Luo Jia met Graf, the executive director of Novartis Group, in the office. His face no longer had the arrogant expression he had before, and he added a bit of sadness.

Graf shook hands with Luo Jia with smiley face.

"Please, please save us." After a few polite words, Graf said in a nearly begging voice: "The EU is investigating the Lake Constance incident. The water police blocked the lake and caught several variant water tiger fish."

"If the terrible creatures cannot be resolved as soon as possible, the Safety Committee will investigate us sooner or later!"

Luo Jia understood Mr. Graff's panic. It was now a large-scale public event. The whole of Europe and even the world were reporting crazy reports on the discovery of the water tiger fish in Lake Constance.

People are afraid that the plots in horror movies will be staged in reality, and once the Novartis Group, which caused the accident, will inevitably face everyone's anger once it is found.

After smiling, Luo Jia said to Graf, "I already know the situation. The solution is actually very simple. Just invest a sufficient number of black fish in Lake Constance. Those black fish are not aggressive to humans, but they are natural enemies of piranhas. They will patrol the entire lake and find and kill their opponents."

"As for the problem of black fish flooding in Europe, you don't need to worry, because black fish does not have the ability to reproduce and will naturally die once their lifespan comes."

Graf was very excited to hear that it turned out that the black fish was artificially sterilized and existed only as a piranha killer. After all, it was the product used by the Wen brothers to avenge the revenge. The existence of the black fish was just to complete the mission, and the mission was over and the black fish disappeared.

"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 Lake Constance. Wang Liguo has led his team to wait by the lake."

Graf was stunned and then smiled bitterly on her face.

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

The East Asia Laboratory was established in 1996 and is now Novartis' main research and development institution, involving dozens of major research topics such as genes, pharmacology, life, viruses, immunity, etc. Many topics have reached a critical stage.

Luo Jia offered this condition carefully after careful calculation. Ninety-five percent of the researchers in the East Asian Laboratory are Chinese, and they can directly complete the docking. There is no barrier in terms of 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 force. With such a large-scale laboratory and team, Xingchen Technology can directly join the world's first-class pharmaceutical research group.

Graf sighed. As a European company, they actually didn't want to set up such a huge research institution in China, but they really couldn't stand the number of college students graduated in China every year. They had low salary requirements, worked hard and had solid basic skills.

Although the West shouts the slogan of equality for everyone, it is better for everyone to understand that people cannot be equal in any society or era.

Assuming that everyone is really equal, why doesn’t Novartis set up a large R&D center in India? India has a large population and its salary is lower than China. Isn’t it more profitable?

The answer is very simple. People are really different. Millions of university graduates in China every year are not decorations. India cannot compare with it. The hard-working and hard-working personality of Chinese people cannot compare with India. The poor work efficiency is too far.

Anyway, after a while, Novartis' laboratory in China has become larger and larger, becoming one of their three largest laboratories in the world, and can basically be regarded as the lifeblood of Novartis.

Due to the long-term misleading of the people by Chinese pharmaceutical companies, the Chinese people generally do not understand the truth. They think that pharmaceutical factories have no technological content and 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 mainly engaged in scientific research.

They have many stunning laboratories and employ hundreds of thousands of scientists, which belong to the truly top high-tech industry.

Novartis Group has an average R&D cycle of 90 months for each new drug. They have spent a total of US$83.6 billion in R&D funds in the past ten years and have developed many drugs, but in the end, only twenty-one new drugs have been approved, with an average R&D cost of a single drug, which is close to US$4 billion.

In the movie "I'm Not a Medicine God", people know about the anti-cancer drug that costs up to 30,000 yuan per box. Although the production cost of this drug is at most five yuan, the R&D cost behind it is unimaginable.

"The East Asia Laboratory in Shanghai is our largest research institution." Graf sighed and said, "If you give it to you, it is equivalent to breaking one arm."

Luo Jia said lightly, "Everything in the world has a price. I will help you overcome the crisis. You transfer the East Asia Laboratory to Xingchen Technology. This is fair, and you can completely refuse."

Graf smiled bitterly and shook his head, "We can't refuse now. Broken an arm is better than death. Wait, I'll notify the board of directors."

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

An Ran reached out and hugged her head, and said with a smile: "With the East Asia Laboratory, even if the infrastructure of the Life Science Department is built, we will reorganize a new team, which is far less than a mature team with rich experience."

Li Moran nodded and said, "Medicine, especially genetic science and life science, is a research highland that will be fought for in the future. After all, living healthier lives is the eternal goal of mankind."

"But from the current perspective, both life sciences and gene therapy are not something that can produce results in a short period of time. The most important thing at the moment is the two major industries of automobiles and semiconductors. Anran, your passive components are very important, and I hope they can be put into production as soon as possible."

An Ran withdrew his hands and said seriously, "Now, the good news you are waiting for us is that although the passive components are very small, they are the most critical link in the entire semiconductor industry. We also understand this."

"Ordinary people only focus on CPUs, memory, north-south bridges, and other semiconductor chips, but they don't know how huge the semiconductor industry is. Without passive components, even if they can create a faster processor than Intel, it will be useless."

Luo Jia listened to the discussion between An Ran and Li Moran and said nothing.

Previously, companies had different software and hardware. However, as Xingchen Technology sounded the clarion call for entering semiconductors, the software department and the hardware department will start an unprecedentedly close cooperation. After all, semiconductors are born to require embedded software to be used.

However, with the opening of the semiconductor front, the company's R&D link is 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 development difficulty is countless times that of the automobile industry.

Not long after, Graf returned to Luo Jia's office and said in a deep voice: "The board of directors held an interim vote. We have decided to transfer the East Asia Laboratory located in Shanghai to the name of Star Technology."

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The fourth year of its establishment in Xingchen Technology, at the end of May.

Switzerland Novartis, the world's second largest pharmaceutical group, will transfer the largest and most R&D capabilities East Asia laboratory under its leadership to Xingchen Technology for free through a secret agreement in exchange for safe passage of the Lake Constance crisis.

There are two reasons why we have to sign a secret agreement. First, Europe now regards Star Technology as its enemy and publicly gives the largest laboratory to Star Technology. Novartis may be investigated and condemned by the EU.

The second is for stock price considerations. For top pharmaceutical groups like Novartis, R&D capabilities are their lifeblood. Without its largest laboratory, the stock price is probably a pill, so it is better to transfer it in a low-key manner.

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

"You're here."

In the office, Luo Jia smiled and said to Wen Chengling, then asked him to sit on the sofa, pour him tea, and heated two pieces of meat floss cakes in the microwave.

"It was made by An Ran's wife," said Luo Jia. "Since she became pregnant, senior sister Qi Mengzhou has become a different person. She doesn't care about school affairs anymore. She concentrates on studying cooking with her children and experimenting with various food recipes at home. Look, An Ran has gained weight in the past month."

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

The two of them talked about work and tasted the cake made by senior sister Qi Mengzhou. It tasted pretty good. Senior sister is quite talented in making dim sum, and she and An Ran’s children will be happy in the future.

Putting away the plates containing the cake, Luo Jia opened the projection in the office, and connected to Wen Chengfeng, who was far away in Brazil through video links.

"How is your situation?" Luo Jia asked.

Wen Chengfeng said, "The laboratory has been basically established and the equipment required has been installed. The Brazilian branch is really efficient, much faster than I expected."

Luo Jia smiled, "It's right to be efficient. We are the most capable tough guy group in the Chinese technology world."

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

Human immunity is the launching project of the Center for Life Sciences. The goal is to activate the human immune system, maximize the potential of life, and fight against various virus invasions.

It is hard to say how much potential the human natural immune system has and whether it can be used to treat terminal illnesses like cancer. It requires a lot of experiments and research to be finalized.

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

Take a cold as an example. In fact, drugs cannot treat a cold, and can only relieve the symptoms of the cold. Take medicine for one week and do not take medicine for seven days.

If the autoimmune system is fully activated, it will be difficult for humans to catch a cold first, because colds are caused by virus invasion. Humans with strong immunity are like having more armor on their bodies, and the virus has no choice but to do anything to them.

Even if you are really unfortunate to catch a cold, as long as the immune system is strong enough, one or two days will be enough to clear the cold virus and suffer much less.

Adults are actually fine. Immunity is crucial for children's growth. After all, children are born with weak resistance and are prone to colds. Every autumn and winter, the virus breaks out, and countless children in the hospital cry heart-wrenchingly. Parents feel so distressed.

As for mumps, encephalitis, measles, and other diseases with fatal risks, their essence is still virus invasion, activate a strong immune system, resist various viruses, children get sick less, and mothers worry less, which will be a huge achievement that will benefit generations.

Therefore, while Luo Jia was very busy, she still invested great enthusiasm and time in the newly established Life Science Department, personally inquire about various things in the department, and held conference calls with the Wen brothers every day.

However, the Department of Life Sciences has just been established, and it still takes time and patience to see the results.

Life science is not a matter of overnight development, but there are more than one project that Xingchen Technology is carrying out.
Chapter completed!