Chapter 414: Chapter 336 Stable Gene Plants (Subscribe Please!)_1 Finding a suitable chairman and staff for the charity foundation can be tough or easy depending on how you view it. It’s easy because anyone can lead. You basically sit in the command room while your subordinates do the work. And with the strict supervision from all levels of departments, making sleazy moves to gain monetary benefits won’t be easy. Therefore, to ensure the ’purity’ of this charity foundation, all staff will be directly recruited by the command room. No interviews will be held, nor will resumes be accepted; it’s invitation-only. This is when the plethora of personal information files that the command room has been crazily downloading and ’sharing’ from the internet comes into play. After several rounds of screening, there are quite a number of candidates on the shortlist. These candidates must possess both a sense of responsibility and compassion. Those who are just there for a paycheck and show no passion for charity work, or who dislike children, regardless of how capable they are, I’m sorry, but they’re immediately off the list. Tang Qing has always believed in this: You have to love what you do. A sense of responsibility and honor is the mentality those in the charity line of work should possess. But there’s no rush. The charity foundation will probably be formed by the end of this month. They still need some time to build trust and strategize for long-term cooperation. Therefore, Tang Qing has only instructed the command room to carefully select the staff for now, continuously collect information online. Once they connect to the Internet, heh, I’m sorry, but we’ll be borrowing the data on your hard disk. A charity foundation isn’t just about the headquarters. Initially, there will be branches in each province and municipality, even in especially large prefecture-level cities. Thus, there will be hundreds of people, and it’s not certain if this number will suffice. Once the foundation operates without any problems, large-scale expansion will be implemented to cover all prefecture-level cities and county-level cities. As for the county towns, forget it. There are already over seven hundred cities at or above the county level across the country, which is crazy enough. Anything below, we’ll leave it to the municipal divisions. Besides, the initial capital is mainly for the treatment of orphanage children suffering from serious diseases due to various reasons. It would be nice to bring them all to cities with better medical conditions, after all, the medical conditions in the counties cannot be compared with their upper-level management institutions. Of course, economically powerful counties are exceptions. So, it is safer to divide by administrative regions. There is no need to set up divisions for places below the county-level cities. Taking into consideration whether the other party is willing to work, the command room has already shortlisted over a thousand people to avoid any embarrassment of being understaffed in the future. But all this is the business of those analysts. Tang Qing can get away with just giving orders. Actually, you see, Feeling of planting crops is truly different. Tang Qing would occasionally think of going to the command room to farm, while checking on the growth of the previously planted crops. This time, on his way home in the evening, he stopped by a seed store and bought plenty of vegetable seeds. It could be fun to plant them. So, Tang Qing added another entertainment project—digging soil, planting vegetables, watering them, and waiting for the harvest. But here’s something odd. These seeds seem to be growing really fast. On the morning of May 6th, Tang Qing habitually went to check his small vegetable garden. Looking at the lush vegetable garden in front of him, He was slightly incredulous. You’ve got to be kidding me. They’ve sprouted already. This is not scientifically rational. "Little Two, is there an issue with the time flow here?" Tang Qing looked up in astonishment and asked. "No, sir. The time flow in the training area is completely normal and synchronized with the outside world," replied Little Two. Tang Qing nodded, that’s true. He has been in and out of the command room for so long, and he’s always kept track of time correctly. But how does he explain this? Tang Qing pointed to the vegetable patch and asked, "Then how have these vegetables sprouted so quickly? Is there some sort of growth-promoting agent in the soil?" "There’s no such information in my database, Commander," replied Little Two. Damn, will this end up being a mystery? No way. "System, what’s going on here?" Tang Qing targeted another entity to ask. "There are indeed substances in the soil and sea water of the training area that stimulate the growth of biotic life, host. These substances do not have much effect on the local plants, but they do strongly promote the growth of these lower-level foreign life forms," answered the system. Local plants? Tang Qing remembered the many flowers, grass and trees that used to exist on this piece of land. They really were different from the plants in the outside world, but he couldn’t tell what made them superior. "Are you saying the weeds that were here before are higher-level plants?" Tang Qing asked, puzzled. "Yes. These local plants have a relatively stable genetic structure and a strong ability to survive. But the plants you’ve brought in have unstable and messy genetic chains, making them easy to alter and affected by various environmental factors." Alter? Impact? Does this have something to do with genetic technology? "Could you provide an example? I don’t understand what you’re saying," Tang Qing was completely lost. "The local plants of the training area have an extremely strong survival capability. They can adapt to all sorts of adverse conditions. It’s just that they’re limited by my adjustments, so they can’t overrun the area. Their genetic chains are very protective. Any attempt to genetically modify the plant seeds will lead to a collapse of its genetic chain, making it unable to grow," the system explained. "So it’s protected, but it still seems pretty weak. Why is such protection needed?" Tang Qing asked as he easily snapped a weed off the ground. It doesn’t seem that tough, only slightly tougher to uproot than ordinary grass. What was the use of this? "To maintain the stability of the species ecology, as well as its uniqueness," replied the system. Tang Qing waved dismissively, "Alright, forget it. I’m not sure what your purpose is anyway. Are there any benefits to eating these?" "There’s no particular benefit for you, host. But generally, if others consumed it, its effects would be somewhat observable. Long-term consumption can strengthen one’s immunity, stabilize their genes, block and correct abnormal expressions." "What do you mean? It’s able to cure diseases?" Tang Qing seemed to catch on something. "That’s correct." "What kind of diseases can it cure?" Tang Qing asked with anticipation. "After the genetic stability is enhanced, harmful viruses and substances that affect the normal expression of the original genes and the normal functioning of cells can be effectively repaired and defended against." What? Is it that amazing? Excitement started to build up inside Tang Qing. "Hey, can it cure cancer after consumption?" asked Tang Qing hopefully. "Yes, it can." Really? This word sounded so delightful to Tang Qing’s ears. Cancer can be... wait a second. Something is not right. "Can these vegetables of mine cure cancer?" Tang Qing suddenly realized that he had been referring to foods with stabilized genes. These were vegetables with unstable genes. "No." The system’s answer felt like a bucket of cold water over Tang Qing. "What?" Tang Qing was instantly disappointed. "The seeds you brought in naturally have unstable genetic chains. Only indigenous plants can store and pass on this substance sequentially in the food chain," explained the system. "You’re saying that to cure cancer, one would have to eat these grasses?" Tang Qing asked incredulously. Telling him to sell grass? Who would eat that and who would believe him? "Yes." "Can this substance be extracted?" Tang Qing asked desperately, clinging to the last shred of hope. If not, his excitement would be for nothing. Got a disease? Have some grass. Tumour? Consume some tree leaves. Quite an amusing scenario. "Yes, it can. After the research area in the Combat Dispatch Center is upgraded to level three, extraction equipment can be purchased, but host needs to reach level seven," the system answered. "System, what a troll you are." Tang Qing was choked by the system’s answer. Obviously, he couldn’t upgrade to level three immediately. There was also the restriction of personal system level. However, it was not a big problem. He could upgrade by one level at the end of this month, giving him something to look forward to. Research area, huh. With such amazing stuff, would money still be a problem? A ton of money. In the future, he could even dominate the global pharmaceutical market. Looking at the ’weeds’ and ’tree leaves’ that could cure cancer, Tang Qing found them increasingly appealing. Should he start a pharmaceutical company? Tang Qing started daydreaming. Well. Better not. This thing attracted too much hatred. It would be better to exist in the form of an industrial alliance. For the time being, he didn’t want to be targeted by kidnappings, extortions, surveillances - pharmaceutical companies have deep backgrounds, and threats could surface anytime. He didn’t want to be anywhere near killing. On the surface, he has to be a legitimate businessman, at least for a short period. Otherwise, his hard-earned peaceful life would have to say goodbye. Going into fights everywhere? Business intrigues and conflicts? Just leave those to the fighters. For the next two days, Tang Qing conscientiously attended his classes. On the afternoon of May 6th. His aunt and the others returned. The house became lively again. When Tang Qing thought about the fact that he would hardly see such scenes a month later, he couldn’t help but feel a little melancholy. Fortunately, he is now rich. Whenever he wanted to return, he could just take a flight. By the time school started, Qingyan City’s airport would be open for operations. "Bro, I heard from sister Jiaxue that you gave her a painting, and it’s pretty big too. I want one too," Qin Shiqi walked into the room. "Can your room even fit another piece? It’s already filled with stuff, hardly any room to fit anything else." "Humph, I can still make room for it, in our family, each person gets one, you can’t just favor her." "Alright, alright, I’ll definitely get everyone one. Put down the knife first though." "That’s more like it; here, have an apple," Qin Shiqi handed over the apple she had just peeled. "I’ll start painting for you guys right away," Tang Qing took a big bite of the apple and promised. "Make sure it’s pretty, or I’ll scratch you." "Don’t worry, it’ll be absolutely beautiful." PS: The next Chapter will be posted at ten o’clock.