Chapter 241: Red Fire Ant Buster
The "gold master" all spoke, where did this arrogant little character dare to disobey, nodded and answered twice and left, and then Zhong Heng made a straightforward greeting to Professor Wu Youhe:
It is a great honor for us to have you here, and we hope that we will have the opportunity to cooperate happily.
The reason why I say this is because the world is now full of crises, and since I knew Huo Weizheng had an illusion-making device, Zhongheng's true face has never been revealed outside, and now this disguised mask has formed an established impression here, and it is not suitable to take it off, so the situation has become that Zhongheng knows Professor Wu, but in the eyes of the other party, he is a complete stranger.
He handed the professor a forged business card with specific contact information on it, and the other party took it and said with a smile:
"It's a great kindness for you to let us take pictures, and it's already a great kindness to satisfy those of us who are engaged in learning, where can we afford this boast......"
After a brief introduction, Zhong Heng led a few people to take a brief turn in the workshop, these new species of insects surprised the professor again and again, and Zhong Heng also took the opportunity to chat with him about this topic.
The chat between the two was very close, which made Zhongheng seem to feel like he had returned to the days of talking about his heart in the past, and also made Professor Wu very happy, after all, Zhongheng's knowledge level was better than these questions, and there were still some xenophobic employees in their bones who didn't know where to go, and the concept of new species of insects was introduced one by one in the topic (nonsense, all of them were designed by him), which opened his eyes.
Of course, the professor would not know that the true face of the person in front of him was actually the student he had regretted and that he already had a power beyond mortals in his hands.
In the hearty chat, Zhong Heng pondered that the time was almost up, and simply led the topic to the right track: the professor is so enthusiastic about his work, he must like these little creatures very much, right?
"Haha, yes, in the past, they were all poor, and they didn't have much to play, so they played these from childhood to adulthood, and they became addicted to playing......," the other party replied with a smile, "Anyway, in those days, as long as you were admitted to a good university, the job was assigned, and as long as you studied well, your parents didn't care much, so they simply took this hobby as a job, and went all the way to the end......"
Final Heng: Hehe, the times have created people, and it is not feasible in today's impetuous society.
"Yes......" the professor nodded a little sadly, "I have a student like this, who has been struggling in this industry under pressure, alas, and in the end, he was not admitted to graduate school......
He sighed: However, it is not easy for him to persist until now, but I don't know where to go now, a few days ago when I cleared the email, I seemed to see him tell me that he started a business and breeded, saying that he conquered the artificial breeding of ants or something, I wanted to go back to him to give him pointers, but then I was too busy and forgot about it for a while, and I don't know what happened now......
"Forehead ......"
"What's wrong?"
As he spoke, seeing that Zhong Heng's face was a little strange, Professor Wu asked with some confusion.
Looks like the professor hasn't forgotten me......
A little moved, Zhong Heng thought in his heart.
"It'......s nothing," Zhong Heng smiled and responded, "Professor Wu, if you don't say it, I forgot, I also have a project here that I need your advice, I wonder if I can give some advice?" ”
As he spoke, he handed over a stack of materials to Professor Wu, along with two test tubes.
In the test tube, there are several bugs.
These are a few fruit flies-like bugs, very small, only one or two millimeters in size, and there is nothing extraordinary about their appearance, but as they browsed the information, Professor Wu's face gradually became shocked:
"Is this true?!"
With trembling hands grasping the information, the professor said, his expression of urgency almost devouring him alive.
Seeing his reaction, Zhong Heng nodded with satisfaction in his heart, which meant that the plan was half successful.
The test tube is not an aggressive or farming bug, but the effect it plays after being thrown out can even be compared to a cross-century achievement such as hybrid rice to some extent, because it is a biological weapon for prevention and control made by the final balance, specifically for a very difficult invasive insect:
Red Fire Ants!
It has been said before that this invasive species is extremely harmful, and its terrifying fecundity and ferocious characteristics of huddles make them bloom all over the world, colonizing all the corners they pass by, but the so-called one thing descends one thing, this bug-like creature also has natural enemies - a parasitic fly of origin, there is no specific Chinese name, only a general name, "South American fruit fly".
This parasitic fly will forge pheromones to mix into their nests and lay eggs on red fire ants, and after the eggs hatch, the larvae will burrow into the ants and eat their flesh and blood, resulting in a large-scale death of the ant colony, which is said to be the prototype of the alien - it is by virtue of it that the ecological balance of the red fire ant's origin has been maintained, and it has not become a harm as in the invasion site.
Therefore, the introduction of the South American fruit fly has always been one of the best ways to curb the ecological control of red fire ants, but don't worry, at first glance this method is simple and violent, but in fact it is difficult:
First of all, there is the problem of breeding and breeding, the South American fruit fly is extremely small and difficult to catch, and its special habits make it impossible for them to be raised in artificial conditions, which means that they cannot be bred on a large scale, and there is no way to transport or spread them on a large scale;
Secondly, the problem of adaptation, different organisms have different requirements for the environment, and the fact that red fire ants can adapt to the environmental climate of the invasive area does not mean that the South American fruit fly can also adapt to it;
The last one is the key - it's easy to please God, will the South American fruit fly also become a new generation of invasive species?!
As an aside, the invasion of red fire ants in the United States was originally used as a biological control tool to deal with another agricultural pest ant called Argentine ants, but as a result, they not only failed to compete with Argentine ants, but became a new invasive species because of the viciousness of biting humans and animals, causing more harm than Argentine ants.
Although the introduction of species is not equal to biological invasion, the balance of nature has existed for millions of years, and the consequences of rashly breaking the red fire ant have been explained clearly enough there, this kind of thing needs to be cautious, don't introduce South American fruit flies to play to drive the tiger and wolf, and then they will eat themselves, and find that they are not interested in red fire ants at all, but are interested in native ants, then play Dafa.
Fortunately, the final balance has the cheat of the gene fusion module, which perfectly solves these three problems, and the master of the worm in the test tube is still the South American fruit fly - this is a parasitic insect, which can be bought from the mall, in addition to fusing the environmental adaptation genes of the native fruit fly, the remaining part does not add foreign genes, but uses one of the other two ways of playing this module:
Impurities are eliminated and the original material is enhanced.
Zhong Heng withdrew all the impurity genes in their genes that control their liking for other ants, and made some moves on the genes that control the parasitic red fire ants, so that as soon as the South American fruit flies smell the pheromones emitted by the red fire ants, they are as irritable as seeing the enemy who killed their father, and they are uncomfortable, and even adults can't help but rush up to eat the corpses of red fire ants.
When the invasive species of red fire ants is destroyed, they will not be able to find a food source in the wild, and will only be declared extinct, but it doesn't matter, they are all "invasive species" anyway, and if they die, they will die, and they will not feel distressed, and then it means that the environment will return to normal.
Of course, the information given to Professor Wu did not write these specific processes, and it was the same as this worm that Zhong Heng made up overnight after learning the news that Professor Wu and others were coming.
It does not mention any words related to genetic modification, but lies that this is a newly discovered insect in South America, a subspecies of the South American fruit fly, which can be artificially bred, and after many rounds of experiments, it has been proved that it is not interested in other ants, and is only particularly ferocious to red fire ants, so there is no ecological harm to consider introduction.
The final balance gave it a code name, called the Red Fire Ant Buster.
He gave Professor Wu this kind of bug, of course, for a purpose:
As we all know, the red fire ant infestation is extremely serious, and anyone who can solve it can be called a great man at the cross-world level, and the benefits that can be made from it are even more astronomical.
But once it succeeds, I am afraid that the attention it will attract is world-class, and the current final balance cannot afford it, even if there is a shell of Zhang Enterprise as a cover, and this kind of thing that benefits the country and the people is not suitable for the company to do in the way of selling products, and it will cause criticism.
Although it is possible to do it in private, it does not have any benefit at all, which is equivalent to "doing good deeds without leaving a name", and the only way to achieve the best of both worlds is to find a university research team led by a trusted professor like Professor Wu to participate in the share division in the name of backing funding.
At that time, it has become a halo of all praise, and the attention is carried by this team, and the final Heng and other funders secretly enjoy the benefits and dividends behind the back - or that sentence, make a fortune in a muffled voice, everyone's eyes are focused on the scientific research team in front, especially the scientists who are the leader, and no one pays attention to them, which is the same as everyone knows Newton Einstein Yuan Longping scientists, but few people know the same truth as the funders behind them and the benefit sharing group obtained because of their honor.
Although the specifics can only be determined after going back and conducting some experiments, there are still new species such as bitter insects owned by Zhongheng and others as trust support, and the "data" is also well compiled, Professor Wu did not doubt their authenticity.
Knowing the meaning of this, he was a little emotional, and his arms trembled and he could barely hold the information in his hand.
Both sides are straightforward people, so the next step is not as deceitful as when he talked about business with the Zhang family before, after finally Heng took out the cooperation contract that had been prepared a long time ago, but after having a meal together, Professor Wu signed it happily.
The contract is very simple, there are only two backbones, and Zhongheng will use his authority to fund 3 million yuan of scientific research funds to Professor Wu's team in the future, but when the results are released in the future, they will enjoy 25% of the benefits related to this scientific research achievement.
The prevention and control of red fire ant damage has always been a major investment in major universities all year round, and I am not afraid that no one will participate after going back, but it has been because it is too tricky to make no progress, but it has become an excuse for some high-ranking people who are not diligent and do not distinguish between grains and grains to cheat funds, but Professor Wu is a trustworthy person regardless of character or knowledge, and the insects genetically modified with black technology will definitely leave a strong mark in the history books!
Next, after accompanying Professor Wu for another day, he secretly and indirectly revealed some other information to the other party that no one else knew except Professor Wu, such as some insect species that no one else knew about except him, or the words of the mysterious academic organization behind him, and finally Heng left with peace of mind after making sure that the other party who had a strong desire for research had been firmly tied to the chariot on his side.
He was going to meet Condensation Frost and the others as planned, and the follow-up of the cooperation with Professor Wu, who came unexpectedly, was mostly a financial problem, and it was just left to Zhang Jiawei to solve.
The final balance was gone, announcing that the first phase of the plan had come to a perfect end, but he didn't know how restless Wu Youhe, who was holding the information he gave and looking at it repeatedly.
At night, under the lamp, the professor sat alone at his desk:
"What the hell is this organization, why have I never heard of it, and there are so many products of this?!"
"And the typography of these papers, this narrative style, this segmentation...... Like, too much like......"
Browsing through it over and over again, he muttered to himself, until a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and the professor suddenly understood something as if it had suddenly dawned on him:
"Could it be that the final balance is also ...... in it?"