Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 1418: Chapter 672: Becoming the World’s Richest Person!_2

"Nobody understands me!"

Zhao Yi’s tone was full of melancholy, as if an elderly person was painfully reminiscing about the past, helplessly weeping and sighing about life.

Li Renzhe couldn’t stand it anymore. He directly kicked Zhao Yi, "You—get—lost! Pretentious jerk!"

"Thunder strike you!"

"Damn it!"

"Hahaha——"

Zhao Yi was just joking, but he actually thought that Li Renzhe’s life was pretty good.

After the two returned to normal, they started to discuss work-related issues—of course, mainly concerning Li Renzhe’s work.

Li Renzhe did feel some work pressure, as he was worried about the projects at the research institute.

In the microbiology technology lab, Li Renzhe would be involved in major projects.

For instance, he was responsible for a part of the work in the database project collaborated on by Wei Shiqing and the Microbiology Center of the Science Academy.

At the same time, he also had his own smaller project focused on bacterial resistance to viruses, mainly hoping to find a kind of bacteria that could resist viruses, their natural enemies.

Like bacteriophages.

Bacteriophages are viruses that infect microbes such as bacteria, fungi, algae, actinomycetes, or spirochetes, and because some bacteriophages can cause the lysis of their host bacteria, they are called bacteriophages.

Bacteriophages can invade and erode bacteria, relying on the bacteria’s metabolic activity to massively replicate genetic material. Some bacteria have no resistance to their corresponding phages at all.

Li Renzhe’s research hoped to find individuals within "bacteria originally lacking resistance to phages" that had undergone mutations or other factors that caused them to develop resistance to the corresponding phages.

This research might sound complicated, but in reality, it’s just a branch of ’mutation studies.’

"This is one direction in the research on controllable virus mutations. We hope to find the corresponding bacterial mutations," he explained.

"It’s essentially an extension of your research," Li Renzhe elucidated.

"My research?" Zhao Yi didn’t react right away, "What research of mine?"

"The controllable mutation of viruses, remember? Many years ago, you forgot? You published a paper with Professor Wei Shiqing and Professor Bai Jianwu that shook the microbiology community."

"Oh—right, I think so?"

Zhao Yi pondered for a good while before remembering. His research was so plentiful, and as for the study of controllable virus mutations, he hadn’t really invested much effort into it. He just did a few small experiments and then went on to observe and judge.

Curious, he asked, "Has your lab been continuously working on this research?"

"Of course," Li Renzhe nodded, "Professor Bai has always been working on this research, and Professor Wei is involved too. My project was also approved based on this and it’s a sub-study."

"Any results?"

"That—"

Li Renzhe hesitated for a moment, feeling rather pained to be asked about ’results.’

Not to mention his own research, even the studies conducted by Bai Jianwu and Wei Shiqing hadn’t yielded any significant results.

There were some minor findings, but they were far from reaching the level of top-tier results; at most, they were published just to add up to a few papers.

Zhao Yi considered and nodded thoughtfully, "Can you tell me more about your project?"

Knowing Zhao Yi’s expertise, Li Renzhe didn’t hesitate to share, "My research is about identifying those bacterial individuals that can resist viral invasion."

"Theoretically, there are many such bacterial individuals. I have found some samples. The research aims to figure out the reasons why they can resist viral attacks." frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

Zhao Yi frowned in thought and expressed his doubt, "This should be related to genes, right?"

Li Renzhe responded, "That’s why we also need to analyze the bacteria’s genes to see if mutations have actually occurred or if other external factors are causing it."

"Can the microbiology lab conduct gene research?"

"We have the equipment."

"Do you know how to do gene analysis research?"

"That—"

Li Renzhe suddenly fell silent, as he wasn’t skilled in genetic research operations and even found it difficult to design an experiment.

"Here’s what we’ll do," Zhao Yi offered, "We’ve just established a genetic lab with an expert named Zhang Ning, who’s very capable. I think you should consult with her. I’ll talk to her and have her give you some advice."

"Alright, thank you in advance," Li Renzhe replied immediately.

Although he was unsure about the level of expertise in the genetic lab, Zhao Yi’s recommendation was definitely not bad—a claim of being among the best in the country was modest; they could possibly be internationally renowned.

The advice from this gene expert must have been a great help to his research.

——

That evening, Zhao Yi, Li Renzhe, and Fan Lei got together, but this time with the addition of a little one and an elderly person, Fan Lei’s son and mother.

They didn’t disturb the three’s gathering, just came to mooch a meal.

Then they took a taxi and left.

Zhao Yi, of course, didn’t mind his friends’ family members mooching a meal and amusingly asked, "Fan Lei, you’ve become a stay-at-home dad since I last saw you."

"Don’t even mention it!"

Fan Lei said with some distress, "The lab has been so busy lately, Yan Yi is always working overtime. Since my job is a bit more relaxed, I end up looking after the child most of the time. Not just that—I also have to teach him, and take him to all kinds of tutoring classes. My mom isn’t familiar with the capital, so I have to do it all."

"Today after work, I went straight to the tutoring class, just got back, and then came over for a meal together."

"That’s tough."

Li Renzhe said sympathetically, "Well, Huang Wen Qian doesn’t need me, I can stay out as late as I want, but you guys are starting with tutoring so early?"

"Yes!"

Fan Lei spoke of this with some frustration, "She always says that we need to focus on the child’s education from the start. I had no choice, but to be honest, there is some sense to it. Nowadays, that’s just how it is with kids—"

"Blah blah blah~~"

He went on and on about the problems of child education, clearly showing he had spent a lot of time reading up on the subject and had been ’educated’ on it quite a bit by Yan Yi.

This is just how different families have different attitudes toward child education.

For Li Renzhe and Huang Wen Qian, they didn’t place as much importance on their child’s education, both were the laid-back type, believing it’s fine as long the child grows up normally.

Fan Lei probably felt the same and would likely prefer taking his child out to play.

Yan Yi was different.

Yan Yi had the experience of studying abroad at a prestigious international university and had always been top of her class, so she definitely placed a great emphasis on their child’s education.

Thus, Fan Lei had to take it seriously too, making his life a lot busier.

It’s hard to say whether an education method is good or bad; no one knows what the child will grow up to be like. You can only say that every family has its worries.

Life is just like that.

As people grow older, their environment and concerns change as well.

Zhao Yi again felt a wave of emotion because even he was considering sending his child to the capital to begin his education from kindergarten onward, which meant he was no longer in a position to criticize others.

——

A week later.

Lin Xiaoqing came with the child, and Zhao Hongjuan also came.

Since they would be living in the capital for a while, Liu Jing and Zhao Hongjuan had arranged to take turns coming over to help take care of things.

This time it was Zhao Hongjuan’s turn; Liu Jing would come after a month.

With Lin Xiaoqing, an elder, and a nanny at home, they had nothing to worry about for daily life.

Zhao Yi could then focus on his work with peace of mind.

That day, a depressing event occurred: The Forbes Billionaires List was scheduled for release.

For others, being on the Forbes list was an honor, but for Zhao Yi, it just felt very distressing.

Because his ranking was too high, high enough to spark huge public discourse.

Many people were discussing his wealth, which really gave him complex feelings.

"Forbes Billionaires List", first place, Zhao Yi, net worth 75.3 billion dollars.

"Number one, huh!"

"God Zhao is number one!"

"That’s amazing, becoming the richest man through research, those tech giants, luxury goods moguls, and stock market tycoons seem to be out of the picture!"

"75.3 billion dollars, that’s a lot of money!"

"So, it turns out that doing scientific research can also lead to a wealthy path, just look at God Zhao to know!"

Domestic public opinion was immediately ignited.