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Chapter 258 Soybean harvest, a lawsuit

Time passed quickly, and it was autumn in a blink of an eye.

Black Province, an agricultural base of Syngenta.

A large yellow field, surrounded by a group of dark people.

People from the entire base, as well as people from the Syngenta seed team gathered here.

Everyone looked excited, high-spirited, and their eyes were full of anticipation.

Today is the harvest day of super soybeans, and it will be known in a moment how much it actually produced.

Everyone knew in their hearts that they would witness the creation of a historical record with their own eyes.

This is not only the historical record of Syngenta, but also the historical record of the entire China.

How can we not let them be extremely excited and look forward to it.

Besides them, other agricultural experts all over the country are also looking forward to the good news here.

These two years of hard work, no, these ten years of arduous pursuit, are finally about to bear fruit.

This is the joy of a bumper soybean harvest, and the joy of years of hard work by the seed workers.

Standing by the field, Wang De watched the super soybeans in the experimental field being harvested, boxed, and weighed one by one.

"The yield per mu is 938 catties!"

A staff member looked at the numbers on the electronic scale, suddenly jumped up excitedly, and shouted out loudly.

Whoa!
When everyone heard this number, they were so excited that they almost lost their voices, and they burst into tears of joy uncontrollably.

"Good, good, good!"

Wang Delian said three good words, and rushed forward with one stride.

He grabbed a handful of soybeans from the box and looked at the full yellow grains, the more he looked at them, the happier he was.

At this moment, it seems that what he is holding in his hand is not soybeans, but a handful of golden beans.

What appeared in front of his eyes was not just a bumper harvest of soybeans, but a gigantic golden mountain.

Wang De returned to the capital headquarters, and within a few days, he received good news from other agricultural bases.

The experimental field in cooperation between Xinjiang Province and the Academy of Agricultural Sciences also set a high-yield record of 956 kilograms, which is even more than ten kilograms more than the record in Heilongjiang Province.

Although the yield does not exceed [-] per mu, it is very close. If you round it up, it is really a super soybean with a yield of [-] jin per mu, and there is no bragging at all.

The output of the experimental field in Lu Province is a bit lower, about 800 catties, which is also very alarming.

As for the southern provinces, due to climate and soil factors, even in the experimental fields, there is a big gap with the northern provinces, and the yield is generally more than 600 catties.

The soybeans in the experimental field are carefully planted by experts, so they have this output.

If it is promoted across the country, after large-scale planting, there may be a discount.

It is estimated that the output of ordinary planting areas in the south will be the same as that of Yingguo's genetically modified soybeans, about four to five hundred catties.

The output in the high-yield areas in the north will be higher, and the average output should be more than 600 catties.

In this way, compared with the previous output of two to three hundred catties of native soybeans, it has already doubled the record.

The news quickly spread throughout the country, completely shocking the entire seed industry.

And an official report from Syngenta also came to the desk of the Ministry of Agriculture, which attracted the attention of the country.

Soon, a report about super soybeans appeared on the news network, announcing this great news to the people of the whole country.

All the people were shocked, and there were heated discussions about this matter on the Internet.

"Wow, the card of Super Soybean has actually appeared on the news broadcast!"

"Is my country's agriculture finally about to rise?"

"It's great, we can buy domestically produced soybean oil in the future."

"COFCO has announced for the first time that it will launch super soybean edible oil as soon as possible."

"This action is too fast, I just want to know where I can buy it?"

"Huaxia finally felt proud again, completely got rid of the cooking oil crisis, and cut off the black hand extended by Western countries."

"With super soybeans, not only can we have cheap edible oil, but the dregs after oil extraction can also be used as feed to promote the development of the breeding industry."

"In order to be able to eat meat every day, I will definitely support domestic soybeans and eat ducks!"

At this very moment, seed distributors across the country are frantically calling Syngenta, asking when the super soybean seeds will be available for sale.

Most soybean farmers in China have very simple requirements for seeds, cheap, high-yield, high-yield and disease-resistant, as long as they can meet the requirements, no matter if they are from Eagle Country or Huaxia, or whether they are genetically modified or native soybeans.

Currently, the best-selling seeds on the market are the genetically modified soybeans from Eagle Country. The yield of native soybeans is too low. If you want to plant them in large quantities and then use them to extract oil, you will not be able to compare to the soybean seeds from Eagle Country.

But Huaxia has better soybeans, so naturally it is better to choose its own seeds.

This has nothing to do with patriotism or not, but a matter of livelihood.

Although the soybean farmers in the countryside are not well-informed, they can watch the news broadcast and Moments. After seeing the news about the super soybeans, they were all overjoyed and ran to ask the seed shop owner.

The seed shop owner then asked the distributors, and the feedback went up layer by layer. The distributors were naturally overjoyed seeing the huge demand, and grabbed the Syngenta sales staff to ask about super soybeans every day.

Wang De knew this very well in his heart, but he was also worried.

It's the end of September now, and it's almost the end of the year, and it's only a few months before next year's spring plowing.

This period of time is very important. If super soybeans can be bred quickly and sold before spring planting, the best planting time of the year will not be missed.

However, whether super soybeans can be mass-produced depends on how far Sanqing's technology has progressed.

The cooperation between Sanqing and Syngenta has been very smooth. The other party also guaranteed the rapid breeding and mass production technology of soybeans. Now it should be time to officially produce results.

Thinking so, Wang De called Wei Kang.

"Mr. Wei, it's me. Hehe, long time no see. It's like this. Isn't the news about Super Soybean spread all over the country? Even the leaders at the top are very concerned about this news and demand to report the latest progress in real time."

"I asked people from the seed team before, and they all said that Sanqing has been researching new mass production technologies and has not yet delivered them, so I'm not in a hurry. I'll call you to ask about this. You can see the end Are you sure you can achieve mass production before the Spring Festival and catch up with next year's spring plowing?"

Wei Kang was silent for a moment, and then smiled wryly: "Mr. Wang, your call is really timely. I have some news to tell you."

"Sanqing's overseas company has been brought to court by a lawsuit."

"The mass production technology of super soybean seeds may have to slow down. Of course, this is not a technical problem, but a problem of patent licensing of gene editing tools."

"We have almost mastered the seed mass production technology, and we can start the next step at any time. But if you make commercial profits, you also have to consider the possibility of being sued by the patentee."

Wonder was taken aback immediately: "Fuck, who the hell is this? Is there something wrong with them? It's not like we don't pay patent fees, why are we suing us?"

Wei Kang sighed and said: "It's the Broad Institute. The owner of the CRISPR gene editing technology in Eagle Country, you should also know about this patent. One of them has patent rights in China and Europa, and they got it." Nobel Prize, what the hell is this not orthodox?"

"But the other party has the patent right in Eagle Country, so it's impossible for us to pay protection fees for both parties. No, we will immediately offend Eagle Country. Hey, this matter is really a headache, and we can only wait for the results of both sides to tear it out gone."

"However, what they are suing has nothing to do with the seeds of super soybeans, but about the genetic medicine for thalassemia."

"You should know that this drug was applied for listing in Eagle Country two months ago, and it was selling well, but they suddenly jumped out and said that they did not obtain a patent license, and then they did not contact us in advance, and directly sued the court .”

"Patent litigation usually drags on for a long time, so I suggest you stop waiting and see how the lawsuit goes."

Wang De yelled: "It's the Eagles who are causing trouble again, and these grandsons know that they are here. They are really bad."

He asked curiously: "Are they targeting Sanqing? CRISPR technology is widely used around the world now. Has any other company encountered this kind of trouble?"

Wei Kang chuckled and said, "It's because Sanqing is too strong. At present, Sanqing is the only one in the world who has used this technology to produce commercial pharmaceutical results. He just wanted to trouble other companies, but he couldn't find them. "

Wang De couldn't help laughing and said: "Here, Sanqing is still awesome. This eagle country guy is so dazed, he only has Sanqing as his opponent, and he can't do it if he can't think about it."

He frowned, pondered for a moment, and said decisively: "It's okay, we'll sell the super soybeans in China first. This is a political task, and we can't delay it for too long. At worst, we can only plant them in the main Northeast production area for the time being."

"In terms of patents, since they are so disgusting, we have to fight against the enemy and give him a good look together. We will not pay the patent fees in China, and we will just delay it."

"If you have the ability to ask the people of Yingguo to come to China to collect patent fees from me, hehe," he said domineeringly: "We state-owned enterprises have never been afraid of anyone in a patent lawsuit in China."

Wei Kang couldn't help being happy, and joked: "Well, it seems that I'm going to see the style of Chaoyang Pizza Hut. But don't worry, we are not afraid of a lawsuit in Yingguo. In a capitalist country, as long as you have money, what are you going to do? Can't find a powerful lawyer? Coincidentally, in terms of money, we Sanqing have never been afraid of anyone."

"Hahaha~" The two laughed at the same time.

******
Early in the morning, Tang Que hurriedly walked into the genetic laboratory with a blank expression on his face, and started his day's work.

He recently led a team that devoted himself to genome screening of archaea.

Since the CRISPR/Cas system exists in almost all archaea and most bacteria, it mainly consists of a series of Cas protein coding genes and a CRISPR sequence.

So they've been looking for a new DNA or RNA endonuclease in the cells of the archaeal organisms they've collected.

At present, the archaea that can be cultured in the laboratory mainly include three categories: methanogens, extreme thermophiles and extreme halophiles.

Methanogens live in environments rich in organic matter and strictly anaerobic, such as swamps, rice fields, and ruminant stomachs of ruminants. They participate in the carbon cycle on the earth and are responsible for the biosynthesis of methane.

Extreme halophilic bacteria live in salt lakes, salt pans and on the surface of salted products. It can grow in a salt-saturated environment, but cannot grow when the salt concentration is lower than 10%.

Extreme thermophiles are usually distributed in terrestrial or aqueous geological hotspots containing sulfur or sulfides, such as sulfur-containing hot springs, mires, and submarine thermal spills. Most extreme thermophiles are strictly anaerobic and gain energy complete the conversion of sulfur.

Tang Que also searched for these three types of archaea. In addition, he also collected some bacteria that are relatively rare in human society, such as the flora found in the wild by the scientific research team and zoologists.

It may be possible to screen out the fish that slipped through the net and find new proteases that can cut genes.

He stayed in the laboratory for the whole morning, and did not return to the office until 12:[-], past lunch time.

The assistant in the R&D department has prepared lunch according to his taste and put it on the desk.

While eating, Tang Que clicked on his mailbox, ready to check his daily work emails.

Suddenly, the office door was pushed open, and a familiar figure broke in.

As soon as he entered the door, someone yelled loudly: "Brother Que, the Ying Guo guys are too much, they actually bullied us, they must fight back hard and let them know how powerful they are!"

This person is Wen Renlong. He clenched his fists with anger and said with righteous indignation: "What the hell are these idiots, who are crazy about money, suing Sanqing for patent infringement, and don't take a pee to see yourself What kind. CRISPR technology was originally stolen from them, and they were ashamed to preemptively register the patent.”

"Bah! You don't even want your face. It's simply despicable and shameless!"

Tang Que opened his mouth in astonishment, and rice grains almost fell out of his mouth: "What are you talking about? Someone sued us for patent infringement?"

Wen Renlong was at a loss for words: "What? Don't you know? This has already spread? The boss didn't tell you?"

Tang Que shook his head in confusion.

Wen Renlong touched his head in embarrassment: "Oh, it's okay, maybe the boss doesn't want to put too much pressure on you and distract you so that you can concentrate on your work."

He stepped back as he spoke, then turned around and left immediately after speaking.

"Come back!" Tang Que yelled suddenly: "Please explain to me carefully, what's going on here?"

Wen Renlong turned around obediently, as docile as a quail, explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly.

Hearing this, Tang Que's face turned livid, and he was so angry that he hammered the table until it made a loud bang.

He didn't say a word, didn't eat, just got up and walked out of the office.

In the office area outside, most of the employees have finished their meals and are taking a nap.

Tang Que walked around and patted every sleepy subordinate to wake him up.

Everyone looked up and saw the cold expression on his face, they were a little terrified, not knowing what happened.

Soon, everyone gathered, dozens of people, surrounded him in the center.

These are all members of the research team formed by Tang Que, and they are also the core backbone of the genetic laboratory.

Tang Que looked around and said slowly: "Today, I want to tell you something. The company was sued by the Broad Institute in Eagle Country, claiming that our thalassemia gene drug has seriously infringed on patents and illegally obtained huge sums of money by using CRISPR technology. profit."

"I'm too lazy to talk about such absurd things. If you want to know the details, go find out."

"The thalassemia gene medicines are all made by us day and night. How come they are fucking infringing? Why can't I sell the new medicines that I have worked so hard to develop? Why have they turned into illegal profits?"

"I just want to ask, as R&D personnel, can you bear such dirty water splashed by others? Can you let someone choke your neck and slap you hard?"

The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and the last few words were almost roared out.

Everyone blushed and shouted loudly.

"Put his mother's fart, talk nonsense, it's unreasonable, jb nonsense!"

Seeing everyone's reactions, Tang Que showed satisfaction on his face, nodded and said, "Then tell me, how should we fight back?"

Everyone chattered and offered advice one after another.

Some said that they would not sell medicines in the Eagle Country at all, some said that the country should come forward to support them, and some said that they should unite patients to protest.

Tang Que shook his head, and said in a deep voice, "None of your methods can fundamentally solve the problem."

"Think about it, we are scientists, and we have to solve problems in the way we are best at, instead of giving up our IQ and wrestling with our opponents like two pigs on the ground."

"Scientists want to use science to solve difficulties. Didn't the other party say that we used their technology, which is an infringement?"

"Then we don't need the broken technology of CRISPR-Cas9, it's not easy to use anyway, and we miss the target all day long."

"When we come up with our own gene-editing technology, we can feel proud, and we don't have to look at each other's faces anymore."

"You said it, right?"

"Yes!" Everyone was excited, nodding their heads and waving their fists vigorously in the air.

"From today, Aaron and I will take the lead. We will go all out to study archaea and wild bacteria in the laboratory. We will never step out of the laboratory until we find new gene-editing proteases."

"This time, if you don't succeed, you will be benevolent. We must come up with our own gene editing technology as soon as possible, and slap the opponent's face so hard that it will swell up."

"Are you willing?"

"Yes!" Everyone had grim expressions, trying their best to yell out their hearts.

Only Wen Renlong was at the back with a dazed expression, feeling that something was wrong.

He was just passing by, why did this group of people count themselves in?
(End of this chapter)