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Who is Lao Guo, and who is the loser? Chen Qi was not familiar with the American doctor in front of him and it was difficult for him to speak, so it was just right for him, Lao Guo, to speak.

Sure enough, when Dr. Mayo heard that the Vietnam-China Hospital had cooperated with the university, he felt even more anxious and wanted to get on the bus as soon as possible.

"Mr. Guo, Mr. Li, the two sexual malformation research team involves many aspects. Let me give you an example. This scientific research requires the use of a large amount of genetic testing. According to me, there is currently no genetic testing company in China.

Simple genetic testing is not expensive and can be done for a few thousand dollars. However, for complex genetic profiling and chromosome screening, the cost is very huge. It is estimated that it is impossible to get it without millions of dollars. I don’t think you can afford it. Such a huge amount of money is spent. "

This hit the Yuezhong Hospital to its core.

In fact, the previous genetic testing of Xiao Taohua and Liu Chunjiao cost US$20,000 per test under the substantial discount provided by Sysmex.

But how many times can Chen Qi's face be sold?

And to obtain a complete genetic profile, millions of dollars is just a starting figure.

For example, the world's first human genetic mapping project was officially launched in 1990, costing US$3 billion to detect the precise sequence of 3 billion base pairs under the conditions at that time.

At that time, hundreds of researchers from the United States, Britain, Japan, Canada, Sweden and China participated, and it took 13 years to complete the first human genetic map (all about white people).

The study of genetic maps is used to decipher all human genetic information. It is for the first time that humans can comprehensively understand themselves at the molecular level.

Therefore, the work of the first human genetic map is of milestone significance. It, together with the Manhattan atomic bomb project and the Apollo moon landing project, are known as the three major scientific projects in the history of human natural sciences in the 20th century.

Although the Yuezhong Hospital does not need a complete human genetic map, even a small section of it will cost money.

Of course, Japan's Sysmex genetic testing company welcomes Chen Qi to take the test. This is their business, but if this business is worth millions or even tens of millions of dollars, Sysmex will be helpless.

Don’t forget that they are enterprises and they have to be responsible for their own profits and losses. For small amounts, everyone can make friends, but for large amounts, they can only go according to the market price.

Comrade Lao Guo was complaining in his heart, but on the surface he was calm and clear:

"Professor Dewey, you are right. This project does require top-notch high technology to complete, but I'm afraid you don't know that our Yue Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital has just received a donation of 400 million Hong Kong dollars from a wealthy man in Hong Kong. Converted into RMB With more than 50 million US dollars, we have sufficient funds."

Chen Qi thought to himself, this old Guo is really good at taking advantage of the situation. Even if he spent 50 million US dollars, he would only have more than 10 million left.

Dewey was shocked when he heard this and looked around, thinking that such a simple hospital could actually receive so many donations? 50 million US dollars is not a small amount even in Mayo.

Professor Dewey looked at Chen Qi. He believed that Chen Qi would not lie to him.

Chen Qi met Professor Dewey's gaze and nodded slightly.

Professor Dewey was obviously not giving up, and he talked to several assistants next to him. Apparently there were experts in the Mayo team who had collected information about Yuezhong Hospital, and the answer was yes.

Since you can't kill people with money, Professor Dewey is ready to use true feelings to impress them.

"Mr. Guo, we have traveled thousands of miles to come to China. You can guess the purpose. We are very interested in Liu Chunjiao's case, so we are very eager to cooperate with you and let us jointly form a new research team."

Lao Guo laughed and asked:

"So what kind of cooperation does Mayo plan to adopt?"

"Our Mayo Clinic can bear all the expenses, and half of the research team members are from our hospital. We also promise to give the Chinese leader a monthly salary of US$50,000 and a researcher a monthly salary of US$10,000. In addition, for ordinary staff, our monthly salary It can be opened up to 2,000 US dollars.

However, we at Mayo hope to get half of the scientific research results, which means we are required to be joint first authors, in no particular order.

If one day this two-person research team can win the Nobel Prize, both of us will be qualified. "

Chen Qi nodded secretly after hearing this. This condition can be said to be very generous, after all, all the expenses have been borne.

In addition, the Mayo Clinic is thoughtful enough to pay salaries to all Chinese researchers. This is very humane, but it is actually trying to win people's hearts and indirectly force the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital to agree.

You must know that in an era when the monthly salary in China was tens of dollars, those researchers didn't agree like crazy to these tens of thousands of dollars in monthly salary?

Why do so many international students from China stay in the United States every year and refuse to return? The so-called freedom is just an excuse. To put it bluntly, it is because American companies provide too much.

If American companies gave them tens of dollars a month, these international students would not be willing to eat hamburger sandwiches every day.

Lao Guo discussed it with Principal Li and felt that this condition was really good.

However, Lao Guo also got some information from Chen Qi. The old fox and the little fox had already discussed it and took this opportunity to make more demands.

And the request that Lao Guo wants to make really requires the cooperation of Haidong Medical University.

"Principal Li, I have decided to make another request to the Mayo Clinic, which is to establish a reproductive center at our Yuezhong Hospital."

Principal Li was confused: "What is a reproductive center?"

At present, no hospital in China has established a reproductive center, which is generally divided into men's department and gynecology department. If ordinary people cannot give birth to a child, they would rather go to the Guanyin Empress for help than go to the hospital.

For example, Xiao Taohua and Fang Erqiang's couple had been married for three years and had no children, so they had no idea of ​​going to the hospital for a checkup.

Anyway, the public acquiesce is that if there is a problem, it is a woman's problem.

Lao Guo introduced: "I also heard from Chen Qi about this department. He said that it mainly treats infertility, as well as premarital diagnosis, fetal disease screening, eugenics and postnatal care, etc."

Principal Li was a little unimpressed: "Infertility, what's the point?"

Infertility was not taken seriously in the 1980s and 1990s, and it was not even considered a high-level subject. Therefore, this market was quickly occupied by private hospitals.

Private hospitals are discerning. Businessmen naturally know which industries make money, and they don't care whether they are high-ranking or not.

Lao Guo rolled his eyes at Principal Li and reminded:

"Do you remember that the year before last, an in vitro fertilization baby was born in the Third Hospital of Peking University? In vitro fertilization is a subject managed by the reproductive center. How about it? It's high-level enough, right?"

Principal Li's eyes lit up when he heard this:

"Hey, if you say that, I won't be sleepy. In vitro fertilization is great. It's a high-tech technology and it definitely has a future. Tell me, how can we, Haidong Medical University, support it?"

People in the medical field know that they need to develop high-tech projects. Why don’t those in the IT field know that they need to develop their own chips?

"The main thing is to recruit people. In vitro fertilization technology involves embryo transfer technology, which is really top-notch high-tech. Our Yue Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital does not have enough talents in this field. We need to transfer some professors from your Haidong Medical University."

Principal Li was also decisive: "Okay, it's okay to lend you some professors, but you have to pay them back later."

Lao Guo chuckled: "In the future, doctors from our own hospital will also be brought out, and I will definitely return it to you then."

In fact, Lao Guo thought, in the future, the income of the reproductive center will be several times that of your Haidong Medical University, and it will be easier to engage in scientific research. It depends on whether these professors are willing to come back.

Lao Guo borrowed someone, and the surgeon in charge was someone who never came back.

After Principal Li reached a tacit understanding, Lao Guo smiled and looked at Professor Dewey:

"Mr. Professor, I feel the sincerity of your Mayo Clinic, but I have one more request. I heard that the reproductive center of the Mayo Clinic is very famous internationally, and its embryo transfer technology is even more top-notch..."

Dewey and the doctors at Mayo looked embarrassed when they heard this, thinking that the reproductive center at Mayo had closed down because of the IVF scandal.

If they hadn't seen the sincerity on Lao Guo's face, they would have really suspected that Dr. Hua Guo was mocking their Mayo Clinic?

In fact, Chen Qi was to blame for this matter. His intelligence was wrong. He thought that Mayo was right to strive for first place in everything and praised their reproductive center. He didn't even know that they had closed down.

Lao Guo is still talking:

“So our Vietnam-China Hospital very much hopes to jointly establish a reproductive center with the Mayo Clinic. We hope that you can provide us with technical and equipment support, and the topic of sexual deformities can also be included in the reproductive center, becoming a model of medical cooperation between the two countries. .”

Professor Dewey was only a plastic surgeon, not a reproductive center doctor, so he looked at Dr. Bryan next to him, who was the former head of the Mayo Reproductive Center.

Brian was very happy after hearing this. He was worried that the reproductive center would not be able to open, so he could only be his gynecologist.

If we cooperate with the Chinese side to build a reproductive center, and at the same time conduct research on people with two sexual abnormalities in this center, then Mayo will have an excuse to reopen the reproductive center.

As for aiding the construction of a medical center in the Yue Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, this is simply trivial.

Mayo doesn't have much else, but it has a lot of second-hand equipment. It doesn't give out new ones. It gives all the second-hand goods to the Yuezhong Hospital, and then trains a few professional doctors for the Yuezhong Hospital. This cooperation costs little or even no money.

The doctors at the Mayo Clinic discussed it for a long time and finally came to an opinion.

"OK, Guo, we agree with your proposal, but we both need to sign a formal contract on the subject of two sexually deformed people. The Chinese side must guarantee that all data will be open to us, and half of it will be shared once the results are produced."

Lao Guo stood up and held Professor Dewey's hand heavily: "Of course, our country values ​​credibility the most!"

A few days later, the Mayo Clinic and Vietnam-China Hospital announced the details of the cooperation.

The Mayo Clinic invested US$15 million to jointly establish two sexual deformity research groups with the Vietnam Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and Haidong Medical University, and assisted the Vietnam Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital with a state-of-the-art reproductive center.

This news didn't even make a splash abroad, but it caused an uproar in China's domestic medical circle.

I don’t know how many deans broke their water glasses again and cursed that all the good things had been taken away by Yuezhong Hospital.