Technological Hegemony

In the office, Luo Jia met Graf, the executive director of Novartis Group. His face had long lost the haughty expression, and now he had a new look of sadness.

Graf shook hands with Roja with a smiling face.

"Please, please save us." After a few polite words, Graf said in an almost pleading voice: "The European Union is investigating the Lake Constance incident. The water police sealed off the lake and caught several mutant water tigers. fish."

"If we can't get rid of those terrible creatures as soon as possible, the safety committee will investigate us sooner or later!"

Luo Jia understands Mr. Graf's panic. Now it is a large-scale public event. The whole Europe and even the world are frantically reporting the news of the discovery of piranhas in Lake Constance.

People are afraid that the plots in horror movies will be staged in reality. Once the Novartis Group that caused the accident is found out, it will inevitably face the wrath of everyone.

Smiling, Luo Jia said to Graf, "I already know the situation, and the solution is actually very simple, just put enough 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, find and kill their opponents."

"As for the problem of snakeheaded fish flooding in Europe, you don't need to worry about it, because snakeheaded fish don't have the ability to reproduce, and they will die out naturally when they reach the end of their lifespan."

Graf was very excited when he heard it. It turned out that Heiyu had been artificially sterilized and only existed as a piranha killer. After all, it was a product used by the Wen brothers for revenge. The existence of Heiyu was just to complete the mission.

"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 up Lake Constance. Wang Liguo has already led the team to wait It's by the lake."

Graf was taken aback for a moment, and then a wry smile appeared on his face.

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

Established in 1996, the East Asia Laboratory is now the main research and development institution of Novartis, involving dozens of major research topics such as genes, pharmacology, life, virus, immunity, etc. Many topics have progressed to a critical stage.

Luo Jia made this condition after careful calculation. Ninety-five percent of the researchers in the East Asia Laboratory are Chinese, and the connection can be completed directly. There is no cultural barrier. 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, Stellar Technology can directly become a world-class pharmaceutical research group.

Graf sighed. As a European company, they actually didn't want to set up such a huge research institution in Huaxia, but they couldn't stand the fact that Huaxia graduates too many college students every year. solid.

Although the West is chanting the slogan that everyone is equal, they understand better than anyone else that there is no way for people to be equal in any society or era.

Assuming that everyone is equal, why doesn’t Novartis set up a large R\u0026D center in India? India also has a large population and wages are lower than China’s. Isn’t it more profitable?

The answer is very simple. People are really different. The millions of college graduates in China every year are nothing but decorations. India can’t compare with it.

Anyway, after going back and forth, Novartis's laboratory in China is getting bigger and bigger, and it has become one of their three major laboratories in the world, which 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, thinking that pharmaceutical companies have no technological content,

It's a bunch of liars who live off advertising.

In fact, international pharmaceutical groups are the most powerful researchers in the world, and almost all large pharmaceutical companies focus on scientific research.

They have a staggering number of laboratories, employ hundreds of thousands of scientists, and belong to the real top high-tech industry.

Novartis Group has an average R\u0026D cycle of 90 months for each new drug. They have spent a total of 83.6 billion U.S. dollars in R\u0026D funds in the past ten years and developed many drugs, but only 21 new drugs have been approved in the end. The cost of drug development is close to four billion US dollars.

In the movie I'm Not the God of Medicine, people know about the anticancer drug Gleevec, which costs as much as 30,000 yuan per box. Although the production cost of this drug is at most 5 yuan, the research and development costs behind it are difficult imagination.

"The East Asian Laboratory in Shanghai is our largest research institution." Graf sighed and said, "If I give it to you, it will be like cutting off my own arm."

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

Graf smiled wryly and shook his head, "At this point, we can no longer refuse, breaking an arm is better than dying, wait a minute, I will notify the board of directors."

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

An Ran put her arms around her head and said with a smile: "With the East Asia Laboratory, the basic structure of the Life Science Department has been set up. Let's build a new team, which is far inferior to taking over a mature team with rich experience."

Li Moran nodded and said: "Medicine, especially genetic science and life science, is the research high ground that military strategists must contend for in the future. After all, living healthier is the eternal goal of human beings."

"However, judging from the current situation, neither life science nor gene therapy can produce results in the short term. The two most important industries at the moment are the automobile and semiconductor industries. Anron, your passive components are very important, and I hope they can be put into production as soon as possible. Bar."

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

"Ordinary people only pay attention to CPU, memory, north-south bridge, and such semiconductor chips, but they don't know how huge the semiconductor industry is. Without passive components, even if they can create a processor faster than Intel, it is useless."

Luo Jia listened to the discussion between An Ran and Li Moran, but didn't say anything.

In the past, the company was divided into software and hardware. However, as Star Technology blew the clarion call to enter the semiconductor, the software department and the hardware department will start an unprecedented close cooperation. After all, semiconductors need to be embedded in software to be used.

However, with the opening of the semiconductor front, the company's R\u0026D links are becoming more and more complicated. As the crown of the technology industry, the annual output value of semiconductors is not as high as that of automobiles, but the difficulty of development 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 a temporary vote, and we have decided to transfer the East Asia Laboratory in Shanghai to the name of Xingchen Technology."

 …

The fourth year of Star Technology's establishment, at the end of May.

The world's second largest pharmaceutical group, Swiss Novartis, transferred its largest and most powerful East Asian laboratory through a secret agreement to Xingchen Technology for free in exchange for safely surviving the Lake Constance crisis.

There are two reasons why the secret agreement was signed. One is that Europe now regards Xingchen Technology as an enemy and publicly gives the largest laboratory to Xingchen Technology. Novartis may be investigated and condemned by the European Union.

The second is to consider the stock price. For a top pharmaceutical group like Novartis, R\u0026D capabilities are their lifeblood. Without the largest laboratory under its umbrella, the stock price may be like a pill, so it is better to carry out the transfer in a low-key manner.

In any case, the results are always good. So far, Star Technology has a mature medical research system, a complete management team and laboratory processes, and experienced scientific researchers. These are not things that can be bought with money. This transaction, Let Luo Jia save at least two years.

"You came."

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

"My wife, An Ran, made it herself." Luo Jia said, "Senior Qi Mengzhou seems to be a different person since she became pregnant. She doesn't care about school affairs, and concentrates on cooking at home with children and experimenting with various food recipes. You see After this month, An Ran has gained weight."

Wen Chengling nodded and said, "Mr. An has indeed gained weight recently, but it's also a kind of happiness."

The two chatted about work, and tasted the cake made by senior sister Qi Mengzhou. The taste was not bad. The senior sister is quite talented in making desserts. In the future, she and An Ran's child will have a good time.

After putting away the plate with the cake, Luo Jia turned on the projector in the office and connected to Wen Chengfeng in Brazil through a video connection.

"How's the situation with you?" Roja asked.

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

Luo Jia laughed, "It's good to be efficient, we are the toughest group of tough guys in the Chinese science and technology industry."

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

Human immunity is a start-up project of the Life Science Center. The goal is to activate the human immune system, maximize the potential of life, and fight against various virus invasions.

Exactly how much potential the human innate immune system has and whether it can be used to treat terminal illnesses like cancer is still hard to say. It will take a lot of experiments and research to finally determine.

But one thing is certain, once humans have mastered the key factors to activate their own immune system, the quality of life will be greatly improved, at least low-level diseases such as colds and pneumonia will be very obviously controlled.

Take a cold as an example. In fact, medicine cannot cure a cold, but can only relieve the symptoms of a cold. Take medicine for a week to recover, and not take medicine for seven days.

And if the immune system is fully activated, first of all, it will be difficult for human beings to catch a cold, because colds are caused by virus invasion, and human beings with strong immunity are like an extra layer of armor on their bodies, and the virus can't do anything to them.

Even if you are really unlucky enough to catch a cold, as long as your immune system is strong enough, a day or two will be enough to clear up the cold virus and save you a lot of suffering.

Adults are actually fine. Immunity improvement 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-piercingly. How distressed my parents are.

As for mumps, encephalitis, and measles, these diseases with fatal risks are still virus invasion, activating a strong immune system to resist various viruses, children will get sick less, and mothers will worry less, which will benefit generations to come huge achievements.

Therefore, even though Luo Jia was very busy, he still invested a lot of enthusiasm and time in the newly established life science department, personally asked about various things in the department, and held conference calls with the Wen family brothers every day.

It's just that the Life Sciences Department has just been established, and it still takes time and patience to see results.

Engaging in life sciences does not happen overnight, but there are more than one projects underway at Star Technology.

When the time came to June, Luo Jia finally got the long-awaited good news. After trial and error, the hardware department completed the first major project in the semiconductor industry, passive components.