More than ten minutes later, Chen Chen shook his head as he looked at the middle-aged man who was immersed in his work in the study.
If it was not necessary, he did not want to force the other party too much.
This was because Chen Chen had seen the information on this middle-aged man. He was a very capable talent. Although he did not start from scratch, he began working in his father's company at the age of twenty and displayed amazing talent. It only took him a year to triple the market value of his father's company!
Following that, his father directly promoted him to the general manager of the company, giving Adrian a stage where he could truly display his talents. Therefore, like a carp leaping through the dragon's gate, Adrian began his rise with an unstoppable momentum.
It only took twenty years for Adrian to turn a company with a market value of ten million in his father's hands into a market value of hundreds of billions. It spread to a super group in various industries, including finance, electronics, entertainment, services, and so on...
This kind of business genius was much, much better than the Wall Street consortiums who relied on the wealth accumulated by their ancestors. Chen Chen could not help but feel a sense of appreciation for this talent.
It had to be said that behind the rise of each person, there was a legend to be written.
With this in mind, Chen Chen sat across Adrian's desk and sighed at the same time, deactivating the invisibility.
"Hm?"
Adrian was immersed in correcting documents when he heard a man's voice coming from the quiet study. He looked up and immediately saw Chen Chen sitting across the desk.
Adrian looked at the closed door of the study blankly, then seemed to understand something and stared at the man in front of him.
From Adrian's point of view, the person sitting across him was an ordinary-looking Chinese young man in his twenties. He had an extremely ordinary face. If he were on the street, he would not even give him a second look.
However, when Adrian looked into the other person's eyes, his pupils suddenly shrank.
What kind of a pair of eyes were those? They were as dark and deep as a black hole, even light could be sucked in. Even in the dim study, those eyes were extremely conspicuous...
At this time, the young man and Adrian's eyes met, the corners of his lips curled into a smile. However, after seeing this jackal-like smile, Adrian instinctively felt his heart palpitate.
This young man, even a smile, carried the scent of blood...
"Sir Adrian, I came uninvited because there's something I need to discuss with you. Please forgive my presumptuousness."
Chen Chen said lightly. Although he said so, there was no hint of asking for forgiveness in his tone.
"Who are you?"
Adrian took a deep breath and said with a serious expression, "Also, how did you get in? Where are the bodyguards outside?"
"If he's not distracted, he should be coming in soon."
As Chen Chen spoke, the conversation in the study finally attracted the attention of the bodyguard outside the door. There was a "knock knock knock" on the door.
Adrian was delighted. As long as the bodyguard discovered his current situation, it would be easy. Even if he didn't warn the other party, as long as he didn't make a sound, the bodyguard outside the door would sense that something was wrong and react quickly.
"Please come in."
However, to Adrian's surprise, the young man in front of him spoke up for him.
"Kacha …"
The door of the study was opened, and a man in a suit with a body as strong as Stallone poked his head in. "Boss, I think I heard you talking to someone …"
Before he could finish, the man saw Chen Chen's back facing him.
"You're..."
In an instant, the man understood the situation in front of him. He suddenly lunged in, his right hand swiftly grabbing at Chen Chen's hair. Whether it was speed or explosive force, it was almost at the limit of an ordinary person!
However, he only took two steps forward. The moment he took the third step, his head slipped directly from his neck. Then, his body fell to the carpet with a thud, and began twitching incessantly...
Blood spurted out like a high-pressure fountain along with the beating of his heart, diffusing on the expensive carpet. In an instant, the entire room was filled with the thick scent of blood.
"Creak..."
Almost at the same time, the door of the study moved without any wind and closed again.
All this happened in a flash, so fast that Adrian did not even have time to react. When the dust had settled, Adrian felt a chill run down his spine.
What was even more bizarre was that the young man in front of him did not even move. He did not even blink and his personal bodyguard was killed in an instant...
"How did you do it..."
Adrian asked in a hoarse voice.
"Just a little trick."
Chen Chen spread his hand slightly. Suddenly, an almost completely transparent poker card appeared in the palm of his hand, spinning gently as if it had a life of its own. At the same time, there was a sincere expression on his face. "I'm sorry to have startled you, Your Excellency. I only did this to prevent anyone from interrupting our conversation. I hope you don't mind."
Adrian's face was pale. He wanted to smile apologetically, but he was so frightened that he could not even squeeze out a smile.
"No one should be interrupting us now."
Chen Chen gently put away the graphene poker card, then stood up, walked to the bookshelf, and silently observed the rows of books on it. "Sir Adrian, I heard that your father is showing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease?"
"Yes..."
Adrian looked at Chen Chen who was flipping through the books as if there was no one else around and suddenly asked, "Who sent you?"
"Idiot."
However, Chen Chen simply took out a book and said lightly, "Why do you think there's a force behind me? Can't I come here myself? "
"..." Adrian did not dare to refute and immediately fell silent.
"Sir Adrian, the reason I came here this time is to strike a deal with you."
Chen Chen said again, "I know that you invested in Osmond for their Alzheimer's drug, but why don't you try our Eco Science City?"
"Eco Science City?"
Adrian immediately understood Chen Chen's identity. He shook his head. "I've asked the experts to analyze the technology of your Eco Science City. At most, this technology can only suppress the development of Alzheimer's disease, it has no ability to cure it. Besides, although the patents of these technologies are controlled by Eco Science City, it has been secretly popularized in major sanatoriums in North America. There's no need to go to Eco Science City at all."
"I understand."
Chen Chen nodded and turned to look at Adrian. At the same time, he tossed the book in his hand behind him and sat back in his chair. "In that case, please take a look at your computer."
"My computer?"
Adrian was taken aback. Then, he saw his computer mysteriously operating on its own. The computer opened up a webpage without his control, labeled with the words "God's Forbidden Zone". After that, the computer clicked on a chapter of information. At once, a chapter about "Alzheimer's Disease AD-001 Special Medicine" was displayed.
Looking at the sections of information and experimental data, Adrian was instantly shocked. For a moment, he even forgot about the situation he was in.
"How, how is this possible..."
"Nothing is impossible, Sir Adrian," Brendel said.
Chen Chen smiled. "You should know that before the 'Age-reversal Treatment' project was announced, many financial groups in North America and Europe had regained their youth thanks to our God's Forbidden Zone. In fact, we have the most advanced medical technology in the entire Federation. We've also developed a special medicine for Alzheimer's disease a long time ago. It's just that we haven't announced it yet."
"Why not?"
Adrian could not help but feel a little skeptical. "You should understand how influential this medicine will be once it's announced. It might even be on par with your achievement of being the first to develop the 'Blacklight virus' vaccine.
"I'll have to start with the purpose of our 'God's Forbidden Zone'."
Chen Chen smiled faintly. "Our God's Forbidden Zone was founded by a group of people who are dedicated to the pursuit of prolonging life. Our goal is to break through the Hayflick limit of the human body and obtain the right that only the gods have — eternal life."
"Eternal life?" Adrian asked rhetorically, "That's impossible. No matter what it is, it will decay. Even metal will decay."
"Nothing is impossible. The so-called death is just a misunderstanding."
Chen Chen shook his head. "Sir, you should know that we have a general term for the advancement of living things — evolution. In the natural world, there's no reason for evolution to allow us to live longer than we do now. As long as we can live long enough to produce offspring and raise them to an age where they can protect themselves, that's enough.
"Therefore, for the evolution of life, it's more than enough for humans to live up to thirty years old. Genetic mutations that extend life are not favored by natural selection. Therefore, as we humans gradually age, all kinds of strange genetic diseases will appear.
"That's a very boring thing to say, isn't it?"
Chen Chen spread his hands and said helplessly, "It's precisely because everyone will die that we always say that death is inevitable. We view aging like how we view time. They keep moving forward and there's nothing we can do to stop them..."
"But..."
Suddenly, Chen Chen's tone changed. "This assumption is wrong. Feynman, the founder of nanoscience, once mentioned that in all of the biological sciences, we haven't found any evidence to prove that death is inevitable. One day, biologists will discover the cause of our deaths and cure this terrible 'disease'. The human body will no longer be just a temporary vessel..."
"In reality, aging and time aren't tied together. Time will always move forward, but aging isn't necessarily the case."
Chen Chen pointed to his head. "Think about it, Sir Adrian. Aging is only the component of the body getting old. A car will also get old after driving for a long time, but does a car have to age? If you have perfect repair technology and directly replace the old car parts, won't this car be able to be driven forever?
"The human body is just more complicated. It's essentially the same as a car."
Adrian fell silent when he heard Chen Chen's words. He seemed to be thinking about the credibility of Chen Chen's words.
"Because we want to try immortality, we've joined forces with major financial groups in North America and Europe to launch a project called the 'Mankind Anti-aging Project'. The goal is to extend the lifespan of humans as much as possible.
"Of course, without evidence, you won't believe me even if I say anything, Sir Adrian."
Chen Chen made an inviting gesture. "But that's fine. You can access any file on this webpage for now. You can take a look at what's in it."
Adrian nodded. He closed the information on the drug AD-001 and opened the information on a cancer specific drug. He was instantly shocked. "This is completely different from the anti-cancer drugs you've announced. This is the fourth anti-cancer drug!"
"Yes."
Chen Chen nodded. "Although Blackwatch has only announced three anti-cancer drugs, in reality, we already have six anti-cancer drugs that can completely cure cancer in our hands. There are also more than ten anti-cancer drugs that are currently being tested. The reason why we haven't announced them to the public is that God's Forbidden Zone is still in a membership system."
"Membership system?"
"What it means is that because some of the technologies are too shocking, to prevent the impact on society, we're temporarily only opening them to a small number of people."
Chen Chen explained, "The minority here refers to the members who join our God's Forbidden Zone. We rely on the investments of the major financial groups to develop new drugs. When the research and development is completed, it will naturally be used by the major financial groups as soon as possible. This is the operating mechanism of our God's Forbidden Zone.
Hearing Chen Chen's words, Adrian's expression finally showed a hint of emotion. "So, what's the purpose of your visit this time?"
"I came here for two purposes."
Chen Chen said, "First, to invite Sir Adrian to join God's Forbidden Zone. Second, we want to purchase all of Osmond's shares from you."
"If I join, does that mean I can enjoy all kinds of drugs on the website that haven't been announced in real life, including AD-001?" Adrian's eyes lit up.
"Yes, it's just that based on your identity, you're temporarily not qualified to join God's Forbidden Zone's' Twelve Disciples Council '. After all, you're still a little short of the established financial groups. However, if you're willing, you can choose to become an alpha member. This is the highest level of membership second only to the Disciple Council. It's just that it doesn't have as much authority as the Disciple Council and there's no free medical quota."
"Money isn't important, I just want this AD-001."
Adrian shook his head.
"That's not difficult." Chen Chen replied, "As long as you can transfer your shares of Osmond to us, that's enough."
"You're afraid that Osmond will develop a second drug to treat Alzheimer's disease?" Hearing this, Adrian finally came to a realization. "In that case, Osmond's research direction is correct!"
"Yes."
Chen Chen nodded. "So, Sir Adrian, can you tell me your answer now?"
Hearing this, Adrian's expression flickered. "I'm willing to join God's Forbidden Zone, but... What if I refuse to hand over the shares of Osmond?"
Chen Chen smiled when he heard this and said nothing. He only turned his head to look at the corpse on the carpet that was gradually turning cold.
Seeing this, Adrian immediately understood the deeper meaning behind Chen Chen's words. He sighed and nodded. "I understand, I'll have to think about this..."
"No problem." Chen Chen nodded and stood up politely. "Please give me an answer as soon as possible."
With that, Chen Chen opened the door of the study and walked out of the room, disappearing into the long and narrow corridor.
Seeing Chen Chen gradually disappearing, Adrian's expression flickered with uncertainty as he fell into deep thought.
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