"I don't need the person in charge of the laboratory to have too many ideas of his own, as long as he can implement my will."

"So for this position, academic qualifications, IQ, and creativity are not important. The candidate's personality, execution ability, and work attitude are the most important." Zheng Li continued.

Cheng Gang: "Okay, Director Zheng."

Zheng Li is the chairman of Kechuang Biotechnology and is responsible for the company's strategic planning and scientific research. Cheng Gang is the general manager of the company and is responsible for personnel, finance, legal affairs and other company operations.

Cheng Gang received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. After graduating from his PhD, he worked as a researcher at Pfizer for several years.

Later, he discovered a desperate reality. People of yellow race can only reach the middle level in American biopharmaceutical companies. The middle level is their ceiling. No matter how much contribution you make, you can't get promoted.

After discovering this, he chose to return to China to start a business. With top-notch academic qualifications and experience, he easily attracted venture capital.

Unfortunately, the results of the research direction he chose had a very narrow scope of application in reality, and were not much improved compared to the products currently widely used in this field. As a result, the company went bankrupt after burning all its money.

Later, Cheng Gang joined Shunwei Capital, an investment company owned by Lei Jun. He was the person in charge of the biomedical field of Shunwei Capital.

Cheng Gang replied: "Okay."

When he first received a call from Lei Jun, Cheng Gang was surprised. When he participated in the start-up stage of a biopharmaceutical company, he was only the number two person, mainly assisting others.

If he had just graduated from Dr. Austin at the age of thirty, he would be willing, but now that he is over forty, he is resistant to Lei Jun's request.

Top talents like him are not afraid of the mid-life crisis. With his resume, it is more than enough to do investment research at a securities firm, and the salary will not be much less than at Shunwei Capital, or he can work as a laboratory in a domestic biomedical company.

There are more than enough people in charge.

When he learned the specific information, he resisted even more. The majority shareholder of the company was too young and the uncertainty was too great.

What middle-aged people dislike most is uncertainty, until Lei Jun said something to him:

"Cheng Gang, I understand your concerns, and I assure you that if this venture fails, the position of head of investment in biomedicine at Shunwei Capital will still be yours."

"In addition, I can see from your usual chats with me that you are unwilling to accept the failure of your previous business. I can see that although you are resigned to a mediocre life, there is still a fire burning in your heart."

"It's a good opportunity to help Zheng Li this time. As a doctor of biology, I believe you understand endorphins very well. You must also know how big the market is."

Cheng Gang agreed. He thought to himself at the time, it is precisely because I have a PhD in biology that I worry about gains and losses. The scope of use of endorphins and its advantages over other commonly used analgesics are all unknown.

What's more important is that it is still unknown whether this thing can be industrially produced on a large scale. It depends entirely on other people's words. Doctors in science and engineering will not easily believe it.

Therefore, Cheng Gang's request was to have a good chat with the company's major shareholders before officially taking up the post.

It was at the KFC in front of Jiangcheng University that the first conversation between Cheng Gang and Zheng Li completely convinced him. He realized that Zheng Li was a genius who could not be understood by common sense.

Zheng Li's business talent and management ability may be average, but his accumulation of scientific research, talent and sense of smell deeply impressed Cheng Gang.

Regarding the flagship product of Cheng Gang's previous business, Zheng Li just used his fingers to modify the molecular formula on the KFC table. After optimizing the molecular structure, the production cost dropped by at least 30%.

Cheng Gang sat on KFC's beige chair and almost cried on the spot. If he had thought of optimizing the structure of polypropylene earlier, he would not have failed in starting his own business.

This conversation made Cheng Gang realize that the other party was as talented as Ma Yun, but Zheng Li's talent was reflected in scientific research. He decided that he would become Zheng Li's Cai Chongxin.

Cheng Gang turned his thoughts back to the office scene in Suzhou. He understood what Zheng Li meant. The company only needed Zheng Li's will in scientific research.

Zheng Li: "In addition, after the company's first phase of talent recruitment is completed, the patent registration will begin."

"For patent registration at home and abroad, you should go there in person."

The reason why Lei Jun chose Cheng Gang is also related to Cheng Gang's experience in studying for a Ph.D. at Americen and working at Pfizer after graduation. Cheng Gang is very knowledgeable about patent registration in biomedicine.

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"According to an insider at Jiangcheng University, Zheng Li, a student who previously published a paper in the main journal of Nature at the age of 18, has suspended his studies from Jiangcheng University and left the school. Our reporter will continue to follow up on the follow-up details."

One week after Zheng Li left school, the news was first reported by Jiangcheng's local Jiangcheng Metropolis Daily.

Subsequently, various media outlets followed up and wanted to know Zheng Li's whereabouts.

Many media outlets have ill intentions and hope that Zheng Li dropped out of Jiangcheng University and went to America to study, thereby criticizing the domestic academic environment and triggering a wave of public opinion: why the country cannot retain talents.

For example, when Xu Chenyang returned to Yenching University to teach after graduating from Princeton, and then returned to America after teaching for a period of time, the media at that time all carried this trend.

"Our reporter interviewed Professor Zhao Hui, dean of the School of Mathematics at Jiangcheng University. Professor Zhao Hui said that Zheng Li took a break from school to start a business. And our reporter found from Tianyancha that Lei Jun's Shunwei Capital recently added

Investment, the major shareholder of the newly invested company is none other than Zheng Li.”

"Then we interviewed the media person in charge of Rice. According to him, Lei Jun invested 50 million in a company called Kechuang Biotechnology under Zheng Li's name, accounting for 10% of the shares."

"That is to say, the valuation of this company called Kechuang Biotechnology after the first round of investment has reached RMB 500 million. Let us look forward to what kind of surprises Zheng Li, who learns and excels and creates, can bring us."

As soon as Jiangcheng Metropolis Daily's follow-up detailed report came out, it instantly aroused heated discussions on the entire Internet. Weibo was still the exclusive domain of celebrities in 2019. Even so, Lei Jun's 50 million investment in Zheng Li was still a hot topic.

Search top ten.

"Other people have discovered nature at the age of 18, founded a company valued at 500 million and are worth 450 million, while mine is still lying in bed playing with mobile phones at the age of 28."

"What kind of genius is Zheng Li? I really want to see the difference between his brain and mine."

"Strong young people will make the country strong. Thumbs up to the country for having such young people!"

"I'm very curious that Mr. Lei will invest in a biopharmaceutical company this time. Most of his previous investments were Internet companies."

The companies Lei Jun has invested in before include YY Voice, UC, Duokan Reading, Fanke, etc., mainly Internet companies.
Chapter completed!