Rebirth 70: I am a Koi

On the phone, Xiao Wang's voice was tearful, and he told me intermittently that he found the door of the laboratory had been pried open while on patrol, and some important research materials were missing. I felt my blood was about to coagulate, and I tried hard to tell myself to stay calm.

When I arrived at the base, my heart sank to the bottom. The laboratory was in a mess, with documents scattered all over the floor, the mainframe computer missing, and the safe violently cracked, with the seed samples inside missing. My head was buzzing and my eyes went dark.

"Damn it!" Bai Hanchuan slammed his fist on the table, his face turning blue.

I took a deep breath and tried to stay calm. "Did you call the police?"

"I've reported it, and the police are on their way." Professor Li's face was also very ugly. "I didn't expect them to be so rampant!"

"This is just the first step," Mr. Liu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up, with a gleam in his cloudy eyes, "Their goal is to destroy our base."

His words shocked Bai Hanchuan and I. Before we could ask in detail, my phone rang again. It was a call from a partner, and his tone was anxious and full of suspicion: "Mr. Mu, I saw the news online. Is there really a problem with the products at your base? What is going on?"

I immediately realized that something was wrong, and when I opened the web page on my phone, the overwhelming news made me feel like I was falling into an icy cave.

“Shocked! Serious quality problems found in a well-known planting base!”

"Product safety is worrying, who will protect the rights of consumers?"

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Almost every news headline was shocking, with pictures showing thefts at the base's laboratory and several photos of alleged "product defects." The photos were shot at tricky angles and were obviously taken with malicious intent, and the deliberate guidance of the text could easily arouse public panic.

I suppressed my anger and tried to calm myself down. It was obvious that someone was behind this and wanted to take this opportunity to completely defeat us.

"Bai Hanchuan..." I took a deep breath and looked at him with a serious look in my eyes. "It seems that the opponent we met this time is more difficult to deal with than we imagined..."

I felt as if my body was hollowed out, and I could barely hold my phone. Partners kept calling me, all questioning and canceling orders. The base, which was once packed with people, was now deserted. The bustling scene of the past seemed like just a dream.

I sat in the office, looking at the shocking figures on the sales report, feeling as if a huge rock was pressing down on my heart, making it hard to breathe. Bai Hanchuan sat opposite me, frowning, flipping through the negative reports on the Internet, his face terribly gloomy.

"Bang!" He slammed his phone on the table, his anger almost setting the whole room on fire, "These despicable people only know how to use such despicable means!"

I know he is very angry and powerless, like a lion trapped in a cage, with strength but nowhere to vent. I walked over and gently held his hand. His hand was cold and stiff, and I used my warmth to warm him up little by little.

"We can't lose our composure," I took a deep breath, trying to keep myself calm. "Our most urgent task is to find out the whole story and find the mastermind behind it. At the same time, we must also take measures to restore the reputation of the base."

That night, we gathered all the core members and held an emergency meeting in the conference room. The atmosphere was terribly depressing, and everyone's face was full of anxiety and uneasiness.

"This incident has sounded the alarm for us." I looked around and said in a deep voice, "We were too focused on technology research and development and product production, but ignored the importance of information security and crisis public relations. As a result, we appeared so passive and powerless when facing emergencies."

"Yes," Professor Li sighed, "We were too optimistic before. We thought that as long as the product was good, we would not be afraid of market competition. But we didn't expect that we would be attacked by such despicable means."

"It's too late to say this now," Xiao Wang's eyes were red, "The base has suffered heavy losses now, what should we do?"

There was silence in the conference room. Everyone was thinking about countermeasures, but no one could come up with an answer. At this moment, Mr. Liu, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke up: "I do have an idea..."

Before he finished speaking, the door of the conference room was knocked, and a strange voice sounded outside the door: "Excuse me, is Ms. Mu Jinli here?"

Bai Hanchuan and I exchanged a puzzled look, and an inexplicable premonition came to my mind.

My heart skipped a beat, and an inexplicable premonition came over me. Bai Hanchuan immediately stood up and motioned for me to open the door. Standing outside the door was a man wearing a peaked cap and a black windbreaker, with the brim of his cap pulled down so low that I couldn't see his face clearly.

"Who are you?" I asked warily.

The man took off his hat, revealing a strange face, but the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and the weather-beaten look made people feel strangely familiar. He handed over a business card, "Ms. Mu, hello, my name is Zhang Qian, and I was asked to help you."

I took the business card, which only had the words "horticulture consultation" printed on it, no address, no phone number. I was wondering, Zhang Qian pointed behind him and said, "This is Professor Wang, a botany expert. I believe you will have a lot of common topics."

As we were talking, a middle-aged man wearing glasses and looking elegant walked in. It was Professor Wang who had impressed me deeply at the seminar that day. I suppressed my surprise and welcomed them into the conference room.

Zhang Qian got straight to the point and said, "I understand your current situation and who is behind this. I came here to tell you not to give up hope. You still have a long way to go in this battle."

Zhang Qian's words were like a shot of adrenaline for us, and the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became lively. In the following time, Zhang Qian and Professor Wang gave us a series of improvement suggestions from the aspects of technology, market analysis, public relations strategy, etc.

“Although your planting technology is advanced, there is still some room for improvement, especially in terms of disease and pest resistance and increasing yields…” Professor Wang spoke eloquently. We benefited greatly from his profound knowledge and unique insights.

"Information security cannot be neglected either," Zhang Qian said seriously. "I will help you build a complete information security protection system to prevent similar incidents from happening again."

The meeting lasted until late at night. After seeing off Zhang Qian and Professor Wang, I couldn't calm down for a long time. They brought not only hope, but also a set of practical solutions. I believe that with their help, we will be able to overcome the difficulties and defeat the current predicament.

I took a deep breath, looked around at the tired but hopeful faces in the conference room, and said firmly: "Comrades, I know that everyone has been very hard during this period, but we can't give up! I have decided that the planting base will be temporarily closed from tomorrow..." I paused, "Suspended business!"