Chapter 414: Chapter 214: Donkey: Just caught 1 to suck! (10,000-word update!!!)_5

Seeing this situation.

Xu Yun felt a sudden joy in his heart, but he still tried to keep his expression calm:

"That’s right, one male and one female, both in very healthy condition."

Previously mentioned.

Back in 2014, Academician Yang Huaming had organized a sequencing of the indigenous donkey gene expression profile.

During the sequencing process.

The researchers discovered a large number of unknown situations unique to the indigenous donkey.

For example, LP phenotypes and pentose phosphate pathway products, etc. (This is a real-life example with journal references, why do some people say I’m making this up just to make donkey hair special, doi10.13881/j.cnki.hljxmsy.2021.02.0100/10.28502/n.cnki.nkjrb.2014.007254)

It’s like how there are still over a thousand components in coffee beans that haven’t been identified yet.

It’s actually quite simple to determine a component as acid, salt, or sugar, perhaps just by conducting mass spectrometry or an affinity test.

But detailed component analysis and their generation pathways are often a different story.

You detect this unknown component, but with insufficient funding, the only option is to write a report or publish a paper on the situation.

If you’re lucky and someone conducts research, you might be able to unlock its secrets.

But if it’s a niche direction with low interest.

It might take years or even decades before someone provides an answer.

Just like Academician Yang Huaming.

Zhou Shan, as an expert in molecular genetics, specializes in cloning and organism research.

The indigenous donkey was actually one of his earlier research projects.

However, regrettably.

When Zhou Shan was imprisoned, his research group was forced to dissolve, and many students even had to choose new supervisors for their theses.

As a result, several indigenous donkeys were naturally taken away for care.

Over a month ago, Zhou Shan contacted the livestock bureau that received the indigenous donkeys.

Only to be told that those donkeys had all died five or six years ago due to old age, with no offspring left behind.

Who would have thought...

This young man from Ke Da managed to acquire two indigenous donkeys in their prime?

Thinking of this.

Zhou Shan almost drooled...

Squelch.

Then Zhou Shan wiped away the imaginary drool, pondered for a moment, and said to Xu Yun:

"Dr. Xu, apart from the indigenous donkey, does your company have any other mission requirements?"

Xu Yun nodded with certainty; this wasn’t something to be taken lightly or ambiguously:

"Indeed, there is another project that requires your oversight, but there’s no strict deadline."

Zhou Shan glanced at him and asked:

"What project?"

Xu Yun slightly lowered his eyelids, his left hand under the table unconsciously forming a fist:

"DNA storage technology, which is also one of the directions in gene phenotype development and should align with your expertise."

"DNA storage technology, ah..."

Zhou Shan’s eyes flashed with a hint of nostalgia; he hadn’t heard this term in a while.

Before his imprisonment, this concept had been a supplementary research area for him.

Just as Xu Yun mentioned.

This technology overlaps significantly with Zhou Shan’s field, at least in the encoding stage, before moving on to some computer-related aspects.

Thinking of this.

Zhou Shan remained silent for a moment, then said:

"Xiaoxu, I have two more questions to ask you."

Xu Yun’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly sat up straight, saying:

"Please feel free to ask."

Zhou Shan first inquired:

"Where is your company’s domicile? Cayman Islands?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yun quickly shook his head:

"Our company’s domicile is in Lu Prefecture, a standard domestic tax-paying enterprise."

The Cayman Islands is an overseas territory of John Bull in the Western Caribbean Islands, comprising Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac.

The Cayman Islands is the world’s fourth-largest offshore financial center and famously a tax haven.

Currently, over 4,700 new companies are established in the Cayman Islands each year, with the total number of companies exceeding 100,000.

Companies registered in the Cayman Islands do not need to pay taxes annually, only some management fees.

As of 2009, the total value of hedge funds registered in the Cayman Islands reached 2.3 trillion US Dollars, the largest globally.

Yes, 2.3 trillion US Dollars.

Besides state-owned enterprises, very few domestic companies, including Huawei, have not chosen to register in the Cayman Islands.

Thus, regarding tax payments, you’ll find a curious situation.

Peguin is registered in Cayman and only needs to pay corporate VAT, while Huawei must pay corporate income tax.

This is more directly reflected in the numbers:

Peguin’s annual profit is 95.2 billion yuan higher than Huawei’s, but its tax payments are only 1/5 of Huawei’s.

That’s why Huawei often gets labeled with national sentiments, partly due to business and partly due to its registration location.

Like Xiaomi, Ali, and other enterprises, are all registered in Cayman.

During the company registration, Zheng Zu also proposed this suggestion for Huadun Biotech, but it was ultimately unanimously rejected by Xu Yun and Tian Liangwei.

This practice may reduce the company’s future profits significantly, but at least they can sleep better at night.

After all, in Xu Yun’s view.

Nothing is more important than having no nightmares when sleeping.

After obtaining Xu Yun’s response.

Zhou Shan nodded thoughtfully.

Then he glanced at the kitchen, from where the sound of scaling a fish was coming.

He then took a deep breath and said to Xu Yun:

"The other question is... are there any fishing spots in Lu Prefecture where you can catch crucian carp?"

"Fishing spot?"

Xu Yun was initially stunned, then his eyes widened:

"Academician Zhou, you’re saying..."