On September 28, oil prices, which continued to rise, recorded the highest increase of the month, closing at $71 per barrel, more than double the previous year. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info the pressure caused by high oil prices on the global economy, and Jiang Chen also saw it from the financial report of Future Renhe Heavy Industry.

Affected by rising costs, the profits of many projects of Future Heavy Industry fell by 13% year-on-year compared with the previous quarter. Future Human Biotechnology and Future Human Mining have also been slightly affected, and the profit of Future Human Tourism is the same as that of the previous quarter, and the only one that maintains an upward trend is Future Human Technology.

As long as we stay ahead of the curve, the Internet is like an inexhaustible gold mine.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) issued a statement on the same day that OPEC members will hold an informal meeting in Algeria in October to discuss a moderate increase in production to maintain the stability of the oil market. The benefits of these oil-producing countries can only be maximized if oil prices stabilize within a relatively reasonable range.

If the global economy is sluggish because of oil prices, they can make a lot of money in a short period of time, but then the demand for oil shrinks, and their lives will become difficult.

However, the announcement did not curb the rise in oil prices.

Truss's boss Elon Musk once said: Oil is such a precious chemical raw material, you actually use it to burn?

The level of petrochemical industry is one of the standards to measure the development level of a country's basic industry, and ethylene production is a sign to measure the development level of a country's petrochemical industry. And the fuel function is only one of the functions of the very end of oil, otherwise why not use gasoline to measure the development level of the country's basic industry?

The basic chemical raw materials represented by ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene, and xylene are all derived from petroleum!

Oil prices are too high, and it is indeed a big trouble for emerging economies.

However, for Jiang Chen, who has the entire 22nd century technology, this trouble is not as big as he imagined.

If you don't have enough oil, then replace it with something else!

At this moment, in the laboratory of future human biology, Jiang Chen walked into the cultivation area with Tao Ming, CEO of the branch.

"This way, please. ”

Tao Ming made a gesture of please and opened the door for Jiang Chen very respectfully.

The door opened, and the fresh air came in.

The circular roof is covered with six grids of graphene plates, and below it is a test field composed of separate cultivation tanks. I saw that in these cultivation tanks, there were plants that looked like palm trees.

More than a dozen researchers surround the tank, some recording data, some adjusting experimental equipment, and some checking the growth of plants.

When he saw Jiang Chen and the director of the institute walking in, the researchers who were leading the experimental team had their eyes lit up and immediately stepped forward.

The white man in the white coat looked tall and thin, about fifty years old.

"This is Mr. Jiang Chen, the chairman of our group. Tao Ming said with a smile to the researcher who came over, and then led out Jiang Chen beside him.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Jiang Chen, and I have admired your name for a long time. Su Liwen smiled and showed a mouth full of white teeth, held Jiang Chen's hand and shook it.

Immediately afterwards, Tao Ming introduced Professor Su Liwen to Jiang Chen in front of him.

"This is Professor Bill Sullivan, whom we hired from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, whose research interests are bioengineering and genetic technology, and whose main research direction is oil plants, and he has an authoritative position in the research related to improved oil plants. ”

"It's also a pleasure to meet you, Professor Sullivan. Thanks to your participation, our research project has taken a big step forward. Holding Professor Su Liwen's hand back, Jiang Chen said with a smile.

"No, no, no, I should thank you. After letting go of his hand, Su Liwen shook his head very seriously, looked at Jiang Chen and said, "The DNA code you provided is very interesting, and after seeing those materials, several problems that had bothered me were immediately solved. Can I find out who invented those codes? I'd like to talk to him if it's convenient. ”

"Well, it's a bit difficult, for all sorts of reasons, he can't come here for a while. Jiang Chen casually confused this question, and then diverted the topic, "Don't talk about this, how is the research progressing?" can you show me?"

Hearing Jiang Chen ask about the progress of the research, Su Liwen's expression looked quite proud.

"Of course, I'll show you. ”

After speaking, he turned around and led Jiang Chen and Tao Ming to a "palm tree", and then spread his hand in the direction of the cultivation trough and smiled.

"That's what we did, the oil palm. ”

As he spoke, Su Liwen gestured to his assistant, took the glove from his hand and put it on, and then opened the glass cover of the training cabin.

"After modifying the DNA of the oil palm, 37 DNA fragments were modified, and after two generations of cultivation, the current variant called 'oil palm' was obtained. The reason why it is called petroleum palm is because the oil it produces is no longer the original palm oil, but a liquid that is close to 90% similar to oil...... It's like this. ”

As he spoke, he took the knife from his assistant and slashed it lightly on the surface of the palm tree.

An astonishing scene appeared.

Just scratched the bark, and the dark red sap like blood flowed down the shallow wound!

The assistant wearing plastic gloves stepped forward, took 20ml of liquid with a beaker, and then took it to an instrument for on-site composition identification.

Soon, a report was placed in front of Jiang Chen.

Although he couldn't read it, Jane had already interpreted the parameters of the report for him.

Indeed, as Professor Surivan said, the composition of the sap produced by this oil palm is indeed strikingly similar to that of oil! With a little processing, it is possible to obtain even better oil than that extracted from the ground!

"In the beginning, we tried to produce this liquid from the fruit that it produced. However, we later found that if the oil-secreting tissues were designed in the vegetative tissues of the plants, the production efficiency would be greatly reduced. Then we simply cut out the DNA, completely transformed it into a palm tree that didn't bear fruit, and then designed the oil-secreting organ next to the conductive tissue, and we ended up with what we have now. As he spoke, Professor Sulivan excitedly knocked on the glass cover outside the culture tank, "You only need to make a small opening in the bark of the tree, and you can harvest a lot of oil from the conduit under the bark!"

Looking at this plant, which looked no different from a palm tree, Jiang Chen's expression also became exciting.

My obedient, from the ground to grow oil, this Nima is simply a renminbi that can grow!

Although the DNA related to the oil plant was brought by him from the database in the last days, a piece of DNA code that he couldn't understand at all was far from being shocked to see this "black gold" left from under the bark with his own eyes!

Oh no, it's a dark red liquid...... Whatever the hell you want! As long as you can refine oil!

"What is the production cycle of this plant?" Jiang Chen immediately asked.

He was under the impression that the initial growth of plants in the palm family was quite slow. After reaching maturity, it is only about one meter a year. If you wait five years before you can use this palm tree to produce oil, then the daylily will be cold!

"We don't need to start planting heavy seedlings, we can get the finished plant by inducing differentiation by special means, so that some structures in its vegetative and transport tissues are specifically mutated!

"Haha, you have made a great contribution this time!" Jiang Chen suddenly showed a look of joy, patted Su Liwen on the shoulder, and said loudly, "All the researchers involved in the project can receive a bonus of 500,000 US dollars! As for Professor Su Liwen, I will personally reward him with another 5 million US dollars!"

Everyone in the institute gasped. Even Tao Ming, who was standing behind Jiang Chen, couldn't help but frown.

Tens of millions of bonuses have been opened in bonuses alone, and I am afraid that there will be no one in the world.

However, Jiang Chen didn't feel that the money was not worth spending at all, and he would never be stingy with spending on researchers.

Talent is always the core of the Future Group, and only by retaining these talents can we have the future!

(To be continued.) )