After a minute of deliberation, Dlamini finally chose to compromise.
Looking at the serious face on the phone screen, Chen Chen said to the phone, "Mr. Dlamini, I'm counting on you."
With that, he closed the program without waiting for the other party to ask any more questions.
"Dad, the new system for the God chip has been programmed!"
Little X's voice came from the phone. "As soon as the update is initiated, the God chip can immediately add communication, video, and voice recording functions."
"There's no need to update it now. We'll wait until there are more members in God's Forbidden Zone."
Chen Chen shook his head and at the same time, suggested, "X, you shouldn't call me Dad in the future. Call me something else."
"Dad, then how should I address you, Dad?" Little X asked, puzzled.
"Hmm..." Chen Chen stroked his chin, a thoughtful look on his face. "Master, Father, Master? None of them are good... How about, just call me 'Sir Godfather'. "
"Oh..."
Little X made a muffled sound of agreement, seemingly a little reluctant.
After thinking for a while, Chen Chen looked at the list of personnel in his hands again with a thoughtful expression. "When Dlamini's group arrives, I can't possibly incorporate them into the research department, so I'll have to design a separate combat department.
"Cheng Cao will be back soon. I can promote him to team leader first and let him manage a combat team. Each team is designed to have five members and the other team leaders will be selected from the outstanding members..."
The personnel obtained from Dlamini's hands were trump cards, one in a hundred. All of them had participated in local wars in Africa. Some of the older ones had even participated in the Gulf War and were members of the SEALs back then.
Therefore, although there were not many people in this group, they were all trump cards. It was not surprising that Dlamini was so reluctant.
If Chen Chen insisted, of course, Dlamini would give it to him. However, Chen Chen's goal was not to exploit Dlamini as a disposable product. He was not that short-sighted.
Dlamini had enough potential and skill to rise from the bottom. If Chen Chen could support him at a critical time, perhaps he could reap more surprises in the future.
This was why Chen Chen was reluctant to use coercive means to get people to join God's Forbidden Zone.
Of course, Dlamini was an exception. The sniper who tried to assassinate Chen Chen was sent by Dlamini's company. It just so happened that Dlamini owned a thermal power plant, so Chen Chen went straight to him.
Otherwise, Chen Chen would not have threatened Dlamini like this when he had no grudge against him.
As for the experiment report that was shown to Dlamini earlier, it was sent by Samuel from the Swiss branch.
After three months of experiments, Samuel had successfully restored the youth of nine chimpanzees. In Chen Chen's opinion, this technology had reached the standard of clinical application.
In other words, it had met the standards of clinical trials.
Chen Chen submitted the experiment application directly to the Namibian Ministry of Health. Although it had not been approved yet, Chen Chen had already begun the preliminary preparations for the experiment.
Not only that, but Chen Chen had also used Little X's online search to find dozens of biology experts and hundreds of newcomers with potential in biology from all over the world.
At this time, this group of people should have already received the invitation. As for whether they would come all the way here to develop, it would depend on their luck.
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"Blacklight Biotechnology? Africa? Namibia? Level-4 biosafety laboratory? "
Looking at the black invitation in his computer mailbox, Bernhard, who was smoking while looking at the computer, had a strange expression on his face.
As a British biochemist, Bernhard obtained his bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Birmingham in Europe in 1990. After that, he switched to the research of yeast genetics and cell biology.
Now, as a research professor, Bernhard was in charge of work related to cyclin-dependent kinase in a research institute. This enzyme, abbreviated as CDK, could repair cancerous cells in the early stages and restore them to normal cells without causing any damage to the human body.
At this time, he looked at this strange invitation for a while and was about to throw it into the trash.
As for the reason, of course, it was because he received similar emails every other day. He was already used to it.
Most of the invitations were from private companies, thinking that they could develop new anti-cancer drugs by opening a laboratory to make a quick buck. Naturally, Bernhard was extremely disdainful of such emails.
This invitation was even more outrageous. A level-4 biosafety laboratory had popped up. After all, this kind of laboratory could easily cost hundreds of millions. How could it be built so easily?
Moreover, he had never heard of this Blacklight Biotechnology company. Furthermore, it was in Africa. Who would open a laboratory in such a godforsaken place?
With this in mind, Bernhard deleted the email immediately.
After deleting the email, Bernhard's thoughts returned to reality. He sighed silently.
Recently, his research team had not made any progress for a long time. The sponsor was about to lose their patience and it was very likely that they would withdraw their funding after three months.
If they withdrew their funding, it would be difficult for him to find another investor. At that time, two years of research would fall short of success.
Just as Bernhard was fretting over this, his phone suddenly rang.
Bernhard took out his phone and could not help curling his lips when he saw the caller ID. "Again..."
As he spoke, he slowly picked up the phone.
"Bernhard, your research team should pack up and get out of here." On the other end of the phone, a cold voice said, "The investor has announced their withdrawal."
"What!" Bernhard suddenly looked shocked and stood up at once. "How can it be so soon? Isn't there still three months?"
"Unfortunately, the investor has already given up in advance and has taken a fancy to another investment project similar to yours." The voice said, "But this has nothing to do with you. If you want to blame something, blame it on your incompetence."
Bernhard suddenly fell silent.
"Bernhard, announce your own failure." The voice reminded him.
"Alright, I got it." Bernhard smiled bitterly and hung up the phone.
What was coming, had finally come...
After hanging up the phone, Bernhard closed his eyes in pain. He had clearly found the right direction. Give himself another year at most... No! Give himself another half a year and it was very likely that there would be initial results.
At that time, although he would not be able to make a name for himself, at least the investor would continue to pursue him, right?
Unfortunately...
Just as Bernhard was in agony, his phone rang again.
Bernhard picked it up irritably and at the same time shouted rudely, "Didn't I say I understand? Why are you still calling?"
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Bernhard?" However, the voice of an unfamiliar man came from the phone.
"I am, I'm sorry..."
Bernhard's good manners prompted him to quickly correct himself. "Is there anything I can help you with?"
"I'm from Blacklight Biotechnology," the voice on the other end said, "I'm sure you've seen our company's invitation. I wonder if Mr. Bernhard is interested in coming to our company for further development."
"Blacklight? What a familiar name... "
Bernhard frowned and then came to a realization. "You're the one who sent me the invitation just now? I'm sorry, I have no plans to go abroad for further development in the near future. "
"Please don't refuse immediately, Mr. Bernhard."
The voice chuckled. "I received news from your good friend Okuman that you seem to have reached a bottleneck in your research recently and the investor has plans to withdraw?"
Bernhard frowned. "I didn't expect you to know so much."
"If you don't mind, our company is willing to continue supporting you and your team's research on cyclin-dependent kinases. What do you think?"
"Do you know how high-level a biological laboratory is needed for this research?"
Bernhard asked, "Besides, the money and materials consumed for this research every month is an astronomical figure. If you can't meet these two conditions of mine, I won't agree."
"Don't worry about this, Blacklight has a complete biological research institute and the highest international standard level-4 biosafety laboratory."
The voice on the other end of the phone said slowly, "At the same time, we're willing to allocate two hundred million US dollars in experimental funds for your research. If that's not enough, we can add more in the future."
"..." Bernhard's expression was uncertain when he heard this and he fell into a long silence.
"Mr. Bernhard, if these conditions aren't enough for you to make up your mind, then what about this document?"
At this moment, the computer beeped again. A new email had been sent.
"What's this?" Bernhard clicked on the email subconsciously.
However, when he read the contents, his pupils suddenly shrank and a look of disbelief appeared on his face. "This, how is this possible..."
"Mr. Bernhard, this isn't impossible."
The voice finally said, "This is our company's greatest sincerity. If you agree, our company will immediately send you an invitation from Namibia. If Mr. Bernhard still refuses, then I'm sorry, we won't allow a stranger to leak this information..."
"What do you mean?" Bernhard asked subconsciously.
"Please look outside your door." The voice suddenly reminded him.
Just as Bernhard was at a loss, there was a sudden low knock on the door of the apartment he was in...
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