Chapter 223 Experiment

Shi Nian'an turned around and saw Chi Yan's calm face. Her eyes instantly turned red. "Mom..."

As soon as he said this, he realized he was surrounded by his PR colleagues. He quickly suppressed his emotion and said calmly, "Mr. Zhou, I made the wrong decision this time. I thought that if I came forward to clarify the matter, that woman would come forward to apologize, but I didn't expect... We have no way to prove that the child's death had nothing to do with the company."

The PR manager and department staff all lowered their heads, looking as if they were waiting to be criticized.

The development of this incident was so unexpected that someone was killed. Even those who were experienced in public relations didn't know what to do.

"This isn't your fault. Who could have imagined that the child would actually die? You know, it's easier to prove something than to disprove it. The other party is clearly trying to frame Tianqiong. Trying to prove your innocence will only lead to you falling into a trap. The harder you try to defend yourself, the more you'll be called cold-blooded and heartless."

Shi Nian'an was a little impatient, "Are we just going to do nothing?"

Chi Li curled her lips and smiled faintly. "Don't worry, even if you tell a lie a thousand times, it won't become true. When you don't know your opponent's cards, cautious silence is a good option. Since the legal department has already initiated the lawsuit, let's wait and see the results."

Her tone was calm, without any accusation. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, raised their heads, and looked at Chi Luo with eyes full of gratitude and awe.

Such a generous and kind boss is really rare in this era. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Tianqiong has been subjected to so many unwarranted accusations and doubts.

I really hope that the company can survive this crisis and continue to thrive, so that they can work here for life.

Shi Nian'an also calmed down, and with a light tap of his finger, the screen of his phone went dark.

Her mother was right. Those who scolded and blamed her were just fools who followed the crowd blindly. There was no need for her to be distressed by this.

Infinite power emerged in her heart, and she stood up. "Okay, then I won't respond. Let's suppress the negative news first, and then check the information of Ms. Lin and collect as much evidence as possible."

Chi Li nodded slightly. She was certainly very clear about Ms. Lin's information, but this person was just a chess piece of the Emperor, a cannon fodder used to charge into battle. It was not worth her effort at all.

She was waiting for a perfect opportunity, an opportunity to completely destroy Huang Tian and Qiao Zhizhang.

Chi Qi narrowed her eyes, a cold light flashed across her eyes. Let them be arrogant and revel for a while. If you want to destroy them, you must first make them crazy, right?

Seeing that the public relations department had regained its morale and was busy again, Chi Qi was about to leave. Just as she turned around, the financial director hurried over with a stack of documents.

When the other party saw her, he immediately stopped, frowning, his face full of worry, "Mr. Zhou, this is not good."

"What's the matter?" Chi Li's tone was indifferent, as if nothing could shake her.

"Due to public opinion, the company's IPO preparations have just been halted by regulators. They say that if the company doesn't disclose the core technology of the material machine, the IPO will likely fail."

"Hmm?" Chi Li raised an eyebrow. Requesting disclosure of core technology? They really are taking advantage of others' misfortunes.

"Tell them that there's no room for negotiation on technical details. As for public opinion, don't worry; it will soon calm down."

The CFO, hearing her affirmation, calmed down instantly. "Okay."

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In the biological laboratory on the tenth underground floor of the Huangtian Group, in the constant temperature animal room, biologist Song Yiqiao was quietly observing the mice eating in the cage.

There are ten parthenogenetic mice here. After so many days of observation, she found that they are all growing well and have no developmental defects.

This means that if her research is successful, human reproduction in the future will be possible through parthenogenesis.

but……

When she thought of the documents she saw on the computer of Tang Jianshan, the laboratory director, her face darkened.

Fortunately, she has copied those things to the hard drive. As long as she sends it out, it will definitely cause a sensation in the world and ruin Huang Tian's reputation!

However, this would mean that her experiment would have to be interrupted. But rather than letting God use her experimental results to persecute women, she would rather the experiment never succeeded.

Thinking of this, Song Yiqiao took a deep breath, turned around and left. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Tang Jianshan standing in the corridor, and his heart suddenly rose.

Tang Jianshan smiled grimly, "Professor Song, I just checked the surveillance footage and found that you sneaked into my office last night and even turned on my computer. Can you give me a reasonable explanation for this?"

Song Yiqiao felt a little panicked. Did he find out that she was planning to report their illegal experiments?

But she feigned composure and asked, "You and the company took my experimental results and transferred me out of the project team. How come now I can't even look at the clinical trial data?"

She and Tang Jianshan didn't get along in the first place, and her questioning was just to anger him.

You should know that initially, Song Yiqiao's research direction was dioecious reproduction and artificial uterus, but because many people thought that this technology was useless, or useless to men, and because of unclear development prospects, ethical controversies, etc., the laboratory could not apply for research funds, and no company was willing to invest in her scientific research, and the research was once stagnant.

Just when she was about to give up, Huangtian Group found her through an article she published in a scientific magazine about a dioecious reproductive experiment, and said that as long as her team was willing to join Huangtian, the group would fully fund her research.

At that time, Song Yiqiao was still working at S University and had several graduate students helping in her laboratory, but she couldn't even pay their salaries.

The olive branch extended by God is like a timely help in times of trouble. How could she possibly refuse it?

In this way, Song Yiqiao joined the Huangtian Group, where he had a better laboratory, more advanced equipment and more powerful researchers, and no longer had to worry about funding issues.

And her dual-female experiment was also a success.

Out of 200 embryos, 79 mice were born, half of which were able to reproduce normally, meeting commercial standards.

But Song Yiqiao still felt it was not enough. She wanted to do a few more experiments to verify the results before launching clinical trials. However, Huangtian Group was eager to see the benefits and demanded that the technology be commercialized as soon as possible.

The laboratory director Tang Jianshan even bypassed her, submitted the experimental results directly, and transferred her out of the core team.

Only then did Song Yiqiao realize that from the moment she chose to accept funding from the Huangtian Group, all her future experimental results would no longer belong to her.

Faced with Tang Jianshan's strong order, she, a true researcher, did not even have the right to refuse.

But apart from God, she could not find another laboratory to fund her experiment, and according to the contract, she would have to pay the company a huge penalty if she wanted to leave.

She had no choice but to stay in the lab.

It was also at this time that she gained an in-depth understanding of the gene editing technology of Tang Jianshan's team and unexpectedly discovered that gene editing technology could be used to mark the "paternal imprinted genes" in egg cells. In other words, sperm was no longer needed, and the egg cells could be activated by injecting enzymes to enter the embryonic development stage.

This discovery made her very excited, and she immersed herself in research again, and no longer cared about what the group did with her experimental results.

It was not until she overheard a conversation between Tang Jianshan and others by chance that she learned that they were using her technology to deceive women into having their eggs taken for clinical trials, and editing high-quality embryos for surrogacy purposes for the rich.

She was so shocked and angry that her mind went blank. She almost rushed out and cursed at them, exposing their illegal activities.

But she quickly calmed down. This matter must be led by the Huangtian Group. Capital has always used any means to make profits. She had no basis and was alone, so it was impossible for her to shake the behemoth Huangtian.

Unless she can obtain more concrete evidence.

After that, Song Yiqiao began quietly collecting evidence. Until last night, she hid in the laboratory toilet and did not leave. She ventured into Tang Jianshan's office and obtained the most important evidence.

Because the door was locked, she had to stay in the lab overnight. At dawn, she changed her clothes, pretended to have just come from home, and continued working as if nothing had happened. The hard drive containing the incriminating evidence was now hidden in her briefcase.

Unfortunately, it only took half a day for Tang Jianshan to discover that she had sneaked into his office.

Tang Jianshan looked at her calm face and sneered, "You're no longer in the project team, so where do you get the permission to access the data? What's more, you snooped through my computer, which means you were trying to steal company secrets. That alone is enough to send you to jail. If you have anything to say, you'd better wait and explain it to Director Qiao!"

He turned and left. After waiting for a while, he didn't hear any footsteps behind him. He turned around and said angrily, "Why don't you leave now? Do you want me to call someone to arrest you?"

Song Yiqiao secretly clenched his fists, his nails digging into his palms. "I have to go back to the office. Do I have to explain myself or produce evidence?"

She was afraid that they would take the things in her bag while she was away.

Tang Jianshan rolled his eyes and snorted coldly, "Go get it quickly, don't try to fool around with this."

Under Tang Jianshan's gaze, Song Yiqiao returned to the office, picked up his briefcase, and then got into the elevator with him.

Tang Jianshan pressed the button for the 100th floor. Song Yiqiao's eyes changed slightly. The top floor seemed to be a private rest area for the group's executives...

"Director Qiao is waiting for you on the top floor. You'd better give a reasonable explanation!"

Song Yiqiao clutched the briefcase tightly in her hand, feeling inexplicably uneasy. Subconsciously, she took out a pair of black-framed glasses from her bag and put them on.

Tang Jianshan looked back at her and said nothing.

The elevator was rising very quickly, and Song Yiqiao felt dizzy. Before she could think of a way to deal with Qiao Zhizhang, there was a ding sound, and the top floor arrived, and the elevator doors slid open to both sides.

She followed Tang Jianshan out of the elevator, walked through the carpeted corridor, and came to a door.

Tang Jianshan used the room card to open the door and stepped aside. "Come in."

Song Yiqiao looked alert. She reached out and pushed open the door, taking a look at the situation in the room first.

However, there was no sign of Qiao Zhizhang sitting on the sofa in the living room. Instead, there was a slim woman sitting there.

When the woman turned around, Song Yiqiao's pupils suddenly shook.

Isn't this woman the Ms. Lin who has been making a lot of noise online recently? What exactly is going on?

Just as Song Yiqiao was about to turn around and question, someone suddenly pushed her from the back. She fell forward and fell into the door. Before she could react, the briefcase in her hand was suddenly hit by a huge force, and the strap slipped out of her hand in an instant.

Turning back, Tang Jianshan was standing outside the door, grinning smugly, "You saw everything in my computer, right? I was worried you'd taken the evidence away, but it's still here."

He held up the bag in his hand and said, "Just stay in there. When you learn to shut up, I'll let you out."

"Give me back my bag!"

Song Yiqiao stood up suddenly and was about to grab the bag, but with a bang, the door slammed shut in front of her.

At that moment, she felt that the whole world had darkened.

She turned around and suddenly met the gaze of the woman in the room. She shrank back and said in a trembling voice, "You, you were also imprisoned for helping Huangtian frame Tianqiong?"

Song Yiqiao suddenly realized that it was Huang Tian who framed Tian Qiong. Now Tian Qiong could not save herself, and she was afraid that they could not help her.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Lin Mai became even more frightened. When she thought of the dead child, a chill ran down her back.

"You said they're putting us under house arrest here. Will they...will they kill us to silence us?"

Song Yiqiao's body trembled. She knew too many secrets of the Huangtian Group and was afraid that these people would not let her go easily.

That Tang Jianshan is even more of a greedy guy, full of lies. What he said just now about letting her go was probably just a trick to deceive her.

What should I do now?

Song Yiqiao raised his hand to adjust his glasses, a complex emotion flashed in his eyes. Right now...

I'm afraid that's the only person who can help her.

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At the same time, Qiao Zhizhang was reviewing the manuscript written for him by his assistant.

"Hasn't the online public opinion been guided enough?"

The assistant smiled and nodded. "Tianqiong is being denounced online. No one dares to speak up for them. Some people even went to the entrance of Tianqiong to protest, threatening to make them pay for the child's death."

Qiao Zhizhang nodded in satisfaction. "Very good, there's no problem with this manuscript. Please send it out under my name."

The assistant agreed, bowed and walked out.

Qiao Zhizhang looked up at the hot search terms on the screen, a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. These stupid netizens are really easy to fool.

Once the Sky Dome material machine technology is completely banned, the energy plan he has been planning for many years will be able to continue unimpeded. By then, Huangtian will be able to successfully control the economic lifeline of the empire. Not to mention the Sky Dome, even the entire empire will have to crawl at his feet.

Thinking of the wonderful scene, he couldn't wait.

That evening, Qiao Zhizhang published a lengthy article on social media, urging the country to ban the dangerous technology of physical machines. The article was particularly sharp, offering three reasons for banning physical machines.

First, material machines pose a risk of causing cancer and death. Even more dangerous is that if technology is abused to produce dangerous items such as weapons and drugs, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Second, material opportunities have triggered an unemployment crisis. If it is allowed to continue, 80% of today's industries will be replaced or even disappear, which will cause huge social unrest.

Third, material opportunities bring about a resource curse. Just as some regions rich in natural resources are poorly developed, excessive material abundance can rob humans of their motivation to strive, leading to the stagnation of civilization.

Within minutes of posting the article, it garnered hundreds of thousands of likes. People were incredibly supportive, believing Qiao Zhizhang to be a visionary who could see further than ordinary people like them.

An hour later, the official social media reposted the blog post and launched a public opinion poll on whether to agree to ban material machine technology. It also announced that a hearing would be held in two days and broadcast live on the entire network.

The official response directly pushed the popularity of this matter to the peak.

The whole Internet was boiling.

[A live online hearing? Then I'm definitely voting in favor of banning material machine technology!]

[Tianqiong, please close down quickly, murder company! ]