Chapter 716: That Was an Industrial Chain

The word made his heart tighten sharply, as if all the clues had linked together in that instant.

“Only surrogacy could yield such massive profits.”

He muttered to himself.

At the same time, he searched his mind for information on surrogacy.

In his past life, he had handled similar cases, so he had some understanding of it.

First, the price.

The cost for one surrogate child is over 700,000 yuan; this is the base price.

In reality, the price for a child without gender selection is 750,000 yuan.

That means the child’s gender is random; the surrogate party only guarantees the child is biologically yours.

Guaranteed birth, guaranteed success.

If you want to choose the gender, the price rises to 950,000 yuan.

Second- or third-generation genetic screening is available.

If egg donation is required, an additional 50,000 to several hundred thousand yuan is needed.

Why is the price for egg donation so variable?

That brings us to another profession: egg sisters.

“Egg sisters” from top universities like 985 and 211 can be arranged.

Their academic credentials can be verified on the China Higher Education Student Information Network, and their DNA can be stored for testing.

Many countries explicitly ban surrogacy.

It is well known that some celebrities freeze their own eggs when young for future use.

In the past, ordinary people rarely encountered such matters, but as some celebrities fell from grace, these practices gradually came to light.

Yu Dazhang had long been puzzled by why the other side was willing to pay so much to acquire women of childbearing age.

Now, looking back, 200,000 yuan is negligible compared to the profits from surrogacy.

Moreover, if hidden well and managed properly, these women can be reused repeatedly—so one woman’s profit would no longer be just hundreds of thousands, but millions.

It is 2015; surrogacy is officially banned but has not yet drawn widespread attention.

In other words, public awareness of surrogacy issues is still far too low.

Some surrogacy agencies even collaborate with top-tier hospitals, forming a specialized industrial chain.

This means surrogacy is no longer an isolated phenomenon but has become an organized, large-scale industry.

In a few more years, as such cases multiply, the state will begin taking strong measures to crack down on surrogacy.

“This is deep processing, damn it.”

Yu Dazhang’s mind had already conjured dark thoughts; his gaze grew heavy.

If human trafficking is a low-level crime, surrogacy is far more sophisticated.

Of course, surrogacy inherently involves human trafficking.

Yu Dazhang remembered clearly: nine years later, the state halted decades of international adoption.

There were many reasons, but they were stated euphemistically.

If you traced the root cause, it would be a justice so profound it could never be reclaimed, even if you tore the veil off.

Here’s a statistic: 85% of orphans adopted internationally were girls.

Do you think foreigners prefer Eastern girls?

No, that too is an industrial chain.

Closing Gu Dingwen’s files, Yu Dazhang sat at his desk, lost in thought for a long time.

He hadn’t thought of surrogacy before because the other side’s methods were too extreme.

Acquiring women nationwide…

Typically, surrogacy agencies use compensated surrogacy: they recruit and pay a certain fee.

Usually, the fee ranges from 150,000 to 200,000 yuan.

From this, it’s clear the price offered to Zhang Jiangke wasn’t arbitrary—it matched the standard payment for surrogate mothers.

They likely factored in risk, so they paid the highest rate possible.

After all, the other side was “in urgent need.”

But why the urgent need? That was another question Yu Dazhang could never figure out.