Technological Hegemony

Brazil, Amazon Rainforest.

As the old saying goes, money can make ghosts turn mills, but in this rainforest far away from the civilized world, there is no law and order. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can also turn ghosts.

The fat-faced sheriff's body turned out to be exceptionally flexible. As soon as the ship docked, he jumped up and jumped onto the pier, showing a flattering smile to Wei Chen who was holding a cigarette.

"We have blown up all the reefs in the river channel. You see, our boat has arrived here without hindrance." The sheriff rubbed his hands and said.

Wei Chen glanced at the small fishing boat the sheriff was riding on. This boat was not big, equipped with two Yamaha brand external gasoline engines, and carried about two tons of cargo.

Now it has successfully crossed the torrent and arrived at the simple pier in the village, which shows that the road should be smooth, and the shoals and reefs have been cleared away by explosives.

"When you return to Manaus, you will naturally receive the money." Wei Chen said lightly, "There is another thing. It is best not to be disturbed by anyone in our scientific research base. Someone should guard the town. Don't worry about it." Everyone who is not four is let go."

The sheriff was all smiles, and patted his fat chest to assure Wei Chen that from now on, this place will be the private domain of Xingchen Technology, and anyone who dares to come here to make trouble will be shot with a machine gun.

Wei Chen didn't say anything, he had been stationed in Brazil for three years, and he was used to everything in front of him.

The jungle not far away has long been cut down and built into an airstrip, and now even the river has been blasted through, so the traffic at the base will no longer be a problem in the future.

It was the local military and police who cut down the forest and blasted the river. Their original duty was to protect the rainforest and animals. Unfortunately, in the face of interests, their duties cannot be relied upon. In Brazil, whoever has money has always been the boss.

Wei Chen walked towards the village. The construction workers were rebuilding the barren village. If the people in the village wanted to enter the city, Xingchen Technology would send them to Manaus. If they wanted to stay, they would be given a job as a security guard. Patrol the rainforest and rivers, and pay them wages at the end of the month.

In short, with money paving the way, everything was quickly settled.

Laboratory buildings and dormitory buildings are rising rapidly. Dozens of small planes land in the jungle every day. Even the cement used to build the buildings is brought in by plane. The volume and freight rate can be reduced.

Wei Chen came all the way to the airstrip. The runway was just laid with cement not long ago, and only propeller planes can take off and land. At the end of the runway, a steel frame warehouse was built. It was a place for planes to spend the night, and they could also do some simple maintenance and store some goods.

At this moment, a small twin-engine plane was preparing to take off. The rear hatch of the plane was removed and stuffed into a large water tank. In the water tank were black fish cultivated by Wen Chengfeng.

This kind of fish is not only powerful in combat, but also has amazing survivability. Even without an oxygen machine, it can still survive for a long time.

"Are you ready? Europe is in a hurry." Wei Chen said to Wen Chengling.

For Wei Chen, black fish is for eating, braised in soy sauce, stewed in clear water, and can also be made into fish meatballs.

But Wen Chengling had a different feeling, he was a little reluctant to look at those black fish.

For many years, the Wen family brothers have been living with the black fish, they are like an army trained by the Wen family brothers, ready to rush to the battlefield at any time to avenge their parents.

"Well, we can go." Wen Chengling nodded slightly.

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Europe, Switzerland.

When he returned to Novartis Group again, Wang Liguo brought an aquarium, made of black plexiglass, and he couldn't see what was inside. Two colleagues from the European branch carried the aquarium one after the other.

The plump blond female secretary invited Wang Liguo to the CEO's office. Cheng Yu frowned and asked in puzzlement: "Shouldn't we go to the biology lab first? We brought things with us.

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Wang Liguo was also a little surprised. Novartis Group's biological laboratory was not in this building. According to the previous agreement, the black fish should be sent to test at this moment, and then Sim Khan handed over the samples and experimental data to Wang Liguo.

Time is running out, and there is nothing else to do in Sim Khan's office except drinking tea and chatting, so why bother.

The secretary smiled apologetically and said, "I don't know too well, but the president told me that when you arrive, go to his office first."

Wang Liguo frowned and nodded, so everyone took the elevator and carried the heavy aquarium to Sim Khan's office.

The secretary pushed open the door, and saw that Sim Khan was not the only one in the spacious office. The three executive directors of Novartis Group were also there, and there was also an old man with gray temples, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and two young people beside him. , it looks like it should be a researcher.

Seeing that Wang Liguo had arrived as scheduled, Sim Khan had an ashamed and helpless expression on his face. He stood up and said, "Mr. Wang, you have worked hard."

"Please allow me to introduce to you, this is our executive director, Mr. Graf. Mr. Graf's family was involved in the founding of Novartis Pharmaceuticals and is the elder of the company."

After all, Sim Khan is a professional manager with good self-cultivation. The board of directors is his boss, and now he is put together by the bosses. Sim Khan did not complain and still performed his duties.

"This is Professor Pierre from École Polytechnique de Lausanne."

After Sim Khan introduced the members of the board of directors, he began to introduce the gray-and-white scholars. He mentioned a lot of prominent titles to prove how outstanding Professor Pierre is, but Wang Liguo was confused.

EPFL is of course very powerful. In this world, the best universities are almost all English schools. Except for the high-level colleges and universities in North America, Oxford and Cambridge in the British Isles are more powerful, but the British Isles The school still speaks English.

Among all non-English-speaking universities, EPFL and its sister school, EPZ, are the highest ranked. Pierre can be the director of the Department of Life Sciences at EPFL, and his level will never be low, but the problem is that this matter has nothing to do with him. Does it matter?

Sim Khan showed an embarrassing expression and was about to explain to Wang Liguo. At this time, Director Graf stood up and said: "Professor Pierre is an expert we specially invited to solve the problem. The professor's team found through research that Nanjiao mermaids have A natural genetic defect, as we all know, piranhas always act in teams, and the reason why they are scary is largely due to this biological characteristic."

"Professor Pierre discovered the key gene that breaks up the piranha team through experiments. Through the intervention of nerve drugs, the piranhas may be able to kill each other..."

Graf spoke very enthusiastically, and Professor Sim Khan nodded frequently, showing a somewhat smug expression.

Before they could finish speaking, the short-tempered Cheng Yu suddenly interrupted them, "Wait, what do you mean by all this today?"

Although Graf had made up his mind a long time ago, he knew very well that these guys with black hair and black eyes came on behalf of Xingchen Technology. In this world, no one is willing to be an enemy of the powerful Xingchen Technology, including the Novartis Group. inside.

Therefore, Graf intends to express it as tactfully as possible. He showed a embarrassed expression, and Cheng Yu and Wang Liguo said: "Actually, we have no other choice. Lake Constance is a public water area, and there are many tourists on weekends. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to throw the ferocious Chinese black fish in the lake to fight against the piranhas that escaped into the lake."

"Professor Pierre's method may not be effective, but it is low-key enough. Therefore, we hope to let the professor try it first. If it works, we don't need to cause trouble for everyone."

Wang Liguo frowned, took out the phone from his pocket, and prepared to ask Luo Jia for instructions.

And Cheng Yuqi's lungs were about to explode!

It took a lot of painstaking efforts to get the black fish that can fight piranhas from South America to Europe, and now the Novartis Group has backtracked. This is playing with a three-year-old child! ?