Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

Aike Nick conversed with various characters for a while, then took the initiative to approach Zhang Hongqing and said, "Hello, Mr. Zhang."

"Hello, Aike."

Zhang Hongqing shook hands with Aike, "You look even more robust, has it been a success?"

Zhang Hongqing was extremely anticipative of the research conducted by Umbrella Corporation.

Genetic medicine!

With one injection, you can be reborn, and without the need to comprehend the world like spiritual cultivation, you can change your genes and become transcendent.

"It's close, but not perfect yet."

Aike spoke with a smile, his words watertight.

In fact, inside Umbrella Corporation, they had already developed several flawed genetic medicines. When administered to people, it was completely up to luck whether one would evolve or die.

Completely random!

The internal research team believed that this was solely due to the lack of sufficient data. They must find a large number of subjects with strong vitality for their research.

With the current research, if they wanted to develop a perfect genetic medicine for a person, they would need to know that person's detailed information and then customize a dose of genetic medicine specifically for them.

After all, everyone's gene expression is different, and only customization can lead to perfection.

But in the eyes of President Robert Nick, this was imperfection!

In his vision, the perfect genetic medicine should be like a vaccine, usable by everyone without the need for customization.

Whose money is the easiest to earn?

Ordinary people's.

Big corporations make their money from ordinary people, and money is needed for every aspect of life—clothing, food, shelter, and transportation.

Only by enabling genetic medicine to be perfectly used by everyone can one attain true wealth. Otherwise, by providing only customized services, how much money could be made?

"[If every person in the world gave me one dollar, I would have seven billion dollars.]"

This statement might merely be a joke on internet forums.

But for the major capital groups, their ultimate goal is to earn that one dollar from everyone in the world!

Truly visionary corporations may involve themselves in various high-end luxury products, but they would never focus their main efforts on luxury goods because those are all about brand image.

To say that the quality is very good might even be less practical than pirated goods found at a roadside stall.

The ultimate objective of Umbrella Corporation was to make genetic medicine ubiquitous.

Only by doing so could they make big money!

"How much longer will it take?" Zhang Hongqing frowned slightly. He had already provided quite a lot of funding to Umbrella in secret, but seeing no results for so long, he was becoming impatient.

"Don't worry, very soon, just a few more experimental samples and we can succeed," Aike assured Zhang Hongqing, after all, he was a major financier.

"However, we also need a bit more funding from you."

"How much?" Zhang Hongqing was accustomed to this, but he wasn't a scapegoat, "Let me clarify in advance, if I don't see results, I can only provide limited funding in the future."

This was all done in secret, with no contractual terms signed, so Zhang Hongqing could halt the funding at any time, and throughout the process, he kept videos and photos of the transactions.

Having a fallback benefitted everyone.

"It's not about the money," Aike lowered his voice.

"People?" Zhang Hongqing squinted his eyes, "Sorry, that I cannot provide. The Zhang Group does not engage in human trafficking. You'll have to find volunteers on your own."

"No, no! We just need the genes, some cell tissues, that's all," Aike said, "For example, the genetic samples from your daughter."

The tone of Zhang Hongqing became somber, "Alright, I will find them at the hospital."

Aike said, "Not the previous ones, we need current samples. Her vitality has reached 5, which is simply astonishing."

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"I'm afraid that's not possible," Zhang Hongqing shook his head, "I can only provide her previous genes, the current ones are impossible to obtain. A life force of 5, those individuals are practically invulnerable to harm."

If it were Zhang Manman's previous genetic samples, Zhang Hongqing wouldn't be stingy; even if cloned by the Umbrella Corporation, it would merely be a lump of flesh.

But now!

Zhang Manman's aptitude is excellent, and she might even be the first person, other than those few in Ming Lun, to break through to the Embryonic Breathing Realm in the future. How could he provide her current genes to anyone?

According to Ming Lun's research, those in the Embryonic Breathing Realm can live up to five hundred years, and even after death, their bodies can be preserved for nearly a thousand years, or even ten thousand years.

They would be on par with immortals and Buddhas.

His daughter has the potential to break through to the Embryonic Breathing Realm; how could he possibly provide her current genes? If you're not on M*VLEM*PYR, you're viewing a copy.

"If Zhang Manman were to provide her genes, our research at Umbrella would greatly accelerate," Aike said, somewhat anxiously, "Moreover, I can assure you that once we are married in the future, she would control fifty percent of Umbrella Corporation's shares."

Zhang Hongqing was tempted, but he still shook his head.

Although Umbrella was decent, Zhang Manman was destined to join Ming Lun and must not have any entanglement with Umbrella; at least she herself had to remain absolutely clean.

If trouble arises in the future, only the Zhang Group would suffer.

Ming Lun would not exterminate them root and branch but would only target the guilty. Zhang Manman would be able to remain unscathed by then, mainly because international law was still not perfect at present.

As for why he collaborated with Umbrella?

One could only say that in his youth, he was naive and had been wooed by Umbrella; it was too late to back out now, so he had no choice but to follow this path all the way to the end.

At least, he considered himself to have never done anything unjust or harmful.

"That's a real pity," Aike sighed; yet he was pondering how to extract genes from Zhang Manman, and even from Su Jie, who was now by her side.

"Could Zhang Manman's classmate be convinced to provide his genes?"

Zhang Hongqing's expression was indifferent, "He's not my son, nor my son-in-law; you can do as you please."

Aike was slightly taken aback.

Zhang Hongqing's change in attitude was so drastic that it gave him a surreal feeling.

Could he really do as he wished?

But he quickly regained his composure.

Although Su Jie was a friend of Zhang Manman's, he really had nothing to do with Zhang Hongqing; naturally, Zhang Hongqing would not be too helpful.

Is Su Jie excellent?

Yes, he is excellent.

But through his secret observations over the past seven days, Zhang Hongqing had confirmed one thing—that Su Jie genuinely had no such interest in his daughter.

Moreover, Zhang Hongqing felt that Su Jie wouldn't be bound by any matter or emotion; attempting to win him over would ultimately end in failure.

Now they may be friends, but in the future, they could also become enemies.

Those of different paths do not plot together!

Thus, Zhang Hongqing treated Su Jie with a neutral stance, not close, but not distant, like an acquaintance, and that was all.

A great man once said, "Politics is about having as many friends as possible, and as few enemies as possible."

But Zhang Hongqing is a businessman.

Even though capital is similar to politics, he is not a great man and does not have such breadth of spirit; very often, he must also consider the entire corporation.

When a sergeant hears the Dao, his life may end or persist.

Having no control over one's life could not be truer than this.

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