Chapter 537: Link Temporarily Ignored
After the bald old man finished speaking, the conference room was silent for another minute.
The current situation in American society is very unfavorable to genetically modified foods.
Although Mong Sandu does not produce food, they mainly rely on genetically modified technology to produce agricultural seeds and products. If the GM food loses its market, they will indeed be able to close their doors.
It's just that the situation in the United States as a whole is very unfavorable for them now.
Last year, there was a worldwide discussion about the application of genetically modified foods in food. With the presence of the Internet, they are no longer able to hide information as much as they used to. More and more people are asking about the safety of genetically modified foods.
Of course, they also want to silence the doubters by providing proof that genetically modified foods are safe. But their proofs don't stand up to scrutiny. They did not dare to publish it.
However, it is always empty to say that genetically modified agricultural products and traditional agricultural products are "essentially the same", which cannot win the trust of the public at all.
Even the food conspiracy theories that were popular for a decade or so ago have been on the rise.
The conspiracy theory is that food manufacturers and the medical industry are conspiring to expose the public to chronic diseases with unhealthy food habits. Food producers use "tasty" and "cheap" foods to induce the public to accept unhealthy eating habits, for which they can even care about profits.
Because such eating habits will not immediately cause harm to the public's health, and the real harm will affect the human body after years or even decades.
And when the public is engaged in unhealthy eating habits for several years, they may change to chronic diseases. And the increasing number of patients with chronic diseases can make the medical industry much more profitable than selling food.
Genetically modified foods will naturally be linked to that conspiracy.
There have always been conspiracy theories like that. Although they all know that this is nonsense, they are powerless to explain until there is no evidence that genetically modified foods are healthy. That conspiracy theory has a market all over the world.
Now the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for them. Before, they could go back on their word, like the genetically modified hormones used in cows. They can promise less use and less social pressure in their products. But when the situation calms down a bit, dairy farms will still use the same products in order to ensure profits.
But the situation is very different from the previous situation, where they didn't have competitors before, but now they have.
They couldn't think of any good way to deal with it, so they had to keep silent.
The bald old man saw that no one spoke, so he began to be a little impatient, and directly named people and said, "Parker, do you have any good suggestions for the marketing department?"
The person named was silent for a moment before he said, "Mr. Grant, everybody. In response to the current public skepticism, we are carrying out a 'discrediting operation'. The so-called defamation operation is actually "clarification". "At the same time, we are also in contact with officials from the Ministry of Agriculture in the hope of getting their support. But the public voice is now too fierce for officials at the Ministry of Agriculture to make too vocal statements. ”
"So, all you have to say now is the difficulties you have encountered?" asked the bald old man in a deep voice. "But what we want to hear is helpful advice?"
Parker immediately offered his advice: "Mr. Grant, I think the most powerful way we can fight back right now is to make pollution-free food standards just as unhealthy!"
"What specific ideas do you have?"
"Pollution-free food standards have not yet been recognized by the public. We can make the public more aware of this. Personally, I believe that the pollution-free food standard must have an ulterior conspiracy against the public. ”
"Let "pollution-free food" be "equally unhealthy"; Personally, I believe that "pollution-free food has a "conspiracy" with the public, and let the public have "more" understanding of pollution-free food.
These words are very artistic!
But everyone in the conference room could hear what he was trying to say.
The word "let" is very active! Whether pollution-free food is healthy or not is not the key, the key is how well they convey "more" information to the public. They can also get more "individuals" to think that pollution-free food is a "conspiracy".
His suggestion, though vague, is a good idea. Others thought the same way. They didn't say it because it wasn't easy.
First of all, the standards for pollution-free food are public. It is required to run agriculture in a traditional way.
At present, all the technologies that can increase the production of pollution-free food are supplied by the Benihans Group. And the Benehans group seems to have been prepared for this move.
So some people asked: "But our scientists could not find any loopholes in the toxicological experiment report submitted by the Benihans Group." And they publish the test report for the hazardous substances of their products. The company's scientists cannot deny that their products are consistent with the types of substances they contain from traditional farm products. If we do that, they can easily find reasons to refute it. ”
Parker only looked at the bald old man and said, "Conspiracy theories are always the most acceptable." Because people always believe what they want to believe. When someone believes the information provided by certain experts, it can be very difficult to convince them of the clarifications. ”
After listening to what he said, the bald old man nodded slightly and said, "After the meeting, you come to my office." Then he said to the others. "Any good advice from others?"
A young man in his thirties sitting at the very end of the line exclaimed, "Mr. Grant, although the Benehans Group seems to have a large market share, I think the market they have occupied is not stable. Maybe we can figure out a way from this aspect. ”
The bald old man looked at him and said, "George, if you have any suggestions, you can just say it." ”
The young man, known as George, amplified his voice so that everyone could hear him: "We all know that the Benehans Group's real entry into the big agricultural market depends on the credibility of the accumulation of products. During its predecessor, Benihans, their main business was biological control products for agricultural diseases. Initially, it was only developed for wineries to develop grape pest control products. When it entered the big agriculture, relying on the Amaranth virus to establish credibility in the market. ”
After a pause, he continued: "And now they're promoting high-yielding wheat, and if their wheat seeds are really successful, it will give them more credibility among farmers." However, there are some differences between the promotion of high-yielding wheat and the spread of Amaranth longifoliavirus. Maybe we can find a way to deal with it. ”
The bald old man listened to his suggestion, groaned for a moment, and said, "George, I have also thought about what you said. But that kind of thing was done......" he said at this point, and stopped suddenly.
He did think of using high-yielding wheat to counter the aggressive expansion of the Benehans market. The Benihans Group's approach to promoting high-yielding wheat is similar to that of the Amaranth virus, which is to make farmers more inclined to choose them by promising them agricultural loans. Of course, it is said that the yield of high-yield wheat is also very attractive to farmers.
If those wheat grows that go wrong. Not to mention what kind of losses the Benihans Group will have. The mere inability to recover the loans could put the banks that were the main vehicles of the Benihans Group in a difficult position.
Without the backing of those banks, the Benehans Group would not have been able to expand at that rate. Maybe it can just bring down the sight of Link Hans.
But in doing so, they are also very risky. Nothing can be left unnoticed, and if they are caught, not only will the three governors fall, but they will also be thrown into prison for it.
He thought of that possibility, and basically gave up on that idea. However, at this point, he thought that maybe he could listen to the young man's thoughts.
He said to George, "After the meeting is over, I'll hear your thoughts." ”
A female shareholder sitting in the middle of the conference table suddenly said, "Mr. Grant, George's idea is good. But we can't forget that Link Hans is no ordinary person. ”
As we all know, Linkhans has a private security company with more than 200 armed security personnel.
Some even say that he has a private army in the primeval forests of Peru and an intelligence network comparable to the FBI in the United States. If they use any kind of machination, they are likely to face retaliation from Link Hans. And he has that ability to retaliate.
The bald old man said in a deep voice: "I know that he is not an ordinary person. He is the second richest person in the United States and the third richest person in the world. His assets are even more than the total assets of our group. But business is not something that can be played with money. Of course he didn't dare to underestimate Link, but he needed to ignore this man for the time being.
He was chairman of the board of directors and returned to the position of president last year, but he still needs the support of these shareholders, otherwise many of his decisions will not be implemented. So there are some things he has to convince the other shareholders that at least they won't object.
Link, who was evaluated by his opponent, felt that he was being excluded at this time.
Twins do call people. They would call Hannah "Nana", and to Jessica they would learn from Hannah to "Kaka". Although the pronunciation is not accurate, it has already made him a little jealous.
He was teaching his two children to be called "Daddy" on the side. Before, he taught them to call them "Daddy". Now it seems that the repetition of words is more likely for them to remember and say.
It's just that Evan didn't have the patience to listen to him at all, and crawled away early to play with Hannah. Even Caitlin, who had always been clingy to him, was annoyed by him. She nudged his face with a pair of small hands and told him to walk away.
She's going to play with them.
He let go of this little girl who didn't want a father with a sad face. Watch her crawl towards Hannah and a few of them.
Hannah stood in the distance and beckoned to them, "Caitlin, Evan." Stand up and come here!"
Two little ones want to play with two dogs and two cougars and crawl fast on the grass.
Hannah hid away with her four pets, giggling and saying, "You have to stand up and use the ones that go." As she spoke, she walked over to Evan and picked him up and let him walk by the hand.
Watch a few children laugh and play. He walked over to Jessica, who was teasing Catelyn, and crouched down and said, "Maybe I did talk to them too little when you were pregnant with them. So now they won't call me. ”
Jessica glanced at him, then ignored his sentimentality, picked up her daughter and led her like Hannah and staggered after Hannah.