"Listen to me, recover well, and when your hand is better, we still have to fight side by side!"
"Alright, I’ll listen to you then!" Wei Song nodded, completely convinced by this much younger man in front of him.
Wei Song has been discharged from the hospital, and the recent turmoil has temporarily come to an end. Ma Weiqi’s intentional injury case still awaits a verdict, and Zhang Yang’s life focus has returned to a relatively normal state.
When there are no special schedule arrangements, Zhang Yang does regular live streams with his partner. When he’s not streaming, he guides Meng Fan and Liu Zi on the basics of rod practice.
The specific affairs of company operations have always been managed by Old Zhao, allowing Zhang Yang to live quite comfortably.
Zhang Yang acts leisurely as the hands-off manager while others in the company remain busy, advancing according to the plan set at the beginning of the year.
If one had to pick a ’slacker’ in the company besides Zhang Yang who has no specific work performance requirements, it would probably be only one person—the head of the company’s laboratory, Yu Dong.
Since Yu Dong joined Zhang Yang’s company team, his presence has been low. Yu Dong, who is deeply passionate about technology, leads a very simple life, splitting time between his residence and the laboratory, rarely even visiting the company office.
However, a low presence doesn’t mean a lack of impact. Under Zhang Yang’s overarching direction, Yu Dong’s minor medicine research has always been highly efficient. The new minor medicine launched this spring quickly became popular in the pond fishing and competitive markets, with impressive sales.
The profit margin for minor medicine products is very high, and the company is willing to invest significantly. Just recently, in spring, Yu Dong submitted a report to buy land for outdoor experimental ponds, and Old Zhao approved it without even consulting Zhang Yang.
Now, a large piece of land behind the laboratory has been purchased by the company, and after some construction time, two open-air experimental ponds have officially begun operations.
At this moment, Yu Dong is holding a fishing rod, collecting data at the first target fish experimental pond. He fishes with a furrowed brow, deep in thought about something unknown.
The matter started a few days ago when Yu Dong conducted a series of studies based on the traditional Chinese medicine Rice for Making Wine preparation formula given by Zhang Yang, aiming to understand why this Rice for Making Wine had a noticeable effect on crucian carp.
For Yu Dong, such research is quite common. Identifying whether a single substance has a fish-attracting effect isn’t difficult, as practical experiments with different additive measurements can quickly test this.
However, understanding the principle behind the fish attraction is somewhat challenging, especially in cases where various medicinal materials interact like in traditional Chinese medicine wine. The data collection work becomes particularly tedious.
The reason Yu Dong is frowning over this issue isn’t because of its difficulty, but because he encountered a peculiar situation during his experiments.
Yu Dong prepared a seemingly ordinary control group bait according to his original experimental ratio plan, but in practical testing, this bait’s fishing effect far exceeded that of another group and reached an almost immediate, astonishing state.
Those who engage in fish attractant development know freshwater fish better than anyone. If there’s a significant difference with or without an attractant, they have the most say.
Typically, adding an attractant can enhance practical results by 20%, which is already considered high. Immediate results are thought to be mere exaggerations.
Yet, this was precisely the situation Yu Dong encountered.
Initially, he thought it was influenced by fishing spots and luck, random elements. But repeated controlled tests proved him wrong. Google seaʀᴄh 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⚑𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⚑𝙣𝙚𝙩
The experimental bait’s fish-attracting effect was truly overwhelming compared to another bait with similar components.
In total, less than 200ml of bait was used up rapidly. When he tried to recreate another batch based on recorded formula measurements, the miraculous effect disappeared.
On paper, the two experimental baits looked identical, yet their performance differed greatly, leaving Yu Dong baffled.
The first batch of bait is now only the size of an egg, and Yu Dong is reluctant to use it further, as it is a valuable sample that he must preserve for further research.
Subsequently, Yu Dong spent a long time repeating the bait preparation actions, concocting five identical bait compositions, but unfortunately, none exhibited any special effects.
In this world, many substances are discovered and invented not through researchers’ efforts but due to certain accidents or coincidences.
Examples include the commonly known saccharin (ortho-sulfamoyl benzoic acid) and the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra (sildenafil), both accidental laboratory discoveries.
Yu Dong felt frustrated yet quietly excited and hopeful in his heart. This unexpected situation must have a cause that he simply hasn’t found yet.
Given the special sample’s exhibited effects, if he could identify the specific material or formula differences, Yu Dong is confident it would be another significant breakthrough in fish attractants.
After several hours of intensive work under the sun, Yu Dong still couldn’t find a possible cause. As a last resort, he called Zhang Yang.
In Yu Dong’s eyes, his boss Zhang Yang is a very remarkable person who seems clueless about the science of fish attraction yet provides highly accurate guidance on minor medicine research. What he couldn’t figure out; maybe Zhang Yang could see from a different perspective.
Upon receiving the call, Zhang Yang took it seriously and immediately drove to the outdoor pond in the backyard.
"Yu, what’s going on? You didn’t explain it clearly over the phone!"
Zhang Yang asked with a bit of urgency. He understood the value of effective minor medicine research.
Yu Dong took out the remaining bait, now egg-sized, and explained, "This morning, I prepared two bait batches with different control group measurements to collect data in the pond and unexpectedly found that this batch had an exceptionally good fish-attracting effect!
When I followed the experimental process to recreate, the bait with the same proportion in the same base didn’t exhibit the miraculous effect again. I’ve tried multiple times without success, so I called you to brainstorm together!"
"Where’s the bait? Let me try it!"
"Here, that’s all that’s left. To preserve the sample, I didn’t dare use more!" Yu Dong handed the smallest batch of bait to Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang didn’t rush to bait the hook, but started analyzing it in his own way after receiving the sample.
The base bait material is super-attractant and pellet fish food powder, with a tiny addition of stabilizing bait. This bait has a relatively stable state without any special substances, making it suitable as a base material for the control group.
After observing, Zhang Yang pinched off a small piece of bait to smell. Besides the light fishy scent of grains and pellets, there was a faint herbal alcohol aroma, indicating a small addition with a natural and mild scent.
After smelling the first bait, Zhang Yang didn’t immediately sniff the second. Instead, he stepped aside to take over ten deep breaths, resetting his olfactory cells to full sensitivity before examining the second control group bait.
With simple observation and sniffing, the two baits’ state and aroma were mostly identical. His initial judgment was that there didn’t seem to be any differences.
Zhang Yang then took Yu Dong’s fishing rod, baited it normally, and began practical testing by casting the line.
After casting over ten times, Zhang Yang couldn’t help but exclaim.
Yu Dong was right; although the two baits looked similar, their effectiveness in practical fishing was remarkably different.
A total of 12 casts, with six casts for each bait of the control group, ended with a 7:2 catch ratio.
This "explosive" bait consistently achieved bites, even catching a double-ended fish, whereas the ordinary bait only caught two fish.
What’s happening? The gap is overwhelmingly apparent!!