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

"Clap clap clap..."

At the entrance of the cold storage, Yang Lin clapped his hands in approval as he listened to Su Rong's witty remarks and eloquent explanations of various ways to increase the selling price of matsutake mushrooms.

To be honest, even in his previous life, Yang Lin had only heard of matsutake mushrooms, a high-end product, and didn't know much about them.

Once the production and control of mycelium are mastered, matsutake mushrooms of various qualities can be produced in large quantities.

He didn't pay much attention to the matsutake mushrooms; all he wanted to do was pack them up and sell them as soon as possible.

As for things like pesticide residue testing, heavy metal testing, and organic certification, these are somewhat areas where his experience is limited.

Fortunately, Su Rong reminded him.

"In that case, the sale of this batch of matsutake mushrooms will be handled by you, Manager Su."

"It won't increase your workload unnecessarily. We'll set a base price of 2.6 million, and for any amount exceeding that, we'll offer 10% as a bonus."

In a few words, Yang Lin handed over this important task to Su Rong.

Although the production cost of this batch of matsutake mushrooms, plus the rental fee for the cold storage, is only tens of thousands of yuan in total.

He could earn over two million yuan by packaging these tons of matsutake mushrooms together and selling them wholesale.

However, since someone is willing to do his bidding and help him with all the complicated procedures and steps, and also allow him to earn more money, why wouldn't he take it?

"Thank you, Mr. Lin!"

"Thank you for your trust, boss. Don't worry, I will definitely sell this batch of matsutake mushrooms for a better price!"

Sure enough, upon hearing that she was to be entrusted with an important task and that she was offered a high bonus and commission, Su Rong was immediately thrilled.

This is a complete contrast to his previous worried and confrontational demeanor.

For the next period of time, Su Rong was working non-stop.

In addition to handling various routine business matters for Xianglong Biotechnology Company during daily working hours.

Even after get off work, she had no free time at all.

They kept going back and forth to various qualification and auditing agencies to obtain export qualifications for edible fungi for the company.

On the one hand, they also need to keep in touch with the agricultural research institute, testing companies, and the national quality certification center in Nanzhao Province.

All for the sake of obtaining various test reports and organic certification certificates as soon as possible.

With these supplies, Yang Lin was able to sell the eight tons of matsutake mushrooms stored in the cold storage not only at a higher price, but also quickly gain consumer recognition and successfully sell the mushrooms.

……

Because Yang Lin was unconcerned with formalities and used money to pave the way, the staff from the testing agency and certification center arrived very quickly.

Two days later, several academic-looking laboratory analysts wearing glasses and lab coats arrived at Xianglong Biotechnology Company.

"President Lin, the testing agency has arrived. They say they need to take samples for analysis," Su Rong reported as she entered Yang Lin's office.

"It was bound to happen... it really did come."

Yang Lin took a deep breath.

Since he came into this world, he has discovered that he has the ability to create mycelium and control its growth.

He was always worried that he would be captured by scientists in this world and dissected for research.

He held a somewhat respectful but distant attitude towards this type of scientist, especially in the field of biology.

However, Yang Lin also knew that as his business in the edible fungi industry continued to grow, it was inevitable that the fungi he produced would be taken to laboratories for research.

Even if he doesn't take the initiative to conduct testing and certification, once all the shiitake mushrooms from Qingshan Village and other mushroom farmers have grown, the government will conduct necessary supervision and testing on producers of Xianglong Biotechnology's scale, out of consideration for agricultural product safety.

His mushrooms will be sent to the laboratory sooner or later.

"Let's go, we'll take some experts to collect samples."

Yang Lin's face remained calm, revealing no emotion.

Since we can't avoid it, we might as well face it directly.

He also wanted to know whether the mycelium he created without deliberate control would be found to be abnormal by scientists around the world.

As long as he keeps him in the lab and studies him, there shouldn't be any major problems.

"Incredible, this is simply the best batch of matsutake mushrooms we've ever seen in our careers."

Upon arriving at the cold storage facility in the south of the city, the analysts from the testing agency were all amazed.

The rows of matsutake mushrooms on the shelves were quite impressive.

After a series of meticulous operations, the testing agency's technicians took a number of samples from the cold storage and brought them back to the laboratory for analysis and research.

Yang Lin sensed the location of the laboratory and maintained smooth communication with various institutions.

I regularly inquire about the analysis progress and research results from several institutions every day.

"Master Li, I've been having nightmares lately. I dream that all the mushrooms I collected are fake matsutake mushrooms, which have bankrupted me... You guys need to take a good look at them and see if they're real or not."

"Teacher Liu, many people are saying behind my back that my batch of matsutake mushrooms are genetically modified. Is that true?"

In the laboratory of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, two senior technicians who were analyzing matsutake mushroom samples looked at the various concerns Yang Lin had sent during their communication and couldn't help but shake their heads and smile bitterly.

"These days, concerns about genetically modified crops are getting more and more serious. Some people are even starting to doubt genetically modified matsutake mushrooms."

"The artificial cultivation technology for this variety is still not perfect, so how could it be genetically modified?"

"On the other hand, the samples taken from Xianglong Company were surprisingly free of any pesticide residues or heavy metals, they were almost unbelievably clean."

The two experts looked at the analysis data in their hands and discussed it with some surprise.

Although these things are all wild, in modern society where human activities are so frequent, even wild things can have pesticide and heavy metal residues due to environmental pollution, precipitation, and atmospheric movement.

It's possible that pesticides were sprayed on farmland dozens of kilometers away, and then a rain carried the pesticide residues downstream, where they seeped into the soil and were contaminated by wild crops.

With modern high-tech equipment, even the slightest trace can be detected.

However, it is quite normal for these ingredients to be detected.

As long as the detected values ​​are lower than the relevant values ​​stipulated by the state, it can pass the national certification.

This achieves the standards for green and organic food.

To their surprise, the matsutake mushroom samples they retrieved from Yang Lin were so clean that there wasn't a single trace of them.

"Perhaps these samples are too pure. Let's try other samples."

The two, along with their lab technicians, tested many different samples one after another.

As a result, all of Yang Lin's matsutake mushrooms were incredibly pure.

It looks like it was picked from ancient times, with absolutely no pesticide residue or traces of toxic heavy metals.

Just because it wasn't detected doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

However, this also proves that the content of those substances is at least within the trace range of the detector.

It is already much lower than the standards required by the international community.

……

"President Lin, good news!"

A few days later, Su Rong excitedly arrived at Yang Lin's office, carrying a stack of analysis reports.

"President Lin, the research reports from those institutions and laboratories have been released."

"Our samples were fully qualified, with no pesticide residues or heavy metal contamination, and successfully passed organic certification!"

"Look, these are all the reports they issued."

As they spoke, Su Rong handed the analysis report to Yang Lin.

It contains professional data and test results for various factors.

"It's good that there are no problems, it's good that there are no problems."

Yang Lin breathed a silent sigh of relief, nodding as he flipped through the report.

All of these matsutake mushrooms grew under his control.

Matsutake mushrooms do not need to absorb pesticide residues or excess heavy metals during their growth process.

The straw he buys from the countryside may contain trace amounts of residue.

However, under his control, the matsutake mycelium naturally wouldn't absorb these things that are unrelated to growth.

Therefore, Yang Lin was not too surprised by the test results.

These organizations are quite ethical.

There was no intention to fabricate false data to mislead him.

To his relief, the laboratories of these institutions did not find any abnormalities in the sample bacteria.

In the eyes of their technicians, the fungi they created were no different from the mycelium in nature.

For Yang Lin, this was undoubtedly the best news.

This pleased him even more than any certified report.

Although the laboratories of the Nanzhao Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Longguo Quality Certification Center are not the most advanced biological laboratories on Earth.

However, the size and strength of these two institutions should not be underestimated on Earth.

Since even the laboratories of these two institutions couldn't find anything unusual about the mushroom mountain he created,

Other laboratories probably wouldn't be able to detect anything if he didn't actively expose himself.

In this way, he can finally relax and focus on selling his mushrooms.

"By the way, Mr. Lin, they also asked me to pass on a message to you."

After Yang Lin finished reading the report and put it down, Su Rong suddenly added:

"Master Li and Master Liu asked me to tell you that the reports provided by their lab are only responsible for the samples we receive. However, judging from the structure of the mycelium and the morphology of the cells, all of our company's samples are genuine matsutake mushrooms. So, Mr. Yang, don't worry unnecessarily."

Read less pseudo-scientific stuff.

No one in the world has yet researched genetically modified bacteria.

If Mr. Lin still has doubts and wants to conduct a genetic analysis.

They are also willing to continue cooperating with Mr. Lin and conduct genetic testing on his samples.

"Okay, I understand." Yang Lin nodded with a smile.

"Since there are no genetically modified fungi in the world, let's talk about gene analysis later."

There was no difference at the cellular level, which was sufficient for Yang Lin.

There's no need to create unnecessary complications for now.

Yang Lin was much happier in the following days.

Aside from making appearances in necessary places to assist Su Rong and third-party certification agencies, her days have become quite leisurely.

Su Rong was also in charge of the export and sales of matsutake mushrooms.

The eight tons of matsutake mushrooms in the cold storage were repackaged under Su Rong's management.

Mushrooms of different sizes and shapes are graded and individually packaged.

The qualification certificate for exporting mushrooms was also successfully obtained.

All that's left is to establish a reputation overseas and contact buyers.

Therefore, Su Rong turned her attention to the auction.

……

As this was Xianglong Company's first foray into matsutake mushroom trading, Su Rong was quite busy during the sample testing and qualification application process in order to establish the company's reputation in the matsutake mushroom trading circle.

They kept searching for places where matsutake mushroom auctions would be held soon.

Then, the company registered the participant on behalf of the company, and the participant attended the event in the name of the authorized representative.

For seasoned professionals in the edible fungi industry, the annual matsutake mushroom auctions held in various regions are hardly a secret.

After making inquiries through her connections, Su Rong actually found two auctions that were conveniently timed.

Therefore, Su Rong quickly reported to Yang Lin.

"Mr. Lin, the nearest matsutake auction is the Alba auction in Italy in seven days. I heard from the bottom of the air that a single matsutake mushroom weighing more than 1.2 kilograms has been discovered in Europe. This giant matsutake mushroom may be the largest matsutake mushroom in the world and become the king of matsutake mushrooms at the auction."

"If the company participates in this auction, it will likely become a mere foil to their efforts and will not achieve any promotional effect."

"Matsutake mushrooms have a shelf life of three months in cold storage. Should we wait a little longer and wait for the Shangri-La auction next month? That's an auction held by our Nanzhao Province itself, and the commission fees and participation process will be much simpler."

During the report, Su Rong also offered her suggestions.

However, upon hearing Su Rong's analysis and suggestions, Yang Lin shook his head slightly.

"A month is too slow. I think seven days is just right. By then, our test results should be ready soon."

"Go and make the arrangements. We'll register directly for the Alba auction in Italy in seven days and entrust them to auction our matsutake mushrooms," Yang Lin said.

"But Mr. Lin, this might have the opposite effect..."

Su Rong tried to explain.

She had also seen the matsutake mushrooms in the company's cold storage.

The overall quality is certainly good.

If you were to pick out a few of the finest ones, they would certainly be good enough for a regular auction.

However, the competitors at the Italian auction included matsutake mushrooms of the "King of Mushrooms" caliber.

As both are matsutake mushroom producing regions, European countries and China have a certain degree of commercial competition.

Therefore, many European merchants, for their own benefit, often make various false statements to suppress the reputation of matsutake mushrooms from Nanzhao and praise European matsutake mushrooms.

Especially given that a "King of Matsutake" appeared at this auction, the merchants there will definitely seize the opportunity to denigrate the matsutake produced in Nanzhao, making their company's auction items look like mere clowns.

By then, the company's promotional plans will have the opposite effect, impacting its export trade.

Therefore, in Su Rong's mind, continuing to wait for a while and participating in the Shangri-La auction held in Nanzhao Province was the most feasible and cost-effective option.

"Mr. Lin, I still think it's better for us to avoid the limelight of that European mushroom king for the time being."