208: Finally got the money!

So, during these three days, Ye Tian mobilized about a dozen loaders to load and dispatch trucks without a single moment of rest.

He shipped over ten thousand crates of fresh soil to the two catering tycoons, making them dizzy.

As a result, just from the termite mushroom and soil alone, Ye Tian earned 20 million.

13,000 free-range chickens were sold, with each weighing about 10 jin on average.

That alone brought in another 13 million.

1,000 dongtao chicken brought in 5 million.

The Lions Head Goose were relatively fewer, selling only 300, but the unit price was high, also worth 2 million.

Just these major ingredients combined amounted to 40 million.

That is an average of over 13 million per day.

Additionally, on the Cockroach side, he could also sell about 3 million worth per day.

Overall, after deducting transportation costs and other expenses, Ye Tian could earn at least 15 million.

It was absolutely making money hand over fist.

Moreover, this was just what had been sold.

In terms of ingredients, it was difficult to increase output in the short term.

However, in terms of Cockroach, the stored quantity had reached an astonishing level.

Over these past few days, dozens of large trucks from the Pharmaceutical Factory and dozens of vans from the Housekeeping Company had been operating at full capacity.

After Wang Jia and the others headed to other cities, they also went all out to clear out the places and sewers where Cockroach were most abundant.

Currently, in addition to the twenty thousand jin sold daily, they had already stored over one hundred thousand jin again.

At this very moment, the Company was completely caught in a dilemma.

"Damn it, why do they still have Cockroach? Haven't they been saying it was about to bottom out?"

Listening to the assistant's report, Zhang Guangsheng felt as if his teeth were about to shatter.

"I don't know, boss, but one thing is certain: their delivery times have been getting later and later recently. They almost always barely manage to scrape together the amount before 12 o'clock at night. It should be close now."

The assistant also felt a massive headache.

"I don't care. You must find a way to deal with them today. If this drags on, we will be in even deeper."

"Then, should we turn up the pressure on them directly?"

"Do it. Tell them that their current delivery speed is too slow. We are in urgent need, and we want as much as they have. Even if they can't provide 20,000 jin a day afterwards, we won't hold them accountable. But we must get a large amount of goods today, because I have already negotiated with those cosmetic companies, and we start shipping to them tomorrow. Success or failure hinges on this. I want to see just how much energy they have to keep stalling us."

"Alright, I'll go notify them right now."

The assistant nodded and started making phone calls.

Not long after, Ye Tian received a call from Zhang Liang.

"Brother Tian, the Company seems really anxious this time. They directly told me they want as much as we have today. It's like they are issuing an ultimatum."

"Then cooperate with them. It just so happens that I also received news on my end. What they said this time should be true. Give them everything we have; don't keep any in storage."

"Ah? Then what about tomorrow's volume?"

"Tomorrow? Tomorrow, just take the contract and ask them for money. I guarantee they won't be collecting anymore."

Ye Tian smiled slightly.

Because before this, he had already received a call from Factory Director Wu, who said that news had come from the Technician, telling him to prepare for on-site verification. This was enough to show that the other party was prepared to sacrifice the knight to save the king.

"Alright, then I'll do as Brother Tian says."

Zhang Liang smiled with some regret and hung up the phone.

Near dusk, Zhang Liang called Ye Tian again.

"Brother Tian, done. A total of 120,000 jin of Cockroach, all sold off."

"Hehe, so smooth?"

"How could it be smooth? To sell this batch of Cockroach, I put on quite a performance for half the day. You didn't see the look on their faces—like they had eaten shit. It's hilarious just thinking about it."

"At first, they were smug, directly sending several large trucks over and telling me to load as much as I wanted. But as they loaded, their faces turned darker. By the last few trucks, they wanted to go back on their word. But I wasn't going to indulge them. Anyway, the goods were already on the trucks. If they wanted to return them, they could load them back themselves, exactly as they were."

"But do they have the skills for that? If they had to transport the Cockroach themselves, wouldn't they all just run away?"

"Didn't they know to load them back after transporting them?"

"I thought so at the time too, but strangely, they just accepted it after taking them back."

"They didn't mention continuing to pick up goods tomorrow?"

"No!"

"That's fine. Let them continue to pick them up tomorrow. If they don't come, we'll ask them for liquidated damages."

"Alright."

...

The two ended the call.

Inside the Company Breeding Farm.

Looking at the dozen or so large trucks parked in a long line, Zhang Guangsheng's old face was as dark as ink.

"I knew it. Those three guys have been playing us from start to finish."

"Then why did you ask me to take it all back, boss?"

The assistant asked, confused.

"What else could I do if we didn't take it? If we didn't take it today, they would have dared to sell the Cockroach directly to the Pharmaceutical Factory tomorrow, believe me? And I suspect they had this plan all along, because according to the news I received, the Pharmaceutical Factory seems to be restless recently. They have been purchasing flavor ingredients. And the quantity is not small. Under the circumstances where we have blocked the American Cockroach, what gives them the nerve to do this?"

"Does the boss mean that those three guys want to bite the hand that feeds them?"

"Definitely. Otherwise, how could they have stored so much stock? So even if we lose money, we have to bite the bullet and accept it. We absolutely cannot drag this out with them any longer. And they probably thought all along that we would refuse to accept it, which is why they were so confident. Unfortunately, they miscalculated."

"Now that we've cleaned out their inventory in one fell swoop, even if they have the ability to find more Cockroach, it will be too late."

"Then boss, aren't you worried about any accidents with the formula purchase tomorrow?"

"What accidents could there be? The contract is written clearly. The only surprise was not calculating that those three guys could store so many Cockroach this time. We will process them overnight; the loss is not unacceptable. Just treat it as paying for a lesson. We'll find a way to deal with them later."

"Alright, then I'll arrange for people to speed up the processing."

...

Dinner time.

Having crouched in the warehouse for so long, Zhang Liang and the other two were finally liberated.

They didn't need to act anymore and rushed straight to Food Under Heaven.

Food Under Heaven had opened, but they hadn't been there yet. Ye Tian had to make up for all the good food they had missed during this time.

At the dining table, looking at the two packed restaurants, the three of them were filled with shock.

"Brother Tian, has it been like this ever since the new store opened?"

"Yeah, during this period, you basically won't get a seat without queuing."

Ye Tian nodded and said.

"Awesome. I couldn't tell that the consumption power of our Copper City was so strong. 100 per jin for chicken, dozens per jin for fish, eating like this every day."

"It's not just people from Copper City coming to eat. Word of mouth has spread over the past few days, and our reputation has greatly improved. Many people from surrounding cities have also rushed over. Look at those cars on the street; many have out-of-town license plates. Otherwise, just relying on Copper City, it wouldn't be easy to maintain this level of popularity."

"No wonder. I heard from my dad that our chickens are selling like crazy over there too. Many orders are already booked half a month in advance. Our Breeding Farm can finally see direct profits. It's really worth celebrating."

Zhang Liang laughed.

"My family is the same. After our chickens were transported over, my dad has been calling me every day to report the good news, saying he wants to expand the restaurant. The family's previous restaurant couldn't seat anyone at all."

Jiang Shuai also happily shared the good news.

"Then expand it. Otherwise, where will we advertise for our Chicken Farm? Without a place to display live chickens, it will always be a bit lacking."

"Yeah, that's what I told my dad."

Chatting away, the few of them didn't stop eating.

They finished off five or six chickens and two pots of termite mushroom soup before they were full.

Then Zhang Liang insisted on dragging Jiang Shuai and the other to make up for the losses of this period.

Because Ye Tian had too many things to do, he didn't go with them.

He returned to the Breeding Farm to continue his nightly tasks.

There was no help for it; the job of guarding the Cockroach and Termites was too shocking.

Ye Tian couldn't let anyone else handle it.

So at this moment, Ye Tian hoped more than anything that the new phase of the landfill could be dug out quickly.

With the underground factory as cover, he could secretly do many things.

And in these past few days, the excavation work had accelerated quite a bit.

As Wu Gengbiao kept transporting second-hand loaders and excavators over.

The daytime progress had improved by at least one-third.

At night, due to the continuous growth in the number of Cockroach and Termites, there was also a significant improvement.

Now the entire construction site was like a huge, precise machine that never stopped for a moment.

As for the blades, after tonight's synthesis, they had officially broken through to the five-hundred-gold level.

Unfortunately, the five-hundred-gold level blades, besides contributing one more hundred-gold level molted shell, did not produce any other qualitative changes.

It seems that if he wants new surprises, he must break through to the King level.

However, the various crops planted on the Hundred Herbs Garden and the black soil city wall were now fully spread out.

In addition to the termite mushroom that could be harvested and sold every day.

The various raw materials planted later, under Ye Tian's all-out fertilization, also erupted with unprecedented growth speed.

Things like mint looked different every day.

It is estimated that in a few more days, they will reach the point of harvesting, barely keeping up with the production of new products.

Speaking of new products, early the next morning, Ye Tian received a call from Factory Director Wu.

"Manager Ye, the money has arrived, 75 million! Not a penny less."

"Quite early. It seems the other party is very anxious!"

Ye Tian's face lit up with joy. After so much trouble, this money was finally in his pocket.

"Yeah, I arranged for a few people from the factory's security department to follow secretly, fearing an accident."

"That's good. Although there are third-party people, it's always good to be careful. Did he bring the pinhole camera?"

"He brought it. I wouldn't dare to be careless about this kind of thing."

"Then keep a close watch. If there is any situation, provide support in time."

"Alright."

Hanging up the phone, Ye Tian opened his phone and pulled up the monitoring software that he had downloaded with Factory Director Wu long ago.

Soon, an image appeared.

At this moment, Technician Zhao had already arrived at the laboratory on Zhang Guangsheng's side.

Through the pinhole camera installed inside his clothes, Ye Tian could clearly see the scene inside.

In front of Technician Zhao, besides Zhang Guangsheng, his assistant, and several researchers.

There were also several notaries in suits.

At the same time, in the laboratory, four or five cameras were set up at different angles.

Those notaries were adjusting the camera angles.

After both sides were ready.

A man in a suit stood in the middle.

"Clients from both sides, I am a notary from the Qiming Notary Office. Entrusted by both of you, I am notarizing your formula transaction. To be fair, we will use video recording to supervise the experiment process throughout. At the same time, to avoid data errors, the video recorded by our camera equipment will be transmitted to different devices of both of you in real time to prevent anyone from tampering with the data and causing bad things to happen. Do the clients from both sides agree?"

"Agreed!"

"No problem!"

Zhang Guangsheng and Technician Zhao looked at each other and nodded.

"Alright, then you can start the transaction now."

As the voice fell.

Technician Zhao, under everyone's gaze, came to the experimental bench.

Looking at the various materials on the table, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

From the bag he brought, he took out a small box.

"Manager Zhang, you are generous with your money, and I won't hide anything. To let you see clearly, I think some materials are better not used ready-made, don't you think?"

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Guangsheng frowned.

"For example, this Cockroach is the key to the production. You directly gave me some powder, and I don't know if there is a problem. If it doesn't achieve the effect you want when it's made, you will argue with me again, so it's best to kill and take them on the spot. What do you think?"

As he spoke, Technician Zhao shook the box in his hand.

Several people looked closely. The box was transparent, and it contained dozens of Cockroach.

They were still alive and crawling.

Zhang Guangsheng was stunned, then looked at his researchers.

The latter hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"Alright, this step is indeed the most critical, but the Cockroach need to be inspected."

"No problem."

Technician Zhao handed the box containing the Cockroach to the other party very simply.

The researcher took it and observed it carefully with Zhang Guangsheng for a long time. The Cockroach in the box were not too big or too small. In terms of color, except for being slightly yellower than ordinary Cockroach, there was no difference.

At least, in their view, all Cockroach were much the same, and they almost didn't think in other directions.

And the proposal to inspect them was mainly because they were afraid that Technician Zhao would secretly bring in his own stuff.

So, the Cockroach in the box were quickly taken out by them.

Put into another box.

"Technician Zhao, you don't mind if we clean them, do you? After all, this is something that will be ingested, so it's safer to sterilize it."

"Do as you please!"

How could Technician Zhao not know their thoughts? He spread his hands and said indifferently.

The latter nodded.

Started adding clean water and various other solutions to the box.

After some operations, every Cockroach was cleaned thoroughly.

Fortunately, the vitality of the Cockroach was strong enough, so they were not washed to death.

However, when they were handed back to Technician Zhao, they were already dying.

But looking at the thoroughly cleaned Cockroach, Zhang Guangsheng and the others felt much more at ease.

Technician Zhao didn't mind either.

He just took a look and handed them back to the technician.

He smiled slightly.

"Manager Zhao, giving a man a fish is not as good as teaching him how to fish. How about I just state the steps, and you operate it yourself? If the finished product cannot be made, it counts as me failing the test, which can also reduce misunderstandings, right?"