Chapter 061 Modern Society 22
When old friends gathered for dinner, they talked about the good old days and their complaints about their current lives. Even though Jiang Nan wanted to be reserved, he was led by the topic to complain about many troubles in life.
Seeing that they were chatting animatedly, Xie Yunsui moved a pile of boiled shrimps on the table over and slowly peeled them.
The boiled shrimp tasted good, sweet and chewy, but it seemed particularly bland under the explosive spicy aroma of the boiled fish, and it was difficult to eat, so no one ate it.
Xie Yunsui peeled the shrimps one by one and hung the tails next to Lin Xiran's small bowl.
Lin Xiran was so engrossed in the conversation that he didn't notice anything. When he lowered his head, he noticed a row of shrimp tails on the side of the bowl and ate them as usual.
Ji Tao and Jiang Nan noticed it, and Ji Tao paused before realizing that Lin Xiran had been following their topic and helping to complain about their boss.
Why didn’t I hear Lin Xiran’s distress?
Ji Tao changed the subject: "Xiao Xi, we're the only ones complaining, throwing up all this dirt on you. Why don't you guys talk too?"
Lin Xiran paused: "What are you talking about?"
Ji Tao: "...the troubles of life, these."
He originally wanted to have some fun and complain about his boss, but then he remembered that his target was his boss, so he swallowed his words.
Lin Xiran thought for a moment and said, "My life doesn't seem to have any worries."
Ji Tao and Jiang Nan: "..."
Lin Xiran thought hard again: "It's just that sometimes the weather is bad. Recently, it's the rainy season in the south, and I don't feel comfortable staying here, so he brought me to Zhongjing to play."
Ji Tao and Jiang Nan seemed to have suffered a fatal blow.
This didn't seem like the life worry they'd imagined, and what kind of worry was it? Was it worrying about not being able to change the weather?
Ji Tao forced a smile, mourning for his own miserable life, but also feeling relieved for Lin Xiran's happy life.
When he was in school, Lin Xiran was the weakest. Upon asking around, I learned that he had broken up with his family because of his sexual orientation. His tuition was paid by working part-time during the summer vacation. After going to school, he had to continue working part-time to earn living expenses and tuition for the next academic year. He was busy like a top.
At that time, Ji Tao and his roommates really protected Lin Xiran like a younger brother, helping him find easier jobs, asking him to run errands, and using the remaining change as tips. They supported him financially in various ways.
Fortunately, Lin Xiran is not the kind of person who is too ambitious. He does not feel that his roommates look down on him because of their help, and the relationship between them has always been good.
After graduation, everyone went their separate ways, and Ji Tao rarely contacted many of his friends. Only Lin Xiran still called from time to time to ask about his life and send some "specialties" from home.
They are by-products of processing fruits and vegetables grown at home and are not valuable, but Ji Tao knows that those things are time-consuming and labor-intensive to make, and because they are homemade, everything has to be good, which makes the cost very high.
However, no matter what, this can only be done if you have money and free time.
A true office worker can't wait to stay at home after work, so he doesn't have the leisure to study these things.
Ji Tao shifted his gaze from Lin Xiran to Boss Xie, who had been unknown at the table. He always felt that Boss Xie was too mysterious and his appearance was too coincidental, as if he had dropped from the sky to bring good luck to Lin Xiran.
Xie Yunsui noticed it, looked up at him, and there was a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Ji Tao smiled at him, then laughed heartily: "You've been complaining for so long, just venting negative emotions. Why don't I tell you something interesting about our copywriting team? You don't know, their imaginations are bigger than each other..."
This reunion dinner with brothers after a long separation lasted almost two hours, and Ji Tao was still reluctant to leave after it ended.
The moment he walked out of the store, the cool evening breeze blew and Ji Tao woke up. He looked at the two handsome guys in front of him, whose figures and looks were very compatible. Because of his out-of-shape figure, he often received strange looks when going out with his wife. He felt like cheering up and losing weight.
But... losing weight is so hard.
Ji Tao grabbed Lin Xiran's hand and said, "Xiao Xi, remember to send me some of your beauty drinks when you go back..."
Lin Xiran made an "OK" gesture and said, "Go back quickly. We'll get together again next time we have a break."
"Next time? No, I just forgot to ask, how long do you plan to stay this time?"
Lin Xiran smiled and said, "It will take about a month."
Ji Tao suddenly lost all his sadness and waved his hand, saying, "Goodbye."
The meal was very filling. Lin Xiran was not in a hurry to go back to rest, but took Xie Yunsui for a walk nearby.
There were so many delicious foods in this area that Lin Xiran’s energy from walking was offset by the food tasting alone. His stomach was still full when he returned to the hotel.
"No, I'm not going out tomorrow no matter what. I'm going to stay in the hotel for the next three days."
Lin Xiran lay on the sofa without any image and said to Xie Yunsui, "You don't have to accompany me. Aren't you going to discuss cooperation with the Central Research Institute?"
Xie Yunsui nodded: "It just so happens that they sent me a message today, asking if I am free tomorrow."
I visited almost all the major tourist attractions in Zhongjing in a week. Even if I didn’t finish them all, I was tired and it was time to rest.
They calculated the time precisely to come and greet us.
"Okay, I'll come up with the outline for the new article, and you go do your thing."
Lin Xiran touched her belly, which was round and had a slight curve. At first glance, it looked a little weird. She couldn't help but ask, "Look, do I look like I'm three months pregnant?"
Xie Yunsui: "..."
Lin Xiran thought of something and smiled: "What do you think, should we try the pregnant belly pl..."
Xie Yunsui said seriously, "You're not, you'll vomit."
Lin Xiran: “…”
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The next morning, Lin Xiran was still sleeping soundly. He vaguely heard Xie Yunsui say that he was going out. He muttered twice, put his arms around the man's neck and kissed him twice, and then fell asleep again.
Xie Yunsui tucked a thin blanket in for him to prevent him from catching a cold from the air conditioner, and then followed the people sent by Yu Jianmin to the research institute.
The person who came to pick them up happened to be the one who was picking them up at the airport at that time. His name was Dong Boming.
Yu Jianmin was already waiting for him at the door. There were rules for entering and exiting the institute, and Xie Yunsui had to register before entering.
Yu Jianmin smiled and led him forward: "The latest batch of seeds has already grown into three stages of germination. Mr. Xie, would you like to go take a look first?"
"Okay." Xie Yunsui responded.
The architectural style of the institute is relatively simple, but many plants and trees are planted, and there is a faint fragrance in the air.
Walking around the flagpole and heading towards the main building, most of the people inside were wearing uniforms, similar to gowns, but with different colors.
Xie Yunsui felt that they were similar to the old pedants in the Pharmacists' Union.
There are a total of 26 recipes for vitality drinks and sleeping drinks. There are 17 of them native to this world, and Xie Yunsui provided an additional 9.
The laboratory had the experience of making hair growth drink last time, so the cultivation speed this time was much faster.
Yu Jianmin wanted to show him the capabilities of their research institute and told him to stop giving him just a few seeds each time and quickly give him all the seeds he had...
He introduced the story cheerfully and passionately, speaking eloquently and picking out the good points as if he were facing an interview.
Xie Yunsui understood what he meant, but did not point it out explicitly. He asked about the gene bank.
The Academia Sinica's gene bank, more accurately described as a Chinese herbal medicine germplasm resource bank, houses 86% of the world's Chinese herbal medicine seeds, excluding those that are documented in historical documents but have become extinct.
The germplasm bank that Xie Yunsui imagined should be a cold silver-white metal work compartment, with all the seeds placed in separate transparent boxes and arranged in a regular pattern in a storage room that seemed to have no end.
Xie Yunsui originally planned to record the names and forms of all Chinese herbal medicines here, and then collect the same species during his lifetime in this world, and store them in Xiaowan's warehouse. Perhaps they would be useful in every world he went to in the future.
He tried to buy Chinese herbal medicine illustrated books online, but each book was pretty much the same, mostly focusing on the most common or economically valuable species, and was not comprehensive enough.
Xie Yunsui just wants to own it all.
However, in reality, this gene bank is underground, in a simple, unassuming workshop similar in style to the Academia Sinica, where the dried seeds are stored on shelves in a large cold storage...
There are rows of glass jars on the shelves, and in the glass jars there are a dozen or so small glass tubes, which contain dried herbal seeds.
"It's very cold in here, twenty degrees below zero. Let's put on a cotton jacket before going in."
Yu Jianmin considerately took out a down jacket. Xie Yunsui looked at the little bee on his chest. It would be too weird to take it out and pin it on someone else's cotton-padded jacket.
Well, that doesn’t make sense.
Xie Yunsui gave up on it, but he still toured the germplasm bank carefully. After coming out, he said puzzledly, "It's so plain here. Has the Central Research Institute never made any money over the years?"
Yu Jianmin smiled awkwardly: "We researchers never make money."
Take the hair growth drink for example. The money earned was used by the director to purchase new machines from abroad within two minutes of receiving it. Some of the instruments needed were not available abroad, so they had to be researched and customized by a machinery factory.
"Establishing a germplasm bank is not easy. Many wild Chinese medicinal herbs are found in inaccessible areas, and their seed-bearing period is unstable. We have to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to establish them, and all this costs money..."
"Is it okay if I have money?"
Yu Jianmin was speechless for a moment, then he opened his mouth and said, "After all, without money, you can't move an inch."
Xie Yunsui laughed and asked, "Does the Academia Sinica accept donations?"
Yu Jianmin's eyes lit up: "Boss Xie, what do you mean...?"
The two of them moved to another office and sat down, chatting while drinking tea.
Xie Yunsui said, "I'd like to open a private Chinese herbal medicine museum in Donglin City. The Chinese Academy of Sciences will inevitably need to provide materials. Director Yu, do you think this cooperation is easy to negotiate?"
Museums are usually non-profit organizations of a public welfare nature, generally under the supervision of the government. How could they be run by individuals?
Yu Jianmin was stunned.
Xie Yunsui smiled and said, "Donglin isn't a first-tier city, so it doesn't seem to have any eye-catching attractions as a tourist destination. I haven't heard of any decent botanical museums, and most of them are attached to large museums, which are small and incomplete. If I'm willing to invest in hosting it, I think the government policies will be more relaxed in various aspects."
After all, Xie Yunsui is not a professional, so he needs to rely on the strength of the Chinese Research Institute to provide Chinese herbal medicine seed resources and related pictures and text information.
While building the museum, he can naturally obtain herbal seed resources, as well as comprehensive information on plant growth environments and other aspects, which is faster and more convenient than if he collected them one by one on his own.
He now has a small shop that is quite profitable. He has also applied for copyright for the seeds that were researched by the Academia Sinica. If herbal farmers want the seeds for production, they have to give him a portion of the money they paid for them. He also receives dividends from shares every quarter on the drinks that are put on the market. In addition, he also has a mountain of gold coins.
In short, Xie Yunsui is not short of money and can donate money, laboratories and machines to the Academia Sinica every year.
Yu Jianmin couldn't resist the temptation, and probably the director couldn't resist it either. Besides, the Institute of Scientific and Technological Advances has the responsibility to collect, protect, research, and popularize relevant scientific knowledge to the public.
However, he couldn't agree immediately and needed to report to his superiors.
Xie Yunsui didn't have to wait long. When the plum rain season ended in the south and they were preparing to return to Donglin, they received good news from the Central Research Institute.
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