634. Caught?
In the days leading up to the Spring Festival, most Chinese people are on holiday, while foreign friends are still busy working.
The news that the Nobel Prize Committee's Physics group and Chemistry group visited the Shen Qi Research Center spread quickly.
The LPJK1 project's association with the Nobel Prize has brought it even more attention, and its academic significance and commercial value are constantly rising.
On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Shen Qi returned to Nangang City alone.
Shen Qi has already started his holiday, but his parents are still sticking to their posts.
Old Shen's Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical will close for the holiday on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month and resume work on the 7th day of the first lunar month.
Shen Qi's Mom, Fan Yunxia, is a doctor, and she was scheduled to work on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back this time for three reasons: first, to spend time with you; second, to visit the Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical factory; and third, to discuss something with you. Our original plan was to go back to Nangang on New Year's Eve and have our reunion dinner at our home. But the plans have changed. Why don't you two come with me to the capital in a few days? Both our families will be spending the New Year there this year," Shen Qi said to his parents in a consultative tone.
Old Shen's body stiffened, and his thick eyebrows shot up. "Did your mother-in-law bully you again?"
Old Shen and Old Ou, Old Ou Shen Qi's father-in-law, are the same age, both in their sixties.
Compared to the aging Old Ou, Old Shen is full of energy.
After all, Old Shen manages a factory. It must be tiring, but men who have something to do often seem more energetic than men who just loaf around and wait to die.
Shen Qi waved his hands repeatedly. "No, no, no, how could my mother-in-law possibly bully me?"
Dr. Fan Yunxia is a chief physician. She is 59 years old this year and looks quite energetic. She could retire at 55 and could easily work for another three to five years. Fan Yunxia is rather calm. "For the sake of the children, it's good that both families go to the capital for the Spring Festival. It saves Shen Qi, Xiao Ou, and Nuofei from flying from the north to the south and then back again, which is too much trouble. Actually, it's not a big deal, but it's better to finalize the plan sooner rather than later and not keep changing it. How about this, Old Shen, we'll buy tickets to the capital on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month."
"Thank you for your understanding, Mom and Dad." Shen Qi was very grateful for his parents' understanding. The relationship between in-laws is not so easy to handle. There are far more in-laws who quarrel, argue, or never speak to each other again than those who get along harmoniously.
On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, Shen Qi followed Old Shen to the factory of Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical.
Before the father and son's car entered the factory, Old Shen learned that Shen Qi's mother-in-law planned to gradually transfer her enormous fortune to Shen Qi and Ou Ye over the next few years.
"No wonder you didn't want to take over my small pharmaceutical factory. It turns out your backer is your mother-in-law..." Old Shen sighed. What's the use of raising a son? A mother-in-law is better than a biological father!
"Dad, our pharmaceutical factory is quite large now. Kang Shun is an original drug, and its sales are continuously rising. The value of Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical will only increase." Shen Qi and Old Shen got out of the car and walked to the production workshop of Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical.
The production workshop is bustling with activity. Sales profit is the most important survival indicator for a private pharmaceutical company. As long as the factory is doing well, the employees are highly motivated.
"Wow, the workers and technicians are really enthusiastic!" Shen Qi remarked.
Old Shen rubbed his fingers together as if counting money. "When the company is profitable, the employees have something to strive for. Employees of private enterprises are the most pragmatic group. If the pay is good, they'll work themselves to the bone. If the pay is bad, they'll quit. This year, I gave all the factory employees six months' worth of year-end bonuses, and they were so happy. Look, today is already the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, and everyone is still working hard with great enthusiasm. If next year I only give five months' worth, many people will leave. Actually, five months isn't a small amount, but that's how people are; they only want more and don't want less. Shen Qi, one day you'll take over this factory, and then you'll understand how I feel right now."
"Being a private entrepreneur has it tough," Shen Qi said sincerely.
At this moment, a technician in a white coat walked excitedly up to the Shen Family father and son. "Chairman Shen! Director Shen, you've finally arrived! Old Cheng and I have missed you so much!"
This man is Yan Jun, who is also known as "Old Yan" because of his heavy smoking habit.
Old Yan was one of the first researchers to enter the Chemistry Laboratory of Shen Qi Research Center. Because his master's degree was too low, he took the initiative to apply to Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical as a technical consultant to solve the pharmaceutical company's production technology problems, including improving the process flow, increasing production efficiency, and reducing production costs.
Doing drug research and development in a Yenching University laboratory is a completely different level of prestige from improving product manufacturing technology in a private pharmaceutical company.
But Old Yan's income as a technical consultant at Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical was much higher than his fixed salary at Yenching University.
Because Shen Qi recruited many overseas-trained chemistry PhDs, if Old Yan had stayed in Shen Qi's lab, it wouldn't have been easy for him to stand out among the group of PhDs.
At Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical, Old Yan enjoys the treatment and respect of a technical expert from Yanda University, so Old Yan is happy to work there as a technician.
"Dude, I miss you too." Shen Qi punched Old Yan in the chest, then looked around. "Where's Old Cheng? Is he in the tech department or somewhere else?"
Old Cheng and Old Yan came to Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical from Peking University. These two master's graduates from the Chemistry Department at Peking University did indeed help Old Shen a lot.
Old Yan stammered nervously, "Well, it's embarrassing to say... Old Cheng... he got arrested in Dongguan."
"Huh?" Shen Qi was quite surprised.
"Teacher Yan, why didn't you say so sooner? Which town's police station is Teacher Cheng in in Dongguan? Chang'an or Houjie?" Old Shen scolded, then immediately took out his phone to call his friends in Dongguan to bail him out.
"I'm not familiar with Dongguan... I only know that there's a place called Wang Niudun..." Old Yan explained embarrassedly, as if he himself was the one who had been arrested, not Old Cheng: "Dongguan is closer to Nangang, and this was Old Cheng's first time going to Dongguan... It wasn't his own initiative; one of his sworn brothers came here on a business trip a couple of days ago and said he wanted to experience the Lingnan culture. Old Cheng is a loyal friend, so he went to Dongguan with his sworn brother..."
"Old Cheng is really confused. With the crackdown going on, he actually went to a place like that." Shen Qi is actually an open-minded person. He's a man, after all. It's understandable for him to go to Dongguan occasionally. But during a crackdown, it's best to stay at home obediently.
This is where Old Shen's efficiency was demonstrated. He made a phone call to his friend in Wang Niudun and clearly explained the people, the location, and the event within three sentences.
After this little incident, Shen Qi had a serious talk with Old Yan about the drugs that Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical was selling, as well as the technical issues of the new drug LPJK1.
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