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Chapter 328 Two-step Fermentation Method

At the same time, the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences located in the northern suburbs of Beijing welcomed several uninvited guests.

"Director Zhao, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Ogle, the chief representative of West German Lloyd's Pharmaceuticals in Asia, and this is Mr. Lassiter, Mr. Ogle's assistant. They are in China to attend an academic conference and have specifically requested to visit your institute."

Shan Jinwen, the deputy director of the Municipal Health Bureau who accompanied the visit, introduced Zhao Zhaoxin, the deputy director of the Microbiology Institute, who came out to greet him. When he mentioned the word "specially", he emphasized the tone a little, indicating that Zhao Zhaoxin should pay attention to this matter.

"Welcome, welcome. We have heard a lot about Lloyd's Pharmaceuticals!" Zhao Zhaoxin extended his hands to the two foreign guests and said in English.

Before Shan Jinwen and his team set off, they called the Institute of Microbiology, so Zhao Zhaoxin naturally knew who was coming to visit. Lloyd's Pharmaceuticals is a world-renowned pharmaceutical company, and many of the research work of the Institute of Microbiology is related to the business scope of Lloyd's Pharmaceuticals. Zhao Zhaoxin's words of hearing about Lloyd's Pharmaceuticals for a long time were not hypocritical and polite.

Zhao Zhaoxin and several middle-level officials from the institute went out to greet the foreign guests. They also stepped forward to shake hands with Ogel and others. The scientists all had good English skills. Although their spoken English was not very standard, it was enough to communicate with the German guests who also spoke non-standard English.

The group of people came to the institute's conference room, exchanging greetings in different accents. More than a dozen cadres and employees of the institute were already sitting in the conference room. When they saw the guests coming in, they all stood up and greeted them, inviting them to take a seat. There is no need to describe the noisy process in detail.

After the foreplay, Shan Jinwen, as the introducer of the two parties, spoke first. He first introduced the situation of the pharmaceutical seminar that had just been held in Beijing, and then explained that Ogel and Lassiter had come all the way from the Lowe's office in Japan to attend the meeting. After arriving, they asked about the situation of the Microbiology Institute and expressed their desire to visit the Microbiology Institute during the break of the meeting.

"While the foreign guests are in Beijing, what other units do they plan to visit besides our Institute of Microbiology?"

While Shan Jinwen finished introducing the situation and left time for the translator to relay the content to the foreign guests, Zhao Zhaoxin whispered to Shan Jinwen for confirmation.

"They only said they wanted to visit your Institute of Microbiology. We recommended Peking University of Health Science and Beijing Pharmaceutical Factory, as well as several other units, but they all said they were short on time, which was a polite way of declining," said Shan Jinwen.

"Could it be that they really came to us specially?"

"Can I still lie to you?"

"But……"

"Don't say but, just listen to what the foreign guests say and you will know."

At this time, Ogel had finished listening to what the translator said. He cleared his throat and said to everyone, "Dear Mr. Zhao, Mr. Shan, and everyone present, I am very happy to have the opportunity to visit your institute. Lloyd's Pharmaceuticals is a company that provides health solutions to the world. We have good and long-term cooperation with chemical and biological research institutions in many countries.

"This time, my colleague Lassiter and I came to China, and the institution we most wanted to visit was your institute, because we know that your institute has unique research in many kinds of organic acids, biological enzymes and antibiotics. We hope to carry out in-depth cooperation with your institute on some of these technologies."

"Thank you, Mr. Ogel." Zhao Zhaoxin responded. He had some guesses about the other party's intention, but since the other party had not yet stated it clearly, he just pretended to be polite to the other party. Based on the information he had quickly read before the other party came, he praised Law's Pharmaceuticals for a few minutes, and introduced some major scientific research achievements since the establishment of the Microbiology Institute. Finally, he said:

"This is roughly the situation of our institute. I don't know in what areas Mr. Ogle hopes to cooperate with us and how the specific cooperation will be."

"We are very interested in many of your research projects. We very much hope to develop all-round cooperation with you." Ogel said politely. Without waiting for Zhao Zhaoxin to ask further questions, he changed the subject and said:

"However, considering that both parties are not familiar with each other yet, it is unwise to launch too many cooperation projects rashly. We hope to choose one technology to cooperate first so as to explore specific cooperation methods in the process."

"Choose a technology first? You mean, we choose a technology to work with your company?"

"No, no, it is our company that specifies a technology. As you all know, our company is the world's main supplier of vitamin C, so we hope to choose the two-step fermentation process developed by your institute for technical cooperation."

really……

Zhao Zhaoxin nodded slightly, and most people in the conference room showed a look of relief on their faces.

As China's most technologically advanced microbiology research institution, the Institute of Microbiology has achieved many scientific research results in the past 20 years, and has won several top domestic awards such as the National Science and Technology Progress Award.

However, as an industry insider, everyone knows that most of the results of the institute are limited to "filling domestic gaps", which are not considered particularly significant results when put on the international stage, and are not of such a magnitude that a giant like Lloyd's Pharmaceuticals would be interested in. Didn't Shan Jinwen say earlier that they came "specially", so this was naturally targeted.

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If there is any internationally pioneering achievement, the most famous one is the "two-step fermentation method" for vitamin C production. It has replaced the internationally popular Reitman process with a 50-year history. It can greatly reduce the production cost of vitamin C while also reducing environmental pollution.

The invention of the two-step fermentation method by the Institute of Microbiology has gone through a long process. Now this technology is relatively mature and has been applied in several domestic pharmaceutical factories. After the relevant articles written by experts from the Institute of Microbiology were published in international journals, they quickly received praise from many foreign experts and received praises such as "revolutionary" and "subversive".

Lowe's is a world-renowned vitamin C producer, with a market share of nearly 50%. When such a company came to visit the Institute of Microbiology, everyone had previously guessed that it must be related to the two-step fermentation method. Naturally, no one was surprised to hear Ogel say this.

"I am very honored that Lowe's Pharmaceuticals has recognized the two-step fermentation method I developed." Zhao Zhaoxin smiled, "Then, how does Lowe's Pharmaceuticals plan to cooperate with us?"

"We are willing to purchase all the patents for the two-step fermentation process for $10," Ogel said lightly with a reserved smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)