Silicon Valley

Chapter 695: Transgenic Plants

After returning from the spaceX headquarters, Henry has been thinking about building a super factory. The spaceX super factory must be established, only in this way can the pace of space development be accelerated!

The earth was born 4.6 billion years ago. We don't know how many advanced civilizations were born during this period, but various signs unearthed from various places indicate that there must be prehistoric civilizations. But where did these higher civilizations go in the end? The only guess is that there must be some reason, such as a meteorite collision, a volcanic eruption, or a change in the earth's environment, etc., which eventually led to the annihilation of civilization!

The development of human beings has only been more than 10,000 years so far, and such a brilliant civilization has been born, which shows how intelligent life human beings are. However, if you can't get out of the earth, everything is empty talk, and no matter how brilliant civilization is, it will eventually disappear!

Dinosaurs ruled the earth for three geological ages, a total of 165 million years. Who dares to say that during this long life, dinosaurs did not evolve advanced intelligence. Anyway, Henry firmly believed that dinosaurs must be intelligent. However, when a large meteorite hit the earth, causing a big explosion, leading to a huge disaster, the age of dinosaurs was simply ended.

If you can't get out of the earth, human civilization will eventually disappear in endless years! However, judging from the current situation, it is very likely that human beings will go out of the earth.

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At this moment, the transformation plan of the Sahara Desert is in full swing. The preliminary laying of seawater pipelines has been roughly completed, and seawater is already being used to irrigate large areas of the desert in some areas. The seeds of the plants developed by Gene Umbrella have already been distributed.

While looking at the information, Henry said to himself: "It's not bad. At present, 251,000 square kilometers of desert have been transformed. With the advancement of the submarine pipeline project, the speed of transformation will be faster. However, the seed developed by Gene Umbrella Company It can’t grow up quickly, and the desert is still bare, and it’s not convenient to build factories... Is it possible to develop a plant auxin to promote the rapid growth of these plants?!”

Henry immediately called the CEO of Gene Umbrella and told him his thoughts.

"Dr. Steve Huggins, is it possible for Gene Umbrella to develop an auxin that allows plants to grow rapidly, grow into a small tree within a month, and become full of shade within a year?"

"Your Majesty, plant auxin has a great influence on plants, but it is too much. Gene Umbrella Company is indeed developing plant auxin, but it is not as exaggerated as you said. However, although we have not developed such plant auxin, we have Developed plants that can flourish for a year!"

"What plant?" Henry asked.

Dr. Steve Huggins asked rhetorically: "Your Majesty, do you know what the absolute champion of woody plant growth rate is?"

"Wood plants? Growth speed champion?" Henry muttered to himself, thought for a while, and said a little uncertainly: "Could it be bamboo?"

Bamboo is not a plant that is resistant to heavy salt, sea water, and high temperature. Henry had planted bamboo in his hometown in his previous life, and he knew that bamboo has high requirements on the environment. It must be in a warm and humid climate, with an annual average temperature of 15-20°C and an annual precipitation of 1200-1800 mm. The requirements for the soil are also higher than that of ordinary tree species, which not only need sufficient water and humidity conditions, but also are not resistant to stagnant water.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is bamboo, and it is the moso bamboo in the bamboo species!" Dr. Steve Huggins explained, "It only takes two months from the shoot to the bamboo growth, and it is as high as 20 meters, about as high as a six or seven-story building. At the peak of growth, it can rise by 1 meter in a day and night, so there is a saying of "springing bamboo shoots". From the very beginning when the desert environment reconstruction project was established, we have locked in the plant of Moso bamboo , I hope to use genetic engineering to transform it. So far, everything is going well. According to the introduction of the person in charge of the genetic modification of moso bamboo, the genetic modification of moso bamboo has come to an end, and it is expected to mass-produce genetically modified seeds in April this year!"

As Henry listened, pictures of bamboo forests could not help appearing in his mind, and then he built a small house inside, which was so beautiful. The poem goes: "Easy air is false, and the breeze is in the bamboo forest. Da is the fun in wine, and the occasional sound on the qin."

This is really wonderful! If a hotel is built there, it will be very popular!

At this time, Dr. Steve Huggins continued on the phone: "At present, the plants we are planting include safflower, white wax, crabapple, wolfberry, Nitraria, holly, licorice, burdock, plantain, Salt-tolerant plants such as Limonium sinensis, Vitex unileaf, Hemerocallis, Star grass, tall fescue, and bentgrass.

And there are salt-tolerant tomatoes, salt-tolerant asparagus, salt-tolerant beets, and seawater-fed barley to solve local food problems! ! ! In addition, we have also introduced salt-tolerant lawns from the United States, which can make deserts as beautiful as grasslands! "

Henry nodded frequently. With so many plants, the desert will also be a beautiful scene after the successful transformation, very good! Am looking forward to!

"Dr. Steve Huggins, there are 5 million square kilometers of desert that need to be planted. I think the seed breeding base of the gene umbrella should be expanded!"

"Yes, we are also considering this issue. We plan to establish a seed cultivation base on the edge of the desert. First, it is convenient for research and development. Second, the desert area is large enough."

"Well, okay, I will notify the relevant departments to grant land to Gene Umbrella Company, is 10 million square meters enough?"

"Enough is enough, absolutely enough!"

"Okay, that's it! In the future, Gene Umbrella will continue to work hard to develop more genetically modified plants!"

"yes!"

The conversation was over quickly.

After Henry hung up the phone, he called Violet over, and then told her what happened just now, and asked her to handle it. Then, Henry closed his eyes slightly, leaned on the chair and began to imagine the world after the transformation of the desert. However, his daydream was interrupted not long after.

Karina came to his office at this time and told him two things, the first was about the census, and the second was about the comics platform.

The census has only just begun, and there's not much to say.

Kailinna told Henry that after Williams Royal Investment acquired the original Youyouqi platform, it successively merged five original comics platforms, then integrated resources, and officially launched the Youyouqi original platform app today.

"How many cartoonists are there now?" Henry asked.

"2413 names!"

Henry pondered for a moment and said, "Compared to the number of cartoonists in the world, the number 2413 is still too small."

Kailinna smiled and said: "You Yaoqi's original platform APP has just been released, and we haven't really put our efforts into it yet! Next, we are going to launch the 'Great God Factory Project', using our huge resources to create a super IP, bringing cartoonists Train to become a great god with an annual income of more than 10 million dollars!!!”

"Great God factory plan? Interesting!"

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