The next afternoon, Shen Li brought a small bag of Cola Fruits to Qin Lin's office. "Chairman Qin, the Cola Fruits from the northern province have arrived. I brought some for you. They've already been washed, so give them a try."
As he spoke, Shen Li spread the Cola Fruits out in front of Qin Lin.
Qin Lin picked one up and took a bite. The pure cola flavor burst across his taste buds, accompanied by an authentic fizz.
It tasted excellent.
Drawing on his experience, Qin Lin immediately judged it to be Quality 1. Its texture and flavor far surpassed the colas made by the two cola companies.
"Chairman Qin, what do you think?" Shen Li asked with a smile. He had already tried them himself and knew how much better these Cola Fruits were than cola.
Qin Lin nodded. "Not bad. The flavor and texture haven't suffered at all!"
The phone rang. It was Minister Lu. "Boss Qin, sorry to bother you again. I wanted to ask you something!"
"The Cola Fruits?" Qin Lin guessed.
The controversy over cola was raging online. What else would Minister Lu be calling him about now but the Cola Fruits?
"Boss Qin, you guessed it? How are your Cola Fruits coming along?" Minister Lu got straight to the point. After all, he knew about the Cola Fruit project.
The beverage companies licensed by Qinglin Laboratory had been able to grow Cola Fruits without attracting attention because the authorities had helped keep the news under wraps. It never made it into the papers.
This wasn't the first time the two cola companies had been caught with excessive levels of carcinogens. The authorities had tolerated it before, merely ordering them to make rectifications. The main reason was that the two companies were so large