Basel is the third largest city in Switzerland, after Zurich and Geneva.

However, the so-called big cities in Europe are really not on the table for the Chinese people, and the total number of people in Basel is only 170,000, which is not as large as the scale of any county in China.

However, in this small city, there are two unbeatable mega-companies, they are the Swiss pharmaceutical duo, Roche and Novartis, Novartis ranks second in the world, and Roche ranks third in the world.

According to 2018 statistics, Pfizer in North America ranks first in the world, with annual sales of $45.3 billion, while Novartis and Roche are $41.8 billion and $41.7 billion respectively, the gap is not big.

Moreover, in terms of R&D investment, the most important one of the pharmaceutical groups, the Swiss pharmaceutical duo has surpassed Pfizer, which is the world's No. 1.

Among them, Roche Pharmaceuticals invested $9.1 billion, Novartis invested $7.8 billion, and Pfizer's R&D investment was only $7.6 billion.

It can be seen that in the pharmaceutical field, the gap between the Swiss duo and the North American Pfizer is really only negligible, and it may overtake the Jedi at any time.

The Shamerdon Group, which ranks fourth in the world, has annual sales of only $35 billion, which is not in the same grade as the three major pharmaceutical companies.

Huawei devotes 14.9 percent of its annual revenue to R&D, and for this reason there is an uproar in the land of China, and people are amazed that Huawei's R&D investment is so crazy and regarded as a model.

However, what does the truth look like?

In this world, all ambitious enterprises have no low R&D investment!

The crazy Roche pharmaceuticals spend 21.8% of its annual income on research and development!

Novartis invested 18.6 percent, Pfizer invested 16.7 percent, Samerdon Pharmaceutical invested 21.2 percent, and Sanofi, France, which ranks fifth in the world, actually invested 24.2 percent!

If you take a closer look at the proportion of R&D investment of world-renowned technology companies, you will find such a fact.

Although Huawei is the pride of China, they are not the craziest in the world, and there are many companies with higher R&D investment than Huawei.

And this is the universal law in the field of scientific research in the world.

Huawei's R&D investment is not high, but it is relatively high because it is in the special environment of China.

Most of the successful companies in the world are crazy R&D companies, and Huawei just follows the general rules of the world.

Suppose you have studied the financial statements of the world's top 50 pharmaceutical groups, you will find a truth, there is only one fundamental reason why no company in China has been selected as one of the top 50 global pharmaceutical companies, and that is the lack of attention to research and development.

The world's strongest pharmaceutical group has no less than 15% R&D investment, and in this highly competitive field, there has never been the craziest, only more crazy.

At present, the strongest pharmaceutical group in China is Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceutical, with annual sales of 2.1 billion US dollars and 12% R&D investment.

After receiving Luo Jia's instructions, Wang Liguo and Cheng Yu drove to Basel, entered the global headquarters of the Novartis Group, and showed the rotating Galaxy badge of Xingchen Technology to the administrative department of Novartis.

Suddenly, there was a sensation at the front desk, and the beautiful blonde picked up the phone and reported layer by layer that the general manager of Xingchen Technology Group in Europe visited in person, which was a big deal for Novartis.

Facts have proved that Xingchen Technology's status in the rivers and lakes is beyond the ordinary, and it was already 4:30 p.m. when Wang Liguo entered the Novartis Group, and there were only 30 minutes left before he got off work.

Soon after, news came from the president's office that the company's senior management would meet with Wang Liguo and delay the end of work for this purpose.

Shrugging their shoulders, Wang Liguo and Cheng Yu stepped into the elevator, as members of the tough guy group, they have always been unaccustomed to the lazy and casual work habits of Europeans, isn't it just to get off work late, and it seems to be a big deal.

In fact, Basel is a German-speaking region, and the locals speak the same language as the Germanic peoples, and there is almost no difference in ethnicity, and it is already a very hard-working representative of the whole of Europe.

In the Latin-speaking region, in places like Greece, Italy, Spain, France, the Europeans were so inefficient that they could kill the Chinese.

The blonde girl with a big wavy hairstyle pushed open the door of a conference room, Wang Liguo and Cheng Yu walked in and met Sim Khan, the president of Novartis.

He is of Indian origin, dark-skinned, and to be so high in a white-dominated business shows that Sim Khan still has a few brushes.

However, as the president of Xingchen Technology in Europe, Wang Liguo is not an ordinary person, this theoretical physicist and an outstanding graduate of the London Business School, his professional knowledge spans science and business.

After a few words of greeting, Wang Liguo went directly to the topic and explained his intentions.

The matter has come to this point, Xingchen Technology has come to the door, Sim Khan actually talked about him left and right, and did not admit that Novartis had a serious safety accident.

Wang Liguo smiled after hearing this, and said to Sim Khan: "Mr. President, we are not here to hold you accountable today, but to save you!" ”

"Lake Constance is not big, but on the other side of the lake is Germany, up the Rinn River to Strasbourg in France, and the lower reaches of the Rinn River, which connects Austria and Italy and eventually flows into the Mediterranean."

"The whole of Europe is interconnected, and if you continue to drag it out, you will probably drag the whole of Europe into the water!"

"By then, don't blame us for not reminding you."

Sim Khan's swarthy face twitched a few times, and he thought quickly for a few minutes before asking tentatively, "Do you have a way to destroy that creature?" ”

That's an acknowledgement.

Wang Liguo glanced at Cheng Yu and nodded: "Of course, we have the natural enemies of that creature, and while they are still in Lake Constance and have not been transferred to the European continent, this is the last chance." ”

Sim Khan gritted his teeth, this matter really can't be delayed any longer, in case the piranhas breed in large numbers in Lake Constance and spread to the whole of Europe, Sim Khan and the Novartis Group will definitely die without a place to bury.

As for Sim Khan's belief in whether Star Tech can wipe out piranhas.

Naturally, I believe it, because the sample was stolen from Xingchen Technology, and the peerless genius Wen family brothers have joined Xingchen Technology and will preside over the newly established Life Science Department, which Sim Khan is also very aware of.

"What about the conditions? What conditions do you want? Sim Khan asked.

Wang Liguo shrugged his shoulders, "It's very simple, everything that should be returned to us will be returned to us, everything that should be destroyed in the laboratory will be destroyed, and in the end, all the costs of this operation will be borne by you." ”

Sim Khan was stunned, he never thought that the conditions offered by Xingchen Technology would be so simple, shouldn't there be anything boring?