Back to the Past to Become a Fishing King-Chapter 545 - 314 Special Session (Part 2)_2

Alright, after talking about genuine musk, let's discuss what fake musk is all about.

Since wild musk has basically gone extinct, the country has been actively researching synthetic muscone. Currently, the process of synthesizing artificial musk is highly advanced.

The pharmacopoeia no longer differentiates between wild musk and artificial musk; both can be normally used in medicine!

The main measurement standard for musk in research institutes is the concentration of muscone, which is why those unscrupulous merchants can brazenly claim it's natural musk!

They take their artificial musk to the laboratory for testing, and the resulting report shows it's musk, which is why they are so fearless.

I want to especially add that although the pharmacopoeia no longer distinguishes between artificial and wild musk, there is a significant difference in effect between wild and artificial musk in the development of fishing herbal wine!

Our laboratory has conducted at least hundreds of comparative experiments, and the differences are evident!

Wild musk is a mixture that, besides the main component muscone, also contains a large amount of natural substances, such as steroid compounds, testosterone, estradiol, cholesterol, various amino acids, allantoin, protein kinase activators, etc.

Using it to concoct herbal wine for fishing is not that simple; even due to differences in origin and batch, the practical trial effects can be slightly influenced!

After discussing real musk, let's talk about fake musk.

Nowadays, fake musk like brown sugar musk, grass dregs musk, milk dregs musk, and reversed pouch musk are quite common. Many priced at two to three or three to four hundred per gram, don't even think about it, it's impossible to be real!

These prices are several times lower than the purchase price; why sell to ordinary people when you can send it to pharmacies, which are open to receiving as much as you have!

Alright, after a brief introduction to musk knowledge, let's get to the main event!

I've brought to the livestream the premium musk pouch that our company just invested heavily to purchase!

This is a wild musk pouch legally imported from Russia, judging by its size, it's from a mature musk deer at least seven to eight years old, and today we will open the pouch live to extract the musk!

Today, Old Zhang won't be fishing but will be playing with a scalpel!

A few details to note, everyone, if you ever plan to buy musk in the future, you can use these as reference conditions for distinguishing between real and fake!"

"These short-haired musk pouches were directly taken from the abdomen by Russian hunters after hunting mature male musk deer and are relatively complete.

The side closest to the muscle layer is smoother, and we'll start cutting from there!"

After saying this, Zhang Yang put on disposable gloves and then replaced the scalpel blade with a new one.

Before cutting the smooth surface, Zhang Yang glanced around the live audience: "Are there any people here planning to have children soon, or anyone who's pregnant?

Musk affects pregnancy, so if there are, it's best to stay a bit farther away or avoid it!

For ordinary people, there is no effect, so there's no need to worry too much!"

After receiving no response, Zhang Yang picked up the scalpel, drew a cross in the center of the smooth area, and lifted all four corners with tweezers.

"Cut open the fascia layer, and inside is where you'll see the musk!

This is a slightly sticky powdery substance, and there is a very strong odor on site.

How to describe it, at first whiff there is a strong musky odor, but if you discern carefully, you can detect a faint fragrance!

Inside the musk pouch, a small amount of hair and dander is a normal occurrence; we can spread it out to show everyone!"

Then Zhang Yang accurately extracted some gray-brown powdery substance from the cross-shaped incision with tweezers, and after rummaging inside, more musk kernels were quickly extracted.

Among these musk powders, a few near-black granules stand out, which Zhang Yang promptly picked out.

"This is the legendary 'doorway,' some say it's very precious, valued higher than ordinary musk kernels.

But having consulted seasoned traditional Chinese medicine doctors, this formation process is somewhat akin to pearls in oyster shells, where fine foreign particles enter the musk pouch, and these musk kernels encapsulate them, forming 'doorway' over time!

So essentially, there isn't much of a difference in composition!

After picking out all the musk kernels, next comes a very stress-relieving step, on one side of the inner wall of the musk pouch, there is a layer of silver skin, which is the secreting glandular part, worth a bit more than the regular musk kernels, it shouldn't be wasted!"

After the introduction, Zhang Yang skillfully peeled off the silver skin along the inner surface with tweezers; viewers behind the cameras felt a sense of satisfaction akin to peeling foot skin.

"Silver skin is a very important criterion in distinguishing real musk from fake. Fake reversed pouch is made by compressing and gluing sheepskin or other animal skin, which looks bloated, but after cutting, besides the filled fake musk, there's no silver skin inside!

Furthermore, besides the silver skin, at the bottom of the musk pouch, there is a tuft of golden hair. In living male musk, there is a natural small hole here, where farms use silver spoons to scoop out the musk!

With imported musk pouches, this isn't necessary, but it can serve as a standard for distinguishing real from fake musk pouches!

See, this tuft of golden hair is quite different from other hairs, it grows the other way!!"

Zhang Yang signaled for a close-up on camera, indeed, it was highly recognizable.

[Whoa, today's streaming of Yang's Bro's broadcast was a huge gain! Venting is fun, watching such live dissection is even more fun, this is all valuable insight!]

[Whoa, is the brother upstairs being sarcastic? Properly extracting musk, how in your words did it become dissection! You're trampling on my face with a car wheel!]

[What's called professional, this anchor is professional! 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Good materials make good products, no wonder Traditional Chinese Herbal Wine is priced higher than other small medicines, the material cost is so much higher!]

[Holy cow, after watching Yang's Bro's stream, I realized the pouch I bought before for over ten thousand is fake!

It was bloated, and after opening, there was no silver skin or golden hair inside! I got scammed, no wonder the Musk Wine I made wasn't effective!]

This piece of information about buying a fake musk pouch happened to catch Zhang Yang's attention, and he commented: "Personally, I don't recommend everyone to buy musk to soak in wine themselves. The musk ingredient, in fact, most of its components can't directly dissolve in alcohol, so it's hard to extract effective components in a short soaking period!

Our processing technique utilizes laboratory equipment like ultrasonic oscillators to obtain extracts!

This ensures effectiveness. If you soak it yourself, the time frame should be on a yearly scale, only then the concentration might reach an effective range!

Even if you soak it well, it's not effective just by adding it haphazardly.

Musk in the whole formulation plays a complementary role in the role of minister, assistant, and supporter, it still needs to be properly paired with herbal wine to achieve the best effect!

Although our company's Traditional Chinese Herbal Wine is priced a bit higher, the usage actually isn't much, it's quite economical! There's no need for everyone to spend a high price to buy musk to make Musk Wine by themselves."

As he spoke, Zhang Yang had already extracted a complete musk pouch, and in front of everyone, he cut the musk pouch into pieces with scissors and put them into another ziplock bag.

The smell of authentic aged wild musk was extremely strong, and in the blink of an eye, the whole live stream site was permeated with that musky odor.

Zhang Yang carefully packed the musk kernels and pouch into a box, sealed it, and then removed the disposable gloves from his hands.

"Whew... the smell is so strong, my nose can't smell anything else for now! Xiao Wang, open the window!" Zhang Yang called out, glancing at the public channel.

Having witnessed Zhang Yang's live unboxing of genuine musk pouch, many water friends in the livestream had a lot to say, with most focusing their attention on several details differentiating real from fake.

"The musk is finished, and the anti-fraud is also done. Taking advantage of the current popularity and with mainstream media comrades present, next, I have one last thing to announce!"

Zhang Yang called out, did not continue to fiddle with the tablet, but instead opened the backend of the live broadcast account with his own phone.

Regardless of the audience or the on-site staff, everyone instinctively held their breath; is there still big news to come?