I Was Pretty Lucky
A septum between a mouse's two stomachs prevents it from vomiting.
Vomiting is a necessary part of animal experiments. To ensure the integrity of animal experiments, a variety of experimental animals are selected. Mammals such as cats, dogs, and monkeys are more sensitive to vomiting and are suitable for conducting vomiting experiments.
Rhesus Monkey are widely used in animal experiments, and gene sequencing studies have shown that humans and Rhesus Monkey share 93% of their DNA.
The Rhesus Monkey in the cage test group vomited after being given Active compound 2.
Monkeys are intelligent animals, curious and mischievous.
Some Rhesus Monkey in the test group went to smell their companions' vomit and made comical expressions.
Compared to severe allergies, liver and kidney failure, or even death, vomiting is one of the milder side effects of drugs. The experimental animals that produced mild vomiting reactions were also permitted to pass animal testing.
"Our Active compound 2 did not cause any serious side effects in animals, so this compound can be considered a preliminary success." He Lin and Cao Fan breathed a sigh of relief.
Animal studies on LPJK1 continue, and the number of candidate compounds is decreasing over time.
Half of the 22 Active compound were eliminated in a short period of time. For the remaining eleven Active compound, various tests were still being conducted on animals such as mice, dogs, and Rhesus Monkey.
Next comes the process of 11 to 10, 10 to 9, 9 to 8... Shen Qi doesn't need too many of the final compounds; usually two or three are enough, and at most no more than five.
When only ten Active compound remained, the progress of animal experiments slowed significantly.
The 10-to-9 test took two weeks. The screening of Active compound became slower and slower as we progressed, because the remaining Active compound had already undergone so many rounds of testing and had been proven to have high safety.
Finding fault with everything takes a lot of time, but it's something that must be done. Shen Qi and his team are working on medicine, so of course they have to treat it with the utmost rigor.
When LPJK1 had only 8 Active compound remaining, the project had already cost over 150 million RMB.
This is just the beginning of the money-burning behavior; once it enters the clinical trial phase, the required funds will increase exponentially.
The LPJK1 project adopts the mainstream model of combining industry, academia, and research. After entering animal experiments, all funding is borne by Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical.
In the foreseeable future, Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical will invest a massive amount of money to support the clinical trials and market approval of the LPJK1 project. This involves not only technical aspects but also public relations. In short, money will be spent on everything.
As the weather grew colder, students who had finished their exams embarked on their journeys home.
It was Sunday, and a thorough cleaning was underway at Academician Shen's villa, as Empress Dowager Ye was about to come and inspect the work.
Empress Dowager Ye is Ou Ye's mother, a female real estate entrepreneur.
"Nofi, tidy up your toys, don't leave them lying around! If Grandmother sees them, she'll spank you!" Shen Qi hurriedly picked up Nofi's various toys and stuffed them into different drawers.
Shen Nuo Fei said without any hesitation, "Grandmother won't hit me, Grandmother will only hit Dad."
"You unfilial daughter..." Shen Qi was speechless.
"I thought you were afraid of my dad," Ou Ye laughed, helping Shen Qi pack his things.
Shen Qi shook his head, indicating that he was not intimidated by Empress Dowager Ye and Old Ou at all. "There are no sons-in-law in the world who are afraid of their fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law, only sons-in-law who respect their fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law."
In the afternoon, the son-in-law, who showed great respect to his parents-in-law, welcomed the arrival of Empress Dowager Ye.
"Mom!" Ou Ye was overjoyed.
"Grandmother!" Nofi exclaimed excitedly.
"Sister Ye!" Cuiping exclaimed excitedly.
"Mom." Shen Qi was the only man in the family, and he was quite composed.
"Little Yezi, Little Nuofei, Cuiping, I've missed you all so much." Empress Dowager Ye hugged Ou Ye, hugged Nuofei, and then hugged Cuiping.
Then Empress Dowager Ye asked Shen Qi, "How have you been lately?"
"Very good, very good, Mom, have some tea." Shen Qi poured tea for his mother-in-law and respectfully handed it to her.
Empress Dowager Ye sipped her tea and said to her son-in-law, "I came to the capital this time mainly to visit you, your family of three, and Cuiping, and also to take care of some small business matters. Nuofei's maternal grandfather will also be here in a couple of days. It's almost the New Year, so let's have a family reunion dinner in advance."
Shen Qi nodded repeatedly. "Mom is right, let's do as Mom says. Mom, have another cup of tea."
"Xiao Qi, why don't you have some tea too? Why are you so reserved around me?"
"I'm not thirsty, you can have it. Since you're here, why don't you and Dad stay a few more days?"
"That's what I was thinking too. My husband and I will stay in the capital until the first day of the Lunar New Year, and we'll have our New Year's Eve dinner there, so you don't have to travel back and forth."
Wait a minute, that's not right. I've already made plans with Little Yezi. We'll have New Year's Eve dinner at my hometown in Nangang this year, and then we'll go back to the North... Shen Qi smiled on the surface, but inwardly he was pondering how to win over Empress Dowager Ye.
After several rounds of tea, Empress Dowager Ye suggested that Shen Qi drive her out to run some errands.
Shen Qi complied and drove away from the Yenching University area, heading east as instructed by Empress Dowager Ye.
When the two were alone together, Shen Qi knew that his mother-in-law must have something to tell him.
As the car drove onto Jianwai Street, Empress Dowager Ye looked out the window at the embassies of various countries in China and said with great emotion, "Xiao Qi, do you know that I studied French when I was in school? Back then, my dream was to become a diplomat."
"Hmm." Shen Qi nodded. His mother-in-law graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. By a twist of fate, China lost an excellent diplomat.
"Diplomat, how prestigious! But the job I do now—building houses—is completely different from my original aspirations. So Xiaoqi, I really envy you; your profession is your passion."
"I'm quite lucky." Shen Qi always held a grateful heart.
Empress Dowager Ye casually remarked, "By the way, Xiao Qi, how's that new materials company you invested in doing?"
"It's alright," Shen Qi said.
Several months ago, Shen Qi invested over 3 billion RMB in Angel Technology Company, becoming the company's second-largest shareholder.
More than half of these 3 billion yuan came from Ou Ye. Ou Ye couldn't possibly earn that much money. To put it bluntly, this money was pocket money given to Ou Ye by Empress Dowager Ye.
Shen Qi, you took the pocket money I gave my daughter and invested it in the company... Among the shareholders of Angel Technology Company, only Shen Qi is not Ou Ye. Empress Dowager Ye will come to hold us accountable.
In fact, Shen Qi had already thought of an explanation and was just waiting for Empress Dowager Ye to ask.
"Oh." To everyone's surprise, Empress Dowager Ye didn't press the matter. Perhaps in her eyes, over three billion was just a small sum.
Empress Dowager Ye didn't ask any more questions, Shen Qi didn't say much either. He focused on driving and arrived at the East Fourth Ring Road.