Somewhere in the third floor of the Z-2 base, in front of the rectangular conference table, the first high-level meeting of Branston was about to begin.

The meeting was presided over by Luo Xu, and the meeting was attended by members of the committee, including Feng Buzhi, Liu Er, Wang Weiru, Zhang Chengchu, Shen Lingwei, and three special attendees. Dr. Ernshaw, Randy. Dr. Rothman, Thomas. Dr. Schekman, a total of nine participants.

"Alright, when the number of people is full, let's start the meeting."

Luo Xu sat on the main seat, stretched out his hand and tapped lightly on the table, and the desktop composed of all screens immediately changed, and the information of the mutated virus appeared in front of each person.

"I'm sure you should have a general idea of this outbreak, right?"

Luo Xu's eyes were calm, and he said slowly: "There are three issues that need to be discussed at this meeting, first, the progress and time of vaccine development, as well as the research on treatment measures. The second is how the company should survive the crisis safely and what benefits it can get. Third, if the vaccine is successfully developed, will the vaccine be made public? If you have any ideas, feel free to put them forward. ”

When everyone heard Luo Xu's words, they all lowered their heads and thought, but as for the first question, the ones who could answer were Feng Buzhi and the three doctors, Feng Buzhi, as one of the members of the committee, had mastered a lot of research topics, so he thought for a while and said: "Boss, regarding this virus, we have adopted the name of the World Health Organization, h5* N1-2.4.3.2, for the development of a vaccine for this virus, we have divided into four teams to carry out research under the condition of contacting each other, and according to the current development progress, it is estimated that it will take about 20 days. ”

"Twenty days?"

Luo Xu nodded with satisfaction, this time is really unbelievably fast, thanks to the advanced medical equipment of the base, this five or six months time has been shortened to less than a month.

"Well, the development of a vaccine cannot be accompanied by a relaxation of surveillance around the world, and if the virus mutates, then we must be well prepared."

Luo Xu is still quite afraid of this, the virus mutation is good and bad, the good may become incontagious or the infectious surname is reduced, and the bad thing is that the pathogenicity is further improved, which is really bad.

Hearing this news, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, you must know that in the past few days, not to mention the underground base, even in the pharmaceutical factory, the protection and monitoring measures have also been improved by several levels, and they are afraid that the virus will infect them. After all, even the World Health Organization has issued a Level 6 global epidemic disaster warning, who wouldn't dare to pay attention? Even in order to be more foolproof, security personnel have been set up within a kilometer radius of the pharmaceutical factory to prevent anyone without permission from entering. Within a radius of 2 kilometers, large-scale surveillance has been arranged to monitor the entry and exit of personnel at any time.

In the factory, all employees and researchers of pharmaceutical factories are first physically examined, and if they are fine, they will be let go, and if they find symptoms such as colds, they will be isolated immediately! If it is indeed detected that it is indeed infected with the virus, then we are sorry, there is no human right here, so we can only burn it at high temperatures, and the ashes of the burned corpses are buried in the sand in the area behind the pharmaceutical factory.

Under the supervision of the ERRF emergency team and the monitoring of the security personnel led by Shen Lingwei, no accidents occurred, and all the physical examinations were successfully completed.

After listening to Shen Lingwei's report, Luo Xu expressed his satisfaction, and after casually praising Shen Lingwei's excellent work, he changed his words and asked: "Since the vaccine is guaranteed to be developed in twenty days, what about the treatment?" ”

"This ......"

The three doctors all looked ugly, and Dr. Brian was puzzled: "Mr. Branston, we need time, you know, the development of a vaccine has already involved most of our researchers. ”

Well, this really can't be blamed on them, the current researchers of the base, there are more than 250 people in the pharmaceutical factory, and there are less than 100 people who can have permission to enter the underground base, and they are really in a hurry to come to this aspect.

"Well, I don't interfere with your plans, first of all you have to make sure that the vaccine is developed."

Luo Xu crossed his hands to support his chin, looked at everyone and said in a heavy tone: "Let's talk about the next aspect of work, judging from the current situation, in twenty days, if the vaccine can be successfully developed, then the company has to face a major problem, is it necessary to make the vaccine public?" ”

"I have an idea for this question."

Liu Er's fingers tapped on the table, "Everyone knows that this virus is a huge crisis for all countries in the world, no less than the Third World War, or even more serious. Suppose that in this crisis facing humanity, if we come up with a vaccine that can prevent the virus, wouldn't we be able to take the opportunity to expand the influence of the company and get unimaginably large profits? ”

"Lao Liu, your idea is very good, but it's a pity that you don't know that you are guilty?"

Wang Weiru shook his head in disapproval of this move: "For those big countries, will they allow a small company like ours, which has never heard of it before, to control a life and death that is related to their country's life?" ”

He sneered: "If you want me to say, if you really want to announce the vaccine, I am afraid that it will immediately cause an uproar, whether it is a big country political axe or a transnational interest group, it will be like a wild dog smelling a bun, all come together, and we will be bitten to death in a moment!" ”

"But if you don't announce the vaccine, do you know the consequences?"

Even if Liu Er was denied by Wang Weiru, he still maintained a calm attitude, "You know the current world situation, right?" In a month, humanity will be dead or wounded in seven, close to a billion people! If the vaccine is not released, humanity may ......."

"Extermination?"

Wang Weiru was surprised: "You want to say that human beings will become extinct? How can it be? No virus can wipe out human beings, and human beings' own ability to adapt and regulate will always adapt. ”

"Then how many people do you say will be sacrificed in this adaptation process?" Liu Er sarcastically said.

"On this issue, there is an estimate of the 'Goddess of Wisdom'."

The wind kept interrupting the conversation between the two, stretched out his finger and slid it on the desktop, and after a few clicks, the line surname data appeared on everyone's desktop.

"Within a month, nearly 900 million people died in the world, and after two months, the death toll reached 1.5 billion, three months later, the death toll reached 2 billion, and after four months, the death toll gradually decreased, until there was a population of 3.5 billion, and there would be no significant increase."

With a meaningful smile, Feng kept saying, "Isn't this estimate interesting?" ”

Thirty and a half billion? Hearing this data, everyone here jumped in their hearts, and a trace of cold sweat flowed down their foreheads, it was terrifying, what is the concept of 3.5 billion people? Even if the corpse is burned, it may not be burned in a year, and the ashes burned can be filled into the lake and made into fields!

"That, why didn't it increase to 3.5 billion?"

Shen Lingwei, a layman, asked cautiously.

"There are many reasons for this."

"First of all, the spread of the virus is artificially dropped, so it can spread all over the world and break out at the same time, which makes the political axes of various countries unprepared and unable to respond in the first place." If it is only natural causes, with the fierce surname of this virus, although it is highly transmissible, it will not be able to infect millions of people in ten days. Therefore, the consequence of large-scale infection is that in the first few months, the number of deaths is the highest. However, once the political axe reacts, effective isolation measures are taken, and the death of people infected in the early stage can control the development of the epidemic, resulting in a sharp drop in the number of deaths. ”

"But the premise of this estimate is that there are no surprises......"

Wind kept explaining, and then said it again.

Accidentally? What else could there be like with you?

Looking at everyone's puzzled eyes, Feng kept saying indifferently: "Everyone, what is the concept of 3.5 billion people? Can the organizational ability of the political axes of various countries really be strong enough to be orderly in such a situation? Or is there a well-established organizational structure? ”

Everyone's hearts sank, and they thought about it seriously, the most important reason why the political axe is a political axe is that there is a perfect organizational structure from the grassroots to the upper level, and in the face of such a terrible virus infection, if the grassroots and middle levels are broken, only the "brain" remains, what is the use?

"It's right to keep talking."

Luo Xu watched coldly for a long time, and suddenly spoke: "What will happen in the future, we, as mortals, are really unpredictable, I have an idea about whether the vaccine needs to be made public." ”

"Vaccines definitely need to be released, and I don't think you want to see your relatives back home, your own compatriots, or rather, fellow human beings, really be able to ignore the lives of more than 3.5 billion people? So, in terms of whether the vaccine will be released, I want people to think about it, how to release it? How to take an effective and advantageous premise to publish? How to turn the situation into a point of interest for the company? ”

"What's more, as Liu Er said, this incident is actually an opportunity for our company, and if we grasp it well, it will actually help the company's later plans."

According to Wang Weiru's words, the release of the vaccine will indeed attract the attention of all parties and will expose the company to the noses of various countries, which makes Luo Xu a little worried about his future plans.

But after thinking about it, Branston Global Biopharma was originally an empty shell, no, it was an illusion he used to hide his true plan, even if it was exposed, as long as he hid the underground base, it could also alleviate a lot of impact on his future plans.

The most important thing is that effectively showing his strength can also make many forces and groups jealous, and dare not act rashly, Luo Xu never believed that his company would really remain so secretive, and with the implementation of the plan, it would inevitably be exposed. Rather than rushing to deal with it at that time, it is better to seize this opportunity and deal with it calmly. (To be continued.) )