If a son is good, isn't that because the mother raised him well?
You can't just be attracted to someone's son and not acknowledge the mother's sacrifices, can you?
Shu Hui is older and has a more peaceful perspective on things, unlike younger people who think everything in the world is black and white.
Actually, nothing is that absolute.
It's normal to not know each other well when you first meet, and not get along well. It's like a car; after a break-in period, you need to add some lubricant so the car can run faster.
Chu Yu smiled, pinched a piece of pork crackling and stuffed it into Shu Hui's mouth, "Mom, you're getting more and more insightful. I used to be the one comforting you, but now it's the other way around, it's your turn to comfort me."
Shu Hui smiled and said, "People sometimes get stuck in a dead end, unable to think straight. But once you get through it, you'll find that it's not such a big deal. Before, when your dad kicked you and your two sisters out of the house, I felt like the sky was falling and I had no hope for the rest of my life. Who would have thought that life would be so good after the divorce? If I had known this day would come, I would have packed my bags and run away long ago, even without your dad kicking me out."
"Mom, it's good that you can think positively. Although you are our mother, you are also yourself. You don't always have to think about making delicious food and buying nice clothes for the children. You also have to think about yourself. Remember, I am willing to spend money on the children, so I should spend even more on myself. Eat and drink well, do whatever you want, dress yourself up beautifully, and be happy every day. We will be happy to see that."
Shu Hui's eyes reddened after her daughter said that.
Chu Yu didn't like such sentimental occasions. She smiled, patted Shu Hui on the shoulder, and rode her bike to the laboratory.
It is said that many hands make light work, and Liu Mingchuan and his apprentices are doing very well. In less than a month, the team has actually made some progress in the research and development of sunscreen, which has greatly surprised Chu Yu.
Liu Mingchuan was fiddling with something, so Chu Yu walked over and whispered, "Mr. Liu, I have a question for you."
"explain."
"It's the stuff you add to your skincare products, something your lab developed in-house. What exactly is it?"
Liu Mingchuan didn't hide anything from her, "That's a type of yeast we developed before. The research lab at the state-owned factory where we used to work needed a certain material, and during the research process, we suddenly discovered this peculiar yeast. Da Lei used this yeast for several months of research, and the lines on his hands faded a lot. So, I became curious about this yeast. Later, I discovered that this yeast has anti-wrinkle and moisturizing effects, making it particularly suitable for adding to cosmetics."
Liu Mingchuan originally intended to report this discovery to the director.
Once yeast is actually added to cosmetics, this will be a particularly important patent for China.
Unfortunately, due to internal strife within the research institute and the matter concerning Liu Mingchuan's ex-wife, he was reported by students before he could report it.
After being imprisoned, Liu Mingchuan was in dire straits and had no time to think about yeast.
If Chu Yu hadn't put him in charge of cosmetics research, he probably would never have been involved in the cosmetics field, let alone conducted in-depth research on yeast.
Chu Yu really admired him. Later, Liu Mingchuan's achievements in the cosmetics field probably stemmed from this yeast.
Although she had paid Liu Mingchuan's medical bills, how could those small amount of money be worth Liu Mingchuan's heartfelt gratitude?
Ultimately, Liu Mingchuan is a sentimental person. His selfless devotion stems from Chu Yu's willingness to trust him. In Liu Mingchuan's life, unconditional trust is an exceptionally precious thing.
Therefore, he was willing to give everything just to repay Chu Yu's trust.
"Thank you, Mr. Liu," Chu Yu said, unusually serious, which made Liu Mingchuan frown. Chu Yu quickly changed the subject, "By the way, Mr. Liu, I met a cosmetics R&D specialist in Hong Kong before. He revealed some important information to me, saying that their company is developing something called hyaluronic acid."
"Hyaluronic acid?" Jia Quan, Liu Mingchuan's apprentice, walked over.
He wasn't tall, wore black-rimmed glasses, and looked quite honest. He wasn't very talkative. Chu Yu had visited the research institute several times; she was even the CEO of a cosmetics company, yet Jia Quan had never spoken a single word to her directly. Back then, hyaluronic acid was still a very rare commodity, something many Chinese people had never even heard of. But in later generations, hyaluronic acid skincare was an extremely popular concept. People not only added hyaluronic acid to skincare products but also used it for medical aesthetic procedures.
Hyaluronic acid, thanks to women's spending power, has become a very popular skincare ingredient, and some companies have even achieved valuations of hundreds of billions based on this single ingredient.
Chu Yu pondered that in the 1980s, the research and development of hyaluronic acid had not yet been on the right track. Even if Liu Mingchuan's team could not produce hyaluronic acid for her, as long as they had this idea, they would eventually be able to obtain a new method for extracting hyaluronic acid through research and development or acquisition.
"Have you heard of hyaluronic acid?" Chu Yu asked.
Jia Quan pushed up his glasses, nodded, and said in a low voice:
"I've read in foreign papers that someone extracted hyaluronic acid from cow eyes. Later, Chinese biopharmaceutical scientists extracted hyaluronic acid from rooster combs and human umbilical cords. Hyaluronic acid extraction is difficult. If we wanted to extract hyaluronic acid from rooster combs for use in cosmetics, how many rooster combs would we have to destroy!"
A chicken only has a small comb. Extracting hyaluronic acid from the comb and adding it to cosmetics would likely be too expensive, as the rate of raising chickens couldn't keep up with the rate of cosmetic sales.
"That's right, I also looked up that article, so I was thinking, if hyaluronic acid can be extracted from rooster combs and cow eyes, and also from human or animal tissues, are there other extraction methods? For example, hyaluronic acid can be cultured from plants or microorganisms using bacteria."
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