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Upon hearing what the boss said, everyone agreed that they would definitely take responsibility if something went wrong, and everyone felt that coming to DeepBlue Technology was absolutely the right decision.

The basic salary and benefits are comparable to those of big companies. The boss doesn't make empty promises; he's willing to share the profits when results are achieved.

A company like this, and a boss like this, are absolutely rare finds.

Finally, Lin Chuan looked at everyone and said, "Continue to proceed according to the original plan."

Zhao Funing nodded: "No problem."

Lin Chuan assigned some specific tasks and then left the laboratory. The "plastic-eating bacteria" had been cultivated. Next, they could consider expanding the cultivation of the bacteria and the production of the special nutrient solution, followed by pilot-scale testing and finding customers for cooperation.

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Half an hour later, Lin Chuan arrived at the company's office building.

He called Zhang Wei and several founding team members into the conference room and immediately began by saying succinctly, "The Plasticizing Microbe Project is a success."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Miaolan, Zhang Wei, and the others were all stunned.

"Really? It's only been less than two months, and it's already done?" Zhang Wei looked at Lin Chuan in astonishment. The latter smiled and said, "You've had good luck. You've chosen the right path. The project team has successfully cultivated a microbial community that feeds on plastic, and the degradation efficiency is beyond imagination."

After saying that, Lin Chuan plugged a USB drive into the computer and then pulled up a four-minute video recording to project onto the conference room's large screen.

This video is clearly the observation log recorded by Zhao Funing of the "Plasticized Bacteria" project team. The original video was very long, and Lin Chuan edited it into a short video of a few minutes.

"Take a look at this first; it records the entire experimental process."

Jiang Miaolan, Guo Tao, and the others immediately looked at the video being projected onto the conference screen with curiosity.

The scene begins with a transparent glass petri dish containing some white plastic cut from a mineral water bottle.

The petri dish was filled with a pale yellow liquid, which was the culture medium for "plastic bacteria".

The video was shot in time-lapse.

In the first minute, the image didn't change much; the plastic sheet was still intact, and the liquid was still pale yellow.

In the second minute, subtle changes began to appear on the edges of the plastic sheet, as if it had been gnawed by something; the edges became blurred and some tiny gaps appeared.

In the third minute, the gap widened, and the surface of the plastic sheet began to roughen, as if it had been sanded. The liquid also changed color, from pale yellow to a cloudy, whitish color, indicating that the plasminogen lysate was multiplying rapidly.

In the fourth minute, the plastic sheet had disappeared, but the liquid in the petri dish remained cloudy.

In the last thirty seconds, the liquid became clear.

There was only a thin layer of sediment at the bottom of the petri dish. Zhao Funing's voice could be heard in the video: "This is the residue after degradation. The main components are bacterial metabolites and water. Tests have shown that it is non-toxic and harmless and can be directly discharged into the municipal sewage network."

The image freezes.

The meeting room was silent for several seconds.

Zhang Wei was the first to speak: "Wow!"

Huang Chongwei stared at the screen: "This isn't special effects, is it?"

Lin Chuan calmly said, "If you don't believe me, you can go to the lab and see the raw data yourself."

Upon hearing this, Huang Chongwei waved his hand and said, "It's not that bad, I definitely believe you. It's just that I'm suddenly very shocked that the plastic was degraded in just one week."

"If we optimize the culture conditions, the time can be halved," Lin Chuan said confidently, then added, "However, that requires controlling the temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen levels. This can be achieved in the ideal environment of a laboratory, but we don't have those conditions on-site, and it would be too costly."

Zhang Wei chimed in, "To be able to degrade in just one week is already an incredible feat, okay?"

How is plastic recycling done now?

Sorting, washing, crushing, melting, granulation... going through the entire process strictly, the cost is even higher than that of new materials.

This is why the recycling rate is only 10%, while the other 90% are either directly landfilled, directly incinerated, or simply dumped somewhere and left unattended.

Globally, apart from economically developed major cities, few cities are willing to spend a lot of money on harmless treatment of plastic waste. The cost of several hundred or even thousands of dollars per ton is simply unaffordable.

While traditional methods are indeed cheaper and easier, they come at a high environmental cost.

In fact, the money that should have been spent was not less. After the environment is polluted and damaged, we have to go back to clean it up, which will still cost money, and even more.

And these plasminoides bacteria, once poured in and left for a few days, are gone—it's like a game-changer.

Overjoyed, Zhang Wei said with absolute certainty, "Once this is announced, it will definitely cause a huge sensation in the outside world, and our company will become famous overnight."

What he said was not an exaggeration at all.

The plastic waste problem that has plagued humanity for over a century has been solved, a great contribution that is destined to be recorded in history.

From a financial perspective, it is a business with "limitless potential for profit".

It only takes seven to thirty days to completely degrade plastics that would otherwise take decades or even three to five hundred years to fully decompose naturally, with the main byproduct being water. The amount of carbon dioxide released is minimal, making it absolutely natural, non-toxic, harmless, and pollution-free.

The key is that the cost is also low, requiring only 30 yuan per ton for processing.

Even if DeepBlue Technology quotes 100 yuan per ton, it can directly increase the harmless treatment rate of plastic waste from the current 10% to over 50%.

If the price were halved to 50 yuan per ton, it would be absolutely possible to achieve 100% harmless treatment of all plastic waste.

In theory, if all the plastic waste generated worldwide each year were treated using the "plastic-eating bacteria" approach, DeepBlue Technology could expect to generate a stable revenue of NT$150 to 200 billion annually.

Moreover, it's a super cash flow business that guarantees profits regardless of drought or flood, because a large amount of plastic waste is generated every year.

Lin Chuan looked at Zhang Wei and said, "Don't rush to make a big splash. This isn't just about business competition; it's about taking away someone else's share of the pie."

Upon hearing this, everyone calmed down considerably from their initial excitement.

In a market worth hundreds of billions, once DeepBlue Technology's "Plastic-Eating Microbial Community" solution is launched, it will sweep away all competitors, and no peer can compete with it.

Its core clients are not private individuals or private enterprises, but public entities, namely major municipal sanitation departments.

Such applications are often subsidized by the government, coupled with monopolistic profits, and are usually only accessible to those with connections.

Lin Chuan looked at everyone and said, "Once our solution is announced, various capital sources will follow suit, and all sorts of things, good and bad, will come knocking. We need to be prepared for that."

That makes sense, and everyone nodded in agreement.

Lin Chuan continued, "It's only a matter of time before the outside world becomes aware of the commercialization process, but before that, we need to be fully prepared and have contingency plans in place to avoid being caught off guard."

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