"Cheer up, I'll invite you to dinner. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Richard grabbed the translator and walked around his laboratory.

"Yes. The experimental dogs replied with a hint of sadness.

It's certainly a good thing to have someone invite you to dinner, but Richard's dinner means that the overtime hours will be long, long.

The work in the laboratory is extremely physical and mental energy, because you have to concentrate all the time, and you get tired quickly, and in ordinary laboratories, the doors are closed at 9 o'clock in the evening, because most people leave after work.

Not so with Richard Labs.

Richard was in such a hurry.

In order to be able to carry out the second phase of the experiment related to potassium ion channels, Richard sold his old face completely.

After failing in the first stage of the scientific research race with Yang Rui, first of all, Peking University said that the good scientific research funds were gone, and Richard fought several times, but he only got the previous 30%, and the advantage is that he got it in advance, and he did not need to get it according to the progress of scientific research. With this money, Richard started the project, and then searched the world for money.

The University of California, Berkeley is one of the top 20 universities in the world, especially in developed countries in Europe and the United States, although it is weaker than Harvard University, Cambridge University and other top universities, but it is still stronger than the University of Tokyo and the like.

And this time, if he can't win the race, Richard is afraid that he will not be able to slow down for ten years.

In addition to the funding woes for research, Richard's reputation is also in jeopardy.

As a professor at a prestigious university, Richard's original scientific research environment was very good. Although the University of California, Berkeley is a world-class university, Richard is not a soy sauce player, and his prestige guarantees his status at the University of California, Berkeley, and in extreme cases, the University of California, Berkeley also has to worry about Richard changing jobs.

After all, such well-known professors are all leaders in their respective fields, and losing any one of them will take a lot of time to fill the vacancy.

However, the scientific research race is the easiest to increase fame and the easiest to reduce fame, if it competes with the laboratory of the same famous university, Richard loses and loses, but now he loses to the Chinese laboratory, and he will receive more criticism.

In a way, Richard's value is in a state of decline. It's just enough to lose to Yang Rui once, and if he loses again, he can't get back to the field, and he will become a well-known failed professor.

If it is possible to do it again, Richard will definitely not compete with Yang Rui again, it is not cost-effective. It's normal to win, it's bad luck to lose. But before that, how could Richard put Yang Rui in his eyes.

"The experiment is ready. At nine o'clock in the evening, Xu Anqing reported. He is now the best of the experimental dogs, and he is quite valued by Richard, but if possible, Xu Anqing would rather not be valued.

Richard answered, wiped his face, stood in front of the test bench, changed his fierce eyes, and began to check the pre-experiment preparations.

In order to race against time, Richard has broken the original experimental cycle, doing a wave of experiments, and letting the experimental dogs prepare for the next wave of experiments, while he himself can rest when he can, and stay up if he can't.

Xu Anqing tidied up the table a little, stood on both sides of the laboratory with Richard's doctoral students, and began to cooperate with Richard in the main experiment. To put it mildly, such a long-term experiment trained him, but the process was too difficult, in fact, Xu Anqing's patience was almost exhausted.

"With a little more effort, our experiments are going relatively well, and at the current pace, we are likely to make great progress within a month. Richard cheered up the members of the lab again.

Xu Anqing let out a weak "oh", and the other experimental dogs were also in a similar state.

They work longer hours and are more tired.

Richard looked at it, this is not going to work.

After thinking about it, Richard impromptu said, "I know that you are very, very tired right now, but I want you to know that your opponent must be very tired too. What's more, what we're working on right now is a world-class project, a team around the world, that can do what we are doing now, very hard. And such opportunities do not come often, and you should be proud to have what you have experienced today, gentlemen. ”

As soon as he said this, Xu Anqing and the others really straightened their chests. Today's Chinese still believe in world-class or something.

Richard breathed a sigh of relief, said two more digressions, and turned to start again.

It is not easy to be the boss of the laboratory, on the one hand, you have to constantly find money and control expenses, on the other hand, you have to work hard to promote the progress of scientific research, and finally, you have to solve personnel disputes and adjust the mood of members.

It is even more difficult for Richard to be in China, and he himself has been forced to do his job today, so he has no choice but to struggle to maintain it.

Pressed the power switch on the right side of the experimental table, and at this time, a sentence in Chinese English floated over: "Our main opponent is Yang Rui." ”

Richard turned around quickly, but saw that it was Zhu Jiahao, the experimental assistant.

"Our main adversary is the Don Concentration Laboratory. Richard corrected seriously.

In the past, Richard said this, and others would not refute it much. But now, the fatigue accumulated over the past few days has made Xu Anqing say angrily: "Yang Rui's project is Yang Rui's project, he hangs the sign of Tang Centralized Laboratory, others don't know, don't we know?"

Richard's face darkened. It's shameful enough to lose to a third-world laboratory, and it's a shame to lose to a student from a third-world country, so he has always been reluctant to mention Yang Rui.

Xu Anqing mentioned it, and Richard couldn't be angry, so he had to hide the fire in his heart and said: "No matter who hangs whose brand, our goal is to make our own things and complete them as quickly as possible, and the world will not care about losers." ”

Xu Anqing laughed in his heart, and his face also brought out: "Make your own things?"

Richard's scientific research clues are all provided by Yang Rui, and it is ironic to say that he is doing his own things.

Professor Richard blushed, pretended not to hear, and lowered his head to work.

I don't know how long it took, the phone "jingle bell" rang.

"What's the matter?" Connors, Richard's Ph.D. student, picked up the phone, his tone not very polite, he was annoyed enough.

"I'm Kamas, and I've just gotten a lecture from the International Congress on Medical Bioengineering, and I have a paper on the analysis of potassium channels in mutagenic genes, so I'll let you know in advance. Tell Richard that he owes me once. ”

"Who is the author?"

Yang Rui, Tang Concentration Laboratory, Peking University, China, second author Huang Mao, third author Tu Xian, Wang Xiaoyun and Wei Zhenxue. After saying that, he hung up.

Connors froze until the phone buzzed and he hung up on his seat.

"What's the matter? Is there another reagent that can't be delivered?" asked Richard as he lowered his head to do the experiment.

Connors's throat was a little dry, and he took a sip of water before saying, "It's Professor Camaz's call." ”

"Camas at Los Angeles?"

"Yes. ”

"He's coming to China for a meeting, isn't he?" Richard thought he was looking for a reception.

"It's not. Connors shook his head slightly and said, "Professor, come over first." ”

Richard frowned and looked up: "Wait a minute. ”

"Okay. ”

As if nothing had happened, Richard did another half an hour of experiments, then wiped his hands, went to the corner of the laboratory, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Connors lowered his head, told him about the call he had just received, and added, "Maybe the news is uncertain yet." ”

"You can't be wrong, Kamath is a member of the organizing committee. "That's the advantage of researchers in Europe and the United States, interpersonal relationships play a role in a lot of the time, and if the progress of the two experiments is almost the same, Richard may be able to speed up the progress and catch up.

"Did he tell him about the other party's progress?" asked Richard again.

I didn't say anything else, I just hung up. ”

"It's a hassle to leak information, and you shouldn't release it to the public. Richard thought for a moment and said, "Let's sort out the experiments and go to the meeting." ”

"Is it okay to make progress now?"

"Yang Rui's progress can't be fast, it's only been a few months, and the most he can do is induce a genetic mutation, and then figure out the nature. Richard was a little weak-hearted, but he still insisted on saying this, it was impossible for him to admit defeat directly, and in this experiment, too much money and reputation were pressed on him.

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