Chapter 215

If the livestock they raise can be sold for that price in the future, no, even if it's only a tenth of that price, raising livestock in their hometown would be much more profitable than going out to work.

They all hope to continue this family business like their ancestors and become herders in the new era.

Chapter 215

The main reason Fu Meng's family slaughtered the cow this time was not only to check the quality of the meat, but also because autumn had arrived, and it was time to make beef jerky.

His family originally planned to keep half and sell the other half.

Shi Wen privately tell them that their beef is good and could easily sell for two or three hundred yuan per pound, so they shouldn't sell it cheaply.

Fu Meng's mouth dropped open slightly. "It can sell for that much?"

"Sure, as long as you find the right seller." After thinking for Shi Wen, Shi Wen said simply, "How about you sell me three or four hundred catties? I'll offer three hundred per catty. I haven't been able to buy any good beef lately, and all my little ones are craving it."

Fu Meng and Chang Qingqing exchanged a glance. "Three hundred per jin is too much. We don't need that much. Besides, we've eaten so much of your hay, and you haven't charged us anything. How about a discount? Let's make it one hundred and fifty per jin. We can discuss the future cooperation further."

Shi Wen, "That works too. You sell me some of the beef first. I'll send it for testing, then we'll figure out how to sell it. You can keep the rest of the cattle for now."

Fu Meng agreed without hesitation, "Okay, we'll do as you say."

At Shi Wen's insistence, Fu Meng sold him four hundred catties of clean meat.

After removing the hide, bones, internal organs, and head, their cow only yielded a little over 900 jin of clean meat, and nearly half of it was consumed in just one Shi Wen.

Shi Wen froze some of it, made some for the kids' dinner, and added seasonings to the rest to make dried beef jerky.

The weather is cold and windy now, so even the best beef hung outside will dry in just a few days.

Fresh beef already has a strong meaty flavor, but dried beef has an even richer and more delicious flavor.

Shi Wen someone specially invited Zhu Ji to dinner, where beef jerky was steamed in a pot, then fried, and then mixed with seasonings to be used as a side dish.

Zhu Ji was astonished. "Beef jerky can taste like this?"

Shi Wen, "Sure, it's right here on the table!"

Zhu Ji picked up a piece and looked at it. "This is the first time I've eaten beef jerky that's soft; it's surprisingly easy to chew."

Shi Wen, "That's how it is after steaming. Brother Zhu, do you think I can send this beef to the Abnormal Affairs Bureau Supervision for testing?"

Zhu Ji looked at him and said, "I was wondering why you suddenly thought of inviting me to dinner. Sure, you can just send the samples over. Although the beef isn't from your farm, it's fed on your fodder, so sending it for testing isn't against the rules."

Shi Wen happily said, "That's great! I wanted to send it a couple of days ago, but I was afraid people would say I was using public resources for personal gain."

Zhu Ji: "Given your current position, serving you is simply official business; there's absolutely no question of abusing public power for private gain."

Shi Wen, "Then I'll send the samples out later."

Shi Wen quite curious about the sales figures for Fu Meng's beef products.

They ate so much grass from their ranch, so the data should theoretically be pretty good.

Shi Wen's project has always been highly valued; he sent over the samples, and the results came out that same afternoon.

The average Abilities value of Fu Meng's beef is 177. The Abilities value varies slightly depending on the cut of beef, but the difference is not too significant.

This Abilities level is already very high; it can basically crush other meats on the market.

After receiving the test results, Shi Wen sent the beef to a testing agency in the market for further testing.

The testing agency in the market quickly sent over the test results, which showed that there were no problems with Fu Meng's beef, and some of the data even ranked among the top in the world.

Based on the results of various tests, Shi Wen plans to officially launch Fu Meng's beef.

The beef from Fu Meng's family is a product of joint farming with their ranch, and for a period of time, they will also be promoting a lot of jointly farmed meat.

In that case, these meats definitely can't be labeled as "Shi Family Ranch," so a new brand needs to be created.

Shi Wen discussed with Yan Kexing: "I want to create a new brand specifically for promoting meat products, what do you think?"

Yan Kexing: "What name do you plan to use?"

Shi Wen has never been good at naming things. He scratched his head and said, "How about 'Yanxuan'? Aren't there many Yanxuan brands on the market now? Let's see if we can ride on their popularity?"

Yan Kexing pondered for a moment, "It's possible, but most of Yanxuan's products are budget-friendly, and using this name might give customers a similar impression."

Shi Wen hadn't thought of that, but after hearing what he said, he felt it made sense. He thought for a moment and said, "Then how about using the name 'joint training'? Like 'XX Joint'?"

Yan Kexing: "I think it's better than the previous name."

"Then let's use this name. Also," Shi Wen hesitated for a moment, then looked at Yan Kexing and said, "I'd like to change the name 'Shi Family Ranch'."

Yan Kexing cast a questioning glance at him.

Shi Wen had wanted to rename their ranch for a long time.

Strictly speaking, this ranch cannot be considered a ranch he inherited from his grandfather, since it was vacant for a period of time before being handed over to him, and in terms of ownership, it was not his grandfather's property.

He didn't think about changing his name at the time because he was alone and his surname was Shi, so he thought he might as well keep this simple name.

Most importantly, he never imagined that he could run the ranch like this one day.

Now that their ranch has become a leading ranch in China and even the world, it's no longer appropriate to use the old name.

Shi Wen felt that this was unfair to Yan Kexing.

Yan Kexing took on a large amount of work on the ranch; if not half, then at least 30%.

He did so much work, yet his name wasn't on the ranch register. Shi Wen felt a little guilty towards him.