Chapter 187 Where Did the Venom Go?

The atmosphere in the car was broken by the sudden "gulp".

Xiao Ding looked at Feng Yi's face through the rearview mirror and saw that he looked okay, so he said: "Boss, when you were in there just now, Director He called you. Can you see if he left you a message or called back?"

"Yes."

Feng Yi responded, but he didn't rush to look at his phone. If it was urgent, Director He would tell him clearly.

He skillfully took out food from a small storage box in the car. They were all dried meat or biscuits made by Xiao Bing himself. Before each trip, the housekeeper would put some in the car.

After eating something to relieve his hunger, Feng Yi flipped through the chat messages on his phone, read Director He's message, and called Director He back.

Director He only told Feng Yi two things. One was that Feng Yi was promoted from a temporary consultant to a formal consultant and was selected as a formal member of the expert committee. In other words, Feng Yi had a say in some important related matters.

This is what Feng Yi said to the old man. Experts of this level are protected by the Joint Guarantee Bureau. If anything happens, the Joint Guarantee Bureau will investigate thoroughly.

Talents are rare, and professional talents are even rarer.

The second thing is the opening of the new Yangcheng Natural History Museum on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

Director He's schedule is tight, so the certificate for Feng Yi is also arranged on that day. Director He has to leave after attending the museum activities.

After talking to Director He, Feng Yi looked at the scenery outside the car window, opened his mobile phone to search, and then said to Xiaojia: "Let's go for a meal first."

One of the restaurants of Bai Lu's family is nearby, and Feng Yi asked Xiaojia to drive the car over.

When they arrived at the place, Feng Yi originally planned to put on sunglasses before getting off the car. He is now a little famous on the Internet, and it will be more troublesome to be recognized. He is not in a good mood today, and he is not impatient to deal with these.

However, when he put on the sunglasses, Feng Yi remembered something else, so he took off the sunglasses. There is also a pair of newly matched plain glasses in the glasses box, and he will change the glasses.

Sunglasses are too iconic, making them easy to be recognized. Wearing sunglasses when eating in a restaurant is counterproductive.

His outfit today is different from usual and from many photos that have been exposed on the Internet. He looks more like a business person, and you won't directly associate him with Internet celebrities such as "Snake Brother" and "Python King".

It is not the peak dining season, but you still need to wait for a seat. The business of Bai Lu's branches has always been good.

There are no reservations and no private rooms, but there are not many people waiting for a seat, and you don't have to wait too long.

Among the people waiting for a seat, Feng Yi saw an acquaintance.

"Tang Kui?"

When Mo Xiaoguang and Bai Lu asked him to go fishing, he went to Tang Kui's snake farm and took away two native chickens. The two chickens were eventually poisoned by Feng Yi.

Feng Yi referred to Tang Kui's farm when buying a snake venom drying machine.

Tang Kui was just browsing his phone. When he heard someone calling him, he looked up and felt confused, excited, and a little uncertain.

"Feng... Yi?"

The last word was spoken silently.

Tang Kui also knew that Feng Yi was an Internet celebrity recently, so he didn't call him out directly.

However, he didn't recognize Feng Yi's outfit today. If Feng Yi hadn't called him, he wouldn't have recognized him. He looked too serious and formal, as if he had just finished a business deal or attended an important meeting. It was different from his usual style, and it wasn't the way he looked online.

"Alone?" Feng Yi asked.

"Ah." Tang Kui responded.

"Then the four of us will go together."

"Okay!" Tang Kui was also happy.

It was just right to share a table. He felt bored eating alone, and he could talk to Feng Yi for a while!

Tang Kui came here to do some work and visit a few partners. It was almost time for dinner, so he didn't feel comfortable staying at someone else's house, after all, there were guests at home. He passed by here and saw Bai Lu's restaurant, so he came directly. He didn't expect to meet Feng Yi here.

Tang Kui thought to himself: I'm so lucky today!

After all, the person in front of him is not just an Internet celebrity, he is a real, certified expert!

Soon it was their turn, and they sat down at a four-person table. The waiter brought a pot of tea, and Xiao Ding poured a cup for each person.

After ordering, Feng Yi and Tang Kui talked about the snake farm, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Jia didn't disturb them.

Although it was not a private room, there were some decorative partitions around. People at each table were either eating enthusiastically or talking excitedly. No one was specifically staring at them, and ordinary voices and chats would not attract attention.

"Bai Lu is not here today, he is busy in another branch." Tang Kui sent a message to Bai Lu while waiting for a table, and knew what Bai Lu was busy with.

"Brother Yi, did you go to discuss business just now?" Tang Kui asked casually.

"Well, I guess so." Feng Yi said.

"You look like a business elite, I almost didn't recognize you, hehe."

Tang Kui didn't ask Feng Yi why he was going so formally, but said: "I have been following the Virginia python hunting event, but after you quit halfway, I didn't have much interest."

He really wanted to hear Feng Yi talk about the situation of catching the giant python, but it was not easy to talk about it in this situation.

"Let's make an appointment for dinner at that time, and see which branch of Bai Lu's can book a private room, and we can talk about it. Or we can go directly to my breeding farm. Anyway, the place is remote and open, there are no other people, we can talk casually, and have a self-service barbecue..."

"That's fine, Bai Lu probably won't have time until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. His business is so popular that he probably won't have much time."

Feng Yi was somewhat interested in Tang Kui's snake farm. Although he had no intention of running such a farm, he was also interested in learning more about it, especially about snake venom.

When eating out, Feng Yi was more restrained and didn't eat much. He also chatted with Tang Kui about the sales of snake venom in the farm.

It was rare to meet Feng Yi here. Tang Kui wanted to make friends with him. Seeing that Feng Yi was interested in these things, he also talked more.

He talked about the business of his small factory. A few years ago, he sent a batch of dry snake venom powder to the pharmaceutical factories and laboratories he cooperated with, and the sales were very good. He also said that some of the research results related to snake venom that have been published are not particularly big or influential results, but for farmers like them, if there is research value, there will be business, which is a good thing.

Feng Yi couldn't see it on his face, but he was analyzing what Tang Kui said in his heart.

Snake venom is strictly controlled, and manufacturers or laboratories will not easily use snake venom from unknown sources.

So here comes the question, what is the method Xiao Wu mentioned for dealing with venom?

The venom is collected, where to send it?

Feng Yi was eating in the restaurant while listening to Tang Kui talk about the whereabouts of snake venom.

The old house of the Feng family in Yangcheng.

Mr. Feng was so angry that he smashed a teapot.

He also guessed where Feng Yi was going in a hurry and whether there was any secret, so he specially sent someone to follow him. Unexpectedly, the kid ran away to eat!

He didn't think Feng Yi and Tang Kui were discussing anything important inside, so he just let people continue to follow them.

Then, they learned that Feng Yi went back to Lu Hai's house directly after dinner.

Feng Yi knew that someone was following him, and he also guessed that it might be the old man who asked someone to follow him, so he didn't care. He just followed if he wanted to. Anyway, there was nothing shameful about him outside.

When I got home, the following eyes disappeared.

Feng Yi had a big meal and when he was satisfied, he went to see Dr. Xiao Wu.

The more he talked to Tang Kui, the clearer he became that it was difficult to deal with venom that could not be explained.

Feng Yi was quite curious, how could his venom be converted into money?

Also, my aunt also has fangs, so where did her venom go?

In peaceful times, it is really difficult to maximize the value of these venoms without exposing one's secrets.

I can't find any useful information online at all.

Regarding this, he had asked Dr. Xiao Wu before, but Dr. Xiao Wu didn't say much. He only said that if Feng Yi also had such a choice, he would tell the truth.

I didn't mention it during this period because Dr. Xiao Wu was still studying Feng Yi's enhanced venom. He didn't do too much research, just to see if he could choose the same path as his aunt.

"Have you got any results from the venom research?" Feng Yi asked.

"Um."

Dr. Xiaowu rarely looked serious. He pondered for a moment and then said, "It does have quite high research value, and it may also bring you countless wealth, but!"

Xiaowu looked directly into Feng Yi's eyes, "I still hope you can consider it carefully!"

Feng Yi frowned, puzzled: "Is it hard to explain the source?"

"No, this is not a problem, a professional team will handle it!"

"Professional team?" Feng Yi perked up.

He knew that dealing with this kind of thing couldn't be easily solved by a single person or a few people, at least a team was needed!

"Put the team aside for now. What I hope you know is that once you make a choice, it won't involve one or a few people!" Dr. Xiaowu was extremely serious, without any hint of joking.

"Tell me carefully." Feng Yi felt a little nervous.

"You can think of the team behind this as a huge processing machine, and you are the only supplier of raw materials. Once the 'machine' is started, it cannot be stopped easily, and then it will transform these venoms into other precious The research materials are then linked to the livelihoods of thousands of people, their careers, dreams, reputations, and wealth, involving hundreds of millions of dollars in funding every year, and a continuous research time that may last for decades. Once you decide to put venom into this 'machine' now, you'd better not stop supplying it for decades to come, probably until the moment of your death."

Feng Yi tried hard to understand Xiao Wu's words, "So, the team behind it is actually a 'processing factory' that transforms venom that is inconvenient to be disclosed to the public into other things that can be made public, and then transports these substances to others to become More people’s research goals?”

Venom → processed into other substances → other people’s experimental materials

It sounds simple, but Feng Yi understands that the team behind it is definitely not simple!

"The team behind this, this 'machine' you are talking about, are all our own people?" Feng Yi asked.

"The 'machine' is just a machine. They won't know anything else. However, the ones who control the 'machine' are their own people."

Feng Yi was quite satisfied with this. The fewer people who know the secret, the better, such as a big team. If there are too many people, he will have to worry about the secret being leaked.

"If I choose this path, will I have to provide enough venom every day?" Feng Yi had to ask clearly.

"It doesn't have to be provided every day, as long as it is always available. After obtaining the functional fragments, a large amount of functional substances can be produced through amplification, purification and production technology. However, due to some limitations, to ensure the integrity of the functional fragments, a constant supply of raw materials is required supply.

"Perhaps certain research peak periods require increased supply, during which you may have a certain amount of pressure and burden. Not everyone is willing to bear this kind of responsibility and pressure. After all, you could have been a wealthy and idle person with no responsibilities. It's easier that way," Xiao Wu said.

Feng Yi took these words to heart and understood what Xiao Wu meant by them. Xiao Wu was emphasizing the sense of responsibility.

"Mandatory? What if I don't provide so much venom during the peak period you mentioned?" Feng Yi asked.

"Of course it's not mandatory. It's up to you whether to provide it or not. The supply cut will certainly not have much impact on you, it's just a matter of making less money. It's not necessarily the case for others. You know what kind of consequences the supply cut of core materials may cause."

"Will those studies have a negative impact on society?"

"It's hard to say for sure about research, but take the late Ms. Feng as an example. The venom she provided has many breakthrough research results in the daily chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Until now, many functional proteins in the venom have not been thoroughly studied."

Feng Yi nodded: "I understand. The 'machine' is mine, which is equivalent to me studying myself. Then, in general, it is still for the benefit of society? At the same time, can I also make a profit?"

"You can say that."

Feng Yi got the result he wanted, "If it really works, venom is gold!"

Xiao Wu corrected: "You can't say that. It can be exchanged for countless gold, but gold may not be exchanged for it."

Feng Yi understood that this means that you may not be able to buy it even if you have money!

The prestige suddenly rose!

After saying this, he was a little proud.

He didn't expect venom to be so valuable!

However, these are just Xiao Wu's statements and have not been confirmed.

"When can I see the 'processing machine'?" Feng Yi asked.

"After you think carefully."

Xiao Wu asked Feng Yi to think carefully before making a choice and give an answer after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. He didn't want Feng Yi to make a hasty decision.

He hoped that Feng Yi could take responsibility instead of making a quick buck and running away.

After talking with Xiao Wu, Feng Yi went back upstairs from the laboratory and walked to the bathroom.

Looking at the two big white teeth in the mirror, he flicked them with his fingers.

"Do your best!"