Lu Zhou thought about this problem when he was still in Princeton.
As his research gradually entered unfamiliar territory, sooner or later, the content of his research would conflict with traditional ethical concepts.
All of this was unavoidable.
After all, the level of the system covered a lot of disciplines. He couldn't just focus on mathematics for the rest of his life.
After the conversation with Yang Xu ended, Lu Zhou opened his laptop and thought about it for a moment. He excerpted some parts of Professor Grange's thesis and wrote a summary thesis on "Human Cryonics Dormancy Technology". In the thesis, he clearly expressed his support for this research.
"… Compared to the short lifespan of humans, traveling in the solar system with light-years as the unit of distance, how to let our colonists live a long time is a more thoughtful topic than accelerating spacecraft to sub-light speed."
"If the Earth is the cradle of our civilization, then one day, we will reach other solar systems.
"Perhaps it's still too early to start thinking about this day, but I think from a long-term perspective, mastering this technology is absolutely necessary for our civilization …"
Lu Zhou's fingers typed on the keyboard as he thought about and perfected the thesis.
Although he was not obliged to explain his motivation for doing a research, the high ground of public opinion was like this. If you did not occupy it, then others would occupy it and use it to create trouble for you.
With his current influence in the academic community, if he wanted to do research, even if some people were against it, they wouldn't stand up and publicly oppose him … At least not in China.
Therefore, before the foreign discussions and protests about this technology spread to China, he needed to use his influence to guide the domestic academic community's attitude toward this technology to his advantage.
Lu Zhou hit the enter button on the keyboard and read through the thesis from beginning to end. He nodded with satisfaction and sent the thesis to the Jin Ling University editorial department email.
Ever since he returned to China, the influence of Jin Ling University's journal had increased along with his wealth. Especially after the success of the controllable nuclear fusion project, Jin Ling University's reputation reached its peak.
Although this periodical was still a little inferior to the periodical of Shuimu University and Yan University, the difference wasn't very obvious.
Especially the articles he published.
Even if he didn't read his other papers, many universities and research institutes' libraries would specially cut his papers from journals and make them into a compilation for people in the relevant fields to refer to.
After completing the submission, Lu Zhou turned off his computer and put this matter aside for the time being.
He was not an expert in the field of biochemistry, nor was he a professional in the field of biological freezing technology. The specific research had to be done by experts in this field.
Yang Xu had already contacted Hengrui Medicine.
Regardless of whether the cooperation was successful or not, he believed that there would be a result soon.
However, Lu Zhou was still optimistic about whether they could reach an agreement.
After all, his status in the academic world was obvious.
If they could get his support, Hengrui Medicine's problems wouldn't be a problem at all.
The space race was in full swing. Any scientific research project that had the stamp of the Lunar Orbit Committee would receive the green light from all departments.
There were no exceptions to this.
…
The day after Yang Xu contacted Hengrui Medicine, Professor Zhang Jiafu, who had previously visited Lu Zhou in Jinling, came over again.
After some simple greetings, Professor Zhang couldn't wait to sit down on the sofa.
"Why are you interested in cryonics technology?"
Honestly speaking, Professor Zhang wasn't optimistic about this research, or rather, he didn't support Lu Zhou getting involved in this.
Apparently, because of this cryonics technology, Professor Grange from Harvard University had received several death threats. Some radical supporters even threw stones at his house, forcing him to move from Harvard University to Johnson & Johnson's research institute in East Detroit, where he lived in seclusion.
Even though no one in China dared to "threaten" Lu Zhou with death threats, it would still affect his academic reputation.
However, after hearing Professor Zhang's question, Lu Zhou didn't take it to heart at all. He just gave a simple answer.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Cryonics is a very important technology, it might be useful in the future."
Professor Zhang Jiafu paused for a second and shook his head.
"I don't disagree … If you insist, we have no problem with it."
Lu Zhou nodded and didn't say anything else. He opened a drawer and took out a project proposal. He then placed it on the table.
"We will provide the necessary researchers and research funding to participate in this research. However, we have limited talent in the field of clinical biology, so we need you to provide the relevant researchers. "
"No problem." Professor Zhang Jiafu said, "We have a lot of people in clinical biology."
As one of the few companies in China that researched and developed new drugs, Hengrui Pharmaceuticals had a large pool of talents in clinical biology and other fields. Many of them were poached from top foreign universities and research institutions, and they were all top researchers in their respective fields.
Compared to the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, Hengrui Medicine had a lot of talent.
Lu Zhou nodded and spoke.
"The specific details of how the cooperation will proceed and how the benefits will be distributed after the cooperation is completed are all in this proposal. You can take it back and show it to the relevant people in your company. If there are no problems, I hope the cooperation can begin as soon as possible. "
Professor Zhang Jiafu picked up the plan and quickly looked through it. After seeing the list of main participants, he immediately spoke.
He then immediately said, "I have a question."
Lu Zhou: "Go ahead."
Zhang Jiafu: "The field of cryonics technology is too unpopular. Even though we have a lot of people in the field of clinical biology and biopharmaceutical, we don't have anyone in cryobiology …"
When Lu Zhou heard this, he smiled and said, "You're an expert in the field of life sciences and biopharmaceuticals, so you must have read more papers in this area than I have. Why don't we just poach a few researchers who are in the relevant field? "
"It's not as simple as you make it sound." Zhang Jiafu smiled bitterly and said, "Cryobiology is an unpopular field. There aren't many people in the country that can publish a thesis in the first district. I have the person you want, but it's a problem if he or she will come."
The more unpopular the field, the smaller the circle, and the more concentrated the resources. In a situation like this, the strong would always be strong, and the weak would always be weak.
Great professors could get a lot of funding to do experiments, train students, publish theses, register patents, and appear in international journals. Weak professors might not even be able to get free research labor, let alone appear in international journals. Even if they were hired, they might not be able to keep them. They might even have to write their own theses.
It wasn't easy to train a talented person, but they might change careers and become a programmer or a salesperson, and their boss might become depressed … This kind of thing was very common in biology.
Therefore, it wasn't that Lu Zhou couldn't find the kind of person he was looking for, but most of them were already very capable.
Putting it bluntly, if they were already very capable, why would they want to work for him?
However, Lu Zhou only smiled at Professor Zhang's concerns and spoke.
"Just tell me your name, I'll talk to them."
Zhang Jiafu saw that Lu Zhou didn't seem to care, so he hesitated for a bit before he gave him a name.
"Liu Zuobing …"
Lu Zhou: "He is?"
"Director of the Cell Cryogenic Medicine Laboratory at the Institute of Basic Medical Research of the People's Liberation Army General Hospital …"
Zhang Jiafu paused for a second before he said, "I met him at an academic conference in Chengdu, and we talked about this. He seems to be optimistic about cryogenic technology. He published a paper on biological cell cryogenic repair in the Biological Review of Physiology. This paper can even be found in Professor Grange's Nature paper, but …"
Lu Zhou: "But?"
"But I heard that he's trying to become an academician, so he might not be willing to participate in this." Professor Zhang had an awkward expression on his face as he said, "I'm afraid it won't be easy to convince him."
The academician selection wasn't based on the number of research results. Since the selection was about to begin, not making any mistakes was more important than anything else.
However, when Lu Zhou heard Professor Zhang's concerns, he suddenly became energetic.
He wants to become an academician?
That's great!
Lu Zhou smiled and looked at Zhang Jiafu.
"Okay, it's him then."
Zhang Jiafu paused for a second and said, "You really plan on recruiting this big name into the project?"
"Since you said he's the best researcher in the country," Lu Zhou said with a smile. He paused for a second and said, "I'll obviously find the best!"
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