When the Century People column group stood in front of her, Zheng Lingling was still in disbelief.
"Jenny Garcia..." she muttered to herself.
A girl in business attire who was talking to the staff turned around with a smile, "Miss Zheng Lingling, are you calling me?"
Jenny Garcia, the host of the British BBC Century People column, this woman is less than 30 years old, but she is already on the Forbes Celebrity List. She has had an affair with the British prince twice, but publicly expressed her refusal to marry into the royal family, and was arrested. The British media called it a figure who "doesn't be a princess, be your own queen".
Many people attribute the success of Jenny Garcia to her beauty, but Zheng Lingling can see that her appearance is definitely not the main reason for her success. This woman can call out her and Zhang Yuejun's names without waiting for her to introduce herself, which makes her flattered. At the same time, he was not secretly shocked. Beauty is important, but this passion and seriousness for her work is the real reason for her success.
Zheng Lingling suddenly felt that Miss Garcia should be able to talk to Li Zheng.
"Yes, Miss Garcia, please come with me with your team." Zheng Lingling quickly reacted, wearing a smile unique to Hong Kong ladies, and led the Century Characters column team to the No. 2 laboratory.
When the Century People column team called and said that they were willing to come to Xiangjiang for this interview, Zheng Lingling widened her eyes in surprise. Seeing Li Zheng talking to the other end of the phone with a calm expression, she casually set the interview time to be the second time. In the evening of Sunday, she couldn't help re-examining the weight of the word "Li Zheng" in other people's hearts.
"Thank you." Jenny thanked politely.
The impression of people in Hong Kong, including Zheng Lingling, of the characters of the century is still based on the overwhelming reports and terrifying influence of the Hong Kong Governor's exclusive interview ten years ago. But in fact, with the gradual weakening of the myth that the sun never sets and the increasing global influence of the American Eagle, the characters of the century and their rivals Time Magazine are becoming more and more distant.
If it was said that in the past, the characters of the century were the interviewers who used their popularity to expand their influence, but now the opposite is true. The characters of the century need to use the influence of the interviewers to try to shorten the distance between themselves and their old rivals.
Compared with the leaders of various countries and the wealthy businessmen, Li Zheng may still be far behind. But these people have been targeted by Time magazine early on, and no matter how outstanding the people of the century are, they will only be said to be frying and follow suit.
People of the Century and Times Weekly, one is a TV program and the other is a weekly magazine of current affairs. They seem to be different, but their positioning and routes are highly repetitive. Unfortunately, the current influence of People of the Century is far from supporting its former position. Repositioning and making one's own characteristics cannot reduce the quality of the program, which has become the top priority of the Century Characters column group.
Li Zheng is young, compassionate, and has an almost bug-like legendary experience. As soon as Garcia saw Li Zheng's character profile, he jumped up immediately, it was him! This is the interviewee she's looking for!
Li Zheng is someone who can highlight the characteristics of the characters of the century and make them embark on a unique new path!
According to Garcia, Li Zheng's unique academic status can arouse the audience's favor, and his outstanding image and unique experience like a savior , which can definitely attract the attention of the absolute majority.
Garcia was reluctant, but she had to admit that the way the American-style hero was promoted was very much in line with the modern market.
"Hello, Mr. Li Zheng, I'm Jenny Garcia. You can call me Jenny." As soon as she saw Li Zheng, Jenny gave him a big hug and a kiss from a British lady.
Li Zheng was a little helpless. He had never met such a passionate woman in his two lifetimes, especially he had also met Ms. Garcia thirty years later, a very attractive old lady.
He stiffened, a blush on his cheeks.
Garcia's smile became more sincere. She had read Li Zheng's profile ten times. Before she met, she had a different sense of awe for this genius who has created miracles many times, but Li Zheng's performance swept away the anxiety in her heart. Maybe he really is a genius, but that doesn't change the fact that he's still a seventeen-year-old.
Li Zheng coughed dryly to eliminate the discomfort caused by the difference between Eastern and Western etiquette. If he knew what Garcia was thinking, he would definitely be black-faced on the spot. He was in his fifties in his two lifetimes, how could he act like an ordinary teenager!
"Miss Garcia, thank you very much for accommodating my time and causing trouble to you. I am very sorry." He pointed to the sofa in the lounge area and motioned everyone to sit down.
Originally, the People of the Century team planned to arrive in Xiangjiang on Wednesday afternoon, but Li Zheng asked to change the time to Tuesday night in order to finish recording the program before the press conference of Queen Mary Hospital. This is actually a very rude request, but Garcia agreed without thinking.
Garcia made a gesture to the team behind him. The British man who was carrying the equipment quickly stood up. It was time to turn on the light and turn on the camera. In less than ten minutes, the rest area of Lab 2 was ready. Temporary interview pont.
"This is the beginning?" Li Zheng asked in surprise.
"Of course, or Mr. Li Zheng needs to put on makeup and change his clothes?" Jenny Garcia smiled narrowly.
Li Zheng was dumbfounded.
"Hello, viewers, I'm Jenny Garcia. I said at the end of the last show that the next show's guests will be a big surprise. Now is the time to reveal the mystery."
Following Garcia's words, the camera slowly turned to Li Zheng.
Li Zheng sat relaxed on the sofa, raised his hand to greet the camera, "Hello everyone, I'm Li Zheng."
"Mr. Li Zheng, how old are you?" Garcia smiled and asked the first question.
"Seventeen, this is the calculation of the Chinese people. Of course, if it is based on the British calculation, maybe sixteen?" Li Zheng tapped his chin with his fingers and made a contemplative expression.
Garcia's eyes lit up. She thought that a scholar like Li Zheng, who stayed in the laboratory all the year round, would be a little uncomfortable with the camera, so the first question was so simple, she wanted to make Li Zheng relax and guide him into the state.
But now, it seems that she is doing too much.
"Oh~ of course your age information is written, but I still want to hear the answer from your own mouth. When I was sixteen years old, I was probably still debating at which party whether to confess to the boy I had a crush on."
"Then that young man must be very happy." Li Zheng answered.
"I think so too." Garcia shrugged, "Audience friends should not be so interested in my teenage feelings, well, now let's get down to business and talk about betamethodine and carbapenem antibiotics."
Garcia picked up two journals from the table, "Microbiology" and "England Journal of Medicine", "I believe that friends in the medical field know the weight of these two journals, and Mr. Li Zheng is the youngest publisher of them." She Said and handed over the "England Journal of Medicine".
"This is a sample issue, and I think EMJ should pay me for manual postage."
"Mr. Li Zheng, the British Ministry of Health and the United Nations Health Organization have reached a cooperation on the cryoemia project, and your medicine has been listed as the designated medicine for this project. What are your thoughts on this?"
Li Zheng is even more surprised. He has devoted himself to the development of carbapenem antibiotics in the past few days. Although he is not oblivious to things outside the window, he has never heard of this.
"I am honored, as I said at the Asian Biopharmaceutical Conference, compared with some general diseases, although the scope of special diseases is smaller, but this is the case, these patients need more attention from the outside world, I am very I'm glad I can help, and the Li Zheng Special Disease Research Foundation will continue to work on it." Li Zheng replied with a standard smile, making it impossible to see that he was hearing the news for the first time.
The two discussed about the drug Baminosatin for a while, and the topic led to the hottest antibiotic incident.
"Your antibiotics have saved a lot of people. The drug-resistant bacterial infection incident at Queen Mary Hospital is not only a hot topic in Hong Kong, but also in the UK. It has triggered our thinking about the abuse of antibiotics. We must know that antibiotics are used in the UK for a year. 20,000 tons, which is a staggering number."
"Biopharmaceuticals, biology is the premise and foundation of pharmaceuticals. In fact, when we study biopharmaceuticals, we have always insisted that people's resistance is the best drug. It's just that resistance is like limbs, if you ignore it and don't use it, it will gradually Degradation. The abuse of antibiotics has greatly weakened the role of the body's own resistance, which is actually not desirable. I suggest that whether it is in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom or other regions, attention should be paid to appropriately control the use of antibiotics." Speaking of professional Come, Li Zheng is calm and confident, making people forget his own age at once.
Garcia was stunned for a moment, then immediately came back to his senses.
"Yes, under the influence of this incident, one of our congressmen has made relevant proposals to supervise the use of antibiotics."
"Actually, I have something else to say about this antibiotic incident." Li Zheng straightened his body and said under Jenny Garcia's astonished eyes, "Actually, all the carbapenems sent to Queen Mary Hospital this time. All antibiotics have not passed the drug test, or its drug test performance is not good, after a batch of mice were injected with the drug, the survival rate was less than 30%."
All the cameras were aimed at Li Zheng in unison, and Garcia turned over the notebook vigorously. She was sure that there was no such problem on the notebook this time.
In fact, the antibiotics used in the Queen Mary Hospital incident have not been listed or even passed the drug test. This is a fact that many people are well aware of, but everyone, including the family members of the patients who died of infection, tacitly shut up about it. Don't talk. Because they knew that if this matter came to light, not only Queen Mary Hospital, but also Li Zheng, the drug developer, would be pushed to the forefront.
No one wants to see this result, not even the family members of the troubled patients.
"I think this matter should not be a secret. In terms of the exemption agreement, or through other channels, it is not difficult to find out if you have the heart. I have been following the incident at Mary's Hospital. President Chen Xuhua is a person I respect very much. news, I thought I had to say something."
Li Zheng considered his words for a while, then slowly leaned his body on the sofa.
"The danger of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection should have been popularized in the newspaper news in the past few days, so I won't say more. In fact, the biggest reason why I wanted to develop drugs day and night at that time was because of this Among the batches of drug-resistant strains was a teacher I respected. I remember very clearly that it was raining heavily that night. I received a call and waited for a while. The nurse in the white nurse uniform looks like she is holding a laboratory sample and a full box of patient medication records. She has no umbrella, her petite body is half-bent, and the upper body of her entire body is tightly covering the opening of the box. Wet, but the materials in the box were not stained with any water."
Li Zheng propped up his hand between his knees and crossed his fingers.
"I was surprised but more shocked. The next day and night, we used almost all the antibiotics. Unfortunately, the samples were resistant to almost all the existing antibiotics. In fact, at that time we could already get This infection is the conclusion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, but none of us said it. Then the bad news came one after another. The teacher continued to have high fever, dehydration, and lost consciousness. I can understand the feelings of any family members. "
"After that day, all the professors of the School of Medicine of Hong Kong University stayed with me in the laboratory. My mother told me that even if it is traumatic treatment, the teacher can only say it for five or six days at most, and the traumatic treatment will cause great harm to the patient. Pain and sequelae, in medicine, are not recommended for patients who have little hope of survival. We carry out experiments again and again with this kind of mood."
"The experiment was successful and failed. We successfully extracted carbapenicillin antibiotics, which have stable drug structures, but like many antibiotics, it has strong drug toxicity, and the survival rate of biological test mice is extremely low. According to drug test standards, It can almost be judged that it is not suitable for human clinical use."
"But I know it can be used! This is just out of my personal professional judgment, without the slightest institutional support, but my teacher signed the drug clinical trial exemption agreement. Although for a drug that failed even the biological test Speaking of, this agreement is almost invalid, but he still signed the teacher, not only because it is his only hope, but also because he is a biologist, and there are more than 100 people behind him who are also infected with him. Patina fake patient."
"If he succeeds, he can persuade the hospital to take a great risk to give other patients the medicine; if he fails, it is me who provides the medicine, and he and his family will not hold me accountable. He is in Protect me, and at the same time give hope to other patients." Li Zheng said this, his voice was a little low.
The lounge was quiet, no one said a word, and even breathing became very quiet.