Sentinel

Chapter 58 Umbrella
The next morning, Sean drove to the new laboratory site on Long Island. The scientific research environment of the State University of New York could no longer satisfy him and Dr. Conners, and some secret experiments that were inconvenient to be known to outsiders were also difficult to carry out smoothly. .

So, after completing the cooperation with Osborne Industries, Xiao En and Dr. Conners searched for a new laboratory together. From site selection to planning and design and a series of matters, it took almost a week to complete it.

The new laboratory is located in Long Island, New York, surrounded by the sea on three sides, with many ports, convenient transportation, and adjacent to many colleges and universities, such as the State University of New York at Stony Brook where Sean works, which can be regarded as attracting scientific research talents one of the channels.

By the time Sean returned to Long Island from Hell's Kitchen, the new laboratory had completed the migration work under the arrangement of Dr. Connors. The original scientific research team and experimental materials were all packed away. At the same time, a large number of people were recruited. ALZ-112 Dr. Sean and Dr. Connors, who are very famous, are no longer unknown in the scientific community, especially Dr. Connors, who has won the National Medal of Science. Strong contender for the award.

Dr. Connors, who was once disliked and even ridiculed as a "mad scientist", can be said to be proud now, having washed away the humiliation and depression for many years, so this one-armed middle-aged man is also very enthusiastic about the construction of the new laboratory. It is the dream of every scientist to have their own independent laboratory.

The black car passed through the tree-lined path, and it didn't take long to arrive at the destination. In the middle of Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, a magnificent and eye-catching building was in sight.

Driving through the wide square, Sean got out of the car and looked up at the towering spire-like buildings. He couldn't help but feel a burst of satisfaction in his heart. It was indeed right to choose Dr. Conners as a partner. A down-and-out disabled scientist who only thinks about the scientific research of cross-species inheritance and has no other complicated thoughts, this kind of talent is easier to control.

Sean stepped into the laboratory. The high-strength steel beam structure is like a backbone, supporting this huge building. Pieces of irregular transparent glass have an excellent lighting effect. Warm sunlight shines from the dome. It refracts colorful light and looks like a dazzling crystal palace when viewed from a distance.

After passing the identity verification, Sean boarded the circular corridor on the second floor. The plaza below was filled with people, the staff and interns were in a hurry, and occasionally some people stopped and sat on the lawn benches for a short rest. , The dense forest hides a large area of ​​villa floors, which is the residential area of ​​the rich in New York.

"You are back." Hearing the news of Sean's return, Connors rushed over immediately, pretending to complain: "The new laboratory is waiting for you to sign, but you left a lot of things and disappeared. Harry nearly blew up his phone, and if you don't show up, maybe he'll put a missing person in the paper."

Sean smiled apologetically: "Take care of a little personal matter, next time you can't find me, you can contact Wesley."

The street heroes and the Hand in Hell's Kitchen delayed him for a while. Fortunately, Dr. Connors took care of everything, otherwise the new laboratory would not have been completed so quickly and could be put into use within the shortest possible time.

"Why is Harry so anxious to find me? Is there something wrong with ALZ-112?"

Dr. Sean and Dr. Conners were strolling in the corridor. From time to time, passing scientific researchers recognized these two, and they all cast respect or admiration. After all, these two people have been active in the headlines of major news pages recently, especially It is Sean, and he is called "the second Tony Stark". If it is purely based on the academic status of the scientific community, this is indeed a compliment.

"That's not true. It's just that a week later, the White House will hold a Ministry of Defense award dinner, and we have also received invitations." Connors explained.

Sean raised his eyebrows, with a trace of surprise in his eyes, he said with a smile: "When did we have a relationship with the Ministry of Defense? Or is it that Harry is still unwilling to give up and wants to become an arms contractor like Stark Industries?" ?”

Dr. Connors shook his head, and he replied: "Harry just wants to climb the big backer of the Ministry of Defense. ALZ-112 will be put on the market soon. You know, an estimated 540 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. This number is still growing rapidly with the aging population, and once ALZ-112 officially enters the medical market, it is expected that there will be countless huge orders."

"Those established medical companies, how could they just sit back and watch us steal the market from them? Huge benefits often attract a group of annoying flies... Well, these are Harry's exact words."

There was a smile on Conor's dull face. He was just a scientist who was obsessed with research, and he knew nothing about the game of fighting in the capital market.

"Oh, it seems that Harry is feeling the pressure." Sean knew in his heart that the launch of ALZ-112 was enough to cause turmoil in the entire market, and Osborne Industries' entry into the biomedical field would undoubtedly have a negative impact on established medical companies. , The pharmaceutical group poses no small threat.

After all, Osborne Industries is not a small fish or shrimp. It is a giant capital crocodile. Now that it is breaking into a new market with a fierce attitude, it is bound to set off a bloodbath.

Instead of letting themselves have one more competitor, these powerful capital groups might as well launch a fierce offensive before the opponent grows up, and kill Osborne Industry in advance before it enters the market!

Monopolizing the entire market and dominating one's own family has always been the ultimate goal pursued by capital groups. Even if the sword of Damocles, the anti-monopoly bill, hangs over their heads, they will continue to take advantage of legal loopholes to seek greater profits. Interests.

As Marx said, once there is a proper profit, the capitalist will be bold.If there is a 50.00% profit, it will take risks; for a [-]% profit, it will dare to trample on all human laws; if there is a [-]% profit, it will dare to commit any crime, even risking death by hanging.

"Well, it's really hard to rest for a moment. I thought I could take a vacation for myself after the new drug is on the market." Xiao En complained.

I don't know which capital giant has taken aim at Osborne Industries, which is about to enter the biomedical field?
Sean frowned. He is now tied to Osborne Industries. The construction of this new laboratory cost more than half of his own funds. To maintain the normal operation of a world-class laboratory, it is not a small amount of money. What can be solved, especially as an independent scientific research institution, the research funding must be resolved by itself, and according to Xiao En's personality, he will not allow others to intervene.

If ALZ-112 is blocked from entering the medical market, then for Xiao En, it would be like cutting off a steady stream of funding channels.

"Looks like it's time to help Harry." He silently made up his mind.

Connors looked at the young man who was in a daze, and felt a phantom in his heart. He had felt that he was in a dream more than once, from an unknown and down-and-out professor to a well-known scientist who is sought after and praised by everyone. It's like a dream.

It was the young man next to him who changed his life. Connors breathed a sigh of relief and said with emotion: "Sean, I have had the same dream repeatedly recently. Funded, took the risk of using my own body to carry out human experiments, and turned into a terrifying human-shaped lizard... I fell into madness-thank you, Sean, if it weren't for your appearance, I might really be like the one in the dream That way, you're reduced to a beast that loses its mind."

The young man listened quietly, with a bright smile on the corner of his mouth, fiddled with the strings of fate, and quietly changed the original trajectory of others. This feeling of being as high as God is really fascinating.

"Dr. Connors, what you have now is what you deserved." Sean smiled lightly.

Connors no longer indulged in the bitter past of the past, he looked at the young man exuding warmth and radiance like the sun, and said: "Then let's choose a name for our new laboratory, as you said, here is The starting point of our future."

"Umbrella." Sean pondered for a while, recalling the giant company he had heard in his last life that almost destroyed a world, and said with shining eyes: "It will become the umbrella of this world."

(End of this chapter)