Agriculture Maniac

Chapter 193: Openly repairing the plank road, secretly crossing Chencang, pointing the sword
7 month 1 number.

Sanyuan Agriculture press conference in progress.

The staff brought breakfast to the podium.

This is a staff meal plate made of 316 food grade stainless steel.

On it were two fried eggs, a few slices of cucumber, three slices of tomato, a roll of crisp lettuce, two pieces of beef bacon, a finger-long ketchup packet, and a bowl of rich celery and corn soup.

Yu Yang tore open the sauce packet, picked up the cucumber slices, and looked at the reporters attending the press conference:

"In the past, if we wanted to get cucumbers with higher yields and better taste, we would often mate two or more excellent varieties together, and then select and cultivate them to produce new varieties. This method is also called hybridization, and the principle is gene recombination."

"During the breeding process, there is a one in ten thousand chance of causing a gene mutation, resulting in extremely low yields, extremely high yields, or cucumbers with strange shapes."

"It is also possible to cause chromosome mutations and produce 'cucumbers that are like mules and cannot reproduce the next generation.'"

"In general, hybrid breeding is time-consuming, labor-intensive and full of uncertainties."

"In recent years, some biological laboratories have begun to intercept excellent genes from other organisms in order to take shortcuts, and transfer or replace similar gene nodes in cucumbers, thus breaking the reproductive isolation between organisms."

"For example, in 91, researchers introduced the coat protein gene of CMV (cytomegalovirus) into cucumbers, which enhanced the CMV resistance of the transgenic plants."

"This is a very successful experiment and is expected to increase cucumber yields by 15% to 20%."

"However, this also means that the GM cucumbers have CMV antibodies."

"When Zhang San eats CMV-resistant cucumbers, although it is difficult for him to absorb CMV antibodies, the CMV antibodies that appear in his body are like 'you shouted in the village to catch the thief', activating his immune system and inducing an increase in his own CMV antibodies."

"It's good in the short term, and it can protect against cytomegalovirus."

"But if this continues for a long time, it means that the whole village is highly nervous, and then it is like 'crying wolf', causing no one in the village to believe you anymore, until the thief really comes, or the cytomegalovirus really comes, but fails to activate the immune system."

"At the same time, the long-term presence of CMV antibodies in the body means that your immune function has been overloaded against cytomegalovirus, which is bound to reduce the production of other antibodies, such as slow recovery from colds and easy inflammation of wounds."

"In addition, the increase in CMV antibodies can cause cytomegalovirus inclusion disease, which can cause developmental delay, hepatosplenomegaly, thrombocytopenia, jaundice, hemolytic anemia, congenital malformations, mental retardation, neuromuscular movement disorders, etc. in infants and young children."

"A simple case of genetically modified organisms can cause so many impacts. Sanyuan Agriculture will definitely not use this technology."

"As for why Sanyuan Agriculture is so clear... I emphasize again that we never conduct biochemical experiments."

Reporters at the scene: “…”

"Therefore, we at Sanyuan Agriculture have chosen 'gene optimization', one of the three major development directions of genetic engineering."

“Some people may ask, which three development directions are they?”

“In my opinion, in addition to the genetic modification just described, it also includes gene editing and gene optimization.”

"Genetically modified organisms are equivalent to changing species, which will give rise to strange creatures, such as horses that look like cows, pigs that look like elephants, and turtles that look like tortoises."

North American reporter: "Mr. Yu, it seems like you have them all at home."

"Is there? Sorry, that might be a product of a biochemical experiment."

Yu Yang said, coughed, and continued: "Gene editing, in simple terms, is equivalent to deleting or adding a genome."

"For example, if Zhang San suffers from a family genetic disease and wants the next generation to grow up healthily, what should he do? He can edit the genes of fertilized eggs or embryos to delete the gene fragments involved in the family genetic disease."

"This is a good practice, after all, it can benefit the next generation."

"However, just like a computer, if you delete a piece of code, the entire system may run normally, but if an accidental event occurs, such as a hacker attack, and the code is needed, what should you do?"

"What can I do? The computer is frozen."

"Similarly, when humans who have been edited become ill, their immune system will need to use this gene fragment, which is likely to cause immune ineffectiveness and ultimately incurable."

"Humans are biological organisms with variability. If one gene segment is deleted, the adjacent gene segments may 'lose' and lose, causing humans to suffer from the following strange changes after gene editing."

"He may change his personality and become hostile to his own kind; he may become strong and sturdy, but simple-minded; his skin may change color, and he may become extremely powerful..."

North American reporter: "Mr. Yu, the black fat man, the black fat man!"

When Yu Yang heard the excited shouts and looked at the text written by the Science and Technology Bureau on the teleprompter, he was slightly stunned. He thought of his brothers who were simple-minded and needed to go out to broaden their horizons. If he didn't know that his family was cheating, he would have almost believed it.

"Nonsense. The prerequisite for gene editing is to complete gene sequencing. That is, after editing, we need to test whether the entire gene system can operate normally. Otherwise, the gene chain will collapse and the life form will die. Do you know how much computing power and funds are needed for complete gene sequencing?"

"I tell you, it requires 3 computers with a computing speed of 80 billion times, and 7 graphics cards to form an array, and run around the clock for 69 days, and the total cost will not be less than 38 billion US dollars." (It was expensive at the time, and now sequencing costs only yuan)

North American reporter: "Mr. Yu, why do you know so much?"

Yu Yang looked at the copy edited by the Science and Technology Bureau and wanted to say, "How the hell should I know?"

……

at the same time.

Hong Kong, ADM Asia Pacific headquarters.

With the help of the video transmitted by reporters from the scene, Mr. and Mrs. Smith carefully analyzed Sanyuan Agriculture's next strategy.

Wait until I hear Yu Yang talk about gene sequencing.

Old Smith contacted North America immediately.

Sure enough, some people went long on the 'Nasdaq, which has a large number of technology concept stocks'.

And go long on stocks of companies such as HP, Dell, Microsoft, and Nvidia.

Fortunately, Sanyuan Agriculture’s press conference was not broadcast live around the world, and only a few forces knew about this matter.

But once the news of the press conference gets out, technology stocks will definitely take off.

After all, the "genetic engineering technology" that the outside world expected to obtain has already been mentioned by Yu Yang.

And the gene sequencing that has not been completed in the world requires a large number of CPUs and massive graphics cards...

Old Smith lit up a cigarette and said, "Our little friend has finally reached out to areas beyond the East."

Mrs. Smith smiled and said, "Wait until he stretches out a little, then cut him off."

Suddenly.

Old Smith's assistant hurried into the conference room.

"Mr. Smith, just now, more than 10 offshore accounts, in the name of North American private equity investment companies, shorted the stocks of seven major seed companies, including DuPont Bio, Monsanto, Dow Chemical, Syngenta of Switzerland, Limagrain of France, Senisse of Mexico, and Edvata of the Netherlands, with times leverage."

"And in some small and medium-sized securities companies, the leverage is as high as 30 to 50 times."

“The total purchase amount is US$7.75 million.”

Hearing this, Old Smith looked towards the 'Sanyuan Agriculture's press conference'.

What is certain is that the only person who can currently leverage the world's seven largest seed dealers is Yu Sanyuan.

Because the genetically optimized seeds have developed to the second generation.

Think tanks and many research institutes speculate that three-line seeds are very likely to surpass GMOs in the fourth generation.

Moreover, although the yield of optimized fruits and vegetables cannot match that of genetically modified ones, their taste and texture have already crushed genetically modified ones. Their future competitiveness in the market will be unparalleled.

In general, it is not difficult for Yu Sanyuan to short the seven major seed traders.

However, the other party certainly wouldn't dare to do so.

One is Sanyuan Agriculture’s competitor, the Smith family, which dominates the two major stock markets in North America.

How much money Yu Sanyuan invested in the stock market is equal to how much money he is trapped with.

Second, once Sanyuan Agriculture shorts the world's seven largest seed companies, the foreign trade opportunities created by beverage exports may be directly destroyed by France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, etc.

Third, Sanyuan Agriculture does not have that much influence overseas. Even if it can get more than 2000 offshore accounts, it cannot get the corresponding North American private equity investment company.

Therefore, the force that is shorting the world's seven major seed companies is not Yu Sanyuan.

"Who could that be?"

"Old Bu?"

More than 2000 offshore accounts and more than 2000 private equity investment companies are just the tip of the iceberg for the Bush family.

But Bush is a military businessman. In addition to his wife Barbara's family home, he also has several farms on the Texas-Mexico border that are used for smuggling weapons and flour.

The Bush family and the Carlisle Group controlled by Bush have no agriculture-related industries.

If you don't have any related industries but try to invest in stocks in this field, you are effectively losing half of your investment.

Old Bu is not that stupid.

So, it’s not Old Bu either.

Old Smith took a deep breath and asked, "Could it be that some new investors are eyeing Sanyuan Agriculture's technology and are planning to disrupt the situation and enter the market again?"

……

the other side.

Wajima, Marubeni Corporation.

Keiko Igawa, who had just taken up the position of president, walked into the office building escorted by two tall Igawa samurai.

Although she was very young, although the Igawa family had fallen into decline, and although she did not have much prestige in the company.

But Rumsfeld's order can exempt all of this and make everyone in the company obey.

Because they were disobedient, they were thrown into Tokyo Bay last night.

Including the head of the board of directors sent by the second largest shareholder Mitsubishi, and the head of the supervisory board sent by the third largest shareholder Sanyo, who had his head chopped off by a samurai sword at the shareholders' meeting.

Unfortunately, Fujima's faction was very honest and actively cooperated, so it was impossible to kick the other side out.

Of course, while fighting openly, the four shareholders also engaged in a series of covert struggles.

For example, the Mitsubishi samurai, together with hundreds of gang thugs, attacked the Ikawa family's base in Kobe, but the Ikawa samurai beheaded hundreds of them.

For example, Sanyo sent more than ten gunmen to assassinate the only two remaining grandsons of the Igawa family.

For example, the Igawa family fought back against Mitsubishi and killed the two sons of the other president, Tojo Teru.

Well, Tojo Teru, the second son of war criminal Tojo Ki.

Mitsubishi is not what people imagine, mainly dealing in cars, air conditioners and refrigerators.

In fact, it is a giant in Japan's sea, land and air forces, dominating Japan's defense industries such as warships, fighter jets, submarines, and missiles.

It was transformed by Iwasaki Yataro and Tosa Lord Goto, who took over the official shipyard and transformed it by taking advantage of the abolition of the feudal domain and establishing a prefecture on the island of Yamato.

After World War II, the Iwasaki Group was dissolved, and the second son of war criminal Tojo Ki, Tojo Teru, took over the company and became its president, and has run it ever since.

As for how the son of a war criminal became the head of a super enterprise.

You have to ask North America.

So Mitsubishi is similar to Marubeni, with American capital behind it.

The largest shareholder is BlackRock, the second largest shareholder is Vanguard Group, the third largest shareholder is Wangyou Consortium, and the fourth largest shareholder is JPMorgan Chase & Co., Ltd.

Normally, the Smith family, which controls BlackRock, should be able to control Mitsubishi Industries, and then use its rights as Marubeni's second largest shareholder to influence Marubeni.

But in fact, the Smith family has no say in Mitsubishi Industries, and even old Smith does not dare to arrange for his own people to attend the shareholders' meeting of Mitsubishi Industries.

Because whoever is sent there will be killed on the same day.

To the extent that Mitsubishi Industries was under the control of Teru Tojo.

As for who Tojo Teru listens to...

The military-industrial complex behind the North American military-industrial complex.

They are also called North American defense contractors.

Including DuPont, Boeing, Raytheon, Grumman, Carlisle Group-United Defense...

It can be said that Mitsubishi Industries is an upstream supplier of the North American military-industrial complex, responsible for providing materials, experimental technology, testing original models, etc., to reduce various costs for the North American military-industrial complex.

What Keiko Igawa has to do today is to go long on Nasdaq and short on the seven major seed traders, and then use this as a cover to take short-term profits and short on Mitsubishi Industries, replacing Igawa Industries.

Even if it cannot replace Mitsubishi, it must seize 50% of Mitsubishi's material business, 30% of its high-precision metal parts OEM business, and 20% of its weapons parts OEM business.

As well as the actual installation test project of Raytheon's F-22 fire control system and the United Defense's "ship-borne missile vertical launch technology" experimental project.

This is very important to Yu Sang.

Because Sany Heavy Industry’s foreign trade business has been locked out by American capital.

If Igawa Industries grabs half of Mitsubishi's business and then secretly gives it to Sany Heavy Industry, the latter will have a large number of loyal "CNC machine tool customers".

As for whether North America will stop the Ikawa family from shorting Mitsubishi Industries...

North America must have known that Marubeni Corporation, led by the Ikawa family, was fighting with its second largest shareholder Mitsubishi and third largest shareholder Sanyo, but they did not stop it.

Because while the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits.

American capital hopes to take advantage of the three-way melee to increase its controlling stake in the three Japanese companies.

Therefore, as long as the Ikawa family gives American capital enough benefits and is more obedient to the military-industrial complex, American capital will not say anything even if the Tojo family behind Mitsubishi Industries is destroyed.

Unfortunately, the Igawa family has fallen on hard times and can’t give out much at the moment.

As a result, this time they could only take a bite out of Mitsubishi Industries instead of killing Tojo Teru's entire family.

As for why Igawa Keiko listened to Yu Sanyuan.

Igawa Keiko sat at her desk, looking at the five busy traders, and a handsome and bad guy appeared in her mind...

"President, the press conference has entered the 'gene optimization phase'."

"Release relevant information to the public, prepare to short the seven major seed companies, wait for the stocks to plummet, sell all the purchases, and then wait for the next link to short Mitsubishi Industries."

"Yes!"

……

Hong Kong, ADM Asia Pacific headquarters.

Old Smith felt a little scared when he saw the Nasdaq, which was already soaring but was now being pushed up even further.

Because Nasdaq has long become a bubble.

It might be punctured at any time, causing the Nasdaq to be cut in half, cut in half again, and cut in half again.

So, what he has to do now is to patch up the Nasdaq and make this giant bubble burst at the moment he wants.

To this end, Smith Sr. used the two major securities companies in North America to withdraw massive amounts of US dollars from the fund accounts of giants such as BlackRock, Vanguard Group, Blackstone Fund, and Fortis Fund to accept Nasdaq stocks sold by retail investors to avoid a full-scale plunge.

Fortunately, Yu Sanyuan did not have that much money. This time, he used the press conference to publicize the genetic engineering technology and took the opportunity to go long on Nasdaq, making a profit of 100 million or 200 million US dollars at most.

The unknown forces that shorted the six major seed companies would be trapped if they waited another two hours for the U.S. stock market to halt trading.

"Something big must have happened in these two hours."

Old Smith took off his glasses, put a few drops of eye drops in his eyes, and took out his mobile phone to contact his capable subordinates, Soros and Buffett.

With two people in charge, plus myself, it is enough to deal with this surprise attack on the financial market.

at this time.

The press conference broadcast by frontline reporters began to talk about Sanyuan Agriculture's genetic optimization technology.

……

"The reason why I know how many computers and graphics cards are needed for gene sequencing is because Sanyuan Agriculture chose gene optimization technology, which is different from what the outside world imagines."

After Yu Yang finished speaking, he played the PPT.

10 soybean seeds are given on the screen.

Sany soybean type A, high in fat.

Sany soybean type B, high yield.

Sany soybean type C, drought-resistant.

Sany soybean type D, anti-tuberculosis.

Sany soybean E type, insect pest resistant...

At the same time, below these soybean seeds, there are a lot of fabricated data by the Science and Technology Bureau.

For example, the genome of Sany soybean type A consists of 20 chromosomes, with a total gene fragment of 1115Mbp and approximately 7 known genes.

For example, Sany soybean type A, the gene fragment related to high-fat characteristics is about 278Mbp, involving 0.8 genes.

Also.

At the bottom of these soybean varieties, there is a 'three-line original variety'.

Also called three-two embryo seeds, it is used to receive the advantages of 10 three-one soybean seeds.

"I believe that the gentlemen and ladies present here should be able to understand this PPT."

"Well, next, we're going to appreciate the birth of San Er Soybean."

Accompanied by voice.

Sany soybean type A was hybridized 1 times with nine other soybean varieties, including B, C, and D.

Soon, type B was hybridized with eight other soybean species, including C and D.

The same goes for C, D, E, etc.

“The process is not complicated, it’s just a simple pairing.”

"But due to the huge amount of data, the reading and writing speed of floppy disks, CDs and other media is relatively slow, so I thought of graphics cards with memory particles."

"The graphics card has a certain computing power, although not as good as the CPU, but it is indeed very suitable for the 'soybean pairing' work."

"And the more graphics cards there are, the more total memory there is, and the faster the pairing will be."

"Ultimately, we will have 1770 billion Gbp of genome fragments, or about 1.77G of data."

"At this point, we need to screen the data to find the gene sequence we want, or find a gene sequence that is close to what we need."

"Unfortunately, since we only provided 10 basic seeds, instead of selecting 1 or even 10 basic seeds at a time like in the laboratory, we only got one high-fat and high-yield 'quasi- soybean seed' this time."

“Its disease resistance is average, it’s not drought-resistant, it’s not cold-resistant, and it drowns easily.”

"However, from this we can see that Sanyuan Agriculture's early breeding work was..."

“The basic species are selected manually, the characteristics of the basic species are tested manually, and they are stored separately and labeled with serial numbers.”

"Then the characteristics of the basic species are entered into the database, just like the 10 basic species above, waiting to be paired."

"The next step is definitely to consume computer power..."

"And once we get the seeds we want, since they are virtual data, how do we monetize them?"

"At this time, we need to cut off the 'final virtual species gene fragments' contained in tens of thousands or even 10 basic seeds and replace them with the original seeds."

"Please note that this is not genetic modification, because we used computers to simulate the hybridization process and performed massive and complex calculations, which shortened the evolutionary process."

"Although we used gene editing, we did not delete or modify the genes, and the final product does not belong to gene editing in the traditional sense."

"After doing all this, we got 32 soybeans."

"But whether it can survive and whether it really has so many characteristics still requires genetic sequencing, trial planting, yield measurement and testing."

“So I know what equipment is needed for gene sequencing.”

"That's why Sanyuan Agriculture is the first company in the world to complete gene sequencing."

Wow…

Reporters at the scene, including official representatives, applauded.

Regardless of whether what Yu Yang said was true or false.

At least the large LEDs covering the entire background wall, presenting billions of data strings, billions of genomes, and the process of recombination, disassembly, and re-recombination, really shocked everyone.

This is a scene that has never appeared in science fiction movies.

Or perhaps, all science fiction movies in the future will stage this scene to reflect their own science fiction attributes.

Wow…

The scene burst into applause again.

Yu Yang clasped his fists and said, "The reason why we are holding a press conference today is because of the unreasonable suppression and unfair treatment of our Sanyuan Agriculture by overseas capital."

"Once again, I announce an important decision..."

As he spoke, he switched to PPT.

The background wall flashed, showing new content.

Yu Yang said, "Sanyuan Agriculture announced that starting today, companies from any country in the world can entrust Sanyuan Agriculture to cultivate the seeds they want, or to optimize the genes of specific seeds, or to sequence the genes of a certain organism..."

As he was talking, the reporters at the scene went crazy and pressed the shutter buttons of their cameras frantically.

Yu Yang waved his hand with a smile, signaling the reporters that there was no need to be so crazy.

But the reporters on the scene turned a deaf ear and became even crazier.

Some people even rushed forward directly.

Yu Yang stood up and gestured, "Reporters..."

At this time, several North American reporters walked around the rostrum and continued taking pictures of the background wall.

The on-site staff had already reacted and rushed to the power switch of the large LED, entered the password and cut off the power.

Yu Yang looked back.

At the moment of power outage, he saw through the afterimage on the screen the formula of plastic blasting particles that he had prepared using the shipyard and blacksmith shop, as well as the design drawings of an intercontinental hypersonic missile and an ultra-low altitude hypersonic short-range missile.

Of course, the formula is obscured by the data and the design drawings are not fully displayed.

But the play still has to be performed.

"Fuck!"

Yu Yang looked at the assistant operating the computer, who hurriedly ejected the floppy disk, then picked up another one and stuffed it into the computer case.

"Director Yu, you put the confidential CD in the materials, I didn't know..."

Yu Yang's face changed. "Seal off the scene. All reporters, hand over your cameras and video equipment!!!"

……

Hong Kong, ADM Asia Pacific headquarters.

When Mr. and Mrs. Smith saw the videos and pictures sent by the reporters, their faces changed.

Fuck, Yu Sanyuan really dares to do this?
But if you think about it carefully, with the science and technology embodied by Sanyuan Agriculture and the industrial level demonstrated during the competition, it is not difficult to develop missiles.

The issue is……

He really has what the Smith family has always dreamed of!

At this time.

Old Smith's assistant came in hurriedly.

"Sir, the stocks of the seven major seed companies have plummeted, triggering the circuit breaker mechanism, suspending trading for 15 minutes, but there is still an hour and a half before the suspension."

Old Smith didn't bother to think about the missiles. He picked up his laptop and quickly checked the information of stock exchanges across the United States.

Unknown forces purchased 7.75 million and were bearish on seven major seed companies. In conventional securities trading companies, the leverage was fully extended to about 10 times, and 20 to 50 times the stocks were borrowed in unconventional securities exchanges.

If the circuit breaker mechanism is triggered now, it is estimated that 200 billion US dollars will be lost when trading resumes.

Old Smith pondered for a moment and said, "Pull up the stocks of the seven major seed companies!"

"Yes, sir."

A little bit.

Ice Bear News Agency suddenly revealed a shocking secret.

North American Steel purchased substandard steel materials from Mitsubishi Industries and fabricated qualified test reports, committing fraud for 17 years.

During this period, these crudely made steels were used by many North American military industrial enterprises to produce aircraft carriers, battleships, and H submarines.

at the same time.

North American Steel triggered a circuit breaker on the New York Stock Exchange.

The stocks of many military-industrial enterprises all fell sharply.

Mitsubishi Industries' stocks in North America and Japan all fell to the bottom.

Old Smith narrowed his eyes but did not speak.

The translator murmured, "So it's a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain!"

(End of this chapter)