Chapter 79: Chapter 76: Crisis and Opportunity!
"Senxia Pharmaceutical?"
Inside the office, upon hearing this name, Tian Liangwei exchanged a knowing glance with Xu Yun.
A moment later.
The two of them simultaneously burst into laughter, their smiles full of meaning.
Senxia Pharmaceutical, a company name both unexpected and expected.
This is an agricultural chemical giant from Neon, founded in 1964, currently valued at over 130 billion Huaxia Coins.
The first generation was successfully developed, with traces of Senxia Pharmaceutical involved.
It can even be said like this.
Senxia Pharmaceutical initially prospered leveraging the monopoly of the first-generation Imidacloprid patent.
However, as subsequent neonicotinoid insecticides were merely routine iterations, Senxia Pharmaceutical gradually lost market monopoly around 2011.
Without a doubt.
The appearance of that Wang Zhaomin is by no means coincidental, he surely carries untold secrets.
Then Tian Liangwei, thinking of something, showed a hint of anger in his eyes:
"Xiaoxu, actually when I heard your report, I had a vague premonition—of course, this premonition wasn’t about a specific company, but rather where they are from.
After all, with so many precedents in this matter... we’ve suffered too much loss."
Upon hearing this, Xu Yun also sighed with a grave expression.
Corporate espionage.
This profession is unlike the ordinary fifty thousand; it essentially lacks much political color, primarily associated with money.
And the tricks Neon Corporations use... are no longer a matter of once or twice, or one or two years.
Take for example the Xuanzhi paper incident in the 1980s, which should be something widely known.
At that time, a Neon delegation first arrived in Xuanzhou Jing County, secretly stayed at Xiaoling Xuanzhi manufacturing village for a while, almost stealing Xiaoling’s Xuanzhi manufacturing technology.
After failing, they diverted to Zhejiang Province, visiting the Xuanzhi manufacturing process under the pretense of an investigation.
Taking advantage of the responsible person’s friendly attitude towards foreign guests, they took photos, filmed videos, and even coaxed out the secret formula for the lye concentration.
Another example is the earlier cloisonné technique, where they deliberately used ties to cling to the cloisonné enamel, and later extracted the enamel formula through testing.
There’s also dragon’s beard grass mats, silkworm medicine, and so on.
Their prior offenses are as numerous as cattle hair.
Thus, Xu Yun could never understand:
Faced with such a neighbor, hostility may be extreme, but why are some people completely devoid of vigilance?
However, after the fury, a trace of admiration inevitably appeared in his eyes:
"Teacher, although these methods are utterly contemptible, we can’t help but admire our neighbor’s reaction speed.
Look, how long has it been since the topic erupted, not even ten hours?
They not only reacted but even found the entry point.
Three hundred coins to buy a tiny bit of bait gel, if it weren’t for Li Cheng’s steadfast will, they might have really succeeded."
Hearing this, a lingering expression appeared on Tian Liangwei’s face:
"This is the deceit of the business world, no glint of knives and shadows, yet more terrifying than a bloody martial world... Research people like us may not really play this game better than them."
It was mentioned earlier.
The difference between the third and fifth generations mainly lies in some derivatives of cyclic processes, a matter of mindset, while in terms of technology, they’re at an existing level.
Other companies aren’t unable, they just haven’t thought in this direction.
Using a sign-in literature example:
This kind of literature is actually quite easy to write, the key is whoever thinks of this genre first, can be the first to taste its benefits.
For instance, if an old author first thought of this genre, and inadvertently leaked the idea during a chat, even if he was speaking to a minor author with low subscriptions, they could eat up the first chunk of meat.
It’s the same with Fifth Generation Imidacloprid.
As long as there’s a finished sample, with those major pharmaceutical companies’ capabilities, they can easily reverse-engineer the whole process.
That’s also why Xu Yun chose to register a patent—patents essentially mean trading disclosure for protection, telling you how this stuff is synthesized.
But during the patent’s validity, you can’t imitate a bit, otherwise, I can sue you into bankruptcy.
The first generation Imidacloprid went through something similar—in the initial twenty years, countless people could only watch those patent owners grow rich and plump as pigs.
Therefore, if the Fifth Generation bait gel really falls into the hands of Senxia Pharmaceutical, the consequences could be dire.
Thinking of this, Tian Liangwei couldn’t sit still:
"Xiaoxu, how soon can your patent application be prepared?"
Xu Yun thought for a moment, and replied:
"Soon, three days... No, if I work overnight, I can finish it in two days!"
"Then it’s still in time."
Tian Liangwei paused for a moment, then said:
"Alright, later you should first contact the classmates from Class 2 of Applied Physics, and see if anyone still has leftover bait gel, if so, collect it quickly.
Also, didn’t Xiaochang mention it, that Wang Zhaomin still has a few acquaintances in their class, he might be tempting them right now.
So to be safe, I will inform the person in charge of the campus courier station, if any Applied Physics major is sending a package, be sure to check the package details.
Finally, try to quickly finish the patent application and paper, we might be able to turn this crisis into an opportunity!"
Xu Yun was just noting Tian Liangwei’s arrangement, and was taken aback upon hearing this:
"Opportunity? Teacher, you mean...?"
"Senxia Pharmaceutical!"
Tian Liangwei took a deep breath, explaining:
"We can report the situation of Senxia Pharmaceutical along with the patent, currently the authorities place great importance on this matter.
We can go through the Science Institute’s direct channel, with external threats looming, maybe we can make exceptions under special circumstances, compressing the time to the shortest!"
It’s common knowledge.
This country has been a member of the PCT—Patent Cooperation Treaty—since January 1, 1994, allowing patent applications to be filed in multiple countries with one form.
If your product is intended for overseas sale, you must go through the PCT process.
However, while called international patents, this country can actually perform fast-tracking domestically—unavoidable given our size.
For example, in 2019, this country submitted 58,990 patent applications under the PCT framework, a significant portion went through expedited examination channels.
Moreover, biological pesticide products have historically been a weak point for this country, particularly on the international stage—biological pesticides and traditional pesticides are actually two concepts, the former can be seen as a reflection of a country’s related research capabilities.
Currently, the international biological pesticide field is mainly monopolized by BASF, Bayer, Syngenta, and Corteva, and sometimes the political significance is even greater.
So domestically, there’s always been hope to cultivate a leading pest control enterprise, in the worst case, at least hold some cutting-edge biological pesticide patents.
In such a background climate, the emergence of the Senxia Pharmaceutical issue at Ke Da...
In terms of a chemical concept, it’s undoubtedly a catalyst.
Thus, as at Tian Liangwei said, this risk that nearly led to a major accident could indeed become an opportunity for Xu Yun.
However, applying for a patent not only serves protection, more crucially, it represents mass production, i.e., commercialization.
And speaking of commercialization, we must mention another issue...
Tian Liangwei pondered for a few seconds, and asked Xu Yun:
"Xiaoxu, are you planning to start a company?"
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