Returning to the mountain village, starting with mushroom picking to get rich

Upon receiving a positive reply from Harvest Biotechnology, Wang Fuye's face instantly broke into a smug smile.

Although Yang Lin's strain has been patented.

Other companies that produce and sell these products without permission may be violating relevant laws.

However, patent protection protects intellectual labor and technological innovation.

What is being protected are strains of bacteria that have undergone human technological processing, artificial selection, or improvement.

There are countless species of bacteria in nature. Microorganisms that exist in nature without human intervention are scientific discoveries and are not protected by patents.

Moreover, the genes of microorganisms in nature are prone to mutation.

As the largest and most powerful microbial strain company in Nanzhao Province, Fengshou Biotechnology's technical specialists all possess excellent skills.

Their lab researchers have ways to add unique technical information specific to their Harvest Company to the cells of the bacteria, thereby obtaining their patent information.

Even after their strains were developed, their biological forms and DNA information highly overlapped with those of Yang Lin's strains.

They could easily insist that this was simply a scientific discovery in the microbial community.

This is how the DNA of organisms in nature is.

It is entirely natural for two species of mushrooms, both of which are of the shiitake type, to have a high degree of overlap.

It's unreasonable to assume that if one company applies for a patent on shiitake mushroom spawn, everyone else in the world cannot engage in the research and development and production of shiitake mushroom spawn.

If all else fails, just say that this strain was obtained from a mutated sample in their laboratory.

These varieties were selected after years of research and tracking by the group.

If it really comes down to a patent dispute, their group's legal department has plenty of manpower and time to slowly wear down the smaller company.

With the backing of a large corporation, no small company in Nanzhao can outlast them.

"right!"

"Let's do it!"

"Once Harvest Biotechnology develops the strain, we might find an opportunity to sue them for intellectual property infringement and teach them a lesson."

"That kid is deliberately going against us, stealing our market share, and refusing to supply us with goods..."

Upon hearing Wang Fuye's plan to replicate the strain, Liu Yan and other employees from the group's branches applauded and cheered.

Liu Yan even suggested that once the group obtained its own patent number, the villain should file a lawsuit first.

The group's legal department was instructed to sue Yang Lin's Xianglong Company for stealing Fengshou Biotechnology's research results and using them for commercial activities without authorization.

Even if they can't get Yang Lin to pay a large sum of money in the end, they can still make Yang Lin feel disgusted.

Anyway, they have already applied for patents.

There's no real loss even if you lose the case.

She still hasn't forgotten the scene when Yang Lin sued her in court for a mere ten or twenty thousand yuan.

She vowed to make Yang Lin taste what it's like to be in the dock.

Make him regret his decision.

"Everyone, please rest assured. A small startup that dares to go against the group won't last long."

"Before the strain is replicated, I plan to have Harvest Biotechnology make advance preparations in Zixu City and pour resources into it, so that we can seize Xianglong Company's market share in the future," Wang Fuye said coldly.

"President Wang is wise!"

Liu Yan and the others began to flatter Wang Fuye.

They are also very confident in the technology of Harvest Biotechnology.

Amidst the chorus of praise, Liu Yan and the others seemed to already see Yang Lin's forest farm and company embroiled in legal disputes, with customers fleeing, the market shrinking, income failing to cover expenses, continuous losses, and eventual bankruptcy.

Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong...

Just then, many people on the field suddenly received a series of messages on their phones.

Director Xiao's phone at Fengshou Biotechnology vibrated immediately; someone was calling.

"Excuse me, Mr. Wang, I need to go outside to take this call."

Seeing that the call was coming from Xuanwu City, Director Xiao took it seriously and immediately went out of his office to answer it.

"What?!"

"One dollar!"

"Are they crazy?"

On the other end of the phone, it was a piece of bad news from an employee of Hongdu Ecology.

A company called Xianglong Bio deliberately opened a store next to them and used extremely low prices to steal the group's customers.

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"Mr. Wang, something's happened."

"The people from Xianglong Company maliciously lowered prices, determined to compete with us for the mushroom spawn market in Xuanwu City."

Upon returning to his office, Director Xiao immediately reported the situation to Wang Fuye.

"It's just someone lowering prices to steal customers, what's so strange about that?"

Before Director Xiao of Harvest Biotechnology could finish speaking, Wang Fuye chuckled and interrupted him.

"Xianglong Company? I haven't even gone to settle accounts with them yet, and that guy dares to steal our market share."

"Trying to wage a price war against us? They really don't know their own limitations."

"Since he wants to play, then let's play along."

"No matter how much their mushroom spawn is priced in Xuanwu City, we'll always be five cents, ten cents... no, twenty cents cheaper!"

"He's two cents cheaper than them, I don't believe he can outlast the Harvest Creatures."

"No...that's not how it is, Manager, please let me finish. Their prices are very, very low," Director Xiao quickly explained.

Wang Fuye raised an eyebrow, clearly showing some disdain.

"Very low? How low is it? Director, please be clear and don't use adjectives. Give me the exact figures."

"One...one piece." Director Xiao of Fengshou Biotechnology nervously raised his finger.

He recounted the experiences of the group's employees in Xuanwu City.

"Bang!"

"A one-yuan inoculation stick? This isn't a price reduction or promotion; it's clearly a provocation! He's provoking us!"

After hearing Director Xiao's account from Fengshou Biotechnology, Wang Fuye was so angry that he slammed his fist on the table, almost roaring.

Although microbial strains are a niche industry, market competition is fierce, and it's perfectly normal for several companies to be in the same industry in a city.

However, Xianglong Company deliberately chose locations for its bases next to its subsidiaries and bases.

Anyone with eyes can see the tension involved.

"Wait a minute... how dare he lower the price to this level?"

"Director Xiao, you just said that not only in Xuanwu City, but in all regions, Xianglong Company has reduced the price to one yuan?"

After his anger subsided, Wang Fuye regained his composure and suddenly frowned.

"Bring me the information about Xianglong Company."

After giving the order, the secretary quickly retrieved the documents he needed.

As a large corporation, they have dedicated personnel to conduct basic investigations into competing companies in the same industry.

Something's not right, something's very wrong.

After carefully reviewing the intelligence regarding Xianglong Company, Wang Fuye frowned even more deeply.

Price reductions are commonplace and nothing new.

However, very few companies can actually reduce the price of their main products below cost.

Xianglong Company has neither gone public to raise funds nor has it been backed by a powerful entity.

Where did Yang Lin get the audacity to engage in such a money-burning competition?

Aren't you afraid that you'll burn through your own coffers before you even capture the market?

"Could it be that someone is secretly giving him money?" Liu Yan suddenly asked.

Of everyone present, she was the only one who truly understood Yang Lin's situation.

Therefore, she couldn't imagine how Yang Lin was able to start a company and run it so successfully.

In her opinion, Yang Lin might be just like her, secretly currying favor with some rich woman and getting her sponsorship.

"Oh, right! Someone is secretly funding us."

Upon hearing Liu Yan's reminder, Wang Fuye suddenly realized what was going on.

However, his thoughts differed from Liu Yan's.

"It's possible that capital from other provinces has set its sights on our Nanzhao market. Yang Lin is just a legal representative they've put forward to mislead us and continue to operate in the shadows..."

Wang Fuye provided a sharp analysis to everyone.

"That makes sense!"

"Mr. Wang immediately saw the key point!"

The crowd continued to flatter him.

Because their group has done this kind of thing many times before: just randomly choosing someone to be the legal representative and making them a scapegoat for future development.

However, malicious price cuts can easily offend people in the industry.

If Yang Lin and Xianglong Company are merely tools of behind-the-scenes capital, then everything makes sense.

"Mr. Wang, since the other party also has capital behind them, should we suspend our efforts to replicate the strain and lower the price?" Director Xiao of Fengshou Biotechnology asked.

"Stop? Why should we stop?"

"If they do the first thing, they can't blame us for doing the fifteenth!"

Wang Fuye slammed his fist on the table and said.

"We want the bacterial strains, and we're willing to fight a price war."

"Anyway, it's not like we're the ones who voluntarily lowered the price. If we keep complaining to our competitors in the tone of victims, they'll only be the ones who offend people in the future."

"But a price of one yuan represents a huge loss for us..."

"Don't worry, I will report this to the board of directors and ask them to allocate resources so that Fengshou Bio will not be put in a difficult position," Wang Fuye said.

"Given Xianglong Company's current size, it doesn't have much money to burn. When the time comes, we can expose the capital behind it, and the group will have to develop a targeted strategy."