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Chapter 851: 834: Ten-Million-Level Loss

Chapter 851: Chapter 834: Ten-Million-Level Loss

A few minutes later, both the local police station and the criminal investigation team arrived at the factory, almost simultaneously. Qiangzi had already settled everything on the other end, handing over directly to the criminal investigation team without any formalities.

On the other end, Bao Butong, who had just hung up the phone, didn’t think much of it. He made a quick call to the workshop director responsible for production, giving brief instructions, and the production lines began operating at full capacity that very day.

The dog food laced with various small medicinal flavors was pulverized through the bait production line, sieved, packaged, and then boxed as finished products, waiting for the spring exhibition to return and distribute the stock, earning a substantial profit.

For the following half month, everything seemed calm in the circle, as if nothing had happened, until the workshop director approached Lao Bao to ask why the Yellow Paste Companion hadn’t arrived, prompting Lao Bao to realize something was up.

It had been half a month since he last spoke with Zhang Yunzhou.

“The number you have dialed is currently unavailable. Please try again later!”

Hearing the message from the receiver, Bao Butong was slightly taken aback. What nonsense was this, even the phone was disconnected?

Out of habit, he pulled up WeChat and tried making a call through it, but it was still unreachable.

At this point, Bao Butong sensed something was wrong.

Someone with Zhang Yunzhou’s role deals with various levels regularly. How could a phone disconnection happen?

Adding to the fact that the Yellow Paste Companion hadn’t been delivered yet. Could it be that Old Zhang ran into some trouble?

After changing numbers continuously and sending people around to inquire, he finally got some news.

Half a month ago, Zhang Yunzhou was taken away by the police for unknown charges! And according to insider gossip from the workers, he was personally apprehended at the factory office!

Upon hearing this news, the more Bao Butong thought about it, the more suspicious he felt. He recalled the strange call he received earlier and headed straight for the bait warehouse.

After two production lines in the bait workshop operated day and night on three shifts for half a month, most of the semi-finished granular products in the warehouse had been processed. In the current state, the newly packaged and sealed products in Warehouse No. 2 were stacked into small hills according to different flavor types.

Without caring too much, Bao Butong randomly opened several boxes of bait with different flavors to inspect.

Looking at the color, the so-called new products made from dog food formula bone powder and meat meal, along with cheap bait basic residual materials, appeared gray and unappealing. He grabbed a handful and smelled it; the aroma of processed ingredients mixed with the medicinal scent was not pleasant, but still acceptable.

After checking several packages of bait with different flavors continuously, Bao Butong didn’t feel there was any major issue. After all, this was the first batch of new products, and they were sensually acceptable. Indeed, as Zhang Yunzhou said at the time, once flavors were added, the smell of the raw materials was overridden.

But Bao Butong still felt something was off.

Anyway, it’s spring now, why not open up some new bait and try it at the testing pond in the residential area!

With this thought in mind, Bao Butong picked up the bait and left.

After gathering his fishing gear and arriving at the edge of the pit, before even starting to fish, he had just put the bait into the clear water of the pit when his expression changed.

When water was added to the bait, the flavor changed drastically, presenting an indescribable strange mixture of a special scent and medicinal smell.

Bao Butong felt this scent was familiar, yet he couldn’t recall what it was, just as a research team staff member approached.

“President Bao, are you fishing? What bait are you using? How come it smells like sour spoiled dog food from far away!”

It was a wake-up call! Bao Butong instantly realized what the smell was!

Spoiled dog food with returned oil, added with medicinal flavor, this is it!

Could such a product be sold as bait on the market? Unless the effect is very good, otherwise, just the appearance alone would definitely not pass.

Holding onto a last glimmer of hope, Bao Butong tested the bait after preparing it,

But an even bigger problem emerged.

Because extra cheap bone power and other substances were added, the expanded bait’s sticking power was extremely poor. Even if kneaded back and forth dozens or a hundred times, it still wouldn’t easily attach to the hook.

After adjusting with sticky flour, it could barely be used, but when cast into the pond, there wasn’t a bite for half a day. Occasionally the float moved, but there was no proper bite. After one scale was caught, there was no more movement.

There are at least tens of thousands of fish in this pond, and a new batch was added in spring. Just a few days ago, bread crumbs could hit continuously.

After a series of experiments, Bao Butong was dumbfounded!

This so-called new production process and new bait were completely misleading! Compared to the initial samples from the finished equipment, they were worlds apart!

Thinking about the months of overtime production stock, the input materials, and the labor, water, and electricity costs all squandered away, Bao Butong felt dizzy and nearly collapsed by the pit.

When Bao Butong came to, several hours had passed.

Fortunately, someone was nearby, and he took instant medicine for his heart condition, or else Old Bao might have met God early.

After calming down, Old Bao immediately issued new production orders.

All new finished and semi-finished products were to be sealed, total input inventory calculated, and production orders awaited.

Within less than a day, the results came out, including labor, water, electricity, and various expenses, the total investment in dog food production was more than six hundred thousand close to 10 million!

After initially understanding the characteristics of the strange-smelling dog food, Bao Butong convened meetings and devised numerous countermeasures to minimize losses.

However, dogs are naturally sensitive to smells, and these dog foods with fishing medicinal additives cause the dogs to refuse eating. The only native dog selected for experiments ate some of the experimental dog food.

Within half a day, it began to have diarrhea and vomit, exhibiting clear signs of discomfort.

Now, the bait couldn’t be used for fishing, and the dogs wouldn’t eat it. Nearly ten million worth of goods was completely stuck in his hands.

“Yue Feng! How dare you set me up! I will not rest until I’ve dealt with you!” With the last hope gone, Bao Butong’s face turned ashen, and he smashed the teacup hard onto the ground.

Sleep Beauty Company previously had a rather good cash flow, but suddenly losing ten million was a major blow to subsequent investments and Sleep Beauty Company suffered greatly!

…

The wheel of time moved forward unhurriedly, and soon another half month had passed.

Zhang Yunzhou was officially arrested by the procuratorate on charges of theft, leaking commercial secrets, and illegal gambling. Due to the severity and large amounts involved, he faced a long prison sentence.

With Zhang Yunzhou gone, Liu Fengnian personally invited an old friend Zhang Fenglin, who was very familiar with bait, to oversee, and production and research quickly returned to normal!

During this time, Yuefeng Fishing Tackle’s bait production lines ran at full speed 24 hours a day. Bags of genuine Yellow Storm bait were stored, and in the foreseeable future, these carefully formulated baits would rapidly expand into the offline Black Pit fishing community through various agents nationwide.

Before long, the domestic Black Pit circle would be swept by a Yellow Storm.