The Science Fiction World of Xueba

Feeling the soft and warm body in his arms, Pang Xuelin froze slightly. After hesitating for a moment, he wrapped his arms around Wang Muhui's shoulders, patted Wang Muhui's back and said, "Okay, Xiaohui, it's only been a few months. Didn’t see you, did you learn Lao Mei’s hug and greeting ceremony?”

Wang Muhui's pretty face was flushed, and then she came out of Pang Xuelin's arms, smoothed her hair on the sideburns with her hands, and concealed her embarrassment and shame: "Brother Pang, why did you come to the United States without telling me? It was too sudden."

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "I'm going to Princeton to do some business, so I stopped by to see you. Isn't it the Christmas holiday in two days? I'll stay here for a few days, and then we will go to Princeton together for Christmas."

"Ah!" Surprise flashed in Wang Muhui's eyes, and she said discouragedly, "Brother Pang, our school will not be on holiday until the 24th. I'm afraid I won't be able to play with you in Boston these days!"

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "You just need to study hard, I happen to be walking around."

"Oh!" Wang Muhui nodded, and then asked curiously, "Brother Pang, how do you know the classroom where I study?"

Pang Xuelin said: "Professor Merton brought me here."

Only then did Wang Muhui find Robert Merton who was standing aside smiling and looking at the two of them. She couldn't help being startled, and quickly said, "Professor Merton, I'm sorry, I didn't notice you just now."

Merton smiled and said, "It's okay. After all, it's hard for my boyfriend to come here. It's understandable. Pang, I won't bother you from now on. Let's spend some time with my girlfriend!"

"Professor Merton, thank you today, I will treat you and Professor Gross to dinner another day."

Pang Xuelin said.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your news."

Merton blinked at Pang Xuelin before turning and leaving.

Wang Muhui glanced at Pang Xuelin quietly. Merton mistakenly believed that the relationship between the two was boyfriend and girlfriend, but Pang Xuelin didn't deny it, which made her feel a little secretly happy.

It just so happened that Pang Xuelin's gaze was also looking at her, and their eyes met. Wang Muhui quickly turned her head and said, "Brother Pang, it's time for lunch. What do you want to eat? I'll treat you to lunch!"

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "Lao Mei's western food is not delicious, how about we go to eat Chinese food, do you know where there is a good Chinese restaurant nearby?"

Wang Muhui said: "There is a Sichuan restaurant in the downtown area of ​​Boston. The taste is very good. We ate there once when Sister Yang Quan came over a while ago, but the road is a bit far, so we have to take a taxi to get there."

Pang Xuelin said: "Then let's go, I happened to be driving here."

Wang Muhui was taken aback for a moment, and asked doubtfully, "Brother Pang Da, do you have a car in America?"

Pang Xuelin smiled and said, "I just bought a second-hand car..."

Seeing Wang Muhui's surprised look, Pang Xuelin told her about his work as an adjunct professor at Princeton University.

Wang Muhui's eyes lit up, and she said, "Brother Pang Da, so you have to come to the United States for three months every year?"

Pang Xuelin nodded and said with a smile: "at least three months, anyway, Princeton is not too far from Harvard, so I just have time to come and see you, by the way, how are you doing in the United States these few months? Are you used to it?"

Wang Muhui said: "There are no problems in life. I live in a single apartment arranged by the school at Harvard, with a separate bathroom and kitchen. However, Harvard's academic pressure is very high. I have three big classes every morning, from 8:00 to 19:00. At 12:30 noon, I have to go to the library to check various materials in the afternoon and complete the tasks assigned by the teacher. The intensive study time is basically more than 14 hours a day. Except for weekends, I basically don’t cook. "

Pang Xuelin nodded and said: "Harvard Business School graduate students basically have to study all professional courses in the first year.

So the study intensity will be very high, and it will be fine in the second half of next year. By that time, as long as you complete the internship and graduation thesis, you will basically have no problems. "

Wang Muhui said with a bitter face: "I heard from the teachers about this. I originally thought that I could help you register the company in advance while studying, but it turned out that there was nothing but sister Yang Quan who came to help with the patent a while ago. Time to do it."

Pang Xuelin said with a smile: "Don't worry about registering the company, let's talk about it after the patent is issued. By the way, how far has the patent of sildenafil and atorvastatin in the United States progressed?"

Since China will not join the "Patent Cooperation Treaty" until January 1994, when Pang Xuelin applied for the international patents of sildenafil and atorvastatin, he could not go through the PCT process and could only apply for one country at a time. .

Fortunately, my secretary Yang Quan is more reliable. She is a doctor of Johns Hopkins University and has a medical background. In addition, Pang Xuelin found the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education and With the help of Chinese embassies in various countries, the patent registration of these two drugs is currently going smoothly.

After completing the technical process of atorvastatin and sildenafil, Yang Quan immediately left for the United States, and with the assistance of Wang Muhui, applied for the North American patents of these two drugs.

Now she should be in Europe and is applying for a patent in the EU region.

As long as these two major markets are settled, it will basically occupy the major global markets of these two drugs.

Wang Muhui said: "At present, we have received the acceptance notice from the US Patent Office, but it is estimated that it will take at least the second half of next year to formally pass it."

"That's good!"

Pang Xuelin nodded and heaved a sigh of relief.

The patent protection time starts from the date of acceptance. Since the US National Patent Office has accepted the patents of these two drugs, it has been a long time since Pfizer and Warner Lambert have not officially finalized these two drugs.

This big cake finally entered his mouth.

While chatting, the two came to the parking lot and got into the car.

Half an hour later, the two arrived at the Sichuan restaurant and had an American-style Chinese meal.

After dinner, Wang Muhui still had to prepare for tomorrow's seminar, so Pang Xuelin returned to Harvard University with her and stayed in the Harvard University library all afternoon.

Until the evening, when the two of them finished eating in the school cafeteria, Wang Muhui seemed to have thought of something, her pretty face blushed, and she asked, "Brother Pang Da, have you found a place to live?"

Pang Xuelin smiled and said: "Not yet, but when I came here just now, I found that there is a hotel opposite your business school. Let me check in first, and I will take you back to the dormitory later."

"oh!"

For some reason, while Wang Muhui breathed a sigh of relief, she also felt slightly disappointed.