After being fired, I became the light of medicine

Chapter 152: The first new drug independently developed by Qingshan Pharmaceutical (Subscribe!)
"Little sister Zhou!"

Zhang Yang completely woke up and walked up quickly:

"Little sister, why are you here!"

Zhou Xiaomei didn’t know whether she had waited for three hours or four hours. She only knew that after she left the company at 5 pm, she went to the cake shop to get a birthday cake, and then rushed to the gate of the community where Zhang Yang lived, and has been waiting until now.

When I heard Zhang Yang's voice and saw the face I had been waiting for finally appear before my eyes, all the grievances were forgotten in an instant.

After a moment, she subconsciously lifted the birthday cake she had been holding.
She was a little reserved but full of anticipation and joy. She finally mustered up the courage to generously hand the cake to Zhang Yang and said shyly:

"Happy birthday, Mr. Zhang!"

Only then did Zhang Yang notice that Zhou Xiaomei was holding a cake in her hand.

Under the night sky, the yellow light shone on the transparent cake box. In the box was a small 6-inch cake with "Happy Birthday" written in a twisted manner on the pure white cream.

But this small 6-inch birthday cake and the four twisted words "Happy Birthday" suddenly made him feel an indescribable feeling in his heart.

He looked at the small birthday cake carefully for a long time, and finally his eyes fell on Zhou Xiaomei.

After a long while, he said slowly:

"Thank you, little sister."

Zhou Xiaomei's face turned a little red. Only then did she notice that after three or four hours of waiting, the cake that originally needed to be refrigerated in the refrigerator had collapsed in appearance due to the animal cream, and the outermost layer of cream had even begun to melt.

She said hurriedly:
"Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry, the cake has been at room temperature for too long, so it has started to deform and melt..."

Zhang Yang took a deep breath, shook his head, and said:

"Little sister, why did you want to celebrate my birthday?"

"Also, why didn't you call me? If I don't go home today, are you going to wait here until tomorrow? It's so cold, aren't you afraid of freezing?"

Zhang Yang's slightly reproachful words made Zhou Xiaomei lower her head immediately. She bit her lip and whispered like a child who had done something wrong:
"I learned about your birthday from Mr. Ren last time, so I thought of ordering a birthday cake for you and saying happy birthday to you!"

"I know you usually go home after dinner at the company. If you didn't come back, you must be attending some social events. I was afraid of disturbing you, so I didn't dare to call you."

"Also, if you don't come back all night... I told myself to wait until twelve in the morning. If you're not back by twelve, I'll go back, because after twelve it won't be your birthday anymore!"

"Silly girl!"

Zhang Yang sighed slightly in his heart. He had no doubt that what Zhou Xiaomei said were her true thoughts.

After a moment, his tone softened and he began to explain:

"I didn't have any social events today. Brother Ren and sister-in-law invited me to their house for dinner. I drank some wine, so I came back late..."

"Oh."

Zhou Xiaomei said "oh" and nodded:
"That's right, Mr. Ren should remember your birthday..."

Zhang Yang instantly sensed the slight sense of loss in Zhou Xiaomei's tone. Looking at the exquisite birthday cake in front of him, he shook his head and lied whitely:
"Brother Ren is not celebrating my birthday today, it's about something else."

"Your birthday cake is the first birthday cake I've received today!"

"real?!"

Zhang Yang nodded.

A smile of surprise instantly broke out on Zhou Xiaomei's face, and the joy that came over her made Zhang Yang unable to help but smile as well.

At this moment, a cool breeze blew over. After a little thought, Zhang Yang took the birthday cake from Zhou Xiaomei and said:

"Little sister, it's too cold outside, come to my house and sit for a while."

"By the way, let's eat the birthday cake you brought!"

"it is good!"

Zhou Xiaomei nodded generously.

The house Zhang Yang lives in was bought with a loan a few years ago when he was working at Beifeng Pharmaceutical.

Although he can move to a bigger house or a more upscale community with his current financial resources, he has already gotten used to living here. In addition, the community environment and property are pretty good, so he has continued to live here.

The two walked side by side for about six or seven minutes and soon arrived at Zhang Yang's residence.

"Come in, little sister. It's just that the room is a little messy. Don't mind it."

Zhang Yang's house is about 100 square meters, with three bedrooms and a living room, which is enough for him to live alone.

However, he is a man after all. Although a housekeeper comes to clean the room every two days, his spare clothes, computer, books, etc. are usually placed casually on the sofa and coffee table.

Zhou Xiaomei smiled gently:
"You're fine, it's not a mess."

Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly, but still felt a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, he changed the subject:

"Little sister, you brought the birthday cake. Let's eat the birthday cake first!"

"Okay, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Yang shook his head and placed the birthday cake on the coffee table.

"Don't call me Mr. Zhang, just call me Zhang Yang!"

Zhou Xiaomei was slightly startled and pursed her lips.

"Okay, Brother Zhang... Yang."

"Well, you can call me that."

"Okay, Brother Zhang Yang."

"Little sister, where are the candles? Where are the candles?"

Zhou Xiaomei squatted sweetly in front of the coffee table and quickly opened the cake box, then handed the candles and knife inside to Zhang Yang.

"Brother Zhang Yang, let me help you put on your birthday crown."

"Ok!"

Soon, the candles were lit and the lights in the living room went out.

"Happy birthday to you……"

After a moment, Zhou Xiaomei clapped her hands and sang Happy Birthday happily.

Perhaps Zhou Xiaomei's generosity and enthusiasm infected Zhang Yang, and he also began to agree softly.

Somehow, he felt a little embarrassed when they sang the birthday song together at Brother Ren's house before.

But at this moment, gradually,
When he and Zhou Xiaomei sang the birthday song together, everything felt so harmonious and natural.

Two minutes later, a complete song of Happy Birthday was sung.

"Brother Zhang Yang, make a wish."

Zhang Yang nodded and closed his eyes.

Three hours ago, he had just gone through the same process at Brother Ren's house, but this time, before closing his eyes and making a wish, he subconsciously glanced at Zhou Xiaomei, and then made a wish that was completely different from the previous one.

Open your eyes, blow out the candles, and turn the lights back on.

Zhou Xiaomei looked at Zhang Yang expectantly:

"Brother Zhang Yang, let's cut the cake. This cake is made of delicious animal cream, and there are fruits and chocolates in it. I don't know what kind of fruits you like, so I asked the boss to add a little bit of mango, dragon fruit, grapes, kiwi..."

Zhang Yang was slightly surprised:

"No wonder it felt a bit heavy when I lifted it just now, it turns out I added some fruit."

"Well, try it and see if the cake tastes good."

"Okay, let me try it. This small piece is mine. I'll cut a big piece for you..."

"No, no! Cut less, I want to eat less. Today is your birthday, yours should be cut bigger!"

"Good good!"

There was laughter and joy in the living room. A few minutes later, while finishing the birthday cake on her plate first, Zhou Xiaomei took the initiative to help clean up the living room.

Seeing this, Zhang Yang stopped him and said:

"Little sister, don't clean up... Auntie will come to clean up tomorrow."

"It's okay. I'll just help you clean up. It'll only take a few minutes."

As she spoke, Zhou Xiaomei gently rolled up the sleeves of her coat, with a hint of pride on her lips:
"You don't know, when I was a teenager in junior high school, my parents were busy making money, and I was responsible for all the housework and hygiene at home."

"So, I'm very familiar with this. If it wasn't too late, I could help you clean up the whole house."

Zhang Yang smiled, as if he saw Zhou Xiaomei from a small town in your province a few years ago.

Simple, innocent and hardworking.

But soon, looking at the tall and graceful Zhou Xiaomei in front of him, he realized that the former Zhou Xiaomei had grown up.

She has grown into a real big girl.

What is even more commendable is that after entering society, she still retains the simplicity and innocence in her bones.

For a moment, his thoughts were a little dazed.

Gradually, it got late at night. After I finished eating the birthday cake and tidied up the living room, time quietly came to ten-fifteen.

After putting the unfinished cake in the refrigerator, Zhou Xiaomei was ready to go home.

"Come on, little sister. I'll take you to the gate of the community. I've been drinking today, otherwise I could drive you home."

"No, I can just go back by myself."

"Let's go."

Zhang Yang accompanied Zhou Xiaomei all the way to the gate of the community. When the taxi stopped, Zhang Yang looked at Zhou Xiaomei and said softly:

"Thank you, little sister, and thank you for the birthday cake!"

Zhou Xiaomei smiled and waved to Zhang Yang:

"You're welcome. See you tomorrow, Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Yang noticed the change in Zhou Xiaomei's address, and waved his hand as well. He watched the taxi gradually disappear from his sight, then turned around and returned to the community.

……

The next morning, at 8 a.m., Zhang Yang appeared in the office on time.

After dealing with the accumulated affairs, at ten o'clock in the morning, he came to the drug research and development center and walked into Fang Hanliang's office.

Fang Hanliang was not surprised that Zhang Yang came so early in the morning.

Currently, the most important R&D task of Qingshan Pharmaceutical is to use BI's "catalyst" patent to develop an injectable "catalyst" as soon as possible. The sixth project team he belongs to is responsible for this matter.

After briefly understanding the progress of the current injectable "catalyst", Zhang Yang nodded with satisfaction and then suggested going to the biological laboratory to take a look.

Fang Hanliang naturally agreed.

But just as the two of them walked out of the office door, Wei Tian, ​​the head of the drug research and development center, appeared in the corridor.

As soon as he saw Zhang Yang, Wei Tian's anxious face turned into a look of joy, and he trotted over with a thick stack of information.

"Boss, I finally found you!"

"I just went to your office, and the people in the office said that you came to the Drug Research and Development Center. I guessed that you were probably here with Fang Bo, and it turned out to be true!"

"I guessed it right!"

Zhang Yang was a little surprised. He rarely saw Wei Tian so excited.

He stopped and asked:
"What's wrong, Wei Tian? What made you so excited?"

"Hey, there are results! The first project team has produced results!"

“Are there any results?!”

Zhang Yang was stunned, and the next second, his eyes fell on the stack of information in Wei Tian's hand!

"Come on, let's talk in the office."

The three of them returned to Fang Hanliang's office and closed the door. Wei Tian pushed the frame of his glasses on his nose and said excitedly:

"Boss, as you know, the first project team currently has two phase I and II clinical trials underway."

“One is an interferon codenamed ‘QS-X0312’ used to activate human T cells;
The other one is a male contraceptive pill codenamed 'QS-X0313' that we discovered by chance before."

"Male birth control pill?"

Before Zhang Yang could speak, Fang Hanliang on the side raised his voice in surprise. He said in astonishment:

"Director Wei, I know that the first project team is focusing on blood disease drugs!"

“I can understand that the first drug activates human T cells and is used to treat leukemia, but!”

"What is a male contraceptive pill? Why does the first project team have this project?!"

Wei Tian smiled awkwardly. Before he could speak, Zhang Yang smiled and explained:

"That's right Fang Bo, I know more about this matter."

"Just like you said, the first project team is indeed focused on the research and development of blood disease drugs, but the main ingredient of this male contraceptive is actually a compound that was accidentally discovered when developing a 'drug to inhibit white blood cell proliferation'."

The first project team found that although this compound had a mediocre response to "inhibiting leukocyte proliferation", it seemed to be extremely sensitive to sperm cells..."

"We don't have a reproductive drug development team in our R&D center, so I asked the first project team to continue trying in this direction to see if they can develop a male-related contraceptive!"

As he spoke, Zhang Yang looked at Wei Tian, ​​with a hint of expectation in his eyes:
"Tell me what happened? What results did you just mention?!"

Wei Tian hurriedly handed the information in his hand to Zhang Yang.

"The first project team conducted drug research and development in the direction you mentioned. During the second phase of clinical trials, which was last week, we finally found the most critical target and the response mechanism of the protein fragment. Until yesterday, the laboratory finally completed the latest improvement!"

"Now, this male contraceptive has achieved a sperm inactivation rate of more than 95%, and the side effects and toxicity have been tested in phases and of clinical trials and there are no problems at all!"

"Next, we just need to optimize and adjust some drug details, and then we can proceed to Phase III clinical trials and market them!!"

"Once it is on the market, our male contraceptive pill can be regarded as the world's first true male contraceptive pill!"

“The future prospects are limitless!”

(End of this chapter)