silent farm

Chapter 236 Workers Lost Contact (Baoyi)

After briefly looking at the "production" situation, the four of them returned to Li Sheng's office.

Last time, Fernando came over overnight to discuss this matter with Li Sheng, hoping to get some more shares.But Li Sheng did not agree.

In this matter, Fernando is an absolute latecomer.If Li Sheng didn't feel that it would be impossible for the Huaxia market to accommodate the paclitaxel produced by the farm in the future, he might not have notified Fernando at all.

Although Chen Bo and the others don't know the content of paclitaxel in the juice being squeezed by Silent Farm, everyone knows that paclitaxel is much more valuable than gold.According to the unit price per unit weight, the price of paclitaxel is several times that of gold.Moreover, paclitaxel is currently the most effective drug for the treatment of lung cancer and other cancers, and the supply has been in short supply.

So they all want to get more share.It's just that Li Sheng said that he would give half to each of the two families.Chen Bo and the others are in charge of the Asian market, while Fernando is in charge of the European and American markets.

Since the share is not negotiable, then only the price needs to be discussed.

Before knowing the paclitaxel content of these juices and the difficulty of extraction technology, how to price is a difficulty.

Li Sheng took out an inspection and analysis report.It was a report from a previous inspection.

The report was in Portuguese, so he handed it to Fernando first, saying: "This is the report I sent the sample to the University of Manaus for inspection. The concentration of paclitaxel in the juice is about 2.3%. Although there are several other ingredients species, but I have checked that those substances are quite easy to separate out."

After Fernando read the report carefully, he handed it to Chen Bo.But Chen Bo is not proficient in Portuguese.Didn't really look at it, just looked at the data.Then I checked those chemical formulas with my mobile phone to find out which are the active ingredients.

Fernando pondered for a while and said in English, "How do you think we should cooperate this time?"

Li Sheng thought for a while, and in order to take care of the three of them at the same time, he said in English: "Currently, the production of paclitaxel is mainly extracted from the bark of the yew tree. Generally speaking, the content of paclitaxel is only about 0.3%, and the content of paclitaxel is only about 0.65% if it is particularly high." .And it contains a lot of various organic impurities, so it is very difficult to extract. According to the current technology, the extraction rate is only less than 70%. The price of yew bark is more than 1 US dollars per ton.”

He glanced at Chen Bo and Fernando, and saw that they didn't respond, knowing that they had also learned about these things before they came.He also said: "The paclitaxel-containing juice produced on the farm has about ten times the paclitaxel content of yew bark. And the extraction cost is much lower, and the extraction rate is estimated to exceed 95%. I plan to set the price at three yuan per kilogram." A hundred euros."

Chen Bo thought for a while and said, "I can accept this price for the time being, but it needs to test the paclitaxel content of the juice. You also know that the active ingredient content of the planted and wild may not be the same."

Fernando also agrees with this reservation price.Before he came, he checked the market price of paclitaxel.A kilogram is about 40 euros.If it is true as Li Sheng said, according to Li Sheng's price, even if they need to lower the price of finished products, the profit margin of sales after extraction will be at least 50%.Such profit margins are enough to risk the gallows.

Li Sheng nodded and said: "Of course there is no problem. You can take a small amount of the original solution to test for extraction experiments. If there are differences, we will continue to discuss. The principle of follow-up negotiations is that the content of paclitaxel that can be extracted according to the experimental results is the same as what I just said. content ratio, and then calculate the unit price according to the price I just proposed. What do you think?"

Chen Bo, Luo Zheng and Fernando all agreed with him.

Chen Bo and Fernando took the juice and left the farm in a hurry.Of course they would not do such an experiment in Brazil.

Li Sheng didn't keep them too much.Because although this business is said to have the largest profit, it may not necessarily be a lot.This time, about one ton of pure paclitaxel can be produced.Even if calculated according to the current market price, the total value is only about 30 million euros.If the market is hit by the expansion of production, the price may drop a little.Maybe the price will come down to around €[-] a kilo.But they should entrust other companies or institutions to extract and then resell them. This little thing can be sold at once.But in the end, it can earn tens of millions of euros in profit.

Money is still secondary, and more importantly, this thing represents influence, or power.

After Li Sheng sent people away, he found Babur.He is responsible for the production of paclitaxel.But Cheng Dong managed the planting.

"Babur. The pressing of paclitaxel fruit needs to be done quickly. You ask Cheng Dong to cooperate with you. And you go to Zhang Dingbian to discuss the security work of paclitaxel production." Li Sheng did not look for Zhang Dingbian.Babur was the captain of the security team before, so if he and Zhang Dingbian discussed how to do a good job in security work, there would be no problem.

Before Babur left, Zhang Feng walked into his office frowning.

He looked up and saw Zhang Feng frowning, stood up and said, "Old Zhang, sit down." When he sat down, he asked him again while making tea. "What happened?"

Zhang Feng said a little uneasy: "Cheng Dong went to Manaus with a fellow worker yesterday, and agreed to come back today. But the pilot who delivered the cargo came back and said that they didn't show up, and the phone was turned off."

Li Sheng was also taken aback, and his brows frowned.He poured a cup of brewed tea to Zhang Feng and said, "How long have you been waiting for the pilot to see them?"

"I waited for an hour. The airport asked them to take off immediately, so they had to come back first. Cheng Dong and the others haven't called back yet." Zhang Feng said worriedly. "If they encounter thieves and lose their mobile phones, there is no problem with their language communication, and it is not a problem to ask for help. Now their mobile phones are turned off, and there is no audio. I am worried that something happened to them."

Zhang Feng's worries are not unfounded.As a rapidly developing city, Manaus must have some bad security.And Brazil is a country where gun ownership is legal.It is not impossible for two Chinese people to encounter armed robbery or something.And there are deeper worries in his heart.It doesn't matter if it's just a loss of money, the most important thing is people's safety.

Li Sheng also had the same worry: "Did you call the police?"

"I have reported the case to the Manaus police. However, they said that adults have not been in contact for more than 48 hours and do not accept reports."

Li Sheng knew that every country had similar regulations, so there was nothing wrong with that.But if you have been out of contact for 48 hours and encountered an accident during this time, you may choose to find it, and it may not be the original person.

The police can be indifferent, but he can't.

He said to Zhang Feng: "You should first ask other workers who are close to Cheng Dong and another worker to see if they know what their plans are for going to Manaus. Also, ask who has been in contact with them in the end. .What is the place and time of their last contact. I will ask Dingbian to arrange for someone to find them."

Manaus is not in the same state as Silent Farm at all, he has no influence there, and if the police there insist on sticking to the 48-hour rule, he really has nothing to do.We can only let our own people find it first.

Zhang Feng knew that this was the only way to do it now, so he agreed and left in a hurry.

Li Sheng waited for him to leave, and wanted to call Zhang Dingbian to come over, but immediately remembered that Babur was looking for Zhang Dingbian.He didn't call again, but drove over.

Li Sheng went to the security team, and when he found Zhang Dingbian, Zhang Dingbian was discussing with Babur.When the two saw Li Sheng coming, they were both surprised.Zhang Dingbian stood up and asked, "Boss, why are you here?" He had just asked Babur to discuss with him about arranging the security of Paclitaxel, and now he came again in person.It must be something else.

Li Sheng nodded to Babur and said, "There is an urgent matter. Cheng Dong lost contact with a coworker in Manaus. They agreed to return by cargo plane today, but no one has seen them. Both of their phones are turned off."

When Zhang Ding heard it, he also knew the seriousness of the matter.

If the farm workers are on vacation, they sometimes take the farm’s delivery plane to Manaus or Belem to play, and then wait for the next day’s delivery fee plane before returning to the farm.

Generally speaking, workers who go out to play will not turn off their phones.I was worried that the plane arrived early but could not be contacted.

Now that the two of them didn't meet up with the delivery plane according to the agreed time, and they couldn't be contacted, it can be basically determined that something happened.

He hurriedly asked, "When did it happen?"

"The delivery plane didn't know until someone called back. The Manaus police believed that the disappearance had not been more than 48 hours, and they would not accept the report. I asked Lao Zhang to find out who the last person Cheng Dong and the others contacted with the farm was. Where have they been. You now gather some men and go find them in Manaus."

Zhang Dingbian immediately said: "Okay, I'll do it now." He thought for a while and then said. "We are not very familiar with Manaus. Isn't Sandro from Manaus? It's best to let him go with him."

Li Sheng nodded and said, "I'll talk to him. You see, organize about forty people first, and then drive E195."

As he spoke, he said to Babur: "Babur, the security of Paclitaxel, you should work harder and come up with a plan."

Babur nodded and said, "Actually, Zhang and I have agreed. I'll take care of it."

Li Sheng nodded, and said to Zhang Dingbian: "Dingbian, organize your personnel as soon as possible, and set off as soon as possible."

Zhang Dingbian first asked the team to contact Sandru, and then asked the team to fly a helicopter to pick him up from work.

Half an hour later, Sandru picked it up.

Li Sheng told him that he was looking for someone, and hoped to get his help.After hearing this, Sandru immediately said: "I have no problem at all. And I will contact, maybe the Kaboclo and other Indians in Manaus can also help find someone."

Upon hearing this, Li Sheng hurriedly said, "That's great. Thank you for your help."

"Mr. Li, you are being polite. We have never had a chance to repay the help you gave us Indians."

Zhang Dingbian has already summoned forty security personnel.These personnel were transferred back from the security teams of various production departments.They just went out to find someone, and they didn't carry weapons like long guns, but everyone wore pistols.Most of these people are licensed to hold guns, and they are not afraid of trouble if they carry a pistol.

Knowing that Zhang Feng's investigation has not yet come to fruition, Li Sheng asked Zhang Dingbian and the others to go to Manaus first, and then contact them by phone.

(End of this chapter)