Xueba's life simulator

Chapter 118 Join (59)

The soybean incident is like a chain reaction. As the incident continues to develop, the impact of this incident on the domestic soybean industry is also increasing.

The soybean incident caused 90.00% of the domestic crushing companies to be acquired by foreign capital at low prices, and the soybean planting industry was even under the control of the four multinational companies that control the global grain distribution, namely ADM, Bunge, Cargill of the Ugly Country and the Fargo. Louis Dreyfus, the four major grain merchants merged at a low price.

So far, the four major grain merchants accounted for about 90% of China's soybean industry. From the upstream oil market raw materials to the midstream soybean processing and pressing, and then to the downstream edible oil production and food production, the four major grain merchants controlled the entire Absolute control of the industrial chain.

In addition, the four major grain merchants also use the soybean processing companies they control to only purchase genetically modified soybeans with their own patents, forcing soybean farmers in the Northeast to plant genetically modified soybeans, so that they can receive another patent fee.

Listening to Liao Weiguo's eloquent account of this thrilling food war, Zhou Ming finally understood what he meant by soybeans, and tentatively said to Liao Weiguo: "So, we are now preparing to develop more efficient soybeans and take back domestic soybean market?"

“Yes, it’s not the same now as it was then, and the domestic demand for soybeans is different.

Soybeans have always been used as an oil crop for oil extraction in China. It is not a necessity. If you don’t eat it for half a year, you will not starve to death. Moreover, corn, peanuts, and rapeseed can be used as substitutes for soybeans to extract oil.

But now we mainly need soybean meal. Soybean meal is a by-product obtained from extracting soybean oil from soybean. It has the largest output among the 12 kinds of animal and vegetable oil meal feed products such as cottonseed meal, peanut meal and rapeseed meal, and is also the main protein of animals. One of the most versatile feeds.It is the world's largest source of protein and is difficult to replace. "

Liao Weiguo explained to Zhou Ming in detail that it seemed that he really hoped that Zhou Ming could participate in relevant research.

"In fact, there is no need to be too eager for quick success, because this year, the early-season acceptance of the technical research project for double-cropping super rice with an annual yield of [-] jin per mu has been completed. We can save more land and use it to regain control of soybeans.

Therefore, the higher authorities have prepared to increase the domestic soybean planting area to 1.4 million mu, and it will gradually increase every year in the future.

This is not because my research last month also had a major breakthrough in increasing soybean production, so the higher authorities are planning to do it with both hands. On the one hand, increase the planting area of ​​soybeans, and on the other hand, increase scientific research on soybeans.

That way, we don't need as much land to grow soybeans, and other arable land can be used to grow other crops. "Liao Weiguo said again.

"Oh...so that's the case." After hearing Liao Weiguo's words, Zhou Ming nodded thoughtfully. At this time, all the relevant knowledge about future soybeans had emerged in his mind.

More than 100 years later, domestic food problems have been solved. All kinds of synthetic foods, such as synthetic plants, meat products, etc., no longer require cultivated land.

However, this knowledge is too advanced for this era, and it is impossible for Zhou Ming to come up with all of it right now.

However, Zhou Ming can come up with some knowledge about increasing soybean production, such as soybean and other plants' resistance to diseases and insect pests, lodging resistance, drought resistance and waterlogging, hybrid varieties, genetically modified varieties and technologies that can greatly increase plant production.

Seeing Zhou Ming bowing his head in thought after listening to his words, Liao Weiguo thought that Zhou Ming was really thinking about whether to join this research, so he said to him: "When they invited me to participate in this project, I thought about it." You, mentioned your business to them, and want to invite you to join this project.

After they heard about you, they agreed to let you join, so I came to ask you if you want to join this project. "

"Of course, I'm definitely willing to join with the approval of the above. It's just that I really didn't expect that such a doctoral student in neurobiology would agree to my joining." When Zhou Ming listened to Liao Weiguo's speech, he immediately agreed Join this project.

"That's for sure, and you don't think about what you have done this year. Let me tell you, if I recommend other PhDs in neurobiology like you, they will definitely not agree. But your year first Mathematics is artificial intelligence, and it also involves biological cells. It is normal to have some knowledge of botany and participate in research, don't you think?" Seeing that Zhou Ming agreed to join, Liao Weiguo returned to smiling.

"It seems that the important project mentioned in the last simulation should be this. No wonder it was not mentioned in the simulation during the day." Zhou Ming thought to himself. He didn't know much about botany during the day. So deep, although Liao Weiguo definitely wanted to lure him to join, but at that time he must have felt that he couldn't help much, so he didn't join.

But the simulation that night was different. Before the simulation that night, Zhou Ming knew not only all of the biological knowledge of the next few decades, but he must have known more than half of it. He will definitely join in this kind of thing that benefits the country and the people.

In fact, what Liao Weiguo said about joining this project is not like nuclear weapon research on national defense, which allows you to remain anonymous, but that you write a report and then apply for this project to the higher authorities. If you pass the project, you can apply for it to the exclusive research funding for this project.

Of course, the reason why there is invitation is because only those who are invited will apply. Your application will not be approved if you are not invited. If you really want to do research, you can find funds for research from other places.

"What kind of research are you planning to do this time? Or disease resistance?" Zhou Ming asked Liao Weiguo curiously.

"It's still disease resistance. Anyway, I have to finish the research on what you said last time. But you, since you agreed to join, what kind of research are you going to do?" After talking about himself, Liao Weiguo was also curious. Zhou Ming's research direction.

"I haven't thought about this yet. I'm about to participate in the defense. I'll talk about this after I finish my defense." Zhou Ming explained that in fact, he already had ideas in his mind, but Liao Weiguo would not believe these ideas now. Zhou Ming said I simply won’t say anything else. He likes to speak with facts.

"Defense? What kind of defense?" When Zhou Ming said he wanted to defend himself, Liao Weiguo looked confused.

"Zhou Ming has only started school for less than two months. It is definitely impossible to be a graduation defense. Could it be that he participated in some project? But this project ended in more than a month? Is this too fast? But it is not necessarily true. He came to participate in this project before the start of school, but it is also possible. But didn’t Wang Lingling tell me before that Zhou Ming accompanied her girlfriend to their Nankai for a while during the summer vacation? It is also unlikely to participate in HKUST too early. What kind of project?" Liao Weiguo thought in his heart, and suddenly thought of a possibility.

"Zhou Ming seemed to have made some promise with his neurobiology supervisor before. It seemed that he would produce two research results that could be published in "Nature". He spoke directly, dispelling the doubts in his heart.

(End of this chapter)