Chapter 166：

Stepping into Cold Spring Harbor again, Li Zheng has a sense of time flies. With familiar buildings, familiar accents, and even the crooked phoenix tree next to him, Li Zheng has seen it look like 30 years later.

"Mr. Li, please here, Mr. Watson is already waiting for you in the office." Li Zheng knew this man who led him, and was later a PhD supervisor at Stanford, and later gave up scientific research to enter the financial world, but he was also very happy. Up.

And now he is still a young scholar who has just stepped into the work position, and he is full of enthusiasm for scientific research and work. He looks at Li Zheng with a faint look. An 18-year-old genius pharmacist, but always an individual Will be curious.

"Thank you." Li Zheng nodded and thanked him.

Walking through a long corridor, the two stood still in front of a red wooden door, and Rose came forward and knocked on the door.

From the door came a full-spirited male voice, "Come in."

Rose led Li Zheng in.

Behind the door is a very spacious office. In front of the big floor-to-ceiling windows, there is a table that is four or five meters wide. It is piled with various materials. There are several small blackboards scattered beside the table. There are many paper heads fixed with magnets on it, and the paper heads are covered with various calculation formulas, molecular crystal chemical formulas, etc.

Watson looked up. In 1986, Watson was less than 60 years old. It was the most brilliant time for a scholar in scientific research. He was a little thin and his silver-white hair was not as dim as an ordinary old man. He looked up and saw Li Zheng, a big smile appeared on his face.

Watson took off his glasses and stood up, "Hello, Lee, our genius pharmacologist." He stretched out his right hand.

"Hello, Mr. Watson." Li Zheng also stretched out his hand.

Rose and Watson greeted him, then exited the door and closed the door at the same time.

"Mr. Watson, take the liberty to interrupt, I'm very sorry."

Watson spread his hands, "Mr. Li, I think you must have something important."

Seeing Watson's interest, Li Zheng didn't go around the corners, and directly took out the thick information.

"Mr. Watson, this is the experimental data of my recent project. I hope you can take ten minutes to read it."

Watson raised his eyebrows, "Experimental data? This is something that should be kept secret. Is it okay to show me?"

"Junior asks the seniors, is there any problem?" Li Zheng smiled.

A smile flashed in Watson's eyes, he took the information in Li Zheng's hand, put on his glasses and slowly began to look.

This stack of information includes Li Zheng's thoughts and experimental records. Li Zheng's thoughts are relatively jumpy, but Watson can easily keep up.

The more he looked, the more brilliant his eyes became. Before 1986, scattered genetic work had begun. Geneticists shouted every day that genes are the essence of human life. Once genes are identified, they can understand the nature and mechanism of diseases. The fundamental way to overcome disease.

But if you use genes to overcome diseases, what will be the effect? No one can tell. This is why geneticists have been shouting for so long, but genetic engineering has not officially started.

Because no one will invest in a project with no results.

The experimental record of Li Zheng, although only a semi-finished product, allowed Watson to clearly see the effects of the Genome Project, which concretized the direction of the Human Genome Project.

He is confident that if this experimental record is in hand, he can persuade the group of officials from the US Department of Energy and the National Academy of Medicine who do not see rabbits or scatter eagles, and let them promote the project as soon as possible.

"I saw me when I was young in you." Watson looked at Li Zheng with scorching eyes, and there was a kind of sympathy in his eyes. He is a genius, and so is the young man in front of him. There are many people called geniuses in the world, but there are very few geniuses who have continued to create miracles since they reached the summit at the age of 25 like Watson.

And he had a hunch that the young scholar in front of him was the same person.

"This is a groundbreaking idea. It provides a new direction for us to overcome genetic mutation diseases. Lee, you are amazing" Watson took off his glasses and said sincerely.

"This experiment has been completed forty percent. As long as we find the corresponding mutated gene in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and the specific molecular targets needed to inhibit tumor growth, we can kill cancer cells in a targeted manner. I understand it right? ?" Watson said.

"Yes, Mr. Watson. To do this, we must first correctly understand the human genome. So I hope to join the Human Genome Project." Li Zheng's right hand under the desk has been slowly raised, but the face is still the same. The calm expression.

Watson smiled, he finally understood why the young man came, and he was actually waiting for him here.

"Because of Dubbock's initiative?" Watson came out from behind the table, "You are Chinese? Yes, I heard that you are now teaching in a university in China. Are you interested in coming to Cold Spring Harbor?" Watson answered the question.

The Human Genome Project is a great project. Gilbert and Berg had contacted him a month ago. They were very excited to explain their vision of this great project. They thought it would be a loading. The project of human history will never be less meaningful than the Moon Landing Project and the Manhattan Atomic Bomb Project. This will be a feat that will benefit all mankind.

Berg even excitedly declared to him, "The development of the Human Genome Project will be a turning point in the history of humans' struggle against disease. At this point, mankind will master the initiative in this battle of life. In this fight against disease, mankind will eventually Win!"

Watson keenly recognized that this would be a great project, and he also agreed to Gilbert and Berg to hold an expert meeting on the Human Genome Project in Cold Spring Harbor.

But this is only the three of them discussing tentatively on the phone, even if the list of the so-called expert group has not been set yet, how would this Professor Li Zhengli know?

Watson certainly did not think that Professor Li in front of him was a man from the future 30 years later. He only thought of one possibility. This young scholar with extremely high talent in pharmacy was just like them. The project has a high sense of identity, and they are like fellows.

Scientists always have a sense of mission. This sense of mission makes them have a special affection for people with the same ideals. When they find that this person with the same ideals is already on the road to practice their ideals, this kind of affection is Just reached the peak.

Watson took a deep look at Li Zheng, then stretched out his hand and said: "Mr. Li Zheng, next month, there will be a meeting on the Human Genome Project in Cold Spring Harbor. I think you will be interested."

Li Zheng was shocked when he heard the words. He suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and tried to keep his face calm.

"My honour." Li Zheng and Watson shook hands for the second time, this time both felt the strength from each other's hands.

With Watson's promise, Li Zheng flew back to Huajing the next day.

The establishment ceremony of the Huaqing Prize is in full swing. After discussion, Zhao Depei and everyone decided to announce the winners of the first Huaqing Prize at the establishment ceremony of the Huaqing Prize and award trophy prizes.

Zhao Depei’s mouth has not been closed in the past few days. Huaqing’s world ranking came out a week ago, ranking 258th, which is 47 places higher than last year, although he understands that this is mainly the result of scientific research. It’s because of Li Zheng’s ninth laboratory, but what about it. Li Zheng is their contract professor, and he invited them. Those who call them decent guys refused to send them directly. letter of appointment.

"Li Zheng, you are finally back. In two days, the establishment ceremony of the Huaqing Awards will be held. This is the award project book. Look at what needs to be improved." Zhao Depei saw Li Zheng as if he had seen him for a long time. The missing relatives, the eyes are so gentle that it can drip water.

Li Zheng shivered. He touched his nose, took over the project book by Zhao Depei, and flipped two pages. The Huaqing Prize temporarily set four awards for physics, chemistry, biomedicine and literature, physics and chemistry. The judges of the award randomly selected 12 key scholars from well-known universities such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Huaqing University, Yantai University, etc., and the biomedical sciences were randomly selected from a nationwide range of 188 top-line doctors. Vote for election.

As for the selection method of the literary award, everyone debated for a long time, and finally decided to be hosted by the Chinese Department of Yan University. After all, there is no doubt that Yan University is the leader in the humanities department.

"It's still nationwide..." Li Zheng sighed lightly. Sure enough, he was a bit too ambitious. Now Huaqing and even the current China cannot afford an international award.

Zhao Depei understood what Li Zheng meant. He patted his shoulder, "You have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to go step by step. One day, the Huaqing Prize will go out of China and stand on the world stage."

Li Zheng closed the project book and nodded with a smile.

The establishment ceremony of the Huaqing Prize will be held on time in a week, and the venue will be the Great Hall of the People of China.

The magnificent pictures of the country and the mountains, the red flannel chairs with the characteristics of the times, the waiters in black suits and white shirts in the spacious hall pouring water well, and the national flag and emblem of China are shining brightly on the stage. Li Zheng is not the first I came to the Great Hall of the People again, but I felt different every time.

The first anxiety, the second tension, the third pleasure, the fourth peace, and the emotion this time.

He did not live up to his all-over.

This time the establishment of the Huaqing Prize is highly valued by Huajing. Not only is the venue of the establishment ceremony in the Great Hall of the People, but even the guests present are the Vice Premier of Hua Guo.

The Great Hall of the People in the 1980s is not thirty years later. In this era, it is not a major national conference and will not be held in the Great Hall of the People.

"Professor Li, you are one of the funders and founders of the Huaqing Prize. Please sit on it."

Zhao Depei's secretary walked to Li Zheng's side and said in his ear.

Above? Li Zheng was dumb, seeing the high-ranking Chinese man sitting in the middle of the stage, he looked a little dazed.

The deputy prime minister seemed to notice Li Zheng's gaze and nodded to him with a smile.

Li Zheng slowly loosened his hand on the armrest, "Okay."