Chapter 601: Real Experts and Fake Experts
Looking at Jiang Weichen's shocked expression, Long Qiquan laughed heartily like a child who had succeeded in playing a prank.
"Oh, didn't I tell you before?"
Jiang Weichen said contemptuously: "No!"
Long Qiquan didn't care and continued with a smile: "Even if I didn't tell you, you should have heard about Lu Yiming's recent popularity."
Jiang Weichen complained: "I've been busy with my research and rarely read the news. How can I have time to care about these things?"
Xia is a big agricultural country, and farming is a skill rooted in their genes, so many people who are dedicated to agronomy are practical people. Many experts and academicians conduct research in the fields all year round and don't care about anything outside of their profession.
Long Qiquan said, "It's not too late for you to know now. Isn't it the New Year now? You can go over and have a chat with Lu Yiming first. I think they will officially start working after the New Year. Anyway, you will get enough money. Maybe he will donate some research funds to you if he is happy. Then you will make a lot of money. You should know that Lu Yiming is not only the richest man, but also the most philanthropist."
Jiang Weichen promised: "Don't worry about this. I will definitely put all my life's knowledge into it."
Long Qiquan laughed loudly: "Then I'll wait for the news of your victory. Come on, let's go."
"Done."
The next morning, Long Qiquan called Lu Yiming. After learning that Long Qiquan had invited a domestic authoritative expert for Lu Yiming, he immediately said that he would send a helicopter to meet him.
The next day, Jiang Weichen met Lu Yiming in the county town.
"You must be Professor Jiang, nice to meet you. I'm Lu Yiming. I'm sorry to have to ask you to come here during the Chinese New Year."
Jiang Weichen smiled and said, "It is said that the richest man in Xia country is young and promising. Today I saw that his reputation is well-deserved. He has achieved remarkable achievements at such a young age. His future is limitless."
Lu Yiming said modestly: "Scientists like Professor Jiang and Professor Long are the pillars of the country. Compared with you, I just have a few stinky dollars, which is not worth mentioning."
Then, Lu Yiming said, "I have already hosted a banquet for Professor Jiang at the hotel. This is a small place with limited conditions, so I hope Professor Jiang will be more tolerant."
"Why are you being so polite? Mr. Lu, do you have any relevant information about your project? Let me see."
As an agronomist, Jiang Weichen is not so keen on enjoying life. For him, doing research is the most fun thing. Therefore, on the way to the hotel, he changed the topic to work.
"Here, I brought it."
Lu Yiming unzipped the briefcase he was carrying and took out a plan.
Jiang Weichen took the plan and took a look at it, but frowned slightly, and his tone changed: "There is something wrong with this plan."
Of course, Lu Yiming had seen this plan, but he didn't understand it, so he couldn't see any problems. But in the eyes of professionals like Jiang Weichen, it was not the case.
Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the problem?"
He thought of the returned overseas Chinese Li Jiahuang and thought, could it be that this old man set a trap for me?
Jiang Weichen pointed to a few places and said, "Here...here...and here, there are problems."
The plan provided by Li Jiahuang was indeed very carefully made, at least it fooled a layman like Lu Yiming. However, in front of a big shot like Professor Jiang Weichen who had been deeply involved in the aquaculture profession for many years, his true colors were naturally exposed.
Jiang Weichen's university, China Overseas Ocean University, is ranked second among the top universities in China in the field of aquaculture. It is also well-known worldwide and is by no means an ordinary university.
Jiang Weichen told Lu Yiming with a serious expression: "The biggest problem is here, take a look at what is written above."
Lu Yiming took a look and was a little confused: "It costs money to import top-quality eel fry from the island country's eel breeding base and introduce a full set of breeding technology. Although the price is a bit high, considering that the product will eventually enter the island country market, it is reasonable to spend a little more money in the initial investment, right?"
Jiang Weichen sighed and said, "Eel farming is still unpopular in China. Plus, Mr. Lu, you are not an insider, so it's normal that you don't understand it."
Lu Yiming asked, "Is eel farming different from general aquaculture?"
Jiang Weichen said: "Of course it is different! Compared with ordinary fish fry, eel fry cannot be artificially cultivated with current technology. Unlike ordinary fish fry, their number can be increased through human breeding methods. This leads to the high price of eel fry, which is known as 'soft gold'."
Lu Yiming was puzzled: "If that's the case, isn't it normal that the price is high if we import fish fry from island countries?"
Jiang Weichen said, "The fish fry in the aquaculture farms of the island countries are also obtained from wild eels. Since no one can artificially breed them, there is no need to go to the island countries and spend money on it. There are also wild eel resources in the waters of our Xia country. In fact, as early as 1986, some people in China started to engage in eel farming. After more than ten years of development, the eel fry of the island countries are all imported from our Xia country. If we go to the island countries to buy them, wouldn’t that be stupid?"
After Jiang Weichen's explanation, Lu Yiming suddenly realized what was going on. He said with a smile, "According to what you said, I was almost 'exported and sold domestically'."
Jiang Weichen returned the plan to Lu Yiming and said, "Your project is too amateurish. It looks like it was done on a whim. Many of the details in it cannot withstand scrutiny. If you really invest according to the above, I'm afraid you will lose all your money."
"Haha, experts are experts. Everyone has their own specializations. An outsider like me doesn't understand any of this."
Lu Yiming's heart was filled with ripples, but his face remained expressionless until he and Jiang Weichen finished the welcoming banquet and his face turned gloomy on the way back.
At this point, he still didn't understand that he was being set up.
After returning home in the evening, Lu Yiming called Li Yiwen.
Li Yiwen was very excited when he received Lu Yiming's call. He asked, "How is it? What did the professor say? Is this project going to work?"
When Lu Yiming told him what Professor Jiang Weichen said, Li Yiwen could no longer sit still and said angrily, "Oh my goodness, are we dealing with a scammer?"
The more Li Yiwen thought about it, the angrier he became, because the investment amount for this project was huge, more than 600 million yuan. Although he only needed to come up with 300 million yuan, it was still not a small amount.
Lu Yiming said with emotion: "This scam is too clever. The other party can be said to have done enough preparation. If I hadn't invited a professor from Zhonghai Ocean University, I wouldn't have been able to see where the other party's flaws were."
Li Yiwen sighed and said, "So, this project is going to fail?"
He also hoped to help his hometown get rid of poverty and become rich. He finally found a project that seemed reliable, but he didn't expect it to be a setup by someone else.
"I'm sorry, I almost got you in trouble."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "We are still talking about this, but you don't know about it either. Besides, there is no loss now. I have already entrusted Professor Jiang Weichen to conduct a field investigation. He promised to bring his students to help conduct research to see if the local area is suitable for eel farming. If possible, I will invest in this project myself. I have money."
The project is a good project, but the people are not good people. Now that we have discovered this pit, why not take a detour and avoid it?
This matter has nothing to do with Li Jiahuang at this point. Aquaculture can be done, but I will never cooperate with Li Jiahuang again. Of course, Lu Yiming didn't have the time to go and make trouble with Li Jiahuang.
A few days later, on the eve of the Chinese New Year, Lu Ding invited all the relatives in the village to his home to celebrate the New Year. Several round tables were set up in the yard, and they were filled with high-end nuts and candies.
Although Lu Ding had offended many people when he cleaned up the company's connections, today when he said he would invite everyone to his house for dinner, everyone came "without any grudges."
Are you kidding? Lu Ding's net worth has increased countless times since then, and his son is still the richest man in Xia Country. Who dares to show disrespect to their family? It's too late to curry favor with them.
This is the real world . No one cares about the poor in the downtown, but the rich in the mountains have distant relatives. No matter how big the hatred was before, now everyone wants to become the running dogs of the Lu family.
Everyone chatted and drank tea, and they praised Lu Yiming's family a lot in their words and were very humble.
At this time, Su Da'e walked into the yard with a pipe in her right hand and twisted her waist. She looked around and said in a sharp voice that could be heard: "Wow, it's so lively? Hey, Yiming, I heard that a few days ago you and the returned overseas Chinese from the next village discussed setting up an eel breeding base in the village?"
When Lu Yiming heard this, he immediately saw through these people's tricks.
There is no doubt that this news must have been spread by Li Jiahuang, otherwise there were only a few people present at the time and no one else would know about it.
They just wanted to put pressure on Lu Yiming by spreading this news and creating a fait accompli.
This routine has been used to death in the "XXX Marketing Course" of later street literature.
Li Yiwen said to Su Da'e, "Aunt San, that's not true. Don't listen to the nonsense out there. That returned overseas Chinese is just a liar."
However, Su Da'e didn't believe it at all and said confidently, "How is it possible? The returned overseas Chinese is now leading a group of fishery experts from the island country to investigate the ecological conditions of several surrounding villages. How can this be false? I heard those people talking about the island country with my own ears."
Are there really some Japanese people from Japan who are living a good life coming here?
Lu Yiming frowned and couldn't help but look at Li Yiwen.
Li Yiwen also happened to look over. The two looked at each other and both felt that there was something strange going on.
Logically speaking, when Li Jiahuang found out that Lu Yiming had seen through his conspiracy, he should have quickly changed his target and fooled others instead of continuing to spread rumors? Was he completely ignorant of the power of the richest man or did he have other intentions?
Lu Yiming didn't understand it for a moment.
Su Da'e continued to yell, "Yiming, you are a rich man now. If you do something like this in the village, you must bring your family members to make money together."
When the people present heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up.
"Yes, Xiao Ming, you have to bring the villagers along to make a fortune together."
"Xiao Ming, I watched you grow up. Isn't it unreasonable for you not to arrange a job for me?"
Su Da'e said, "Right, look how much everyone trusts you, you can't just eat all the food. We are all your relatives, and it's best not to let outsiders take advantage of the situation, right? Besides, many people have joined this eel cooperative and invested money, you can't let them lose money, everyone invested because they heard about your plan."
"I lost..."
Lu Yiming immediately understood Li Jiahuang's way of playing.
"A lot of people invested money? He's a liar, how can you invest money in him?"
There was a relative of Lu Yiming who had invested in the project. He immediately said, "How could he be a liar? Li Jiahuang has been going in and out of the largest and most luxurious hotel in the local area in a high-profile manner these days, and he also rides in a top-of-the-line luxury car. He is extremely generous and has the air of being rich. How could a liar have so much money? If he had so much money, would he still need to cheat people?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Aren't you guys providing him with money?"
Seeing that people around him were being deceived, and that he was the one who introduced Li Jiahuang to Lu Yiming, Li Yiwen immediately said anxiously: "Why don't we call the police right away? We can't let him continue to deceive us like this."
Lu Yiming asked back: "Call the police? Do you have evidence to prove that he violated the law?"
Li Yiwen said: "What Professor Jiang said that day can be used as evidence. This plan is full of loopholes and is just for the purpose of defrauding money."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Look at you, you are naive, aren't you? The country emphasizes on witnesses and physical evidence. You have to have both certification and physical evidence. It's not against the law to brag a few words. Even if there are many loopholes in the writing, what can it matter? It's an investment plan, not MLM materials."
Li Yiwen said: "Then please ask Professor Jiang and the others to come over and confront us face to face."
Lu Yiming said: "They brought several experts from the island countries, who speak fluent Japanese. Do you think ordinary people will trust them or us? These days, the barking of foreign dogs is more effective than the speaking of Chinese people."
Li Yiwen was at a loss and said angrily, "They obviously came prepared."
Lu Yiming sighed and said, "You know what the situation is like in China. Foreign monks can chant sutras. We know that what Professor Jiang Weichen said is true, but other people will only believe the words of those island country experts. Moreover, the other party's identity is very sensitive. It's useless for us to call the police. After all, once a diplomatic dispute is caused, no one wants to take the blame."
Li Yiwen said unhappily, "Is there nothing we can do about this guy?"
Lu Yiming thought about it and immediately came up with an idea. He said to Li Yiwen, "Immediately arrange for someone to spread the news and say that I am optimistic about the eel farming project, but I am not optimistic about their plan because their plan is not professional."
The solution Lu Yiming came up with was very simple.
Aren’t you raising funds illegally under my name?
Didn’t you say I was doing eel farming?
Then I’ll really do it.
When I get it done, if you have the guts, come with me. If you don't, wouldn't that be fake?
As for those who invested money in Li Jiahuang, Lu Yiming had no time to care about them.
There are so many people and things worth caring about in this world. Who would be so idle as to care about a bunch of fools?
Li Yiwen nodded solemnly and said, "Okay."
Lu Yiming said, "Come on, follow me into the room. I'll write a paragraph and you can ask the village cadres to broadcast it using the village loudspeaker."
"no problem."
Lu Yiming's copy was very simple, which meant that he would do breeding, but he would not set up a cooperative, nor would he raise funds from the society. All requests for payment had nothing to do with him.
It's basically a disclaimer.
After all, they are in the village. No matter how many experts or foreigners there are, their words are not as credible as those of the village chief.
After two days of shouting through the loudspeaker, there were suddenly very few people in the village discussing the project.
At this point, Li Jiahuang, who had originally wanted to take advantage of the New Year period to reap a large amount of people's New Year money and then run away, was dumbfounded. He quickly called his gang together for an emergency discussion.
Li Jiahuang gnashed his teeth and said, "This Lu Yiming is really nosy. Isn't he just taking advantage of his reputation? He is trying to cut off our source of income."
As the saying goes, cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. Lu Yiming directly distanced himself from the matter, making it difficult for Li Jiahuang to deceive anyone.
Gang member Xin Bofan looked at Li Jiahuang unhappily and said, "Didn't you say that you can definitely deal with Lu Yiming?"
Li Jiahuang looked depressed and said, "At the beginning, he was really fooled by me. Who knew he would find a professor from Zhonghai Ocean University?"
Eel farming is an unpopular field. Not only in Xia Country, but even in the island country, few people understand it.
But Lu Yiming happened to have such a wide network of contacts that he found a big shot in the domestic aquaculture field, who by chance saw through their scam.
Xin Bofan asked: "What should we do now ? Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back."
Li Jiahuang said: "From previous situations, we can see that there are still many people interested in this project. The main reason is that we have done a good job in preparation. Now even the government is willing to believe that we have the ability to operate the project and is even willing to help us get loans from banks. All we need to do is to dispel their concerns."
Xin Bofan asked: "How do we dispel their concerns?"
Li Jiahuang sneered, "Didn't Lu Yiming say that we are liars? Then why can't we say he is a liar? Who doesn't have a mouth? We have foreign experts here, and they are real Japanese. Why don't we just book a hotel in the county, spend some money to treat the county's officials and ordinary people to a meal, and have a good talk with them?"
Xin Bofan thought this was a good idea and laughed, "Great, let's do it this way. It's just a matter of spending some money, but after it's done, we can get it back a hundred or a thousand times from these people. Hahaha, they are thinking about the dividends we give them, but they don't know that we are thinking about the principal in their hands!"
