Mr. Gross, I really don't see what period these three statues are from. ”

After a while, everyone still did not reach a unified consensus, so one of them patiently looked at Gross on the steps, "Mr. Gross, please explain." ”

"Actually, I don't know the age."

Gross then put away his smug expression and said loudly, "But what I want to tell you is that these three statues were excavated by me in a gold mine in South America. ”

"Gold mines?" Everyone was immediately shocked.

"Yes, it was dug out of a gold mine."

"I knew it was hard to believe, even when I received the three statues, I didn't believe it until I personally went to the gold mine and found the location of the excavation and found the groove where the three statues were at the time." ”

"I think you should know what that means."

Gross's expression became more serious, "There are no traces of artificial excavation near these statues, which means that they are likely to have been buried in the gold mine due to geological changes, but the last geological changes there can be traced back hundreds of thousands of years, which means that these statues are likely to be hundreds of thousands of years old, or even millions of years old!" ”

"This, this can't be ......"

"The earliest Stone Age dates back to three million years ago, but how could the Australopithecus at that time have the technology to make such complex stone statues? It couldn't be ......."

"But it does look a little like the totem of some kind of civilization......"

"Maybe they are God's gift to primitive man!"

The crowd argued again.

"Old man, no wonder you don't look good lately, and your body is a little thinner than before, is it because of these three statues?" Clifford laughed on the side and started a round.

"Yes, for some reason, my head has been aching lately."

Gross spread his hands helplessly, "But I've already had my personal doctor check it out, and it says it's a nervous breakdown, and it's nothing else." ”

At this moment, an old man with gray hair and a pair of highly myopic glasses walked out, "Gross, if I can, I would like to examine these three statues up close, after all, if your miners are not lying, these three statues may be the biggest discovery of the century." ”

"Of course, Professor Griffin."

The old man who visited Cangcang seemed to have a high status, and even Gross had to give some face.

After Gross showed off, the dinner continued, and the crowd gradually turned their attention away from the three statues, after all, most people did not have any good opinion of these three strange-looking statues, and they were more interested in using the banquet to negotiate a few deals, or take the opportunity to find a good bed partner.

"You've been waiting for a long time."

Just as Anthony and Jennifer were starting to drink their fourth glass of champagne, Clifford finally came over, raised his glass to the two of them, and then smiled, "It's noisy here, why don't we go outside and talk." ”

"Okay."

Anthony looked behind him and took the lead towards the garden outside the door.

The garden is only punctuated by a few rows of dim lights, and it is slightly dark, but this is only a temporary lack of adjustment to the dim light.

In the darkness, a few shadows could be faintly seen sitting in chairs talking in a whisper, Anthony didn't care, he walked to the corner of the garden, and then turned around.

"Mr. Clifford, Jennifer and I are here on behalf of Blacklight Technology this time, and I hope to talk about the issue of your shares in Osmond Biotechnology Co., Ltd."

Anthony said softly, "Of course, you can make some requests, and if we can't pay attention, we can report them to the top." ”

"So that's ...... this"

Clifford pondered for a while, "Actually, I don't know much about this company, just because the founder of this company is a company owned by a friend of mine who is down, and he has always wanted to make a comeback after he went bankrupt before, so I funded him three million dollars, which is not much anyway, and it can be regarded as the last one to pull him." ”

"But now it seems that his company is getting hot."

Clifford looked sly, "So, before I give you an answer, I would like to ask you two to explain why you want my shares?" ”

"This ......"

Anthony and Jennifer's expressions changed when they heard this, and it was obvious that their actions had completely aroused this person's curiosity, and it might not be too easy for Clifford to transfer his shares.

"This is actually a decision made by our company, and we are only at the executive level, so we don't know much about it."

Anthony said, looking at Clifford's apparently disbelieving eyes, and had to add, "Well, it seems to us that the reason why Osmond is working on a drug that could cure Alzheimer's disease once and for all, and that drug should be making good progress, so that all parties are a little nervous." ”

"You are very honest and did not deceive me with some lies."

Clifford nodded and said with satisfaction, "But in this case, obviously I can't transfer this stake to you, after all, I believe you also understand that if there is really a drug that completely cures Alzheimer's disease, then the price of this stake in my hand may increase more than a hundred times and a thousand times in less than ten years." ”

"It's just a possibility."

Jennifer hurriedly said, "What if this drug can't be developed?" After all, you also know how many pharmaceutical companies in the world have failed in this, and the difficulty of treating Alzheimer's disease is not as simple as cancer, or even more difficult, after all, cancer can be cured, and Alzheimer's disease has never been cured until a year ago! ”

Hearing this, Clifford nodded and said with a smile, "Lady Jennifer, your words are also very reasonable. ”

"And that's not all."

Anthony added, "Even if it is successfully developed, what are the chances of going to market if it can pass the phase III clinical trial?" ”

"Let me give you an example, from 1998 to 2022, in terms of drug development for Alzheimer's disease, a total of 165 drugs have been developed in the world, but there are only 6 drugs that have passed clinical trials, and the rest have all failed, and the pass rate is only 3.36%, you should understand what kind of number this is......"

"In addition, we must add a clinical trial period of more than ten years, and even if this new drug is really launched, I am afraid it will be ten years later."

Clifford smiled again when he heard this, and said indifferently, "Mr. Anthony, what you said is very reasonable, but I think the reason why your company is so eager to acquire the shares of Osmond Company is because of the uniqueness of this new drug, right?" ”

"And that's not all." Clifford continued to laugh, "Besides, it's only three million dollars, and I don't care too much about this money, but after listening to your persuasion, I have the idea of continuing to follow up on the investment in the future Series C financing, and I really want to thank you two." ”

“……”

Anthony and Jennifer were completely dumbfounded.