Ange Island, located at the southern tip of Pannu Islands, near New Guinea, was the third largest island in Xin.
The island was shaped like a pineapple, with foothills in the east and cliffs in the south. The island was covered in dense vegetation, and only the plains in the north had people living there. The island had a permanent population of 5372 people. The administrative district was Ange City, the second largest city in Pannu Islands.
Although it was the second largest city after Coro City, the island's economic pillar was still fishing, supplemented by cash crops such as sugar cane, bananas, and coconuts. As to farm products such as rice, wheat, and beef, they mainly relied on imports from Australia's Darwin port. Although the island didn't have a large deepwater port, it did have a dock capable of docking small cargo ships.
For the islanders of Ange Island, today was an extraordinary day.
As to why? After a month of construction, Future International's subsidiary, Future Biology, finally completed the pharmaceutical plant and seaweed breeding base on the island. But that wasn't the focus of people's attention. Everyone was focused on the recruitment of locals on Ange Island.
This was undoubtedly good news for Ange City, where the unemployment rate had always been high.
When the recruitment notice was posted, the entire island was in an uproar.
For the poor islanders, the benefits of the job could be described as frighteningly high. How much would they earn in a month from fishing? At most, it would be 500 USD, and it would be tiring. Although they didn't know what the job would be like, it wouldn't be as tiring as fishing.
As to not being able to leave the country? A lot of people had never left the island in their entire life, let alone leave the country. Most of the applicants wanted the job to be longer, preferably for the rest of their lives.
Due to the high number of applicants, Future Biology made new requirements. For example, applicants with a high school diploma must know how to dive, drive a boat, be familiar with the seafood farming process, be a local, and have a family. The first two requirements were not mentioned at all. How many residents on the island didn't know how to dive and drive a boat? As for the last two conditions, although they seemed a little strange, they were not unacceptable.
After some screening, Future Biology quickly recruited 70 employees. Under Jiang Chen's organization, everyone boarded a boat to New Moon Island for training. The so-called training was just video teaching. They would take a video recorded from Fallout Shelter 027 and play it for the employees, then test them.
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Just as the employees were working hard to learn the unheard of breeding techniques, Jiang Chen was standing on the dock at the port of Ange Island as he watched the boat approach.
Seeing the people on the yacht, Jiang Chen greeted them with a smile and extended his right hand.
"Hello, Dr. Zhan."
Zhan Shujie, 31 years old, PhD candidate, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, majoring in molecular cell biology. He had published five papers in SCI and one article in the famous scientific journal Nature.
A while ago, Jiang Chen contacted a headhunting company and asked them to find him a biotech talent with at least a foundation in this area. He didn't expect them to send him such a powerful person.
Of course, Jiang Chen didn't mind having too many talents. To this top student who graduated from Hua's top university, Jiang Chen generously offered an annual salary of five hundred thousand USD.
The young man wasn't tall and had a pair of rimless glasses on his nose. Although he had a PhD, he didn't have the "scholarly arrogance" of a top student. He was a person that made people feel comfortable.
"Hello, Mr. Jiang." Zhan Shujie smiled and shook Jiang Chen's hand enthusiastically.
Zhan Shujie had heard of the legendary figure with a net worth of over ten billion at the age of twenty-three. Originally, he thought that the boss was somewhat arrogant, but he didn't expect him to be so approachable, which made him feel somewhat gratified as an employee.
"Haha, let's skip the pleasantries. Do you need me to take you to your place?" Jiang Chen laughed.
"No need, I want to visit that … pharmaceutical factory. Is that okay?"
Zhan Shujie's eyes lit up when he mentioned the pharmaceutical factory.
"Of course, if you're not afraid of trouble. This car is yours from now on, and so is the driver. "Jiang Chen smiled and sat in the car.
The driver was a bodyguard from Celestial Trade who was injected with the E-grade genetic vaccine. Whether it was hand-to-hand combat or the use of firearms, they were all at the level of special forces. Being the driver for Dr. Zhan Shujie was to ensure his safety, but it was also to monitor him.
Since the things he was about to bring out were too shocking. Although they signed a confidentiality agreement, just in case, it was better to monitor him.
The car soon arrived at Future Pharmaceutical Factory. On the top of the building inside the wall, Zhan Shujie saw the name of the factory.
[Nutrient Supply?] [That's an interesting name …] Zhan Shujie muttered in his mind, although he already read the company's information before he came.
The two soldiers standing guard in front of the factory were also Celestial Trade's security guards. They wore carbon nano-layered bulletproof vests, Reaper Assault Rifles, and digital tactical helmets.
"Is it chaotic here?" Zhan Shujie anxiously looked at the two soldiers as he asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, it's safe here. However, just in case, I still hired two security guards to ensure the safety of the pharmaceutical factory's employees. "At the same time, it was also to ensure the safety of the high-tech equipment in the pharmaceutical factory.
After they got out of the car, the two walked into the factory. The soldiers at the door wanted to salute, but they were stopped by Jiang Chen's eyes.
They walked to the empty space in the middle of the factory and first pointed to the shore.
"That factory is a seaweed farm used to grow the DH-type seaweed developed by our company. This seaweed is formed by the directional differentiation of Sargassum. It can produce and accumulate a variety of animal proteins in seaweed cells- "
"That's impossible!" Zhan Shujie was shocked as he looked at Jiang Chen with skepticism. "Based on what I know, in the field of plant animal protein production, Hokkaido University is currently leading the world. But they can only use plants to produce an animal protein that can interfere with the hepatitis virus protein, and it's still in the experimental stage. Also, I've never heard of anyone using one plant to produce a variety of animal proteins! Also, seaweed cells are not embryonic liver cells, how can they perform directional induction? This doesn't work in theory! "
Zhan Shujie rattled off a bunch of things. Jiang Chen tilted his head and shook his finger.
"Nothing is impossible, especially in my company. If you don't believe me, you can take a sample and analyze it yourself. "
Zhan Shujie looked at Jiang Chen with skepticism and took a deep breath.
"Okay, seeing is believing. But I have a question. Using this open cultivation method to cultivate a 'new species', wouldn't it affect the ecological environment of the neighboring sea? "
"It won't." Jiang Chen waved his hand. "Since it's induced differentiation, the genes of the DH-type seaweed are still Sargassum, so the offspring produced by the spores are also Sargassum. The DNA telomeres of the DH-type seaweed cells are targeted, just like cancer cells. In theory, it can grow indefinitely. The workers' job is to put in nutrients every day and then trim the 'leaves.' "
This was what the researchers from Fallout Shelter 027 told him. If he continued, his knowledge would be insufficient, so Jiang Chen forcefully changed the topic and pointed at the building that was the size of three basketball courts.
"All the key equipment is inside. Your job is to coordinate the production of all departments in the pharmaceutical factory, as well as take samples to analyze and check if the DH-type seaweed is growing healthily and the quality of the nutrient supply. Of course, these details are all written in the employee handbook. I'll give you a USB in a bit, and the video will tell you how to operate the equipment in the factory. If you encounter any problems that you can't solve, contact me. "
As he spoke, Jiang Chen led him into the pharmaceutical factory and pointed at the machine in the middle of the factory.
"This is the nutrient supply production line, the core of the entire factory."
On the left was the original cylindrical organic converter, which could process the specially processed seaweed into nutrient supply extract. On the right was the bottling assembly line, which injected the extract into coin-sized plastic tubes and sealed them.
Zhan Shujie didn't show much interest in this equipment, but the organic converter completely attracted his attention.
"The legendary molecular filter, is it inside this machine?"
"Ahem, not quite legendary. Our company's molecular directional screening technology is already quite mature. The molecular filter is only one of the components of the organic converter, there are other equipment inside. "Jiang Chen made up a story.
"What else?" Zhan Shujie's face once again showed a passionate expression.
It was the passion of a technician when faced with technology he didn't understand.
"Trade secret," Jiang Chen said straightforwardly.
Zhan Shujie paused for a moment and immediately realized his rudeness, so he apologetically smiled. "Sorry, I was too excited."
"It's fine, I understand how you feel." Jiang Chen said gently.
Zhan Shujie walked in front of the organic converter, touched the cold steel, and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
"Unbelievable … This groundbreaking technology is the first to appear in the civilian field, and it's even used to produce beverages. This … this is a waste of resources. "
To be honest, there were two reasons that attracted him here. One was the five hundred thousand USD annual salary, and the other was the technology that Future Biology claimed to possess.
Directional differentiation of plant cells, seaweeds that could produce a variety of animal proteins, high-precision molecular screening technology, any of these technologies could compete for a Nobel Prize if they were to be brought to the outside world.
But this guy's first thought was to use these things to produce beverages?
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