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"Mr. Williams, the problem now is that the DNA analysis reports we send to users are diagnostic, which leads to the suicide of some people with poor psychological endurance. So, if we delete this part of the content, the US government will The ban should be lifted! Of course, if it does, the DNA analysis report will be less attractive, so we need to add something interesting to the DNA analysis report.”

The speaker was a woman, blond, blue-eyed, tall, named Julie Ricardo, about thirty-five years old, Ph.D. from Cambridge University, female director of Gene Umbrella's life science and technology department, mainly responsible for the research and development of chip gene sequencer.

"Julie is right, the disease diagnosis report can be deleted," Henry nodded and said with a smile, "If the user really wants to know, then they can only go to the local hospital to apply. After the application is approved, we will Send a disease diagnostic report to the hospital, and then the doctor will guide the user to carry out scientific and reasonable treatment!"

After Henry finished speaking, everyone nodded. First, it can bring profits to the hospital, and the hospital will definitely be willing to cooperate. This is a win-win situation, and it can also use this to promote the drugs of the gene umbrella; Too much stress leads to tragedy.

"Of course, we have to add new functions to attract users," Henry looked at Julie Ricardo and smiled, "Julie, did you think of something?"

Julie Ricardo stroked the gold-framed glasses and nodded: "At present, the DNA analysis report is mainly composed of two parts, one is the risk assessment for disease diagnosis; the other is the search for relatives based on genetic similarity. Two points, it's too simple. We can add more content into it and increase the appeal of gene sequencing services!"

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Julie Ricardo organized her language and said, "For example, to carry out genetic testing services, and to limit its content, relatively speaking, it should be a genetic disease with a clear causal relationship, mainly referring to non- Medical features, such as freckles, frizzy hair, lactose intolerance, etc., if there is a risk of genetic diseases, we will delete them so as not to increase the psychological pressure of users. In addition, we can also provide ancestry analysis services to infer the ancestral components of users Where do you come from, the user is of mixed race of several countries, and the result is given in the form of a percentage!"

Hearing this, everyone can't help but start to think, the idea of ​​"ancestor analysis" is good, but how should it be realized?

The meeting room suddenly fell silent.

Julie Ricardo said at this time: "The 'ancestor analysis' function is indeed difficult, but it is not impossible. First, we need to establish a reference data set and invite users to fill in the ancestral information, including their birthplace, parents' Birthplace, birthplace of grandparents, grandparents, and other information, and then through statistical methods, combined with the user's genetic samples, to establish a relatively accurate reference data set."

Julie Ricardo smiled and said: "As the number of people increases, the reference data set will become more accurate. Then, the SNP sites of genes can be compared to infer where the user's lineage comes from! We all know that SNP represents a single base. There is one SNP for every 1000 bases of variation, and the probability of SNP variation in the same position is very high for humans of the same ancestry. Assuming that pure Chinese are mutated at positions a1, b3, and c5, then, as long as the detection of The user's SNP loci are also in a1, b3, and c5, so it is certain that he is a pure Chinese."

clap clap clap!

After Julie Ricardo finished speaking, Henry was the first to applaud, and the rest followed suit.

"Not bad, very good!" Henry couldn't help but praise.

"Thank you, Mr. Williams. There is just one problem. To launch these functions, Genetic Umbrella needs to accumulate users and establish a reference data set, so it has to wait for a while!" Julie Ricardo said.

"It will take some time to resolve the ban. It is during this period that users are invited to fill in the ancestral information!" Henry said loudly, "Julie Ricardo, I will handle this matter for you!"

"Okay, Mr. Williams!"

"Well, that's it. On the government's side, I will send someone to communicate, everyone will break up!"

"Yes!"

...

Only one suicide was reported due to DNA analysis, but many were overtreated due to psychological stress. The media reporters are really idle, and they specialize in tracking reports and creating panic. The Gene Umbrella Company is on the cusp of the storm at the moment. At this time, it is almost impossible for Henry to lobby the US government to lift the ban.

The U.S. president cryptically told Henry that the U.S. government would only consider lifting the ban after the wind had passed.

Okay, let's talk about it after the wind blows.

Henry put down the phone, picked up the cat shit coffee on the table, and drank it.

...

On October 1st, Nicholas International E-Commerce started to hold the "10.1" Global Shopping Carnival. As in the first edition, Nicholas International E-Commerce was a huge success, breaking the $25 billion in sales, stunned!

The media said that Nicholas International E-Commerce, as a company, has redefined a festival, which has never happened since the founding of the United States!

October 1 is also the one-year anniversary of Henry's wedding. So Henry took Kareena, Helen and Princess Ulysses to Las Vegas for a trip.

Las Vegas currently ranks first among the four major casino cities in the world. It is a world-renowned resort city for tourism, shopping and vacations centered on the gambling industry. It has the reputation of "World Entertainment Capital" and "Marriage Capital" , is the honeymoon destination chosen by the most newlyweds in the world.

The hotel that Henry and others stayed at was the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, which is located in the largest casino in Las Vegas, the MGM Plaza. Here you can find every entertainment and leisure facility imaginable!

In addition, Henry chose this hotel, of course, there are other things.

The reason why both MGM Plaza and MGM Hotel are called MGM is obviously related to the famous Hollywood MGM Studios.

In 1969, millionaire Kerkorian bought MGM. After he took over the company, MGM began to decline. Because Kerkorian had no intention of running the MGM film company at all, he began to sell various family properties, armed props, studios, etc., and instead invested in the real estate business of Las Vegas.

In 1986 Kerkorian sold MGM to Ted Turner, the American media mogul who sold it to Henry Turner Broadcasting, for $1.45 billion. Within three months, however, Ted Turner sold most of the shares back to Kerkorian. Kerkorian didn't want MGM movies at all, and then went on to sell the company to someone else. However, because the other party was accused of fraud, it did not sell. Now, MGM Studios is still in Kerkorian's hands, holding 80% of the shares.

MGM Studios has come to a low point. It used to be extremely brilliant. It is a sad and deplorable thing that it has to rent the studios of other companies to make a movie.

One of Henry's reasons for coming here was to buy MGM Studios. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. MGM still has three major assets left. First, it has the world's largest movie database and holds more than 4,000 movie copyrights, including many famous movies, such as "007 series", "Gone with the Wind" and so on; Second, it has distribution rights in all countries in the world; third, it has more than 100 Academy Awards, which are the most in the world.

When Henry's private plane arrived at the Las Vegas airport, Kerkorian had sent more than a dozen hotel luxury cars to greet him.

"Mr and Mrs Williams, welcome to Las Vegas!!!"

(To be continued ~^~)