Snapton flew back to New York in a hurry. After she left, Link began to look at the analysis she had brought with him.

It is not easy to make money in business, and the budget for this operation is 1.8 billion dollars. And that may not be the last investment. He may not understand how to do it, but at least he needs to know a thing or two about it.

If he doesn't understand something, he will look it up on the Internet. It's a good habit for him. Although those professional things seem difficult to understand. But after a closer look, he can still roughly understand what Snapton is trying to say in his analysis.

He paid particular attention to the analysis of Snapton's final benefit from the analysis. So he looked up some of the assets of the target she was going to acquire, such as patent information, such as the sales of the product being acquired. There is also a statement of the company's assets reported on the stock exchange.

But among the things he found, collagen was the thing that interested him the most.

He found a lot of information about this kind of thing.

It turns out that the main raw material of collagen produced in the world today is the leftovers of animal processing. For example, pig's feet, chicken feet, and fish.

And the benefits of collagen may be known to women except the primitive tribes of Africa. Collagen keeps cells active. It can be used for beauty and health care. The industry estimates that there is an annual attrition protein market of more than $800 billion in the world, but the supply exceeds demand.

Of course, that could be the size of the entire industry chain. But that's big enough, too.

He looked back at Snapton's analysis and saw a passage in it: "The countries of East and Southeast Asia process more than six million tons of tilapia every year, and the products are mainly exported to Europe and the United States. Only a small amount of the offcuts from these fish are used as raw materials for animal feed, and most of the rest are simply discarded. And those scraps can extract more than $20 billion worth of collagen. Of the pigs slaughtered in the United States, only a small number of pig's feet are exported to China, and most of them are used as animal feed. Pork knuckles are also rich in collagen. ”

Link, of course, knows that the vast majority of Americans don't eat pig's feet. Of course, fatty meat and pork skin are not eaten. But in fact, the collagen content of pig skin is also very high, or the collagen content of animal skin is quite high.

If the collagen research project mentioned by Snapton can indeed achieve the results mentioned in the analysis report. It was indeed a research project that was worth investing in, and even a production project that was worth investing in.

It's just that he's not sure if the information Snapton got is true. What if that project was axed because it had no value at all?

Snapton's analysis of other aspects, he looked at it and thought it made sense.

He only knows a little about the professional aspect of economics, and he can only say that he understands Snapton's analysis. However, it is impossible to judge whether it is credible and feasible.

So he made two calls, one to Martha. Inform her that he was going to fax her some of Snapton's analysis: "Let Morris and Miller show it to me." The above analysis is not feasible. ”

Then, he had a phone call to Douglas and asked him to do an investigation. He told him about the collagen research project, and finally explained to him: "You go and find out why this project was cut." It's a good idea to find out about the research members of this project. ”

Douglas was silent on the phone for a while before asking, "Boss, what are your specific plans, just to understand the situation or do you want to recruit this research team?" If it's the former, we'll be more direct, and if it's the latter, we'll try to be polite." ”

Link laughed and said, "Try to be polite." There is a possibility that I will recruit this team. ”

“OK。 Then I will investigate the situation of the entire research team at the same time. ”

"Good!" Link was reminded by his words, even if Snapton's operation didn't succeed, if the research project was really as good as Snapton said. He might be able to dig up that research team directly.

After that, he had another phone call with Jessie. Knowing that she was doing the approval documents before selling the viral product, it could take a week to get it ready.

At this time, he felt more and more that having a career-minded girlfriend had many disadvantages.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, Hannah ran up to him with her still wet hair and brought a pair of sales to him.

He grabbed her hand and put it under his nose and sniffed it, and said, "Well, it's clean and fragrant!"

Hannah giggled and withdrew her hand, then climbed onto the couch and sat next to him watching TV together.

Link carefully ruffled her hair with his hands, hoping to get her hair to dry quickly.

Hannah had long since gotten used to him drying her hair like this. But she's not a quiet girl. She tilted her head and said, "Daddy, is Santa Claus coming soon?"

Link said casually, "yes." He's here just over a month away. ”

"Does Santa Claus still give me a present? Do you know what he will give?"

He smiled and said, "Hannah can say wish, and when Santa Claus knows about it, he will prepare a gift for Hannah." ”

"Really? Can Santa Claus hear me?"

"Of course it's true. Santa Claus sends out a lot of birds, and he will secretly listen to what the children want to have presents, and then he will bring them at Christmas. What does Hannah want?"

"I want a sister!" Hannah said, looking at Link expectantly. "Will Santa Claus give it to me?"

Link was embarrassed. Although he can play Santa Claus, no matter how hard he tries, he won't have time to give her a sister before Christmas. He picked up the little thing and put it on his lap and asked, "Why does Hannah want a sister?"

"Stephen has a sister and is so cute. Hannah wants to have a sister too!"

It's the dead kid again!Link vomited in his heart, but explained to his daughter with a smile on his face, "But Santa Claus can't take people as gifts." Does Hannah have any other wishes?"

Hannah didn't know if she understood his explanation, she was stunned for a while before she said in disappointment, "It turns out that Santa Claus doesn't send his sister!"

Link thought for a moment and smiled and said, "Hannah can talk to Jessica." ”

Hannah stared at him with wide eyes and said, "Does Kaka have a sister? Where is it? Why didn't I see it?"

"Not now, but there will be later. After you tell her, she'll be quicker. ”

"Will Kaka give my sister to me?"

"My sister can't give it to Hannah because my sister isn't a gift. However, when my sister grows up, she will be called Sister Hannah and play with Hannah. ”

Hannah's eyes lit up, and she nodded again and again, "Well, I'll play with my sister too." Teach her to draw and let her call her sister!"

Link looked at her expectantly, and thought to himself that he had one more reason to negotiate terms with Jessica.

He smiled and said to Hannah, "Does Hannah like grandma?"

"Like. Grandma would cook food for Hannah and play with Hannah. ”

When Link heard this answer, he smiled and discussed with her, "Then Hannah is going to stay with grandma and grandpa for a few days, okay?"

Hannah bit her lip and blinked, "Is Daddy with you?" She knew that every time she lived with her grandparents, Daddy would not be around.

Link kissed her little cheek and said, "Daddy has a job to do." And my grandparents miss Hannah too. Does Hannah miss them?"

"Missed!"

"So, Hannah goes to stay at their house for three days, and after three days, Daddy goes to pick up Hannah, okay?"

Hannah pouted and nodded.

Seeing the little guy's aggrieved look, Link was also very reluctant in his heart.

In fact, it might have been safer to let Hannah stay at the castle. But the others are outsiders after all, and he hopes that Hannah will always be with her family, so that she will not be unable to see her family for days on end. It made her feel abandoned.

Now Jessica remains in California. He was going to go to Los Angeles again, and it was inconvenient to take Hannah with him. Only leaving her in the care of Barbara would be the most appropriate.

So, he gave Ms. Hemmer a few days off, and then took Hannah to Netawa to give her to Barbara. Finally, the two more people from the Tiger faction watched. Although they could not stay at Hans's house, they would have no problem taking turns in the car for three nights.

Then he flew to Los Angeles. He'd talk to Catherine, but if that's all he wanted, he wouldn't need to come to Los Angeles. He also wanted to talk to the Nolan brothers and Martin about the Werewolf movie.

Although he knows that none of the three of them are necessarily the best directors, they do well in Hollywood and should be able to recommend a good director.

Others went to California, but there were people in Washington who panicked because of his small gesture.

Pacific Midridge Homes is headquartered in a grove on the outskirts of Seattle. At the entrance to the grove was a blue sign with the company's logo and name. A red sports car with a roaring motor turned into the side road at high speed.

As soon as the car stopped, a man in his thirties got out of the car, slammed the door behind him and walked into the villa-like company.

He walked quickly to the president's office and said to the secretary who stood up, "Let Astoria come to see me!" He is the president of this company.

In fact, he stepped into the office with his front foot, and before his secretary could even make a call, another young man walked in this direction.

When the secretary saw him, he put down the phone and said, "McCammon is looking for you." ”

"I see!" the man said with a smile and a nod. "That's what I'm here for. He knocked on the door, waited for a while, and then pushed the door in

He turned around and closed the door as soon as he entered, and the smile on his face disappeared immediately.

McCammon, sitting in the chair, saw him come in, motioned for him to sit down with his eyes, and said, "Say it." What's going on?"

"I haven't figured out the specifics yet. But Almo's cousin told him that the West China Company had done a questionnaire for the workers and asked if they would like to settle in Beaver. Their human resources director revealed that if enough of them were willing to live in Beaver, they would provide workers with homes that cost just a little more than they cost. ”

Astoria was talking when there was a knock on the office door. He immediately stopped. The company's project has encountered problems, and it is better to know about such things as little as possible.

It was the secretary who came in, and she brought coffee to the two of them.