"They're not the problem. The people behind them can handle things internally with the group's power. The real problem is that the news got out. I just got off the phone with the Pentagon."
Mencken's voice came from the other end of the line.
Jorge also brought a cup of coffee and set it in front of Qingshui.
"The military? Are they still trying to make Super Soldier Serum?"
"I think so. They certainly believe they can, especially General Ross."
"Didn't that old guy have a heart attack while golfing a while back? He's not dead yet?"
"His family got Doctor Strange to perform triple bypass surgery on him. He literally pulled him back from the brink of death."
"What a shame."
Qingshui grumbled, taking another sip of coffee.
Theoretically, it was possible to create Super Soldier Serum using Regeneration Serum, but it was vastly different from the original version of Super Soldier Serum created by Erskine.
Norman Osborn was once invited to lead Osborn's technical team in a joint military research project to recreate the Super Soldier Serum.
General Ross was the project leader at the time, but the actual work was primarily handled by Norman Osborn and Bruce Banner, who was also involved in the project.
Norman attempted to replicate it through genetic means, and Banner also believed that genetics were key. However, Norman's method wasn't working. He thought they should use controllable gamma energy to guide genetic changes in the desired direction, providing energy for gene modification.
This led to some disagreement between them, and they each pursued their own separate paths.
Banner's results are, of course, well-known. As for Norman, he didn't achieve any useful results during the process, other than accumulating some technical experience.
Most of the related data was classified, but Norman did manage to save some technical and experimental data, which Qingshui has now inherited.
Based on this information, it can be concluded that the Super Soldier Serum Captain America received did indeed have gene-modifying effects.
However, Captain America could not have been created by simple gene modification alone. Otherwise, they could have just used the blood Captain America left behind to create an army of clones.
Besides the genetic aspect, there must have been other physical modifications involved.
Therefore, simply using the gene-combining method from the Regeneration Serum to combine the experimenter's genes with Captain America's genes is not very feasible.
It might have some effect, but it would be far from Captain America's level.
However, this stuff can still create many powerful supernatural creatures. For example, Connors's Regeneration Serum, by simply modifying certain key gene expression nodes according to the Decay Algorithm, can create a Lizardman.
If it can create a Lizardman, it can naturally create things like a Rhino Man or a Kobold.
The only problem is that the modified individual would also be affected by animal instincts, which would inevitably lead to disaster.
If this technology falls into the hands of the military or some villain organizations, the future of this world will head towards unpredictable consequences, and certainly for the worse.
However, as long as the Decay Algorithm is kept secure, others will not be able to replicate it, even if they obtain samples of the Regeneration Serum.
And only three people know the Decay Algorithm.
Himself, Tony Stark, and Connors.
"How is Dr. Connors doing now?"
Qingshui asked again.
"I've moved him and his family to the company headquarters and assigned trustworthy personnel to protect them."
"Good. I'll go over there in a bit to upgrade the company's network security and monitoring systems."
"You can handle those things yourself. After Norman, you're the most technically skilled person at Osborn. I wanted to ask for your opinion. If we want to suppress those unruly forces, cooperating with the military, who have the most power, is the most suitable option. What I mean is, limited cooperation.
For example, like Boeing, we can sell them the finished product. What they care most about is whether they control the power, not how the power is obtained."
"We can't sell finished products directly, Mencken. Each Regeneration Serum needs to be formulated according to the patient's genes to be produced."
"Yes, yes, I know. Dr. Connors said the same thing. But we can sell quotas. We can offer a limited number of quotas to the military each year, and any more would cost extra.
We can also have internal quotas and open a certain number of quotas to the public. As for the price… Watt, you know, we're businessmen, not philanthropists. Making Regeneration Serum isn't that easy, so…"
Qingshui frowned slightly.
But he also knew this was the reality of this world.
He was powerless to change it; he could only do what he could.
"Try not to let the price of a single Regeneration Serum for the military exceed the average compensation for disabled soldiers set by the military by too much. Otherwise, you know, if they find paying compensation more cost-effective, they'll definitely choose compensation over the serum."
"Additionally, for the public quotas, we can periodically offer some free and discounted ones, randomly drawn from all registered patients. No buying, selling, or transferring of quotas will be allowed."
Mencken on the other end of the phone was silent for two seconds, then chuckled wryly:
"Watt, you and your teacher Norman are indeed different, but I support it. This will also help improve Osborn's public image, won't it?"
Mencken knew he could only support it.
When Norman Osborn died, Osborn immediately became unstable.
The old Osborn couldn't have existed without Norman, and the current Osborn couldn't exist without Watt.
And he, Mencken, as CEO, was not irreplaceable.
As long as what Qingshui did didn't harm Osborn's interests, the board would only side with the more important Qingshui.
Besides, compared to the immense profits Qingshui had already created, or might create in the future, a momentary whim was completely insignificant.
Mencken didn't want his relationship with Watt to end up like Obadiah's and Tony Stark's.
If Obadiah and Tony, who were like uncle and nephew, could turn out that way, then it was even more likely for him and Watt.
All he could do was maximize the benefits for Osborn and for himself, within certain limits.
Years ago, when Norman invested all of Osborn's funds into the field of gene therapy, he had positioned himself in the same way.
"Thanks, Mencken."
"Don't thank me. As long as you don't harm the company's interests and can create greater value for Osborn, then all of Osborn will be on your side. Oh, and when you come, remember to bring back those things you ordered last time."
"Those things being...?"
"Vibranium. The three ounces of Vibranium purchased from that Vibranium trafficker, Ulysses Klaue."
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