Mister Bai murmured, then looked puzzled. "Wu-Yue Pharmaceutical has Sea Green Flower technology? That shouldn't be possible. We're all in the same circle—how could they have kept even a whisper of it under wraps? If it were true, their stock wouldn't have been so lukewarm for the past half year."
Ma Minglu said, "I called and asked. Yue Qi said they weren't conducting any research in that area."
"That's what I thought. Wu-Yue Pharmaceutical isn't at that level. So where did they get it?" Mister Bai still spoke as though making casual conversation. "Don't be fooled by how everyone is hyping up the Sea Green Flower concept now. There are only a handful of companies with the core technology, mostly in the New World. That's where the slogan of 'coexisting with aberrations' is shouted the loudest. My troublesome daughter works at Clay Laboratory, doesn't she? I heard they have projects in that direction, but they mainly focus on neural reconstruction. That has nothing to do with cosmetic medicine or wellness."
Ronan and Zhang Yingying both glanced at Mister Bai.
Bai Xinyan was indeed a member of Clay Laboratory and Clay's doctoral student, though she should have become a partner by now. Thinking about it, part of Mister Bai's reason for coming here might have been related to that.
Ma Minglu asked his elder sister. The old lady thought for a moment. "Mingjing said it was a very reliable channel at the time. I checked into it myself. It really was a top medical institution in Los Angeles, and Old Elers had invested in it too... What was it called again?"
The name was on the tip of her tongue, but she could not recall it. She looked toward Madam Xiang beside her.
The latter was about to answer when Ronan