Chapter 303 299. At which stage of breeding can you make money quickly?

Got it. Luo Yihang finally understood the status of Breeding 4.0.

Although we are still in the dark about the specific technology, it is clear in general that this thing is really awesome.

Dr. Wei might still be worried that Luo Yihang didn't understand, or he might be expressing his own feelings.

He continued, "Have you noticed that in the past ten or twenty years, there have been more and more new fruits and vegetables, while many of the ones we had when we were young have disappeared. This is the reason why technology has developed to this point. In fact, this is just the beginning. When we reach the 4.0 era, new varieties will be introduced faster and faster, and who knows what strange things will come out. Pomegranates without seeds, durian without thorns, and apples that can be peeled like oranges are all possible."

"Alas, I have been doing this for so many years and I thought I was at the forefront of the times, but I fell behind the times without noticing."

This sounds a bit lonely.

Professor Du felt sympathetic when he heard this. “Yes, the development is too fast and we can’t keep up.”

"You've been behind the times for a long time. Your stuff is outdated. Your knowledge and your brain can't keep up. You should stay in school and teach well. Teaching more students is better than anything else. Any of your students is more capable than you."

Dr. Wei's expression changed immediately.

Professor Du was so angry.

I'm clearly trying to please you, but you're still scolding me!
Whose brain can't keep up!
Who can only teach students!
Well, on second thought, Professor Du was no longer angry.

He is jealous. He is jealous that I have good students. He doesn't even have any good students.

Hehe, Professor Du is happy again.

If Qi Ruomu hadn't said so foolishly, "Dr. Wei, you are wrong. I swear to God, I am definitely not as good as my teacher."

"..."

"..."

The student doesn't even know how to surpass his teacher and has no aspirations at all. This student is a waste.

From now on, you should concentrate on practicing the trumpet. Your little apprentice is really good.

As for their senior sister...

well.
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I thought about it for a while.

Professor Du suddenly slapped his thigh and pointed at Dr. Wei on the other side of the screen, "I almost let you get caught. I'm calling you this time for something serious."

"What's the matter?"

"It's these peas. They're now F3 and will soon be F4. After that, it's time for pilot testing, trial planting, and review. You're knowledgeable, so I'd like to ask if you have any way to speed things up."

Dr. Wei nodded. "Oh, trial planting in multiple locations and regions is a must. New variety approval requires application, testing, data collection, preliminary review, and public announcement. There are definitely many steps involved, and the time is fixed. For an annual improved crop, it takes about one to two years."

He explained it first, then looked puzzled: "Why do we need to shorten it? First, shortening it is unsafe and risky. Second, a longer review time is a good thing."

"why?"

"Can a longer time be a good thing?"

"Are you confused?"

The three people asked three questions in a row.

Dr. Wei smiled and cleared his throat. "You don't understand, right? Let me tell you the ins and outs of this. Let me ask you first, what is the most profitable way to breed new varieties?"

"Patent licensing and selling seeds." Luo Yihang answered with certainty.

He had understood this.

The patent period is twenty years. It’s so cool to make money without doing anything.

Dr. Wei shook his head. "That's not accurate. There are still many places selling products in the pilot and review stages. You have to know that during this period, no one else has seeds, but you are the only one who has them. You can imagine how much money you can make from this unique business."

Ok?
"Is this still possible?" Luo Yihang asked in surprise, "Can we sell it now?"

Professor Du snorted coldly and pointed at Dr. Wei on the other side of the screen, "Look at your capitalist face."

Dr. Wei completely ignored Professor Du's duties and replied to Luo Yihang with a smile: "The regulations are like this. If the breeder believes that the sale of the crops will not affect the integrity and accuracy of the trial and meets the requirements of relevant laws and regulations, then the sale of these crops may be allowed under certain conditions."

"It sounds like there are a lot of restrictions, but most of them are for special crops and medicinal crops. Your peas can easily meet these conditions." Luo Yihang was still a little worried and asked, "What are the specific conditions?"

"You are dealing with vegetables, so the most important thing is food safety. You don't have to worry about that. Food safety only checks whether there are any toxins, heavy metals, pesticide residues, or harmful microorganisms. It doesn't care about your yield, lodging, pests and diseases, growing climate, water and fertilizer usage, or harvesting difficulty."

"Forget it, I'll tell you in detail."

That's roughly what it means.

The output during the trial period is allowed to be sold under the prescribed conditions.

This is also to relieve pressure on breeding institutions.

Otherwise, those field crops, with hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of acres of experimental fields, would be tested for several years. If the crops grown are not allowed to be sold, they will all be destroyed. Even the largest breeding company cannot afford the losses.

Forget about it for scientific research institutions, as no amount of funding would be enough.

And this can also test the market.

If the new variety you cultivate cannot be sold and the market does not accept it, then there is no need to continue.

In addition, there is no need to worry about monopoly.

After all, the experimental fields are experimental fields, and the scale will not be particularly large. Even if it is a few thousand or tens of thousands of acres, the money earned from the unique business cannot be as much as that earned if it can be promoted to tens of millions of acres after approval.

Another thing is, if you experiment for too long, the products will sell well and you will make a lot of money.

If it is discovered by other breeding companies, they will be able to deduce the information for you based on the clues, but they have applied for a patent first, and you will have no place to cry.

Patent law governs who comes up with it first, not who starts working on it first.

"So, just go for it boldly. As long as you can produce something good, you don't have to worry about the rest. We breeders are the source and leader of the entire industry."

Dr. Wei loves what he does and is very proud of his profession.

Professor Du appeared unconvinced and looked down upon Dr. Wei's smug face.

In fact, he was relieved. He was also worried that the new variety that Wenying had cultivated with great difficulty would die due to financial pressure during the few years of experimentation.

The business is over.

Professor Du just wanted to turn off the video.

Dr. Wei quickly stopped him.

"Don't turn it off. I still have something to ask Xiao Luo."

Luo Yihang asked curiously: "Dr. Wei, what do you want to see me about?"

"I just want to ask you, have you arranged a place for our radar and drone? This thing is a little beyond my imagination, it's quite big."

"How big is it?" Luo Yihang was surprised and said quickly, "I have arranged the place. Construction will start after the New Year and will be completed in two months. I don't know what the requirements are for the radar and drone you mentioned, so I only built the ground, paved the cement, and connected the water and electricity. The area is more than one acre. Is it enough? If not, I will change the design immediately."

This time it was Dr. Wei's turn to be surprised. "Wow, one acre, he's really a landlord. That's enough, that's enough. This thing, including the supporting facilities, occupies more than 70 square meters, which is enough for a two-bedroom apartment."

Both sides are relieved now.

Professor Du was stunned. "Where are you? What radar?"

Dr. Wei replied, "In the Northeast, the active phased array radar has a very strict review. I have to go through political review even if I am engaged in agriculture..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Professor Du, "Wait, the active phased array radar you want to make was proposed at the Black Soil Granary Technology Campaign two years ago. Have you made it?"

"It's almost the experimental stage. I can get it. It must be ready soon."

"Okay, okay." Professor Du slapped his thigh again.

He turned his head and looked at Luo Yihang, "Xiao Luo, come with me to the Northeast tomorrow, I will get you some good things."

"Ah? Tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)