Chapter 2037 Immortality is a social product

Zhou Buqi has a completely different view, "Whether resveratrol has the effect of immortality is actually not important at all. The key is whether it has side effects and whether it will lead to chronic poisoning."

"ah?"

Senior Sister Zhen Yu was slightly surprised, unable to follow his train of thought.

Zhou Buqi lay on the coffee table, leaned over and lowered his voice, "Immortality is a metaphysics. Why do you need such definite evidence? As long as it is proven that it has no side effects and will not harm people, then it is immortality."

"This..." Zhen Yu was stunned. This idea was scary enough. "Aren't you going to give it to grandpa?"

Zhou Buqi smiled and talked eloquently, "Modern medicine is becoming more and more scientific, and it may not be completely correct. Just like when a person is in a bad mood, you may not need to find a way to make her feel bad. To solve the problem, you only need to comfort him with some words that are not painful or itchy. Comforting does not play any role in solving the problem, but it can really relieve people's low mood."

This topic is huge.

It's said to be a psychology subject, maybe it's just metaphysics, but placebo-type drugs are effective when encountering many diseases.

Most diseases in the world have no cure and rely on autoimmunity to get better. In this process, whoever is in a good mental state can often mobilize the best immune function to defeat the disease.

However, Zhou Buqi is not a medical scientist, and his focus is not in this direction.

Zhou Buqi whispered: "This kind of immortality medicine is to increase lifespan, delay aging, and increase cell vitality... Whether it has any effect or how effective it is is actually not that important. As long as the people who take the medicine believe that it has It just works.”

Zhen Yu frowned so delicately, "What's the meaning of this? Is it just psychological comfort?"

"Of course it means nothing to us, we are so young." Zhou Buqi changed the subject, "But the older people get, the more they want to prolong their lives. It just so happens that in the current world, there are still a group of old men who hold power."

"Build connections!" Zhen Yu suddenly realized, "For those rich and powerful officials, after a few years, what they care about most is longevity. Immortality is a social product!"

Zhou Buqi nodded, "If you want to establish a good social relationship, it is actually a common rule all over the world to give gifts, something that can meet the needs of the other party. The older you are, the more you care about health care and longevity. "

Zhen Yu felt helpless, "With your social status and influence today, do you still need to do this?"

"Why not?" Zhou Buqi Zizi said, "When it comes to interpersonal relationships, there is no best, only better. Immortality is something that every powerful old man in the world dreams of."

"They are all smart people, who would believe it?" Senior Sister Zhen Yu shook her head slightly, "The concept of immortality is so absurd, it's like a conspiracy theory."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "You need to go to the doctor for an emergency."

Zhen Yu rolled her eyes at him, "Don't come here!"

Zhou Buqi said: "Rupert Murdoch, Buffett, Li Chaoren and other rich people are also trying some pills specially provided in the laboratory. Let rich people of their level be used as mice for experiments. In addition to 'immortality' 'This proposition is almost impossible to make otherwise. At present, it is indeed very effective. In the tens of thousands of years of human history, there have never been old men like them who are eighty or ninety years old, and they can still have the world. The most brilliant mind. I don’t believe it if you just want to keep in good health.”

Zhen Yu nodded lightly, "Well, when resveratrol was very popular a few years ago, many powerful people were rushing to buy it. They were all laboratory products."

Zhou Buqi said: "The failure of GlaxoSmithKline in this project must have been due to commercialization."

Zhen Yu has investigated this before, "Yes, they want to reduce production costs, sell to more ordinary people, and make a lot of money; at the same time, they work hard to make demonstrations and want to pass FDA approval. Later, they couldn't pass the approval. White Quinoa Retitol has a very obvious life-prolonging effect in mice, but the mice are very small and the human body is too big. To achieve similar effects, it seems that you have to eat dozens of kilograms of resveratrol at one time."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "So resveratrol actually has the effect of prolonging life, but when it acts on humans, the effect is not obvious."

Zhen Yu said: "It's very small."

Zhou Buqi said: "So, GlaxoSmithKline was wrong from the beginning. There is no need to popularize it, just laboratory grade. Since resveratrol has some effects, it is shrouded in mystery on the one hand, and the supply exceeds demand on the other. On the one hand, the scientific papers are indeed confirmed, and you can make connections within a small area.”

Zhen Yu pursed her lips and said: "You are not short of money, but GlaxoSmithKline is a company, and it wants to monetize it through popular promotion! There are many similar health products in the United States."

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "Products for the masses no longer have a sense of mystery. Once the price drops, they lose their appeal and temptation to the rich and powerful."

"Yes." Zhen Yu nodded lightly, "So when we invest in the field of anti-aging, we should try our best to avoid popular product routes. The more difficult and expensive the product is to produce, the better. At the same time, we must report it widely, and let the truth be revealed. The world knows we have investments in immortality.”

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "That's not necessary. If science and technology really develops, especially with the help of artificial intelligence, maybe there will be a breakthrough in this field, and humans can live to be 150 years old. I just want to give you an idea. When looking for investment projects in this field, it is good to have the possibility of marketization, but there is no need to move closer to marketization and commercialization. Even if it is just a laboratory Level, even if it is in the research and development stage for a long time, it will also have practical value.”

…

Next, Zhou Buqi and his team went to inspect the laboratory. It was a professor of medicine named George Scott who seemed to have discovered that an enzyme could be used to repair DNA, thereby solving the problem of Alzheimer's disease.

This is also a good direction.

Zhou Buqi immediately decided to invest US$25 million in them. If product development fails, the $25 million will be used as experimental funding. If the research and development is successful and the company develops further towards commercialization, it will be a 25% stake.

Then, the group went to the inpatient department.

I saw the haggard Steve Jobs.

All I could do was sigh.

This is probably the last time I will see Steve Jobs in my life. During this period, I also met his daughter, the illegitimate daughter who was abandoned by him in his early years and never acknowledged it.

Zhou Buqi did not discuss business matters with him.

Jobs seemed to have a profound realization before he died, "The most important thing in a person's life is his family."

This made Zhou Buqi very emotional.

I decided to take a long vacation after finishing this busy period, and spend at least a month to spend time with my wife, children, and family.

He was usually so busy and running around, and his children were growing up day by day. He didn't have much time to grow up with them, which made him feel somewhat ashamed.

However, today’s itinerary is all arranged.

It was impossible for him to go home.

In the evening, Zhou Buqi met Chen Dong and Fukuyama Shengping again at the Hilton Hotel to learn about the progress of their cooperation negotiations with Google.

I also wanted to get up close and personal with Fukuyama Kappei, the candidate selected by Tang Binchen to succeed the president of Ziweixing Japan.

Fukuyama Kappei studied abroad at Stanford and joined Google after graduation.

However, Japanese talents rarely live overseas. After completing their studies, they usually return to their home countries for development. Fukuyama Kappei is one of them.

Mainly related to social environment.

For men, living in a society where men are superior to women is of course the most comfortable. There are few mainstream countries in the world that can provide such an environment, and Japan is one of them.

Not to mention Fukuyama Katsuhei, even a foreigner like Zhou Buqi, after going to Japan, he still enjoyed the sense of vanity brought by the Japanese woman in kimono kneeling at your feet to serve you.

Fukuyama Kappei worked at Google, so he was very wary of Google. He said: "This year, Google launched a social product called Google+, which is very popular and is also very active in Japan. They adopted a similar approach to YikYak in the early days. marketing techniques."

Zhou Buqi said calmly: "Well, I am Larry Page's idol. It's not surprising that he imitates me."

Chen Dong's face was expressionless.

Fukuyama Katsuhira was as shocked as if he had been struck by lightning.

Guan Nanqing's English is not good, but she has no problem with some basic communication. When she heard this sentence, she was a little stunned. Her beautiful eyes sparkled and she looked incredible.

Looking at Assistant Ning Lu next to him, he found that she was used to it.

Guan Nanqing took a deep breath.

It seems that the big boss is not bragging, what he said is true. Isn't this too awesome? The majestic image of the big boss feels much better than the haggard and haggard Steve Jobs!

Fukuyama Kappei bowed and continued: "After Google+ entered the Japanese market, it first cooperated with the idol group AKB48 and established a personal page. Then it cooperated with the virtual singer Hatsune Miku and shot an advertisement for Google Chrome. At the same time, Google will also launch local shopping search services in Japan."

Google+ is a social product, and together with Twitter, it may form a trend of encirclement and suppression of YikYak.

At the same time, Google will also launch local shopping search services, which will put pressure on Jingtao.

No wonder Katsuhei Fukuyama was so nervous and went straight to Google headquarters.

What Fukuyama Shenghei cares about most is YikYak, which is currently the most profitable product of Ziweixing Japan and can create at least US$300 million in net profit this year.

No room for error!

The biggest enemy is not Facebook, but of course Google, which will own both Google+ and Twitter.

Fukuyama Kappei said solemnly: "Google is sparing no expense in creating a rich and colorful online community, and it really wants to compete with Facebook. I went over to talk to them today, and they said that Google's popular products and services will It will be gradually integrated into the Google+ product. Once Google+ and Twitter are linked, YikYak’s advantages will no longer exist.”

Zhou Buqi told him lightly that there was no need to worry too much.

After all, this Fukuyama Kappei was not a direct descendant. He was a bit less courageous and a little too cautious.