Chapter 1098 Cruel Food

Old Black nodded without hesitation and said, "No problem! You can transfer the money to your company's account today...or any account you request, Mr. Xia."

Old Blake thought of the last time he asked Xia Ruofei to make peace and paid a "mental loss fee" of two million US dollars. Xia Ruofei asked him to call an offshore company account.

He also knows that the procedures for going overseas in China are a bit cumbersome, and many rich people like to set up overseas accounts.

A deposit of one million euros is not very high. Although the average price of black truffles on the market is about several thousand euros per kilogram, and 50 kilograms will definitely be less than one million euros, but those are ordinary truffles, and they are the price of black truffles.

The truffles provided by Xia Ruofei must have both black truffles and white truffles, and these truffles of Xia Ruofei are not only large, but their overall quality is more than one grade higher than those on the market. Naturally, the price cannot be based on the average market price. estimate.

That's why so many traditional truffle vendors and Michelin-starred restaurants are flocking to this auction.

Otherwise, with the annual sales volume of the Black family of several tons, how could the patriarch personally come to negotiate for a mere fifty kilograms of truffles?

Xia Ruofei thought about it and said, "It's the same account as last time. In addition... Mr. Black, I will not sign any agreement with you. This requires your trust in me."

Old Blake was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly: "Xia...you are really...well! It doesn't matter if there is no agreement, I believe in your credibility!"

Xia Ruofei smiled noncommittally and said, "If there is no objection, then I wish us a happy cooperation!"

Xia Ruofei's seemingly domineering approach is actually very simple - he didn't think about trading with the Black family in the name of the company, and he didn't bring the company's official seal! As for signing the agreement in his own name, Xia Ruofei also felt that it was meaningless. Anyway, as long as the Black family acted as agreed, he would not be able to break the contract.

If old Blake doesn't accept it, it doesn't matter much more than business can't be done.

Xia Ruofei is so strong because of his indifferent attitude. Because he has nothing to ask for, he has no worries.

Old Blake showed a smile and said, "Happy cooperation!"

Xia Ruofei got up and poured two glasses of red wine, touched Old Blake gently, and asked casually, "By the way, how is your George now?"

There was an embarrassed look on old Blake's face.

George Black was disgraced by Xia Ruofei last time, and even in order to maintain the cooperative relationship, the old Black also deprived him of his heir status. This is not a face-to-face thing for the Black family.

Old Blake said: "I have revoked all his positions in the family company, and his heir status has been deprived, but as a member of the family, he still has the most basic guarantees every month, but Mr. Xia can rest assured , the monthly bill is no longer enough for him to continue his lavish life."

Xia Ruofei nodded lightly. It's not bad that Old Black can do this. After all, George Black is the direct line of their family, and the blood relationship is continuous. It is impossible for him to drive George Black out of the family.

Xia Ruofei is not worried about old Blake lying or perfunctory himself, because these are easy to find out, unless the Blake family attaches great importance to George Blake, makes him pretend to be very down, and secretly still focuses on cultivating him.

In the form of George Black's straw bag, this possibility is infinitely close to zero.

After casually asking about George Blake, Xia Ruofei chatted with old Blake - after all, he was a guest, and he didn't take the initiative to say goodbye. !

Old Blake also wanted to get closer to Xia Ruofei, so he praised many truffles produced by Taoyuan Company in his words, and of course he wanted to inquire about the origin of these truffles.

After all, there are only a few famous truffle producing areas in the world. Basically, the truffle business in the world is monopolized by those traditional truffle families. Xia Ruofei's Taoyuan Company is like being born out of nowhere, with almost perfect products. grabbed a piece of the market share.

Of course, Xia Ruofei took the high-end route, and did not use the means of dumping to make the price of truffles plummet, nor would it cause too much impact on the global sales of dozens of tons of truffles every year, so Old Black was more curious. inquiring.

Xia Ruofei naturally diverted the topic, so old Blake stopped inquiring with interest.

The two chatted, and they talked about high-end ingredients - Xia Ruofei really has no topic to talk about, so two big men can't stare at each other! Besides, this is what the two of them are doing.

Old Blake asked, "Mr. Xia, do you know if your company is involved in other high-end western food ingredients besides truffles?"

Xia Ruofei asked with a smile, "What are the high-end ingredients that Mr. Black is referring to?"

Old Blake said: "Foie gras, truffles and caviar have always been known as the three delicacies in the world. For the truffle part, your company's product is definitely this!"

Old Blake gave a thumbs up as he spoke, and then continued: "I just don't know about foie gras and caviar. Does your company have any products in this area? If so, I'm looking forward to it!"

Xia Ruofei raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do your Blake family run any other food business?"

Old Blake smiled slightly and said, "Our family started out with truffles, and it took several generations of hard work to get to where we are now. Truffles are of course our most important business, but as the company grows, the business extension will naturally follow. It will expand, basically we are involved in high-end ingredients, of course, mainly in the mode of agency sales.”

Xia Ruofei also became a little interested. He leaned on the sofa, took a sip from the wine glass, and then asked: "Mr. Black, if you don't mind, can you tell me about foie gras and caviar? Our company We are also preparing to expand our business scope.”

Xia Ruofei didn't lie. In fact, he had heard of the names of the three major delicacies in the world, but he didn't know much about it, but at least he knew that whether it was foie gras, caviar or the truffle business that Taoyuan Company was already running, Profits are very large.

Making money is one aspect, and Xia Ruofei also pays special attention to the richness of the company's product line and the company's reputation.

As the three most well-known ingredients in the Western food field, Taoyuan Company must go the route of high-end ingredients, and it must be unavoidable. Since the Black family has a business in this area, they just took the opportunity to understand the situation.

As soon as Old Blake heard it, he knew that Taoyuan Company did not currently have the two products of foie gras and caviar, and he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

However, he quickly adjusted and said enthusiastically: "Of course I don't mind! Xia, then I'll tell you about foie gras first. The foie gras mentioned here refers to French-style fat foie gras, and eating foie gras in France has already been done. It has a history of over a thousand years, and was highly regarded by Julius Caesar, and it is said to have rich nutritional value, so it is a must-have for high-end western restaurants. But..."

Speaking of this, the old Blake turned the conversation and said, "This dish is also known as the cruelest food in the world!"

When Xia Ruofei heard the words, he felt very curious and couldn't help asking: "The most cruel? Why do you say that?"

"It has something to do with the way foie gras is obtained," said Old Black. "What we call French-style foie gras is different from ordinary foie gras. In fact, this is the liver collected from the goose that has got fatty liver, and the weight is average. They are all over 700 grams, which is dozens of times that of ordinary foie gras. Why do geese get fatty liver? It is the result of manual intervention..."

Old Blake's tone was a little low, and Xia Ruofei felt like he was listening to a midnight ghost story, and he couldn't help feeling a chill in his heart.

Old Black continued: "The young goslings were brought to the farm after birth. For the first 12 weeks, the goslings were squeezed into small cages, with only rows of necks exposed outside the iron fence, which were fixed on racks specially designed to train neck muscles. Come on. The farmer increases the amount of food every day and tries to make the goose's stomach into a dough bag. When the goose's neck muscles and stomach are as strong as steel, the real torture begins...

The farmer will use a 30-centimeter-long hard tube directly into the stomach of the goose several times a day, and then pour at least 12 kilograms of food every day! As a result, the volume of the liver increases abnormally due to the overloaded work. Such torture takes 18 days to "manufacture" a fatty liver that is ten times or even dozens of times larger than normal foie gras! And in order to prevent the geese from increasing their digestion due to exercise, in addition to being fixed in a very small space, the farmer will deliberately reduce calcium in the food formula, so these fat geese basically have rickets, and they can only be lazy every day. Lie down on your stomach until you die! "

Xia Ruofei couldn't help being horrified when he heard it - directly inserting a hard tube into the stomach and pressing the food inside, this is several times more painful than a gastroscope! These geese are equivalent to receiving multiple "enhanced gastroscopes" every day, and then their stomachs are seriously distended anytime and anywhere, and the space for movement is extremely small. This is simply torture in hell! It's scary to think about!

"How can there be such an evil method?" Xia Ruofei couldn't help sighing.

Old Blake shrugged and said, "It's all because of profit! The profit margin of French foie gras is very large, so everyone is flocking to it. Even if there are protests by animal protection organizations every year, the effect is not obvious."

Xia Ruofei nodded silently. He found that he no longer had the slightest interest in the delicacy of French foie gras, and I was afraid that Taoyuan Company would never run the foie gras business.

However, at this time, Xia Ruofei's heart moved slightly, and a sudden idea came into his mind...

Tenderness in a steel gun says

Make up for this chapter. There will be another chapter later, the steel gun is fighting today.