The Memoirs of Cultivating Immortals

Chapter 101 Negotiation (4K)

Gotham, late February.

When the winter snow meets the spring sun, when it melts, water seeps into the soil, creating sticky mud.

Several black SUVs were driving on the roads on the outskirts of Gotham City. The license plates had blue letters on a white background and "For official ues only" was marked at the bottom. It was obvious that these vehicles were federal official vehicles, specially used to participate in official activities.

As for the passengers in the car, the composition is quite complicated, including the White House think tank, university professors hired by the system, and heads of various departments of the US Food and Drug Administration - including but not limited to the director of the Food Evaluation and Research Center, the food Director of the Center for Safety and Applied Nutrition, Director of the Center for Biological Products Review and Research.

Unlike counterparts in other countries and regions, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has an astonishingly wide scope of authority, ranging from food, drugs, vaccines, and medical equipment imported and exported across the United States to veterinary and veterinary drugs, beauty cosmetics , Bottled water, as long as any product related to citizens' health, FDA has decisive authority.

Even huge pharmaceutical giants such as Johnson & Johnson and Bayer have to lose [-]% of their smiles to face the FDA's review, for fear that they will be put on small shoes if they do not do well.

At this moment, these heads who can cause earthquakes in the pharmaceutical industry across the United States are crowded in the SUV, looking through the window, looking into the distance, a certain factory on the outskirts of Gotham.

The three-story factory looks rather crude, with four walls just built and a rough roof on the top.
At the construction site behind the factory, there are still several large machinery parked, and a group of construction workers are walking through it, busy in full swing—it seems that they intend to continue to build a matching workshop.

"For God's sake, doesn't this meme company even have a fully built factory?" the FDA consultant couldn't help complaining: "What the hell are we here for?"

"For the instructions of the upper echelons, for the interests of capital, and for the future of the country." A retired old professor from Wesleyan University said bluntly and relaxedly: "Actually, this is also your fault. They just applied for a patent and published it. For a thesis, you rushed over in such a hurry that you didn’t give any time to prepare.”

The FDA bureaucrats couldn’t help being silent. In the past, they sat high in the office, waiting for the flattering food and drug manufacturers to submit their reports. How could it be like today, when all the staff came out to inspect a company that didn’t even have a factory built? Fully equipped small business.

"However, where did this Li Ang come from?" The White House think tank broke the silence, frowning as he flipped through the folder, "Southern Chinese, they just got their household registration last year, and now they only have a high school education."

"Genius always doesn't play cards according to common sense, doesn't it?" The old professor said casually: "Maybe he, like Bill Gates, tinkered with these things from the garage."

"Don't be ridiculous," the White House think tank said with a wry smile, "Even geniuses like Bill Gates and John Carmack who can tinker with amazing inventions in the garage must have complete equipment support. And medicine The results are not comparable to the research and development of IT technology, which requires massive experimental data and financial support."

"Could it be that you suspect that Li Ang is a spy sent by a certain force?" The old professor jokingly said, "Even if he is a spy, tell me, which force can come up with a bait like an epoch-making technology, and is willing to come up with such a bait?" bait?"

Everyone rolled their eyes when they heard the words, as if they didn't hear the old professor's sarcasm.

This complex investigation team came to Gotham this time to inspect the so-called "meme company" on the spot, and to meet and negotiate with Li Ang on behalf of the federal government.

The advanced medical technology represented by stem cell culture and the agricultural industry revolution represented by hydroponic meat will have a profound impact on the entire country.

The SUV moved forward slowly, and after showing the relevant documents at the checkpoint at the entrance of the factory, the security personnel who had already been notified already let the SUV drive to the front of the factory.

The investigators got out of the car, and what stood in front of them was not a large group of reception staff rushing forward and back, but a lonely person.

Li Ang was wearing a white coat, leaning lazily against the door frame of the factory, throwing bright red apples back and forth in his hands, seeing the vehicle stop, he put the apples in his pocket, stood up, and turned to the investigator who got out of the car. They greeted each other: "Hi, I'm Li Ang."

The investigation team was vaguely headed by the deputy director of the FDA. Even though this middle-aged man had seen the relevant information of Li Ang long ago, he was still surprised by the youth of the other party when he saw the real person with his own eyes. He extended his hand and shook hands, "Hello , Lee. Uh, sir."

The deputy director originally wanted to call the other party a doctor or professor. After all, the people who can stand here basically have several top titles on their backs, and the last one is also a master. It is even more respectful to add a degree title that symbolizes social elites before the name.

"Just call me Li Ang. I'm still studying in a public high school." Li Ang is very open-minded. When he traveled to the Tang Dynasty in his previous life, he also participated in the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination. He is not very enthusiastic about Western degree certificates.

"Okay, but with your first-author paper in the "Nature" journal, I am afraid that countless scientific research institutions will rush to hand you an olive branch. It is only a matter of minutes to obtain a degree." The deputy director Shun Slope down the donkey, skimming over the subject, "You know why we're here, don't you?"

Li Ang nodded, turned and entered the factory, "Come with me."

The investigators looked at each other and followed him in file.

After stepping into the factory, the investigators discovered that the interior space is quite spacious, with cylindrical light tubes embedded in the ceiling dome, and the floor is covered with pure white tiles.

There are not many things on the first floor, only four cylindrical water tanks arranged side by side, extending to the top of the third floor.

"The SMC fiberglass water tank is equipped with a remote liquid level electric valve, a water level monitoring system, an automatic cleaning system for the water tank, and a self-cleaning and disinfection system. The nutrient solution in it is sprayed on the hydroponic meat through the shower head."

On the second floor, there are rows of glass walls containing hydroponic meat. For the convenience of cutting and aesthetics, the cultivation base plates of these hydroponic meat are designed into square sterile containers of 30cm*30cm.

The investigators looked at the containers and asked aloud, "What is the growth rate of this meat?"

Li Ang replied: "In a sterile container of standard specifications, about 3kg of pure beef can be grown per hour. From the distribution of oily flowers, the quality of fat color, to the texture of marbled muscle at the frost level, they all fully meet the A5 level."

The White House think tank standing in the corner was shocked when he heard the words. He roughly scanned the rows of glass walls, his mind turned quickly, and he quickly calculated: "Each wall has 60 standard containers, and there are a total of 24 walls here. , that is to say, it can produce 1440 tons of beef per hour, and a fully mechanized factory can operate 51 hours a day, [-] tons a day, and [-] tons a year. This is just a factory!"

The White House think tank blurted out and asked, "What about the cost?"

Li Ang replied: "Different from tumor cells that need fetal bovine serum to grow, hydroponic meat needs nothing more than nutrient solution during the growth process. If a filtration and circulation system for nutrient solution is added, the cost price is about 3 USD/about 500 kg.”

In other words, the cost price is almost nothing.

Frowning, the FDA advisors asked, "What type of bovine were the cells in the original sample?"

"Black-haired and bred Tajima cattle." Li Ang brought a thick experiment record form and handed it to the consultants.

"Wagyu." The White House think tank turned his head and said, "Can other breeds of cattle be used as meat samples?"

"Yes, the cultivation process is exactly the same. Whether it is tendon, bone, or fat, it can be produced through directional guidance, but pure meat is more convenient," Li Ang said: "In order to reconcile the tastes of the general public, hydroponic meat will adopt other methods. Meat samples of the breed—it just takes a little more work to patent the breed.”

All the people present are professionals. After looking around, it is generally certain that there is no problem in the production process of hydroponic meat. Health problems at the genetic level can be gradually studied through experiments, but the process still needs to be followed.

Several FDA employees stepped forward and took away a bunch of hydroponic meat substrate samples, experimental records, and process line instructions.

Until now, this not-so-formal on-the-spot investigation was only half completed, and the next step was for the White House think tank to negotiate with Li Ang.

Everyone went straight up to the third floor and sat down in the slightly crude office.In line with the principle of "harmony generates wealth", the next contract was roughly finalized.

First of all, hydroponic meat can be marketed, but it will take a while.Academic institutions need time to explain the principles of hydroponic meat, major media need time to publicize hydroponic meat, so as not to arouse fear among the public, and at the same time, the federal government also needs time to transform and upgrade agriculture.

Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and this rule applies everywhere. The production capacity of hydroponic meat has surpassed that of traditional agriculture. This explosion is undeniable and revolutionary.

The White House think tank hinted that the federal government will act as an intermediary to allow meme companies to cooperate with meat giants to gradually tighten the gaps in traditional agriculture and animal husbandry, reduce the number of employees, and reduce the scale of the industry. This process may take "years" calculate.

This is also something that can’t be helped. The livestock industry in the Central Great Plains involves the livelihood of countless citizens, and their jobs need to be arranged. What if these hillbillies who have no jobs riot?
Fortunately, the members of the investigation team are all professionals, and there are no anti-intellectual and anti-technicalists. No one will jump out and accuse Li Ang of violating citizens' right to work.

The discussion on the issue of hydroponic meat has been roughly completed, and the atmosphere at the scene has relaxed a lot. The White House think tank hinted that the federal government is willing to contribute and fund Li Ang to prepare for the establishment of a laboratory dedicated to follow-up research on hydroponic meat and stem cell cultivation. The issue of remuneration Everything is easy to say.

The patent of hydroponic meat alone can give the newly established meme company a potential value of tens of billions of dollars, not counting the stem cell cultivation owned by Li Ang and the subsequent artificial organ technology.

"What is the most valuable thing in the 21st century? Talent." Li Ang complained silently in his heart, indicating that he already had a private laboratory, and politely declined the other party's invitation.

The other party was still not reconciled, and offered to help Li Ang cooperate with other scientific research institutions and recruit scientific researchers to fill the team.

Likewise, Li Ang rejected the request.

He already has a group of assistants who can be regarded as good.

Click, the door of the office opened, and a woman in professional attire walked in, holding a stack of reports.

She is Rebecca, one of Leon's assistants.

This witch, who has lived for more than 200 years, still looks young and beautiful. She bent down slightly and placed the report in front of Li Ang. There was a faint fragrance on the golden hair.

In the eyes of others, Rebek's image at this time can be regarded as a well-behaved professional woman, with a good figure, a handsome face, a dignified and gentle attitude, without the aggressiveness of a strong woman.

Many investigators were envious of Li Ang, and in addition to understanding, there was also a bit of contempt for male creatures out of sympathy.

What is the secretary doing~
Rebecca turned around and looked at the normal human beings in high positions behind the conference table, with complicated emotions in her eyes.

She still remembers where the body came from.

Li Ang fulfilled his promise and reshaped Rebecca's body, and the method he adopted was really "shaping" in the literal sense.

The skin on the body is made of artificial leather grown from stem cells, the tendons are made of artificial muscles grown from stem cells, the bones are no longer made of calcium, they are all replaced by light anti-corrosion alloys, and they are densely engraved with Looney runes for Support your weight.

What's even more frightening is that her blood vessels no longer simply transport blood, but act as magical circuits that can absorb ether from the surrounding environment at all times.

Her magical affinity is beyond imagination. Large-scale spells that required long chanting in the past can be released with a wave of hands. During breathing and meditation, you can feel the ether whispering in your ears.

She is no longer a body of flesh and blood, and can no longer be simply regarded as a "human being". Instead, she is more like a carefully crafted puppet dancing in a steel prison.

Compared with the price paid, Rebecca has never been so strong, she even thinks that she is strong enough to deal with a whole team of crusaders of the Inquisition, and win the battle.

This young man of Chinese descent in a white coat is sitting behind the desk, less than one meter away from Rebecca. She only needs to run the magic circuit, and she can burst out a beam of light composed of pure magic power, completely tearing the narrow office apart. .

Li Ang looked at Rebecca's smiling expression with great interest, gently pulled her collar, and said in her ear: "If you want to do something, do it now, even if you can't kill me, at least you can kill me!" Kill all these high-ranking officials from Washington."

There was a flash of struggle in Rebecca's eyes, after all, she just pulled Li Ang's hand away reservedly, "You worry too much."

She turned around, left the house, and leaned on the railing to look at the fleshy wall below.

Rebecca's vermilion lips parted slightly, and let out a foul breath.

It wasn't until this time that the experiment assistant suddenly realized that the way Li Ang looked at her was exactly the same as the way he looked at hydroponic meat.

(End of this chapter)