Due to Professor Wang Xi's importance to the country, the hospital had been doing everything they could to treat him. However, due to the limitations of conventional treatment, there were no signs of improvement.
Half an hour later, when Chen Chen arrived at the hospital and requested to see Professor Wang Xi in the VIP ward, he was informed that Professor Wang Xi was not in the ward.
"Professor Wang Xi is currently attempting multi-directional brain stimulation treatment under the recommendation of the expert panel. He'll probably return to the ward at night. If you're his student, you can contact him directly." The doctor gave Chen Chen a suspicious look and reminded him.
Chen Chen thanked him softly before walking out of the hospital. He took out his phone and dialed a number that he had never called before.
"Hello? Is this Little Chen? "
A moment later, a familiar voice came from the other end of the line. It was the same cheerful voice. "What's up? You have time to call me?"
"Professor Wang, I didn't expect you to remember me," Chen Chen said with a smile.
"Although I've forgotten who you are, I remember your thesis. There aren't many university students who can get published in Cell." Professor Wang Xi laughed heartily.
Chen Chen heard the commotion on Professor Wang Xi's end and asked, "Professor Wang, are you busy over there? I'll call back later if you're busy."
"No, I'm at a signing event. I'm just taking a look at an actor I used to like." Professor Wang Xi replied, "Is there anything I can help you with?"
"There's something important. Where are you right now? I'll go look for you directly."
"I'm at No. 554 Long Ang West Road. This is the Hua An Building. I'm in the venue on the second floor." Professor Wang Xi did not hesitate to reveal his location.
"Alright, I'll be right there."
Chen Chen hung up and took a taxi to the Hua An Building. This time, it only took Chen Chen ten minutes to reach the ground floor.
At this time, there was an inflatable arch in front of the main entrance of the building. There were several large posters pasted beside it. It seemed like an event was being held.
Chen Chen looked at the posters and saw that an older international movie star was holding a signing event here.
As soon as Chen Chen entered the hall, there were faint shouts of excitement coming from the venue on the second floor. Chen Chen informed the security guards at the door and they let Chen Chen in.
As Chen Chen pushed open the doors of the venue, the noise grew even louder. As soon as Chen Chen entered, he heard the international movie star say, "Dramas aren't nonsense, adaptations aren't made-up."
The venue was about a thousand people, but only one-third of the seats were occupied. The international movie star was wearing a red coat and was talking excitedly on the stage.
Chen Chen glanced around and saw the familiar silhouette of Professor Wang Xi sitting in the first row below the stage.
Following Chen Chen's gaze, Professor Wang Xi turned around as if he had sensed something and waved at Chen Chen with a smile.
Chen Chen nodded, bowed slightly, and walked toward the first row.
On the stage, the international movie star continued, "I've seen a drama where Sun Wukong called White Bone Spirit 'Jingjing' and White Bone Spirit called Sun Wukong 'Kongkong'..."
The audience roared with laughter.
"Is it funny?" The international movie star on the stage said sadly, "Anyway, I can't laugh. My tears are swirling in my stomach."
Chen Chen walked to the first row and quickly sat next to Professor Wang Xi. "Elder Wang, I..."
"Shh..."
Professor Wang Xi shook his head. "Let's listen to the end first. If there's anything, we can talk after."
Chen Chen was taken aback when he heard this and then smiled. Indeed, he had waited for three months, there was no need to rush.
With this in mind, Chen Chen gradually relaxed.
At this time, the international movie star on the stage took out a long staff and said to the audience, "I still remember a movie that played like this..."
With that, he rested the staff on his shoulder and turned around at the same time. "Master, let's go!" Then, he swaggered away with practiced ease.
Immediately, there was another burst of laughter in the audience. The stage was filled with a lively atmosphere.
Soon, when the speech was over and the audience had dispersed, Chen Chen and Professor Wang Xi walked out of the venue together.
At this time, Chen Chen noticed that there were two people following behind Professor Wang Xi. They seemed to be bodyguards or something.
"Professor Wang..."
Chen Chen organized his thoughts and said as he walked, "I'm aware of your illness. As far as I know, there aren't many hospitals in the Mainland that can treat your illness. Are you interested in going to other continents for treatment?"
"Other continents?"
Professor Wang Xi was amused when he heard this. "The school committee said that you opened a research center in Africa. You're not talking about there, are you?"
"So, you already know about it."
Chen Chen immediately explained, "That's right, I've developed a compound treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Currently, it's showing excellent results on primates. I wanted to wait until it passed clinical trials before informing you, but I don't know when that will be. After all, your illness can't be delayed..."
Professor Wang Xi was silent when he heard this. "My illness isn't that big of a deal. I'm just worried that I'll cause trouble for Luo 'er..."
Chen Chen did not respond. He had read Professor Wang Xi's information and knew that the "Luo 'er" Professor Wang Xi mentioned was his 45-year-old daughter.
After thinking about it for a long time, Professor Wang Xi finally shook his head and patted Chen Chen on the shoulder. "Forget it, I'm sure you understand that with this illness, you don't have many years left to live."
At this point, Professor Wang Xi's expression was filled with calmness. "In that case, there's no need to go through all this trouble. Let's just go with the flow."
"Professor Wang Xi, how do you know that this illness can't be cured?" Chen Chen smiled and then handed over the information in his hand.
"This is?"
As a member of the scientific research community, Professor Wang Xi was naturally extremely sensitive to technical information. Before Professor Wang Xi could even react, his hand instinctively took the stack of information.
Professor Wang Xi gently flipped to the first page. After reading the introduction, his eyes lit up and he eagerly immersed himself in the main text.
After helping Professor Wang Xi into the car, Chen Chen nodded at the bodyguard in charge of watching over him, then sat in the back seat. The two bodyguards took the front seat of their own accord.
After that, the car drove in the direction of the hospital.
After a while, Professor Wang Xi came back to his senses with some confusion. He pointed to a row of data and said, "Little Chen, there's something wrong with your 'neural stem cell induction' technique. According to the data, it's difficult to induce neural stem cells."
"Is that so?"
Chen Chen pretended to be puzzled as he took the data and then smiled confidently. "Professor Wang, there's no problem with the data. It's already produced results. If you don't believe me, you can take a look at the back."
"Is there really no problem?"
Professor Wang Xi looked at Chen Chen suspiciously. Seeing the determination in Chen Chen's eyes, he did not say anything else and continued reading.
When Professor Wang Xi fell into deep thought again, Chen Chen felt a little embarrassed.
In fact, most of the data in this information was real. The "neural stem cell induction" technique was the only fake one.
After all, Chen Chen already had the "embryonic stem cell cloning" technique that was more accurate and simple than "induced pluripotent stem cells". Why would he neglect the essentials and develop "induced pluripotent stem cells"?
Moreover, this technique still had many hidden dangers, including the risk of tumor formation and mutation. It was far less safe than embryonic stem cell cloning.
However, although the cloning of embryonic stem cells did not violate international law, it would cause a lot of public opinion. Therefore, Chen Chen could only use "induced neural stem cells" to make up for the loophole for now.
What he did not expect was that even Chen Chen could not see any problems with this information, but Professor Wang Xi could immediately see something wrong with it.
As expected, even after retiring from the frontline for many years, even after suffering from "Alzheimer's disease", Professor Wang Xi's biological standards were still among the best in the world.
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