Rebirth of the God-level Xueba

"This...Comrade Yang Rui, do you have any basis for what you say?" The middle-aged man in the front row thought for a moment, then asked, and then said: "Let me introduce myself, I am from our COFCO Beijing Research Institute, Chang Shi Hui, associate researcher, I recalled it, I haven’t seen any articles on this topic recently, I don’t know if I missed it.”

His tone was a little more serious, with a slight questioning factor, obviously preparing for a big discussion.

Most of the people present have some kind of relationship with Coca-Cola, and their eyes are eager to try.

As long as the scope of the discussion is limited to the academic scope, it doesn't matter who you offend, the only fault is that the person you are looking for is not knowledgeable.

On the contrary, if political issues can be solved in an academic way, presumably Coca-Cola will not be stingy with some contributions.

The experience of the past few years shows that Coca-Cola is still quite generous in some ways.

Yang Rui didn't expect that there would be political issues, he was just thinking about it, don't say anything too advanced.

After thinking for a while, Yang Rui said: "As usual, let's start with the ingredients of carbonated drinks. The number one priority is calories. A bottle of Coke contains 150 kcal, which may cause obesity problems."

Chang Shihui, who was waiting solemnly, was stunned for a few seconds, and burst out laughing: "Calorie? Let me calculate, 150 kcal is about... 30 to 40 grams of sugar. Drinking a bottle of Coke a month is too much." Well, what is thirty or forty grams of white sugar? The main problem in our country is nutritional deficiencies, not excess calories."

A few others laughed too. If the so-called health problem is like this, it is not a problem at all.

Even Xiao Guo from Coca-Cola laughed.

Yang Rui didn't smile, and said calmly: "Can the calories be considered average? I ate four bowls of rice today, and the villagers who were affected by the disaster in the mountainous area didn't eat a bite. We both ate two bowls of rice on average? I drank 4 bottles of Coke today. We didn’t even drink the bottle, so the two of us average two bottles? Manager Xiao, who is the main target of your Coca-Cola sales?”

"Oh...mainly foreigners in China." This is the politically correct answer, the standard answer written in the document.

Chang Shihui was still happy about Yang Rui's theory of averageness, and said: "Don't change the topic, health or unhealthy is a common problem, it can't be considered average, but you can't just stare at one person."

"A small amount of arsenic is a traditional Chinese medicine, and a large amount is a poison. If you want to say average, do you know the average annual intake of Coca-Cola in the United States? 200 liters per person per year? Manager Xiao,

is not it? "Yang Rui looked at Manager Xiao inquiringly.

Although it is not confidential information, in the closed 1980s, such data would not be known unless checked.

Manager Xiao obviously knew, Qi Qi Ai Ai said: "It's almost like this."

He was actually a little relaxed just now, but now he feels not so relaxed. The data of 200 liters per person per year comes out of his mouth. It is impossible to say that Yang Rui has no knowledge of carbonated drinks. Who has nothing to check and record these data in his head?

However, if Yang Rui has a certain amount of research on carbonated drinks and holds an unhealthy understanding, it will be troublesome.

Manager Xiao had known the background information of everyone present in advance, but Yang Rui's information was quite conspicuous.

"Cell" is not Chinese cabbage. Among the thirty or forty people present, it is estimated that only one tenth of them have come into contact with it, and they may not be the first author.

This is also in Beijing, and it is an invitation from Coca-Cola. Even if it is changed to the United States, the proportion will not increase much.

As for the right to speak of these people, that is even more terrifying.

Because you have no power to refute.

When two idlers quarrel, it can be said that it is not clear what to say. When two scientific researchers quarrel, there are very few people who can make judgments. In many cases, history must be judged.

However, when an author of a top journal holds a certain opinion, the public often only has to listen. Of course, most of the time the public does not know what they are hearing, but when it is of vital interest, it is important to listen If you don't understand, you can only listen, and if you don't understand, you can only follow the words of authority.

Economists are the best example. Long before the Keynesian era, economists had essentially controlled the pockets of the country and ordinary people. Rate hike or cut? How much to add and how much to subtract? Print money or recycle money? Whether to stimulate the economy or debt restructuring, these decisions that are closely related to ordinary people are often made by one or two economists, at most a few economists. In an environment with many unknown factors, authoritative scholars may make frequent mistakes, but their Authority is seldom questioned, because in other people's words, there is much more that can go wrong.

Coca-Cola is very aware of the influence of academia on the social level, otherwise it would not organize such activities from time to time.

However, Manager Xiao's experience is obviously not enough, and it's too late to affect the situation.

At this time, Yang Rui completely entered into a state of debate, saying: "Each person drinks 200 liters of Coca-Cola per year. This calorie level must exceed the healthy value. Normal people can't eat so much sugar in a year, but drinking Coca-Cola will change your health." It's pretty easy."

"Every American family has a car, but China's national conditions are different." Chang Shihui felt relaxed.

There are also researchers around talking: Yankees are too rich, how much does 200 liters of Coke cost?

Yang Rui said: "After China develops and its economic level improves, it will face the same problems."

"The problem is the problem. Drinking a sip of Coca-Cola will not make you unhealthy."

"It's not just about Coca-Cola, carbonated drinks, but also the soft drinks we usually drink, and drinks like the Arctic Ocean, which will also have a superimposed effect."

When Yang Rui said this, another researcher was not happy, saying: "Since the Arctic Ocean Soda has been on sale for many years, customers have all praised it, and there is no problem you mentioned..."

This person is naturally related to the production company in the Arctic Ocean.

"Where is there such a thing as unanimous praise in the world." Yang Rui became interested, and continued: "Furthermore, calories are only one of the problems of carbonated drinks, and the problem of phosphoric acid is another."

"Phosphoric acid?" Chang Shihui mobilized his brain and recalled.

Yang Rui had already organized his language, and now he said cracklingly: "The sour taste in many carbonated drinks, such as cola, mainly comes from phosphoric acid. The astringent taste you taste in cola mainly comes from phosphoric acid. Everyone knows that, Phosphoric acid is a medium-strong acid. It has a strong binding ability when facing metal ions. Moreover, the phosphorus salt produced by combining phosphoric acid with metal ions has very low solubility. I remember many articles, and it was written that phosphoric acid is in the digestive tract , will reduce the absorption and utilization of trace elements such as calcium, iron, zinc and copper..."

Clear and rigorous logic is the strongest weapon in debate.

Chang Shihui didn't expect that Yang Rui was really prepared, so he could only say: "Even if the absorption and utilization rate of some trace elements are reduced, the impact will not be too great."

Yang Rui pressed: "So it will have adverse effects?"

"Very little."

"It may be negligible for you, but for teenagers? Teenagers need to absorb and utilize a lot of calcium in food for bone growth. Phosphoric acid affects the absorption of calcium, which will inevitably lead to a decrease in peak bone density. Regarding this point, it is entirely possible to design a Group experiments." Yang Rui had relevant research in his mind, and he said with great wealth: "My laboratory is increasing manpower, which is just right for newcomers to practice..."

Then, Yang Rui intermittently narrated a set of experiments on mice.

Chang Shihui suddenly felt powerless.

This is not a Chinese-style academic discussion!

Chinese-style academic discussions are generally talkative. If you talk too much, you will give speeches at various conferences or bring a few sentences when making reports, but in the final analysis, it is still talkative.

Talking is so cheap. Although things like emotional disputes are exciting, everyone is a social person. Of course, we have to solve the problem in a cheap way.

Of course, this is not only true of Chinese academic discussions, but also of foreign academic discussions.

However, the difference is that Chinese scholars are relatively poor. Even if they talk more and more and get angry, they would rather make trouble when the other party evaluates their titles than spend precious research funds on such places. Foreigners are richer and lack the concept of frugality. If they lose their minds, even if they spend all the investors' money, they must win the next city first.

In 1984, scientific researchers were even poorer.

Not to mention the landlord's family, the academician's family has no surplus food.

In the past ten years or so, there have been too many times when people have used air defense guns in the air. However, using their own laboratories and spending their own experimental funds to really do experiments to win the guns, there are few There are very few of them.

Chang Shihui's throat moved, and he really wanted to say a few tough words.

But when the words came to his lips, they softened all of a sudden.

Chang Shihui persuaded himself: People are the ones who have the right to decide the experimental projects and decide the flow of funds. It is the time when I am young and vigorous, so why should I argue with him. In front of so many people...

Thinking of this, Chang Shihui lowered his tone and said, "The truth is becoming clearer and clearer. It's good if you are willing to do a few sets of experiments."

Although he didn't admit defeat, Chang Shihui wanted to calm things down.

All the people present also heard it, some held back their laughter, and some helped to make peace and soften the scene.

Of course, it was inevitable that someone would discuss the mouse experiment he designed with Yang Rui. Although it is very strenuous to start a new project, and this kind of project also lacks eye-catching sophistication, or imminent social problems, but in the name of experimental discussion, it is a little bit of a sense of presence. Is there value in visiting a conference?

Everyone's discussion had just started, Manager Xiao, who was unresponsive in shock, said something in a low voice, then pushed open the door straight away, and left the conference room quickly.

The sound of leather shoes stepping out echoed for a long time on the terrazzo floor.

After a while, two muscular Americans pushed the door open.

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