Chapter 93 - 85: Surging Undercurrents
Chapter 93: Chapter 85: Surging Undercurrents
"Alright. A pleasure doing business with you."
"You Chinese have a saying, ’popping the champagne at halftime.’ Let’s talk about ’pleasure doing business’ after you’ve confirmed the technology works."
"Heh, I got ahead of myself."
"Let’s leave it at that."
After hanging up, Jiang Anye lit another cigarette, opened the blinds, and started puffing away.
The reason he chose to partner with this Chairman Jin was mainly to produce eel fry secretly and quickly, catching Hailufeng Company completely off guard.
After all, Anye Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.’s eel farming operation was limited. It had a total of 120 mu of ponds dedicated to raising eels, while the other ponds were used for pomfret, lemon fish, South American white shrimp, and abalone.
Once he confirmed the technology was real, his actions of modifying the ponds and purchasing mature eels would very likely be noticed by other local eel farmers. Given Hailufeng Company’s large customer base on Great Ryukyu Island, they would easily get wind of it.
If that happened, they might resort to slashing prices to force Anye Aquatic Products Co., Ltd. to abandon its eel fry production.
Therefore, modifying the ponds and buying mature eels in bulk was not a wise move.
As the descendant of collaborators, Jiang Anye was well-versed in the principle of "sneaking into the village quietly."
Once he recouped his costs, he wouldn’t have to worry about Hailufeng Company starting a price war.
That was when he thought of a partner in South Korea: the West Faraway Group.
The West Faraway Group was a medium-sized conglomerate involved in shipping, docks, deep-sea fishing, aquaculture, food processing, and restaurants.
As someone with a long-term partnership with West Yuan Company, Jiang Anye knew they had two eel farms in the Busan Region under their banner, with a combined scale of around 3,000 mu.
Moreover, the West Faraway Group’s farms were high-standard indoor facilities. With just a few modifications, they could be used to produce eel fry.
Plus, with 3,000 mu of eel ponds already containing a large number of mature eels, there would be no need to purchase them from outside sources. This would make the eel fry production even more covert.
When the time came, Jiang Anye didn’t plan to sell the eel fry in the East Asia Region first. Instead, he would sell them to markets in Europe and America as culinary eel fry.
After all, Hailufeng Company didn’t have many connections in Europe and America, and that Brown Company was just a small firm in Gaul.
By the time his competitor reacted, he would have already recovered his investment and would no longer need to fear a price war.
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「In the blink of an eye, it was June 18th.」
The e-commerce department was busy with a promotional event.
But Jiang Miao quietly left Magong Town.
He, along with Ke Yong and Li Zixuan, had arrived at Bao’an Airport in Peng City and was preparing to board a flight to Yuecheng, the capital of Qiongzhou.
Near the boarding gate, Jiang Miao, wearing sunglasses, secretly observed his surroundings, paying special attention to the plane on the tarmac.
It was an Airbus A380 passenger jet.
Although it wasn’t a Boeing, he didn’t let his guard down. His appraisal panel quickly activated, and for over twenty minutes, he observed continuously, scanning the entire aircraft inside and out.
Apart from a few minor parts with non-critical issues, the rest of the jet’s components were fine.
In addition, while waiting in line to board, he discreetly observed the other passengers, the flight attendants, and the pilot, but he didn’t notice anything unusual about them either.
He wasn’t too famous yet, nor was he some strategic-level scientist or entrepreneur. He didn’t have to worry about hostile forces going so far as to take down an entire passenger jet just to eliminate him.
The series of observations he had just made were simply to avoid any potential accidents.
But Jiang Miao was keenly aware that while he could travel by plane now, he wouldn’t be able to once he became famous.
After all, if a plane crashed, survival was difficult unless it happened at an airport. If a plane disintegrated mid-air, the passenger fatality rate was nearly one hundred percent.
With high-speed trains, cars, or passenger ships, even if an accident occurred, there was still a much higher chance of survival.
After completing the boarding process, he made his way to first class.
Li Zixuan and Ke Yong casually placed their backpacks in the overhead compartments. Their first-class suites were next to Jiang Miao’s.
The other five passengers also in first class didn’t interact much, each retreating into their own suite.
Just then, two flight attendants walked over slowly.
One of them, a flight attendant with a lovely face and big, watery eyes, asked softly, "Hello, sir. Would you like something to drink? We have..."
Jiang Miao leaned back in his seat. "A bottle of mineral water."
"Of course. One moment." The flight attendant with the big eyes smiled and turned away, quickly returning with a bottle of mineral water for him.
Jiang Miao took it, glanced at the bottle, and set it aside.
As for the in-flight meal, since the flight was short, he just ordered a slice of matcha cake. After hastily eating, he put on his noise-canceling headphones and closed his eyes to rest.
Seeing Jiang Miao’s cold and distant demeanor, the big-eyed flight attendant didn’t dare to bother him further and quietly returned to her station.
At 9:40 AM, the plane landed safely at Yuecheng Airport.
By this time, the three salespeople from the Qiongzhou sales office had already arrived at the airport to welcome their boss.
As soon as Jiang Miao’s group walked out of the airport entrance, they saw three young men holding a sign, standing in the shade of a tree by the roadside.
Li Zixuan immediately went ahead to speak with them for a moment.
Only then did Jiang Miao and Ke Yong walk over, pulling their suitcases.
"Boss!" the three said in unison.
"Long time no see, Siwen, Ah Yi, Ah Ming." Jiang Miao clapped them on the shoulder. He had personally hired these salespeople, and with his photographic memory, he naturally recognized their faces and names.