It’s not easy to be an interstellar chef

In fact, when you think about it this way, being a partner is much more convenient than being a teacher or student.

Being a student is bound to be subject to many restrictions from the teacher. When the teacher's ideas and concepts are inconsistent with the students, the teacher's status and position will naturally suppress the students. On the contrary, the status of collaborators is more equal, and Su Chaoqi can communicate better with Professor Wen if he has any opinions.

Professor Wen stood up and said, "Come on, I'll take you to meet the members of my laboratory."

Hmm? Anyone else?
Su Chaoqi looked around this huge space and didn't see anyone else.

Su Chaoqi couldn't help but ask: "Where are we going? Are there other rooms here?"

"What are you thinking?" Professor Wen shook his head. "This is just a showroom. The lab is of course on another floor."

Since it was on the next floor, Professor Wen took Su Chaoqi directly up the stairs.

When we got to the next floor, it went from being empty to being bustling. The hall in front of us and the rooms on the corridor extending from the hall all revealed obvious popularity.

When seeing Professor Wen, everyone would stop what they were doing, nod and greet him, and then continue doing their own things.

"Professor," someone came forward to greet him, "there are some changes in sample No. 86."

Professor Wen nodded: "Okay, I'll go over and take a look."

Su Chaoqi paused for a moment, thinking whether he should say goodbye and not disturb her.

But Professor Wen turned to Su Chaoqi and said, "Chaoqi, come together."

Since Professor Wen had spoken, Su Chaoqi no longer refused: "Okay."

The man who came forward to greet them led the way and took them into a room.

There was a table in the middle of the room, surrounded by a glass cover, and on the table was a potted plant with a plant that Su Chaoqi was very familiar with.

Several researchers were discussing something around a glass cover, but they stopped when they saw Professor Wen come in.

The researcher who brought them in reported: "The leaves of sample 86 have spots that fade from light green to brown, and there are sparse mold spots. As time goes by, more and more leaves have such symptoms."

Professor Wen looked at the plants on the table and murmured, "Have all the previous medicines been used?"

“I have tried it, but it has had little effect.”

Su Chaoqi couldn't help but ask, "Can I go over and take a look?"

The researchers in the room all looked at her, as if they had just realized that there was someone else here.

Professor Wen nodded: "Go ahead."

Su Chaoqi smiled apologetically at the researchers, walked past them, approached the glass cover, and leaned over to look carefully at the plant in front of him.

She was right.

This is a small tomato tree.

In her previous life, she actually grew cherry tomatoes on the balcony and rooftop, and she knew a lot about tomato diseases and their prevention and treatment.

Moreover, both the homestay and the Han family’s rice planting base grow tomatoes, but they are the large-fruit variety. The small-fruit variety has not been found yet. I didn’t expect to see it here.

But the diseases of large tomatoes and small tomatoes are similar, so Su Chaoqi quickly identified it: "This is late blight."

Someone frowned: "What disease? How do you know it's late blight?"

"Late blight," Su Chaoqi straightened up, "I have seen records of this disease in ancient books."

It can be seen that Interstellar's research on plants is still at the most basic level, and its understanding of plant diseases and how to prevent and control them is still very superficial.

"Ancient books?" The researchers did not believe Su Chaoqi's words. "We have never seen any ancient books about plants."

"Of course you haven't seen it," Su Chaoqi said, "because there is no official translation of this."

The most translated books by the official authorities now are those on history and humanities. As for ancient books on science and technology, they are not on the priority list of the official authorities or the archaeological community.

Since interstellar science and technology far surpass those of the Blue Star era, translating scientific and technological data from the Blue Star era is of little use.

Professor Wen said, "Show me the relevant ancient books."

Su Chaoqi searched through the computer and found it and sent it to Professor Wen.

She has also translated some information about tomato cultivation techniques, and since it may be useful, I can take it out now.

As researchers, they have an instinctive desire for knowledge, so a lot of people came over to look at the information provided by Su Chaoqi.

The information explains the manifestations, causes, and treatments of tomato diseases very clearly. After reading it, I felt it was quite convincing.

But scholars who are qualified to be researchers will not unconditionally believe certain statements just because they are "convincing". They will always raise their own doubts.

So they quickly raised a variety of questions. Su Chaoqi couldn't answer these questions either. She could only translate them at best. As for these questions, she really didn't know.

"Okay," Professor Wen interrupted their questions, "Just use this information as a reference and give it a try."

Although they have doubts about the source of such information, experiments are about continuous trial and error. Even without this information, they will have to make other attempts, so there is no problem in proceeding according to this information.

This kind of specific experimental operation will naturally be done by researchers, and Professor Wen does not need to do it himself, so those who are responsible for conducting the experiment get together to discuss how to proceed.

Professor Wen took Su Chaoqi away, and the researcher who had led the way before still followed Professor Wen.

The three of them arrived at a door with Professor Wen's name on it. After pushing the door open, they saw an office consisting of a reception sofa and a desk.

Professor Wen asked Su Chaoqi to sit on the sofa, then pointed to the researcher who was pouring water for them and said, "This is my assistant and secretary. His last name is Zuo. He can handle anything I need on my behalf."

Su Chaoqi immediately greeted Assistant Zuo: "Assistant Zuo, please take care of me in the future."

Assistant Zuo placed a glass of water in front of Su Chaoqi and smiled faintly: "Miss Su, you are too polite. It's the same for both of us."

Professor Wen explained Assistant Zuo's existence to Su Chaoqi: "I often go to unexplored asteroids to collect specimens and conduct research. Information may not be received in time. At that time, just contact Assistant Zuo."

Su Chaoqi nodded to show that he understood.

Assistant Zuo glanced at Su Chaoqi and asked, "If the words in the ancient books are verified, do we need to cooperate with historical experts to translate the ancient books?"

Su Chaoqi understood immediately that this meant that she did not trust her translation.

It's not that I don't trust the accuracy of her translation, but that I don't trust her authority.

"What do you think?" Professor Wen looked at Su Chaoqi naturally, "Do you think it is necessary?"

Su Chaoqi thought about it carefully and answered cautiously: "I need to go back to school and talk to the professor in the history department."

If there was a way to upgrade her translation directly to official certification, it would save a lot of trouble.

"Okay, then this will be part of the cooperation," Professor Wen glanced at Assistant Zuo, who understood and immediately began to draft the contract. "Now let's talk about how I can improve your experiment."

Now that the cooperation has been reached, the leadership of the experiment will naturally be handed over to Professor Wen, but Professor Wen must first check with Su Chaoqi.

Su Chaoqi was also very curious about what Professor Wen would do, so he said he was all ears: "Please go ahead."

"I think your guess is not bold enough. It is limited to cooking. You think that cooking with higher-level plants and meat together can improve the grade of the exotic meat. But have you ever thought that the medicinal effect of higher-level plants will also increase?"

Su Chaoqi sat up straight immediately, revealing a look of sudden enlightenment: "You are right, I have never thought about this."

However, it is hard to say how much the medicinal effect can be improved with the change of level. It must be verified through experiments. Perhaps it can achieve the effect of panacea in fantasy novels that can cure all diseases.

Assistant Zuo reminded: "This medicinal effect requires cooperation with pharmaceutical companies."

This is as it should be. Professor Wen said, "Well, I know. You will be in charge of contacting this company later."

“This is also good news for pharmaceutical companies,” Assistant Zuo said. “There will definitely be companies willing to invest in this project.”

Sure enough, no matter how noble a researcher is, he still has to consider the issue of money, and interests will always make people bow down.

Although Professor Wen does not accept businessmen as students, she is not completely ignorant of business matters. On the contrary, she understands them quite well.

"It's not easy to run a pharmaceutical business right now. If there was no support, they would have gone bankrupt long ago."

Su Chaoqi was not surprised: "Because compared to the treatment cabin, there is no advantage, right?"

Who hasn't used the treatment cabin? After all, according to the policy of Yanhuang Star, minors can use the treatment cabin free of charge, so it can be said that everyone on Yanhuang Star has experienced the role of the treatment cabin.

Just lie down in the treatment cabin and take a few naps to complete the treatment. The convenience of this is incomparable to medicine. Except for one thing, that is, it is expensive, there is no other disadvantage.

But the price of the medicine is not cheap. After all, most of the medicines are still wild and have not been cultivated on a large scale, and the manpower and material resources are also there.

In this case, why not grit your teeth and choose a treatment cabin that is expensive but at least effective quickly.

There are not many energy stones available to supply the treatment cabin. Even for the future, the technology to replace the treatment cabin is needed.

So whether it is the top management of Yanhuang Star or the pharmaceutical companies, they are all very anxious.

Being anxious means that they are willing to pay a high price to see results.

Su Chaoqi understood that this was Professor Wen's way of assuring her that there was sufficient funding for the experiment.

In other words, this is the trend.

As the saying goes, if you stand on the right vent, even a pig can take off. Su Chaoqi is naturally much smarter than a pig. (End of this chapter)