Work began on the experimental field, and Professor Yang and Principal Yang followed Li Long's lead

"Hey, this is a nice factory you've got!" Liu Gaolou looked at Li Long's fairly new factory building, then at the brand-new equipment, and exclaimed, "This equipment must have cost a fair bit, right?"

"It certainly did. I sank everything I earned these past two years into it," Li Long said, half truthfully. "Over two million for one set of equipment... I really took a gamble this time!"

"You'll definitely earn it back!" Liu Gaolou said with a smile. "There's a huge demand for canned food over there now. Whatever you can produce here, I can sell!"

"Come on, have a look at the finished product." Li Long took Liu Gaolou to the warehouse to see the freshly produced canned food.

For now, production focused mainly on braised beef. A steady source of pork had yet to be secured, so canned braised pork had not been developed yet, though Sister Yang was already looking for suppliers.

They needed a reliable supply. Otherwise, stopping and starting production would also mean changing molds and adjusting ingredients, which would be quite troublesome.

"So this is the finished canned food? Let me try some..." Seeing the cans laid out, Liu Gaolou casually picked one up and followed Li Long to the office area at the front.

Li Long took him into the reception room, brought out an enamel plate, and let him open it himself.

"This lid's really tight. Good for keeping it fresh, but a pain to open," Liu Gaolou said as he worked on the can.

"I'd like them to make something easier to open, but I don't know whether they can." Li Long thought of the later pull-open lids, much like those on beverage cans, and planned to mention it to the Equipment Factory when he had time, to see whether