46: Chapter 46: You can try potato peels.

One week later, in the training room of the Villa, Lin Fang's excited and rapid voice continued to ring out from the platform.

"Continue,"

"Continue,"

"Continue!"

"Boss, can we take a break?" Zhou Hui, bruised and swollen, looked at Lin Fang, who was rolling up his sleeves, with a faint look of pleading in his eyes.

For the past week, Lin Fang had been fighting him non-stop as if he had taken stimulants. Although his experience was slightly inferior to his own, he was slippery at dodging, and his reaction time was much faster than before.

As a result, the young man's clothes were often barely soiled, while he himself was covered in bruises and injuries; it hurt a lot.

Although it wasn't a life-or-death struggle, Zhou Hui had a faint suspicion that he was no longer Lin Fang's match.

"100," Lin Fang said indifferently while looking at him.

Zhou Hui's expression changed immediately, and he forced a smile, "Boss, I'm just kidding, I can still fight."

Lin Fang's meaning was clear: if he didn't fight, 100 yuan would be deducted. This wouldn't do. Zhou Hui didn't understand why he was so insistent; it couldn't be revenge, could it?

It was already evening when Lin Fang arrived in Tiangang City again. After getting off the plane, a middle-aged man who had been waiting at the entrance for a long time came up to greet him.

"General Manager Lin, did you come alone?" Li Chengjian greeted him enthusiastically.

"Yes, go to the industrial park," Lin Fang got into the sedan.

Xu Anqing was busy, it was inconvenient for Zhou Hui, and bringing other company employees was a hassle. This time, Lin Fang had indeed come alone.

"General Manager Lin, I've booked a private room not far from the company. How about we go there and sit for a while first?"

"Go directly to the industrial park," Lin Fang repeated.

"But..." Li Chengjian, who was driving, wanted to say something else, but suddenly felt a chill down his back. He looked up and met Lin Fang's pitch-black gaze in the rearview mirror, and the words that had come to his lips were immediately swallowed back.

Only then did Li Chengjian realize that the other party was not an old hand in the business world like himself, but a young man who valued efficiency and limits, and was also ruthless.

Previously, Gao Lide's R&D personnel, including most of the middle and senior management, had all been discarded by Lin Fang without the slightest bit of leniency.

"Understood, General Manager Lin," Li Chengjian immediately changed his tone.

"Don't overthink it," Lin Fang suddenly said to Li Chengjian. "I just want to pick up Mite. Staying in the laboratory all day won't do."

As a key project of the Third-Party Technology industrial park construction, the R&D center had been put into use half a month ago, and Mitte Wester had moved into this R&D center at that time to begin the research and development of the Metabolix Capsules.

According to Xiao Hei's report, Mite had been staying in the company for the past half-month, eating one meal a day, and hadn't even returned home once.

How could this be? He had always cared deeply about his employees.

Hearing Lin Fang's words, Li Chengjian breathed a sigh of relief and said seriously, "General Manager Lin, so you know too. I have tried many times to persuade Dr. Mite to pay attention to resting."

"But the result each time was the same; I was kicked out by him." Li Chengjian's tone carried helplessness.

Under the unique seaside sunset of Tiangang City, a BMW 7 Series drove straight to the east.

Arriving at the entrance of the industrial park, Lin Fang could already see a conspicuous blue and white building in a futuristic sci-fi style. It was the company headquarters, which was undergoing its final topping out, and the signboard and logo of Third-Party Technology were being installed.

Due to time constraints, the entire building was only six stories high—four above ground and one below—but the floor area reached an astonishing 200,000 square meters.

And not far away was the research center.

"How many times have I said it? Don't come and disturb me!"

When a fat, middle-aged White man walked out of the research center cursing, his expression changed immediately upon seeing Lin Fang.

"BOSS, you're here."

Subsequently, at Lin Fang's request, Mite reluctantly got into the car to go taste the southern cuisine of the Central Continent.

The next morning, after putting on a lab coat, Lin Fang walked with Mite into the drug laboratory of the research center, which had a P2 safety level.

The P2 laboratory was not the highest level of biosafety, but it was currently the highest-level laboratory in this research center; even before the renovation, its level was only P1.

But it was enough for developing the Metabolix Capsules; after all, it had no harmful effects.

"Fine, BOSS, although I don't understand why you want to come in, I respect your decision."

Wearing a white lab coat, Mitte Wester waved his hand and said, "You can check the experimental logs. In this company, besides me, only you can look at them."

Lin Fang coming to Tiangang City was naturally not just to have a meal with this fat man. He casually swiped on the screen a couple of times and said, "When will the finished Metabolix Capsules be ready?"

"Oh my god, I knew it! What a terrible phrase. It is the phrase I hate the most in this life. It seems last night's meal wasn't eaten in vain."

Mitte Wester clutched his forehead and said with an exaggerated expression, "BOSS, I thought you were different from other capitalists..."

Just as Mite was rambling on enthusiastically, Lin Fang interrupted him, "Not bad, I like listening to it. You can say a few more words."

Mite swallowed his saliva. Although he couldn't see Lin Fang's expression because of the mask, he could still feel the danger in it.

So Mite thought seriously for a while and said, "Three months, BOSS. Give me three more months and it can be done. You know, this is a very complex drug."

Three more months? Lin Fang felt this time was a bit slow, so he continued to ask.

"Where did you extract the thiazanone lipase from?"

This was the most basic compound in the Metabolix Capsules.

Of course, all this was told to Lin Fang by Xiao Hei in his invisible earpiece. He came here to speed up the research and development of the capsules.

Hearing Lin Fang's question, Mite, relying on the cover of his mask, revealed a shitty expression. Isn't the experimental log in your hands? Why are you still asking me?

"BOSS, it is extracted from Rhodiola rosea, and the cost per milligram is 150,000 zhongzhou currency."

Speaking of this, Mite also understood what Lin Fang meant, so he continued, "BOSS, don't worry, my assistant is already screening other plants, and there will be news soon."

"You can try potato peels."

"BOSS, what did you say?" Mite didn't understand what he said for a moment.

Lin Fang continued, "Use the rich cysteine in potato peels to obtain thio-derivatives through a photocatalytic C-H thiolation reaction, and then convert it to obtain thiazanone lipase."

"The cost can be reduced to 50 yuan per milligram."

When Li Chengjian received the news, he immediately went to a nearby farmers' market at the fastest speed and bought a fresh potato for 0.5 yuan.

He drove like the wind all the way.

After being washed and disinfected, this great potato was sent into the laboratory of the Gao Lide Research Center by a new assistant, and Mite carefully took a small piece of tissue from it with a slicing knife.

Three hours later, seeing the experimental results, Mite's breathing became rapid. "It is completely feasible. Although the toxicity has increased a little, the human body can completely withstand it."

"If this plan is adopted, these sufficient materials give me confidence to shorten the time for the finished drug by another month."

"Just do it."

Like the chief person in charge of the laboratory, Lin Fang also had no psychological burden.

"BOSS, you are amazing. What did you do before?" Mite exclaimed in admiration.

Lin Fang answered truthfully, "I was a coder."