Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 672 Deng Feiyue Takes ARE78
Shenzhen Zhiguang Hospital is a relatively low-profile private hospital with little public recognition.

The hospital was originally a large private hospital, which was later wholly acquired by Liuhe Investment.

Liuhe Investment's initial purpose in acquiring this hospital was simple: to provide routine medical services to the Xu family and senior executives of the group.

Incidentally, it also provides routine health checkups and medical services for some employees under the Xu Group.

Finally, I will conduct some research in the medical field.

The employee health check-ups are free; of course, this only means that employees don't have to pay for them themselves. In reality, Zhiguang Hospital charges its sister companies for the check-ups...

All companies under the Xu Group provide their employees with a free annual physical examination. The designated free physical examination for the companies in Shenzhen is Zhiguang Hospital, while employees in other places go to Zhiguang Hospital if there is one in their area, and go to local public hospitals for physical examinations and then get reimbursed.

As for employee medical services, there are no special benefits, because Zhiguang Hospital's fees are already in line with those of public hospitals... Its employees also have full employee medical insurance, so their medical burden is not great and they do not need any extra benefits.

In fact, not only are the staff charged according to public hospital standards, but the fees for ordinary patients are also benchmarked against those of public hospitals... Basically, whatever the price is in a public hospital, that's what Zhiguang Hospital charges.

Basically, Zhiguang Hospital can be regarded as a public hospital invested and built by private capital, and it belongs to the category of inclusive hospitals.

Therefore, Zhiguang Hospital is very different from other private hospitals that focus on so-called high-end medical care and cater specifically to the wealthy... Although it also provides this private high-end medical service, its core focus is still on providing affordable medical services.

After all, Xu Shenxue didn't set up the hospital to make money, nor was it simply to serve other wealthy people; it was purely for his own convenience.

The primary purpose of this hospital is actually to serve the Xu family, the group's senior executives, and scientists.

They also get sick and have daily medical needs, but these people have special identities, which makes things inconvenient. However, having their own hospital would make things much easier... For example, it would be very convenient to send hospital staff to provide medical services at their homes.

Therefore, Xu Shenxue felt that as long as it met his own convenience, it was fine as long as the other aspects met the standards of public hospitals. He didn't expect it to make money; he just wanted it to maintain a balance between income and expenditure.

Zhiguang Hospital is not large in scale, but its medical level is quite good... On the one hand, it has plenty of money, and all kinds of medical equipment are top-notch.

On the other hand, they are not short of money, so they will undertake many medical research projects, which is welcomed by many big names in the medical field... The big names in the medical field also need projects to conduct research.

Even if these medical giants are too old to perform surgery themselves, they have a group of professors and doctoral students under their supervision, which brings them excellent medical resources.

So Zhiguang Hospital first collaborated with Guangnan Medical University. The "Guang" in Zhiguang is the same as the "Guang" in Guangnan Medical University... This hospital is also a teaching hospital of Guangnan Medical University.

We have also collaborated on numerous projects with several well-known medical universities and invited many renowned doctors to practice at multiple locations here.

Top doctors often come to practice medicine on weekends and holidays, so the top medical resources are quite good.

There are no issues with routine medical resources; in fact, there are plenty of doctors and nurses who can't find work...

Many hospitals are so overworked that they are exhausted because there are not enough doctors and nurses... But it's not that there aren't enough medical students in society, but rather that there isn't enough funding, there aren't enough positions, and they can't afford to hire that many doctors!

In reality, there is a large pool of medical and nursing graduates in China, but they simply cannot get into these hospitals... The medical field is currently very competitive.

Although Zhiguang Hospital is a private hospital, it is backed by Liuhe Investment and is located next to the headquarters of Zhiyun Group... The medical staff receive better treatment and benefits than those in public hospitals, and they also don't have to worry about unemployment...

In this way, recruiting regular doctors and nurses for Zhiguang Hospital will not be a problem.

Among the many companies under Xu Shenxue's control, hospitals are not considered a major investment. Like banks, insurance companies, property management companies, and other miscellaneous industries, they are all considered peripheral industries.

Even though this Zhiguang Hospital has already opened branches in many places outside Shenzhen, such as Shanghai, Beijing, and Sichuan, and has eight small and medium-sized branches, it can be considered one of the top tier of private hospitals in terms of scale.

However... it remains merely a peripheral industry under Xu Shenxue's control.

It's the kind of industry where it's not really necessary, but having it would just make things more convenient.

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Today, dozens of older corporate scientists came to Shenzhen Zhiguang Hospital for physical examinations.

The people at the hospital were only having a routine physical examination on the spot, but some were puzzled by the amount of content included, which went beyond the scope of a routine physical examination, and some of the examination items were quite special.

However, since it was a task assigned by the parent company, and the people undergoing the medical examinations were all senior scientists, they put aside their doubts.

Among the scientists who came for medical checkups was Deng Feiyue, who returned from Qiongzhou Island. He is the chief rocket scientist at Nanmen Aerospace Company and has led the development of multiple models of reusable rockets.

In name only, the No. 5, No. 6, and even the No. 7 and No. 8 rockets are all his creations!

Of course, this is only nominal. He is getting old, and after years of hard work, he can no longer maintain the high intensity of scientific research. He is now a managerial scientist leading a team, and the scientific research work is basically done by the middle-aged and younger generation of researchers.

However, managerial scientists are also very important.

Many scientists are incredibly talented at research, but they may not necessarily be able to lead large-scale research teams.

Many modern scientific research projects cannot be accomplished by a single person; they require a large team to cooperate and divide tasks.

An excellent managerial scientist must be able to secure sufficient research funding, as well as resources such as facilities and equipment.

Externally, it is essential to maintain good relationships with other departments and even external R&D institutions to facilitate various collaborations.

He needs to be able to organize a research and development team of dozens or even hundreds of people, break down the project, enable the various project teams to cooperate effectively, and ultimately promote the smooth progress of the entire project.

A managerial scientist in charge of large projects is somewhat similar to a project manager in a large department, or even the CEO of a company. The requirements for ability are very high... Moreover, he must have excellent scientific research qualities, at least be a top scientist in the past, have won many awards, and have accumulated enough academic qualifications... Otherwise, no one will pay attention to you.

Even if I no longer do scientific research myself, I still need to stay informed about the latest technological advancements.

Deng Feiyue is a top-notch management scientist. In his early years, he personally led research teams, but now that he is older and his health is failing, he mainly focuses on management.

He received a call from the medical and health office of Liuhe Investment, asking him to come back to Shenzhen for a medical check-up!
Reason told him this was abnormal!
He gets a physical exam every year, but he usually goes to a hospital on Hainan Island and doesn't make a special trip back to Shenzhen for one.

However, since the people from Liuhe Investment formally notified him and said that this time the physical examination would be more detailed and other scientists would also be involved, he was notified.

He figured he didn't have anything to do recently, so he simply flew back and could also visit his family.

Although he works on Qiongzhou Island, his family has settled in Shenzhen. After all, there are differences in living, medical and educational conditions between Qiongzhou Island and Shenzhen. His son also works in Shenzhen, and his grandson and granddaughter go to school here.

Moreover, because of Deng Feiyue's own connections, his grandson and granddaughter were arranged to study at Zhiyun School... This is a top private school in Shenzhen. Outsiders who want to send their children here will have to pay over 100,000 yuan a year in tuition. And it's not just about paying money; you have to be good at studying to be accepted.

Deng Feiyue usually works on Qiongzhou Island and rarely goes home. This time, he simply thought he could take advantage of the opportunity to have a physical examination and go home for a few days.

When Deng Feiyue arrived at the hospital, he saw many familiar faces... Although they did not work in the same company, they all worked in enterprises under the Xu Group, so they would have some interaction. Moreover, many of them were alumni.

A closer look at the resumes reveals that more than half are graduates of Tsinghua or Peking University…

Right now, he's chatting with an elderly scientist from Fairy Mountain Holdings. They were classmates, but they were in different majors and didn't have much contact during their time at school.

"Old Li, why did you come all the way to Shenzhen for your physical exam this time? Your research institute is in the next province, while I work on Qiongzhou Island. We're not far apart."

Professor Li replied, "Who knows? But they said that some of the items in this physical examination are quite special and require the use of some cutting-edge equipment, which is only available at Zhiguang General Hospital!"

"It's just a physical exam anyway, so I can go anywhere. It'll be a good opportunity to rest for a few days. I'm so stressed about working on this new project lately!"

Deng Feiyue said, "That's right, that's what I was thinking too. It's good to rest for a few days, otherwise I wouldn't have come back!"

Deng Feiyue chatted with others while waiting for the schedule of various physical examinations.

Because there were too many medical examination items, it wasn't finished until the afternoon.

After completing the physical examination, Deng Feiyue left. The results wouldn't be available for a while, as he had some underlying health conditions, and his examination report wasn't as clear as that of a young person... The report said that the expert group would need to conduct a further assessment and provide a treatment or conditioning plan.

The next day, Deng Feiyue took his grandson and granddaughter out to play. The children were going crazy at home during the summer vacation, and their parents were busy with work and didn't have much time to play with them.

Deng Feiyue is back and wanted to spend more time with his grandchildren, so he took them to the amusement park.

He didn't return until the afternoon. Shortly after returning, he received a call from the Liuhe Investment Medical and Health Office, asking him to go to Zhiguang Hospital the next day.

This almost scared Deng Feiyue, who thought there was something seriously wrong with his health. He asked several questions... The staff member reassured him that there was nothing seriously wrong, just some minor ailments that required some recuperation, and that he would go to the hospital tomorrow to finalize the recuperation plan.

Hearing this, I felt relieved. He's getting old, almost seventy this year, so it's normal for him to have some minor health problems. As long as there's nothing serious, it's fine.

The next morning, his driver picked him up and took him to Zhiguang Hospital. He saw a doctor there and was prescribed a so-called health supplement. However, the supplement required a small-dose trial test, and it was said that it could not be used if any side effects occurred.

However, the test went very smoothly without any problems!
After it was over, he thought he could leave, but he was taken to a separate small building. When he got there, he found that there were more than twenty other people besides himself.

They were all scientists of similar age to me, and they were all people who had just completed and passed the small-dose drug test together.

What are they doing? It doesn't look like they're discussing a treatment plan... What are they doing gathered together like this?

Then, staff from the health and medical office of Liuhe Investment came over to explain and reassure everyone that they would wait patiently and take turns seeing the expert team.

Subsequently, more people went in, but they did not come out from there; they seemed to have exited through another door.

After waiting for a while, it was Deng Feiyue's turn to go in.

Upon entering, I discovered that the composition of the people in the small conference room was somewhat unusual.

There were six young men in suits and two middle-aged men in white coats.

One of the middle-aged men said in a friendly tone, "Hello Professor Deng, I am Chen, the head of the Health and Medical Office of Liuhe Investment!"

Deng Feiyue said, "Hello, Director Chen!"

Director Chen said, "These two are my colleagues from the office, these are my colleagues from Galaxy Biotechnology Group, and the other two are my colleagues from the group's security department!"

This personnel composition is rather unusual... It's normal for people from the health and medical office to be here, after all, this is the medical department office on the big boss's side, which is responsible for senior management and scientists.

But what are the people from Galaxy Bio-Group doing here? If they're involved in drug and medical technology research and development, they don't treat patients... People from Zhiguang Hospital should be here today.

But there wasn't a single person from Zhiguang Hospital here. The group's security staff were even more special; they were just getting physical checkups to see if they had any chronic health issues, so there was no need for security personnel to be present.

My own health issues aren't exactly a secret, after all, I'm not at the level of Professor Lin Andong, the chief scientist of Zhiyun Group.

Professor Lin Andong is a true pillar of the nation; he's the kind of person who has dozens of security personnel following him wherever he goes.

Although my rank is not low and I have made some scientific research achievements in the past, now that I have completely transformed into a management scientist, I mainly lead teams... Although it is important, it is definitely not to the point where I need a group of security personnel to follow me.

Because if Deng Feiyue were assassinated, the South Gate Aerospace alone could find dozens of people to replace him, and if all else fails, they could transfer people from other aerospace agencies.

Even if he were kidnapped, you wouldn't actually get any core technology out of him... He himself has been away from the front line of research and development for several years. Knowing the cutting edge of aerospace technology doesn't mean he knows it!
Therefore, he usually only has a driver/bodyguard and an assistant when he goes out, and there are no special additional security personnel.

Professor Lin Andong... needs a convoy of vehicles and dozens of security personnel on duty around the clock just to go out.

As Deng Feiyue looked on in confusion, Director Chen continued, "Professor Deng, the following conversation is quite important and involves some confidential information. All conversations in this conference room must not be disclosed to anyone, not even your wife or children!"

"Here is a confidential document for you to sign first."

Upon hearing this, Deng Feiyue knew that there was something strange about the occasion and the matter, but as a veteran researcher, he was very familiar with the principles of confidentiality.

Without further ado, he took the confidential document, signed it, and said, "Don't worry, I understand the confidentiality matters. I myself hold meetings every few days to emphasize the importance of confidentiality!"

After Deng Feiyue signed the confidentiality document, Director Chen said, "Professor Deng, the reason we invited you to come all this way is because we have a new project here, and your physical condition meets the project's standards, so we invited you to participate!"

"However, this is not a project that the company mandates or encourages you to participate in, and you are perfectly free to refuse based on your own considerations."

"Many qualified people have already declined this project before you, so you can rest assured that you will not be able to refuse it. This will not cause any obstacles to your future treatment, position, or other aspects within the company!"

"You can also choose to postpone your participation in this project by one or several years!"

"The company is simply offering you a choice!"

"To some extent, you can understand this option as a benefit offered by the company to qualified senior managers and senior scientists. However, this benefit carries certain potential unknown risks, so you need to make your own choice based on your own circumstances and thoughts. We fully respect your opinion!"

"But whether you accept or refuse, what happened today must not be disclosed to anyone, otherwise, the consequences will be quite troublesome!"

"Do you fully understand what I just said?"

Hearing this, Deng Feiyue felt something was off; the way they were talking was rather strange…

However, he still said, "I understand, let's continue!"

After finishing speaking, Director Chen looked at another middle-aged man in a white coat standing to the side and said, "Team Leader Sun!"

Team Leader Sun immediately said, "Hello Professor Deng, I am the team leader of a research institute under the Galaxy Bio Group, and also the person in charge of today's project!"

Actually, Team Leader Sun is not from Galaxy Bio-Group, but from Galaxy Life... However, when Galaxy Life employees travel outside, they usually use the names of its various white-glove companies. In China, they are generally referred to as Galaxy Bio-Group, and in Europe, they are referred to as Eastern Pharmaceuticals!

The term "galactic life" is a secret, at least to the public!

Team Leader Sun's presence here is naturally to oversee the use of ARE78 drug among the group's internal staff.

Team Leader Sun said, "Our company has recently developed a new drug that can significantly improve bodily functions with long-term use. The drug's effects and side effects are all in this document, which you can review!"

Deng Feiyue took it and looked at it. It was a very simple report, without a company name or official seal, only some data.

In fact, the name of the drug was not even written on it; it was simply referred to as the vague term "project drug."

The more he looked, the more surprised he became... The effects described here were a bit exaggerated.

It can significantly restore bodily functions. After taking it, a 70-year-old's bodily functions can be restored to those of a 55- to 60-year-old, and some people's bodily functions can even be restored to the level of a 50-year-old!
How is this different from the legendary concept of rejuvenation?
When did Galaxy Bio-Group develop such an amazing drug? I've never heard of their company having such a large project, and there's not a single news report about it.

Looking more closely at the side effects, a whole bunch were listed, some of which seemed quite serious. However, the document also stated that as long as the person meets the criteria and passes the drug test, there will be no side effects if taken normally.

Now he understands that all these medical examinations and previous drug tests were to exclude people who did not meet the criteria, and he obviously did meet the criteria, otherwise he wouldn't have come here!

However, upon further investigation, it was discovered that this medication also has side effects upon discontinuation. If the medication is stopped after long-term use, significant side effects will occur, including rapid aging of bodily functions and a series of additional damages.

This side effect requires several months of treatment and recuperation to gradually recover... but it is also possible that it will not recover.

Especially for older people with underlying health conditions, their bodily functions may quickly return to their original age level after stopping medication, and then they may not be able to withstand it.

It's somewhat similar to a fifty-six-year-old suddenly becoming seventy or eighty years old. After a significant decline in bodily functions, the body can't adapt and can't withstand the damage caused by this precipitous drop.

After carefully examining it, Deng Feiyue asked with doubt, "Are you sure this is real? It doesn't look real at all. Isn't this just like a rejuvenation drug?"

Team Leader Sun smiled and said, "That's true. The drug has been under development for many years and has undergone multiple phases of clinical trials. Currently, quite a few people are already using this drug."

"In addition to supplying external customers, we have also followed the instructions of the head office and freed up production capacity to provide for senior scientists in our sister companies."

"This new type of drug requires regular medication. We collect your genetic information once a year to produce the drug, and then we will deliver it to you regularly. You just need to take it regularly!"

"At the same time, we will also arrange for someone to contact you specifically. If you have any questions, especially about side effects, you can call our staff for consultation."

"Furthermore, the head office has already paid the full amount for this project, so you don't need to pay anything!"

Deng Feiyue asked curiously, "May I ask how much money the head office is paying you?"

Team Leader Sun smiled and said, "I can reveal that it's five million per person per year!"

Actually, no... Xu Shenxue only gave each person at Galaxy Life 2.5 million yuan per year in funding, which was just enough to cover costs. This money came from the expenses of the companies to which these scientists belonged, and it wasn't Xu Shenxue's personal funds.

However, in order to facilitate accounting and some fund transfers, they simply set a figure of five million per person per year... Part of the funds actually flowed into Galaxy Security.

Galaxy Security has been under a lot of pressure lately, with many operations requiring substantial funding to maintain operations.

Upon hearing this, Deng Feiyue exclaimed, "It's so expensive! It's even higher than my basic salary!"

He naturally wouldn't mention that he had even more performance bonuses... As the chief rocket scientist at Nanmen Aerospace, his income wasn't low; his base annual salary was over four million, and he could also receive several million in performance bonuses every year.

Although the annual salary is less than ten million, it is still quite good.

While salaries in the aerospace field are decent, they aren't as extravagant as those in fields like artificial intelligence, where the median annual salary can easily reach millions.

The starting salary for key technical personnel at Nanmen Aerospace, namely various engineers, is around 500,000 yuan, while the median salary for the entire company is around 700,000 yuan. Key technical personnel may earn one or two million yuan. In addition, there are various other benefits, such as housing subsidies, settling-in allowances, and support for children's education.

Deng Feiyue, a chief rocket scientist who leads a team and is part of the company's core senior management, earns around seven to eight million yuan annually.

The main problem is that despite the grand scale of Nanmen Aerospace's various space programs, it has actually been operating at a loss for the past few years, requiring Xu Shenxue and the aerospace agency to find various excuses to subsidize a large sum of money...

Before generating sufficient commercial value, it will be difficult to raise salary levels.

Of course, even with a median annual salary of around 700,000, Nanmen Aerospace's salary and benefits are considered top-tier among a large number of domestic companies, basically on par with other leading internet companies in China.

This falls under what many ordinary people refer to as: income from a large company.

However, they have high requirements for talent. After all, they are in the aerospace industry, and they need top talents in high-tech fields, such as masters and doctors from 985 universities. Ordinary people cannot get in.

Deng Feiyue's basic salary is not low, more than four million a year, but the cost of this drug is five million a year.

This medicine is so expensive!
Deng Feiyue actually underestimated the cost of ARE78... The manufacturing cost alone is $300,000, and if you include the R&D cost, it starts at several million dollars.

Galaxy Life provides its funding to wealthy individuals at a price of ten million US dollars per person per year.

However, since the goods are from their own company, Liuhe Investment gets them cheaply, giving Galaxy Life a symbolic cost price of 2.5 million... and another 2.5 million is allocated to Galaxy Security as operating expenses.

Anyway, Galaxy Life doesn't rely on this money for research and development. They rely on donations from various super-rich people around the world and the revenue from the sale of the ARE78 drug for their research and development...

Since the ARE78 project was officially implemented, thousands of people have reused it. At a price of ten million US dollars per person per year, the annual revenue for a thousand people would be ten billion US dollars.

This medicine is very expensive, but also very profitable.

Moreover, many wealthy individuals generously donated additional funds and funds.

Therefore, Galactic Life is not short of money now, with hundreds of billions of dollars in cash reserves. Moreover, the revenue from the ARE78 project will continue to increase every year, which is enough for them to spend.

Deng Feiyue didn't know any of this, but he knew that the annual welfare benefits of five million yuan were not to be missed... not to mention that this medicine could also restore his body's functions.

The older he gets, the worse his body feels. He really hopes to be able to return to the physical condition he had when he was fifty, no, even just sixty!
As for the side effects after stopping the medication, just keep taking it... Anyway, he doesn't have to pay for the medication every year.

Therefore, he specifically asked whether the medicine would continue to be supplied for free after he retired in the future... The answer he received was that if his physical functions recovered after taking the medicine, then he would need to serve the company until he was eighty-five years old.

They can only officially retire after the age of 85, and then receive free medication for life!

Hearing the retirement age of 85, Deng Feiyue didn't care. He was already 68 years old and had long passed the legal retirement age. He was currently working on a re-employment basis.

His original plan was to continue working as long as he could still manage...

On the one hand, he enjoys his current job and finds great satisfaction in working in the aerospace industry.

In addition, he has three children and many grandchildren, while his two sons and one daughter have ordinary jobs and ordinary incomes... Even the house they live in now was bought by him.

It may sound harsh, but his whole family depends on him for support. This annual income of several million is quite important to him and his family, so it's impossible for him to quit his job in the short term.

Moreover, if everything is true, based on the recovery effect of this body function, I estimate that when I am 85 years old, my physical condition can still be maintained at around 65 to 70 years old, which is about the same as now. Retirement will be just right at that time.

Therefore, after considering it, Deng Fei agreed immediately!
This made them the first group of people to take the ARE78 project within the group!
(End of this chapter)