"After graduating with a Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT, I joined Merck in R&D for my seventh year on the job. Xi Zhengyu said.

Dr. Xi graduated from a prestigious university and then worked in the R&D department of an internationally renowned pharmaceutical company.

Shen Qi asked, "Listening to the accent, are you from the north?"

"Yes, my hometown is by the Yellow River. ”

"Bachelor's and master's degrees are also studied in the United States?"

"The master's and doctor's degrees were spent in the MIT School of Chemistry, and the undergraduate was sent to the Yanda School of Chemistry. ”

"It's an alumnus. Shen Qiduo glanced at Xi Zhengyu twice.

After greeting for more than ten minutes, and explaining the background of the explanation, Xi Zhengyu shifted the topic to professional issues: "In fact, the project I am responsible for is also related to glycogen synthase kinase-3β inhibitors. So after listening to Professor Shen's report, I felt like I was empowered. If I have the opportunity, I hope to have an in-depth exchange with Professor Shen. I wonder if I have the honor to ask Professor Shen for advice?"

Shen Qi smiled, he could see that Dr. Xi was going around, there should be something to say, but it was difficult to speak.

"Dr. Xi, we are both Yan people, and it is fate to meet old acquaintances in other places. If there's anything you want to say, just say it. ”

"That's right...... The leader of our company asked me to ask Professor Shen, is it possible to transfer your C01C-2 patent?"

Under normal circumstances, when discussing business with people, the pharmaceutical company should send a purchasing manager.

To talk about business with a figure of Shen Qi's level, the pharmaceutical company needs to at least send a CEO in charge of procurement.

At this academic report organized by the American Chemical Society, most of the guests were R&D personnel with profound professional level

Xi Zhengyu is a Chinese and graduated from Yan University Chemical Institute with a bachelor's degree, probably based on this consideration, Merck asked Xi Zhengyu to take the lead in contacting Shen Qi to explore Shen Qi's tone.

Shen Qi patted Xi Zhengyu on the shoulder and said: "Brother, let's talk about business and deal, let's talk about it openly, patent transfer is a very common cooperation project, and it is not an unsightly thing." ”

"Can we talk?" asked Xi Zhengyu.

"Absolutely. Shen Qi said frankly.

"Professor Shen, we have studied your paper, and in order to obtain C01C-2, you even invented a new type of reaction, which can be said to be of very high value. We have learned that C01C-2 is currently in the animal testing stage, and our Merck offer should not disappoint you. ”

Shen Qi smiled faintly: "Dr. Xi, Dr. Xi, you are indeed a typical science and engineering man and R&D man, and your personality is very real." ”

Xi Zhengyu shrugged his shoulders and waited for Shen Qi's positive reply.

Shen Qi said: "To be honest, the patent for C01C-2 has been transferred to a pharmaceutical company in China. You should talk to that pharmaceutical company. ”

"We have learned that the pharmaceutical company is called Obiqi Pharmaceutical, and the boss is ......" Xi Zhengyu clicked.

"The boss is my father, you can talk to my father. "Shen Qi is very open, his father opened a pharmaceutical factory, this kind of thing can't be hidden, and it can't be hidden.

"Oh. Xi Zhengyu should be reconciled, and the information he got through the company's senior management was that getting Shen Qi was equivalent to getting Shen Qi's father.

"The birth of C01C-2 is actually accidental. Now that it has been successfully prepared in the laboratory, I want to make the best use of C01C-2 from a laboratory compound into a commercial drug for the benefit of patients. The main responsibility for the development and testing of commercial drugs is the pharmaceutical company. Shen Qi took two glasses of champagne and handed one to Xi Zhengyu.

Xi Zhengyu took the champagne and listened attentively.

"I also know that the R&D strength of any pharmaceutical company in China cannot compete with Merck. In a sense, it may be more efficient to transfer C01C-2 to Merck, and Merck will promote subsequent clinical trials and related certifications. Shen Qi is on the matter, the strength of Chinese pharmaceutical companies to make original drugs is indeed not comparable to that of international giants like Merck.

The core competitiveness of a pharmaceutical company is original strength, and the cornerstone of supporting original strength is high-quality R&D personnel.

"Most of China's pharmaceutical companies are engaged in the production of generic drugs, but there are also some Chinese pharmaceutical companies that have started to make original drugs, which is a good phenomenon. As a R&D person, I know the difficulty of making original drugs, I worked at Merck headquarters for seven years, and I did a project, which is an original project, the company has invested more than 100 million US dollars in R&D funds, which took seven years, and the clinical phase II has not yet been completed...... It's hard, it's really hard. Xi Zhengyu expressed his emotion based on his own research and development experience, and added: "I am a Chinese, but now I am my own master, and I also ask Professor Shen to fully understand." ”

"Understand, of course understand. Shen Qi understood Dr. Xi and said, "If I had to choose again, I would still sell the patent of C01C-2 to a Chinese company." Although it is difficult to make original medicine, there must be Chinese to do it, right?"

Shen Qi rejected Merck's intention, and he didn't even ask Merck's offer.

"That's true. Xi Zhengyu breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, he is indeed not good at talking to people.

Shen Qi and Xi Zhengyu are alumni of Yan University, the two met in the United States, and as soon as they met, they talked about business, talked about it, and the business was not negotiated.

It is said that talking about money hurts feelings, so let's talk about something that doesn't hurt feelings.

"Is Dr. Xi married?" asked Shen Qi.

Xi Zhengyu said that he joined the work after graduating from the MIT doctorate and worked for seven years, so he should be a member of Bensi.

In China, most of the men in Bensi are married, but in the United States, bachelors in Bensi are not uncommon.

"I'm married and have a daughter. Xi Zhengyu showed a rather complicated expression, both happy and worried, and a little guilty.

"It so happened that I also have a daughter. Shen Qi caught the change in Xi Zhengyu's expression, and asked, "Your wife and daughter are both in the United States?"

"They're in the country. Xi Zhengyu shook his head, it seemed that this was the reason for his concern and guilt.

Shen Qi wondered: "Master's degree, doctorate, plus seven years of work, you have been in the United States for at least ten years, right? Why don't you bring your wife and daughter to the United States to relieve the pain of lovesickness?"

"My daughter is only one year and two months old, and she was born in China. Xi Zhengyu said.

"How long have you been married?"

"Just one year, the wedding was held in China. ”

"You have been married for a year, and your daughter is one year old and two months old, ......" Shen Qi showed his mathematical talent and quickly calculated the answer.

"I went on a business trip to China the year before last, stayed in Merck China for a few months, met a girl, and then we got married. ”

"Brother, steady. Shen Qi continues to exert his strong mathematical ability, this Dr. Xi is really stable, calculated from the timeline, Dr. Xi completed the life event of getting married and having a baby in just a few months.