"How is it, how do you feel?"
After touring the Preston Company's office building, the chairman said proudly, "Although our company can't compare to global powerhouses like Novartis and Roche, we're still one of the top hundred companies in Zurich."
"Not bad."
Chen Chen nodded with a half-smile.
Most Swiss people might think that Chen Chen thought it was pretty good, but only Qian Wenhuan could understand Chen Chen's feelings.
The so-called Preston Office Building was a small five-story building made almost entirely of glass. In Mainland China, it was a standard building in a fifth-tier city.
Chen Chen was used to seeing 5A Grade A office buildings with hundreds of floors in Shangdu. He was already very gracious by not saying "this earthen house is quite exquisite".
In addition to the good air and exotic atmosphere of the city, Zurich was indeed a fifth-tier city.
However, the reason Chen Chen chose to open a branch in Switzerland was not because he valued the prosperity here, but because of the environment and system in the field of life sciences here.
After all, Switzerland had always been the country with the highest survival rate for cancer in the world.
The reason was that Switzerland had world-renowned biology institutes and many pharmaceutical companies that focused on scientific research, which gathered a large number of qualified life science researchers.
Compared to other life science bases in the world, Switzerland was more advanced in the field of life sciences.
Here were the top ten pharmaceutical companies in the world, Roche and Novartis, as well as a large number of world-class pharmaceutical companies.
These companies even eventually formed four "BioValleys" in Switzerland, just like America's Silicon Valley.
The location of Preston Company was located in BioValley, Zurich.
Within BioValley.
In the end, the directors of Preston Company led Chen Chen to an area that looked like an industrial park in the suburbs outside the city.
It was similar to an industrial park, except that the buildings here were not factories that constantly spewed smoke, but biological research centers.
"This is BioValley, Zurich."
In the northern part of the suburbs of Zurich, several cars were parked at the intersection of the road. A group of people surrounded a young man as he got out of the car.
Under the blue sky, Mr. Wynn pointed to the scattered buildings in the distance and said loudly, "Although it's not as huge as the Basel BioValley dozens of kilometers away, the technology of our BioValley shouldn't be underestimated."
"The perfect fusion of technology and nature, what a beautiful view."
Chen Chen nodded. "That's why I came."
"Hahahaha!"
When Mr. Wynn heard this, his heart finally fell into his stomach. "If that's the case, I won't waste any more time. Let's go straight to the research institute!"
With that, they got into the car again and went straight to the Preston Company's Life Sciences Research Institute.
The Preston Research Institute was a small building with only three floors. It was covered in dust, and one would not be able to tell that this building had anything to do with life sciences from the outside.
However, this was also in line with the strict and rigid style of Switzerland.
On the internet, the Swiss were nicknamed "Motherf * cking Swiss".
For example: "I just parked my car, and the parking spot was slightly crooked, and that stupid Swiss neighbor actually called the police. Motherf * cker Rui!"
"Before I went to the toilet, I realized that I had run out of toilet paper. I wanted to buy a roll from the supermarket, but when I got downstairs, I realized that no supermarkets were open in Switzerland on Sundays. In the end, I could only drive ten kilometers to the train station to buy some. Motherf * cker!"
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Finally, the car was parked in a special parking space. They got out of the car one by one, but Wynn couldn't smile anymore.
In front of the research institute, apart from a few scattered company personnel, no one else came out to greet them.
"Where's Sam and Evan, give him a call."
Wynn reminded Qian Wenhuan beside him in a low voice, then smiled apologetically at Chen Chen. "I'm sorry, I think our great scientists must've forgotten to eat and sleep because of their research."
"It's alright, Mr. Wynn."
Chen Chen expressed that he did not care, and at the same time, walked directly into the research institute.
Everyone hurriedly followed him.
It was not until he entered the research institute that Chen Chen saw that in the hall of the research institute, several people in white coats were sitting in front of the bar, talking and laughing.
The expressions of several directors became even more unpleasant.
"Where's Sam and Evan?" As the general manager, Wynn could only bite the bullet and step forward. "Didn't he receive a notice from the company?"
"I'm here, Mr. Wynn."
Before Wynn finished speaking, a golden-haired man with a solemn expression came out from the room next to him.
Wynn suppressed his anger and said to Chen Chen dryly, "This is Samuel, the person in charge of the research institute. He has five genetically modified patents and three stem cell patents."
"Mr. Samuel." Chen Chen nodded in greeting.
"Hello, Mr. Chen." Samuel's stiff face squeezed a smile, but no matter how you looked at it, it was somewhat arrogant and perfunctory.
Chen Chen shook hands with the other party. He understood that this kind of researcher would be treated with courtesy wherever he went. There were even some small companies that relied entirely on a few top researchers to support them. If these people left, the company would collapse.
Chen Chen had long been informed that the reason why Preston Company could grow to such a scale today was due to Samuel's contributions.
However, it seemed that this person in charge was a little domineering because of his achievements.
After everyone finished introducing themselves, accompanied by a group of people, Chen Chen began to tour the research institute.
"Our company's main business is the two tissue engineering technologies of 'cell anti-aging' and 'stem cell anti-aging'. Therefore, the internal laboratories of the research institute are also mainly cell and stem cell laboratories."
At this time, the explanation was replaced by an employee of the research institute. "The laboratories of the research institute have been recognized by the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Organization, ILAC. Their professionalism is at the first level in the world..."
At this point, the employee said confidently, "May I ask if you'd like to visit by sample or by project?"
"I won't go in, I'll just visit through the window."
Chen Chen waved his hand.
Many people always thought that face-saving projects were the national conditions of China, but it would be naive to think that there were no face-saving projects in foreign countries.
At this time, Chen Chen had come with great fanfare. Even if there were hidden dangers in the laboratory, they had long been hidden. No matter how carefully they inspected, what could they find?
Therefore, Chen Chen had no intention of visiting at all. Instead, he said, "Tell me about the research results of the laboratory now."
The employee was taken aback and turned to look at Samuel.
Samuel nodded slightly.
"That's good, but our vocabulary may be a little technical. If you have any questions that you don't understand, feel free to ask."
The researcher thought for a moment and said in detail, "In terms of cell anti-aging, we've achieved the perfect commercialization of fibroblasts for scar and wrinkle removal. Oh, by the way, do you know 'fibroblasts'? This is a type of 'fibroblast precursor cells' that exist in 'loose connective tissue'. Its main function is to fill in wound tissue defects and heal wounds.
"However, a long time ago, someone discovered that the collagenase secreted by fibroblast precursor cells has the ability to reshape tissue. Therefore, we only need to extract a 9 cubic millimeter piece of skin tissue from a human body, separate and purify the fibroblast precursor cells, and then add a specific culture solution to differentiate them into fibroblasts and proliferate in large numbers. Then, add a certain amount of trypsin solution and centrifuge several times, we can make a fibroblast suspension."
The researcher looked at Chen Chen with a slight smugness. "The advantage of doing this is to ensure that the prepared cells are not passed through more than five times and are all in the active phase. Whether it's for the removal of scars or the elimination of wrinkles in the human body, it has a certain effect."
Chen Chen frowned. "The purification you mentioned in the first step is the differential wall breaking method, right?"
"Uh, that's right..." The researcher nodded subconsciously.
"Then what's the composition of the specific culture solution?" Chen Chen asked again.
"Yes..." The researcher was taken aback. How could he remember this?
"It's by adding 15% fetal bovine serum into the non-autoclaved MEM cell culture solution."
At the side, Samuel suddenly opened his mouth and spoke calmly.
"That's a good plan."
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