Unable to resist the host's warm invitation, Zhang Fan and Wang Feihong also joined in the lively banquet.

In the temporary shed next to the house, each large round table is neatly placed with pork belly chicken, braised Anhui fish, tofu stuffed meat, boiled river shrimp, sweet and sour grunt pork, sauerkraut steamed button meat, garlic cabbage heart, lotus root and pig's trotter soup, eight dishes form eight bowls, as well as self-brewed rice wine, the attractive aroma of wine and vegetables makes people appetize.

Because it was the owner's family who broke ground to build a new house, the meal was very generous. Although they are all packed in large octagonal bowls, they are not as delicate as the big restaurants outside, but the amount and taste are no worse than those eaten in the restaurant.

During this period, Zhang Fan learned that the family's family background was a little better than Yang Yuqing's family, because they gave birth to six boys, they were punished by family planning to smash the pot and sell iron. In addition, his parents are old and frail, his mother-in-law is not in good health, and her life is embarrassing, so she is the first batch of beneficiaries in Wang Feihong's poverty alleviation plan.

After the meal, the host warmly retained Zhang Fan and Wang Feihong to sit for a while, but they wanted to send Zhao Yuqing back to Qingtian Village, so they didn't stay longer, just walked around Tengyun Village twice to digest it, and then went back.

"Brother Wang, Tengyun Village can have its current development speed thanks to your strong support. It seems that by June they will all be able to move into the new house, and they will say goodbye to the mud-brick house. ”

"Hello is really good, and I just want them to concentrate more on growing medicinal herbs. To each take what he needs, it is not worth saying. Brother, do you have any ideas?"

"Hey, that's a bit of an idea. Isn't the honeysuckle blooming in Tengyun Village? I want to put a few boxes of bees over to raise and collect some honeysuckle nectar. ”

"Okay, don't forget to leave one for my brother then!"

"No problem!"

On the way back to Zhangjiazhai, the two walked and chatted, and unconsciously walked to the R&D department and stopped in front of a row of reinforced concrete frame buildings.

Looking at the big words in the biopharmaceutical engineering laboratory, Zhang Fan opened the door and asked, "Can you go in and visit?"

"You must be able to, you are the boss yourself, do you still need to approve a visit to your own R&D department's laboratory?" Wang Feihong was a little speechless, and secretly scolded this guy for being too lazy to get out of the juice, and he didn't care about the progress of the anti-cancer drug project at all, and he didn't even take a look at the R&D department building after it was built.

Years later, he did come twice, but at that time, the R&D team said that they had not yet figured out the more effective material composition, and needed to do more experiments and tests for further analysis, and also emphasized that the development of special drugs could not be achieved overnight, and it was not rushed.

"Haha, after the contract was signed, I didn't ask about the cancer drug research and development department. I don't know how well they have studied, I haven't seen much of them for a while. Zhang Fan remembered that he was pulled into the gang by Wang Feihong before, and said with a smile.

Kong Lao and the others soaked in the laboratory every day, experimenting with the monkey wine they brought back, just like retreat and cultivation. Wang Feihong glanced at Zhang Fan, then said hello to the security guard in the R&D department building, and took Zhang Fan to the locker room to change into a special laboratory suit.

After changing his clothes, Zhang Fan, under the leadership of Wang Feihong, the "tour guide", successively visited the central laboratory, instrument room, microbial examination room, auxiliary function room, quality inspection office, archives and other management function rooms of the R&D department, and was popularized a lot of knowledge about this kind of high-end equipment and analytical instruments.

Like high-performance liquid chromatographs, low-temperature high-speed centrifuges, supercritical fluid extractors, automatic microplate calibration assays, simulated moving bed chromatography systems, freeze dryers, etc., all of them are guys who have never even heard of names.

According to Wang Feihong, of the more than 100 million yuan of funds in the early stage of this R&D department, the money spent on experimental equipment accounted for almost one-tenth, which is comparable to those national key laboratories.

Coming to the door of the core pharmaceutical laboratory, Wang Feihong pointed to the door sign and said: "Drug design, extraction, separation and drug synthesis of natural products, drug activity determination, drug analysis, etc., are carried out here." ”

"That's it. Are they also experimenting inside?" asked Zhang Fan casually.

"Yes, do you want to go in and say hello, and see if there are any research results?" Wang Feihong nodded, ready to knock on the door and enter.

At this time, an extremely excited "I have finally researched it" came from inside, followed by a round of warm applause.

"I have done countless experiments day and night, and today I finally analyzed the anti-cancer active substances in the monkey wine! The first hurdle has been overcome, and the next thing is much easier. At this time, an old qualification in the laboratory sighed.

"I didn't expect... There is actually more than paclitaxel... Also effective anti-cancer ingredients... The hard work of this time... It's finally not in vain!" Kong Lao looked at the freshly baked experimental results in his hand, and his voice trembled a little.

Paclitaxel, which is extracted from the bark of yew trees, has been clinically proven to have good anti-tumor effects, especially for ovarian cancer, uterine cancer and breast cancer with a high incidence of cancer, and is considered to be one of the most effective anti-cancer drugs in the next 20 years, known as "the last line of defense for the treatment of cancer".

However, because yew is endangered and paclitaxel is found in very little of the plant, it takes about 10 kilograms of yew bark to extract one gram. In other words, the treatment of an ovarian cancer patient requires three to twelve yew trees that are more than 100 years old.

Therefore, despite its efficacy, paclitaxel is still a scarce ingredient that cannot be obtained in large quantities and cannot save thousands of cancer patients from the dire straits. Therefore, finding a new way to obtain paclitaxel has become an important topic in anti-cancer research around the world.

"Kong Lao, is it possible that this new effective anti-cancer ingredient will be artificially synthesized?" asked a middle-aged female researcher.

"Well, judging from the results of the research analysis, it is much easier than synthesizing paclitaxel waist, and it is even possible to replace it. ”

As soon as Kong Lao's words came out, the applause of the researchers became more intense, and some people had already shed hot tears.

It is important to know that this active ingredient will be able to effectively treat cancer after it is artificially developed into a special drug. This undoubtedly means that human beings finally have a powerful weapon on the road to fighting the threat of cancer, and they do not have to sit helplessly and wait for death.

This kind of excitement is difficult to express no amount of applause and words.

"Okay, let's sort out the experimental report at hand, prepare for the next stage of synthetic research experiments, and do a good job of confidentiality. When the real synthetic results come out, we will jointly publish a paper and publish it. An old researcher spoke.

After receiving the words of his old teammates, Kong Lao did not forget to reward everyone for their hard work during this time, and proposed: "The revolution has not yet been completed, and comrades still need to continue to work hard! However, there can still be a celebration party, call Zhang Fan and them." ”

"Good!" the other researchers applauded, another burst of joy.

Kong Lao grabbed the landline in the laboratory and pressed a series of numbers: "Hey, Xiaofan, are you in the village now?

At this time, Zhang Fan, who knocked on the door of the laboratory for a long time and no one opened the door, received a call from Kong Lao and said with an embarrassed face: "Kong Lao, I am outside the laboratory door now." Can you call someone to open the door?"