"The Catfish Effect"
As time passed, this term became more and more popular in Chang 'an.
No one doubted that Meton was lying because the story of the Catfish Effect was too real. Although the people of Chang 'an had never heard of sardines, it did not hinder their understanding of the Catfish Effect.
There was no lack of intelligent Han people, especially those who were in power. They would often use the Catfish Effect, just that they did not summarize it in such detail. Now that they heard about the Catfish Effect, they were enlightened.
In the Pan Family Restaurant, everyone was sitting around a middle-aged man who looked like a High Scholar.
"The Catfish Effect is everywhere around us. The fisherman is the superior and controls everyone's fate. The sardines are the servants of us ordinary people. They have their own responsibilities and serve the fisherman silently. They do not seek to improve themselves, but they do not have the ambition to do so.
"The Catfish is a talent that is dropped from the sky by the superior. It has ambition, means, and is very aggressive. If the superior is not satisfied with the servants, or wants them to do more work, but is unwilling to pay, he will put in a Catfish. This Catfish is cruel to the servants, but greedy to the superior. These servants have no choice but to work for the fisherman wholeheartedly, hoping that they won't be eaten by this catfish. Those who have a higher position than this catfish are even more cautious and conscientious, fearing that they will be replaced by this catfish if they aren't careful. "The High Scholar's analysis of the catfish effect was thorough.
"But even if you want to be a Catfish, you still have to be careful. Although the Catfish can rise in power, it can also be attacked by the crowd. You also have to be careful of the fisherman who will kill the Catfish to appease the crowd." The High Scholar analyzed.
"Yes, High Scholar Sun is right. But the fisherman also has to be careful of the Catfish. If the Catfish gets stronger, it will bite the fisherman."
"Lowly one …"
Very quickly, everyone in the restaurant participated in the analysis of the Catfish Effect. The more they analyzed, the more they felt that the knowledge behind it was profound.
As a result, Meton's plan to make a name for himself in Mozi was carried out smoothly.
"Oh right, has anyone figured out the secret of the Catfish Effect in the Mo Family Village?" High Scholar Sun suddenly asked.
"No, it's useless to put the catfish in there. The fish that are caught can only live for an hour longer than usual." Someone shook his head and said.
"That's right, that's right. I've tried it too. There's not much progress at all. At most, I can live for another hour." Another person added.
High Scholar Sun's eyes lit up and said, "That's right. If it can survive for an hour, it means that the method used is correct. The catfish effect is really effective. It's just that you don't know the method yet. Try it a few more times and you might succeed."
The manager of the restaurant did not dare to come up when he heard them talking about the catfish effect, because he often did so. Now that he heard them talking about the secret recipe of the live fish, he came up to refill everyone's wine and said with a smile, "You think so, and so do we. Now, almost all the catfish in Chang 'an have been bought. The price of catfish has increased by five times. Now, selling catfish is more profitable than running a restaurant."
"Yes, yes, the Mo Family's Village must have other secrets. The secret recipe of the live fish is definitely not so simple." A waiter from a neighboring village hurriedly echoed the manager.
The scholar glanced at the waiter and sneered, "Needless to say, the Mo Family's Village has said before that the secret recipe of the live fish is derived from the catfish effect. If it could be easily cracked by us, the Mo Family's Village would not have revealed it in public."
The manager of the restaurant nodded in agreement. If others asked him about the secret of his restaurant, he would not tell them easily. Not to mention the secret recipe of the live fish which was profitable with little capital.
The waiter suddenly gloated and said, "I think the secret recipe of the live fish of the Mo Family's Village can't be kept a secret for long. Shopkeeper Wang on the street has offered a reward of 500 strings of string of cash to anyone who can crack the secret recipe."
The manager of the restaurant was surprised and said, "I didn't expect that the stingy Wang would offer 500 strings of cash."
Suddenly, the whole restaurant burst into laughter. Obviously, Shopkeeper Wang was famous for being stingy.
Someone said loudly, "Isn't that right? Shopkeeper Wang used to be the biggest fish merchant in Chang 'an City. If he gets the secret recipe of the live fish, he will earn far more than 500 strings of cash. "
The manager of the restaurant said, "That's what I said! How could this stingy guy do a losing business? "
"In my opinion, this time the idiot Chi Zhiyong at the city gate was probably instructed by Shopkeeper Wang to attack the Mo Family's Village." Someone in the restaurant lowered his voice and said.
The manager of the restaurant hurriedly said in a panic, "You can't talk nonsense."
The crowd in the restaurant sneered and stopped talking about this matter. Obviously, they all suspected Shopkeeper Wang. However, Shopkeeper Wang was usually very strong and had a strong background, so they did not want to offend him for no reason.
In the Wang Family's Fish Store.
Shopkeeper Wang looked at the ten fish basins in front of him with a pale face, in each of which there was a dense layer of dead fish floating in the water.
"Why didn't it succeed? Didn't the Mo Family's Village say that a catfish could stimulate the fish to survive?" Shopkeeper Wang roared with a pale face.
The waiters all lowered their heads and did not dare to irritate the crazy Shopkeeper Wang at this time.
"Maybe the fish is wrong! The Mo Family's Village said sardines, but we only put grass carp and bighead carp. "The accountant behind Shopkeeper Wang comforted him.
"Yes, Accountant Zhao is right. There must be a secret in the Mo Family's Village, but we haven't found it yet." Another waiter hurriedly excused himself.
Shopkeeper Wang frowned and roared, "Of course there is a secret, otherwise why did I ask you to do it? We are selling grass carp, not sardines that have never been heard of before. Of course, we have to find a way to make grass carp survive.
"I don't believe that the secret of the Mo Family's Village can be kept for long. Now, no one in Chang 'an City has accepted the reward to crack the secret of living fish." Shopkeeper Wang turned his head and said to Accountant Zhao angrily.
Accountant Zhao shook his head with a bitter smile and said, "Others are the same as us. Although the catfish can make the fish live for one more hour, they still can't avoid death."
Shopkeeper Wang said disappointedly, "How long can they make the fish live in the Mo Family's Village?"
Accountant Zhao said seriously, "As far as we know, the latest time that the Mo Family's Village sold fish is in the evening. If the Mo Family's Village caught the fish in the evening, then the Mo Family's Village could make the fish live for at least ten hours."
"Ten hours." Shopkeeper Wang's face relaxed a little.
"But!" Accountant Zhao did not let Shopkeeper Wang rejoice for too long. He said, "As far as we know, after the incident at the city gate, the Mo Family's Fresh Fish Shop is now digging a big fish pond and preparing to sell fish for a long time. According to my calculation, the Mo Family's Village is very likely to make the fish live in the pond.
"How is that possible?" Shopkeeper Wang said in surprise.
"It is very likely!" Accountant Zhao nodded seriously.
The whole Wang Family's Fish Shop suddenly became silent.
"We must get the secret of living fish."
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