Kunming City, Sanqing Headquarters.
At twelve o'clock at noon, Xue Shen came to the cafeteria to look for food as usual.
This is a crowded time, and the cafeteria is bustling with people everywhere.
He chose a stall with fewer people and waited in line for five minutes before a braised fish set was added to his plate.
After swiping the card, I scanned around and saw an empty seat by the window, so I strode over.
This is a table for four, and there is one person sitting diagonally across the corner. Looking from behind, he seems to be concentrating on scrolling through his phone with his head down, and he has even forgotten to eat.
Xue Shen placed the dinner plate on the table and took out a few pieces of paper from the paper box. Suddenly, he glanced at the face of the person opposite and was stunned for a moment.
"Xiao Liu, is that you?"
The two of them had rarely contacted each other since they came back from running the Ranma last time. Firstly, they were busy, and secondly, he didn't want to get involved in the marathon anymore, so he intentionally or unintentionally alienated each other.
But being able to sit together in a huge crowd today is considered fate.
Xiao Liu heard the familiar voice and looked up blankly: "Who? Who is calling me."
His eyes fell on Xue Shen, and he was suddenly filled with surprise: "Xue Bo, long time no see."
Xue Shen sat down and smiled: "Yes, it seems that I haven't seen you for three months since I came back from the last competition. What have you been busy with recently?"
Xiao Liu chuckled: "Hey, what else can I be busy with? It's just work."
As he spoke, his eyes couldn't help but fall back to the phone screen.
Xue Shen joked: "Hey, are you chatting with a girl? You can't take your eyes off me. I don't see you taking your work so seriously at ordinary times."
Xiao Liu said without raising his head: "Hey, how can I? You don't know that I am single for ten thousand years. I blush when I see a woman. I am watching the news about the marathon."
"You really love marathons. I really can't compare to you. When I get busy, I forget everything and I don't even bother to run."
Xue Shen shook his head with emotion and couldn't help but mourn for his short marathon career.
Xiao Liu raised his head suddenly, his eyes piercing like knives.
"You're right, are you deliberately trying to piss me off? If you don't love me, just run around and become an Olympic champion. For someone who loves me, I'm a noob even if I run every day."
He said sadly: "Is this how you can do whatever you want if you are talented? It's a pity that you don't have the heart to run and focus on working. Otherwise, how can these people now be your opponent?
Xue Shen swallowed the fish in his mouth with some guilt, and asked casually: "I can't help it, the company can't do without me. By the way, what competitions are there recently? Are the champions still all those black people?"
Xiao Liu looked surprised: "Don't you know? Domestic marathon competitions have already changed."
After saying that, a look of resentment appeared on his face: "That's right, you don't care about this."
He clasped his hands and counted: "The champion of the Yangcheng Marathon is a retired athlete named Hou Wenjie, who is somewhat famous in the circle. This is not surprising. As for the runner-up and third runner-up, they are also amateurs, all retired from major provincial teams. of."
"In the Haishi Marathon that just ended last week, the top three were rounded up by our own people, all of whom were retired professional athletes."
"That's fine. The problem is that the top ten are all Chinese. In addition to retired players, there are also some amateurs who jumped out of nowhere."
"Those black people are going crazy now. They traveled thousands of miles to compete in two international marathons in half a month, but they didn't even get a consolation prize, and even subsidized their air tickets."
"People in our circle are also crazy. These retired players look like they are cheating. They don't know what medicine they took. They all seem to be different people. Suddenly their strength has improved by leaps and bounds, and they are beating black people." , it’s really amazing.”
"That Hou Wenjie has won two championships in a row. Now he is a big internet celebrity. He broadcasts running every day and teaches everyone how to exercise. He is very popular anyway."
"I really can't understand this world anymore."
After saying this, he suddenly came over mysteriously and asked: "Xue Bo, this Hou Wenjie was also on the national marathon team before. Is he your teammate? Did he take any banned drugs?"
When Xue Shen heard the word "take medicine", his heart skipped a beat, but he said calmly: "I was a professional before, and it's normal for me to be better than an amateur after retirement."
Xiao Liu shook his head, tapped the screen with his finger, and handed over the phone with a suspicious look on his face.
"If you look at the video of him winning the championship, I always feel that he must be on drugs, or else he has a genetic mutation."
His face suddenly became nervous: "The national team is not working on some genetically modified warriors, right? Are they targeting retired athletes?"
Xue Shen took the phone and said, dumbfounded: "Stop thinking nonsense. If you really do this, how can you leave Sanqing? I didn't even know there was such a thing."
"Besides, it's a good thing that the bonus falls into the hands of one of our own people. Do you want to watch black people..."
The sound suddenly stopped. He looked at Hou Wenjie running across the finish line in the video. His eyes fell on the thick white mist spitting out of the other person's mouth, and he fell silent for an instant.
As the developer and first trial user of high oxygen-carrying nanoparticles, no one knows this stuff better than him.
Hou Wenjie actually used version 2.0 of nano blood?
This thing is not on the market at all, nor is it clinical. It is impossible for an athlete to be so powerful as to steal something from Sanqing's laboratory.
The answer is ready to come out.
President Wei is actually providing this kind of thing to athletes?
Xue Shen's eyes widened instantly, and he was completely shocked by this answer.
No, President Wei, a pharmaceutical company boss, cannot take the initiative to participate in such a thing.
With Sanqing's size, this little money is nothing at all. Instead, it will cause a lot of troubles and troubles, which is really unnecessary.
Sanqing was probably just selling medicine and was not really involved. He believed in the boss unconditionally.
There must be someone in the sports circle who is making money and has reached some kind of cooperation with Sanqing in the name of the above.
Yes, that's for sure.
Xue Shen has also spent several years in national scientific research institutions, and is very aware of some of the tricks involved in cheating subsidies. He is not surprised at all that the sports circle can do such a thing.
After all, a pharmaceutical company is just a supplier. It is not illegal to provide drugs, and it is impossible to state in the contract that it is used for cheating.
It is not illegal for coaches to give drugs to athletes. Only athletes are the ones who actually break the law and receive punishment.
But the punishment is just deprivation of awards and suspension, which is nothing compared to the fame and fortune that the champion can get.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seemed that the cake of marathon prize money was too big, and it attracted a lot of covetous attention.
In addition to individual tourists like him, there are already organizations eyeing this piece of cake.
In the past, athletes could not compete with black people and could only watch the richest cream on the cake being taken away. Now that Sanqing is available, it is equivalent to cheating. These people will never give up the opportunity to eat this cake alone.
As a company grows bigger and has to deal with all walks of life, sometimes it has to make some compromises.
Xue Shen thought more deeply and couldn't help but take a breath of air.
The water in the sports world is really not that deep. Fortunately, he quit in time and did not embark on a road of no return.
Compared with the outside world, which is full of dangers and pitfalls, Sanqingyuan is simply a pure paradise.
He was thinking silently in his heart, and the delicious fish meat in his mouth suddenly became tasteless.
Xiao Liu on the side did not notice his change at all, and continued to refine his conspiracy theory, becoming more and more enthusiastic.
"You're right, any biological research in the country cannot go around Sanqing. Not to mention genetic modification, which is definitely our strength."
"That's right. The people in the genetic laboratory are mysterious and mysterious every day. They always look at people through their nostrils and ask questions, but none of them speak human words."
"When I get off work in the middle of the night, I often pass by there, and I can always hear screams. They must be doing some kind of genetic modification, and the people who participated in the experiment were tortured so miserably."
"Pangu Research Institute cooperates with many scientific research institutions. It is normal to carry out such inhuman projects secretly, don't you think? The rich people above are so scary that they will not let go of any opportunity."
"This Hou Wenjie must be one of the first batch of clinical staff. His physical strength and endurance have been greatly enhanced. However, as he is getting older, he may have some physical injuries and is a defective product. We can only let them run marathons to make money to repay their costs. "
"I just said why he looks different from before. What's the difference? If you can't see it, it doesn't mean that the genes haven't been modified. It's just that I'm not good at it."
"I bet the real big trick is still waiting to happen. It will be tested on athletes first, and then it will spread to other people. In the end, everyone will be involved."
He was suddenly horrified: "Holy crap, that's how zombies come."
"Xue Bo, we have to prepare in advance. I have to quickly learn some doomsday survival techniques and buy a house to stock up on supplies.
"Do you want to come along?"
Xiao Liu looked over expectantly, with a hint of excitement in his frightened expression.
Xue Shen looked at him speechlessly, the expression on his face twisted.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he didn't know what to say.
I could only shake my head, and then kept stuffing food into my mouth, being a quiet cook.
****
In the office, Wei Kang looked at the contracts in front of him and frowned.
"Jingsheng Sports Company's main business includes sports agency services, track and field clubs, track and field sports training business, sports media, and sports marketing services. This business scope is really broad."
"Since it is a company recommended by Zhao Kun, I must have a close relationship with him."
"The contract is in triplicate. In addition to Sanqing and Jingsheng, there is also a CRO company called Taihe."
"The athletes contracted by Jingsheng suffer from mild anemia symptoms, so they participate in clinical trials for treatment at Taihe Company, and Sanqing provides clinical drugs. All clinical expenses are borne by Taihe."
"The content of this contract seems to be impeccable and very legal and compliant."
“One side provides people, one side provides drugs, and another side provides money. Sanqing conducted clinical trials for free, saving tens of millions of clinical trial costs.”
Wei Kang picked up another contract: "This is a paid scientific research project contract with the Anti-Doping Center. Sanqing needs to provide a certain number of samples every year for the Anti-Doping Center to research detection methods."
"The conditions given by Director Zhao are very generous. Also, in every domestic marathon, the Anti-Doping Center will be involved and conduct doping tests on the top three runners. The cost of testing alone for one competition is tens of thousands. "
"With so many marathons every year, they have to make a lot of money. Needless to say, the Athletics Association also pays a sum of money every year for out-of-competition testing. They are really wealthy."
"The contract is clean and honest. It is a legitimate contract and there is no problem at all. Even if something happens in the future, Sanqing will be able to take it out completely and nothing will happen."
Since there was no problem with the contract, he naturally had no reason to refuse, so he signed and sealed it one by one.
"Snake follows snake's path, rat follows rat's path. They seem to do this kind of thing frequently, and their methods are very meticulous."
Wei Kang rubbed his eyebrows and couldn't help but be filled with emotion.
The way these people do things is very clever. They are obviously shady behind the scenes, but they can do it so openly on the surface. It really makes him amazed.
Fortunately, Sanliang is a partner. Although everyone's motivations are different, they are all aimed at achieving the same result, and there is no fundamental conflict of interest.
Otherwise, if I stand on the opposite side of them, I might not be able to sleep at night.
While sighing, the phone suddenly rang.
At first glance, it turned out to be Andre from Pfizer.
It seems that we haven't contacted this old friend for a while. He probably came to work as a broker again.
Wei Kang thought to himself and answered the phone.
"Dear Wei, my good friend, long time no see. I miss you so much."
There was an overwhelming enthusiasm in Andre's loud voice.
He also knew Wei Kang's temperament. After a few pleasantries, he got straight to the point.
"Wei, do you have any opinions on the FDA recently? Where did they offend you?"
Wei Kang said in surprise: "No, where did you hear about it?"
Andre laughed: "Maybe they misunderstood. I said, you are a big man with a broad mind, how can you care about them."
"Speaking of this, it is mainly related to the high oxygen-carrying nanoparticles produced by Sanqing. The FDA is very interested in this. After reading the animal experiment report, it sent an invitation email to Sanqing, hoping to launch overseas clinical trials as soon as possible. "
"It's just that several emails have been sent to nothing. I have been waiting for more than a month and still haven't received a reply, so I asked you to ask me what you think."
Wei Kang slapped his forehead suddenly: "Sorry, I seemed to have received the email, but I was too busy and forgot about it."
"But don't worry, I don't have any problems with overseas clinical matters here. But -"
When Andre heard this familiar "but", his smile suddenly froze on his face and he asked quickly.
"Are there any conditions?"
Wei Kang said with some embarrassment: "Actually, this matter has nothing to do with FDA, but with WADA."
"As you know, this new drug was added to the banned drug list by WADA as soon as it came out. It was said to have stimulant effects. Although this was done very rudely, I will not argue with them."
"It's just that some of the anemic members of the track and field team were not happy. They originally applied for clinical trials of Sanqing, but because of this incident, their drug tests turned out to be positive. Isn't this funny?"
"I heard that there are many anemic athletes in the Eagle Country track and field team, and they are still active in various competitions despite taking medicine."
"So since they have a license to take medicine, why can't our team members? Is this WADA discriminating against us Chinese people?"
Andre said hurriedly: "Wei, racial discrimination is a very serious accusation, and there is absolutely no such thing."
"But I understand what you mean. I will report it to the FDA. There must be some misunderstanding and we need to mediate."
Wei Kang nodded: "That's pretty much it. Originally, the track and field team was very angry, saying that they wouldn't let me conduct overseas clinical trials because they couldn't get permission to take the medication. This was obviously nonsense. How could I ignore the patient's health? To do something like this.”
When Andre heard this, he understood everything completely.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and agreed: "That's right, Wei, I know you are not that kind of person."
"Don't worry, this matter is taken care of by me. Pfizer cooperates with WADA, and everyone is familiar with each other."
"This time they have gone too far. I will definitely lodge the strongest protest and let Chinese athletes get permission to take drugs as soon as possible."
Wei Kang smiled with satisfaction: "Andre, I'm lucky to have a friend like you, who has avoided many unnecessary misunderstandings."
"It is my greatest honor to have your friendship." Andre said respectfully.
Unconsciously, he had become accustomed to bowing his head to that superior being.
Over the years, because of Wei Kang's trust, he has now become the link between overseas and Sanqing.
Everyone would come to him whenever there was a problem, and he would get things done beautifully every time and become an indispensable part of it.
This is where his value lies. (End of chapter)
