Chapter 1098: Cruel Food

Old Black nodded without hesitation and said, "No problem! I can transfer the money to your company's account today...... Or any account you requested, Mr. Xia. ”

Old Blake thought that the last time he made peace with Xia Ruofei and paid two million US dollars for "mental damages", Xia Ruofei asked him to make a call to an offshore company account.

He also knows that the procedures for going overseas with funds in China are a bit cumbersome, and many wealthy people like to set up overseas accounts.

A deposit of one million euros, which is not very high. Although the average black truffle on the market costs about a few thousand euros a kilogram, and fifty kilograms will certainly be less than one million euros, it is an ordinary truffle, and it is the price of black truffles.

The truffles provided by Xia Ruofei must have both black truffles and white truffles, and these truffles of Xia Ruofei are not only large, but the overall quality is more than one grade higher than those truffles on the market, and the price naturally cannot be estimated according to the average market price.

That's why so many traditional truffle vendors as well as Michelin-starred restaurants are so eager for this auction.

Otherwise, with the annual sales volume of several tons of the Black family, how could the patriarch come to negotiate in person for a mere fifty kilograms of truffles?

Xia Ruofei thought for a while and said, "It's still the account from last time, and the other ...... Mr. Black, I will not sign any agreement with you, it requires your trust in me. ”

Old Blake paused for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "Xia ...... You're really ...... Well, it doesn't matter if there is no agreement, I trust your credibility!"

Xia Ruofei smiled noncommittally and said, "If there is no objection, then I wish us a happy cooperation!"

Xia Ruofei's seemingly a bit overbearing, in fact, the reason is very simple - he didn't think about using the name of the company to trade with the Black family, and he didn't bring the company's official seal! As for signing the agreement in his personal name, Xia Ruofei also felt that it was meaningless, anyway, as long as the Black family did things as agreed, he couldn't break the contract.

If Old Black doesn't accept it, then it doesn't matter if the business can't be done.

Xia Ruofei is so strong precisely because he has an indifferent attitude, because he has nothing to ask for, so he has no worries.

Old Blake smiled and said, "Happy cooperation!"

Xia Ruofei got up and poured two glasses of red wine, touched it lightly with Old Black, and asked casually, "By the way, how is your George now?"

Old Blake had a look of embarrassment on his face.

George Black was disgraced by Xia Ruofei last time, and even in order to maintain the cooperative relationship, Old Black also deprived him of the identity of heir, which is not a faceless thing for the Black family.

Old Blake said: "I have revoked all his positions in the family company, and his heir status has been stripped away, but as a member of the family, he still has the most basic security every month, but Mr. Xia rest assured that the monthly money is no longer enough for him to continue to live a life of drinking and drinking." ”

Xia Ruofei nodded lightly, it was already good that Old Black could do this, after all, George Black was the descendant of their family, and the blood relationship was endless, so it was impossible for him to drive George Black out of the family.

Xia Ruofei is not worried about old Blake lying or perfunctory himself, because these are easy to hear, unless the Blake family attaches great importance to George Blake, making him pretend to be very down, and secretly still focusing on cultivating him.

In the case of George Black's straw bale, this possibility is infinitely close to zero.

After casually asking about George Blake, Xia Ruofei chatted with Old Blake - after all, he was a guest, and he didn't take the initiative to leave, so he couldn't directly issue an eviction order, so he just negotiated a deal!

Old Black also wants to get closer to Xia Ruofei, so he praised the truffles produced by Taoyuan Company in his words, and of course he also wanted to inquire about the origin of these truffles.

After all, there are only a few famous truffle producing areas in the world, and basically the truffle business in the world is monopolized by those traditional truffle families.

Of course, Xia Ruofei took the high-end route, and did not use dumping to make the price of truffles plummet, nor would it have too much impact on the global sales of dozens of tons of truffles every year, so Old Blake was more curious to ask.

Xia Ruofei naturally diverted the topic directly, so Old Black stopped inquiring about it.

The two chatted and chatted, and then talked about high-end ingredients - Xia Ruofei really didn't have a topic to talk about, so two big men couldn't stare at each other!

Old Blake asked, "Mr. Xia, I wonder if your company has been involved in other high-end Western food ingredients besides truffles?"

Xia Ruofei smiled and asked, "What are the high-end ingredients that Mr. Black is referring to?"

"Foie gras, truffle and caviar have long been known as the world's top three delicacies. The truffle part, your company's product is definitely this!"

Old Blake gave a thumbs up as he spoke, and then continued: "I just don't know about foie gras and caviar, do you have any products in this area?

Xia Ruofei raised his eyebrows and asked, "Does your Blake family still run other ingredient businesses?"

Old Blake smiled and said, "Our family started with truffles, and it took several generations of hard work to get to where we are now. Of course, truffles are our most important business, but as the company grows, the business extension will naturally expand, basically we have dabbled in high-end ingredients, of course, the main is the agent sales model. ”

Xia Ruofei was also a little interested, he leaned back on the sofa, took a sip of his wine glass, and then asked, "If Mr. Black doesn't mind, can you tell me about foie gras and caviar?" ”

Xia Ruofei didn't lie, in fact, he had also heard of the names of the world's three major delicacies, but he didn't know much about it, but at least he knew that whether it was foie gras, caviar or the truffle business that Taoyuan Company was already operating, the profits were very large.

Making money is one thing, Xia Ruofei also pays special attention to the richness of the company's product line and the company's reputation.

As the three most well-known ingredients in the field of Western food, Taoyuan Company wants to take the route of high-end ingredients, which must be unavoidable.

As soon as Old Blake heard this, he knew that Taoyuan Company did not have two products, foie gras and caviar, and he couldn't help but be slightly disappointed.

However, he quickly adjusted, and said enthusiastically: "Of course I don't mind! Xia, then I'll tell you about foie gras first." The foie gras here refers to the French foie gras, which has been eaten in France for thousands of years, and Julius Caesar admired this delicacy in the past, and it is said to be rich in nutritional value, so it is a must-have menu in high-end Western restaurants. But ......"

Speaking of this, Old Black changed his words and said, "This dish is also known as the cruelest delicacy in the world!"

When Xia Ruofei heard this, he immediately felt very curious, and couldn't help asking, "The most cruel, why do you say that?"

"It has to do with how foie gras is obtained. "The French foie gras we are talking about is different from the ordinary foie gras, in fact, this is the liver collected from the goose with fatty liver, and the weight is generally more than 700 grams, which is dozens of times that of ordinary foie gras." Why do geese get fatty liver? It's all the result of human intervention......"

Old Blake's tone was a little low, and Xia Ruofei had the feeling of listening to a midnight ghost story, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

Old Black continued: "The young are brought to the farm after birth, and for the first 12 weeks the goslings are crammed into small cages, with only rows of necks exposed outside the iron fence, fixed to racks designed to train the neck muscles. The farmer increases the amount of food he feeds every day and tries to make the goose's stomach into a noodle bag. When the goose's neck muscles and stomach are trained to be as strong as steel, the real torture begins......

The farmer would stuff a 30-centimeter-long tube directly into the goose's stomach several times a day, and then pour at least 12 kilograms of food every day! And in order to prevent geese from increasing digestion due to exercise, in addition to being fixed in a very small space, the farmer will also deliberately reduce calcium in the food formula, so these fat geese basically have hypochondriasis, and can only lie lazily on their stomachs every day until they die!"

Xia Ruofei couldn't help but feel creepy when he heard this--he directly inserted a hard tube into his stomach and pressed food into it, which was several times more painful than doing a gastroscope! These geese were equivalent to having to undergo an "enhanced gastroscope" many times a day, and then their stomachs were severely swollen anytime and anywhere, and the space for movement was extremely cramped, this was simply hellish torture!

"How could there be such an evil method?" Xia Ruofei couldn't help but sigh.

Old Blake shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's all because of profits! The profit margin of French foie gras is very large, so everyone will flock to it, even if there are animal protection organizations protest every year, but the effect is not obvious." ”

Xia Ruofei nodded silently, he found that he no longer had the slightest interest in the delicacy of French foie gras, and he was afraid that Taoyuan Company would never run a foie gras business.

However, at this moment, Xia Ruofei's heart moved slightly, and a whimsical idea sprouted in his mind......

Tenderness in the steel gun said

This chapter makes up for the arrears. I'll have another chapter later, and the steel gun is spelled today.