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Chen Yiqing was silent.

He slowly took off his glasses, took out a glasses cloth from his pocket, and began to wipe them carefully.

His movements were extremely gentle, and there was a faint sadness on his face, as if he was trapped in memories.

After a while, he let out a long sigh before speaking, and in a deep voice he narrated a past event deeply hidden in his heart.

"In fact, the reason is very simple. My grandma used to be a patient with Alzheimer's disease."

"The year she was diagnosed, I was just in my third year of high school, and the word Alzheimer's disease entered my life. For the next 20 years, I lived for it."

"Grandma was seventy years old at the time. In fact, she had already shown some signs in the past few years. Her memory decayed quickly, and she often forgot what she ate and what she did. This is already at the stage of mild cognitive impairment. But She could still recognize her family members at that time, and everyone didn't understand this, and they all thought it was just a natural phenomenon that appeared when the elderly got older."

"After her memory impairment started to affect her life, my father took her to see a doctor, and the case was diagnosed. At this time, mild dementia had begun. Since my grandpa passed away, my mother began to take care of her, and I also witnessed it with my own eyes. everything she's been through."

"Memory decline, personality changes, emotional loss, going out and not being able to find a home, etc., I saw all of these, and I knew that she would continue to deteriorate until she completely lost the ability to take care of herself, and she no longer remembered anything. A family that ended up being killed by organ failure."

"At that time, I vowed to become a doctor and cure her completely. But later, by accident, I entered the Huaqing Department of Chemistry. This road is actually better, and it directly leads to the end point of treatment drugs, so I secretly made up my mind. Determined, we must develop a drug to treat Alzheimer's disease, so that grandma can recover completely as soon as possible."

"It's a pity that the ideal is full, but the reality is extremely skinny. The more I study crazily, the more I understand the horror of this disease, and I deeply feel my own powerlessness. What a terrible demon, human beings are looking for it. There is no way to deal with it."

"I go home every year to see my grandma, and every year she gets a little bit more serious, and that just makes me want to work even more."

"After graduating with a Ph.D., I declined some scientific research positions in universities and directly entered the industry. I joined Pfizer's project team and worked hard to develop new drugs for Alzheimer's disease."

"At the beginning, I had great expectations for this, and the project team has indeed made some progress, but these efforts are so pale in front of the final goal. After a few years, the research and development of new drugs is still far away, and the huge investment has made The pharmaceutical giants can't bear it. Most importantly, we have not been able to find the critical node, which completely disappointed the board of directors."

"Then there's everything you know, stopping the project, making the announcement, and layoffs."

"I was really disappointed at the time. I felt that all my efforts were in vain, my greatest hope was taken away, and my former colleagues left one by one. Everyone shook their heads and sighed before leaving. Everyone was advising me. Chen, give up, this road is a dead end, with the current level of human technology, there is no hope for the time being."

His voice became high-pitched, with a hint of sarcasm and indignation in his tone.

"It's ridiculous that not only was I not fired, but I was also promoted. Maybe I worked so hard that I could be regarded as an excellent employee in the eyes of the senior management. Hehe, I was actually asked to be responsible for neuromuscular atrophy. drug development."

"It's a pity that they don't know that I am working hard to develop a new drug for Alzheimer's disease. What does the development of other drugs have to do with me? No matter how successful the development is, can it save my grandma's life?"

He suddenly sneered, put his glasses back on, and continued.

"With Pfizer's resources, we can actually continue to develop it. After all, Roche and Johnson \u0026 Johnson haven't given up, have they?"

"Damn capitalists, short-sighted, eager for quick success, eyes can only see as far as the feet, and can't see the tens of millions of patients who are crying for help in the distance."

"Just after Pfizer gave up, my grandma also died of illness in China. Just as I expected, she died of complications caused by organ failure."

Chen Yiqing clenched his fists tightly, his nails dug into his flesh, but he didn't feel it. He just continued to speak, but the speed of his speech became faster and faster, as if he wanted to say all the things behind in one breath.

"She lived for sixteen years, and in the next ten years she didn't know us at all, and she couldn't take care of herself."

"But in fact, she is considered lucky to live so long, because the average survival time of most patients is only 5-10 years."

"These sixteen years, thanks to my mother's hard work, my mother has taken care of her for sixteen years, from her forties to her sixties, all spent on taking care of grandma, how many sixteen years are there in life? They've both suffered so much for it, and there's nothing I can do about it."

"I couldn't even be there for my mom to help her take care of grandma, I could only stay on the far side of the ocean and make a few phone calls a week, other than that, I couldn't help at all, and in the end, it was more Nothing happens."

"I suffered a double blow at the time. I was disheartened, my hopes were shattered, and I was completely disappointed with foreign pharmaceutical companies, so I went back to China directly."

"However, Alzheimer's disease has completely become a knot in my heart. I still want to continue the research and development of new drugs in this area. Although my grandma can no longer use it, I know the devastating blow this disease brings to a family. I want the families of other patients to be able to fully recover from this illness."

"The research and development of new drugs in China is very hot. There are many opportunities in the market. I chose a start-up company that seemed to be very sincere. Go to a start-up company and work hard, and only a start-up company has this vigor, which allows me to be the master.”

"Hehe, I thought I knew enough about capitalists. Unexpectedly, after returning to China, I found that I still overestimated their bottom line."

"I have already said the next thing, so I won't repeat it. In short, I don't know how they developed a new drug for Alzheimer's disease. All this has nothing to do with me, and I won't say anything about it. Responsibility for curative effect.”

"However, they are worthy of me in terms of money and have no debts, so I can't comment on their new drugs. After all, they have completed the third phase of clinical trials and entered the medical insurance market. It must be more or less effective. .”

"Of course, as a human being, I will stay on the line. Unless necessary, I will not publicly state these facts."

"Anyway, I left a long time ago, and everything that happened later has nothing to do with me."

Chen Yiqing finally finished speaking, he calmed down, looked at Wei Kang who had been speechless for a long time, and asked softly.

"Mr. Wei, this is my personal reason."

"How is it? Are you satisfied?"

"It's your turn, tell me your answer."