"Maybe I can help you."
When Kingsley Weir heard Li Mu's words, he was stunned.
"Uh... thank you for your kindness, but what I'm telling you is not actually a request for help. Besides... I have nothing to repay you with."
Kingsley Weir shook his head.
“How could an associate professor at ETH Zurich be of no value even though he was fired?”
Li Mu smiled and shook his head.
Originally, he thought that Kingsley Weir's identity as an associate professor was fictitious, but now it seems that not only is his identity real, but he also does have real abilities.
"Think about Annie. With the way you are now, it is obvious that you will not be able to raise the cost of treating Annie. Is it possible that you will continue to deceive and abduct her?"
"In this case, you will be caught by the police sooner or later. When the time comes, who else can take care of Annie as wholeheartedly as you do?"
Kingsley Weir was silent for a moment, then finally raised his head, looked at Li Mu, and said, "You are right..."
"Please tell me what value I can bring to you."
A smile appeared on Li Mu's face.
Having said all that, he is certainly not simply warm-hearted.
After all, the man in front of him almost caused a biological leakage accident, and just now he wanted to use his fame to defraud investment.
It’s hard to dislike such a person no matter how much.
The only thing that could make Li Mu feel slightly better was his attitude towards his daughter.
A person who values his loved ones still has a chance of redemption.
"Before I tell you what I need you to do, I want to ask you first. Is the project about treating blood clots you just mentioned at the briefing true? Or is it something you made up?"
"I can swear to you, this is absolutely true!"
Kingsley Weir immediately patted his chest and promised: "Actually, as long as I get the funding, I will immediately rent a laboratory to conduct this experiment. At most, I will only use some of the money from the funding to do it once for Anne." Chemotherapy.”
"I have been thinking about this project for many years. When I was an associate professor at ETH Zurich, I had been studying the problem of blood clots and had achieved certain results. If it hadn't been for the accident that happened later, maybe I would have A thrombolytic drug was developed several years ago."
"And I am certain that the effect of this new thrombolytic drug has definitely reached the level of the fourth generation thrombolytic drugs."
"The current fourth-generation thrombolytic drugs are PAI-1 inhibitors, but this drug is still in clinical trials and has not been launched."
"As long as I can develop this new drug, anyone can become a billionaire immediately!"
Kingsley Ware's face was filled with excitement, just like the emotion he had during the presentation.
It can arouse the listener's emotions.
Of course, Li Mu remained unmoved.
The rationality brought by the computer in his mind made him just ask calmly: "But there is still a long way to go before true success, right? If it was really very close to success, I'm afraid you would have raised money to do experiments long ago. Alright?"
"Well……"
Kingsley Weir's expression suddenly became sarcastic, "This... there is indeed a long way to go... To be precise, it was actually when I was doing experiments that I accidentally discovered that the thrombolysis rate of one group of experiments was unexpected. Above average.”
"But then after I repeated the experiment many times, it was difficult to reproduce the same situation. After that happened, I never did this experiment again."
"But I always remember all the details of that experiment. As long as I have a laboratory and equipment, I can start the experiment again immediately. "
Hearing Kingsley Weir's words, Li Mu pondered for a moment, and then said: "I will provide money to support you in continuing this experiment."
"In addition, during the experiment, I will use my data analysis methods to help your research."
"As for the experiment you are talking about so far, my data analysis should be very helpful. "
In his previous report, he had already stated at the end that if given the opportunity, he would try to verify the role of data analysis in biomedical experiments again.
And now, it happens to be an opportunity.
This is also one of the reasons why he is willing to help Kingsley Ware.
But Kingsley Weir was stunned for a moment, and then said after hesitating for a moment: "Uh... I need to explain to you that this experiment requires a lot of funds, at least 500,000 euros to get started."
"For example, we first need to rent a laboratory. Although it does not require a high-end laboratory, a GMP laboratory will do. However, in Germany, the monthly rent for a GMP-level laboratory is about 20,000 euros."
"In addition, there are also the costs of various experimental consumables, which is also one of the bulk of our money."
"Anyway...how much can you support?"
"500,000 euros..." Li Mu rubbed his chin: "It's indeed a bit much."
Hearing Li Mu's words, Kingsley Weir's face showed disappointment.
Indeed, no matter what, 500,000 euros is a lot.
In Europe, having 500,000 euros is considered relatively wealthy, and Li Mu is only 21 years old. How can he have so much money?
"If we don't have money, maybe we can actually make it together. Of course, with your reputation, if you really agree to my soliciting investment in your name...forget it, let's not talk about it."
Kingsley Weir had a stern expression on his face again.
He was really embarrassed to continue mentioning this matter. .
But Li Mu shook his head, "I just said that the money is a lot, but I didn't say that I can't give it."
With tens of millions of yuan in his bank card, he really didn't have any big problems doing a seven-digit experiment.
Kingsley Weir was stunned for a moment: "What? You actually have so much money?"
Li Mu smiled: "Otherwise, why would I say I can help you?"
Kingsley Weir was surprised for a while, and then he became excited: "That's great! Once the money is available, we can start experiments right away!"
But at this moment, a voice came from the side: "Kingsley Weir, you were able to appear here? And you actually deceived Li?"
Li Mu and Kingsley Weir turned around and saw two people walking towards them.
Both men looked to be in their fifties, and the one speaking was the one standing on the left.
When Kingsley Weir saw this man, his face immediately darkened: "Skana Slavi, what are you doing here?"
Skana Slavi said: "Of course I am here for the dinner. The Max Planck Society invited me, of course I will come. As for you... I don't think the Max Planck Society will invite you. You sneaked in Right?"
"I..." Kingsley Weir was speechless for a while. The Max Planck Society indeed did not invite him.
But at this moment, Li Mu next to him said, "I brought Mr. Weir in."
Skana Slavi was stunned for a moment, and then said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, it is very necessary for me to remind you that this guy is a liar. He deceived us once before. Did he tell you this?" What kind of experiment is this on a new thrombolytic drug? You must not believe him! How can the research on thrombolytic drugs be so easy? Even though PAI-1 inhibitors have been recognized as fourth-generation thrombolytic drugs, they are not being studied until now. How long has it been? What’s more, he’s not actually studying PAI-1 inhibitors..."
"If you really invest money in this scammer, it will only be a waste!"
Listening to the other party's words, Li Mu didn't even know the identities of these two people, "Uh... who are you?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I was so angry when I saw this liar that I forgot about it." Skana Slavi said with a smile: "I am the chief scientist of Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company, Skana Slavi Wei, and this is our Vice President, Mr. Mike Conn.”
Li Mu was a little surprised when he heard the name of this company. It actually belonged to Pfizer.
In other words, Kingsley Ware almost approached Pfizer?
Mike Conn also smiled and extended his hand to Li Mu: "Dear Mr. Li, hello, nice to meet you."
Li Mu shook his hand politely.
"In short, as I just said, you absolutely cannot trust this person." Skana Slavi continued at this time: "We at Pfizer are currently developing fourth-generation thrombolytic drugs. We have the world's most advanced thrombolytic drugs." Good lab and the best team, so instead of working with him, why not join our team and you are more than welcome.”
"Especially your data analysis theory, I think this method matches our experiment very well!"
Mike Conn also said to Li Mu: "Actually, we came to you to hire you to be our company's experimental data analysis expert. Only at Pfizer can you better utilize your abilities, and only Pfizer is suitable for your development. In addition, the salary we plan to offer you is definitely the highest in the industry, at least over ten million US dollars. To be honest, this salary is higher than mine."
Li Mu was suddenly surprised, what?
Pfizer actually came to recruit him?
And offered a salary of tens of millions of dollars?
Next to him, Kingsley Weir, who was still very angry, was stunned when he heard this number, and then fell silent.
Such a high salary...
How many people in the world would say no?
Of course, Slavi and Conn thought so too.
They had never thought that the company would offer such a high salary.
But no matter what, with this salary level, how could Li Mu refuse?
You know, even as Apple president, Cook's salary is only US$100 million.
However, amid their unexpected expressions, Li Mu shook his head and said, "Sorry, thank you very much for Pfizer's invitation, but I refuse."
"I prefer to study freely, just like I study mathematics and physics problems. "
Slavi and Conn looked at each other.
"this……"
Is there anyone who can really refuse this condition?
"Mr. Li, you can think about it again. You have brought great changes to our biomedical community. Our development at Pfizer has always followed the changes in the biomedical community, so we very much need your help. Moreover, if you Our data analysis concept has been successful here, and it can continue to drive the follow-up of the entire biomedicine. I believe that we at Pfizer have such influence, and you should also hope to see your theory shine in the entire academic world, right? "
Conn immediately persuaded.
"Of course I hope to see this." Li Mu said with a smile: "But I prefer to achieve it in my own way."
Conn and Slavi were helpless and tried a lot of persuasion, but Li Mu both declined.
Finally they looked at each other and shook their heads.
"Well, since you are determined to do this, then we can only wish you good luck. Of course, we at Pfizer always welcome you to join us."
Conn finally said.
Slavi also finally said: "I wish you good luck. Of course, I still have to tell you, don't believe this liar. Just go to the Internet and check what accidents he almost caused. You will know. Such a person cannot trustworthy."
Then, the two left here.
"I……"
Kingsley Weir turned to look at Li Mu, not knowing what to say.
Li Mu, will you still believe him?
But Li Mu seemed not to be affected in any way, and said to him again: "Let's find a place tomorrow to discuss the details of the next cooperation."
Kingsley Weir was stunned, and his face suddenly became ecstatic, "Thank you!"
Li Mu is still willing to cooperate with him!
…
Not far away, Adrian Kleiner and Bruce Stillman from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory watched this scene.
"Uh... I even turned down a salary of tens of millions of dollars. I think... let's just forget it, right?"
Adrian said to Bruce.
Bruce nodded with deep understanding: "Indeed, it's hard not to support it."
Although Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has money, it is not as powerful as a company like Pfizer.
"However, I have heard of Kingsley Weir's name. He wrote a paper on thrombosis experiments, which also attracted a lot of attention in this field, and he can be regarded as an expert in this field." Adrian touched his chin: "Also, I remember that guy Skana Slavi seems to be the main force in Pfizer's research on the fourth generation of thrombolytic drugs. Maybe there will be something good now."
"There's another thing you don't know." Bruce said: "I also worked as a professor at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich for a period of time, and so did Slavi, so you probably don't know that there is a feud between Slavi and Weil. .”
"There is actually a feud between them?" Adrian was stunned for a moment, "No wonder Slavi always slandered Weir just now."
Bruce smiled: "We can just wait and watch the show."
"In fact, Kingsley is not the key. Li Mu is the key. Let's see whether Slavi, Pfizer's chief scientist, wins first, or whether Li Mu's data analysis is better."
"I have a hunch that data analysis will play a big role in this process."
…
(End of chapter)
