Chapter 324 Blackheart Capital
Link left the Douglas house and waited at the villa on Bakers Avenue.
It wasn't until after four o'clock in the afternoon that Douglas came to him.
Douglas took out a USB stick and said, "Asked him." He said that he was going to sell it to Monsandu, and that when he came home last Christmas he told him about some experiments in Benihans's laboratory, and Monsandu's people found him when they found out about it and asked him to steal the experimental data. After he got the data, he wanted to bargain with the other party for $5 million. However, the other party did not agree. He intends to negotiate with the other side over there. ”
Link plugged the USB flash drive into the computer and called up the data in it for a brief look, and found that he couldn't understand it, so he pulled the data into the computer, pulled out the U judgment, and said, "I spent hundreds of millions of dollars on something, and he wants to sell it for five million......"
"He was smart enough to know that Benehans might find out and call the police immediately, so he made a fake identity a long time ago. I was worried that going to St. Louis would be at a disadvantage, so I didn't go directly to St. Louis. ”
Link didn't want to know more, and said, "It's good that the matter is settled!"
"It's been settled. No one will be able to find him. Douglaston paused and said. "The people over there don't know who the employer is. Also, we people on the surface are still looking for him, and that gives people the illusion that we haven't found him. ”
Link felt a little uncomfortable hearing this. He changed the subject and said, "The investigation of that Peruvian Chinese has been cleared!"
"So far, the information we have investigated is basically consistent with his own account. He was a former instructor in the Peruvian Jungle Force, with eight years of military experience, specializing in combat and jungle combat. Discharged early for family reasons. Family reasons are exactly what he said. ”
Link nodded and said, "Since he needs money...... If you don't find anything wrong, ask him if he'd like to do his old job. If he wants, I can bring his child to the U.S. for treatment. "One of Iron Tiger's children has congenital heart disease. It was to raise money for his child's surgery that he came to the United States as an illegal immigrant to fight black boxing.
"Boss, maybe we'll have to wait a little longer. "Now that Douglas has investigated Iron Tiger, he certainly knows what his old profession means to Link. "I think you need someone who is genuinely willing to serve you. ”
Link thought for a moment and said, "Then look at it for a while." I'll make him the head of security for the alpaca project over there. ”
Daugoras nodded and said, "I'll have people staring at him." He said as he took out another USB stick. "This is the information we found out about the Huang family in Los Angeles during this time. ”
Link took it and didn't say anything. Recently, the Huang family has no intention of targeting him. He still asked Douglas to collect information on the other side, but only to prevent it.
"If you don't have anything else to command, I'll go first. ”
Link nodded and said, "Let's go!"
When Douglas was gone, he leaned back in his chair wearily. He never thought he would give such an order. Today he will also hear that a person will feel uncomfortable when he dies under his own orders, and he doesn't know if it will be next time.
He didn't want to give such an order.
It's just that the man has to disappear because he knows a lot of things. Even without the data, from what he saw, heard, and the experiments he did, it would be possible to extrapolate most of Benehans's experiments. If he was still alive, even if he was thrown into prison, he would not be able to keep it a secret.
And at this time, in St. Louis, in an office, two men finished watching a news.
A press conference on agricultural patents was shown on television. They saw a beautiful woman at a press conference announcing several patents on agricultural genes, and claiming that they were the use of artificial means to improve the genetic arrangement of the same crop.
Although genetic technology is also used, homologous genes are used, which is not transgenic, and can only be said to be more active hybridization with human intervention. The results of experiments to increase the yield of wheat by 15% are enough to cause a sensation in the world.
Although the area under genetically modified wheat cultivation in the United States is now very small. The public sale of Benihans' wheat seeds will not affect them much either.
But that kind of technology can be used for soybeans and corn. If successful, genetically modified soybeans and corn could disappear in the United States.
"He must be found!" said an old man who had to shave his head because he was bald.
"Everybody's looking. But I think they're looking for it too. Another middle-aged man said. "It can be seen that they were forced to expose these technologies in advance this time. ”
Some of the patents mentioned at the press conference have long been heard of, such as patents on zombie fungi and bacteria and viruses. They had noticed these two patents for a long time, but they had only been specific to grapes before. This time, some of the Benehans announcements are dedicated to the main pests and diseases of corn, soybeans and wheat.
Their company relies mainly on seeds and pesticides, and if Benehans promotes these products, their business will shrink to an unacceptable level.
They are American-stated, but in their home base, they are third on the list of companies that Americans hate the most. Because of pressure from the Americans, U.S. dairy producers are no longer buying milk containing bovine growth hormone, which has dealt a big blow to the promotion of bovine growth hormone, which they have been looking forward to.
And their black history is also constantly being dug deeper, although after many mergers and name changes, but still can't get rid of the situation that everyone shouts and beats, the United States even has an annual "Anti-Mongolian Three Governors Day", hundreds of thousands of people in various cities across the country have gathered to protest. In a way, their company is successful enough.
Due to market pressures, they had to merge with Bayer of Germany. But that didn't open up the European market. And their patent was extended once, but it was soon about to expire again.
Now there's another potential contender, and there's no way they can't help but get nervous.
"Maybe we don't know the market well enough, especially about potential competitors. ”
"I'll get to know you better. ”
The old bald man asked again, "Beni Hans, is it Link Hans's company?"
The middle-aged man nodded and said, "He owns 75% of the shares, and the other 25% is owned by his girlfriend, the woman who was on TV just now, and her father." ”
The absolute controlling stake is in the hands of one person, and this person is also very rich, which also means that they cannot use the acquisition method to strangle their competitors in the cradle.
The old man thought for a moment and said, "Maybe we can start with the FDA." The FDA, which is almost a subordinate unit of several large agricultural agencies in the United States, felt that the FDA, if not completely blocking the launch of each other's products, could delay for a while and give them more buffer time.
"I understand. ”
The voice of genetically modified organisms is loud all over the world. The sudden emergence of non-GMO seeds that can increase yields would be devastating to companies that specialize in GMO technology. Their seeds are genetically modified, and pesticides are genetically modified. Because the toxicity experiment of GMO technology does not dare to be made public, the voice of anti-GMO in the world is getting louder and louder. If there were better alternatives, then genetically modified seeds would be swept into the trash.
In fact, GMOs are not all bad. For example, the hepatitis B vaccine is a product of genetically modified technology. But genetically modified foods are being opposed, and not just because of the word GMO. It's because the producers of genetically modified foods habitually lie for money, which makes it hard to believe.
There are many GM seed producers in the world, but there is no similar company that is opposed by the whole world like Meng Sandu.
They have been fined in the United States, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, France, and India and Argentina for falsely advertising their genetically modified products.
They also say that the corn borer-resistant gene toxin only reacts to a certain enzyme of the corn borer, and the human body does not have such an enzyme, so it is harmless to the human body. That genotoxin is an insecticide specifically for corn borer, so it will not be harmful for humans to eat that kind of insecticide.
But some people have come up with evidence that they have long known that there are bacteria in the bacterial community in the human digestive system, and that enzymes are also there. So that kind of corn will not directly affect the human body, but it will cause digestive disorders in the human body. But they say it's harmless to humans.
In fact, even countries that grow genetically modified corn ban the importation of that kind of corn. But Americans eat all the time. Because there is no need for identification. There is no need for identification, it is the result of their hard lobbying. However, now that more and more states in the United States have enacted that genetically modified foods must be clearly labeled, it is becoming more and more difficult for them to do business.
There is one more thing that they can deny, because before the court pronounced the verdict, they spun off the subsidiary that owned a factory in Alabama.
More than 20,000 people were affected by the company's long-term concealment of toxic waste. And the company that was spun off was awarded $700 million in damages. Their factories have been fined in the U.S. several times for discharging toxic waste. Those acts are accused of knowingly committing them.
Some people say that people oppose GMOs because they don't understand GMOs, but in fact it's because the people who produce GMOs are too fucked up to be believed.
Now Americans don't believe in genetically modified foods, but they have to eat them because most of the corn and soybeans are genetically modified, and non-GMO foods are used for export.
The United States is a major exporter of soybeans and corn, but only 40 percent of these exports are genetically modified. Therefore, almost all food in the United States is genetically modified food, and Americans are forced to eat genetically modified food, which is what makes Americans disgusted with them.
They are well aware of this.
Moreover, they have been unable to reverse the image of the business. And they are the largest seed company in the United States. Once American farmers have a new choice, and that choice is better, their seeds may only be planted in their own experimental fields and by those brokers.
Now, the best they can think of without violence is to rely on the power of the administration to keep the whole opponent out of the market.
Jessica knew that Benehans' early publication of her research would alarm her competitors, but there was no way to do it. Now she's worried about whether the experimental data will leak out.
The high-yielding genes for soybean and corn that the company is working on have not yet been implemented. If the other party uses those data to do the same research and get results. Because this is not a heterologous gene segment, even if the other party uses the same gene segment, as long as the modified base pair is different, Benehans will not be able to win the lawsuit.