There were two sides to everything.
Was there a way to produce high-quality foie gras without causing the geese to suffer so much? This was the idea that suddenly popped into Xia Ruofei's mind.
Xia Ruofei wasn't sympathetic, but he had his own bottom line.
If he used the traditional method of breeding geese that Old Blake mentioned, he definitely wouldn't be willing to get involved in this industry. However, if he could improve the breeding method, and at the same time bring more product lines and more profits to the Taoyuan Company, why not?
And if he could really achieve a large scale and control the cost, it could completely impact this industry, leaving no room for the traditional farms to survive. It was equivalent to saving the poor geese in a disguised way. This was also one of the added value of the Taoyuan Company's involvement in this industry.
As for the Taoyuan Company's geese, they also needed to kill them for livers. Xia Ruofei didn't have any psychological burden. Those geese were originally used as food by humans. It was already a good deed to let them live a painless life. Even animal protection organizations couldn't boycott the farms. They only asked for the animals to be killed in a humane and painless way.
Of course, whether this idea would work or not depended on whether Xia Ruofei could find a gentler breeding method.
Thinking of this, Xia Ruofei became more interested in foie gras.
He asked, "Mr. Blake, then … may I ask which type of goose is better?"
Old Blake was slightly surprised. He smiled and said, "I thought Mr. Xia would give up on the foie gras product after listening to my explanation. In my impression, you Easterners are more gentle and kind. In fact, the area with the largest scale of geese breeding is Austria in Europe. "
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "I haven't decided whether to get involved in this industry or not. But it's always good to know more! "
Old Blake nodded in agreement and said, "Yes! Although I'm not an animal protector, I also have a psychological resistance to foie gras. However, this doesn't prevent the Blake family from acting as the agent of French foie gras. In my opinion, personal feelings are one thing, but business is another! "
In fact, what Old Blake and Xia Ruofei didn't know was that the people of Huaxia first discovered the method of force-feeding duck meat to make it tastier. Later, this method was spread from ancient Egypt to Rome, and then to France, where it became a common method to cultivate fat foie gras.
It could be said that Huaxia was the originator of this method.
Xia Ruofei smiled and nodded, quietly looking at Old Blake.
Old Blake then said, "Right, I still haven't answered your question! As far as I know, there are three species that produce the best foie gras: the Landes, the Strasbourg, and the Toulouse. The foie gras produced by these three types of geese were of good quality. They were large in size, rich in nutrients, and after cooking, they were fragrant and tasted good. One of the most famous foie gras is Strasbourg foie gras. King Louis XVI tasted Strasbourg foie gras. "
Strasbourg foie gras. Xia Ruofei silently noted this in his heart.
Since he wanted to study the cultivation of French geese, he naturally had to use the best species. This was also the business philosophy of the Taoyuan Company all along.
Next, Xia Ruofei learned some specific details about the cultivation of fat geese from Old Blake. However, the Blake family was only an agent in the foie gras business. They didn't have their own farm, so Old Blake didn't know much about these details.
However, Old Blake could see that Xia Ruofei seemed to be very interested in the cultivation of French geese. He was very enthusiastic and said that he could introduce the owner of a farm that they cooperated with to Xia Ruofei.
Xia Ruofei asked around and found out that the farm's fat geese were Strasbourg foie gras. Naturally, he was very happy to hear that.
Xia Ruofei asked, "Mr. Blake, then … could you please help me contact this farm owner and ask if he's willing to sell a few breeding geese and some young geese to me? I'm willing to pay a high price for them! "
Old Blake said, "It shouldn't be a problem! Although Strasbourg foie gras is known as the world's best foie gras, this kind of fat goose's bloodline isn't rare. Many farms in Europe have pure Strasbourg foie gras, so there isn't a technical problem. I believe that Eisen will give me face! "
"That's great!" Xia Ruofei said. "Mr. Blake, I'll leave this matter to you! This is my private contact number. If you have any news, you can contact me immediately! "
Xia Ruofei said as he handed Old Blake a business card.
"Okay! Xia, you wait for the good news! "Old Blake smiled as he put away the business card.
Then he stood up and said, "It's getting late. I have an appointment tonight. I'll take my leave first!"
Xia Ruofei originally wanted to ask Old Blake about the caviar situation, but now it was almost dinner time. Old Blake had a social engagement, and Xia Ruofei had an appointment with Ma Xiong for dinner, so he could only give up.
But after the auction, he would still have to trade truffles with Old Blake. At that time, he would have plenty of opportunities to ask about the situation.
Xia Ruofei stood up and shook hands with Old Blake. He said, "Mr. Blake, I'll send you off!"
He personally sent Old Blake to the door.
Old Blake walked out of the presidential suite and stopped in his tracks. He turned around and said, "Xia, please stay! Oh right, the deposit of one million euros will be transferred to your account as soon as tonight. Please check it! "
"Okay, I hope that we have a pleasant cooperation!" Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
After sending Old Blake off, Xia Ruofei didn't change back into his home clothes. Because it was almost dinner time, it would be more troublesome to change back and forth.
He sat on the balcony and smoked a cigarette. In his mind, he wasn't thinking about tomorrow's auction. He was thinking about how to use the normal method to raise fat geese and at the same time harvest the foie gras.
But after thinking about it, he didn't have any clue. He decided to wait until he had time to go to the space to discuss it with Xia Qing. Besides, even if he had an idea now, it wouldn't be useful. At the very least, he had to wait for Old Blake to help him import some Strasberg geese before he could experiment with raising them.
The space had a time acceleration function, and the growth cycle of the French geese wasn't long. It would take about fifteen weeks for them to grow from young geese to fat geese waiting to be slaughtered. With the use of the time acceleration array, it would only take a few hours.
The melodious doorbell rang.
It was Tony, the butler of the presidential suite, who came in.
"Mr. Xia, Chairman Ma and the guests have arrived at the hotel. He told me to take you down to the banquet," Tony said respectfully.
Xia Ruofei nodded, stood up and asked, "Where are my friends?"
"Someone will inform them. You can go directly to the banquet hall," Tony said.
"Okay, wait outside for a moment. I'll come out right away," Xia Ruofei said.
"Okay!" Tony bowed slightly and left the presidential suite.
Xia Ruofei came to the bedroom and habitually scanned the whole room with his spirit power. After confirming that there were no monitoring devices, he thought of something and took out a bunch of things from the space.
Among them were two bottles of Noble Rotten Sweet Wine that he brewed himself. The wine was matured in the space, and the taste of the Noble Rotten Sweet Wine was a bit better than when it was first brewed. It was just right to take it as a gift for Ma Xiong. Everyone could also taste it directly at dinner.
In addition, Xia Ruofei also took out a few Jade Muscle Ointments, which were the highest grade mass-produced by the Taoyuan Pharmaceutical Factory — the Jade Bone and Ice Muscle series. They were sold for 3888 yuan a bottle.
Xia Ruofei mainly remembered that Ma Xiong said that there would be other guests tonight. He was going to take two bottles, one for Ma Xiong's wife and one for Tian Huixin. Now that there might be other female guests, Xia Ruofei simply took out a few more bottles.
Although this mass-produced version of the Jade Muscle Ointments was still difficult to buy in the outside world, Xia Ruofei could have as much as he wanted. He stored a batch in the space all year round. Anyway, it wouldn't go bad. It was mainly used as a gift.
Although the effect of his handmade Jade Muscle Ointments was much better than the mass-produced version, after all, the mass-produced version had a standard price and ready-made packaging. It was better to give the mass-produced version as a gift.
Finally, Xia Ruofei also took out a small pink Hello Kitty doll. Before he came to Hong Kong, he had asked Ling Qingxue, who also liked Hello Kitty, to buy it from a franchise store. This small doll cost more than a thousand yuan.
This doll was naturally prepared for little Huanhuan.
However, this wasn't the real gift that Xia Ruofei wanted to give to Huanhuan. He doted on little Huanhuan very much and simply treated her as his own daughter. Before he came to Hong Kong, he had already thought about giving little Huanhuan an opportunity. This doll was just a formality. After all, Huanhuan was still so young. If she saw that Uncle Xia gave gifts to her grandparents but didn't prepare a gift for her, she might be angry!
Xia Ruofei found a paper bag and put all these things in it. Then, he tidied up his clothes and walked out of the presidential suite with the paper bag.
Tony took Xia Ruofei downstairs in the exclusive elevator. When they arrived at the private room where Ma Xiong was holding the banquet, Feng Jing and the others were already in the room. They were chatting and laughing with Ma Xiong. There were also a few familiar figures beside Ma Xiong.
Hong Kong's real estate tycoon, Guo Hongjiang, Hong Kong's super-rich, Zheng Jianian …
There were a total of three or four people. They were all super-rich people who could shake the entire Hong Kong with a stomp of their feet. Moreover, these rich people had already gotten to know Xia Ruofei at the last auction. Guo Hongjiang was especially grateful to Xia Ruofei because of his beloved horse, the Star of Asia. He even gave Xia Ruofei a thousand-foot mansion.
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