Chapter 553: Combining Two Chapters
I don't know if the higher-ups were also looking forward to Gu Yin's experiment, but all the application and review materials that needed to be submitted were completed on the third day!
Gu Yin notified the five-person team that had been temporarily formed to begin the experiment.
In the past, the three of them would just pass by the laboratory entrance. This was their first time entering, and seeing the layers of guards and defenses, they immediately felt nervous.
Because a new person had joined, everyone in the lab was watching the excitement from the office area.
Old Cheng also came out of his office, drinking tea as he looked around.
The three of them stopped in their tracks as soon as they entered the office area and saw Mr. Cheng.
As the oldest of the three and their mentor, Fang Chongmin spoke first: "Hello, Professor Cheng! Hello, colleagues! I apologize for bothering you in the future!"
Zhang Chengming and Wen Xin also nervously greeted him, especially when they greeted Old Cheng, they both stammered.
Professor Cheng smiled gently and said, "Hello everyone. Once you're here, you're all family. Don't be nervous. Everyone in our lab is easy to talk to. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, just tell us. We're all gathered here with the same goal: to conduct better experiments! I hope you all work hard!"
The three said, "Mr. Cheng, we will do our best!"
After exchanging greetings, Old Cheng and the others dispersed, giving their seats to Gu Yin.
Gu Yin pointed around her desk: "This is my spot. This area belongs to our team. Find a place to put your things down, then turn on your computers and add my email and contact information. I'll send you the materials later. Today and tomorrow are for you to take a look at the materials and get a basic understanding. After that, our experiment will officially begin. Du Kai and Zhao Qingqing will be in charge of logistics and will be our assistants. You can let them handle some less important or less specialized tasks to reduce your workload."
Upon hearing this, the five people found seats, turned on their computers, added Gu Yin's contact information, and then Gu Yin sent the information to them.
Once the five people opened the documents, they were too exhausted to move.
Fang Chongmin only glanced at the personnel file for a short while, but the experiment he couldn't continue with before suddenly became inspired by this document! The more he read, the more excited he became! At this moment, he couldn't wait to return to his own laboratory and get to work!
Zhang Chengming and Wen Xin's eyes lit up as they looked at the documents!
Wenxin looked up at Gu Yin: "Boss, after reviewing this literature, you could have done the experiment all by yourself! Why did you need to hire someone? Besides, I see that this paper already has a framework; even if it doesn't succeed, there will definitely be other gains! Aren't you just giving us the results for nothing?"
Gu Yin smiled and said, "I can't handle this all by myself, I'll definitely need someone's help. You can take your time and see for yourselves. In short, you'll all gain something from this trip."
Although Du Kai and Zhao Qingqing couldn't quite understand it, they could still see the value of the document!
The two were overjoyed, thinking they'd struck gold! They gritted their teeth and vowed to work hard! They couldn't afford to make any mistakes! From that moment on, the lab was their home! They would never leave unless it was absolutely necessary!
Gu Yin went to the lab to check the equipment. Seeing that everything was ready and set up, she made some adjustments and then went out to class.
She has classes in the afternoon, and the formal experiment is the day after tomorrow, so she will continue to come to class for the next two days.
After class, Gu Yin packed her food and returned to her dormitory, where she told them that she might not be able to attend classes for a long time.
Xiang Xingmang and Yu Lulu were both stunned.
"Are we going to do another experiment? That's too much!"
How long will this take?
"It's for experiments. I'm not sure exactly how long it will take. If all goes well, it will take six months to a year. If not, it may take longer. It's not like I'm going to skip classes altogether. If I have free time, I'll come back, but the focus will still be on experiments."
The two nodded in understanding and sighed at Xingmang, "You're moving so fast! We came down from the Olympiad together, and we're still learning and trying to absorb the knowledge as quickly as possible, but you're already doing experiments independently. We're so anxious! But we'll try our best to catch up with you!"
Gu Yin smiled and nodded: "I'll wait for you up ahead!"
Halfway through the meal, Yu Lulu exclaimed in surprise: "Wow, the campus website reports that a professor in the pharmaceutical engineering department of the medical school has been suspended for allegedly accepting bribes and misappropriating students' experimental results! He's now under investigation by higher authorities! It's terrifying that Qingdao University has such scum!"
Gu Yin raised an eyebrow: "What's the mentor's name?"
Yu Lulu turned around and looked at him: "Li Mingze, do you know him?"
It really was him; my senior sister was quick on her feet.
"I don't know him. But I do know this person; I had a little conflict with him a couple of days ago."
Xiang Xingmang and Yu Lulu looked at Gu Yin with curiosity.
Gu Yin gave an explanation.
Xiang Xingmang frowned: "He actually has the nerve to talk about you! He even has the nerve to talk about Elder Cheng! What is Elder Cheng's status, and what is his? How can he be so fearless? Does he have some powerful backer or connections?!"
Gu Yin nodded: "He has a relative working at the Municipal Education Bureau, and it seems that's why."
Yu Lulu frowned: "With a mentor like that, someone like me with no connections will definitely be bullied to the point of not daring to say a word! I hope the school will carry out a major purge!"
Gu Yin thought it was likely.
In less than a day, the news of Li Mingze being taken away spread throughout the entire campus. As for whether the outside world knew about it, Gu Yin didn't know.
The next day in the lab, Meng Yu told Gu Yin the results.
"Li Mingze's father-in-law has been placed under investigation. He was supposed to retire this year, but this incident has ruined his wish to retire peacefully. However, he will probably still put up a fight, since he has quite a few connections. This is why Li Mingze dares to be so arrogant. There were also problems with the process by which he stayed at the university to become a teacher. The school leaders who pulled strings for him have also fallen. This matter is no longer our concern. You can focus on your experiments."
Two days passed quickly. After telling her family what was going on, Gu Yin threw herself into her experiments.
"Boss! Come over here and take a look. What step is missing from this reaction? How did I even get to this point? The data doesn't match up! We've already wasted two sets of materials!" Zhang Chengming scratched his head and shouted helplessly to Gu Yin, who was busy working not far away!
Gu Yin put down what she was holding and walked over.
"I'll demonstrate it for you, and you can see what's wrong." After saying that, he started operating the instrument on the table.
Seeing the other party's smooth hands-on skills, even though he was amazed when he first saw it half a month ago, Zhang Chengming was still amazed when he saw it again now!
"Don't get distracted, watch carefully."
A cold voice rang out, and Zhang Chengming quickly snapped back to reality, staring intently at Gu Yin's movements.
"Found it! That's where the problem was! I only diluted this reagent once before putting it into the container! No wonder the data was always wrong!"
Gu Yin was halfway through when Zhang Chengming realized where he had made a mistake.
Gu Yin stopped what she was doing upon hearing this: "Okay, then you can continue. Call me if you have any problems."
Zhang Chengming nodded excitedly, took the things, and continued working.
"Boss! There's a problem on my end too!"
The one who spoke was Fang Chongmin.
Gu Yin turned and walked towards his location.
Wen Xin and Zhang Chengming's work was relatively simple; Gu Yin wrote down the data halfway through their work and then asked them to continue.
Because Fang Chongmin has experienced independent hands-on skills, the tasks Gu Yin gives him are all unknown and more difficult than those for others.
"Where did the problem go wrong?"
Fang Chongmin stepped aside: "I couldn't control the tumor cells from dividing. I tried many times, but it still didn't work. In fact, the more I tried, the more the cells adapted to what I was doing and divided more and more! Wan Quan was fearless!"
Gu Yin looked at it for a while and nodded: "This is just the basic version. I have the 2.0 version ready. I'll bring it over for you later. Try it out. Oh, and here's the cell regeneration data. Think about it some more. After that, I'll do this part for you. I'll support you in developing targeted drugs. We can work on both ends at the same time, which will save a lot of time. So your task is very important!"
Gu Yin directly gave Fang Chongmin the cell regeneration data she had prepared earlier, letting him figure it out himself.
Fang Chongmin nodded solemnly: "Don't worry! I will definitely not hold you back!"
"Okay, you can leave this for now. I'll bring it to you when I've finished mine."
Gu Yin now conducts experiments in the system space every night in advance, and after confirming that there are no problems, she replicates them one-to-one the next day.
The experiment itself isn't difficult; the challenge lies in how to properly prepare those elixirs! Furthermore, some of the medicinal herbs on the market today are not only not aged enough, but also contain a lot of random impurities!
After buying a batch of medicine, Gu Yin had been working on removing impurities. She only finished processing the medicine today. After that, she extracted the necessary essence from the medicinal materials, blended them into a low-grade version of the pill, and then reacted it with other medicines.
Du Kai was in charge of the team's logistics, while Zhao Qingqing was responsible for observing the reactions of the lab mice and recording them.
This experiment used a large number of mice, and their reactions had to be checked frequently. Zhao Qingqing even brought over a cot and stayed at the lab at night to keep watch!
Gu Yin had used up all the points the system had given her before, and she had also used the two points she got from the final exam to buy pills. Now that there were no competitions at school, Gu Yin had no more points to earn, which meant she couldn't buy better pills!
We can only wait until the previous Phase III clinical trial is completed and the results are published in the paper.
Just as she thought of this, Gu Yin's phone rang.
Upon seeing that it was a call from the pharmaceutical company, Gu Yin answered the call.
"Comrade Zhou, the medicine has been prepared according to requirements. Please take a look when you have time. Once you confirm that there are no problems, we will put it on the market!"
Gu Yin nodded as she finished up: "I'll go there this afternoon, you guys make the arrangements."
After hanging up the phone, Gu Yin checked the drug reaction, nodded, kept the sample, and took it to Fang Chongmin.
"Look, please keep an eye on the lab from now on. I have to go out this afternoon. If there's anything important, just call me. If I don't answer the phone, then call the professor."
Fang Chongmin nodded: "You can go ahead and do your work without worry!"
After leaving the lab, Gu Yin went home first. She had been living at the school for half a month, leaving early and returning late, too busy to leave the school gates, so she had no time to go home.
When Gu Yin got home and saw the old lady and the old man there, she realized that it was already the end of the month.
"Grandma, Grandpa, you've both passed away! Where's Ahua?"
The old lady was feeding the chickens when she saw Gu Yin and smiled as she went to wash her hands: "You're back from your busy schedule? You look thinner! We made a stewed goose at home! Eat more later! Ahua didn't have a holiday, so your aunt went back to visit her for a few days. We were worried about you, so we came over!"
The old man sitting next to her, smoking his pipe, scoffed, "She's not thinking about you guys, she's thinking about her chickens! Before she came, she even went back to the village to buy several bags of sweet potatoes! I asked her to bring some vegetables, and she hesitated for ages!"
The old lady threw the towel she was using to wipe her hands at the old man!
"You've been nagging me for a year now! What I mean is that we already have vegetables growing in the backyard, so there's no need to bring them all the way here. It's not that I don't want to bring them!"
"The backyard is the backyard, and the village is the village. There are chicken feeds here in Beijing too! Why did you bring them all the way from your hometown!"
"The crops back home aren't sprayed with pesticides or chemical fertilizers, so they're safer to eat! We don't use any of those weird things in our backyard either! So it's the same as back home! Old man, I think you're going through menopause! The older you get, the worse your temper becomes!"
The old man raised an eyebrow: "How can that be the same! The soil back home is completely different from the soil here! We're not eating vegetables, we're eating the taste of home! The earthy aroma of home! It's our roots! You're the one going through menopause! What nonsense are you spouting!"
The old lady rolled her eyes: "You old Gu family don't even know where your roots are! Roots, my foot!"
The old man's lips moved, but he didn't say anything in the end.
Gu Yin smiled helplessly, "You two old folks, stop being angry! I finally managed to come back, and you're just arguing and you don't care about anything else!"
After saying that, he lay down on the recliner in the yard and sighed, "I'm so hungry, I want to eat meat, I'm so thirsty, I want to drink something, alas, poor child, no one cares about me, no one welcomes me."
The old man laughed in exasperation: "What nonsense are you talking about! I'll get you some food!" He then walked towards the kitchen.
The old lady poured Gu Yin a cup of tea and said, "Look at you, couldn't you have eaten something before coming back? What if you got starving!"
Gu Yin took a sip of tea, smiled, and said coquettishly, "I knew there was good food at home, so I saved room for you when I came back! Grandma is so kind, did you bring chicken over again?"
This garden can't be used to raise domestic chickens; those two tyrants won't allow it!
The old lady nodded: "I brought two chickens, two ducks, and a goose. They're all free-range from the villagers. Eat more later!"
As soon as the old lady finished speaking, the old man came out with a goose leg in his hand.
"The goose stew is ready, and Auntie is still preparing other dishes. I called them and told them to come back for dinner as soon as possible. You can have a goose leg to fill your stomach first!"
Gu Yin stared at the goose leg on the plate in surprise: "It's so big? Who raised it?" She paused, then exclaimed in astonishment, "Could it be the village chief's old goose?!"
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