Silicon Valley
v2 Chapter 455: ban
Although it was such an expensive gene sequencing fee of 10,000 US dollars, less than a week after the Gene Umbrella conference ended, there were as many as 1 million registered users on the Gene Umbrella official website, of which about 150,000 were willing to place orders. Most of these people are wealthy and wealthy! In addition, the purpose of some people is to find relatives.
In any case, the personal gene sequencing service launched by Gene Umbrella is very popular. Revenue of 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in a week caused a huge sensation.
The genetic and biological concept stocks became hot in an instant, and they were madly sought after by investors.
Gene Umbrella is not a listed company, but the stocks of many listed biotech companies have soared, especially companies that are engaged in gene sequencing. In fact, investors are already blindly sought after. There are gene umbrella companies, and other gene sequencing companies are completely beaten.
Moreover, Gene Umbrella Company controls the production of chip gene sequencers, which is equivalent to controlling the entire market, unless there are other companies that can produce products comparable to chip gene sequencers in a short period of time. However, this possibility is too small!
The chip gene sequencer involves the most cutting-edge technology. Even if other companies know that they use chips for gene sequencing, they cannot meet the level of technology and craftsmanship. The products produced are of poor quality, low efficiency, expensive, and uncompetitive. ! Such a thing is useless except a waste of money.
Obviously, there is already a chip gene sequencer from Gene Umbrella on the market, who would be willing to buy a product that is more than N times worse.
These gene sequencing companies can only purchase instruments from Gene Umbrella to survive and develop. Of course, if it were not for the existence of anti-monopoly laws, Henry would have to consider whether to sell to them! The manufacturing cost of a chip gene sequencer is 200,000 US dollars, but Henry felt that he would have to sell 2 million US dollars each. You see, the efficiency of a microarray gene sequencer is 2000 times that of an optical gene sequencer, and one is worth 2,000. Is it too cheap for them?
Of course, almost ten times the price of a product is a little bit crazy, but... isn't this just the huge return that monopoly should get?
Anyway, Henry doesn't care. They like to buy or not. Poor hanging silk research institutions or companies can't afford it, so they leave as soon as possible. This industry has no money to play and saves time.
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Time has passed and more and more people are placing orders. Gene Umbrella is almost too busy. Some users can only give DNA analysis reports after three months of ordering.
Here, the Gene Umbrella Company sings triumphant songs, and other companies have nothing but envy, jealousy and hatred.
However, after a month, problems began to appear.
Because the DNA analysis report contains a diagnostic probability of suffering from a certain disease, when users see these, they find that they have a high probability of suffering from a certain cancer, so they worry all day, life is full of gray, and life becomes negative. !
This phenomenon is not one or two, but many.
Soon, the U.S. government stepped in, and in response to this situation, it immediately stopped the personal gene sequencing service of Gene Umbrella!
"Mr. Williams, this is how things are!" a young female secretary stood aside respectfully and said slowly.
Henry frowned and squeezed out the cigarette in his hand. "Notify Professor Thomson that I will resolve this matter as soon as possible, but the gene sequencing work cannot be stopped. Before, the hospital did not collect the blood of many patients, select a portion, sequence the gene, and then store it in the DNA database."
"Okay!" After the female secretary said, she turned and left.
Henry picked up the phone at this time and began to contact the US government.
On the second day after personal gene sequencing services were suspended, a suicide case occurred in New York, USA. The deceased was a user of a personal genetic sequencing service. Before he committed suicide, he left a suicide note. The content on it roughly reads that since he learned the probability of cancer, he was restless all day and couldn’t sleep at night. The spirit almost collapsed. Therefore, unable to bear the torture, he finally decided to die.
This case caused a huge disturbance, and the United States was in an uproar!
For a time, the condemnation of Gene Umbrella came and went one after another.
Various "horses, horses, and snake gods" have come out to criticize Gene Umbrella, and the media are also fanning the flames. Companies jealous of Gene Umbrella's monopoly have also begun to step on it, making the Gene Umbrella seem like a target of public criticism!
Henry continued on the phone while enjoying a very delicious dinner with his wives. However, when he heard the news, his expression changed, and the knife in his hand suddenly hung in the air. "How could the psychological endurance be so bad?!!!" Henry was stunned, and then he was silent for a while, and said, "Well, I know about this. Soldiers will block the water. First, arrange the Gene Umbrella Company to apologize publicly, and Compensate the victim’s family with a sum of money!" After speaking, he hung up the phone.
"What's the matter?" Kailena asked suspiciously, and both Helen and Princess Ulysses looked at him with concern.
"It's a trivial matter. Someone committed suicide because he read the DNA analysis report given to him by Gene Umbrella Company. As a result, this person had poor psychological endurance. As a result, he committed suicide. No, Gene Umbrella Company lay down his gun and was accused by everyone!" Henry shrugged. Shrugged, shook his head and sighed, "Before the U.S. government stopped the Gene Umbrella’s personal gene sequencing service, I originally wanted to use my strong connections to convince the U.S. Congress. But now that this thing is happening, I don’t think it’s a good thing."
"But ~lightnovelpub.net~ doesn't matter. I believe that science and technology cannot always be blocked. As long as a balance is found, personal gene sequencing services will be restarted!"
Kailena and the others were relieved when Henry said this.
The next day, the weather was fine. After breakfast, everyone took Henry's Luna Rolls-Royce to work at the Williams Center. This car has also become a beautiful landscape in the Williams Center. Everyone knows that it is Henry Williams's car, and inside it sits the most powerful and richest man in the world. What is most talked about is that in addition to often sending his wives to work, Henry Williams will also pick them up from get off work. Such a show of affection is simply torturing a single dog.
When Henry came to the headquarters of Gene Umbrella, he learned that the US government officially issued a ban on Gene Umbrella’s personal gene sequencing service at 9 o'clock this morning.
Henry heard this and immediately called an emergency meeting.
The faces of most of the participants were heavy. But Henry was much calmer, leaning back on the seat, and smiled softly: "Isn't it just a ban, we just need to find a way to get him out of the ban. Do you have any good suggestions?"
(To be continued.)