Chapter 260 Chapter 257
"So, even though there are only 37 households left in our village, less than 100 people, and most of them are elderly, life is still acceptable."

"Like Uncle Luo here, he saved some money when he was young, and his children gave him some subsidies. He also had a pension and the government gave him subsidies every year. If he grew some crops himself, he would have enough to spend."

"Older people are too lazy to farm. At most, they grow some vegetables for their own consumption, just for convenience." Luo Yihang pointed to the wasteland below, "Look, the land is all barren."

Dr. Wei didn't care about the wastelands. As he listened to Luo Yihang's story, he became more and more satisfied, with a smile on his lips.

Afterwards, Dr. Wei took the initiative to invite Luo Yihang, "Xiao Luo, do you have time? Let's chat."

"Yes, please."

Luo Yihang invited Dr. Wei to the office of Qingyin Agriculture.

Make some tea and sit facing each other.

Dr. Wei came for several days. He first tested the soil samples himself, and then went to the smart agricultural greenhouse to ask for the environmental monitoring data of this period.

I'm afraid he's also asked about some things in private.

I also had meals at Luo Yihang's house these days. I was astounded by the food at the first meal. Later, I asked for a portion of all the products of Luo's family. I probably did the tests myself.

Today, Luo Yihang took me on a tour around the village and asked me about the past of Ping'angou.

Luo Yihang knew that the main part of the show was about to begin.

"Xiao Luo, you own a magical piece of land. Thank you for allowing my laboratory to come here." Dr. Wei expressed his gratitude first.

Luo Yihang said politely: "This is what I should do. What you do benefits the country and the people. It is my honor to help."

"Xiao Luo, you are too modest. You have been a great help." Dr. Wei also said politely.

After the pleasantries, Dr. Wei got down to business and formally asked Luo Yihang what conditions were needed to use the land on a trial basis.

Pay rent for contracting?
Dr. Wei did not mention this point, nor did he even think about it.

It is an insult to bring up something you know is impossible.

Luo Yihang lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and smiled: "I don't want money, I want to give you money."

Dr. Wei frowned upon hearing this and said solemnly, "Xiao Luo, you want to invest? Then do you know who the investors in my project are?"

"Appreciate further details."

This time it was Dr. Wei's turn to keep silent for a while. After raising his head, Dr. Wei sighed, "It's not a secret anyway. People who need to know will know it. Let me tell you, the lead-removing dates I cultivated this time are actually a raw material for medicine..."

This is a secret to ordinary people, but it is public information to those who are qualified to know.

Many modern drug ingredients are extracted from plants. For example, paclitaxel, an anti-cancer drug, is extracted from the bark of the Pacific yew tree.

Since it is a drug raw material, there will naturally be pharmaceutical factories involved, and there are two pharmaceutical factories that are also the initiators.

This research is equivalent to a composition assignment for a pharmaceutical company. The pharmaceutical company discovered the demand, put forward the demand, and actively cultivated plants to adapt to it.

To achieve the goal, there are several stages in between.

From raw materials to finished drugs, there is a drug research and development stage in between, so pharmaceutical research institutions, private laboratories, universities, academic institutions, as well as clinical institutions, etc. are also involved.

Dr. Wei is researching varieties, which also require planting, so seed companies and promotion companies also play a role in this.

Finally, it is Dr. Wei’s Evergreen Research Institute that cultivates seedlings.

There are four stages from back to front.

There are different companies in each of the four stages, with different shareholdings and investments. For companies that span multiple stages, the shareholdings in each stage are also different.

For example, the pharmaceutical factory that initiated the project at the beginning only invested 20 yuan in the breeding stage, accounting for 1.7% of the shares. In the fourth stage, they invested 12 million yuan, accounting for % of the shares.

A forest seedling company invested 300 million yuan in the first phase, accounting for 19% of the shares, and invested 500 million yuan in the second phase, accounting for 17% of the shares. It had no more shares after that and did not participate.

There are very few who can hold shares in all four stages. Apart from the two pharmaceutical companies, there is only Dr. Wei.

Dr. Wei accounted for 39% in the first stage and only 0.2% in the fourth stage.

Then, you make different amounts of money at different stages.

The proportion of shares held by breeding is divided into the money from the authorization of seedlings. The proportion of seedling promotion is divided into the money from the nursery company.

The proportion of R&D is divided into the money authorized by pharmaceutical companies.

The proportion of pharmaceutical production is divided into the money earned from the delivery of medicine to the hospital pharmacy.

Anyway, it’s all business to business, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s the farmers who plant the trees or the patients who buy the medicine.

Multiple companies are involved at each stage and the details of the scale are extremely complex.

Just by listening to Dr. Wei's brief introduction, Luo Yihang had to go over it in his mind before he could understand it clearly.

Dr. Wei hasn't been here for the past few months. According to him, he has been running around and communicating with all parties.

And communication is extremely difficult.

Although there was a gambling clause when signing the contract.

The breeding cycle of Dr. Wei's Evergreen Biological Research Institute is eleven years. After eleven years, his shareholding will automatically be reduced and distributed to other shareholders in proportion.

After 21 years, the proportion of Dr. Wei's first stage will drop to 0.2%, and the fourth stage will even drop from 0.02% to %.

But what other people want is not shares. The bet is just a constraint on Dr. Wei.

What they want are finished products, seedlings, products that can excrete lead, and medicinal extracts that can treat blood lead syndrome.

Since the first step of breeding was not completed, all their subsequent steps could not proceed.

All of a sudden, in five years, all the money invested was gone.

The important thing is that five years were wasted, and half of the time was almost in vain. Those investors are so angry that they are going to die.

The pressure on Dr. Wei is enormous.

"This may be my last important research, I didn't expect it, alas..." Dr. Wei sighed with a wry smile.

That's right. Although Dr. Wei looks well maintained, he is actually 62 years old. If another 11 years pass, he will be 73.

At such an old age, how could he still have the energy to work on the front line of scientific research?

"So, your most urgent need now is to make up for time." Luo Yihang said softly with a relaxed look on his face.

Dr. Wei nodded. "It would be best if we could recover the time. If we can successfully cultivate it within six years, everything will be back on track."

"But this is impossible," Dr. Wei added.

"Everything depends on human effort." Luo Yihang smiled even more. "This way, we have a basis for cooperation."

"The soil here is indeed special, but it is not clear what effect it will produce."

"But, in theory, it is feasible. The crops grown in this soil have very clear shapes. Even the secondary appendages, mushrooms, have similar performances."

“Perennials have yet to be studied.”

"You took a batch of ginkgo nuts. What happened?"

“The results were very good.”

"Can that serve as proof?"

“It’s very informative.”

"So what else do you worry about?"

"This project is very complicated, involving a patent period of 20 years, annual profits of hundreds of millions or even billions, and millions of medical and patient care. I am just one link, and it is difficult for a new shareholder to join."

"So does your Evergreen Biology need a perfect, magical experimental site?"

After several rounds of exchanges, Luo Yihang's true intentions were revealed!
The ingredients of the lead-removing dates are so complicated that Luo Yihang would definitely bring himself a lot of trouble if he inserted it rashly.

Therefore, Luo Yihang’s goal at the beginning was not to remove the lead dates, but to go to Changqing Biology…

(End of this chapter)