Chapter 1683: Chapter 1687: This Drink Is for Everyone! (Third Update)
Zhang Mu’s mind was very clear at this moment!
Opportunities only come once!
He couldn’t just let his life go to waste.
Right now, there is a chance to change right in front of him!
He suddenly admired Chen Cang a bit.
How did he discover the presence of folded α-synuclein in such an environment?
Without a top-level laboratory, without a team of scientists working day and night, this would have been absolutely impossible!
Luck?
It’s not entirely impossible.
In scientific research, you can’t afford to have too much bad luck.
If Edison had good luck, maybe he would have found the right filament on the first try.
If Newton had bad luck, he wouldn’t have been hit by the apple…
Ahem!
Sometimes, luck is built on talent and inspiration.
The emergence of folded α-synuclein.
This will inevitably lead to a revolution in neurophysiology and pathology.
This is no longer just about Parkinson’s disease; even Huntington’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease… these all have a great opportunity for breakthroughs.
We must collaborate!
The challenge they face now, once overcome, will surely lead to clear skies!
So!
Zhang Mu said directly: “Professor Chen, I’ll go persuade everyone right now and bring them all along!”
“You are worth following!”
“I heard about you securing the laboratory building in Dongyang Province for us, and I can’t thank you enough!”
“I’ll go gather everyone right now, and we’ll head to Anyang as soon as possible!”
Although Chen Cang was happy to hear this.
He couldn’t help but say: “Professor Zhang, let’s wait a little longer, the funds and equipment are not in place yet, I’ll hurry…”
Zhang Mu directly interrupted Chen Cang: “No need to wait!”
At this point, Zhang Mu genuinely felt grateful to Chen Cang.
He had already done so much!
“Professor Chen, although I am much older than you, in terms of ability, courage, and boldness… I am not your equal!”
“First: You can research and discover folded α-synuclein, which already shows your scientific achievements surpass mine! It’s no exaggeration to say that I have spent a lifetime without researching anything remarkable.”
“Second: You went to Dongyang Province to secure such a large research building for us, larger than any building in the capital, and secured such good living conditions for each of us, along with such talent policies. This shows that your strength, boldness, and courage all surpass mine, and I admire you!”
“Following someone like you, I feel… I’m gaining!”
After saying that, Zhang Mu nodded and said: “Professor Chen, you’ve done so much already, from now on, I’ll do everything I can to make this happen!”
Zhang Mu was indeed a bit touched and excited.
After hanging up the phone, he took a deep breath.
Standing at the window looking at the bustling night scene of the capital, he mumbled: “Goodbye, my capital!”
“Goodbye, my Chinese Academy of Sciences!”
This time, the destination was no longer a national research institute.
But an independent research institute.
This time, Zhang Mu was not worried about the future at all.
His only concern now was… the research environment!
Hopefully, after he arrives, it will provide a relatively fair research environment.
This ultimately depends on Chen Cang.
Thinking of this, Zhang Mu couldn’t help but smile.
He was being a bit too greedy.
No matter how bad it is, could it be worse than here?
Then, he picked up the phone and dialed the number of an old classmate:
“Old Yang, I can’t earn your money!”
Old Yang was an old friend of Zhang Mu who started a pharmaceutical company. Hearing what Zhang Mu said, he chuckled bitterly:
“You guy, I knew you wouldn’t come!”
“If you really wanted to, you would have come ten years ago, instead of dragging it out until now.”
“Tell me, what’s the reason this time?”
Zhang Mu smiled slightly: “Because of Chen Cang!”
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…
The next morning, Zhang Mu called the canteen directly.
Arranged for a big lunch gathering at noon!
Held in the hospital canteen.
In buffet form.
Such events were generally rare, but the canteen owner sighed, probably because they were about to part?
He couldn’t help but ask: “Director Zhang, do you want alcohol? I’ll provide it for free.”
Zhang Mu nodded: “Yes!”
The canteen owner was an old acquaintance of Zhang Mu’s, brought in back then, which had angered the head of the logistics department.
After all, the canteen job was a lucrative position.
The research institute provided a lot of meal subsidies.
That’s why the job was difficult.
The logistics and management of this research institute… were all fixed by people.
Only the research personnel were mobile.
So whoever came to the research institute, the deputy director was always their own people, and although Zhang Mu was the director, he was in charge of research, and specific administrative matters needed the deputy director’s approval.
When Zhang Mu came, the food was too poor. He argued with the deputy director and drove away the outsourced canteen staff.
Then, under pressure, he called in this canteen owner.
After all, everyone had worked very hard, and nutrition in diet had to keep up, even emperors wouldn’t starve their soldiers!
However, this angered the logistics.
The state provided a 50 yuan per-person meal subsidy, and because of various fees, the canteen owner’s money wasn’t quite enough.
Though it was reasonable, there was definitely some earning, but… not great.
Now that Zhang Mu is leaving, the canteen owner surely couldn’t continue working, since the backer is gone, why would he stay?
He personally paid out of pocket to buy a lot of good ingredients, drinks, and beverages.
Let’s go!
Wishing everyone a bright future!
That evening.
Hundreds of people gathered in the big canteen.
Zhang Mu raised his glass and said:
“Today is a special day; we’ve been here for a full five years!”
“For five years, we have shared day and night, fought side by side, striving for the same goal!”
“Soon, everyone might have to leave.”
“Here, the first toast, let’s raise a glass one last time to the Alzheimer’s Pharmacological Research Institute!”
“Cheers!”
Everyone, with tears in their eyes, raised their glasses:
“Cheers!”
Drank it all in one go.
Zhang Mu sighed: “I, Zhang Mu, am not a competent director; 300 of the people present here were interviewed by me!”
“More than twenty are my students, about forty or fifty are my old colleagues, and about forty or fifty are friends I invited personally!”
“This drink, I toast to all of you!”
“These five years, it’s actually you who have been taking care of this incompetent director!”
After speaking, Zhang Mu bowed slightly and drank it all in one go!
Everyone stood up.
Director Zhang is definitely a good director, that’s undoubted.
In fact, Director Zhang is a mentor in life to many present.
Everyone agreed: “This drink, to Director Zhang!”
“Yes! This drink, to Director Zhang!”