Shenhao: Gold Medal Investor

Everyone chatted while eating, and time passed quickly.

Gao Si's bracelet suddenly vibrated.

He glanced at the bracelet and said loudly: "Wangcai, who is here?"

The smart speaker in the room replied: "Master, the guest just knocked on the door without announcing his identity."

"I'll go take a look." After hearing this, Li Li stood up and went out to open the door.

After a while, a burly young man with a Chinese character and a tall build followed Li Li and walked in. He had a mess of hair and some gray hair. Judging from Li Li's expression, it was obvious that he did not recognize him.

Gao Si saw this and stood up to greet him.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Dr. Xiong Yongliang, the founder of Evolution Light."

Except for Zhuang Zuqin and Zhao Mengge, Xiong Yongliang didn't know anyone else. Gao Si introduced him patiently. Xiong Yongliang shook hands with everyone one by one, but he was extremely shocked. He didn't expect that Gao Si had laid such a big plan.

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Gao Si said: "Now all the founders of Magic City are here. There are also Chen Jincui and Huang Yifei from the West who can't be there. Let's get to know each other through a video conference later."

After the introduction, I saw that Xiong Yongliang was not seated.

"Sit down, Brother Liang, hey? What is that in your hand?"

After Gao Si finished speaking, everyone discovered that Xiong Yongliang was holding a dead bird in his hand. It had blue-grey feathers, an orange belly, and a long tail. It was quite good-looking.

Xiong Yongliang glanced at the bird in his hand and said, "Where is the refrigerator? Put it in the freezer for me to preserve it. I was late today because of it. My phone was also smashed."

"What's going on? Tell us quickly?"

Under Li Li's guidance, Xiong Yongliang found the refrigerator, wrapped the dead bird in plastic wrap, and put it into the freezer with his own hands before returning.

"That bird just now was not an ordinary bird, it was a passenger pigeon." Xiong Yongliang said.

"What did you say? Passenger pigeon?" Gao Si slapped the table and stood up directly.

Gao Si's actions shocked the others. Most of the people here didn't know what Xiong Yongliang was doing. People who didn't know much about animals didn't know what kind of bird the passenger pigeon was.

kind.

Zhao Mengge rolled his eyes: "What are you doing, brother? You scared me."

Gao Si knew he had lost his temper and quickly explained: "Don't you know what a passenger pigeon is? The passenger pigeon is an extinct bird, and the last artificially bred passenger pigeon died in 1914.

I forgot to introduce you just now, Dr. Xiong is a genetic biologist, and he is the kind of biologist with excellent theoretical and experimental abilities, who may win the Nobel Prize at any time."

Xiong Yongliang smiled shyly: "It's not as exaggerated as what Gao Si said. I can't even get a Nobel Prize."

Gao Si said, "Okay, let's not mention the Nobel Prize for now. Let's just talk about the passenger pigeon. It's amazing enough to resurrect an extinct creature."

"Haha, that's funny. In the eyes of professionals, what I do is called evil. I just think it's interesting to restore extinct animals. Today this is only the third generation. It already looks like the passenger pigeon in the picture album.

about there."

"Did you bring it for everyone to see?" Gao Si asked.

"Yes. This afternoon, I put it in a cage and wanted to bring it over to show you. But somehow, the cage door opened by itself and it ran out. Thanks to it when it was a child, I

Its flight feathers were clipped and it couldn't fly far. I chased it for two stops and was finally bitten by a dog in the park before I caught it. I broke my mobile phone trying to catch it."

Zhuang Zuqin couldn't help laughing when she saw Xiong Yongliang's appearance. She asked, "Dr. Xiong, why did you choose an animal like the passenger pigeon?"

Xiong Yongliang said: "Actually, I didn't think too much about it, it's just easier. When I was at the research institute, mice, pigeons, and rabbits were the most familiar animals. Conditions were convenient at that time, and the genomes that control the shape of pigeons were all similar.

It’s clear. The only thing left is to do experiments. In fact, graduate students studying biology can do gene editing.”

Gao Si's eyes widened, this was his knowledge blind spot: "No way, is there no threshold for gene editing now?"

"Not really. Being able to do it and being able to do it are two different things. To edit a pigeon into a passenger pigeon, seventeen genes need to be operated on. If this kind of thing is left in the hands of others, the success rate is basically zero. I can be regarded as an experimental person.

It's quite unnatural. But there is a high probability that a lot of monsters will be edited." Xiong Yongliang scratched his head and giggled.

"Is this why you were forced to resign from the institute?" Gao Si asked.

"Hahaha, yes. Although there is no legal restriction on gene editing of animals, creating a monster for no reason is still very troublesome for the leaders of the research institute. Since the leaders don't like it, then I will resign."

"So that's it. By the way, your pigeon died today, so it won't have any impact on your research."

"It won't have any impact. I can get a few living cells from it and continue to make the next generation. However, I am satisfied with this version. I will make a few more next time and try to reproduce them."

Gao Si smiled and said, "Isn't that inbreeding?"

Xiong Yongliang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "They are not just close relatives, they are simply having children with themselves. However, if you want to create a new species, inbreeding is the only way to go. If there is a genetic disease in the future, you will be punished."

Gao Sile was amused and said: "Then can I think that you are one step closer to making Jurassic Park?"

Xiong Yongliang still shook his head: "Dinosaurs and passenger pigeons are not the same thing. Passenger pigeons and pigeons are closely related, and they can be inseparable by just trying their luck. Although dinosaurs are also close relatives of birds, they have changed.

There are too many genes and it cannot be solved by experiments at all."

After thinking for a while, Xiong Yongliang added: "Wait a minute, wait until your supercomputing center becomes available, and see if we can use AI algorithms to solve some of the problems. It's definitely out of the question now."

Gao Si knows that Xiong Yongliang is the kind of scientist who is rigorous in his studies. He said that there is definitely no chance of it now, which almost means that there will be a chance in the future. Gao Si was shocked and secretly regarded Jurassic Park as a key project. He wanted to do it

Yes, it means to come up with enough money when the project needs investment.

He took out his mobile phone, opened a video conference, and invited Huang Yifei and Chen Jincui in.

Among the people present, Huang Yifei was the most familiar with Luo Xingyu, so Luo Xingyu gave him an introduction.

Wang Shanshan was very enthusiastic and directly made an appointment for the full live broadcast of Huang Yifei's next rocket test. Huang Yifei readily agreed.

Goth asked: "Can you send a rocket into suborbital space and bring it back? Like"

Huang Yifei did not hide anything, saying: "Technically, I am confident. If you have the money to burn it, I will build it."

Gao Si was not ambiguous and directly made an investment of one billion with Huang Yifei. Huang Yifei also verbally promised that he would strive to have the rocket complete a suborbital flight and complete recovery within a year.

Later, Gao Si introduced Chen Jincui to everyone.

And said: "Sister Jin Cui, your wildlife park needs to be accelerated. If you don't have enough money, tell me. Today, Dr. Xiong has resurrected the extinct bird passenger pigeon. The resurrection of the dinosaurs is just around the corner. In your wildlife park,

The future is not just about lions and elephants. There will definitely be dinosaurs. Just be mentally prepared."

Before Xiong Yongliang could explain, he ended the video conference amidst Chen Jincui's extreme shock.

Jurassic Park?

Is this really a serious investment project?

As an investor, are you serious?

No one said anything, but their hearts were turned to stone many times.