Is it too much to invest hundreds of millions in a scientific research project
There really aren't many, especially in biotechnology, where any technological breakthrough is achieved by spending money.
Take the pharmaceutical industry for example. Data from the Federal Pharmaceutical Company shows that
To successfully develop a drug, the actual cost for pharmaceutical companies is 1.395 billion US dollars.
Based on a nominal interest rate (cost of capital) of 12-14%, the cost of developing a new drug to cover capital time and opportunity costs is $2.558 billion.
Although the investment in the genetic recombination technology project led by Professor Connors is not that high, it has cost the Osborne Group nearly 400 million US dollars so far.
Four hundred million U.S. dollars does not seem like much compared to the Osborne Group's market value of hundreds of billions.
But don't forget that this is just one of the dozen or so biological experiment projects led by Norman Osborn.
Although Osborne Group is a listed company with a market value of 100 billion, it has shareholders and a board of directors.
They won't watch Norman Osborn take his money and throw it away without seeing any return.
Norman Osborn's shares were not enough to compete with all the directors on the board, so he had to make concessions on many things.
Therefore, when he heard that Tang Song planned to invest 500 million to take over the genetic recombination experiment, he hesitated!
Based on Professor Connors' current experimental progress, at least another 400 million US dollars will be needed to complete this project.
And the premise of all this is that Connors can overcome the technical barriers of genetic recombination.
Now Tang Song is willing to spend 500 million US dollars to acquire this project. If Norman Osborn agrees, Osborn will not only recover the cost of this project, but also have a slight surplus.
However, this project is related to the treatment of his own transcription gene virus, which is why Norman Osborn hesitated.
As evening approached, Norman Osborn asked the butler to prepare a sumptuous dinner.
On the long oak table, there are all kinds of delicious food.
Perfectly fried Australian veal steak, thinly sliced Libyan ham on a silver plate, French baked snails...
Norman Osborn was cutting the veal steak in front of him with the silver knife and fork in his hand, and looked up and asked a question as if inadvertently.
"Don, are you familiar with Mr. Moon from the Republican Party?"
Tang Song glanced at Norman Osborn, reached out and grabbed a lemon.
He tore it open and squeezed a few drops of juice into the pure water in front of him.
"We only met once, but an acquaintance introduced me to you. I helped in this New York election."
Tang Song took a sip of the lemon water and complimented Norman Osborn:
"In fact, among the real upper circles in New York, Mr. Norman is the one with the widest circle of friends."
Norman Osborn smiled as he had a wide circle of friends, and sighed deeply in his heart.
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"Mr. Norman, please consider my proposal again!"
After the dinner, Norman Osborn sent Tang Song to the door of the villa.
The two men shook hands, and the driver opened the car door. Before Tang Song got in the car, he did not forget to say something to Norman Osborn.
Norman Osborn smiled and said, "If this project is really transferred, I will give priority to Mr. Tang!"
The Rolls-Royce drove away slowly. In front of Osborn's villa, Norman Osborn pulled out the red string around his neck. At the end of the red string was a jade-carved "Nothing to Do" plaque. This was a gift prepared by Tang Song.
The back seat of a Rolls-Royce.
Skye snuggled in Tang Song's arms, holding a tablet in her hand and watching a soap opera with headphones on.
Today she was at Osborne Manor, played golf, rode a horse for half a day, and now she was too lazy to move.
Tang Song lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead.
"I'll teach you something later!"
Skye curled up in Tang Song's arms, hummed softly, and was as lazy as a kitten.
"The Great Yin-Yang Hehuan Fu of the Hehuan Sect is more effective, or the Su Nu Heart Sutra of the Cha Nu Sect is more suitable!..."
Tang Song hugged Skye, twirling a string of jade beads in his left hand, and started to think.
Just then, two mountain bikes passed by the car, and the riders were two white kids who looked like high school students.
One of the high school students, Tang Song, had seen a photo of him and Norman Osborn in Osborn Manor.
Harry Osborn, Tang Song looked at another boy who had some baby fat.
"Peter Parker, Spider-Man?"
Tang Song's eyes suddenly sparkled. The reason why he was confident in taking over Professor Connors' project was that.
A very important factor is this spider boy.
A boy is bitten by a spider and turns into the superhero Spider-Man.
A very federal fairy tale.
But no one tells you that this boy's parents are top PhDs in biology.
They also once worked for the Osborn Corporation and were close friends with Norman Osborn.
Norman Osborn paid a huge amount of money for them to conduct experimental research.
But what Norman Osborn didn't know was that these two close friends of his had a hidden identity.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
In order to protect the so-called world security, when the experiment was successful, the two destroyed all the experimental data and disappeared without a trace.
However, their child, after being bitten by a mutant spider from the Osborn Corporation, gained extraordinary powers.
It was obvious that the couple had tampered with the boy's genes, just as Superman's parents had hidden the code of life within him.
Tang Song looked at the boy who was riding a bicycle passing by with a smile on his face, and his bracelet was spinning rapidly.
Perhaps, we should donate some money to the school board of Zhongcheng High School and give these children free physical examinations.
Looking at Peter Parker's departing figure in the car window, Tang racked his brain.
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When Tang Song returned to the manor, a business negotiation was gradually coming to an end in the conference room on the top floor of the Hammer Building.
Justin Hammer, wearing carbon fiber glasses, a white shirt and a black vest, stood up and shook hands with Ryan.
"Then, happy cooperation!"
Lai En closed the signed contract, put it into a pencil case, and handed it to the lawyer beside him.
"The deposit will be deposited into your company's account in seven days. We believe in the speed of Hammer Industries. I hope you won't let us down!"
Ryan said to Justin without smiling.
Justin Hammer's smiling face suddenly faltered as he watched the secretary escort several people out of the meeting room.
As the Federation's second largest arms company after Stark Industries, Hammer Industries is somewhat weak in high-precision weapons, but its strength should not be underestimated.
Justin Hammer had heard about the Italian army's equipment change a long time ago. Now it seems that this big piece of fat meat has already been eaten by someone.
Justin Hammer slammed his fist on the conference table in front of him, but he changed his mind and suddenly laughed.
Although he didn't get it, at least he did some OEM work for Italy, if he remembered correctly, in this arms bidding for Italy.
Obadiah once released the news that Stark Industries was determined to win this arms bidding.
Justin Hammer touched the contract that had just been signed on the table, and suddenly wanted to see Obadiah's face when the bid was lost.
It's a pity that Tony Stark has never paid attention to the operation of the company, otherwise he would have had the opportunity to see this old classmate get furious.
Justin Hammer imagined Tony Stark's angry look and actually hummed a little tune happily.
His neurotic behavior made the blonde secretary beside him quietly move back.
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The bedroom of the manor has a soft big bed, big enough for three or four people to roll around on.
Skye snuggled in Tang Song's arms and drew circles on his chest with her fingers.
Tang Song was smoking a cigar and his hands were groping Skye's body.
"Do you remember the route I taught you to practice? Follow my instructions and run that warm airflow for thirty-six days, or thirty-six circles..."
Skye's face flushed, "Boss, my memory is not good, otherwise we can practice like this every day and you can teach me on the bed!"
Tang Song stretched out his finger and scratched her nose, and was about to climb onto the horse.
At the bedside, his cell phone suddenly rang.
Tang Song picked up the phone and saw the caller ID showed it was Kane, so he answered it.
"Boss, we have already discussed with Hammer Industries. We need to prepare a deposit of 300 million in seven days!"
Tang Song blew out smoke rings, holding the phone in one hand and playing with green bamboo shoots in the other.
"Have the finance department prepare the money in advance, and prepare another 50 million to transfer to the account in Italy to prepare some gifts for our generals!"
"Okay boss, I'll arrange it right away!"
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"Get ready and go to Italy with me in a few days!"
Skye put his arms around Tang Song, rubbed his face against his chest, and said lazily:
"Boss, do you really want to do arms business?!"
As Tang Song's semi-personal secretary, Tang Song did not hide many things from Skye.
She naturally knew what business her boss was doing.
However, during the day he was still discussing a $500 million business with the president of the Osborne Group, and at night he was engaging in this kind of cross-border arms purchase.
Even though Skye has been a super hacker for a long time and has seen many big scenes.
But Tang Song's business still left her dumbfounded.
"Boss, Italy has its own arms company, why is it still bidding outside?"
Is Italy's military strength strong? You should know that although it is a defeated country in World War II, its annual military expenditure is as high as 32 billion US dollars, ranking 11th in the world.
Italy's military industry has developed very well, and its army has independently developed tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armed helicopters.
The navy has independently developed aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships.
The Italian army's weapons and equipment are so sophisticated that it is the best in Europe, which is constantly reducing its armaments.
Why did Italy, with such an industrial level, choose to invite foreign companies to bid for this year's arms replacement season
The explanation given by the Ministry of National Defense is to prevent domestic corruption.
"Of course it's because there's a lot of room for maneuver! Otherwise, what would we eat?"
Tang Song smiled and patted Skye's perky breasts, then got up and went to the study.
The study is decorated very elegantly, with various books displayed on the sandalwood bookshelves.
In front of the desk, there was an open notebook, and Tang Song was holding a pen and writing a few names on the notebook.
Hammer Industries, Stark Industries...
Tang Song took a pen and circled the names of Hammer Industries and Osborne Group.
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In the morning, after a night of rest, Tang Song got up energetically.
He moved his body a little, did a few postures, and his bones and joints made a few crisp sounds.
"Boss, the person is back!"
A large underground supermarket in New York.
The supermarket was converted from an abandoned Cold War air-raid shelter. After the end of World War II, the Federation and the Soviet Union had several accidental clashes that almost led to a nuclear war.
To this end, both sides built a large number of air-raid shelters and nuclear bunkers.
As the Soviet Union disintegrated, many of the Federation's air-raid shelters were abandoned.
Some air-raid shelters were rented by the government to some businessmen and were gradually converted into supermarkets and bars.
This supermarket was rented in this way. It was cheap and had a large area. The most important thing was that there was a hidden space on the second underground floor of the supermarket.
In an underground space the size of several football fields, a dozen big men are conducting physical training.
In a corner of the underground air-raid shelter, there are countless old contact books and file bags, weighing dozens of tons. The raw materials of these contact books are all acid-free paper.
Acid-free paper is the basic material for making U.S. dollar banknotes and is also the most basic anti-counterfeiting mark.
Next to the address book are barrels of color-changing ink. The numbers on the anti-counterfeiting code on US dollar bills can change color by changing the angle of the paper because of the use of color-changing ink.
Gravure printing machines, electroplates, acid-free paper, and color-changing inks are all essential for making super-dollar bills.
"Mr. Tang!"
Li Wen looked a little stiff, and his wrinkled suit made him look even more shabby.
When you are under someone's roof, even a famous painter will feel a little humble.
The Tang and Song dynasties have always been generous to talents, especially those who can create benefits for themselves.
Kane next to him handed over a cigar, Tang Song trimmed it and handed it to Li Wen.
"Don't worry, I've already arranged your and Miss Wu's new identities in the Federation when you landed in New York. I've also deposited 20 million US dollars in your account. Once these super US dollars are printed, I'll deposit them into your account!"
Tang Song smoked a cigar and exhaled clouds of smoke. "But the situation outside is tense now. You need to stay here for a few days!"
"No problem, I'll print these super US dollars as soon as possible!"
Li Wen took the lighter handed to him by Kane and lit the cigar.
"The acid-free paper here is enough to print 70 billion super US dollars. If this money circulates in the market, it will be enough to cause a financial shock in half of the federation. The FBI and the Federal Bureau of Economic Research will definitely take action to track down the source of these super US dollars!"
Li Wen smoked a cigar and looked at Tang Song:
"I have some old customers who are wholesalers and they are very tight-lipped!"
"I'll give you another ten million US dollars!" Tang Song looked at Li Wen calmly, with coldness in his eyes.
"Thirty million US dollars is enough for you and Ms. Wu to achieve financial freedom anywhere in the world."
A hint of dissatisfaction flashed across Li Wen's eyes. Even if 70 billion super US dollars were wholesaled at one tenth of the price, they would still be worth 7 billion US dollars.
30 million, do you think he is a beggar? !
"This is the list. In the past, our goods were supplied to some warlords in the Middle East and some international organizations!"
Although he was resentful, Li Wen knew very well that one has to bow his head under someone's roof. Without saying anything, he tore off a piece of lining from the inside of his wrinkled suit.
Tang Song took it and looked at it, there were some messy numbers on it.
"This is the Morse code I set," Li Wen translated the meaning of these numbers to Tang Song.
Among the Ten Rings Gang and more than a dozen buyer forces, Tang Song saw a familiar name.
Tang Song didn't say anything and handed the list to Kane beside him.
"Cooperate with Mr. Li and print these super US dollars as soon as possible!"
"Yes! Boss!"
Kane had a cold face and nodded to show that he understood.
"To welcome you two, I have prepared a villa for you in downtown New York. If you need anything, just tell Kane directly! Relax, it's just like being at home here, you're welcome!"
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