The entire ocean is my fishing ground.

Chapter 98 The Challenge from the Crossing Dragon

After signing the agreement, those bosses left, each one more obedient than the last.

"In-depth intelligence analysis."

One thousand points will be deducted.

The first piece of intelligence was blazing red—the so-called high-end live seafood that Jiang Hai brought into the provincial capital was all raised on drugs in deep-sea cages from other provinces.

Antibiotic levels were four to seven times higher than the recommended limit. Using two drugs together could damage the liver and kidneys if taken in excess.

Before the delivery arrived, the medicine was washed off twice with different water to remove the smell, and then it was repackaged and falsely claimed to have been retrieved from the wild.

The second piece of intelligence is in yellow—a food inspection worker in the provincial capital accepted 600,000 yuan in cash from Lei Qianjun three days ago.

The two agreed that at the seafood blind taste test summit tomorrow night, the man surnamed Lu would represent the government and issue a report saying that the seafood from Jianghai, which was produced by people with ailments, was better than the wild seafood from Longji Fresh. He would also find the media to release a news report saying that Longji Fresh was cheating people with shoddy goods.

Lin Chen read the two pieces of information over and over again three times.

After reading it, he didn't curse; instead, he laughed.

Lei Qianjun, you spent money and bribed people, making a big show of it, but the goods you got were just a pile of shit.

He had just put away the panel and was about to pour himself a cup of hot tea when the office door was suddenly pushed open and slammed against the wall with a bang.

Zhou Dazhuang barged in with a dark expression.

Holding a gold-embossed hard-cover invitation in my hand, it was quite well-made, and I could smell a sandalwood scent when I got close.

"Smack."

He slammed that thing directly onto Lin Chen's desk.

"Brother Chen, there was a guy in a suit blocking the door just now. He said he was from the Jianghai Association and specifically asked for you."

Lin Chen picked it up and flipped through it.

It's an invitation.

The words, printed in gold lettering, read: "The First Provincial Capital High-End Seafood Blind Test Summit".

Time: 7 PM tomorrow night.

Location: Hall 3, Provincial Capital International Convention and Exhibition Center.

The signature is Lei Qianjun, Vice President of the Jianghai Association.

At the very bottom, there is a line of smaller print—

"We look forward to Mr. Lin Chen from Longji Fresh Food Company's arrival."

Zhou Dazhuang was panting heavily with anger.

"What the hell is this? Sending out invitations on our turf? Do they think they're the boss?!"

Lin Chen casually tossed the invitation onto the corner of the table without saying a word.

Footsteps sounded again.

Sun Heizi rushed in, stumbling and almost tripping over the threshold, cursing and panting as he entered.

"Brother Chen, the guys at the highway exit just called."

"Those bastards from Jianghai, not only those four refrigerated trucks, but six more have arrived since last night until this morning! A total of ten large refrigerated trucks, all unloaded, and they're being delivered to those small restaurants in the provincial capital!"

"price?"

Lin Chen asked.

"It's 30% cheaper than ours."

Sun Heizi immediately started cursing.

"Those restaurant bastards, they were signing a contract with us yesterday, and today they're secretly meeting with Jiang Hai's people. I fucking swear..."

"Alright."

Lin Chen raised his hand to interrupt him.

With 300 million yuan poured in, if they just compete on price, Longji Fresh's wild-caught goods have fixed costs; going head-to-head would be suicide.

The problem is, Lei Qianjun's goods are fake.

These medicinally grown animals are being passed off as wild, and the levels of antibiotics they contain are alarmingly high.

This kind of thing can be easily exposed by scanning it with any decent machine.

He dared to do this because he had bribed that guy surnamed Lu at the Quality Supervision Bureau.

Before Lin Chen could finish sorting out his thoughts, his phone started buzzing on the table.

Caller ID: Tang Zhen.

He accepted it.

"Boss Lin."

"Something's happened. Lei Qianjun from Jianghai Association called me personally."

"What did you say?"

"He demanded that Marriott attend that blind taste test summit tomorrow night, and said that if they didn't, he would coordinate with channels in other provinces to cut off Marriott's imports of ingredients!"

"Boss Lin, he has the ability; Jiang Hai has connections in other provinces..."

"so what?"

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone.

Tang Zhen swallowed hard and asked cautiously.

"Boss Lin, what do you think... how about I unite with the people in the provincial capital to boycott this summit? Jiang Hai brought 300 million yuan this time, I'm afraid..."

"go."

"what?"

If he invites you to dinner, you should go.

Lin Chen spoke as if he were talking about the weather.

"Bring your Marriott's expert fish chef tomorrow night, and bring a few more pairs of eyes to observe."

"beep......"

The phone hangs up.

Tang Zhen held his phone.

Let's go eat.

Bring several pairs of eyes.

Tang Zhen pondered these words but couldn't figure them out. However, there was one thing he had to do—if Lin Chen asked him to go, then he had to go.

Every word this person says will eventually come to a conclusion.

Tang Zhen had just hung up the phone when Li Jiande arrived.

Mr. Li, the owner of Jinlinge, drove straight over. Before the car had even come to a complete stop, he jumped out and ran into the office. His shirt was soaked with sweat, and beads of sweat were dripping from his forehead.

"Boss Lin, something terrible has happened!"

"Those guys from Jianghai have gone mad! They're supplying medicinally raised grouper to major hotels in the provincial capital, advertising them as wild-caught, and their prices are 30% cheaper than yours. Five or six hotels have already called to ask if I want to buy their stock too!"

Lin Chen sat on the bamboo chair with his legs crossed and glanced at him.

"You want to come in?"

Li Jiande's legs went weak, and he almost couldn't stand up.

"I wouldn't dare! I swear I wouldn't dare! The ten-year exclusive agreement is still there. If I, Li Jiande, dare to have any ulterior motives, Boss Lin, you can just kill me."

He raised his right hand, his five fingers spread wide, as if he were making a solemn oath.

Lin Chen couldn't help but laugh.

"Go back and get back to what you were doing. You're going to the blind testing summit tomorrow night too."

"Oh? I'm going too?"

Li Jiande was dumbfounded.

"Then what would I do there?"

"Sit and watch the show."

"No...you don't need to do anything else?"

"Is there anything else you'd like to do?"

Li Jiande opened his mouth, but then swallowed his words back.

He nodded, bowed, and left.

As soon as he closed the door, he let out a long sigh, his mind a jumble of thoughts.

Watching a play?

What show are we watching?

But he didn't dare ask a second time; Lin Chen's look just now made him too scared to ask again.

The office fell silent again.

Zhou Dazhuang stood there for a long time, but he couldn't hold back any longer.

"Brother Chen, I have to tell you the truth."

"explain."

"Jianghai is spending so much money; our wild-caught products have high costs, so we can't compete with them on price. What if they really steal our customers away..."

"It can't be pried off."

Lin Chen stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the fishing boats coming and going on the dock.

"Dazhuang, what makes you think Lei Qianjun dares to pass off this drug-fed junk as wild-caught?"

Zhou Dazhuang thought for a moment.

"Isn't he afraid of being found out? If he is, he'll be finished."

"Yes, they'll be finished if they're investigated."

Lin Chen turned around.

"But he's not afraid of being investigated."

Why?

"Because the person in charge has already been..."

Zhou Dazhuang grinned, then remained silent.

"Dazhuang".

"exist."

"Have the cars for Plan B been arranged?"

"It was all done overnight yesterday. All seven points were in place, and only ordinary vehicles were left in Warehouse No. 3."

"Okay. Go now and adjust the last few parameters of that portable eco-pod. We'll need it at the summit tomorrow."

Zhou Dazhuang nodded vigorously, then turned and left.

Lin Chen reopened the system panel and entered the store.

There are over 14,000 points left in the account.

Finally, it stopped on two things.

Deep-sea directional fish-attracting sonar (one-time use) - 1200 points.

Upgraded version of underwater oxygen breathing apparatus - 800 points.

Two thousand in total.

exchange!

With the points deducted, the blueprints for the two pieces of equipment appeared directly in his mind.

Lin Chen picked up the walkie-talkie on the table and pressed the call button.

"Dad, is the Trailblazer full of gas?"

Lin Jianguo's hoarse voice came through the walkie-talkie.

"It's fully refueled, and you're going out to sea again?"

"Yes, let's go to the Dragon Ridge Trench tonight."

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end.

That awful place, Longji Trench, is where two generations of the Lin family have suffered.

Lin Jianguo didn't ask any further questions, only saying one sentence.

"What time are you leaving?"

"Leave when it gets dark."

"Okay, I'll go check the engine."

The walkie-talkie went dead.

Lin Chen picked up the invitation again and looked at the three words "Lei Qianjun" on it.

Blind testing summit, what a grand affair!

Lei Yanwang, you spent 300 million to enter the provincial capital, raised dogs, and set up this scheme.

Tomorrow night, that venue will be your home turf. Longji Fresh is doomed this time.

Lin Chen turned the invitation over and wrote two words on the blank space on the back: Received.

Then fold it up and throw it to Sun Heizi at the door.

"Send it back and tell them that Lin Chen will arrive on time tomorrow night."

Sun Heizi accepted the invitation, his face full of confusion.

"Brother Chen, are you really going?"

"Um."

Lin Chen left with his last words.

"Have Lei Qianjun set up the venue. Tomorrow night, I'll give him a big surprise."

On the dock, the Pioneer's diesel engines had already begun to roar and warm up.