Technological Hegemony

As the second largest pharmaceutical group in the world, Novartis Pharmaceuticals has a freshwater biological research institute on the shore of Lake Constance.

At this moment, the institute was filled with gloom and mist. Through the glass door, one could clearly hear Professor Pierre's roar. He was losing his temper at his assistant. A raging old hound.

"Professor seems very excited." Sim Khan said in his German with Indian curry flavor: "I really didn't expect that this kind of piranha has such strong resistance, Professor Pierre's team is helpless against it, we report it Great hope, but in the end there is nothing to do, this should be the real reason for the professor's anger, because he is upset, so he vented his anger."

Director Graf had a gloomy face and did not speak.

Switzerland is a very strange country, with Italian, French, German three official languages, in addition, the Swiss generally have reached a fairly fluent level of English.

As for Swiss you ask?

Sorry, there is no Swiss language in this world, and there are no Swiss people. From an ethnographic point of view, they are a group of Germanic people living in mountains, and they are relatives of Germans and Austrians.

As an Indian, Sim Khan can speak French and German fluently, which is really commendable, but Graf can hear the irony from his words.

After all, Sim Khan insisted on cooperating with Xingchen Technology at the beginning, and the reason why the cooperation broke down was precisely because of the intervention of Graf and the board of directors. Although Sim Khan didn't say anything about it, now that the experiments failed again and again, he was actually a little proud of.

"You didn't want to listen to me back then, but now it's all right, we're in big trouble." Sim Khan thought quietly in his heart.

Through the floor-to-ceiling glass, Graf saw Professor Pierre sitting on the chair after scolding his assistant, rubbing his head in pain. In just one week, the professor's hair became much grayer again.

Graf gritted his teeth, "This complaining Frenchman! If Pierre hadn't repeatedly claimed that he must have a way to deal with piranhas, I wouldn't have been fooled by him!"

Sim Khan gave Graf a sneaky look, and said to himself, "Boss, you are shirking responsibility. Anyway, you found this old French man."

The two left quietly, there is no need to look any further. If Professor Pierre had a way, he wouldn't be in this situation today. Obviously, he was at the end of his rope and had nothing to do.

Back in the office, Graf looked through the company's phone book and muttered, "Could it be that our group can't find talents who can complete this job? We have 93 laboratories around the world!"

Sim Khan shook his head lightly, "I'm afraid Xingchen Technology is right."

Graf suddenly looked up at him, "What did you say?"

Sim Khan said in a deep voice: "This is not an ordinary South American mermaid. They have amazing evolutionary ability and resistance. We want to use chemical methods to eliminate them. It was a wrong choice from the beginning."

"And Xingchen Technology chose to eliminate them physically, and has developed a method to physically eliminate piranhas, which shows that they have long been prepared for the danger of this strange fish."

Graf was silent. The piranhas were extremely cunning, and it was difficult to rely on catching them. However, Professor Pierre still had no results. The longer the delay, the worse it would be for the Novartis Group. What should we do?

Graf looked at Sim Khan with a questioning look.

Sim Khan said helplessly: "The capture team has worked very hard, but it is really an impossible task to kill all the piranhas by capturing them. I am afraid that in the end, we will still have to ask Xingchen Technology for help."

"Ask those Chinese people?"

"Yes, you also saw that day, Xingchen Technology has the natural enemy of piranhas, and that kind of big black fish has no threat to human beings at all. I have to say that their methods are really clever, and all things in nature are mutually restrained.

They use biotechnology to modify the laws of nature, which is unmatched by any medicine or method. "

Graf felt his head was as big as a bucket. He said with a bitter face, "Xingchen Technology said that they will not come back. Even if we beg them, I am afraid there is no way to make them change their minds?"

Sim Khan said helplessly, "Then we have to give it a try. It's better than just waiting to die, right? I believe that everything in the world has a price. As long as we can offer a big price, we will definitely have a chance."

Sim Khan is almost on the verge of convincing Graf, making him realize the seriousness of the situation, and that there is no other way to solve this piranha crisis except to seek help from Xingchen Technology.

However, at this moment, something happened that they never dreamed of.

A laboratory worker rushed into the office in a panic. He even forgot to knock on the door. His face was as pale as paper, and his eyes were full of horror.

"It's over, we're over!" the staff member said hoarsely.

"Don't panic, explain the matter clearly." Sim Khan hurriedly said loudly.

The staff swallowed heavily and left a newspaper on the coffee table. "It was exposed. The Munich Welt reported the news of piranhas in Lake Constance! Now the whole of Europe and the whole world know about it!"

Huh~

After hearing these words, Sim Khan and Graf gasped at the same time, their faces ashen.

The next step in the news exposure should be for the authorities to intervene in the investigation.

Everything is really over. I didn't agree to Xingchen Technology's conditions at the beginning, but now it's too late to agree.

 …

Shanghai, Star Technology headquarters.

Luo Jia fell into deep thought in his office, and at this moment, Graf, the executive director of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Group, was waiting outside the door anxiously, like an ant on a hot pot.

An Ran chuckled and said: "If I knew this was the case, why bother? In my opinion, Novartis came to us for help because it was desperate, and it was Director Graf who rejected us at the beginning. Anyway, I think so, don't worry about it." Regardless of the result, Novartis is sincere this time.”

Li Moran said in a deep voice: "European laws are very strict. The current situation is that there are piranhas in Lake Constance. This matter has been exposed by the Munich newspaper, and the European Union is investigating."

"The Novartis Group can't bear it for too long, and their only choice now is to ask us for help to solve the troubles in Lake Constance as soon as possible, so that the EU may be lenient and let the Novartis Group go, so that they will not be fined and bankrupt. "

An Ran waved her hand, "You overestimate those Europeans. The European Union is not a gentleman. Maybe Graf was sent by the European Union. In the West, the media and the masses are the most powerful."

"Once the media knows that those piranhas are related to Novartis, even if the EU wants to keep Novartis, the European people will not agree, so they must resolve this crisis immediately, before public opinion ferments."

Li Moran nodded slightly and said, "That's the reason. Novartis is the largest pharmaceutical group in Europe. It directly competes with North America's Pfizer and Salmodon. The relationship between Europe and North America is also very complicated. The EU does not want Novartis to fall and give up the market to North America." Enterprise, so Novartis should be secretly protected.”

"The only question now is whether we want to help Novartis. Judging from the current situation, no matter what conditions we ask, Novartis can only agree. We are preparing to build a life science center. If we can take this opportunity to knock Novartis a pen, it will be a good opportunity for us to enter the biopharmaceutical industry."

An Ran scratched her head, "Of course it's good to knock Novartis for a fortune, and it's a good idea to take the opportunity to break into the pharmaceutical field, but don't forget, Mr. Luo has been too ruthless and wants Novartis to suffer for itself. If you break your promise now, it will not look good .”

"Besides, even if Novartis is not extorted, we still have the strength to carry out biopharmaceutical research. We are a scientific research group, not a blackmail group. The huge Xingchen Technology did not come out of blackmail."

Regarding An Ran's words, Li Moran has a different judgment, "We can indeed engage in biopharmaceuticals on our own, but in that case, the time will be infinitely extended, at least it will take a few years before we can plant our own banner in the field of biopharmaceuticals." .”

"And Novartis is one of the largest pharmaceutical groups in the world. We took this opportunity to directly knock off one of their arms, which can speed up their progress in entering the pharmaceutical industry."

Everyone is smart, and An Ran and Li Moran's judgments are both reasonable. In this way, the right to make the decision is back in Luo Jia's hands, and the key still depends on the boss's choice.

Suddenly, Luo Jia looked at Shen Lang in the corner. The little guy held his chin, without saying a word, and seemed to be lost in thought.

"Shen Lang, what do you think?" Luo Jia asked. Li Moran and An Ran also turned to stare at him.

Shen Lang thought for a while, "Not long ago, the teacher asked me to read Machiavelli, Frederick and Bismarck."

Luo Jia asked with a smile, "So?"

Shen Lang said, "So I think we should accept Novartis Group's plea."

"Oh." Luo Jia's eyes lit up, "Then I'm going to break my promise. In front of Graf, I'm letting them go to their own fate."

Shen Lang said seriously, "But the teacher's breaking his promise can bring huge benefits. Children are the only ones who distinguish right from wrong, and adults only care about benefits. In history, there are too many examples of missing strategic opportunities because they can't save face. "

"Supposing Xiang Yu killed Liu Bang at the Hongmen Banquet, the world would have been different, wouldn't it?"

"The more you read history, the more you will find that none of the truly successful people is a moral role model. When they need to make a decision, they can endure humiliation and even be reviled by future generations. They don't care. Successful people don't act as moral models , they just make the right choices.”

"The current situation is very obvious. Novartis needs us. If we agree, we can take the opportunity to enter the field of biopharmaceuticals. Isn't the teacher often saying that there is not even a Chinese company among the top 50 pharmaceutical companies in the world? Disgraceful."

"Now there is an opportunity to tie the world's second largest pharmaceutical company to our chariot and kill the pharmaceutical industry monopolized by the big powers in one fell swoop!"

"And if the teacher refuses, he can indeed save his face and let the whole world know that the teacher is a ruthless character who keeps his word. However, in the end, there will still be no Huaxia in the top 50 global pharmaceutical companies."

"That's why I think the teacher should hold an open attitude and seriously discuss the conditions with the Novartis Group, instead of rejecting them thousands of miles away. Compared with the goal of stars and seas, what is it now?"

After Shen Lang finished speaking, there was silence in the office.

Luo Jia smiled and nodded in satisfaction. An Ran and Li Moran were stunned by Shen Lang's wonderful performance. Three years old!

When his peers were still watching anime and playing games, Shen Lang was already Luo Jia's top think tank, on par with Xingchen Shuangran!

"It makes sense." Luo Jia nodded lightly, "My face is definitely not important, what matters is our goal."

He pressed the phone on the table and said to his colleagues outside, "Please come in with the representative of Novartis."

Shen Lang stood up and was about to leave. He was too young. Luo Jia was deliberately protecting him to prevent Shen Lang from being exposed to the public's sight too early. Except for the people in the company who knew that there was a peerless young genius beside Luo Jia, the outside world actually I don't understand.

But this time, Luo Jia suddenly stopped Shen Lang.

"You should stay." Luo Jia said in a deep voice, "From today onwards, you will officially join the brainstorming group as my personal assistant."