this man is not calm

Chapter 491: Taking advantage of the situation
Due to its inherent defects, although it is a high-quality edible oil, it has no status in the minds of ordinary people. There is a reason for this.

Jin Shang, who has learned some about it, sometimes has to sigh that it is actually a good thing for cottonseed oil to remain at a low price.

If this thing is really sold at the same high price as peanut oil, tea seed oil or olive oil, I wonder how many criminals will take the risk.

Repeated orders cannot ban heavy oil from the inland shipping market, and naturally there is no way to completely eliminate the influx of crude cottonseed oil into the market. If the profits are huge, it will be even more difficult to curb. Without special equipment and professional monitoring, who knows whether a pot of cottonseed oil is a refined product?
"Cottonseed oil is very useful for frying, stir-frying, and deep-frying. It has a fresh fragrance and is suitable for all kinds of dishes. The most valuable thing is that it is nutritious and rich in vitamins. If it had not caused a lot of bad consequences in the early years, it would not have been known as the oil that will destroy your family lineage."

Zhang Yunying sighed slightly.

Decades ago, cottonseed oil was widely used in the edible oil market, especially in Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. It was very common in any cotton-growing area. Before the harm of cottonpol was discovered, countless people suffered from it. There were also local reports, but domestic edible oils are mainly rapeseed oil, peanut oil and soybean oil, so the situation is not as serious as that abroad.

In the past decade or so, sunflower oil and tea seed oil have become increasingly popular, but cottonseed oil is still unpopular.

In fact, refined cottonseed oil is very safe and is an important supplement to peanut oil, soybean oil and rapeseed oil in the edible oil market. Domestic production has always been high, and a large portion of it is imported from North America and Australia every year. Together with palm oil exported from Southeast Asia, it has become the main oil used in food processing and commercial catering.

Most of the biodiesel recycled and refined from food waste and leftovers by Jin Shang is a mixture of palm oil, cottonseed oil and margarine.

Although these rare oils and fats are basically not available through retail channels such as supermarkets and convenience stores, they are not far from people's daily lives and basically flow into various fields through bulk trading channels.

Just like the oil used for fried dough sticks at the breakfast stalls at the entrance of the community every day, it is very likely a blended oil of cottonseed oil and palm oil. Instant noodle seasoning packets, pre-prepared dishes, bottled chili sauce and hot pot ingredients may also contain them.

In short, it is safe to purchase and consume food through formal channels, or eat at small restaurants with complete licenses and certificates. There is no need to worry about various gossips and alarmist rumors. The possibility of ordinary people eating crude cottonseed oil is extremely small. Even if they are really "infected", if the number of times and the amount are not large, and the intake is not much, it will not have any impact. Only long-term consumption will cause significant harm.

"My idea is to cultivate cold-resistant and drought-resistant water-saving cotton varieties suitable for the northern environment. Some land is not suitable for growing staple foods such as rice, wheat and corn. Long-term planting of potatoes, sorghum and fodder will also destroy the acid-base balance of the soil. Interplanting a batch of cotton, soybeans or annual fungus grass can effectively improve the soil quality..."

Jin Shang explained calmly, and said slowly,

"In addition, some of the land that we have hope of acquiring has industrial and mining companies operating on it, and is rich in various heavy metals. It will be difficult to improve it in the short term, so we cannot grow staple food. We must mainly grow cash crops, such as cotton, linen, bamboo, willow, flowers, sunflowers or walnuts, etc. We must always make use of them."

"For example?"

"Abandoned mining areas, urban fringes, old landfills, etc., these places that no one wants need huge investments for management. I can't just build a wind farm or photovoltaic plant there and then leave it to waste, right?"

In the upper reaches of the Yongding River, near the Guanting Reservoir, and in neighboring Huailai and other places, because there are many industrial enterprises such as coal, steel, electrolytic aluminum, and smelting, not only the land but also the river water has been affected.

As for places like subsided mining areas, there are even fewer means that can be used, so growing cotton is just right.

Cotton is not for eating, but its straw and cottonseed meal can be used to make pulp, or as biofuel, to synthesize methanol, to ferment ethanol, etc. As for cottonseed oil, it is not just for eating, but can also be used in cosmetics, cleaning daily necessities, lubricants, industrial solvents, etc.

After listening to Jin Shang's explanation, Zhang Yunying understood.

"From your business layout, I can see that the demand for oil is extremely high. If it weren't for the convenience of using natural gas in my hometown, I guess there would be no point. Energy, we really need to grab it..."

It doesn't mean to become one of the top leaders in the industry, but to have a certain sense of presence so as not to be completely controlled by others.

"Scientific crop rotation is also an effective way to maintain soil fertility and eliminate pests and diseases. In short, it is very troublesome. I am still focusing on scientific research, academics, and cultivation. The implementation of the results will depend on my uncle and you."

If you plant corn this year, followed by winter wheat, and then soybeans or cotton next year, then the pests and diseases that are harmful to corn yields now will have no parasitic objects for at least a year, and most of the eggs, larvae, and overwintering adults will die naturally. When you plant again the year after next, you can use less pesticides.

Similarly, there will be fewer pests and diseases targeting wheat and soybeans the year after next.

There are not so many pests and diseases that can parasitize so many different species of food crops and cash crops at the same time. In nature, where the fittest survive, it is difficult for pests that eat everything or bacteria and viruses that can infect everything to give rise to.

On the way back to the hotel, Jin Shang chatted a lot with sisters Zhang Yunying and Zhang Yu. In terms of common sense in agriculture and animal husbandry, they knew more, while Jin Shang was just a half-baked expert with little experience.

"Five months ago, those machines were really a love-hate thing. When there were no problems, they worked quickly and well, but once there was a problem, it would take at least three to five hours to repair them. There were too many additional systems, and debugging was too troublesome. There were all kinds of strange problems that we had never imagined before. After so long, they finally looked good, but half of the technical team dedicated to 'scouts' was gone..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yunying couldn't help but sigh.

Since we have decided to make up for the shortcomings of industrialized agricultural machinery and continue to delve deeper into the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, it is better to endure some hardships now than to worry about them later.

"Car manufacturing is only half-baked after all. Our technical team's job is to build ships. We are already quite good if we can integrate ready-made products and make modifications and upgrades by patching together modular technology. Take your time. No matter how powerful a machine is, it is also built through trial and error through iteration step by step, and it stands out from the crowd."

It is not easy to lightweight the dual-fuel technology for ships, install it on trucks and tractors, and further optimize it to become an engine for large SUVs, urban off-road vehicles, multi-purpose light trucks and diesel vehicles, and then add a mild hybrid and electric vehicle system.

It was the step-by-step progress from having no accumulation to this point that made Jin Shang realize that the ancestral "golden finger" was indeed very good at mobilizing and bringing out people's potential.

Science and technology are the primary productive forces. If senior intellectuals, researchers, engineers and scholars are placed in appropriate positions and provided with sufficient resources and the blessing of the "golden broom", as long as the direction is correct and the efficiency is extremely high, the possibility of producing results is too great.

This is much more terrifying than "easily" improving the efficiency of front-line staff.

For example, the lithium battery electrode material currently being tested had a major breakthrough three months ago, which surprised Jin Shang a little. Judging from the experimental results, the weight of lithium iron phosphate batteries is expected to be reduced to one-half to one-third of the original weight. The new power battery has initially become the main power source for private cars.

When did you really get to this point in your previous life?
2001, or 2003?
It may take another seven or eight years from the results to the paper and then to actual commercial use.

However, the joint industry-university-research laboratory established by Jinxi Culture and Jin Shang's alma mater has brought the time for technological breakthrough forward by nearly five years.

If a strong and established car manufacturer mastered this technology, it would probably be able to launch the first prototype in less than two years. But what is Jinxi Culture going to do? It can only try to make park commuter shuttles, two-wheeled electric vehicles, electric motorcycles and electric-assisted bicycles, but it has no ability to build cars at all.

There is no sign of a major new energy vehicle manufacturer yet, but there is great hope for CATL in this life. Although it does not have the ability to take over an entire industrial chain, it will first occupy the "track" of power batteries.
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In the small building of Jinxi Culture’s headquarters, Liu Yanqing hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Yin Feiyang, who was sitting opposite the desk, asked:

"Is it settled?"

"Well! It's finally done. I've finally put my mind at ease!"

Since the launch of the data center and the continuous expansion of the high-speed ASDL broadband network, Jinxi Games, one of the company's very few profitable online businesses, has also begun to formalize.

Three years ago, due to immature technology, slow internet speed and lack of display platforms, the company and various local stations launched a series of "TV game" collaborations.

Among these, the most important thing is to use the more mature radio and television network, bypass the Internet, and conduct online and offline cooperative battles and trial plays.

Essentially, it involves using a game console to dial the TV station's live studio number through a telephone line and then using a certain switching service to play online games on TV.

This thing is not the first creation of Jinxi Culture. More than a decade ago, before the birth of game consoles, electronic games came to the public in the form of arcades.

It has to be said that human beings' acceptance of new things is truly astonishing.

When Jin Shang just went to college, he read some problems in the newspaper. Some playful children used the phone to play online games after watching game entertainment programs on TV. At the end of the month, their parents received the phone bill and found that there was an extra few thousand yuan. After checking, they found out what happened.

Jinxi Culture has gone a step further and replaced the phone with a game console, but it still uses dial-up to connect, and the problem of being very expensive still exists.

In view of this, Jin Shang did not ask Jinxi Culture to cooperate with satellite TV stations, but instead joined forces with local stations to barely maintain the popularity and heat of the game.

Even so, there have been several complaints.

I have been doing this for nearly three years, and it has reached my limit. Now, all the conditions are in place, and this kind of promotion method with side effects and criticism is no longer needed. However, the signed contract has not expired yet, so I have to continue with the work reluctantly.

Until today, the agreement with the last local TV station expired, and Jinxi Games no longer participated itself. Instead, it authorized the rights of video commentary and broadcasting of the platform and games to its partners, collected the licensing fees, and Jinxi Culture no longer cared about how the other party broadcast and promoted the games.

Other families were reluctant to give up these benefits, and Jin Shang had made up his mind not to get involved.

“The customer service and after-sales teams can now relax a lot.”

Liu Yanqing said with a comfortable smile,
"But... it's hard to say. The online game Fengshen is getting more and more popular. After the summer vacation ended, the number of new players, game popularity, and average online time per person dropped slightly, but then quickly rebounded and even exceeded the previous high. More players means more troubles. After it completely went viral and became a social phenomenon that everyone was paying attention to, all kinds of criticism and condemnation came."

"Fame brings gossip. As the game becomes popular, more people will join in the fun."

As long as the company is still growing rapidly and rushing to become an Internet giant, it will inevitably inadvertently arouse the jealousy of others.

"There is heat only when there is discussion. In the words of President Jin, 'black and red are also red.' In the information age, exposure is more important than anything else. Even if you are criticized, it is better than being unknown."

The worst thing for the Internet industry is that it is silent and without any waves.

Pulling out a survey and analysis report and handing it to Yin Feiyang, Liu Yanqing said seriously:
"Look at the results. The situation is not optimistic!"

In another two or three years, the economy will improve further, netizens' cognition will be more complete and open, and they will be more receptive to various new things.

At the time, in the second half of nineteen ninety, public opinion was actually a bit unfavorable.

Among these, the expansion of Internet cafes and their attraction to primary and secondary school students are the most troublesome.

As the saying goes, the world is bustling with people seeking profit, and the world is bustling with people seeking profit.

At a time when the real-name system cannot be popularized, it is simply impossible to use technical means to keep minors out of Internet cafes.

As for the fact that Internet access is expensive and most students cannot afford it, that is underestimating the pocket money that students have.

If one person doesn't have enough to spend, a few people can pool their money together.

This will lead to more incidents such as the "big brother" plundering his younger brothers.

There are also topics such as skipping classes, staying up late, and neglecting studies, which have never stopped since the day video games were born.

"In short, we can ignore general criticism, but we cannot remain indifferent to this wave of public opinion. There are limits to what we can do technically, but it's not like we can't do anything."

The document contains several seemingly effective methods, such as limiting the income of game accounts late at night, lowering the explosion rate and experience points, and limiting the upper limit of logins per unit time.

(End of this chapter)