In the office, Luo Jia met Graf, the executive director of Novartis Group, and his face had long since lost the original arrogant look, and he added a little sadness.

Graff shook hands with Luo Jia with a smile.

"Please, please save us." After a few polite remarks, Graf said in a voice that bordered on pleading: "The European Union is investigating the incident at Lake Constance, the Marine Police have cordoned off the lake, and several mutant piranhass have been caught. ”

"If we don't get rid of those terrible creatures as soon as possible, sooner or later the Security Committee will investigate us!"

Roga understands Mr. Graf's panic, which is now a major public event, with the news of the discovery of piranhas on Lake Constance all over Europe and around the world.

People are afraid that the plot of the horror movie will be played out in reality, and the Novartis Group, which caused this accident, will inevitably face everyone's wrath once it is found.

Smiling, Luo Jia said to Graf, "I already know the situation, the solution is actually very simple, just put a sufficient number of black fish in Lake Constance, those black fish are not aggressive to humans, but they are piranhas' natural predators, they will patrol the entire lake, find and kill their opponents." ”

"As for the proliferation of blackfish in Europe, you don't need to worry about it, because blackfish are not capable of reproduction and will die out naturally when their lifespan is up."

Graf was very excited when he heard it, it turned out that the black fish was artificially sterilized, and it only existed as a piranha killer, after all, it was the product of the Wen brothers to take revenge, and the existence of the black fish was just to complete the mission, and the mission was over, and the black fish died.

"Now let's talk about the conditions." Luo Jia said straight to the point, "I want your East Asia laboratory, as long as you can meet this condition, our European branch will immediately start cleaning up Lake Constance, Wang Liguo has already led the team to wait by the lake." ”

Graf was stunned, then smiled wryly.

Although Novartis has many laboratories, there are three truly super-large comprehensive laboratories, which are located in Europe, North America, and China.

Founded in 1996, the East Asia Laboratory has become Novartis' main R&D institution, covering dozens of research topics such as genetics, pharmacology, life, viruses, immunity, etc., many of which have progressed to a critical stage.

Ninety-five percent of the researchers in the East Asia Laboratory are Chinese, and the docking can be completed directly, and there is no barrier in culture, it is nothing more than a change of boss.

Moreover, the East Asia laboratory is very large, almost one-third of Novartis' scientific research strength, with such a scale of laboratories and teams, Xingchen Technology can directly become a world-class pharmaceutical research group.

Graf sighed, as a European company, they actually didn't want to set up such a huge research institute in Huaxia, but they really couldn't stand the number of college students graduating in Huaxia every year was too much, their salary requirements were not high, and they were hard-working, and their basic skills were solid.

Although the West shouts the slogan of equality for all, it understands better than anyone else that there is no way for people to be equal in any society or in any era.

Assuming that everyone is really equal, why doesn't Novartis set up a large R&D center in India, which has a large population and lower wages than in China, isn't it more profitable?

The answer is very simple, people are really different, millions of college graduates in China every year are not ornaments, India can not compare, Chinese people hard-working character, India can not compare, work efficiency is too far away.

Anyway, after coming and going, Novartis' laboratory in Huaxia has become larger and larger, becoming one of their three major laboratories in the world, which can basically be regarded as the lifeblood of Novartis.

Due to the long-term misleading of China's pharmaceutical companies to the people, the Chinese people generally do not understand the truth, thinking that pharmaceutical factories have no scientific and technological content, and they are just a group of scammers who make a living by advertising.

In fact, the international pharmaceutical group is the most powerful researcher in the world, and almost all large pharmaceutical companies are based on scientific research.

With a staggering number of labs and hundreds of thousands of scientists, they are truly at the top of the high-tech industry.

Novartis has spent an average of 90 months on the R&D cycle of each new drug, and they have spent a total of US$83.6 billion on R&D funds in the past 10 years to develop many drugs, but only 21 new drugs have been approved in the end, and the average R&D cost of a single drug is close to US$4 billion.

In the movie I Am Not the God of Medicine, people know that each box of anti-cancer drugs costs as much as 30,000 yuan, Gleevec, although the production cost of this drug is at most five yuan, but the research and development cost behind it is unimaginable.

"The East Asia Laboratory in Shanghai is our largest research institution." Graf sighed and said, "If I give it to you, I will cut off an arm." ”

Luo Jia said lightly, "Everything in the world has a price, I will help you get through the crisis, it is fair for you to transfer the East Asia Laboratory to the name of Xingchen Technology, and you can completely refuse." ”

Graf smiled bitterly and shook her head, "At this point, we can't refuse, it's better to break an arm than to die, wait a minute, I'll inform the board." ”

With that, Graf stood up, walked out of the office, and called the European headquarters.

An Ran stretched out his hand to hold his head and said with a smile: "With the East Asia Laboratory, even if the infrastructure of the life science department is built, let's rebuild a new team, which is far less than taking over an experienced and mature team." ”

Li Moran nodded and said: "Medicine, especially genetic science and life science, is the research highland that future soldiers will strive for, after all, a healthier life is the eternal goal of mankind." ”

"However, from the current point of view, whether it is life science or gene therapy, it is not the existence of short-term results, the most important thing at the moment is the two major industries of automobiles and semiconductors, Enron, your passive components are very important, I hope to put it into production as soon as possible."

Enron withdrew his hands and said seriously, "Immediately, the good news you are waiting for us is that although passive components are small, they are the most critical part of the entire semiconductor industry, and we also understand this." ”

"Ordinary people only pay attention to CPU, memory, north-south bridge, this kind of semiconductor chips, but they don't know how huge the semiconductor industry is, and without passive components, even if they can create a faster processor than Intel, it is in vain."

Luo Jia listened to An Ran and Li Moran's discussion and didn't say anything.

In the past, the company had software and hardware, but as Xingchen Technology sounded the horn to enter semiconductors, the software department and the hardware department will carry out unprecedentedly close cooperation, after all, semiconductors are born to be embedded in software to use.

However, with the opening of the semiconductor front, the company's R&D links are becoming more and more complex, as the crown of the technology industry, the annual output value of semiconductors is not as good as that of automobiles, but the difficulty of development is countless times that of the automobile industry.

Soon after, Graf returned to Luo Jia's office and said in a deep voice: "The board of directors has held a provisional vote, and we have decided to transfer the East Asia laboratory in Shanghai to the name of Xingchen Technology. ”

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Xingchen Technology was founded in the fourth year, at the end of May.

Novartis, the world's second largest pharmaceutical group, transferred its largest and strongest R&D laboratory in East Asia to Xingchen Technology through a secret agreement in exchange for safely surviving the Lake Constance crisis.

There are two reasons why the secret agreement was signed, one is that Europe now regards Xingchen Technology as an enemy, and publicly gave the largest laboratory to Xingchen Technology, and Novartis is afraid that it will be investigated and condemned by the European Union.

The second is for the sake of stock price, for a top pharmaceutical group like Novartis, R&D capability is their lifeblood, and without its largest laboratory, the stock price is afraid of pills, so it is better to transfer it in a low-key manner.

In any case, the results are always good, so far, Xingchen Technology has a mature medical research system, a complete management team and laboratory processes, and experienced scientific researchers, which are not something that money can buy, and this transaction has saved Luo Jia at least two years.

"You're here."

In the office, Luo Jia said to Wen Chengling with a smile, then invited him to sit on the sofa, poured him tea, and microwaved two pieces of meat floss cake.

"An Ran's wife made it herself." Luo Jia said, "Since she became pregnant, Senior Sister Qi Mengzhou seems to have changed as a different person, and she doesn't care about school matters, she concentrates on studying cooking with children at home, experimenting with various food recipes, and you see that after a month, An Ran has eaten fat." ”

Wen Chengling nodded and said, "Mr. An has indeed been a little blessed recently, but this is also a kind of happiness." ”

The two of them chatted about work, and by the way, they tasted the cake made by Senior Sister Qi Mengzhou, the taste was not bad, Senior Sister was quite talented in making dim sum, and she and An Ran's children would have a good time in the future.

Putting away the plate with the cake, Luo Jia turned on the projection in the office and connected to Wen Chengfeng, who was far away in Brazil, through a video connection.

"How's your situation going over there?" Luo Jia asked.

Wen Chengfeng said, "The laboratory has been basically set up, the required equipment has been installed, and the efficiency of the Brazilian branch is really high, much faster than I expected." ”

Luo Jia laughed, "That's right, we are the toughest guys in the Chinese science and technology world." ”

"Now that the Shanghai side is ready, your brother is the director of the experimental center, you are the director of the Brazilian center, and the human immune activation project depends on the two of you."

Human Immunity is the initiation of the Life Science Center's program, which aims to activate the body's immune system, maximize the potential of life, and fight against various viral invasions.

It is still difficult to say how much potential the innate immune system of human beings has, and whether it can be used to treat the terminal disease of the century such as cancer, and it will take a lot of experiments and research to finally determine.

But one thing is certain, once humans master the key factors that activate their own immune system, the quality of life will be greatly improved, at least low-grade diseases such as colds and pneumonia will be very significantly controlled.

Take a cold as an example, in fact, medicine cannot treat a cold, it can only relieve the symptoms of a cold, and it can be cured after taking medicine for a week, but without medicine for seven days.

And if the immune system is fully activated, first of all, it will be difficult for humans to catch a cold, because the cold comes from the invasion of the virus, and humans with strong immunity are like an extra layer of armor on their bodies, and the virus has nothing to do with them.

Even if you are really unfortunate enough to catch a cold, as long as the immune system is strong enough, a day or two will be enough to clear the cold virus and save a lot of sins.

Adults are actually fine, immunity is very important for the growth of children, after all, children are born with weak resistance, they are already prone to colds, every autumn and winter, the virus outbreaks, countless children in the hospital cry heartbreaking, parents are distressed.

As for mumps, encephalitis, measles, and other diseases with fatal risks, their essence is still the invasion of viruses, activating a strong immune system to resist various viruses, so that children will get less sick and mothers will worry less, which will be a great achievement for the benefit of future generations.

Therefore, Luo Jia is very busy, but still invests great enthusiasm and time in the newly established life science department, personally inquires about various things in the department, and holds telephone conferences with the Wen brothers every day.

It's just that the Life Sciences Department has just been established, and it still takes time and patience to see results.

Engaging in life sciences is not an overnight thing, but there is more than one ongoing project in Xingchen Technology.

When the time came to June, Luo Jia finally got the long-awaited good news, the hardware department completed the first big project in the semiconductor industry, passive components, after trial and error.