New Project

After Chen Jianxiong came out of the research base, he began to cooperate with Fili to hand over personnel and some equipment and weapons.

Although it seemed that Chen Jianxiong's power had expanded significantly, in reality, Li Qingye still had absolute control over the personnel within the security department, especially the Soldiers.

Trust always has its limits.

Even if the other party's life is in your hands, you cannot completely trust them; you must still guard against them where necessary.

Due to the powerful influence of the Fernando family in the Dart Port surrounding areas, they were essentially the local power brokers.

With pieces like Mada in place, the Homo sapiens Company had eliminated more than half of its hidden dangers in the area. All that remained was to completely control the Fernando family, which would mean that within the five southern provinces of Luzon, the Homo sapiens Company could basically rest easy.

Perhaps many people would find this hard to believe.

But this was the reality of Luzon.

Luzon had never been unified; it was a confederation that called itself a nation but was actually an alliance of families, like a miniature India.

The entire Luzon was controlled by over two hundred families, large and small. Major families occupied several provinces, while smaller families controlled islands or towns. These families were local overlords, and it was difficult for the Luzon authorities to control them, especially families with hostile relationships.

Old Du could only barely control some of the regions that supported him, while northern Luzon, Mindanao, and other areas were basically in a state of semi-autonomy.

As one of the five major families in Luzon, the Fernando family's core sphere of influence meant the Homo sapiens Company could naturally rest easy.

This was also why Takasugi Hei felt so confident before; in his view, with the help of the Fernando family's power, dealing with the Homo sapiens Company, which had no background, would be a piece of cake.

A little over a week later.

Fang Xin Cheng arrived at Calagua Island again.

"Boss, here's the list of people to deal with," Fang Xin Cheng handed over a list.

Li Qingye flipped through it. "It seems Manager Jing Lan has failed my trust! Firing these 7 people directly is not appropriate. Give their information about embezzling company property to Wang Xinya in the legal department. I still have a few friends in Dart Port."

"This..." Fang Xin Cheng hesitated.

It was clear that Li Qingye intended to send these people to prison, and he felt a pang of reluctance.

Li Qingye's expression turned stern. "Xin Cheng, you can't be too lenient with these parasites. Otherwise, how will you manage the company in the future? If employees embezzle company property and you just let it go, how will that create deterrence?"

"Boss, I was wrong." Fang Xin Cheng lowered his head in shame.

Li Qingye shook his head. "Xin Cheng, you must remember one thing: if you want to be a good general manager, you must learn to combine authority with benevolence. Fami hopes you can be lenient; he knows how to handle people."

Towards the end, Li Qingye's words carried a hint of mockery. "Xin Cheng, if all the company's executives speak highly of someone, do you think he's truly a good person?"

"Huh?" Fang Xin Cheng couldn't quite grasp it for a moment.

Li Qingye handed the file back. "Any company is made up of people, and people have all sorts of interests and needs. Go back and think about it more, and you'll understand. Now, let's discuss the company's future development."

Although he hadn't fully understood, Fang Xin Cheng firmly remembered what had just been said and then nodded. "Boss, this is the company's future development plan."

Taking the document, Li Qingye scanned it with a glance.

Currently, the Homo sapiens Company's business only consisted of two parts: eel fry sales and eel farming.

The eel fry sales business was conducted through 10 shell companies and their own fishing vessels as cover, with a plan to sell 20,000 to 30,000 portions of eel fry annually.

The eel farming business currently had 3 farming bases. The Calagua Island base had an annual output of about 500-600 tons of eels, the Dart Port North Bay base had an annual output of 1000-1200 tons, and the Dart Port Coconut Town base had an annual output of 1500-1800 tons.

Currently, international eel fry prices fluctuated between $7,000 and $30,000 per portion (5,000 fry), while the wholesale price of mature meat eels ranged from $20,000 to $30,000 per ton.

As a technological monopolist, as long as other companies did not develop low-cost eel breeding technology, the Homo sapiens Company could maintain high profits in the eel fry industry.

As for the eel farming industry, it seemed to be a labor-intensive business. After all, considering the costs of land, equipment, labor, utilities, feed, and medicine, along with the survival rate during eel cultivation, the comprehensive cost per ton of meat eel was around $5,000 to $8,000.

The profit seemed quite good.

In reality, the risks were very high. For example, this year's surge in fry prices led to an increase in the production cost of meat eels by about $2,400 per ton.

However, the Homo sapiens Company still chose to continue investing in eel farming, with the aim of boosting local employment.

Currently, the aquaculture and processing divisions had the largest number of employees, totaling 433 people.

Yet, Li Qingye was still not satisfied, as the Homo sapiens Company only had a little over seven hundred employees in total.

And Fang Xin Cheng was indeed not someone who could pioneer new ventures; his proposed industrial plan only added two industries: grilled eel processing and feed processing.

Li Qingye had not held high hopes for Fang Xin Cheng's ability in industrial expansion in the first place.

During the past few months of research and development, Li Qingye had not only studied biological weapons and biological computers but had also taken some time to continue researching commercially viable products.

From the perspective of the current global industrial development, it was difficult to enter the energy and mining sectors; only agriculture was suitable for the Homo sapiens Company to continue cultivating.

But how to develop agriculture was also a question worth considering.

Luzon had abundant agricultural resources, but the problem was the strong influence of international grain merchants ABCD here, and Luzon was a place with severe food shortages. Land was used to grow more profitable cash crops.

If they chose to enter the grain production industry, they would definitely attract the attention of ABCD, and he did not want to be targeted by America at this time.

Therefore, they could not enter the grain production industry within Luzon; they had to take a roundabout route.

He planned to develop the sugar manufacturing industry, but not in the traditional sense. Traditional sugar manufacturing required large-scale cultivation of sugarcane or sugar beets, which in turn required vast tracts of arable land.

The family forces in various parts of Luzon were very stubborn, and even with the Fernando family's intervention, it would be difficult to acquire large areas of arable land. Rather than competing with farmers for land, it was better to find a new path.

Li Qingye planned to use Gene Recombination Technology to cultivate genetically modified seaweed with extremely high starch content, and then use special enzymes to convert the starch into products like maltose, glucose, and high-fructose corn syrup.

Compared to the limited arable land on land, the ocean's area was much vaster, and human development of the ocean was relatively low.

Starch has a wide range of uses, capable of producing sugars and serving as a raw material for industrial alcohol, which can then be used as gasoline. Additionally, starch can be directly used as flour or synthesized into artificial rice.

This essentially covers the grain, energy, sugar production, and alcohol brewing industries.

The Homo sapiens Company doesn't need to enter the grain industry at first, but its production lines can be converted to grain production at any time, which is very important for the future.

Humans can live without love, without houses, and even without mobile phones, but they absolutely cannot live without food.

Food is the foundation of stability.

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