Chapter 19

Qi Ping was very pleased. Although it seemed that quite a few members of the inspection team had arrived, for Qi Ping, the bigger the commotion, the better. This way, his profits would naturally reach the highest level possible.

"Lucky boy, your luck is really good," said the fat old man with a white beard, one of the managers of the research team. He felt that Qi Ping was now making a huge profit. "The air quality here is excellent, perhaps because it is close to the national forest park, where environmental protection is even better. Clearly, you have made a good deal."

"Professor Tim, I admit I am a lucky guy, but now I hope you can complete the inspection results as soon as possible. You know, this is related to the development of the forest farm," Qi Ping said, a typical case of being greedy after gaining an advantage. He had already developed some connections with the heads of the inspection team.

"I think you might need some investment to ensure you have a better chance of obtaining USDA certification. The environment here is excellent, and the soil composition is outstanding; but Qi, you should understand that USDA certification is the most difficult to obtain for organic vegetables. It requires a lot of inspections and equipment, and you don't have that capability yet," Professor Tim said with some regret, but he was also being honest.

Qi Ping shrugged; he found this acceptable. Although it was almost impossible to obtain USDA certification now, Qi Ping knew that his forest farm was currently the closest to meeting the USDA certification standards. He needed a bit of patience and a bit of improvement in soft power.

No problem, Qi Ping was still very confident; it was just a matter of waiting, and he believed he could achieve this.

The certification for organic vegetables was temporarily impossible to complete, although many inspection teams had arrived, the vegetables had not yet fully matured. Therefore, they needed to wait until the vegetables were completely mature. Many experts were also puzzled; it was true that vegetables had not been grown here before, but there was no reason why the vegetables here should grow faster in the same environment as Lamona.

This seemed to be an unsolved mystery. Many experts and scholars were continuously researching and discussing it. These vegetables were not genetically modified; they were the most authentic organic vegetables. However, the reason for the rapid growth of the crops in this forest farm, known as the Fairyland Forest Farm, might be an unsolved mystery.

"You must be making a huge profit now. I only saw the news today. Douglas brought it to me, and I really didn't expect you to make such a big stir. I heard that not only some local small media and small research institutes, but also some professional geologists and naturalists are going to inspect your place?" Luo Yi was a bit envious; he really didn't expect Qi Ping's forest farm to become so famous all of a sudden.

"Low profile, low profile. I originally planned to apply for organic vegetable certification, but later I felt不甘心 and wanted to apply for USDA certification. Now, those so-called experts are all just making guesses, not doing any real work." Qi Ping was absolutely showing off; the forest farm's fame was growing, which was a good thing.

"USDA certification? If you manage to get it, you'll really make a fortune. Then the top restaurants will seek your cooperation, and there are not even a hundred farms worldwide that have USDA certification. Your vegetables might even end up on the President's table. I'll help with the manual fertilization to ensure your vegetables grow well." Luo Yi thought Qi Ping might be God's illegitimate child; otherwise, he couldn't be so lucky.

Finding good jade while traveling, he instantly transformed from a poor nobody to a wealthy tycoon. Buying a decent forest farm in the U.S., but who knew the potential of this forest farm was so great, with the best environment. If Qi Ping wanted to sell it now, the price would have increased several times over; but only a fool would do that, because this land was definitely a treasure!

Luo Yi felt that Qi Ping's luck had really turned around. He might even win the lottery now. Qi Ping's luck was so good that it was almost unbelievable and made people envious and jealous! Although Luo Yi knew that USDA certification was temporarily impossible, there was no doubt that Qi Ping's forest farm was now the top forest farm in the U.S., with a lot more fame.

"A few of the professors here want to stay. I plan to exploit these laborers thoroughly. There's no problem with conducting scientific research in my forest farm, but I also need to ensure my own interests. Just wait and see, my forest farm is about to make a lot of money. For these certifications, my pockets are almost empty." Qi Ping was very happy, and with a good mood, he was now focusing on the free labor.

Luo Yi didn't know what to say. Qi Ping's success seemed to be not just due to good luck but also because he was shameless. Most of those experts were quite old, and although Qi Ping didn't plan to make them do physical labor, he intended to tap into their value. Clearly, these experts still had some capabilities, at least for guidance.

Growing organic vegetables was not that simple; it required some technical expertise. Qi Ping had now captured a large number of top experts for free, and their suggestions indeed benefited him greatly.

The Fairyland Forest Farm's fame was growing because many people knew that the vegetables here grew at an astonishing rate, and it was already at the level closest to USDA standards. This seemed to be something that natural science couldn't explain, and it was attracting a large number of scholars to come one after another.

Qi Ping supported scientific research, but this was his territory. He allowed them to come in, but they had to pay a certain price. Qi Ping wouldn't let his own interests suffer just to support these people's research. Clearly, he wouldn't act without seeing the benefits, even if they stood on the moral high ground.

So now, Qi Ping didn't mind the experts' research. His array formation didn't care about their research, and he was a bit mischievously curious about what kind of research results they would ultimately get, whether they would still think that the better environment here was due to the lack of artificial development in the past.

Qi Ping felt that he was already quite successful because he had achieved good results. He had already taken the lead, even though his products had not yet hit the market, and although it was not immediately possible to obtain the top USDA certification, one thing was certain: Qi Ping was making a huge profit.

In the past two days, various media, big and small, had started to pay attention to this news. A seemingly ordinary forest farm was considered to be at the level closest to USDA standards, which indeed made many people feel that the Chinese boy was extremely lucky. Although he couldn't make a huge profit immediately, this was the closest to USDA standards, meaning that the quality of the organic vegetables from the Fairyland Forest Farm was higher than ordinary organic vegetables.

Qi Ping was, of course, very pleased. He was now somewhat famous, and his forest farm didn't need to worry about sales. So Qi Ping felt that he could be a bit more ostentatious and didn't need to be so cautious. More investment now was for faster and more substantial returns, and he seemed to be very close to making a fortune!