In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

Guanjingyang, half a year's food,

The yellow flowers are singing and the fishermen are laughing.

Li Duoyu often heard this folk song when he was a child. In that era, his father, uncle and third uncle had all worked in the fishing team, and they had all caught a lot of yellow croakers in Guanjingyang.

Guanjingyang is the name of a sea area, which is not very large, only about 20,000 hectares.

Surrounded by peninsulas and islands, it is a typical inland sea. It is not only a natural giant shelter, but also a spawning ground for yellow croaker.

In the past life, Guanjingyang was a famous yellow croaker breeding base. In addition, because it is a natural shelter, the wind is small and the waves are small, which is really suitable for cage breeding.

Dandan Island has no barrier, so when a typhoon comes, it can only withstand it.

It just so happens that the number of yellow croakers has decreased so drastically in the past two years. It is really not easy to eat fresh yellow croakers now. You have to make reservations in advance from the fishmongers at the dock.

And the price is getting more and more outrageous. Three years ago, it was only around 50 or 60 cents.

But this year, there are no yellow croakers to be seen in the farmers' market.

Some state-owned supply and marketing cooperatives still have a listed price of about one yuan, but the fish tickets they have are not enough to buy yellow croaker.

I heard that now, once the boat captain catches the yellow croaker, the yellow croaker will be bought by fishmongers before the boat even reaches the shore.

They are either sold to restaurants and hotels at high prices, or stored in cold storage and rarely sold on the market.

In addition, the province issued the "Guanjingyang Yellow Croaker Breeding and Protection Area Management Regulations" last year.

Guanjingyang has been designated as a protected area, and even trawling is not allowed in many places within the reserve.

As for blasting fish, poisoning fish and electrocuting fish, they are illegal, and this place is also the first place in their province to have a fishing ban.

From May to September every year, if you want to fish in this place, you must have a fishing license issued locally.

If an unlicensed fishing boat fishes in this area during the fishing ban period, a fine is a minor matter, and in serious cases the boat may be detained.

After Guanjingyang became a protected area, it became extremely difficult to catch yellow croaker, which is also the reason for the crazy price increase of yellow croaker.

I heard from Old Tang in my previous life that by the mid-1990s, the price of yellow croaker weighing more than two kilograms had risen to more than one hundred yuan.

Because Li Duoyu agreed so readily, He Gang, Section Chief Liu and his team were a little overwhelmed and thought he was just joking.

Liu Jiafu couldn't help but say: "Director Li, why don't you take another look at the document? Our yellow croaker is still in the trial breeding stage and there are many problems that have not been solved.

We came here to ask for investment funds. Even if you want to raise a pet right away, we dare not let you do it."

He Gang also said: "Duoyu, although we have a good relationship and have slept in the same dormitory, you trust me so much that it makes it difficult for me. Director Liu, you'd better think carefully about this project."

Chen Dongqing also said:

"Duoyu, I also think what He Gang said is right. The market for yellow croaker is indeed good now, but this thing is migratory and not very easy to raise. You have to think carefully about it."

Li Duoyu himself was confused by them. Aren’t you guys bringing these materials here to me just to ask for investment?
I have already made the decision to invest, but you ask me to be cautious. Li Duoyu really wants to tell them.

Just go for it with confidence, the yellow croaker project is 100% successful and may even develop into a multi-billion dollar industry in the future.

But these were all his experiences from his previous life, and they wouldn't believe him even if he told them. He didn't know how to explain it to them for the moment, so he just made up a reason.

"It's like this. I didn't just want to invest in yellow croaker farming on a whim. I thought yellow croaker farming had great prospects."

Liu Jiafu was a little surprised: "Director Li, have you already started paying attention to the yellow croaker?"

Li Duoyu nodded: "Actually, two years ago, when I started raising eels, I paid attention to you and have been paying attention to your yellow croaker breeding progress.

Let me put it this way, even if you didn’t come to me today, I would still take the initiative to find you for cooperation.”

As soon as Li Duoyu said this, Chen Dongqing couldn't help rolling his eyes. What do you care about? In all these years of breeding, you haven't said a word about yellow croaker, okay?

But when Liu Jiafu heard this, he was so excited that he wanted to hug Li Duoyu twice. He finally found someone who recognized their project.

This yellow croaker breeding project was approved a long time ago, but because the breeding cycle was really too long, the leaders were generally not optimistic about it and just gave them less than 20,000 yuan in funding.

Nowadays, they don’t even have a proper scientific research site, only a broken ship, and the equipment used for research is very old.

During this period, he went to many companies to get funding, and he almost ran his legs off. Not only did he not get any money, but he also spent a lot of money on drinks.

This made the already poor research station even worse off.

Liu Jiafu also contacted many local breeders to ask if they were interested.

Without exception, when they heard that it would take two years to raise a fish that weighed just over one kilogram, they all politely declined.

Although the price of yellow croaker is very attractive, the risk is really too great given the long breeding time.

In addition, a typhoon has just hit this year, so for many farmers, offshore aquaculture is purely dependent on weather.

If you are in a good mood, I will reward you with two bites of food.

If I'm in a bad mood, I'll slap you twice.

To breed a fish like yellow croaker for such a long time is really challenging the patience of nature.

This is not a question of whether you make money or not, but how much you are willing to lose.

Liu Jiafu himself is well aware that it would be difficult to attract investment with the current research results, but he has no intention of giving up.

If he couldn't get investment, he would sell some of his property and continue his research no matter how hard or difficult it was.

Unexpectedly, his former subordinate He Gang suggested that he try Li Duoyu of Minlong Food.

What he didn't expect was that this young man, who was the best in their aquaculture industry, agreed so readily!

This made Liu Jiafu feel unreal, as if he was dreaming.

Seeing that Li Duoyu was also interested in the yellow croaker, Liu Jiafu quickly introduced it:

"Director Li, if you are interested, I will give you a more detailed introduction to our current breeding progress and results of large yellow croaker."

"Sure. I really don't like looking at a lot of documents."

Liu Jiafu went on to introduce: "At this stage, we have completed the breeding research of yellow croaker. Because the yellow croaker has a low desire to mate in the cage, we injected a hormone into the fish to induce them to spawn. The overall effect is good, but there is still room for improvement.

The most difficult part is that yellow croakers are migratory, and it would be difficult to keep them in a small place.

The desire to eat will become very low, and our team is currently looking for ways to increase the feeding frequency of large yellow croaker."

After Liu Jiafu had introduced the situation, Chen Dongqing couldn't help but ask, "Is it really that difficult to raise yellow croaker? A two-year-old yellow croaker only grows to a little over a pound?"

Liu Jiafu smiled bitterly. Seeing that Li Duoyu was so sincere, he said truthfully:
"To be honest, I don't want to lie to you. A little over a pound is already our best data. Two years ago, we raised more than 7,000 large yellow croakers, but only about 300 are alive now. The largest of them weighed only 1.3 pounds, and most weighed less than half a pound."

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and even He Gang was shocked: "Chief Liu, this is not what you told me before."

Liu Jiafu was quite embarrassed: "If I were to give you the real data, you wouldn't help me find investors."

He Gang's face turned black. He was right. If the data of yellow croaker farming was so bad, he would not have the face to introduce this project to Li Duoyu. After Liu Jiafu finished speaking, he quickly said to Li Duoyu: "Director Li, after this farming, we have accumulated a lot of experience. Our team is confident that as long as we are given a few more years, we will definitely be able to overcome this difficulty."

It will take a few more years to hear that.

All the fishery experts like Minlong couldn't help but shake their heads, sighed, and then whispered to each other.

From the beginning, they were not optimistic about Chief Liu's breeding project, and now they can almost reject it.

He Gang was helpless. He felt that he had been cheated by this old leader. He thought that even if their current breeding technology was not mature, it should be almost the same.

I never thought that it would take several years and it is still uncertain. Who would be willing to invest in you?

But what everyone didn't expect was that Li Duoyu was actually persuaded and said with great appreciation: "You have ambition. I believe Chief Liu will succeed. A tall building starts from the ground. Even the Great Wall was not built in one day."

"Pyllus croaker is originally a migratory marine fish, so it is normal that it is difficult to raise. I also very much hope that you can overcome the difficulties."

Liu Jiafu was so moved that he almost cried. It was the first time he met such a reasonable boss. At that moment, he even felt a sense of mutual understanding.

Chen Dongqing and He Gang looked at each other and frowned at Li Duoyu in front of them. They always felt that this upright man who was cheering up Section Chief Liu was completely different from the mean Li Duoyu in their impression.

Lei Youshan, on the other hand, had a rather tricky angle and asked a question: "Chief Liu, I'd like to ask, is there a big difference between the yellow croaker you farm and the wild ones?"

Liu Jiafu said: "There is a difference, that is, the farmed yellow croaker looks rounder overall due to the limited conditions.

As for the taste, the difference is not that big. We have done tests, if you don’t deliberately say it is farmed.

Only a very small number of people will notice that the taste is slightly different, and most people can't tell the difference at all."

"That's really good."

But just when both sides felt that the atmosphere was very harmonious, Li Duoyu suddenly asked: "Chief Liu, if you say that we should cooperate, how do you plan to cooperate?"

Liu Jiafu scratched his head and said, "I'll tell you the truth. Our research station is very short of funds now. If Director Li is willing to invest in us, we only need 20,000 yuan a year.

Once the large yellow croaker breeding technology matures, we will provide you with the entire set of breeding technology as soon as possible."

Li Duoyu tapped the table with his fingers and thought: "But if we invest so much money, we can only get breeding technology, which is a bit disadvantageous for us."

Liu Jiafu was stunned. Director Li had made his blood boil before, but in just two minutes, he gave him a cold feeling.

I always feel like the knife is coming.

really
Li Duoyu said directly: "I can invest in you, and even increase your funding. The first year's minimum is 50,000, but there is a prerequisite. Once your research is successful, the authorship rights can be given to you, but we, Minlong, must enjoy the patent rights for large yellow croaker breeding."

After hearing what Li Duoyu said, everyone present suddenly understood and had a better understanding of him.

He Gang smiled bitterly. This Li Duoyu hasn't changed at all. In fact, he is even more despicable than before. He said so many nice things at the beginning, but it turns out he wanted to steal the patent rights!

Liu Jiafu's face also looked unhappy. He naturally understood what the patent right meant. Nowadays, many so-called "scientists" are particularly fond of inventing things and applying for patents, but it turns out that they are all plagiarized from foreigners.

He was also very clear that once the patent rights were given to Li Duoyu, even he could not teach the yellow croaker breeding technology to others without Li Duoyu's permission.

This was equivalent to working for him in disguise, which was far from what he had originally imagined. For a moment, he didn't know what to choose.

At this moment, sweat broke out on Liu Jiafu's forehead, but when he was struggling violently, Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Chief Liu, don't rush to reply to me about this matter. Since you are here, I might as well take you to visit our shrimp farm and feed factory first."

"Ok."

Liu Jiafu wiped his forehead and then joined the tour. But before he had taken a few steps, he was shocked by the equipment in the shrimp farm.

Looking at the breeding ponds that were constantly bubbling with water, Liu Jiafu asked in surprise: "Director Li, are these all water circulation equipment?"

He had only seen this kind of equipment in journals and magazines, and had never seen a real one.

With the help of this thing, he felt that he could reduce the mortality rate of yellow croaker seedlings by at least 50% during the breeding stage.

Li Duoyu replied: "Yes, the last time I went to Hong Kong Island, I borrowed 600,000 from my boss to buy a batch of equipment."

The colleague who came with Liu Jiafu was completely stunned when he heard the number 600,000.

Their research station doesn't even have 20,000 yuan in funding, and now it seems like they can barely pay the employees.

A set of equipment cost them more than 600,000 yuan, and it seemed to be imported and used foreign currency.

Comparing yourself to others will really make you angry. His shrimp farming project is just like his own son, while their yellow croaker farming project is not their own child at all, the kind that no one loves and cares for.

But when he came to the breeding pond outside, he instantly changed his mind and thought that Li Duoyu was really awesome.

Li Duoyu introduced the three-dimensional farming method: "In order to simulate the farming environment of shrimp, our ponds are relatively large. The upper layer is used to raise shrimp, the middle layer is mixed with oysters, the lower layer is used to raise blue crabs, and the bottom layer is used to raise some razor clams to purify the water quality."

What Li Duoyu said immediately inspired Liu Jiafu. They knew the reason why they had not been able to raise yellow croaker well.

It is most likely a problem with the breeding environment. If we can create a breeding space that is similar to the living environment of yellow croaker, then maybe we can raise it well.

After seeing the prawns that Li Duoyu caught, Liu Jiafu was envious: "The prawns should be very expensive this year."

Li Duoyu also told the truth: "It's not cheap. The price here is at least ten yuan per catty. Almost all the prawns from 500 mu have been booked."

Not only Liu Jiafu, but also He Gang were a little bit unbelievable, their brains were no longer able to calculate.

With 500 acres of shrimps and selling them at ten yuan per catty, how much money will Li Duoyu make this year?

He Gang couldn't help but cling to Li Duoyu's thighs. Why did he work so hard to cultivate seaweed? He might as well come and join him in shrimp farming.

But what shocked them the most was not the shrimp breeding pond, but the experimental building built by Li Duoyu.

Not only is there a separate disinfection room, there is also a bacteria culture room, and most importantly, the instruments and equipment inside are truly complete and all very new.

It was much better than their Sharp Fisheries Research Institute. Especially when he saw one of the imported equipment, He Gang was so envious that he almost drooled.

"Is this equipment also from your company?"

Li Duoyu nodded.

Chen Dongqing patted his shoulder and sighed, "Comrade He Gang, don't be too surprised. I think this is the only person in our province who is willing to spend so much money to buy equipment for research."

After visiting the shrimp farm in Qixing Bay, Liu Jiafu felt mixed emotions. After hesitating for a while, he finally made a decision.

Although he felt at a disadvantage as his years of hard work were going to be wasted on others, Liu Jiafu felt that there was a future in cooperating with people like Li Duoyu.

He is really different from other breeders. He has a very big vision and a long-term perspective.

"Director Li, I agree with your request, but I have one condition. Can we use the equipment in the laboratory building together?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "This is easy. You can come and use it this year. Next year, I will build a new laboratory building for you at Guan Jingyang's place, so you don't have to run back and forth."

After hearing this, Liu Jiafu's eyes were shining, but He Gang was silent!

So damn rich! (End of this chapter)