Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

Therefore, only rice produced at the company's own planting bases can be called "Yaoling Rice". Even if the same rice variety is used in other places, the rice produced will have obvious differences.

How big is this difference? You can tell just by tasting it.

As a result, sales of three types of rice increased rapidly, including [Nanguang No. 5], [Nongyou 82], and [Nongyou Premium 016], which quickly became very popular.

【Nanguang No. 4】was ranked last, after all, it was grown by farmers, so its quality was bound to be lower.

Fortunately, the entire replacement can begin from the autumn harvest. All varieties of rice are made from rice produced by the company itself, which is the only way to ensure consistent quality.

"Secretary, our rice seed sales are much better than rice sales. So far, all the rice seeds have been sold out, and the seeds of other crops are also selling very well."

This period is the busiest time of the year, and Cai Tong and others have been sticking to the production line.

After the summer harvest comes the summer planting season. All kinds of seeds and rice harvested this season need to be sold, and everyone in the company is extremely busy.

Having been busy until now, Cai Tong has basically completed all the tasks and is preparing to return to the provincial capital.

"That's good! Our main income still comes from breeding. Only if all kinds of seeds sell well can this year's profits be guaranteed."

Fang Wei was also quite happy and chatted with Cai Tong for a while.

Around noon, he and Cai Tong and others went to the canteen for lunch. After lunch, Cai Tong and the others took a car straight to the provincial capital.

A few days later, a more detailed sales report was delivered to Fang Wei. According to his analysis, after this season's replenishment, the supply of rice and corn seeds has returned to normal, and it is foreseeable that the prices of these two types of seeds will slowly decline in the future.

However, it is unlikely that prices will return to levels before the price increase.

Other crop seeds have remained largely unchanged, except for vegetable seeds, which are in short supply.

Since the beginning of this year, the Tian Bingyi Cooperative's profits have soared, with demand exceeding supply. Between quality and price, more and more growers are choosing quality, as high-quality vegetables can fetch a better price.

In addition, other production units also produce vegetable seeds, but their influence in the local area is far less than that of the Tian Bingyi Cooperative, so they are generally sold to other places.

This morning.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua drove to Chenzhou together.

Binbin and Xiaojie were on summer vacation. The two siblings arrived in the provincial capital by plane and then took a train from the provincial capital to Chenzhou together.

Today, the couple went to Chenzhou Railway Station to pick up their two children.

Binbin had already called home to let them know that he had successfully graduated and had been recommended for postgraduate studies.

In early September, he will need to go to Guangzhou for the school's interview and re-examination. After passing the interview, he can directly enroll in school.

Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua arrived at the train station early and bought platform tickets to enter the station. Platform tickets still existed in those days; he couldn't remember when they were abolished.

The two waited for nearly an hour before the train was about to arrive at the station, and then they finally passed through the gates and onto the platform.

"Binbin, Xiaojie!"

As soon as the two children got off the train, Pan Lianhua spotted them and ran over to them while calling out to them.

Fang Wei helped his daughter with her luggage, but he didn't need to worry about his son. Binbin was tall and strong, so he didn't need his father's help at all.

The family exited the station, and Fang Wei drove them to lunch. After lunch, they rushed home without stopping.

night.

The elder sister prepared a table full of dishes, and even the Taoist priest Sun, unusually, drank a few cups of wine.

Fang Wei looked at his son toasting the old Taoist priest and suddenly realized that his son had grown up.

Pan Lianhua was naturally delighted that her child could go to Guangzhou to pursue a master's degree. However, she also had a concern: her child had been studying at university in Beijing for several years, yet hadn't found a boyfriend?

She and Fang Wei were already married when Binbin was that age.

“Binbin, you said before that you were busy with your studies and that you were still young, so there was no need to rush. But now that you've graduated with your bachelor's degree, you can't just focus on your studies; you also need to take care of your personal life.”

As a mother, she was most concerned about her child's marriage. Before the meal was even finished, she brought it up.

"Mom, you have to find the right person before you can date. Don't worry, this won't be delayed."

Binbin felt helpless. Every time he came back from vacation these past two years, his mother would bring up this matter.

He's a very rational person. Having witnessed too many breakups and makeups at school, he plans to take things slow. He has his own life plans and won't change them because of dating.

Fang Wei remained silent. He knew his son was very opinionated and didn't want to interfere too much.

After dinner, Fang Wei went for a walk with his wife as usual. Today, Xiao Jie insisted on coming along, and the two of them naturally didn't refuse.

Binbin and Old Master Sun had so much to talk about that they didn't call him.

After returning from our walk, the whole family went to bed early. We were all quite tired after a long day of running around.

The next day.

After getting up, Fang Wei didn't rush to the office. After eating, he sat in the room chatting with the two children, mainly listening to them talk about what happened at school.

He wasn't exactly a strict father; Binbin and Xiaojie both enjoyed talking to him. Pan Lianhua went to the factory early in the morning. She'd been quite busy lately, with a lot of things to do at the factory. Once she was done, she could come back early in the afternoon.

At nine o'clock, Master Sun came over to call Binbin, and Binbin went to the clinic with him.

"Xiaojie, I need to go to the office for a while. Are you staying home or do you have other plans?"

Fang Wei also planned to go to the office, so she stood up and told her daughter.

"I just got back, I'll stay home and read for a while."

Xiao Jie was too lazy to move today, so Fang Wei ignored her and turned to walk out of the room.

As soon as I sat down in the office, I received a call from Zhang Chu.

"Secretary, I just received news that Qinghe County Chili Sauce Factory has actually sued our [Yaoling Chili Sauce] in court, saying that we stole their recipe and demanding that we stop infringing on their rights and pay compensation."

Isn't this like Zhu Bajie blaming the scapegoat? Our [Yaoling Chili Sauce] has been on the market for many years, and this newly established factory is accusing us of stealing their recipe—it's ridiculous.

Zhang Chu was clearly stunned by the shamelessness of some people. He couldn't imagine that there were people in this world who could so distort the truth.

However, it was clear that he was unfamiliar with things like lawsuits and didn't know how to handle them.

"A lie can't become the truth! Don't worry. Here's what we'll do: the company has a legal advisor. Go find General Manager Cai and ask him to help you resolve this issue. By the way, where is the other party planning to file a lawsuit?"

Fang Wei dared not let his guard down; the other party must have their reasons for daring to distort the truth like this.

Therefore, he asked Zhang Chu to go to Cai Tong so that he could mobilize the company's resources to handle the matter.

Finally, he became curious about where the other party planned to file a lawsuit.

“They plan to sue us in Xiangling City, Party Secretary. I’ll go find General Manager Cai right away and report back to you if there are any new developments.”

Zhang Chu responded with one sentence and then hung up.

Fang Wei put down the receiver, thinking to himself that this matter was inextricably linked to Huang Keli. However, he was not intimidated and wanted to see just how capable Huang Keli was of distorting the truth and calling a deer a horse.

He then called Wang Lin, Lao Pang, and others, hoping to get their help.

All of them readily agreed. They have been working hard recently, and if nothing unexpected happens, Huang Keli won't be able to stay in the area for long.

Fang Wei felt more confident and then calmed down to handle official business.

noon.

He went home for dinner and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Pan Lianhua talking to her two children.

"Lotus, you're back early."

"Yes, I deliberately left an hour early, it's fine."

Pan Lianhua not only returned ahead of schedule, but also made a special detour to pick up Binbin.

Master Sun is busy and can't leave. He probably won't be home until lunchtime.

Sure enough, after his sister had prepared the meal, Master Sun walked into the house right on time.

"Let's eat!"

Pan Lianhua called out with a smile, and then went into the kitchen area with Xiao Jie to get the food and dishes.

During dinner, Cai Tong called.

“Secretary, I asked someone to inquire about the Qinghe County chili sauce factory, and they actually got hold of the complete recipe for Yaoling chili. I suspect there's something wrong inside the chili sauce factory; the recipe wouldn't have been leaked unless there was a mole.”

"You guys focus on preparing for the lawsuit. As for finding the mole, leave that to me. I'll get to the bottom of this. If there is a mole, the other side won't be able to escape."

As it turned out, Fang Wei's concerns were justified.

The Qinghe County chili sauce factory couldn't have acted so suddenly without any resources. Now that they've presented their recipe, there's a lot of room for maneuver.

Given that Huang Keli will definitely intervene, this matter will inevitably involve many more variables.

He instructed Cai Tong and Zhang Chu to take proactive measures, while he would try to find the mole and see if he could use the mole to expose the enemy.

Next, everyone split up to investigate. Fang Wei easily found the mole, who was a technician at the chili sauce factory. Because of his job, he had access to the company's secrets.

Lured by money, this guy sold the exact recipe for Yaoling chili sauce.

Fang Wei promptly called the police, and the man was arrested. However, on the surface, the matter did not involve the Qinghe County chili sauce factory. According to the mole's confession, the person who purchased the recipe was a boss from Guangdong who used a fake identity, and now he could not be found at all.

"Damn, those guys from Qinghe County are pretty cunning."

Fang Wei was certain that the mastermind behind this was the Qinghe County Chili Sauce Factory. He went to the county several times, but the investigators said that the matter was difficult to handle and that they could not find the boss mentioned by the mole.

He didn't want to make things difficult for them; these days there are no security cameras everywhere, and the other party was very cautious, leaving no clues whatsoever. (End of Chapter)