry Bureau and the Animal Husbandry Research Institute.

Especially after achieving certain results, Su Wenchen's words themselves represent a certain standard.

Now if he says that some chickens can lay four eggs a day, most people will be amazed.

That guy is amazing! The most I've ever seen a chicken lay two eggs, but he can breed a chicken that lays four eggs. He's truly incredible!
Even if someone thinks this is a bit illogical, they will be ridiculed for not being capable enough to dare to question someone who is capable.

When many people talk about it, he himself will feel that it is indeed his problem, that he is not knowledgeable enough.

This is the immense persuasive power that achievements and status bring.

If it were Little Karami who dared to say that, he would definitely be attacked to death. Even if he actually produced the physical evidence, the person who challenged him would call it a crooked and evil practice and deal with him on the spot.

Hou Guozhong was dumbfounded when he heard these words, and pointed to the rabbit cage not far away.

"Director, are you really going to breed these miniature rabbits?"

"Even if it were successfully cultivated, it wouldn't have much meat!"

Su Wenchen walked over and squatted down, looking at the few little white rabbits inside who were watching him warily.

He laughed and grabbed a handful of chopped alfalfa hay into the cage.

"You don't even know what its future holds, so how can you be sure it won't work out!"

"Many of the large rabbit breeds you see in your front yard were developed step by step through this breeding process!"

Hou Guozhong scratched his head.

Even so, doesn't this save us a lot of trouble?

"Why should we bother starting from scratch ourselves!"

Su Wenchen shook his head.

"How can you fully grasp something if you don't go through it yourself?"

"It's okay to rely on others to solve short-term problems, but ultimately we must have the ability to develop ourselves."

"We can import these varieties from other countries now, but what about when we can't import them anymore? We'll have to slowly cultivate our own native varieties, won't we?"

"So we can't just keep our heads down and not engage with others, but we also can't rely entirely on other people's things, otherwise we'll be backfired sooner or later."

Upon hearing this, Hou Guozhong fell silent.

Su Wenchen looked down at the attributes displayed above the heads of the several white rabbits in front of him. Several of them had different descriptions, which immediately caught his attention.

Local White Rabbit LV0
Current status: Eating

Breeding direction: Improve reproductive capacity, shorten the market cycle, strengthen special intestinal alkali-resistant bacteria, and increase parasite resistance.

Cultivation feed LV1: Andrographis paniculata 1.2%, Pulsatilla chinensis 0.8%, Sanguisorba officinalis charcoal powder 3%, Suaeda salsa 30%.
Fur breeding direction: "Omitted"

Introduction: Native rabbit breeds that have lived in saline-alkali areas for a long time have developed special alkali-resistant bacteria in their gut microbiota due to their long-term consumption of feed with high salt and alkali content. This allows these rabbits to consume large amounts of plants containing salt and alkali.

Looking at the few that were different, Su Wenchen unconsciously stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

These white rabbits may have been raised in an environment where they ate foods with high salt and alkali content for a long time.

So, they actually developed special bacteria in their bodies that could help these rabbits quickly digest salt and alkali.

What would happen if this continued to be cultivated?

So he simply waved.

"A few of you go and find a separate room to clean it up. Put these animals in a cage separately. I'll need them later."

Hearing Su Wenchen's words, the others didn't understand why the director favored these few local rabbits who never grew up.

But we still acted as Su Wenchen suggested.

Hou Guozhong remained silent for a moment before hesitatingly speaking.

"Director, are you really determined to focus all your efforts on these few?"

"Is it really worthwhile to invest effort in something so small?"

Although he felt that Su Wenchen's earlier statement made some sense, he thought that at the very least, they should have picked some that seemed to have potential!
Looking at the rabbits that Su Wenchen had chosen, all of them were incredibly thin. He hadn't been able to fatten them up even after raising them for over a month, and in his opinion, there was really no need to put in the effort.

Su Wenchen shook his head.

"What do you know? You wouldn't understand even if I told you."

"Just follow your experience; my techniques are not something that ordinary people can learn!"

As he spoke, Su Wenchen moved over an empty cage from the side.

He grabbed a few white rabbits he liked, holding them by the loose skin behind their shoulder blades, and pulled them directly out of the cage.

Hou Guozhong looked at the few animals that Su Wenchen had caught, and apart from being thin and not having much meat, he really couldn't see anything different about them.

So he asked anyway.

"Director, please tell me! Once you tell me, I'll understand, won't I?"

"But Director, are you sure you didn't make a mistake? Why did you specifically pick the thinnest ones?"

After all the animals were moved to one cage, Su Wenchen dusted off his hands and stood up, supporting himself on his knees.

"I had a special feeling about these rabbits, so I picked them out. Do you understand?"

Hou Guozhong blinked blankly, then looked at it seriously several more times.

"Special feeling?"

He looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure out anything else! He could only look at Su Wenchen with suspicion.

"Director, you're not lying to me?"

"You can't just rely on your feelings to figure this out?"

Su Wenchen waved his hand. "I already told you, you wouldn't understand."

"That's because you're not skilled enough. I've always relied on my intuition, didn't you know that?"

"These are the ones I picked out; you can have them arranged separately."

"I haven't eaten lunch yet! I'm not going to keep working here with you."

Then he shouted to the employees who were cleaning things out of the side room.

"Everyone, please take this time to clean up the side yard this afternoon. I'll go to the canteen to urge them to send you your meals. Tonight, we'll slaughter a pig at the farm and give you all a good meal!"

Upon hearing this, those who initially thought the director liked to make a fuss over nothing suddenly became quick and efficient.

"Director, don't worry, it's just a little bit of junk. We can clean it up in an hour or two."

"I'll definitely take good care of these rabbits!"

Clearly, eating meat is a huge attraction for them.

Seeing that the matter was temporarily resolved, Su Wenchen turned and left the farm.

However, after Su Wenchen left...

Several employees curiously walked up to the cages of the rabbits that Su Wenchen had picked out.

"Hey, do you guys think any of these rabbits are different? Why were they singled out?"

"If you ask me, I think it's just a charade!"

"Everyone knows that you can only produce fat rabbits by breeding fat rabbits! Skinny rabbits can only produce skinny rabbits by breeding skinny rabbits."

“That makes sense. They say dragons beget dragons and phoenixes beget phoenixes. I don’t think it’s any use to breed such a skinny rabbit.”

Upon hearing this, someone immediately spoke to Hou Guozhong, who was standing to the side pondering what Su Wenchen meant by "feeling."

"Section Chief Hou, we can't use these skinny rabbits for breeding."

“Before I got married, my family used to raise rabbits. They told me to just find the fattest and most energetic rabbit in the front yard and breed them. That would guarantee the best offspring.”

Hou Guozhong glanced at the person who said this.

"Yang Guihua, your family used to raise rabbits before you got married?"

"Alright, you don't need to go to the animal husbandry team tomorrow. Just come and help out in the technical department. By the way, can you write?"

Hearing Hou Guozhong's words, Yang Guihua never expected that such a good thing would happen.

So he quickly said...

"Yes, yes, I've attended literacy classes! Writing is definitely not a problem."

Hou Guozhong looked at the other party suspiciously, wondering if it was really no problem or if they were just pretending!
But after thinking about it, he realized there was nothing he could do.

Because he had actually been putting himself in the position of a temporary manager the whole time.

All they were thinking about was waiting for the director to return, and then he would arrange promotions for the people in the breeding department himself.

So he simply found a group of older women with experience in raising livestock to come and help feed the rabbits every day. As for other aspects, he didn't really worry about them.

Now that Su Wenchen has said that, he realizes that he doesn't seem to have any capable people at all!
So I had to call Lao Miao and discuss it with him, and ask him to transfer a few people from his department.

After Hou Guozhong took charge of the matter, he realized that if he really wanted to breed a meat rabbit breed that was suitable for promotion here, he would still need the support of people from the main farm.

After all, those people had experience raising Moon Rabbits with the director, and with the training they received at the main farm, they were definitely many times stronger than the ones around him now.

However, before he comes over, he still needs someone who knows a bit about raising rabbits to help him out.

So he simply nodded.

"Okay, as long as you can write, that's fine."

After saying that, he suddenly remembered something.

"Come on, come with me and let's write down all the information about the varieties that the director mentioned earlier."

"We don't have the director's X-ray vision."

Seeing this, the others quickly chimed in.

"Section Chief Hou, we can write too!"

"Yes, my second aunt's family used to raise rabbits! I can too."

“My husband has even caught rabbits before! Section Chief Hou, do you think I could also become an officer in the technical section?”

Hou Guozhong watched as people rushed around, bringing up unreliable relatives, and was about to curse them.

Then I remembered what Su Wenchen had said earlier. Now that he was in charge of the breeding department, he had to consider future development and could no longer just focus on the immediate issues as before.

So I took a deep breath and thought about how the director usually handled things!
He spoke slowly at the very end.

"I know everyone wants to show off, but one person is enough."

"But don't be discouraged. I will transfer some people from the main site later. We'll see how you perform. If you do well, you'll be transferred to the technical department."

"In addition, Yang Guihua was not directly promoted to a cadre position; it was determined based on her subsequent performance."

"So all of you should work harder and stop just talking the talk like before. If you perform well, everyone will have a chance."

Upon hearing this, those who had been surrounding the room immediately moved inside and began working quickly.

They also said things like, "Let Hou Guozhong see how they perform in the future."

For them, the fact that they still have the opportunity to become cadres at this age, especially with Yang Guihua, who got lucky and set an example, naturally gives them the illusion that they can do it too.

Seeing this, Hou Guozhong realized that the people around him had suddenly become very motivated, and he finally understood something.

He couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"No wonder the director always likes to make empty promises to others; it's damn effective!"

"It seems that in the future, besides breeding techniques, I'll also have to learn more from the director about other things!"

Hou Guozhong hadn't realized it before, but now that he thinks about it, wasn't he the same way before?
He would get all fired up after just a few words from the director, working day and night for days on end, which is how he obtained his cadre status.

So he felt that he wasn't just making empty promises; if someone really performed exceptionally well, he could talk to the director about promoting them to a management position.

(End of this chapter)