Chapter 37 Rising to Fame
Faced with Yanda's strategy to attract talents, Jiangda has no other choice but to play the card of its alma mater. As one of the leading universities in the country, Yanda's status in the country cannot be shaken by Jiangda. President Shu is well aware that Chen Yuanguang is not from Jiangcheng.

If Chen Yuanguang was from Jiangcheng, with the tag of his alma mater and hometown, he would be sure to keep Chen Yuanguang in Jiangcheng University.

When he was facing the talent-grabbing strategies of major universities, more universities, research institutions and pharmaceutical companies from America came to him.

"Hello, Dr. Chen. Although you haven't got your doctorate yet, I heard from Professor Prather that you can get your doctorate after you finish your thesis and stay for three years. I think this is very easy for you, so it's not strange to call you doctor in advance.

At the same time, I would like to express my admiration and congratulations on your outstanding contribution to the fight against the virus. With this achievement, you will become a world-renowned scientist.

Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Trevor Mundell, president of the Gates Foundation’s Global Health Program. We would like to invite you to join the Gates Foundation and become the chief scientist of our Global Health Program. ”

Since he came up with the result, Chen Yuanguang has talked with chemistry professors from top American universities such as MIT, Harvard, and Stanford. Prather, whom Trevor just mentioned, is a professor in the MIT Chemistry Department.

Chen Yuanguang was a little surprised when the Gates Foundation came to him. In his impression, the Gates Foundation was a charity and did not seem to have a direct research institution.

In the video, he simply nodded and expressed courtesy to this unexpected visitor who looked no different from the senior white people he had seen except for his black skin color, his demeanor and speaking style: "Hello, sir, I have heard of the Gates Foundation.

I know Bill Gates and I roughly know that the Gates Foundation is a charitable organization, but I don’t quite understand what I can do if I join the Gates Foundation?
You don't seem to be a scientific research institution?"

Trevor waved his hands in front of his chest, the standard posture for press conference speeches, with his palms facing inwards. “Before joining the Gates Foundation, I was the global head of pharmaceutical development at Novartis, and our vision is to be committed to global health.

We hope that through the Gates Foundation, we can bring about huge, positive changes to the health of people around the world.

We currently mainly help improve the physical health of people in underdeveloped areas through a series of initiatives including public health programs, vaccine programs, family planning, malaria prevention and control, youth nutrition programs, etc.

Because both vaccine projects and malaria prevention and control require the participation of top scientists, we cooperate with many scientific research institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and universities around the world, but we have always lacked theoretical leaders and people at the helm of all these projects until you came along.

After communication between me, Chris Elias and Mr. Alan Goldston, we believe that you are the best candidate for chief scientist of the Gates Foundation's global health program. After we sent your achievements to Mr. Gates, he also expressed high recognition.

Because the ability you have shown is enough to match this position, and you are still so young, there is unlimited room for growth. With your joining, we will be able to make more significant contributions to global health in the future." Trevor's answer was very provocative.

Chen Yuanguang didn't know if it was an illusion, but some white elites were geeky and not good at speaking, while black elites, without exception, were particularly good at public speaking.

After listening to it, he didn't feel too upset. As a former online novel writer, he had read many conspiracy theories in which Bill Gates was a villain, and the Gates Foundation and global health projects led by him were products for population control and population elimination.

Chen Yuanguang doesn’t know whether this is the truth, nor does he care. Does Gates really want to change the world in a positive direction, or is the conspiracy theory using charity as a cover to cover up the real purpose of population control?

He thought it was too far away from him before, but now he didn't expect it to be so close to him. As Trevor was talking, Chen Yuanguang thought that if he accepted the offer, he would probably become an important supporting role in the conspiracy theory.

"Sir, I probably wouldn't consider this position. I don't think I have the ability to control the overall situation. It's not within my capabilities," said Chen Yuanguang.

His plan was to reject all offers other than teaching positions, including those from pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer, Merck, and AstraZeneca.

The Gates Foundation is different in form, but it probably does similar things.

Trevor didn't expect the other party to reject him so quickly. He thought that Chen Yuanguang didn't understand the value of this position. He quickly said, "Dr. Chen, the basic salary offered by the Gates Foundation for the chief scientist is $500 million a year, and there will be additional bonuses based on your scientific research contributions."

Chen Yuanguang cursed in his heart, this amount was too exaggerated. The highest salary offered by pharmaceutical companies before was only 60 to 80 US dollars. The Gates Foundation doubled it and more than doubled it.

It can't really be a population control program that wants me to join, he thought.

Seeing that Chen Yuanguang didn't say anything, Trevor continued, "In addition to what I said, we are confident that we can help you win the Nobel Prize in Biology next year."

In the future, Nobel will have disappeared into the dust of history just like human governments, but it is undeniable that this thing is still attractive to Chen Yuanguang now.

Chen Yuanguang said: "Sir, I understand the sincerity of the Gates Foundation. You need to give me time to consider. I still have two years before graduation. I need to think about it."

Trevor showed his white teeth, "No problem, Dr. Chen, I look forward to hearing your good news."

Only then did Chen Yuanguang realize that the person on the other side of the video was a black man, because compared with his skin color, his teeth looked too white.

After spending two years in America, Chen Yuanguang increasingly realized that racial divisions only exist at the bottom level. At the top level, there is no essential difference between whites and blacks. Even though the old money people look down on blacks, their way of thinking is the same.

Trevor only reinforced his impression once again.

The various organizations that emerged during this period made Chen Yuanguang realize how impressive his achievements were, and that it was not an exaggeration to describe his fame in the academic world as well as his achievements that were well known to ordinary people.

After the paper was published in Science, top Western media outlets such as the New York Times, Time Magazine, and the Times rushed to report it, and Chinese media outlets, which specialize in picking up leftovers from Western media, reprinted it.

(End of this chapter)