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Chen Xuhua resigned.

Before Li Zheng's interview could be aired, Chen Xuhua announced his resignation at a press conference on Wednesday.

After hearing the news, Li Zheng locked himself in the laboratory for a day and a night.Although he knew in his heart that even if his talk show was aired and public opinion reversed, Chen Xuhua still couldn't escape the result of taking the blame and resigning.

Because the society has rules, and the hospital has systems. If you violate the rules and systems, you must bear the consequences.

When Liang Zhe came, he saw Li Zheng like this, his face was so black that ink dripped out, and he exuded an aura of "I'm very unhappy".

He frowned slightly, took two steps forward, and glanced at the two boxes of half-eaten instant noodles on the coffee table with a slightly disgusted look.After hesitating for a moment, he turned around and took two disposable gloves from the experimental area and put them on, then pursed his lips and threw the two boxes of instant noodles residue into the trash can at the door.

Li Zheng slightly raised his eyelids, seeing that it was Liang Zhe, he lowered his head again.

"The production line has arrived, and I've already had someone dismantle it in the warehouse. Please contact Huajing when you have time." Liang Zhe said.

Li Zheng nodded, "Understood."

Liang Zhe frowned even tighter, he didn't like Li Zheng like this, no, it should be said that he didn't like Li Zheng like this.This person should be confident, proud, and glowing.Instead of sitting on the ground decadently like now.

The struggle in his eyes flashed past, then he closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and imitated Li Zheng's appearance and sat down on the ground.

"Sad because of Chen Xuhua's resignation?" Liang Zhe tried hard to recall the appearance of the psychiatrist when he explained him, but the tone without the slightest emotional ups and downs and the paralyzed face really did not have the affinity of the psychiatrist.

"It's easy to solve. If he is willing to continue to be a doctor, Liang has a hospital under his name. If he wants to change to another job, you are short of people." Liang Zhe said.

Li Zheng raised his head in surprise, "You... why are you talking so much today?"

Liang Zhe...

Although he was surprised that Liang Zhe talked a lot today, Liang Zhe's words still opened up new ideas for Li Zheng.That's right, since Chen Xuhua has lost his job, I can offer him another one. Li Zheng is in the middle of the game, but no outsider like Liang Zhe can see it clearly.

"Thank you, I'll treat you to dinner tonight." Li Zheng patted his legs, trying to get up from the ground.

It's just that he sat on the ground for too long, and his legs felt a little numb. When he stood up too quickly, his right leg softened and he fell forward.

In a panic, Liang Zhe immediately reached out to fish it.

"Bump..." Li Zheng fell hard on Liang Zhe's body, and his elbow just hit that unspeakable part of Liang Zhe.Liang Zhe's face suddenly turned pale.

Li Zheng, who is a student of biology, naturally understood the fragility of the man's place, so he jumped up suddenly.

He smiled awkwardly, "It's okay."

Liang Zhe twitched suspiciously with a paralyzed face, "It's okay..."

"Thank you." Li Zheng said without beginning and end, and then he was satisfied to see Liang Zhe's ears turned into a familiar pink.

Mr. Smith from MSD visited on Thursday morning. Li Zhenggang finished talking with Chen Xuhua. Chen Xuhua said that he had been a doctor for half his life, and that he was enough and wanted to rest.From this antibiotic incident, Li Zheng could see that although Chen Xuhua said so, he liked to cure diseases and save lives, but this incident probably really broke his heart.So Li Zheng formally invited Chen Xuhua to be the person in charge of the Li Zheng Special Disease Research Foundation, and at the same time be responsible for the listing of dopamine and the connection with Roche.

When Zheng Lingling notified that there was a person claiming to be Pete Smith at the door who wanted to see him, Li Zheng's first reaction was to call David.In the previous life, various pharmaceutical companies came to him, but it was David who came forward to help him dismiss it.

"Peter Smith? Mr. Smith from Merck? He actually came here in person, probably because of the carbapenem antibiotics. It seems that it is true that Merck discovered new antibiotics." David called exaggeratedly on the phone He said aloud, "No, I have to report this news to the headquarters. Li, don't be afraid, wait for me for half an hour, and I'll be right over."

Li Zheng... I'm not afraid.

Li Zheng hung up the phone and stood up, "CEO of Merck, is Dean Chen interested in meeting with me?"

Chen Xuhua opened his mouth in astonishment, and pointed himself with his fingers.

Li Zheng smiled affirmatively.

"It's a great honor." Chen Xuhua was both happy and a little complicated. Being a doctor is indispensable for dealing with pharmaceutical companies. He has met countless pharmaceutical representatives, but this is the first time he has met the president of a pharmaceutical company.

Unexpectedly, after I took the blame and resigned, I stepped onto a new level in life.

Li Zheng and Chen Xuhua walked quickly to the door of the laboratory. Smith and Kent stood solemnly at the door, communicating quickly in English. When they saw Li Zheng and others coming, they quickly put on a polite smile on their faces.

"Mr. Li Zheng?" Smith looked at the young man in front of him, and asked with some uncertainty. Li Zheng was younger than he imagined.

Westerners generally look more mature than Easterners. From the perspective of Westerners, Li Zheng's appearance is only thirteen or fourteen years old, which is really a bit young.

Li Zheng smiled slightly, and stretched out his hand, "Hi, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kent." In his previous life, Li Zheng and Smith had only met each other a few times, but it was Kent who had met several times and was deeply impressed.

"A very professional laboratory." Kent was slightly surprised when he saw the scene in the No. 2 laboratory through the glass window.The environment of Li Zheng's laboratory has the demeanor of a top international laboratory.He glanced slightly at the laboratory management ledger hanging on the laboratory wall, and his doubts disappeared a lot. Maybe... it was really just a coincidence?

It was a great insult to Kent that his team had worked so hard for nine years, while others did it in a few days. After receiving the news of the suspected carbapenem antibiotics, Kent’s The first reaction was that there was a traitor in his team.

He checked the entire team inside and out, and then carefully studied Li Zheng's information. The facts told him that his team had no contact or contact with Li Zheng. Could it be that there are really geniuses in this world?Mr. Kent had mixed feelings.

"Thank you." Li Zheng smiled reservedly and accepted the compliment from his colleague.

Several people sat down in the rest area.Smith and Kent whispered a few words, then smiled and said, "This gentleman is?" They didn't want too many people to know about the patent rights of carbapenem antibiotics, so the two didn't even find a middleman , directly found Li Zheng's laboratory.

"This is the former director of Queen Mary Hospital, and now the director of the Li Zheng Special Disease Research Foundation." Li Zheng introduced.

Smith and Kent glanced at each other, with a hint of surprise in their eyes. They had studied the Queen Mary Hospital incident seriously, and naturally knew that Chen Xuhua had played an extremely important role in it. They admired this Oriental dean very much. If it was them, I'm afraid they won't risk going to jail to save a group of patients who don't know if they can be saved.

"It's an honor to meet you." Kent held out his hand while bending slightly.

Chen Xuhua was stunned. He hastily extended his hand and shook Kent's hand, "I'm also very honored to meet you two."

Several people exchanged pleasantries, Mr. Smith winked at Kent, Ken nodded, and took out some documents from his bag.

He put the document on the coffee table, and then moved towards Li Zheng.

"Mr. Li Zheng, here is the patent document of our company's drug called imipenem, as well as the approval document for the drug." Kent stared at Li Zheng's reaction without blinking.

But to his disappointment, Li Zheng's face was calm, and he didn't even change his face when he saw the word "imipenem".

On the other hand, Chen Xuhua, who was next to him, saw that Li Zheng opened the patent document, and the word "carbapenem antibiotics" was revealed inside, his complexion changed drastically, "This... this, this."

"It seems that Mr. Li Zheng is not very surprised?" Smith couldn't help but asked.

Li Zheng patted Chen Xuhua's shoulder reassuringly, then put the patent document back on the table with a smile, "Well, I heard that Merck may have antibiotics against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Xu Keqiang, Mr. Kent, you may have heard of this name."

There was a dazed look on Kent's face. He tried hard to think about something, and suddenly patted his head, "Jimmy Xu, Thomas' student! He once called me!"

"Yes, if you agreed to his request, perhaps my laboratory would not produce a drug similar to imipenem." Li Zheng shrugged his shoulders and said.

Mr. Kent's face turned green and white all of a sudden, and then a look of depression appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Smith coughed dryly, "Mr. Li Zheng, although our company's imipenem is still in the marketing review stage and the patent is still in the confidentiality period, it is a fact that your drug has violated our patent right."

"Mr. Kent and I chose to visit in person instead of asking the legal team to send a lawyer's letter, which has shown our sincerity at Merck. You know..."

"The reason why the lawyer's letter is not sent is because you know that even if you send it, it will be useless." Before Smith finished speaking, David came in through the door whistling.

He also carried a fragrant roast chicken in his hand, which was wrapped in oiled paper, and the exposed part was roasted golden, which was very attractive.

"Oh, dear Li, I brought you your favorite roast chicken. It's still hot, maybe you can provide some tableware." David sat down on Li Zheng regardless of Smith's and Kent's ugly eyes. next to the sofa.

The corners of Li Zheng's mouth twitched, looking at David beside him who was playing with the roast chicken as if no one was around, he helped his forehead helplessly.

I got up and went to the test area to get a few disposable rubber gloves, and handed them to everyone present, "I haven't bought all the tableware here, let's make do."

David hurriedly took the gloves, put them on with a smile, and then "teared" and tore the whole chicken into two halves. He pulled the right leg of the chicken and stuffed it into Li Zheng's hand, and tore off a chicken. The wing was handed to Chen Xuhua, and then he looked up at Smith and Kent, who had dark faces, hesitated for a few seconds, and handed the other wing to Kent.

Mr. Smith glanced at the remaining chicken legs, his face softened a little.

David smiled at him, then pulled off the left leg of the chicken and stuffed it into his mouth. While eating him, he broke off the chicken butt and said to Mr. Smith with a smile, "This is all that's left."

Smith was furious, he stood up abruptly, pointed at David with trembling fingers, "David Andorio! Even if Robert is here, he wouldn't dare to talk to me like that!"

The stalk of Merck's chicken butt is not a secret among the high-level circles of several top companies. It is about a certain sales channel communication. Areas that are difficult to develop are dubbed by the industry as picking up chicken butts.

This incident has always been a black history in Mr. Smith's professional resume, but David just mentioned this, which of course made Smith furious.

David put the chicken legs on the oiled paper, then looked at Pete Smith with a smile on his hands.

"I just want to remind you that you must follow the rules when doing things, and don't bully Li because he is alone. He is an excellent partner of our Roche, and we are happy to have a share in the field of new antibiotics." David came I had a phone call with the Swiss headquarters before, and when Mr. Robert received the news, he couldn't help laughing on the spot.

He told David to be disgusting and disgusting to Smith, but he couldn't get used to Merck's tyrant for a long time.

"It is a fact that Li Zheng's laboratory infringed our company's patent rights! My patent document was approved in 1976, and he discovered carbapenem antibiotics in just a few days!"

Li Zheng leaned back slightly, looked at the distraught Mr. Smith with a half-smile, and said, "Wait, I didn't use carbapenem antibiotics for profit, so it shouldn't be considered a patent infringement. And... …I remember that your pharmaceutical company seems to have signed a New York agreement, and Merck was still an active sponsor at that time, what? Do you treat non-governmental laboratories differently?”

This time, even David looked at Li Zheng with astonishment. He felt that the little genius he had discovered was even more mysterious. They are very clear about the crookedness of these pharmaceutical companies.

Sometimes even Li Zheng understands things that he himself doesn't quite understand.For example, the New York Agreement, which Mr. Robert told him not long ago.

The New York Agreement, which is an oral agreement of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world, is not clear about the patent ownership of both parties, or the standard for handling patent disputes.Although the patent of imipenem was registered first, he only registered the core patent for the sake of confidentiality, and it was only registered in the United States.If Li Zheng wanted to fight, imipenem was not a sure thing.

In this case, based on the content of the New York Agreement, Merck should take the initiative to share a piece of cake with Zheng Li's laboratory.But Smith naturally does not want this result.

If David was not present, Smith could have denied it outright, but there was someone from Roche, who still wanted to see Merck's jokes about David.

"Mr. Li Zheng, the content of the New York agreement is only for the parties present at that time." Smith's attitude is very clear, and private laboratories will naturally have to be treated differently.

"Oh~" Li Zheng shrugged indifferently, "All right, I still have some experience in improving medicine."

The complacency on Smith's face suddenly froze.That's right, what is in front of him is not an old fox who usually fights in the mall, but a genius, a real pharmaceutical genius.

In less than half a year, two drugs were born in his hands, which is already a very rare thing in the history of pharmaceuticals. Perhaps...he really has a way to improve carbapenem antibiotics.

If imipenem is on the market soon, Li Zheng's improved drug will come out...

It was hard for Smith to imagine the scene at that time.

"Mr. Li Zheng... I think we can discuss it."

David looked at Smith, who was pale and pale, and then at Li Zheng, who was calm and calm, and took a bite of the chicken leg. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with him?

Smith stood up and went to the balcony to make two phone calls. When he came back, he was already smiling. He took out a blank piece of paper and wrote "swish, swish". In less than half an hour, he wrote a whole pages.

Li Zheng scanned the content on the white paper with his eyes, and finally the gloom in his heart relaxed a lot.Merck is willing to distribute half of the profits to Zheng Li's laboratory every year until the patent period of imipenem expires.

For Li Zheng's laboratory, which is a private laboratory, this clause is already very generous.

"What do you think?" Smith said with a smile.His body seemed to be inadvertently blocking David's view, causing David to scratch his head curiously.

Seeing that Smith finally showed his sincerity, Li Zheng finally showed a real smile on his face. Under Smith's surprised and angry eyes, he tore up the white paper and threw it into the trash can.

"Actually... I don't intend to register a patent, let alone share the pie with imipenem." Li Zheng considers himself a person who respects intellectual property rights, and he has worked hard for nine years. It's not fair that my memory is shared out of thin air.

If it weren't for what happened to Xu Mingsheng this time, he would never touch imipenem, a drug that has already taken shape and is about to be launched. His life plan is very clear, and what was born in his hands must be something that no one has invested in research yet. , or invested in the research of drugs that have not yet been developed.According to him, this is called the optimal allocation of social resources.

When Smith heard this, the anger in his eyes disappeared completely. The astonishment on his face could not be concealed. Kent also opened his mouth. This big cow in the pharmaceutical circle obviously did not expect Li Zheng to have such an attitude.

As for David, he mixed the chicken thigh with his saliva and sprayed it all over Pete Smith's custom-made suit.

"David Andorio! You bastard!" Smith's angry voice came from Li Zheng's laboratory, so angry that he wanted to kill someone.