Not long after, those fishermen delivered their batch of fish, weighing over ten tons.
Ye Feng found a large truck driver and had him take the fish directly to his squad leader's food processing company.
When Ye Feng arrived at the company, the squad leader was already waiting at the entrance.
After getting out of the car, the squad leader immediately came forward, his face filled with excitement, and said, "Ye Feng, you're finally here! I've missed you so much!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng smiled and replied, "Sorry to have kept you waiting! By the way, I've already instructed the finance department to transfer the money to your company's account. Have you received it?"
"Received it, received it! Thank you so much!" the squad leader said excitedly, his face beaming with gratitude.
Seeing this, Ye Feng patted the squad leader on the shoulder and said, "Hey, what's there to thank? I need your help too! We're just helping each other out!"
"Yes, yes, helping each other out! By the way, what do you want to process your batch of fish into?" the squad leader asked.
Ye Feng replied, "Let me take a look around your company first!"
"Okay! Come on, I'll show you!" With that, he led Ye Feng into the company.
The squad leader's company wasn't large; in fact, it was quite small.
There weren't many people inside at the moment, and they were scattered sparsely. Just as he had said, shareholders had withdrawn their capital, and employees had resigned, leaving only an empty shell.
However, it was still勉强 (miǎnqiǎng - barely) operational.
After touring the company, Ye Feng asked, "Have you processed anything like fish before? I'd like to see the finished products."
"Of course! This way!" Saying this, he led Ye Feng to see some of the processed finished products.
As he looked, Ye Feng even picked up some and tasted them.
The taste couldn't be called bad, but it certainly wasn't particularly delicious, which explained why it had been losing money year after year.
"How does it taste?" the squad leader asked.
Ye Feng shook his head, "The taste is just average, without much of an advantage!"
"Yes! Otherwise, it wouldn't have been losing money year after year!" the squad leader sighed.
Seeing this, Ye Feng asked, "Why not try to improve the taste?"
"I want to! But we didn't have the financial means before! Nor the energy!" the squad leader sighed.
Previously, the squad leader's company had been losing money year after year, with shareholders withdrawing capital and employees resigning... various issues kept him too busy to even think about making changes.
Ye Feng pondered for a moment and then said, "If processed like this, it would be good if it could at least break even! But it's highly likely to incur losses! How about I help you improve the taste?"
This batch of fish was ordinary sea fish caught by the fishermen, with no special characteristics. The taste produced by the squad leader's food processing was also not very good.
Under these circumstances, if processed as is, there was an eighty percent chance of losing money.
Upon hearing Ye Feng's words, the squad leader was surprised and asked, "You know how to do this? Are you kidding me?"
"Of course! Would I joke around with my own things? You'll see in a moment!" Ye Feng replied.
Actually, the squad leader's small food processing company was already quite good. At least all aspects were standardized, not inferior to some larger companies.
It was just that the company had a weak foundation and no unique selling points, making it unable to stand out in the current diverse market.
But with Ye Feng here, everything would be completely different.
Under Ye Feng's guidance, the squad leader immediately made improvements to the raw materials and recipes, and soon a batch of new finished products was processed.
Both of them picked up samples and tasted them. The next second, their eyes widened.
"Wow, just by adding a little ingredient and changing the recipe, the taste has become so good! It's incredible!" the squad leader exclaimed excitedly as he tasted.
Ye Feng smiled and said, "The ingredients I added are several medicinal herbs. Not only do they make the taste more delicious, but they also have many benefits for the human body!"
"Really? That's fantastic!" the squad leader said excitedly.
Ye Feng chuckled, "This batch of fish is just ordinary fish I bought from the fishermen. If it were fish from our Sea God Company, that would truly be amazing!"
"Yes, yes, yes! Products processed with your Sea God Company's fish are truly amazing! Even without processing, just a simple preparation is incredibly delicious!" the squad leader quickly nodded in agreement.
With the taste issue resolved, the batch of fish could be processed.
At the same time, Ye Feng asked the squad leader to sell this batch of fish under the name of cooperation with Sea God Company.
This made the squad leader even more excited, as he knew how popular Sea God Company was right now.
If their company's products could be associated with Sea God Company, the benefits would be immeasurable.
"By the way, you mentioned earlier that your company's employees had all resigned?" Ye Feng asked.
The squad leader replied, "Yes, two-thirds of them have resigned. We can only maintain basic operations now!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng said, "Oh! That's perfect! I'll introduce some people to you later! You can recruit them and train them well!"
The squad leader immediately nodded, "Okay! No problem!"
The next day, early in the morning, those fishermen arrived.
However, there was a difference: these fishermen were all changed.
Yesterday, they were arrogant and aggressive, wishing they could kill the people from Sea God Company.
But today, they were very polite, waiting obediently at the entrance of Sea God Company, not making a sound or causing any trouble.
When Chen Xiaoyue saw them arrive, she immediately called to inform Ye Feng.
Ye Feng soon arrived at Sea God Company. As soon as he reached the company entrance, he was spotted by someone.
That person immediately shouted loudly, "Look, Boss Ye is here!"
Upon hearing this, everyone crowded around.
"Boss Ye, have you thought of a solution?"
"Yes! You said yesterday that you would have one day to think of a solution. Have you thought of it?"
"You must keep your word and solve this problem for us!"
Seeing a group of people surround him as soon as he arrived, Ye Feng felt speechless.
Fortunately, at this moment, several security guards came up and blocked those people.
Ye Feng finally caught his breath and said, "Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. I've already thought of a solution!"
Hearing this, everyone became even more excited, and they all spoke eagerly, "What? You've thought of a solution? What solution?"
"Boss Ye, what's the solution? Tell us quickly!"
"Yes! We can't wait! Tell us quickly!"
Seeing their excited and happy expressions, Ye Feng felt helpless and waited for them to quiet down before speaking.
After a while, the excitement of the crowd subsided, and they finally quieted down.
Then Ye Feng said, "Ahem! Everyone, before I tell you the solution, I'd like to ask you to nominate a representative. I need to ask him a few questions!"
Seeing this, everyone immediately nodded, "Okay!"
After speaking, the crowd began to whisper among themselves, seemingly discussing who to nominate.
After a short while, they pushed forward the man in his fifties who had spoken yesterday...