Link: Of course they're here to see the alpacas.

Tom drove around the mountain road to the area where the alpacas were kept in captivity on the hillside. After getting out of the car, he said around him, "When I came, I could still see that the ground was black. But it's no longer visible. I think all of these places can be used for grazing. It doesn't matter if it's an alpaca or some other farmed animal. ”

Link saw it too. What I could see at low altitude from a helicopter was black with green in it. And now when you look down on the hillside, it's all green. The grass has grown. Perhaps some of the bare ground has also been replanted and covered with pasture.

The carved mountain road is also lined with lush pastures. However, the height of these grasses does not seem to be ideal. He stooped down to pluck a grass and said, "It seems that the land here is not fertile enough to form a real meadow,"

Tom smiled and said, "I don't have enough water." ”

He paused, pointed to the sky and said, "I've heard that there hasn't been natural rain here for four months. And the rain is just artificial rainfall. You look at the clouds in the sky, they are very fast, and even the wind on the ground is quite strong. In such a climate, even artificial rainfall is more difficult. ”

Link thought it was. He also found that the leaves of the grass here were not as thick as those grown on Hanse's farm. "That also proves that the pastures here are not necessarily suitable for cattle or sheep breeding," he laughs. ”

"If you're going to raise, I suggest you wait at least another two years. Your pasture here is freshly planted. If you raise cattle or sheep, they may even uproot the grass roots and eat them. ”

Link also had that concern, because the grass in the mountains was already difficult to guarantee. If you want to raise cattle, it is not as easy to manage in the mountains as in the flats. Besides, he doesn't need to raise more cattle. As for the sheep, maybe he could think about it later.

If the grass here grows well and the alpacas can't eat it, he can also harvest and sell hay.

"Daddy, alpaca!" Hannah cried out suddenly.

Link followed her finger and looked over, and sure enough, a herd of alpacas appeared, and several of them were still in place, looking at them in a daze.

He smiled at Tom and said, "Let's go and see." ”

Hannah broke free from Link's hand and tried to run over the alpaca. Baby llamas are not afraid of people, they are also docile and do not attack people. Link let her pass.

But the little girl still seems to be a little scared of this animal. She stood four or five meters away from the alpaca, then turned her head to look at Link and Jessica, who were walking behind her.

Alpacas' eyes are big and black, and their faces seem to be smiling all the time, and such animals are cute even for adults, let alone children.

"Daddy, Click! Can I go over and play with them?" and when Link and the others came over, Hannah turned and ran back a few steps and asked.

Jessica took out her phone and raised it, crouched down and asked her, "Does Hannah want to take a picture with them?"

"Yes!"

Jessica stood up with a smile and said to Link, "I want to take pictures with them too." So...... Huh?"

Link couldn't, so he had to answer her phone and say, "It's my honor to serve two beauties!"

Jessica takes Hannah around the alpaca's neck like a little girl and pulls Link to join them. The phone, of course, fell into the hands of Tom, who brought them here.

They took a lot of pictures before they stopped, but Hannah couldn't stop, she ran after the alpacas, sometimes to hug this one, sometimes to hug that one. Or run back and ask Link, "Daddy, can I take them home?"

If it was just a pet, Link didn't want to turn her down. He promised to give her one when the alpacas had a baby llama left.

After the little one got the promise, he smiled and went to chase the alpaca again.

Jessica and Link sat on the grass and watched her. Jessica turned to Link and said, "Perhaps, we can come here for a vacation." She grew up in the California sun, and now in Ozete, it rains two-thirds of the year. If it weren't for the fact that Link lived there, she would have been unbearable for a long time, although she was used to it now. However, she still hopes to enjoy more sunshine in the future.

Link laughs, "I'll arrange for someone to build a big log cabin near the wheat plantation. As long as you want, we'll come together for a vacation. ”

Jessica listened to what he had to say, pouting and smiling slightly. Just then her phone rang. She took out the phone and saw that it was Flolin's, so she immediately answered it, and said with a smile, "Dad, it's me." What's the matter?"

After she finished talking on the phone, the smile on her face was replaced by seriousness: "The matter is confirmed?"

"Okay, I got it. He's right next to me and I'll talk to him. ”

Link heard something was wrong, and he asked, "What's going on?"

"In the California laboratory, there was an experimenter who took advantage of the fact that some scientists were here and stole it. ”

"How could that happen?" Link frowned at the moment.

"The lab monitors didn't notice anything wrong at first. I just thought he was going to those offices to deliver materials. It was only later that I realized that the doors of those offices were locked. That's when I reacted. They contacted the researcher and questioned him, only to determine that he had entered the various researchers' offices without permission. They monitored the lab and found that the experimenter had left the lab and never returned. It was already more than two hours ago. ”

"We're going to find Florin right away. He stood up and shouted to Hannah, who was having fun. "Hannah, come back, we're going back. ”

Take a reluctant Hannah back to the wheat testing site. More than a dozen scientists who had come to the acceptance had already known that the lab might have been stolen and were discussing countermeasures in Flolin's office. Seeing Link, and Jessica, they both stopped talking.

Link knew that if that kind of theft did happen, the most important thing now was to find a way to solve the problem. It's best to be able to chase things back. If not, see what you have lost. So, he didn't have time to talk nonsense about them.

"We all know everything," he said. But we don't know for sure if it was stolen or what was lost. Now, please go back to the lab right away. Look what's missing. In addition, the computer programmer will work with you to check what files have been copied. If there is no problem, let's go now. ”

Florin stood up and said, "Link, what should we do if we are sure that it has been stolen?"

Link had thought about this question on the way here. He said: "When you go back, you will immediately prepare to apply for patents, and all the patents that can be declared!"

Florin thought for a moment, nodded and said, "This is indeed an effective method. ”

Everyone knows that without further ado, it also takes time to prepare a patent application form.

Jessica then said to Link, "I'll go back with my dad." ”

Link thought for a moment and said, "Okay. After the theft is confirmed, you can decide whether you should call the police or not. I'll have people look into it too. Let's see if we can cut people down. ”

Link had the helicopter take Jessica and them away, and he called Douglas: "Listen, Douglas. I have one thing right now, and I need you to concentrate all your strength. ”

"Boss, you say. ”

"Help me find a guy named Bill Jerome who may have stolen the secrets of Benehans, that's important. You're going to find him before he divulges his secrets to anyone else. ”

"Okay, boss! I'll do it. "Douglas will stay in Las Vegas if it's okay.

"I'll go to Las Vegas later, what's the matter, call us!"

After Douglas hung up the phone, he went back to his office and took out a file, and then immediately made a phone call: "Danner, now put down all your work and track down the whereabouts of a man named Bill Depps Jerome." ”

Danner on the other end of the line asked, "Is there a more definite characteristic?"

"I'll fax you his file. "He has files on all of Link's important staff. In order to prevent such a situation.

After he hung up, he dialed again: "Carol, do me a favor." ”

“……”

"I wonder if there is a man named Bill Depps Jerome who has landed or is about to fly to your airport. ”

“……”

"Thank you, I'm waiting for your news. ”

He then made several phone calls in quick succession, and then just sat in his office and waited for news.

While Link came to Las Vegas, Barbara came to the airport to take Hannah home, and he went straight to Douglas.

Douglas's office is actually the study of his Las Vega residence.

Link came to his house and asked, "Did you find anything?"

"He's probably still in California. Douglas poured him a cup of coffee and said. "I had people look up flights in California and found no information about him, and no other sources found any information about him. ”

"Is it possible that he used a pseudonym and drove out of California on his own?"

"Of course, that's possible. But I've got people to be noticed where Benehans' co-tenant competitors are. ”

"Is there any other way?" Link knew that finding someone was like looking for a needle in a haystack, but he had just received the news that the company's experimental data had indeed been stolen, and that it was all critical experimental data that had been stolen. Although the data are incomplete, it is possible to extrapolate the experiment based on the data and test methods. Once that data is acquired by a company's potential competitors, they lose a lot even if they apply for a patent.

Because of the experimental method, future competitors are likely to find another better gene segment based on their methods. Then there would be no infringement involved. In other words, the evidence is vague, and even if you want to win the lawsuit, it will take a long time.

Douglas was about to speak, but his cell phone rang. He answered the phone and said, "I know, you continue to check!"

He put down the phone and said, "My people retrieved the highway surveillance footage, found his car, and drove south. Three hours earlier, his car had gotten off the highway in Mosed, California, but he was never seen on the highway again. ”