"Mr. Li, thank you for thinking so highly of me, but I'm used to working here. I have no plans to resign for the time being."
In the end, Sterns still turned down Li Chuan's invitation.
He currently had an experiment at a critical stage. If he made a breakthrough, it would inevitably attract substantial investment from wealthy capitalists to fund his research.
He might even benefit all humanity, win a Nobel Prize, become the world's most famous and greatest biologist, and be remembered by history.
Li Chuan was not surprised by Sterns's refusal, because he knew why Sterns had refused.
The main reason was Dr. Banner. Bruce Banner, a genius with seven doctoral degrees, had joined the Army Biochemical Force Enhancement Project several years ago at the invitation of a General.
It was really an attempt to use some remaining Captain America blood to recreate the Super Soldier Serum from World War II.
But an accident occurred during the experiment, exposing Dr. Banner to Gamma rays and mutating him into the even more powerful and terrifying Hulk.
In order to obtain the Hulk's power, General Ross began hunting Dr. Banner across the globe. Unwilling to let the Hulk's uncontrollable destructive power be used in war, Dr. Banner began his life on the run.
During that time, he met Dr. Sterns online, who went by the alias Mr. Blue, and mailed him his blood in the hopes that Sterns could find a way to restore his body.
Amazed by the miraculous nature of Banner's blood, Sterns replicated it in large quantities. He planned to use Banner's extraordinary blood to develop a miraculous medicine capable of curing a hundred terminal illnesses, becoming famous in one stroke and winning the Nobel Prize.
"Dr. Sterns, I know that the blood Mr. Green gave