The arrangements began overnight, and some reporters had already been notified that they must leave for the Celestial Empire tomorrow to attend Xu Ping'an's press conference, and they must get first-hand information.

The next day, the global media began to report on the super fish oil matter, and all Poseidon factories received an order from the headquarters to stop production, which shocked everyone, and the price of super fish oil in major retail stores rose by 100% at the lowest.

Many media have announced that they have received notices that Xu Ping'an will hold a press conference in three days to announce the reason, and it is unknown what the reason is, we can only wait for Xu Ping'an's explanation.

As soon as Xu Ping'an arrived at the headquarters, Chen Qingshan and Wei Dongshuo arrived, beckoned the two to sit down and drink tea, and Chen Qingshan began to ask, "Ping'an, there is time for tea, you tell me now, why Poseidon has completely stopped production."

"Microplastics" Xu Ping'an said, Wei Dongshuo and Chen Qingshan were both stunned, what does your production of fish oil have to do with microplastics.

"We tested internally, fish in marine areas around the world were contaminated, microplastics were detected in their bodies, we refined fish oil, and microplastics were found in fish oil."

"Microplastics have also been found in NX01, the main ingredient of super fish oil, although there is no standard for microplastics in various countries around the world, but we can't help but take it as a thing, and we must purchase new equipment to increase the process and manpower to solve this problem."

"We don't know whether microplastics are harmful to human beings, and the scientific community has not given a definitive conclusion, just in case, in order to avoid future troubles, we must change it now."

"Therefore, I ordered to stop all factories, improve the process in all aspects, and resume production after completing the improvements," Xu Ping'an said calmly as he looked at the two of them.

Wei Dongshuo and Chen Qingshan were completely shocked, the fish purchased by Poseidon are all over the world, basically deep-sea fish, this kind of fish has a high oil content, but they didn't expect that the whole army was wiped out.

"By the way, after the resumption of production, the price of super fish oil will inevitably increase, this time the purchase of new equipment will require at least 500 million euros, but also in the increase in labor, the cost has risen, and the price must be increased," Xu Ping'an added.

"Ping'an, the price of super fish oil is still unaffordable for a large number of people, have you considered this" Chen Qingshan looked at Xu Ping'an's face and said.

"What if I don't raise the price, it used to take two hundred catties of fish to refine a barrel of fish oil, but now it takes three hundred and twenty catties, plus other expenses, the cost has risen by as little as forty percent, I spend so much, who will make up for my loss" Xu Ping'an looked at Chen Qingshan without concessions, and there was no way to increase the price.

Wei Dongshuo was also stunned next to him, it had increased so much cost, Chen Qingshan had nothing to say, the two drank two cups of tea and left with a frown, not for long, Kyle came to Xu Ping'an's office, and his spirit was not good.

Xu Ping'an beckoned Kyle to come over for tea, and two cups of tea went down the stomach, "Boss, I have received calls from more than a dozen countries so far, asking me what is going on, and the same answer" Kyle said helplessly.

"What is their reaction?" asked Xu Ping'an.

"There's nothing to say, it's a global problem, and they know more than we do, but this time they were also taken aback by my news that the world's fisheries are polluted with microplastics more than they expected," Kyle said directly.

"There is no way to do it, look at the reports of various countries, microplastics have been found in human feces a few years ago, plastic products are full of all aspects of life, L'Oréal in country F has begun to adjust the product formula since last year to remove microplastics"

"These international giants have a very keen sense of smell and started to do it early, when microplastics attract people's attention and governments begin to introduce relevant policies, the giants' products are not, because the giants have changed in advance."

"Those small and medium-sized companies are still at a loss, and there are only two ways left for them, first, borrowing huge amounts of money to purchase equipment to change the process and formula, and second, the product is abandoned by the market and goes bankrupt directly, and there is no third way to go" Xu Ping'an also sighed with emotion after speaking.

"Yes, the increase in equipment is not affordable for all enterprises, tens of millions of euros for a piece of equipment, plus labor and other costs, the average enterprise really can't afford it"

"I believe that the boss will hold a press conference, and the microplastics should attract global attention, and the price of seafood will inevitably go all the way down, which will affect the livelihood of many people," Kyle also sighed.

"We can't help it, if we don't change it, once it is turned out by the reporters, it will definitely be a group attack at that time, and just a fine can bankrupt us to be punished" Xu Ping'an sighed and said, the reality is so, you have nothing to do.

Time passed slowly, the international market has begun to react, the stocks of companies dealing in seafood began to fall, although the decline is not large, it can be a clear signal, needless to say, the news inevitably spread.

Even if a small number of people knew about it, it would definitely cause a reaction, and the meeting in J City strengthened the deployment of police forces, because the media from all over the world sent personnel to participate in the press conference held by Xu Ping'an.

At present, there are thousands of people counted, and there are more than 500 foreign personnel, these people are all journalists, not ordinary people, and the rectification of hygiene, public security, and so on has begun to unfold.

On this day, the reporters began to gather in the city auditorium, which had been rented by the Apocalypse Group for a day, and there were too many people coming, and the press hall of the Apocalypse headquarters could not accommodate so many people, so it could only be moved to the auditorium.

The reporters have begun to debug various equipment below, many domestic media are conducting live broadcasts, and they have already started to arrange the equipment in advance, and they are busy with the last debugging today, Xu Ping'an and Kyle are talking in the back.

Dalena gave Xu Ping'an a gesture, Xu Ping'an nodded and looked at Kyle, the two stood up and began to walk from the backstage to the front desk, not so many forms, Xu Ping'an strode towards the front desk, and Kyle followed behind.

Seeing Xu Ping'an come out, the reporters began to get serious, taking pictures, taking pictures, videotaping, and live broadcasting, the cameras were all aimed at Xu Ping'an who walked to the podium, Xu Ping'an pressed his hands down, and his voice quickly lowered and quieted down.

"Thank you for the arrival of the media, you have worked hard" Xu Ping'an bowed to the reporter as soon as he finished speaking, and the reporters gave applause, knowing that Tianqi Group attaches great importance to etiquette.

Xu Ping'an propped up his body and returned to the podium, pressed his hands down again, and the scene instantly quieted down, and he glanced at the reporters below with a calm face.

"Everyone, please come over today to have something to do with Super Fish Oil, everyone has already got the news, Poseidon factories around the world have been shut down, everyone has questions in their hearts, now I will reveal the answer"

"Microplastics, because of microplastics, we had to close all the factories," Xu Ping'an said with a solemn expression, and all the reporters were shocked that it was microplastics.

Domestic reporters may not know much about it, but those reporters from abroad are very aware of this matter, and foreign media have reported on this matter.

"Poseidon sources fish from the world's oceans, and we recently found that microplastics have been found in fish in all regions, and these microplastics can enter refined fish oil."

"We don't know what the impact of microplastics will be on the human body, but it's not a good thing after all, we are a responsible company and we have to provide harmless products to consumers, even if there are no clear laws on microplastics in various countries."

"We have already spent 800 million euros on the equipment and will add a cleaning process in each of our refining plants and in our superfish oil production lines to minimize the presence of microplastics."

"We apologize for the fact that we will not start producing Super Fish Oil until it has passed our in-house testing."

"Marine pollution is a global problem, and I once again call on all countries around the world to take action to protect our planet, we only have one planet, we only have one ocean"

"When marine pollution becomes a dead land, what should we humans do, according to scientists' analysis of several mass extinctions on the earth in the past, when marine life begins to decline and become extinct, terrestrial life will inevitably be extinct."

"To be honest, I struggled several times with the decision to stop production, but if it wasn't stopped, I would still make money without worry, because our products comply with the laws and regulations of every country."

"I started to look up information on the Internet, and I found that the matter of microplastics has been on the radar of scientists for many years, and scientists have published a lot of articles calling on countries around the world to protect the oceans"

"Although there have been no reports of the harm of microplastics to the human body, we cannot assume that we do not know about it, and I would like to thank L'Oréal for setting a good example."

"Since last year, L'Oréal's products have begun to adjust the formula and process to completely remove microplastics, I didn't know about this before, but now I know that L'Oréal, like our Apocalypse Group, is a responsible company for consumers."

"I won't say more nonsense, you are all powerful people, you will definitely find out more information, I hope you can call on all mankind to protect the earth and protect the ocean" Xu Ping'an said here, and bowed deeply to the reporters again.

The applause of the reporters rang out, and they already felt Xu Ping'an's sincerity, and Xu Ping'an was sincerely calling on everyone to protect the earth and protect the ocean.

Xu Ping'an straightened up and returned to the podium, pressed down with both hands, and the scene slowly quieted down, "Once again, I want to announce a bad news, this time the equipment transformation will take at least a month, after the transformation is completed, the price of super fish oil will inevitably rise, and I hope that consumers will forgive me."

"We also had no choice, we had to spend almost a billion euros to purchase equipment and install it, adding a process, increasing personnel costs, and the cost of extracting fish oil from fish had skyrocketed, and after our rough testing, our costs had to increase by 40 to 50 percent."

"I know that the price increase will affect many people, there is no way, I have to be responsible for Poseidon employees around the world, they can't lose their jobs, for this, I can only express my regret again"

"I will allocate funds for the research and development of the second generation of products, hoping to find a way to cut costs, for the time being, we can only regret" Xu Ping'an announced the news with a regretful face.