Kunshi, in front of Sanqing headquarters.

A taxi slowly parked on the side of the road. The driver lowered his head to grab the taxi and said: "58.8, scan the QR code in the back seat to pay."

Sitting in the car was a gentle and elegant young man, wearing a white shirt and black trousers, who looked well-mannered.

He adjusted the thick glasses on the bridge of his nose. Instead of scanning the QR code to pay, he stared at the meter on the car and said, "Your price is wrong, isn't it?"

"Oh?" The driver turned around, sneered, and asked fiercely: "What's wrong? It clearly says that the starting price is 9 yuan for 24 kilometers. After 3 kilometers, the price is 1.8 yuan per kilometer. Don't you think so?

You can’t even calculate elementary school math, right?”

The young man took out his mobile phone, pointed at the navigation on the screen and said, "This is even more wrong. I turned on the navigation as soon as I got in the car. It's only less than 15 kilometers from the Kunshi Railway Station."

The driver's eyes flickered and he said angrily: "The navigation is inaccurate. There must be errors on the road. Besides, there are so many traffic lights along this way, so there must be a waiting fee."

The young man chuckled, leaned back, and crossed his legs leisurely: "I counted all the traffic lights along the way. There are 15 traffic lights in total, 10 red lights, 5 green lights, and the waiting time totaled 10 minutes and 28 seconds."

Before the driver could speak, he continued talking to himself: "As I said, I turned on the navigation as soon as I got in the car. Before the first traffic light, the mileage was correct and very accurate, but after the first traffic light, the mileage was accurate.

After a red light, I noticed that the mileage on the meter was 600 meters more than the navigation meter."

"I was very curious. I was looking at my phone at the first red light, so I didn't notice it, but I thought it might be an error caused by the waiting time, so I started waiting for the second traffic light."

"After the second traffic light passed, there was still an extra 600 meters. This is very amazing. Even if it is an error, how can the number be so accurate? No more, no less, it happened to be 600 meters both times."

"The rest is more boring. There are 15 traffic lights in total, and each one automatically jumps 600 meters more, which is exactly 9 kilometers. If you subtract 9 kilometers from 24 kilometers, you can match my navigation."

"As for why the meter suddenly malfunctioned, I have a guess that is consistent with objective facts."

He adjusted the glasses that were sliding up and down the bridge of his nose again, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and said: "As we all know, the numbers on the meter will not only not move by themselves, but also will not move so regularly unless it is operated by someone. And ordinary electronic equipment

, only a simple pulse signal transmitter is needed for remote control."

"Haha, although you pretend to be very hidden and can't tell on the surface, I bet that if you pull out the meter, there must be something extra behind it. And there must be a remote control in your hand."

"I'm right." At this point, the young man looked at the driver and smiled.

In the eyes of the driver, this smile was as terrifying as the smile of a devil.

He was stunned and speechless for a long time.

"Haha, don't look at me like a monster. I'm just more sensitive to numbers and more cautious in doing things."

The young man showed his white teeth and explained very thoughtfully.

The driver was stunned for a while, and then like a deflated rubber ball, he said with a dejected face: "You are so good, I admit defeat this time, please get off the bus quickly."

The young man shook his head seriously: "How can this be done? I still have to pay what I have to pay. How can I eat the King's meal? Do you look down on me?"

After saying that, I quickly scanned the QR code to pay.

“35 yuan arrived via WeChat.”

A crisp sound sounded in the car.

"Exactly 34.6, rounded to give you 35."

The young man picked up his backpack and got off the car.

He closed the car door with a bang and turned around and said: "Stop it as soon as possible. The foreigners who get tricked next time probably won't have such a good temper like me."

"Your sister!" The driver sat in the car and gritted his teeth: "You think monsters like you are everywhere."

He stepped on the accelerator suddenly and roared away.

"Nah, I won't receive orders from Sanqing anymore. There are so many crazy thieves here."

The young man didn't know what the driver was saying behind his back, so he walked briskly towards the gate.

At the same time, he secretly muttered in his heart: "Hey, I've heard for a long time that outsiders are easy to get raped in places like train stations. It's true. Fortunately, I was prepared."

I saw a tall and strong figure from a distance, and I quickly waved and shouted: "Brother Que, Brother Que, it's me, I'm here."

Tang Que, who was not far away, also saw him, with a surprised smile on his face: "Xiao Mian, I hope you are back."

As soon as the two parties met, they hugged each other happily.

Tang Que patted his thin shoulder, with a hint of regret in his joy: "You are still so thin. After staying in Eagle Kingdom for five years and eating junk food every day, why haven't you gained any weight?"

After speaking, a mysterious smile appeared on his face: "You are only 20 years old and are still growing. You will need to eat more nutritious and high-protein foods in the future. I happen to have a dairy product with extremely high protein content here. It tastes delicious and is most suitable for you."

You are."

Ding Mian chuckled: "It's not your cockroach milk."

Tang Que suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "Actually, it's really delicious. I won't lie to you. People who don't know it say it's good after drinking it."

Ding Mian shrugged: "You also said you didn't know."

"However, you are my dearest eldest brother. I will definitely give you this face."

Tang Que was overjoyed, looked him up and down, and couldn't help but ask: "Where is your luggage?"

"Oops!" Ding Mian suddenly slapped his forehead: "I was just showing off, and I forgot to take the suitcase in the trunk. There is a gift in it that my dad asked me to bring you."

"Uh, it's okay. You can call the taxi company and ask for the driver's phone number." Tang Que comforted him.

"Well," Ding Mian nodded: "If he doesn't return it, I will report him for robbing customers."

"Huh?" Tang Que was confused, but he didn't ask any more questions and took his junior brother to the Sanqing Garden.

The two of them took a good tour of Sanqingyuan, completed the entry procedures at the Administration Department, received their dormitory numbers, and then walked into the R&D Department building.

Upon entering the biology laboratory, Tang Que solemnly introduced Ding Mian to everyone.

"Everyone, this new colleague is called Ding Mian. He was admitted to the Junior Class of the University of Science and Technology at the age of 11. His undergraduate thesis was published in Science at the age of 14. Therefore, he was spotted by Professor Thomson of the University of Pennsylvania and invited him to study for a Ph.D. in five years.

I got my Ph.D. in Biology in 2008.”

The scene immediately erupted with exclamations. Although Sanqing’s employees were all highly educated, their resumes were enough to shock people.

We are all top academics and understand very well how terrifying people who can do this are.

Ding Mian's back was straight, and he looked at the surprised expressions on everyone's faces and showed a confident smile.

"He is only 20 years old this year. His research field is mainly in the direction of induced pluripotent stem cells. He has now joined the newly established ips stem cell laboratory and is a specially appointed talent."

"By the way, he is young, and he is my junior at HKUST, and his father is my high school teacher, so for my sake, everyone should be more careful about anything, haha."

When Ding Mian heard this, the smile on his face suddenly stopped.

"Damn it, Brother Que, he hasn't seen me for several years, and he still treats me like a little kid. He doesn't know that I'm actually a mature and sensible man."

"Don't worry, I have been keeping a low profile for many years, and I will prove myself here sooner or later."

A trace of determination flashed in his eyes, he puffed up his chest, and a well-placed smile appeared on his face again.

After the introduction, Tang Que brought together the heads of major professional laboratories and held a small meeting.

"Everyone, regarding the newly established stem cell laboratory, President Wei told me that the main goal is to study autologous organ transplantation. There has not been any big breakthrough in this field yet. It is a long road ahead and we need to work together.

.”

"Although Ding Mian is researching this field, he is still a newcomer after all and has no achievements, so I will be the person in charge of this laboratory. Of course, I will continue to recruit some talents and set up the laboratory first, and then follow up with the specific work.

, let him carry it out.”

"Organ transplantation is a long-term goal. I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a breakthrough in the short term. We are also accumulating strength in this area and hope to make achievements."

Tang Que gave a general introduction to the new laboratory, and then looked at Ding Mian expectantly.

"What do you think about the work in the lab?"

Ding Mian sat up straight in an instant. He had already been prepared and waiting to deliver his inaugural speech.

So he smiled lightly and said confidently: "As we all know, the field of regenerative medicine is mainly divided into two major parts: bionic organs and organ transplantation. Bionic organs belong to the field of medical devices and can only extend life in the short term. They treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and they belong to the category of small ears."

"And I embarked on the path of organ transplantation early on and started research in this area."

"Currently, the scientific community has three major ideas for organ transplantation. One is xenogeneic organ transplantation, which means gene editing of pig embryonic cells, knocking out its heart-related genes, and then introducing human heart genes, hoping to give birth to a pig with human-like features.

Pig with a heart.”

"This idea has a clear direction and high feasibility. Its advantages are obvious. Pigs have a short maturity period and can grow from embryos in a few months. Moreover, the genes of pigs and humans are also very similar. If the technology

If you are mature, there won’t be much auto-rejection.”

"Of course, this technical difficulty is also very difficult. First, we must find all the heart-related genes from the human and pig gene pools. This is a big project and requires us to conduct in-depth analysis and research on individual genes. This is

Basic scientific research is not something that can be accomplished overnight.”

"The second idea is xenochimerism, for example, injecting human stem cells into pig or monkey embryos, thereby giving birth to monkeys or pigs with human organs in their bodies. The current resistance to this aspect lies in the ethical aspects, and the whole world is against this

Research in this area has strict limitations.”

"The limitations are reflected in two aspects. One is that human-animal chimeras cannot have reproductive capacity, and the other is that they cannot have a developed brain. In other words, it is necessary to ensure that human cells cannot appear in the animal's brain and reproductive system.

.”

Ding Mian shrugged and said: "Anyway, I am not optimistic about this idea. I am very satisfied with the top position of human beings in the food chain. I definitely don't want to risk my life to create some monkeys with developed brains and let science fiction events like the Rise of the Planet of the Apes happen.

Repeat."

Everyone showed a knowing smile.
To be continued...