Chapter 241 - 134: Gift
Next, he inspected the Tomato seedlings and Ginseng Fruit seedlings in Area Six.
The remaining Area Seven was a backup area for the tissue culture lab, while Areas Eight, Nine, and Ten maintained their previous arrangement and were used for cultivating Morchella.
The first batch of Morchella substrate bags had already been produced and moved into the smart greenhouses. They had been growing for about 41 days. In another 35 days or so, the 25 acres of Morchella would be ready for harvest.
Since the harvest time was close to the Spring Festival, with only about ten days left until New Year’s Eve, Jiang Miao didn’t plan on selling this batch of Morchella.
First, he would give five kilograms to every employee. Then, he would give one kilogram to every customer.
Whether it was the farmers who purchased eel fry, the contracted Egyptian Catfish farmers, or customers who had bought the company’s products online—everyone would get some.
As for whether 25 acres of Morchella would be enough, it most likely wouldn’t be.
Currently, in the smart greenhouse environment and using nutrient soil with a specific formula, the yield of Morchella could reach 8 to 10 tons per acre. Twenty-five acres could produce approximately 200 to 250 tons of Morchella.
To ensure that these 200,000-plus packages could be delivered to customers on time.
The e-commerce division had already made arrangements with Shunfeng Express. Between February 5th and February 10th, all these packages were to be sent out. They all required cold chain transportation to ensure the Morchella wouldn’t spoil in transit.
Of course, for customers in remote areas or those in the North where winter transport was difficult, their gifts would be changed to tinned eel or frozen fish balls.
Although these items were worth millions, it was nothing to Hailufeng Company and Jiang Miao.
On the one hand, this was to avoid letting the batch of Morchella go to waste. After all, with the Spring Festival so close, there wasn’t enough time for a marketing campaign, so he might as well just give it away.
And giving away the Morchella was also a form of indirect advertising.
At this moment, in the several offices of the e-commerce division, the employees were so busy they were running off their feet. Fortunately, the number of staff in the division had recently soared to 85. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to handle such a massive number of shipping orders.
They were sending out notifications to every customer in the chronological order of their purchase history.
Li Xiaoli, who had previously bought strawberries from their online store, was slacking off at work, browsing various products on Tao Net.
Suddenly, a message notification popped up.
She casually clicked it open.
[Dear valued customer, Hailufeng Company wishes you a happy and prosperous New Year in advance. To show our appreciation to our loyal customers (limited to those who placed an order before January 1, 2026), our company will be sending you a New Year’s gift. Click the link...]
’Is this another scam?’ Li Xiaoli looked up and glanced around. Seeing the manager was still in his office, she went back to her phone.
After she clicked the link, the page automatically redirected to a product page.
’Morchella?’
She looked at it for a moment and realized it wasn’t a scam. She placed an order for one right away. Although it wouldn’t ship until February 5th, she could tolerate the wait for a free kilogram of Morchella.
After placing her order, she sneakily tugged on another colleague’s sleeve. "Bean Sprouts, have you ever bought anything from Hailufeng Company?"
"Huh?" The girl with glasses looked completely baffled.
Li Xiaoli glanced at the manager’s office again, then said in a low voice, "You know, the company that sells White Truffles!"
Hearing "White Truffle," the girl with glasses had a flash of realization. "Oh, the one that sells White Truffles! I bought their Tomatoes on Pinduoduo. What’s up?"
"Quick, open Pinduoduo."
"Sister Xiaoli, we’re at work!" The girl with glasses pointed toward the manager’s office.
"I’ll be your lookout. You open Pinduoduo, find the official Hailufeng Company store, and you can claim a free portion of Morchella."
"Really?"
"I already claimed mine."
"Sister Xiaoli, be my lookout."
The girl with glasses quickly opened Pinduoduo and found the official Hailufeng Company store. There was a red dot indicating a message notification. After clicking it, she followed the link to the Spring Festival gift page.
"It’s real."
"Hurry up and claim it! Don’t dawdle," Li Xiaoli urged.
"Okay, got it. They’re actually giving away a whole kilogram for free! I declare Hailufeng Company the most conscientious company ever."
"What company?" a voice suddenly asked from across the way.
The girl with glasses and Li Xiaoli jumped in surprise.
Looking closely, they saw it was the computer maintenance guy, Fatty Long.
"Fatty Long, can you not pop up out of nowhere all the time? You scared me to death," Li Xiaoli said, exasperated.
"What were you two talking about?" Fatty Long asked, a broad grin plastered on his face.
"A woman’s secret," Li Xiaoli said, feigning mystery.
Fatty Long lowered his voice and said with a sly grin, "Don’t kid me. I may not be well-read, but my ears work just fine. You were just talking about Hailufeng Company. Is Sister Xiaoli thinking of jumping ship? Ma’am, you wouldn’t want the manager to find out about this, would you?"
"Heh, getting bold, are we, Fatty Long? How about we head over to the Sheraton Hotel next door later, and I can teach you a thing or two?" Li Xiaoli retorted, winking suggestively.
"Hehe, this little brother wouldn’t dare." Fatty Long was the type of nerdy homebody who was all talk—full of lewd thoughts but none of the guts to act on them.
Suddenly, an explosive voice boomed in their ears, "What are you talking about? Is your work for today finished?"
Li Xiaoli, being a seasoned veteran, just chuckled and waved her hand. "Heh, Manager, we were just discussing work. I had a computer question for Fatty Long. Right, Fatty Long?"
"That’s right!" Fatty Long nodded like a bobblehead.
The manager glanced at the two of them and snorted. "Hmph, the company’s performance was poor this year, so there won’t be any year-end bonuses."
"What?"
"How could this be?"
"But didn’t we sign several big deals?"
"Damn it!"
The manager’s face was cold. "If you have time to complain, why don’t you think about what you can do for the company? The poor performance is because you all didn’t work hard enough. Who else is there to blame?"
Everyone was speechless, but no one dared to talk back.
Only after the manager left the office did everyone start grumbling all at once.
"If he weren’t the boss’s nephew, how could he ever have become the manager?"
"Pah! He just puts on airs."
"The company’s performance is bad because he messed things up with several long-time clients, and he still blames us for not working hard."
"It’s always the ugly ones who make the most trouble."
"Sigh! This year’s going to be tough."
Li Xiaoli suddenly remembered. "Oh, right! Anyone who’s bought stuff from Hailufeng Company, hurry up and go to their online store to claim your Spring Festival gift. You can get a free kilogram of Morchella."
"There’s something that good?"
"Damn it! Why is there a date restriction?"
"Haha, I got mine!"
With no year-end bonus this year, they completely let loose, discussing it loudly and without restraint.