Chapter 59: George Lasman's Guilt
The sudden appearance of the excitement of George Lasman made the small shareholders who had sold their shares have a hint of foreboding in their hearts.
Among them, John Rashid, who was still holding the $15 million check in his hand, looked at his old friend, the chairman of the company: "George, what the hell is going on? ”
Mr. Chairman was very excited, and he was even more excited to see so many shareholders appear.
He walked to the middle of the conference room and smiled at the shareholders who had gathered for a rare time: "Good news." Ladies and gentlemen, this time I want to tell you. The company's granulocyte research and repair agent is almost successful! The two most important problems that were brought back for review by the FDA have just been completely solved by us! Now, as long as we wait quietly for another month of clinical trials, the new drug can be officially launched!
George Lasman was really excited, so excited that he forgot something
In fact, the reason why he is so excited is very simple, because the patent for the new drug of granulocyte biotherapeutic agent was first proposed by him.
And then 10 years ago, it was because of this idea that he resigned from Abbott. Then he found a group of venture capital businessmen, collected $19 million, and founded what is now Amgen in 1980.
It can be said that the research on granulocytes is the foundation of Amgen's birth. Without this research, there would be no Amgen.
But the research has been very unsmooth, it lasted 10 years, if it wasn't for Lin Fukun halfway to come up with an EPO that saved the company's life, the research of granulocytes is estimated to have gone bankrupt.
This kind of research has become a mental problem for George Lasman, who sometimes dreams about it in the middle of the night, wondering if his discovery from 10 years ago will be realized.
If it can't be done.
That George Lasman felt that his life was ruined, and he couldn't accept this kind of thing that he had worked hard for all his life to pursue without good results.
Because of this.
In the past 10 years, because of a lack of funds, he was even willing to thin his shares, in order to use them for investment to continue to burn money for research. Finally, in the past few years, I finally had some eyebrows, but as a result, the FDA's various reviews were about to pass, but they were stuck at the last hurdle.
Now, this final hurdle has finally passed. Seeing that I have been researching for 10 years, the new drug that is almost the biggest scientific discovery in my life can finally be marketed.
Of course he was excited.
But.
His excitement and good news.
But all of a sudden, the shareholders in the conference room, both the atmosphere and the mood were silent. Especially the 11 small shareholders who have just sold their shares, from the beginning of the laughter, to the current dead father, it is only a short ten seconds.
John Rashid held on to a sense of foreboding: "No, no, no. George, today is not April 1st, tomorrow is April 1st. Are you kidding us? If it's an April Fool's joke, it's out of place. Because April Fool's Day hasn't come yet!"
"April Fool's Day?" the excited George Lasman was stunned for a moment before reacting, "Oh...... I know. It's not an April Fool's joke! It's a fact, it's really happening. Mr. Abel Sephorosa, the genius who helped us overcome the last two difficulties. Now we have a smooth road ahead of us!"
His excited words made the shareholders in the conference room silent for a while.
Especially the 11 minority shareholders, including John Lasset, who have just sold their shares.
A minority shareholder forced a smile and said, "This ...... George...... Mr. Chairman, this ...... This must be an early April Fool's joke, right?!"
John Lasset, who originally thought he had earned, finally had a cold face, "George." Didn't you tell us that these two problems will be solved by this time next year at the earliest? Why did you say that less than 12 hours have passed?
George Lasman was stunned for a moment, and then said with some embarrassment, "It was according to our expectations." These two academic problems may take more than a year to solve. But I didn't expect that the solutions were so simple, and with the help of Mr. Abel Sephorosa, we were able to overcome them in advance!"
His voice had just fallen.
John Lasseed laughed wryly, "George, you've made us miserable!"
Immediately afterward, the other 10 minority shareholders who sold their shares went awry, and some of them lost control of their emotions.
"No way, this can't be!"
"This must be fake! How can there be such a genius in the world?!"
George Lasman, are you cooperating with them to deceive us?!"
“……”
Seeing this performance of these shareholders who were familiar in the past, George Lassman, who was ecstatic because the research had finally succeeded, finally returned to reality.
Worst!
His face immediately changed.
One thing came to mind.
"Gordon!" George Lasman looked at the company's CEO with an expectant mood, "The gambling contract should not have been signed yet!
Gordon S. M. Binder smiled bitterly, at this moment, his mood was very complicated, so complicated that he didn't know what to say, so he had to point to Alvertley, who was standing next to him smiling.
Alferteli immediately "cooperated" and raised the contract in his hand.
George Lasman's eyes were dizzy, and a bad feeling hit his heart, and his voice trembled a little, "Everyone...... Everyone signed the VAM contract?!"
He was met with a dead silence. Everyone looked at George Lassman with all kinds of complicated eyes, but even Gordon Lassman, who was promoted by him, was M. Binder, he didn't dare to answer him at this time.
Not to mention the other shareholders who signed the VAM contract, especially the 11 shareholders who sold their shares, led by John Rashid, who now look at George Lasman with even more unfriendly eyes.
At last.
Answer him.
When it was Alvertelli.
"Yes. ”
The others did not answer, and Alvertelli replied "kindly," "Thanks to the gentlemen." The VAM contract has been signed and the agreement has been formally established. Oasis Investments has the right to enter the company, gain control of a part of the company, and also have the right to supervise. ”
Syllable!
George Lasman couldn't help but pat his bare and smart forehead, and let out a long sigh, "Oops! How did I forget about this? At the very least, we should send someone out!Oh, what's going on now?!"
He really forgot.