The passionate years starting from the college entrance examination

Chapter 339: The Artifact of the Kingdom (please vote for me)
"Dad, Dad, come out quickly, let's build a snowman together"

In the early morning of this morning, the capital city received its first heavy snowfall this winter. The whole yard was covered with thick snow, more than ten centimeters thick. I don’t know if the auspicious snow meant a good year or not.

Today is the weekend, and there was no need to get up so early, but Chen Si heard her mother say that it was snowing outside, and she couldn't sleep immediately.

Even if she couldn't sleep, she still had to drag her father outside to build a snowman.

As a child who grew up in the north, building a snowman should be one of the projects that must be completed every year, right?

Chen Guohua wore thick clothes and followed the little guy to the yard to build a snowman with the little guy.

Not to mention, it’s really interesting.

He was still holding the little guy Chen Xi in his arms. Chen Xi was not even one year old yet and was still staggering when walking. It was also snowing, so Chen Guohua would not let the little guy walk on his own.

However, seeing her sister playing so happily in the snow, Chen Xi couldn't help but struggle to get off the ground, stretching out her chubby white hands to play in the snow too.

"It's too cold, don't play in the snow."

The child would definitely not listen to what the adults said, until she was frozen by the cold snow and couldn't hold back her tears, so she burst out crying.

If her father hadn't picked her up quickly and kept her warm in his arms, the little one would have cried for a long time.

"Dad, my sister is a crybaby."

In the house, Chen Wei, who didn't want to come out to play in the snow, complained about his sister.

Then he was scolded by his mother, "Your sister is not a crybaby. You are not allowed to say that about your sister. Do you hear me?"

"Brother, come out and play with me."

Looking at his children and wife at home, Chen Guohua felt very satisfied.

One of the greatest pursuits in life is to have a warm bed with your wife and children.

Next door, Dong Jingxue, who heard the commotion, also came over with her child, but Chen Xiangqian was smaller and more afraid of the cold.

So Dong Jingxue, mother and son stood aside and watched Chen Si playing in the snow alone.

It wasn't until Chen Lihua and Chen Guiying's family came and brought their children that the yard became completely lively.

Whenever Chen Guohua is on vacation, he will call his two sisters over to his home for dinner and a get-together.

Two old people, Lao Chen and Yun Wanshang, are very old. They are afraid of being deserted and like the excitement.

Therefore, Chen Guohua will take advantage of his free time to make his home more lively.

After spending a pleasant weekend at home with his family, Chen Guohua returned to normal working hours.

The Riemann-Chern Guohua theorem has been completely established. The West wants to go further in the theoretical level of quantum mechanics and does not want to be left too behind by the East. Chen Guohua did not explain too much.

For now, it is impossible for the West to catch up with the East unless he, Chen Guohua, sits aside.

But how could Chen Guohua just sit back and watch?
Qiu Zongyue and Xiang Liqiang were naturally more relieved after they knew the answer.

Not long after that, in early November, Hubert Humphrey's economic blockade policy was no longer implemented.

Coerced by capital, Hubert Humphrey had to surrender under the alliance of Richard Milhouse and others.

Jimmy Temaru wanted to say before that, don't insist on having your own way, otherwise, everyone will really betray their relatives and leave.

Unexpectedly, it was directly fulfilled.

If Hubert Humphrey had not been so stubborn, he would not have ended up in the position where he is now being besieged by everyone.

The energy of people like Richard Milhouse is not small at all, not to mention that they have united so much capital, parliamentarians, etc. It is normal that Hubert Humphrey cannot stop them.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that he only temporarily took up the position of squad leader, and his position is unstable.

Hubert Humphrey is not a ruthless person. If he were a ruthless person, he might not be so passive.

It all had a lot to do with Hubert Humphrey himself and the North American predicament he faced.

After this incident, the economic blockade policy was in vain, and no one mentioned it again.

Early and mid-November were uneventful, with nothing major happening.

At the end of the month, Chen Guohua received a call and asked him to go to the Northwest, mainly to observe the launch test of an intercontinental missile. This was considered a great historical moment, so he also went to visit.

Chen Guohua did not participate much in the intercontinental missile project. To be precise, he only participated in the design and development of the engine and other parts.

Although he later withdrew from the moon landing plan, he was a bit like a stranger to Qian Xuesen and the others. It was most likely that he was helpless and heartbroken like "sorrow is greater than heartbreak", so he was too lazy to say a few words to Qian Xuesen and the others.

At most, in daily work, we are limited to talking about technology, and almost no other aspects.

Regardless of whether it is a moon landing plan or an intercontinental missile, rocket technology is actually required, especially intercontinental missiles. The rocket technology required is the very critical high-thrust liquid rocket engine and guidance and control technology.

As early as the 1950s, Moscow and Washington had already made substantial breakthroughs in nuclear warheads, high-thrust liquid rocket engines, and guidance and control technology.

After an intercontinental missile is launched, it is mainly divided into three flight stages: the propulsion acceleration stage, the midway stage and the re-entry into the atmosphere. It is the propulsion acceleration stage that determines the range of the missile.

In this process, the engine shutdown speed is particularly critical. From ignition to shutdown, it normally only takes 3-5 minutes.

When the fuel is burned out, the flight speed is as high as 7 kilometers per second. When the missile reaches an altitude of 150-400 kilometers, it begins to fly by inertia.

From here, it is not difficult to see how high the cost of intercontinental missiles is.

Therefore, even this test launch of an intercontinental missile cost several million dollars.

Due to the high cost, Chen Guohua, as the first person in the domestic scientific community, was also called over to 'visit'.

It is said to be a visit, but in fact it is to help control the technology to avoid test failure.

After Chen Guohua arrived in the Northwest, he was taken to a land-based launch base in a military green off-road vehicle.

"Director Chen, long time no see. Thank you for your hard work. How are you along the way?"

Qian Xuesen came to greet him personally, followed by Xie Dingyi, Liang Sili and others, which gave Chen Guohua enough face.

As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face. This is already the case with others, so naturally Chen Guohua will not give him any blackface.

"Fortunately, it's not hard work. Let's go and see that big guy first. This is the first artifact of a great power in our country. I can't wait any longer."

Liang Sili and Xie Dingyi had a very good relationship with Chen Guohua, and they were all smiling at this time. They stood next to Qian Xuesen and greeted Chen Guohua with a smile.

Time is the most ruthless, so many years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Chen Guohua still remembered the scene when Liang Sili and Xie Dingyi came to Zhenhua Research Institute to find him.

The group of people chatted for a while and soon came to the launch silo and saw the big guy standing in it.

Seeing this big guy, Chen Guohua let out an exclamation.

This is the true artifact of the country, a talisman that can make enemies fearful, and a backbone that the Chinese people can straighten.

In the next few days, just like the satellite launch, Chen Guohua was also deeply involved in the last few inspections.

The exorbitant cost made the higher-ups extremely cautious. Qian Xuesen, as the general person in charge of the project, did not dare to be negligent. He wished he could stay at the launch base all day long and eliminate all possible troubles and minor problems. , to ensure that the missile can be launched smoothly.

"The last round of inspections starts now, everyone cheers up."

In the base, Chen Guohua looked at Qian Xuesen's serious look and said nothing. Under the other party's order, he also started working.

This is the opponent's home court, so listen to the opponent's words and you are right.

Chen Guohua didn't know much about the intercontinental missile project, but Qian Xuesen was the general person in charge of the project and was responsible for the entire project.

As the last inspection began, all technicians and researchers became extremely nervous.

Even Qian Xuesen took Chen Guohua to inspect the liquid rocket engine part for a long time.

It can be said that the rocket engine determines whether the intercontinental missile can be successfully launched. This is a very critical technology and cannot be ignored at all.

Although all technicians are already very familiar with the inspection procedures, they must be confirmed carefully and repeatedly before they are passed.

After all the processes are completed, it is completely over and waiting for launch.

The leaders from above also arrived and were waiting in the command room.

After Qian Xuesen, Chen Guohua, Liang Sili, and Xie Dingyi came back, they made a final work report with their leaders and applied for a test launch.

"Hold on!"

The leader nodded solemnly to Qian Xuesen and the others, then contacted the capital. After obtaining authorization, he issued an order to Qian Xuesen and the others to confirm that the test firing could be carried out.

The test firing officially began. A rocket with long flames rose from the ground and quickly took off.

Intercontinental missile launches are similar to satellite launches, both powered by rockets.

Everyone watched nervously as the missile took off until it quickly took off and disappeared from sight.

After that, satellites are relied on to lock the whereabouts of intercontinental missiles.

Just after the missile took off, the Aviation Industry Bureau and satellite monitoring team in North America immediately discovered something was wrong.

In the 1960s, there were only a handful of countries capable of launching rockets.

Therefore, the North American Aerospace Industries Administration, which launched the geostationary satellite, established a communication monitoring system that only focuses on those countries.

Naturally, the one that received the most attention was Dongfang.

Just because the East has risen too fast and is too evil, it is completely unreasonable.

This time, the launch of the intercontinental missile was probably also a satellite rocket in the view of the satellite monitoring team.

But after a few minutes, they discovered something was wrong.

Because this rocket did not fly towards space, and did not continue to increase its altitude. Instead, it flew straight towards the Pacific Ocean, and then flew faster and faster. This was inertial guidance.

This is a missile!

"Damn it, Fuck, this is an intercontinental missile from the East. God, they really made it."

I saw the 'rocket' flying straight over the Pacific Ocean after reaching an altitude of 300 kilometers, flying quickly by relying on inertia.

At this time, the flying speed of the 'rocket' had already exceeded seven kilometers per second.

Just because it flies from space to the ground, its speed will only get faster and faster, because this is an intercontinental missile, it uses a high-throw ballistic trajectory, and its later speed will definitely exceed fifteen or twenty times the speed of sound.

Among the intercontinental missiles developed by Moscow and Washington, the missiles that can be intercepted can only be intercepted in the early and middle stages after the missile is launched. They cannot be intercepted in the later stages.

This is not to say that it is completely impossible to be intercepted in the later stage, but the possibility of being successfully intercepted is almost zero.

Of course, today in the 1960s, whether in North America or Moscow, their anti-missile interception technology is very poor.

The best thing that can be done at present is the air defense system developed by Chen Guohua, which can effectively intercept all missiles except intercontinental missiles.

The intercontinental missile can also achieve a success rate of about 90% in the early stage after launch, that is, within fifteen minutes after launch. Once discovered by the air defense system, the missile can be successfully deployed. Intercept it.

If it is discovered by the air defense system in the middle of the launch, the chance of being successfully intercepted is only 30%.

As for the later period after launch, that is even more impossible.

Since no tests have been conducted at all, the interception success rate of the air defense system is currently unknown.

"Hurry up and report it. This mysterious East is so scary."

Pax, another member of the satellite monitoring team, said with horrified eyes.

"Yeah, it's unbelievable. I heard that the ordinary people there haven't had enough to eat. How can they be so powerful and able to develop such a powerful weapon as an intercontinental missile?"

Steve echoed.

The few people chatted and gradually calmed down, but there was still a lot of surprise and shock deep in their eyes.

Although they have worked in the satellite monitoring team for a long time and have seen many of Dongfang's powerful satellite launch technologies, this is the first time they discovered that Dongfang can successfully launch intercontinental missiles.

Why is North America so afraid of Moscow’s R16?

That's because the R16 intercontinental missile is really awesome. Although it is in Moscow, it still has many shortcomings. For example, it is huge and can easily suffer devastating strikes.

But such an intercontinental missile with many shortcomings is still the Sword of Damocles currently hanging over Europe and the United States.

Now, there is another Sword of Damocles.

As the director of the Aviation Industry Bureau, Robert Van de Graaff quickly received a report from his subordinates and learned that Dongfang's intercontinental missile had finally been tested.

"Did it succeed?"

Van de Graaf wants to know now whether Dongfang's missile was a dummy or whether it exploded successfully.

"We are almost reaching the Pacific Ocean now, and it is estimated to be two minutes away."

Steve looked at the data on the display screen and quickly came up with a rough figure.

Based on the altitude and flight speed of the intercontinental missile, its landing time can naturally be estimated quickly.

After hearing it for two minutes, Van de Graaf has been waiting nearby, waiting for the result.

While Van de Graaff was waiting, he also discovered the same thing far away in Moscow.

As for Moscow, they immediately reported the matter and informed Brezhnev.

After the latter learned about this, he was instantly furious and extremely shocked.

Intercontinental missiles are not ordinary rockets, nor ordinary missiles. Originally, he thought that the East would not develop intercontinental missiles so quickly.

However, the slap in the face came too quickly. No one expected that Dongfang would successfully launch the missile at the time of 1967.

Looking at the picture of the earth transmitted back through the synchronous satellite on the monitor, it was a huge mushroom cloud, a very obvious explosion picture.

In this way, it is almost confirmed that Dongfang has successfully tested an intercontinental missile.

When Brezhnev was very angry, Hubert Humphrey also learned this shocking news from Van de Graaff's report in the White House Office in Washington.

"Farke, shit, Van de Graaff, you say, it's not true, is it?"

Hubert was furious. That was an intercontinental missile, not an ordinary missile.

Only those who have seen it know how powerful the deterrent effect of intercontinental missiles is.

Obviously, as the North American squad leader, Hubert knew very well how awesome intercontinental missiles were, so he was shocked by the news.

From the Northwest to the Pacific Ocean, the flight distance has already exceeded 8,000 kilometers.

Fake, this is eight thousand kilometers.

This means that the intercontinental missiles in the East definitely have global strike capabilities.

Although it is not yet known whether this is the ultimate distance of Dongfang's intercontinental missile, but even so, it cannot be underestimated.

Douglas Dillon, Lundberg, Dean Rusk, Jimmy Temaru and others all remained silent. After experiencing the dilemma of the economic blockade before, everyone knows that Hubert Humphrey is actually a paper tiger. Apart from being fierce and soft-hearted, he is really not very tough and domineering.

Maybe it’s because I’m self-aware, so I don’t dare to do anything wrong.

Otherwise, any smart person would never let those capitalists off so lightly.

Even if the capitalists are awesome, they are just capitalists after all, not God. What’s more, he is still the current North American squad leader, so he is afraid of a hammer.

But even if they knew that Hubert was a paper tiger and that he still held the power of life and death, Lundberg and the others would not dare to dissuade the other party casually. Otherwise, they would be scolded at best, or kicked out at worst.

"From the information we have received so far, it has indeed been confirmed that Dongfang successfully launched an intercontinental missile."

Robert van de Graaff nodded solemnly and said, Hubert snorted heavily and never spoke again.

Next, let’s think about how to deal with the East’s intercontinental missiles this time.

When talking to Dongfang in the future, it would be better to consider your attitude more or less.

Far away in the northwest, the command room where Chen Guohua and the others were located was already a sea of ​​joy. Everyone was very happy just because of the current situation, which was the successful test firing of an intercontinental missile.

That's an intercontinental missile, a divine weapon to protect the country!
The surveillance images transmitted back from synchronous satellites can be seen very clearly. The huge mushroom cloud rises in the uninhabited waters of the Pacific. That is the rise of hope.

This surveillance picture is much clearer than the pictures in Moscow and Washington.

Just because Zhenhua Research Institute's technology in the fields of optical lenses and digital SLRs has far surpassed that of Washington.

Such a clear picture allowed Chen Guohua and the others to see extremely clearly that in the Pacific Ocean, there were dozens of unmanned fishing boats scattered all over the place, just to monitor the explosion of intercontinental missiles.

There are cameras at sea and in the sky monitoring intercontinental missiles, and the entire process from takeoff to explosion was recorded on camera.

The successful test launch of an intercontinental missile is as significant as the atomic bomb explosion six years ago.

From two bombs and one satellite to today's intercontinental missiles, no one except Qian Xuesen, Qian Weichang, Qian Sanqiang, Deng Jiaxian, Chen Guohua, Sun Jiadong, Yu Min and others knows what hardships the domestic scientific community has experienced.

However, all the difficulties are worth it because they will make us stronger in the end.

After attending the celebration banquet in Northwest China, Chen Guohua took a plane back to the capital with his leader.

Based on this, they realized that Dongfang was not easily bullied.

Therefore, after the continuous efforts of the predecessors, in 1971, the position of the five permanent members of the oil pipeline was finally restored.

Bay Island, Shitou also received the news at this time.

"Why are they so powerful?"

After hearing the intelligence information about the successful intercontinental missile test coming back from the Pacific, Shitou suddenly fell down on his chair and murmured to himself. His whole body seemed to have aged a lot.

why?
What other reason could there be for this?

Anyway, this is the fact. In recent years, the mainland has relied on its own efforts to overcome most of the scientific research problems, and has successively produced many impressive results.

Especially after the atomic bomb exploded, it became unstoppable and so powerful that it was suffocating and frightening.

The current situation is even more heartbreaking for Shitou. The mainland side is rising steadily, but their Bay Island side is retreating steadily. There is no retreat!

New York, oil pipeline headquarters.

Meeting after meeting is being held, and everyone is constantly discussing the matter of East regaining its seat.

Qiao Guanghua and the others are still working hard to make the final effort for Dongfang to truly enter the five permanent seats.

The general trend now is that the Republic of China has left, and the oil pipeline only has the four permanent members.

When the conference was held in New York, Chen Yuanchao also took the time to come here and pay attention. He planned to observe this meeting in person.

"Uncle, it's true. Although this meeting is very important, there is no need to come here in person to attend, right?"

Chen Yuanchao looked at the crowds of people in the conference hall and muttered secretly.

He was forced by his brother-in-law to come here to attend the meeting, just to witness history for his brother-in-law.

Complaints are complaints, but Chen Yuanchao still listened attentively.

Since coming to North America, he has experienced a lot of things, and one thing has become clearer to him: how proud he is to have an extremely powerful country behind him.

A less obvious change is that there are more and more voices discussing the mainland on the streets.

For example, a few days ago, the Wall Street Journal and many other newspapers and media reported on the intercontinental missile that exploded in the Pacific Ocean.

The huge mushroom cloud dominated the front pages of many European and American newspapers and media such as the Washington Post, and relevant details were quickly disclosed.

The fact that the East has risen has made many people unable to react.

It stands to reason that Dongfang's successful test launch of an intercontinental missile has nothing to do with the European and American media.

But there are people behind it who are pushing it. Capital is for money, so what can’t it do?

Just when Chen Yuanchao was thinking wildly, the meeting had begun and soon entered a critical moment.

As the number of votes for permanent membership was announced and the conference fully passed the resolution, all the Chinese present, including Chen Yuanchao, as well as the African guests and some guests who were friendly to the East, stood up, excited, and even burst into tears. orbit.

Only the representatives from Moscow and Washington looked ugly, but they had to stand up and deal with it casually.

Even if they have some anger, they don't dare to vent it out at this time, otherwise, the consequences will not be something they can bear.

The East today is too powerful.

The representatives from Moscow, Washington, Gallic, and London in the conference room couldn't be clearer about the specific strength of the East.

Because of this, they behaved like this. They were obviously very frustrated and didn't want to applaud, but they had to give Dongfang face, give them a professional smile, and applaud in a workplace manner.

On the other end of the phone, Chen Guohua heard the sounds at the scene and was immediately excited.

His eldest nephew called him. Although it was not a live TV broadcast, a live phone call was enough.

Chen Guohua is quite satisfied, and he can be regarded as witnessing history.

"Okay, since the resolution has been passed, you can go back first."

"Uncle, I also want to tell you about Qianduoduo Supermarket."

Before Chen Yuanchao could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Chen Guohua:
"Let's talk about it after you go back. It's not the right time to talk about these things outside now."

"Okay, uncle, I'll call you tomorrow."

After the agreed time, Chen Yuanchao hung up the phone. He glanced again at Qiao Guanghua, who was still laughing in the distance, and then turned and left.

In the next day's newspaper, Qiao Guanghua's hearty laughing expression successfully dominated the front pages of several media newspapers.

The news that Dongfang has returned to the position of five permanent members of the oil pipeline is big news.

Except for a small number of people in Moscow and Washington who are unhappy, there are still many people who are very happy.

Although this is just a pipeline, it doesn't mean anything.

But in fact, everyone has been certain of one thing, that is, the East is really powerful.

At the Zhenhua Research Institute, Chen Guohua nodded from time to time as he listened to his eldest nephew's report about Qian Duoduo Supermarket.

As long as the patent for the sweetener high-fructose corn syrup has not been discovered by most capitalists, Qianduoduo Supermarket, Costco Supermarket, etc. can keep silently and make a lot of money.

After all, the cost of sweetener is one-third cheaper than ordinary sucrose, which is a huge cost advantage.

The patent for this sweetener has been registered around the world, and Bristol Pharmaceuticals will not take the initiative to market this product. After all, white-glove companies like Qianduoduo Supermarket have already paid a lot of patent fees.

Previously, Chen Yuanchao and Zheng Zhigui followed Chen Guohua's plan and either purchased many farms in advance or signed contracts with grain giants such as Archer Daniels Midland Company.

Signing a contract already means that white glove companies such as Qianduoduo Supermarket cannot fail to make money.

However, a secret cannot always remain a secret, and it cannot stop the attention of interested people.

While Chen Guohua and his eldest nephew were chatting about the development status of Qianduoduo Supermarket, at the headquarters of Archer Daniels Midland, President Curtis Li Mei was anxiously waiting for news.

"How's it going? Did you find out anything?"

At this moment, the phone on the desk suddenly rang. Curtis picked up the phone immediately and asked anxiously.

"Mr. Li Mei, whose call are you waiting for? I'm Michael. I'm calling you because there was something wrong with the batch of goods you gave to our company before."

When he heard that it was a call from a major customer, Curtis Li Mei was speechless, but listened to Michael's words seriously.

The latter is a person who likes to take advantage and always likes to get some small favors from Archer Daniels Midland Company.

This time on the phone call, judging from Michael's tone, it seemed that it was not as simple as asking for benefits, but that there was a real problem.

Curtis Li May's heart suddenly jumped. This was really strange: How could such a thing happen?
Absolutely impossible!
But regardless of whether it is possible or not, now that Michael has called, how to deal with it is what he should do now.

Half an hour later, after Curtis Li Mei had taken care of Michael's affairs, he was already quite haggard.

But at this moment, the PHS cell phone attached to his waist suddenly rang.

The PHS mobile phone is a product of China Resources Company. As a mobile communication device, Curtis Li Mei must be equipped with it.

Because this is a business need, others can contact him at any time.

Not only the PHS mobile phone, but also the pager product, Curtis LeMay did not give up using it and still used it.

There is no way, there are still many people looking for him every day.

It’s all related to work. People are still looking for me after get off work. Work is always available.

In other words, at this time, Curtis LeMay had already lived a life that did not distinguish between work and life.

"The text message will be sent soon, please pay attention to receive it."

After answering the phone, Curtis Li Mei just heard such a meaningless sentence, and then heard a beeping sound from the other end of the phone.

Obviously, the person has hung up the phone.

A text message was quickly received. It was a piece of information about how Qianduoduo Supermarket processed corn. The technology used was a sweetener called high fructose corn syrup.

"Sweetener? This is a new technology? What is it used for?"

Frowning at the text message, Curtis Li Mei didn't understand what was going on for a while.

What he can think of is that the acquisition cost of corn is lower than the cost of other sugar raw materials such as sucrose.

And this sweetener called corn syrup can extract more sugar, making it cheaper.

But how low the cost can be, Curtis LeMay doesn’t know.

This point requires very in-depth investigation.

Once the investigation is in-depth, more commissions will need to be paid to those talents. Only by Curtis Li Mei personally contacting the senior management of Qian Duoduo Supermarket Processing Factory can he obtain relevant information.

"It shouldn't cost much, let's see"

Curtis Li Mei shook his head, not thinking too much.

He didn't think that much, but Chapman Siegel, the president of Cargill, thought a lot.

People who start companies never do charity.

Since the Washington supermarket has signed a supply contract with Cargill for two million tons of corn, it is definitely not aimless.

It must be profitable to be willing to take such a big risk.

Washington Supermarket is a supermarket founded by a white-glove manager, Washington. It was launched almost simultaneously with Costco Supermarket, Qianduoduo Supermarket, etc. It is a large-scale comprehensive supermarket that combines many strategies such as discount strategy, membership strategy, and differentiation strategy. .

Different from Costco Supermarket and Qianduoduo Supermarket, Washington Supermarket not only needs to pay an annual membership fee of US$59, but also needs to register a lot of member information, and all of it will be entered into the computer system.

In other words, Washington supermarkets are more advanced and require greater investment. After all, they already use computers.

In addition, Washington Supermarket also has a large supply of cheap seafood. Almost all products that can be thought of in daily life can be found in this supermarket.

Known as the most complete supermarket!
In the entire supermarket, in addition to cheap and discounted goods, there are also expensive boutiques with varying prices.

Consumers are definitely the happiest when all products in the entire supermarket are discounted.

After all, Washington Supermarket also sells watches, belts, shoes, etc., and many of them are external brand products, not all of which are the supermarket's own products.

Therefore, Washington Supermarket has more members than Costco Supermarket.

Washington Supermarket, which combines so many strategies and has so many products, requires a lot of time and energy in management. Moreover, because the product range far exceeds that of other supermarkets such as Costco Supermarket and Qianduoduo Supermarket, Washington Supermarket has a shortage of goods. Channels require considerable costs.

Whether this model can go a long way is anyone’s guess.

But judging from the current situation, the development of Washington Supermarket is still very good, and its momentum even far exceeds that of Costco Supermarket.

Because he paid attention to these, Chapman Siegel wanted to know more information.

When he learned that the Washington supermarket had obtained the patent authorization for high-fructose corn syrup sweetener, he couldn't wait to send people to London and found Bristol Pharmaceutical Company.

"What? Patent licensing is $50 million per year?"

However, when Chapman Siegel learned about the patent offer from Bristol Pharmaceuticals, he shook his head and refused.

Fake!

Too damn expensive.

"Can I ask, if other companies want to obtain patent authorization, do they also need patent authorization of US$50 million per year?"

Heck, $50 million a year is spent just to obtain a patent for a sweetener. Why not grab the money?

Not to mention, Chen Guohua’s idea is to steal money.

Not to mention other companies, let's just talk about Archer Daniels Midland Company. In the past six or six years, their annual corn output has exceeded 12 million tons.

Chen Guohua knows very well that one ton of corn contains about 600 to 700 kilograms of starch, and the utilization rate of starch used to produce white sugar is about 85%.

In other words, one ton of corn can extract approximately 510 to 595 kilograms of glucose, which can produce about 450 to 520 kilograms of white sugar.

Based on the calculation that one ton of corn can be made into 500 kilograms of white sugar, then 12 million tons of corn can be made into 6 million tons of white sugar.

At this time, white sugar was 1.3 cents per pound, or 28.66 US dollars per ton. Calculating this, two million tons of corn can produce one million tons of white sugar, which is 2860 US dollars. Sixty thousand dollars.

And what is the price at which Washington supermarkets purchase corn?

The price of corn in North America is generally 37 US dollars per ton, but Washington supermarkets get the lowest price, with a 27% discount.

Therefore, the actual purchase price in Washington is US$30.26 per ton.

In other words, the two million tons of corn purchased by Washington supermarkets cost a total of US$60.52 million. After being processed into sugar, the cost was only US$28.66 million.

Isn’t this a huge loss?
(End of this chapter)