Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 912 More important things

On the way back to Shanghai, the Hongqi car was stable and quiet.

Zhou Rui was holding up a bound volume of his thesis and was quietly flipping through it. He had made rapid progress in biomedicine during this period. As a "Master of Biology" he had extremely high talent in related fields, and Zhou Rui was improving every day.

Lin Tuo glanced through the rearview mirror and found that the newly-minted Academician Zhou was still studying hard. He said, "Mr. Zhou, although it was announced as planned, it is still worth being vigilant in the near future. I will appropriately increase security forces."

Zhou Rui said without even looking up, "I sensed that the Dongfeng Warriors behind us have been called back. Have you brought everything you need?"

"It's ready."

"Then let's go. If I'm late, the fat nurse will yell at me."

The car drove all the way to the vicinity of Zhongshan Hospital. Zhou Rui got off early and walked to the inpatient department.

It has been more than ten days since Marcus completed the injection, and many things should have a final arrangement.

Outside the ward, Zhou Rui knocked on the door. Inside was Marcus, who was writing and drawing, and his granddaughter Mia.

Mia returned to China yesterday. The short trip back and forth made her look a little haggard, and she felt very embarrassed when she saw Zhou Rui coming in.

She already knew Zhou Rui's identity and was a little nervous.

Marcus looked up and smiled, "Academician Zhou, I didn't expect you to come to me so soon. I thought you would go to Jingbei to receive the honor."

Zhou Rui had no special reaction to this new title. He shook his head and said, "The public notice period is 15 days. It cannot be considered 'finally confirmed' at this time."

What if someone reports it?
Then we have to check our ancestors for eighteen generations, right?

The hospital corridor was still empty, and two chairs were still fished out from the nurse's office.

Today, Zhou Rui no longer needs to go to the so-called safe place to discuss things.

With Linto and a whole team, he can create a confidential space anywhere.

"Mr. Marcus, how are you feeling these days?"

"It couldn't be better, so good that I felt I was wasting my life and couldn't be sure if I would become a forgetful old man again in the future, so I tried to record the recent inspiration as much as possible."

Zhou Rui: "Based on the current conclusion, this possibility is close to zero. Let's talk about something serious. The American laboratory has already entered the acquisition process."

"So fast?"

Zhou Rui said: "Yes, it went smoothly."

The people from Furui Group were there, and they contacted us on the grounds that they "needed to use the acquisition to obtain US drug research qualifications, and then merge the domestic pharmaceutical companies into one financial statement, increase R&D expenses to boost stock prices, and transfer assets at the same time."

It sounds quite complex, and quite real.

Reality fucking opened the door for reality.

The small and medium-sized pharmaceutical laboratory named "King Kong" did not resist this and could even be said to be very happy about it, because if they continued to operate the business, they might go bankrupt.

In the United States, bankruptcy is very dangerous, especially for the middle class and small and medium-sized business owners.

Today you may be drinking coffee like a normal person, but tomorrow you may be kicked out of the house and end up on the street, turning into a human-shaped medicine jar or a human-shaped puff.

The man had money and the woman was interested, and the two sides quickly reached a preliminary agreement and began to pragmatically promote the process.

It is obviously impossible for an acquisition to be completed so quickly, but thanks to the "activism" of both parties, a lot of core information has been obtained.

The TDX-42 protein, one of a batch of experimental substances, and its related technology are included in an intellectual property portfolio package. It is part of a failed Parkinson's disease specific drug project and is also part of the acquired assets.

However, part of the rights and interests of the package still belong to Pfizer, even if the other party terminates the cooperation.

However, Pfizer did not take this seriously. For a company like theirs, the King Kong Laboratory was just one of thousands of small suppliers, and that project was just one of thousands of projects.

To them, it is just a line in a long report and does not even have its own project code.

The "acquirer" expressed the desire to acquire the entire rights and interests for the purpose of applying for international patents, and Pfizer agreed to this, so that at least on paper it would be a "small profit" rather than "research failure, huge losses, etc."

So Pfizer is also very happy.

Well, now it becomes that the man has money, the concubine has feelings, and the ex-husband pushes her from behind
All three parties felt that they had made a profit and were afraid that the other two parties would go back on their word.

He waved towards the distance, and Lintuo came over carrying a lot of things.

Zhou Rui took out a file bag and placed it on Marcus' lap.

"This is a model of the TDX-42 protein. Its molecular weight is not too large among proteins. It can be synthesized with 'Compound No. ' to create the raw material for 'Compound No. '."

Marcus was holding the document bag in shock. “Didn’t the acquisition process just begin?”

Zhou Rui tapped the document bag with his fingertips, making a tapping sound:
"Because some shareholders want additional price, the private kind, so we also made additional requirements, but here we only have the supercomputing model of TDX-42 protein, but not the preparation method."

Marcus wanted to open the file bag immediately, but Zhou Rui put his hand on it: "Don't worry, take it one by one."

Lin Tuo handed over another file bag, and Zhou Rui raised it and said, "This is your application for resignation. If you don't file a complaint in court within 180 days, it will be automatically approved."

Marcus already knew this. His identity in Germany was just a patient with severe Alzheimer's disease and he had no civil capacity. Mia had full agency rights, so some things were particularly simple to handle.

Of course, even if there are some legal follow-ups over there, it doesn’t matter, as long as the naturalization here can be completed.

Zhou Rui moved quickly and threw the third file bag at him:
"This is your employment contract. Once you sign it, you will be an employee of Lingshu Biology. Your corporate position will be CTO, and your research position will be researcher."

Marcus somewhat likes Zhou Rui's style of doing things quickly and decisively.

This is what a genius should be like. Being hesitant and inefficient are not qualities that a genius should have.

Zhou Rui placed the fourth item, a heavy black suitcase, on Marcus's legs, pressing his old knees so hard that they made a sound. Marcus frowned. With this texture and this weight, it must be filled with paper products.

Is this a box of money?
He couldn't help but sigh that Master Zhou really knew how to manipulate people's hearts. Although paying salaries in cash was a bit cumbersome in this day and age, it was obviously more imposing and more shocking.

He was not averse to this. The previous few years of treatment had already used up most of his savings, so it was nice to be hit by a money box.

At least he was able to leave some wealth for Mia, and the two of them have been dependent on each other since their daughter's death.

Don't be fooled by his arrogant attitude now, always saying that I, Ma, am the best in the world. In fact, he and Mia are a pair of poor grandfather and granddaughter. Zhou Rui paid for Mia's round-trip air tickets to Germany.

Mia had also missed several years to accompany him in his treatment, and she had fallen behind in both her studies and work. The lack of a stable place to live also made this beautiful girl very insecure. He was definitely worried about letting his granddaughter go back to Germany to fend for herself, so he had to arrange some family property in China.
Marcus rubbed his hands and said politely:
"I'm so embarrassed. This is so much money, it must be hundreds of thousands of RMB."

Zhou Rui was stunned for a moment, knowing that he had misunderstood, and deliberately said: "More than that, several hundred million."

Marcus blinked. "What do you mean?"

Is this a box of tadpoles? What is this huge amount, Mr. Zhou?
"The compensation is several hundred million. Inside the box is the confidentiality agreement and legal contract you need to sign."

Marcus:? ? ?

When he opened it, he found a whole box of agreements. He took out a piece of paper at random and saw the punishment measures on it, which made his eyes darken.
This is just what is on the surface. If Marcus really has a problem, can he be let off with just a fine?

It was a great success for Zhou Rui if he could leave China.

He is not partial to one over the other. Anyone who comes into contact with the core technology of Fu Rui Group, especially scientific researchers, has to go through this. Che Qian and his colleagues are all bound by confidentiality agreements.

Marcus only has one box, purely because he has little exposure. If he wants to see the world and see other things from Furui Technology in the future, he will have to sign for more boxes.

"Just a reminder, these things will take effect at the same time as the treatment agreement you signed earlier, and there is no conflict. In other words, you are both the CTO of Lingshu Biology and also the research material of Lingshu Biology. Do you understand?"

Marcus didn’t feel uncomfortable, but was a little excited: “I can’t wait!”

Zhou Rui gave Marcus some time to review the confidentiality agreements on site.

Fortunately, the old man now has an extremely quick mind and a photographic memory, and can read very quickly, which is a bit like Zhou Rui’s “quantum reading”.

Everything was signed in just over ten minutes. The old man was very relaxed and did not question or object to any of the terms.

Then he smiled and said, "So, boss, can I open my offer now?"

Zhou Rui stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation: "Please go ahead."

Marcus opened it and took a look, especially at the salary column.
Well, it's a very sincere salary.

Although it is still not as much as his previous income when he was the best brain expert in Europe in Germany, it can still be said to be quite generous.

Mia's husband Ben is already pregnant.

In contrast to the order in which they were obtained, Marcus was finally qualified to open the file bag containing the "TDX-42 protein model".

After opening it, he read it for a long time, even longer than the box of confidentiality agreements. The more he read, the more excited Marcus became.
"Great, great. Now that we have this, we can start researching Compound No. 2! Unfortunately, we only have a model but no preparation method."

According to Zhou Rui, it will take several months to obtain the preparation method after the acquisition is officially completed.

Or you can try to redesign it yourself, but it will take a lot of time.

Zhou Rui said mysteriously: "Look at the last few pages."

Marcus quickly flips to the end!
Then I was shocked.

"Plasmid design, cloning and expression, purification QC, small molecule assistance, phosphorylation catalysis. This is the production process of TDX-42 protein? Didn't you get the manufacturing method?"

Zhou Rui smiled, tapped his temple, and said with a smile: "I haven't got it yet, so I made one myself."

Behind Zhou Rui, Lin Tuo rolled his eyes silently.
After Mr. Zhou learned my pretentious move, he used it very frequently.
Marcus was delighted! Wouldn't it be possible for him to start research on "Compound No. 2" right away?

He held the paper in his hand, feeling very excited, as if the secrets of the human brain were beckoning to him.

Turned to look at Zhou Rui.

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhou, Academician Zhou, you will not regret giving me a job. I will bring you results that will shock the world!"

Zhou Rui patted Marcus on the shoulder, stood up and left: "Then I'll look forward to it. Tomorrow, if Zhang Biao allows, you can be discharged from the hospital and someone will come to pick you up."

Since the [Probe] was always on, and Marcus' brain was almost defenseless against him, Zhou Rui read all his thoughts and basically trusted this old man.

Lingshu Biology finally has a general who can take on the important responsibility.

A very cool, very cool general, the kind that is a golden legend.

Next, all he has to do is wait for Marcus’ work to bear fruit. Apart from the “learning machine”, he doesn’t plan to spend any more energy on biomedicine.

His "part-time" career at Zhongshan Hospital is also coming to an end.

Seeing Zhou Rui walking further away, Marcus said, "Mr. Zhou, won't you join me in the research? With your participation, we will definitely be faster and stronger."

Zhou Rui didn't even turn his head, but waved his hand with his back turned: "I have been delayed for a long time by biomedical treatment. I have more important things to do."

"What could be more important than 'Compound No. 2'?"

This is not confidential, because everyone in the world knows that he has promised something.

Zhou Ruiyaoyao said:

"Upgrade Nantianmen."

(End of this chapter)