Great Power Technology.

Chapter 358 This is just the control group

Agence France-Presse's report directly opened the door to the blockade of public opinion. Seeing that the general trend was over, other international mainstream media had to follow up on this news. far.

For them, reports are secondary, and questioning and rhythm are the most important. For a while, all kinds of rubbish news flooded the entire international public opinion circle, and even overwhelmed news related to the genital battlefield.

"How safe is gene editing to increase rice production? Expert opinion: It is recommended not to eat."

"Is gene editing technology credible? Senior researchers stated that the significance of theoretical research is greater than that of practical application."

"Food is about to usher in a substantial increase in production? Experts say that even without gene editing technology, future production increases are expected."

"The current situation of food shortage may last for more than half a year, and the technology of increasing production is difficult to quench the near thirst."

"Genetic modification harbors evil intentions? The product may contain genetic weapons and have health effects on people of non-yellow race."

"A 40% increase in production? Researchers say that production has not yet reached its limit."

In this report, Agence France-Presse and Reuters rarely adopt a neutral and objective reporting style, which is in stark contrast to other media. For this situation, many domestic onlookers don’t know why, but experts in related fields That said, they were not at all surprised by the change in attitude.

As soon as the Huaxia news was released, they had already received a large number of related technical consultations and requests for help from Britain and France. For these requests, they uniformly took a shelving attitude, but still sent corresponding technical briefings to the other party.

This kind of technical briefing may not be worth mentioning in the eyes of ordinary people, but for practitioners, it is equivalent to putting the technical parameters of this sports car in front of them after Huaxia released a running sports car. With these technical parameters, they can judge the authenticity of the technology very conveniently.

Therefore, they have no reason to follow the trend to do those so-called doubts, because they really need to eat.

In mid-October, two weeks after Huaxia released the relevant technology, two planes took off from Paris and London respectively. After more than 10 hours of flying, they landed at Yangcheng Airport. Afterwards, the passengers on the plane made non-stop transfers to Hailan , After more than 20 hours, he stood in the experimental field of gene-enhanced rice.

Compared with what Ye Zhou saw at that time, this paddy field has completely changed its appearance. The seedlings have begun to produce ears, and the green is dotted with scattered golden yellow, and this golden yellow also indicates a bumper harvest in the near future. .

Farkas is a well-known expert in the field of agriculture in the country. His main focus is actually to increase wheat production, but this time he did not pick and choose. It is already a rare opportunity for him to be able to visit the site in person. up.

When he just walked into the experimental field, he was a little disappointed and complained to the people around the scale and layout of the experimental field, thinking that such a compact structure could not carry out effective field management, but Xu Lei, who led the team, When using the watch on his wrist to operate the entire paddy field for automatic irrigation, the expression on his face changed instantly.

Yes, of course there is such an automated operation in the UK, but it is definitely not as simple and fast as this.

Xu Lei on the side was still introducing their favorite field management system, and Farkas was already impatient.

He wanted to see the earing conditions of the legendary rice, and to verify the authenticity of this great epoch-making technology with his own eyes, so he quietly left the team, squatted down near an experimental field, and began to carefully observe the Observe the seedlings in front of you.

The tillering condition is very good, the spikes are full, and there are many spikes. If you pinch them gently with your hands, every grain that has started to set grains is almost perfectly filled with the chaff, and the empty hull rate is frighteningly low.

He has no experience in rice research, but even if he only judges based on the current situation, Huaxia's idea of ​​increasing production by 40% will not be groundless.

He nodded in satisfaction, and cautiously moved deeper into the rice field, wanting to look inside again, but at this moment, he was patted heavily on the shoulder.

Farkas turned his head suddenly in fright, and when he saw the face of the visitor, he said dumbfoundedly:
"Glitt, why are you still so joking, where did they go?"

The middle-aged man named Gretel also squatted down, deliberately lowered his voice and said:
"They still have to continue to visit the drone system. I don't want to go. I have to see how the rice is doing. Is it okay?"

Farkas nodded heavily and replied:
"The situation is very good! You know, I'm not an expert on rice, but judging from the current growth of these plants, these Chinese people are definitely not bragging without any basis."

"Look, the number of headings of this rice plant has reached 25. Judging from the tillering situation, the effective rate has almost exceeded 80%, which is amazing. What's even more amazing is that the number of grains on its ears is also huge."

Greet carefully observed the rice in his hand, any solemn nod said:

"That's true. Then the purpose of our trip has been basically achieved. Next, we need to continue to work hard and try to reach a deeper cooperation with them."

"Yes. However, I doubt they will accept our terms."

Farkas sighed with emotion, and then sat on the field ridge regardless of his image, like a tired old farmer.

Seeing his movements, Gretel also sat down. He looked up at the gradually setting sun, with an undisguised sadness in his eyes.

Once, my own country was also a proud empire on which the sun never sets, but now, my own sun has set.

And in the east, this sun is rising.

After a moment of silence, he opened his mouth and replied:

"Whether they can accept it or not, in short, we must work hard. This is a complete change in the world's agricultural field, and it is also the first milestone agricultural achievement achieved through genetic technology in human history. We must take this bus—— No matter what method is used!"

"I know, but, they still have better options, such as Mao Xiong, such as Srbija, we can only queue at best."

"It's good to be in the queue. Some countries are already out, aren't they?"

Farkas nodded slightly, and was about to get up and follow the crowd of visitors, but his vision was quickly attracted by an object in front of him.

It was a snake.

A snake that spits out a letter and makes an attacking stance.

He looked at the non-poisonous snake in front of him with great interest, waited quietly for a while, and grabbed it as soon as he stretched out his hand, and then said excitedly:
"Hey! Gretel, I caught it! There are still snakes here. It seems that their pastoral ecology is maintained really well!"

"This is probably some kind of biological control method. It is used to kill rats. Throw this little guy away. We have to talk to that lady about the future cooperation plan as soon as possible."

"That girl named Xu Lei? Can she be responsible for this?"

"I don't know, but I have to talk to her first, because she is the person in charge here after all. But we need to focus on strategy, do you understand what I mean?"

There was a smile on the corner of Farkas's mouth, and then he replied:
"Of course, you can trust me on this."

A few minutes later, Farkas and Gartley walked up to Xu Lei, playing with the non-poisonous snake in their hands. This was also part of their strategy. In their thinking, girls would always treat this cold-blooded animal There are some natural fears, and bringing this snake in front of her may allow her to take some initiative in communication.

However, their plan fell through the moment they saw Xu Lei, who snatched the poor cauliflower snake from them with a frown, and threw it back into the rice field with a flick of her hand.

"Two gentlemen, please don't disturb the work of our rice field security anymore, okay? They work day and night, it's very hard."

"Security? This is a novel idea. Anyway, Ms. Xu Lei, we just observed your rice carefully in the rice field over there, and it is really great!"

"Whether it is the effective tillering rate or the number of grains per panicle, it is far beyond our average level. If it can be promoted, it will have a very positive impact on the world's food shortage pattern."

"However, after Gartley's careful calculation, we found a problem."

"what is the problem?"

Xu Lei asked suspiciously.

"We think that the rice yield increase rate of this variety may not reach the 40% you mentioned. According to your data, the yield of one mu of rice should reach about 1800 kilograms, right? But we think that the yield of one mu of rice The output can reach up to 1400 kilograms - I think this record has been achieved last year."

"Is it in Helan Province? HD City, Helan Province, I read your news last year."

"So, we think that the environmental adaptability of the new rice varieties this time should not be so optimistic. To maximize their potential, we need the cooperation of planting technology and water and heat conditions, right?"

"Of course, but"

Xu Lei subconsciously wanted to refute, but Farkas interrupted her.

"It doesn't matter, this does not mean that this is not a groundbreaking development. Its stability is much higher than that of other rice, and it is also heritable. This is already a remarkable development."

"I think we will still seek cooperation with you in the future, but I am afraid that we need to discuss the conditions of cooperation."

Xu Lei sighed helplessly, and after Farkas finished speaking, she answered:

"First of all, this gentleman whose name I don't know, the terms of cooperation are not something I can decide, but if you want to lower your, um, your sincerity, then I will convey it to my superiors."

"Second, I think you're mistaken."

"Mistake? Mistake in what?"

Farkas asked suspiciously.

He didn't care about what the other party said about "lowering sincerity", because this was originally part of the negotiation strategy.

However, judging from the other party's expression, it seemed that she had really made some terrible mistake, and this kind of mistake made her feel a little ridiculous.

The smile on her face was almost uncontrollable.

After waiting for a few seconds, Xu Lei breathed a sigh of relief, raised her finger to the rice beside her, and said:
"What you just saw is actually the control group of our new rice variety."

"The real experimental group is over here."

(End of this chapter)