Chapter 898: New front

July 28, 1984, this was a memorable day.
At 16:15 local time, the 23rd Summer Olympics kicked off at the Los Angeles Memorial Stadium.
Under the guidance of that red flag, when more than 200 Chinese athletes stepped into the venue with their heads up, a historic moment was born!
This is after a 52-year absence, China has finally returned to the Olympic international family!
There was thunderous cheers and applause throughout the venue, and Tan Zhenhua, Tan Zhenguo, Zhang Xiaohua and his wife, and Lin Shuangxi joined forces to unfold a big red flag in the stands.
They cheered, they leaped, they screamed up to the sky, they burst into tears.
At this moment, they can only express their feelings by repeatedly singing the only song that can accompany the rising of the red flag.
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In the next half month or so, Tan Zhenhua gave up all his work and cheered for athletes from the motherland in every field. Whether they succeeded or failed, whether their performance was excellent or mediocre, only for them. The sweat, the history of creation.
When Xu Haifeng shot down the first gold medal in the history of the China Olympics in the 60-round men's pistol slow-fire competition with a score of 566, Tan Zhenhua knew that the red flag rose for the first time at the highest end of the Olympics. The sad history of Liu Changchun who came to this same city to participate in the Olympic Games alone is gone.
And when the pride of China, the women's volleyball team, cleanly cut the host US team under the horse with a 3:0, and completed the last piece of the "Grand Slam" great cause, Tan Zhenhua knew that it was thousands of miles away. Hometown Huaxia, the whole country must be in joy at this moment!
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On August 12, the sports feast of global attention finally came to an end. The trip to Los Angeles of the China Olympic team was perfect. They showed the world the style of the Chinese people in the new era-perseverance, forge ahead, dare to fight, tenacious and unyielding , On the sports field, they are fighters. They brought 15 gold medals, 8 silver medals, and 9 bronze medals to announce the return of a big country with the excellent results of ranking fourth!
The battle of the Chinese athletes was over, and Tan Zhenhua had to clean up and ended the rare holiday.
He will also return to his battlefield.
This time, he will open up a brand new front.
Boss Tan Zhenguo has selected the University of California, Berkeley, the third-ranked biology major, to study for Ph.D. His tutor is Robert T. Jian, the youngest full professor at Berkeley, of Chinese origin and Chinese name Qian Zenan.
Tan Zhenhua investigated this Qian Zenan for a while, and then discovered something interesting-Professor Qian, who was born in Xiangjiang, is considered to be more than half of the old Tan family, and his ancestral home is in Zhejiang Province, but he is the king of Wu Yue. The thirty-second grandson of Yi, and Qian Yi, the founder of the Wu Yue Kingdom in the "Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms", born in the ninth century, might not have imagined that he could contribute so many outstanding descendants to modern China.
Well, this Qian Zenan is in the same family as the "three money" of China for atomic bombs and missiles, and Mr. Zhong Shu who studies Chinese culture.
Moreover, according to the genealogy, he is actually a generation older than the fairy who engages in missiles, which is a bit interesting...
In fact, there is still some time before the start of the new semester. The reason why Tan Zhenguo came to the United States early is to watch the Olympic Games live, of course, there is another important reason.
Sargent McCormick has finally selected a target and is ready to start with it. As the owner and provider of technology, Tan Zhenguo must personally visit the site.
In fact, it is more appropriate to say that he is being investigated, because Sargent only heard from Tan Zhenhua some kind of "magic elixir" that is extremely attractive to men, but whether this thing works or not, is it useful? seeing is believing.
Seeing is believing, it's quite simple. At this time, during the school's summer vacation, Tan Zhenhua spent a small amount of money to obtain Rice's consent, expropriated a school's biochemical laboratory, and obtained all the materials.
Tan Zhenhua laid hands on Tan Zhenguo for the preparation process of this experiment. He originally thought that he was a schoolmaster at any rate, and he should barely make do with this little thing, but he was scolded by the boss as a pig head after he really used it...
The two brothers spent a whole day in the laboratory and prepared about 5 grams of crystals. Tan Zhenhua, who participated in the entire process, finally confirmed this time that this thing is white!
So why did Pfizer make it blue?
After cleaning up the laboratory, the two brothers made an appointment with Sargent McCormick that night and showed him the samples. Sargent also took away a little sample after signing a non-disclosure agreement. , Said that someone should be asked to test the effect-as soon as this statement came out, the two brothers of the Tan family couldn't help but look weird. In other words, how to test the effect of this thing?
One of the future heirs of our Chicago consortium, will he, like the old and young brother in the dormitory of Tan Zhenguo, plan to take a risk...
No matter how Sargent experimented with this drug, in short, only the next day, this buddy came to the door with a face full of excitement, saying that the test was very successful and we can proceed to the next step-Tan Zhenhua also went up and down. After looking at him for a long time, he was sure that this person did not show signs of malaise and buoyant footsteps. Well, it seems that someone else tried the medicine.
Sargent’s preparations were fruitful some time ago. He mobilized the power of his family to investigate dozens of large and small nascent pharmaceutical companies in Illinois and California, and determined the final candidate. Today he came, Just to choose the final goal.
On the list he provided are two companies: Amgen and Genentech.
"Genentech was founded in 1976. Its main research direction is gene pharmacy. In 1977, the company produced the hormone somatostatin; in 1978, the company synthesized human insulin; on October 14, 1980, the company's stock was publicly issued and in the country. Starck went public with an initial valuation of approximately US$300 million; last year’s annual turnover was approximately US$200 million, total assets were approximately US$380 million, and the market value was approximately US$2 billion."
"It's already 2 billion," Tan Zhenhua smashed his lips. "It's a bit expensive, but Sargent, in my opinion, if you consider it from an investment perspective alone, this company is still valuable. It's just for us. In terms of things, the cost may be a bit high. Alternatives. Why don't you look at the next one first?"
Sarkin nodded and continued: "Amgen Pharmaceuticals, founded in 1980, officially started operations in 1981, headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California, only 70 kilometers away from Los Angeles, initially received 19 million US dollars in venture capital funding. Research on recombinant human erythropoietin and granulocyte colony stimulating factor has not yet made decisive progress. Therefore, this company does not currently have any drugs on the market."
Tan Zhenhua asked curiously: "Sargent, since this Amgen pharmaceutical company, which has been established for more than three years, hasn't researched any drugs yet, how come it is on your list? And it's still the final candidate list?"
"That's because the family has also invested in some companies in the pharmaceutical industry. I consulted experts. They said that the Amgen company's research direction is quite good..." Seeing Tan Zhenhua's increasingly puzzled eyes, Sarkin Temekau Mick’s voice couldn’t help but faded, and finally he coughed twice before saying: "Okay Eric, let me be honest with you, when this Amgen Pharmaceuticals was established, I participated in the investment, and it was considered a venture capital team One of the people, um, not many, just invested 1 million dollars."
Yes, this is stuck.
Tan Zhenhua smiled and said: "It seems that Sargent has some regrets about the initial venture capital."
Sargent McCormick said with some embarrassment:
I can’t talk about regret, after all, it’s only $1 million. However, they burned their money too fast, and the time for results is far away, so, so ..."
Tan Zhenhua laughed and said: "Okay, Senior Sargent, I understand what you mean. This is the case. We take Amgen, and while continuing the original research, we ask the company to deploy manpower for this. Continued research on new drugs, um, in fact, the main thing should be research on large-scale preparation technology and testing of clinical safety and effectiveness, right?"
"Yes, Eric, if we invest enough resources, I hope that it will take no more than 2 years to pass the FDA approval. In that case..."
"In that case, after two years, you will find that you will face a huge golden mountain." Tan Zhenhua concluded very positively.