Merchant and doctor

Chapter 2530 Energy Matching
He was of medium height, with broad shoulders and a somewhat masculine appearance. His eyes were not large but they were bright and sparkling, with a natural brilliance that easily reminded people of cat eyes. His gaze habitually carried a cautious and resolute quality. He had a flat nose and a wide mouth. His appearance was very ordinary, even somewhat ugly. Bian Mu guessed that the female student standing opposite him might be from a rural area.

In Bian Mu's memory, the other five temporary lab technicians were all much better in appearance and temperament than the one in front of him. According to Lao Pei, these six had been worried about not being able to find suitable jobs, but it was this girl surnamed Wang who was the most generous in asking Bian Mu to introduce her to a decent job.

"You haven't eaten yet, have you? You've had a long day, and missing a meal isn't good for your stomach. Why don't you grab something to eat first? I'll be here for a while, and we can talk later?" Bian Mu suggested with a smile.

"It won't make a difference if I wait a little longer. Besides, I'm still not employed and I'm really upset. I don't have much of an appetite..." the girl surnamed Wang muttered.

"Oh, I see... Okay! My treat! I just got off work not long ago!" As he spoke, Bian Mu quickly checked the day's experimental records, double-checked the lab's power supply, locked the door, and accompanied the girl surnamed Wang to a restaurant on the street to grab a bite.

"Fishing Boats at Dusk" is a Southern-style restaurant with two floors. It's a mid-range restaurant and would be perfectly adequate to entertain a temporary lab technician.

The meal consisted of six dishes and a soup, with a moderate portion size. The staple food was steamed rice made from Huxue fragrant rice.

The girl surnamed Wang ate with great relish, her appetite was simply amazing. Sitting opposite her, Bian Mu couldn't help but purse his lips, feeling that this girl was a bit unreliable.

"Judging from your accent, your hometown isn't far from Lishi, is it?"

"Teacher! We're from the same hometown, Fengling Town, Guaguo Village. My family has always made a living by growing vegetables. We work ourselves to the bone all year round but don't earn much money. I have an older sister, and her husband drives a truck. A few years ago, he had an accident and had to pay the other driver a lot of money. He got tens of thousands of yuan from my dad. Sigh! I'm thinking of finding a decent job as soon as possible to help make up for the family's financial difficulties." And so, the girl surnamed Wang started complaining about being poor again.

In her words, the girl surnamed Wang seemed to be taking advantage of the situation, which made Bian Mu's impression of her rather poor.

"Really? No wonder your accent sounds a bit like mine. So... what specific job preferences do you have?" Bian Mu asked casually with a smile.

"They said... you're quite familiar with the CEOs of major pharmaceutical companies, so... could you recommend me? I'd like to try working at 'Yiyoukang' for a few days."

"To work in a factory?"

"Well, it's better than working behind the counter at a small pharmacy back home, right? I can at least make four or five thousand a month, right?"

"Four or five thousand?! You've just started working in the factory, and after all the deductions, you probably won't earn that much! The middleman said that you and a few others had already successfully passed the entrance exams for undergraduate universities, but later gave them up for various reasons?"

"Yeah! It's not even a prestigious school! People would laugh at us if we went to the job market! It's only for one year, but they charged us almost 2 yuan for tuition. I don't know their family situation, but for my family, 1 yuan is a lot of money! My mom said... what's the difference between a bachelor's degree and a vocational college for a family like ours?! My dad simply wouldn't let us go! He said if we wanted to go, we could work part-time to earn the tuition ourselves!" By the end, the girl surnamed Wang seemed quite indignant.

Immediately, Bian Muxin felt greatly disappointed in the temporary lab technician in front of him.

What kind of fellow villagers are these?!
"Actually... I'm not very familiar with 'Yiyoukang' either. As far as I know, they have pretty strict requirements for professional competence. How about I test you?" "Sure! I'm not bragging! In the college entrance exam for upgrading from junior college to university, I ranked 4th overall in our school, considering both the written and oral exams!"

Hearing this, Bian Mu almost burst out laughing. He didn't even qualify as the third place winner, so what was there to be so proud of?
"Hehe... May I ask? Drug manufacturing and sales are similar to food; safety is always the top priority. I'm basically an outsider when it comes to Western medicine, so I can only offer some minor questions from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine. You tell me... once the main components of a drug, especially the core components, enter the human body, from a cellular perspective, setting aside other factors and angles for now, what should we, as drug researchers, focus on first?"

"What?! From a cellular perspective?! I didn't learn that in school! Teacher! Could you please repeat that?"

With a smile, Bian Mu repeated the question.

"Safety... cytology, I think! We should first consider the metabolic stress on liver and kidney cells, right? At least, we should minimize the compensatory costs of liver and kidney cells as much as possible, is that all?" Obviously, the girl surnamed Wang was answering the question rather casually.

“That makes sense! Well… whether it’s Western medicine or traditional Chinese medicine, it’s inevitable that some chemical substances will be used that traditional Chinese medicine has never touched before. For example, traditional Chinese medicine needs to use excipients such as plasticizers. As a completely new research and development of traditional Chinese medicine, what aspects should we pay attention to first in the specific research and development process?” Bian Mu smiled and gave a few pointers. Finding a job was almost a joke, and Bian Mu didn’t have that ability. Taking the opportunity to learn about some of the ideas of the new generation of pharmacists was still somewhat inspiring for his future research and development of new drugs.

"This...is a bit too technical! I'm just a college graduate. Even if I get a job, I'll most likely be an operator. What you're saying will be practically useless to me!"

"That's true, 'Yiyoukang' does have a high hiring threshold! Your education level might not be enough!"

Upon hearing this, the girl surnamed Wang was immediately disappointed, but fortunately, she was an extroverted person and didn't say anything for the time being.

"Then... in your opinion, what should we pay attention to first?" Having run out of things to talk about, the girl surnamed Wang casually replied.

“Active control, energy matching!” Bian Mu replied with a smile.

"I don't understand, what does it mean?"

“Once cancer cells gain dominance, they are almost uncontrollable. Similarly, the properties and dosage of chemical substances in drugs must be strictly controlled within a very safe range. Otherwise, after the patient takes the drug, the cells will not have much control over it, and the relevant treatment plan must be modified immediately. At the same time, the chemical properties of new drugs, I mean the chemical properties in a medical sense, must be more than 90%, or even 100%, controlled by the somatic cells. Otherwise, the entire treatment plan must be scrapped and started over, even if the plan is ultimately shelved forever!” Bian Mu replied with these words, his expression suddenly becoming somewhat serious.

The girl surnamed Wang listened to a little of what he said and guessed that the young owner had a problem with her.

"No wonder you've been so persistent in doing experiments. It's truly commendable that you guys finish your work and then we, as unfamiliar groups, have to review it again! I didn't know there was such a thing as cell control. So... what does energy matching mean?"

"To use an imperfect analogy, Lijiang's permanent population has exceeded 2000 million. Tell me... how many times greater is the overall urban energy compared to our hometown?"

"That's a huge difference! Above the county level are prefecture-level cities, and above that are third-tier cities, second-tier cities... and then first-tier cities, and then megacities. That's... a difference of five or six levels! How do you even calculate this?!" For a moment, the girl surnamed Wang was scratching her head.