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Chapter 848: 831 Digging a Pit

Chapter 848: Chapter 831 Digging a Pit

As the technical expert in the factory, Zhang Yunzhou’s understanding of bait definitely surpasses everyone on the production line. At his level, he’s practically second only to the top in the factory. There’s no reason for him to volunteer for night shifts, nor should he be mingling with ordinary workers on the line.

After listening to Qiangzi’s words, Liu Fengnian asked, “Why didn’t you report these abnormal situations to me earlier?”

Qiangzi felt a bit wronged after hearing this and said, “I didn’t think much of it! The production tasks in the factory are so heavy, and nothing has ever happened! I just thought Zhang Yunzhou was concerned and responsible for production! Who would have thought he had ulterior motives!

This is only because of the problem now that we can connect these loose ends after the fact! As for playing cards for money, I heard about it just recently from an acquaintance, who said they encountered each other at the card table!”

Yue Feng glanced at Old Liu: “This is our fault for not being vigilant, plus the other side deliberately hid things. Brother Liu, don’t blame Qiangzi! He eats and sleeps in the factory and is doing well enough!”

Liu Fengnian: “So, what do you plan to do next, Xiao Yue?”

Qiangzi already felt a bit useless, and Yue Feng’s defense made him feel even more ashamed and indignant. He stood up abruptly and said aggressively, “I’ll find someone right now to drag this guy to the quarry and make sure everything is extracted from him. If we can’t get anything, I’ll take full responsibility for the oversight in this factory!”

Yue Feng tugged at the hem of Qiangzi’s clothes: “Sit down first, and let’s stay calm now that things have reached this point. The Black Pit Companion that has been taken away is unlikely to be recovered, so our losses are hard to make up for!

Even if you can get information, what good would it do? Can it compensate for our losses? In my opinion, now that things are as they are, we might as well remain calm for a while longer!”

“Stay calm? Brother Feng, tell me what to do! I’ll make sure to find out everything for you!”

Yue Feng: “Here’s the thing, first confirm our suspicions without alarming him! The direction is simple, start from the production line. You go buy a few of the new real-time internet-connected surveillance cameras and secretly install them in the workshop!

Besides, wasn’t it you who helped arrange the 888-end mobile card with a minimum spend of 120 for Zhang Yunzhou? Has it been transferred? Whose ID is it under? Pull his call details, and let’s figure out who he’s been colluding with!

As for the new Yellow Storm bait, it will definitely be the trend for a long time. If our production process is leaked, it will further impact the business,

but fortunately, the production process I gave has variable flavor pairings and breaking points that require testing and haven’t been finalized. If these secrets are leaked, we can mislead them with false information, and when we roll out massive promotions in spring after winter storage, they’ll be the ones suffering!”

Qiangzi’s eyes lit up: “The phone card is still under my name, it’s part of a package, and I can’t transfer it for now, I’ll pull the call records later! Installing the cameras is easy, there are lots online, I’ll arrange it right away!”

After listening to Yue Feng’s plan, Liu Fengnian also nodded: “Xiao Yue is right, even if we pursue someone now, at most, it will just put Zhang Yunzhou in a half-month deadlock, but then the matter will become public.

Snoop around slowly and verify everything behind the scenes long-term and give the people behind a trap to extend the time so that our new bait can stand out at the spring expo! Moreover, I also have some well-connected friends in the circle, I’ll ask them too to find out, this new Yellow Storm bait needs new equipment, can’t be done on old lines!

There are only so many domestic manufacturers, narrowing it down and attacking from several angles will make it easy to investigate!”

Yue Feng nodded: “Let’s do this, Qiangzi and Brother Liu, you go investigate, and I’ll think about how to set up the people behind! Qiangzi, be careful not to slip up when you go back!”

“Don’t worry!”

…

After the meeting disbanded, the three went their separate ways. Yue Feng returned to his shop and began contemplating.

How to dig a pit for that person behind the scenes? From which direction to approach?

As he pondered, Yue Feng’s mind wandered a bit and he happened to see a dog food commercial on TV, and he had an epiphany!

In fact, this kind of extrusion production process has been used in the pet food industry for many years, the most universal dog food has a very similar production process, just need to adjust the feed ratio a bit, and stop the crushing step, the product would be dog food pellets, with the fish bait line’s higher expansion power, making it slightly better tasting than the market dog food.

Realizing this, Yue Feng pulled out his phone and called a friend.

“Xiao Zhou, doesn’t your family run a pet dog food business on Tmall? Here’s the thing, I just got a high-expansion-rate bait production line, and soon the fish bait business will enter its slow season in winter, can you give me some OEM orders? I don’t need a profit, just enough to sustain the workers!”

This buddy was Lei Lei’s friend, they had known each other since starting small stores together, they weren’t particularly close normally, but since Yue Feng won the Fishing King title and started his live broadcasting career, Xiao Zhou has been contacting him more often.

Socializing in society involves dealing with all kinds of people, and his relationship with Xiao Zhou was decent.

Upon hearing Yue Feng wanting to produce the order with no profit, Xiao Zhou didn’t hesitate to agree immediately after a brief understanding.

Usually, Yue Feng almost never needs him for anything, so it’s hard to refuse when he finally asks for something.

With the downstream confirmed, Yue Feng promptly took decisive action.

Ordered bone powder, meat powder, and other raw materials for making dog food to be delivered directly to the factory.

Additionally, Yue Feng ordered a large quantity of domestic powdered flavoring essence online.

Three days later, the ordered items started arriving at the factory one after another.

Zhang Yunzhou, who had been watching Yue Feng’s new product closely, was puzzled by the various incoming materials.

Wasn’t the sample already produced and quite effective? What are these random new flavors and production materials for?

Soon, Yue Feng provided him with the answer!

Yue Feng did not disclose the intention to produce dog food but strategically adjusted part of the equipment’s parameters to temporarily omit the crushing process, resulting directly in pelletized expanded materials that were not weighed or packaged, just large bags stored in warehouse.

“General Yue, was the previous plan no good? What are you busy with now?” Zhang Yunzhou pondered internally and couldn’t help but ask.

Yue Feng smiled: “You see, it’s the off-season soon, and we’re promoting the new product in spring. Pre-cooking the materials into semi-finished products in advance, this thing has a high expansion coefficient and is oily, after crushing, it’s easy for oil seepage to affect the quality during long-term storage! In spring, after screening through the crusher, it can be bagged, and the old Yellow Powder production line can also participate, speeding up efficiency!”