The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 53: Originally (medium)

"w4-b, is this his name." Brandon Bartholomew sighed,

"Although it was just a gene set, my father and I began to treat him as a living child. w4-b was just a cold code name. I gave this child a name, an oriental name: Gu Tie My mother's surname is Gu. I hope such a strong name can bring her good luck. It's just a little selfishness. My father agreed with this name without hesitation,'Gu Tie, that's it,' he said to the screen The boy on the Internet said, "This is your name, you are Chinese, not created by Nuwa, but still have the descendants of Huaxia who is hemostatic from Yanhuang and Huang, Gu Tie... Although you may never have the chance to be called that in the future. ,'" Wu Tianlan said,

The old man whispered: "Before he was nine years old, his name had always been Edward Linslow Bartholomew. Since arriving in China, he has switched to the name'Gu Tie', but he did not expect it was before he was born. Things that have already been decided...Is the act of sending him for refuge in the Far East also in your calculations."

Wu Tianlan shook her head: "It's very complicated, please listen patiently, Brandon, I think we still have some time." She lifted the glass and drank half a glass of Pinot Gris, exhaling, with Pressing her finger on her temple, she was sitting in the top office of an office building in Royal Albert Dock, London, England. The window was rainy and rainy. Although there were no snowflakes, the English winter with light rain made people feel cold from the bone marrow. The hot air blowing from the air-conditioning outlet smells humid and cold. This six-story building is owned by Taihao Company. This mysterious large investment company is an unremarkable corner of the trillion-dollar fixed assets around the world. The building is basically deserted, with peeling exterior walls and broken glass. The top office is the only room with water and electricity. With the rapid decline of the British real economy, the Royal Albert Dock business district in east London is the most typical of the old empire. Commercial relics, the Asian business port supported by the third world countries in the Far East has experienced a short decade of glory, and then was abandoned by capital. Now looking at the Thames through the glass windows, countless empty tall buildings stand on the banks of the river. In the rain, silently telling about the rise and fall of the empire that never sets in the sun,

There are only three people in this building. A security guard is guarding downstairs, and a female secretary is waiting in the outer room. Wu Tianlan is sitting at the desk and holding the telephone receiver while talking to Dr. Bartholomew, eyes falling on On the photo frame next to the terminal screen, a little boy in a red T-shirt grinned. It was when Gu Tie was seven years old when he won a math competition at the Second Mind Games of the Salzburg Municipal Middle School in Austria. Even if he was entangled by fate and had to use a metal mask to disguise himself as a man, there were times when he was smiling so innocently. The emerald bracelet on Wu Tianlan’s white wrist trembled slightly, and his fingertips slid across the boy’s bright smile.

A soft knock on the door sounded, "Miss Wu, the company's global presidential meeting is about to begin. The car is waiting downstairs, ready to set off at any time." The secretary reminded decently outside the door,

"I see, Xiao Ding." Wu Tianlan pressed the receiver of the phone and answered, "I will go out soon, just pack things up a bit. Time is too late, tell Bob to turn on the heating and seat heating in the car , Warm up the car."

The secretary laughed and said, "Damn the British weather, right? Miss Wu." The high heels hit the ground and gradually went away. Wu Tianlan stabilized his mind, picked up the phone and continued: "You must be very curious about Gu Tie's life before you adopted it. Experience it. Thirty years ago, the Isitabu project advanced to the embryonic development stage. At this time, one hundred gene sets were divided into two groups, a benchmark group and a comparison group. The use of artificial drugs to breed embryos is a common method. However, there is a theory in the academic circles that the machine cannot provide complete developmental hormones, which will have an adverse effect on the growth of the fetus. Seventy embryos in the benchmark group were implanted into artificial**, and 30 embryos in the comparison group were surgically placed into surrogate mothers. **, the project convener prepared 30 surrogate mothers who were randomly selected from candidates of different races, different ages, different education levels and different cultural backgrounds. These women moved into the Chapala Lake base after signing the contract. Here, you can get 400,000 U.S. dollars in remuneration for artificial insemination, pregnancy for October until the birth of a child."

"Sounds pretty good." Bartholomew said,

"Except for the results, everything else is pretty good. You know the final fate of these mothers, Brandon." At this point, Wu Tianlan's breathing became a bit short, "400,000 U.S. dollars, what a temptation is this, even one Teenagers can’t refuse."

The old man was silent for a while, "You were implanted with an embryo in your body and became the mother of a child. At that time, you were only fifteen years old, Tian Lan,... Is it you crazy or your father is crazy."

Wu Tianlan said: "None of us are crazy, but the world is crazy. An email from Parkinson's Genetic Engineering Company in the United States was sent to my father's mailbox, saying that my mother's disease is developing in the worst direction. It is not a simple type iii leukemia, but a rare variant. Cancer cells are eroding her body. The company used two new therapies to try to control the disease. In a few months, 800,000 US dollars were spent. That is The sum of my father’s life savings plus the advance payment of the Isitab plan, all the money we can pay, we need money, a lot of money, my father went to the project convener and asked for advance payment of the other half of the reward, but he was cold-hearted. Rejected, a world-renowned genetic engineer was forced to such a point. He knelt down and begged every working partner in the cafeteria, asking for money. I didn't even dare to step into the cafeteria at that time, afraid to see Father’s humble back and desperate face."

"It's just money." Bartholomew said hoarsely,

"That's it." Wu Tianlan said, "I asked the convenor of the project to join the ranks of surrogate mothers with my father on my back. I took out a physical examination report (proving that I am a fully developed mother who can give birth to a healthy baby), The school’s transcripts and Mensa IQ test results (proving that my intelligence level will not adversely affect the baby), and even forged a consent form signed by the father, because surrogacy by minors is illegal, I think that consent form Probably can provide a little weight. Who knows that the convener agreed very simply. He did not consider legal and ethical issues at all. On the phone, he said in a male synthetic voice:'This is very interesting, consider as much as possible. If possible, it might not be a good idea. I can pay half a million dollars in a lump sum, just because of your identity, the daughter of a researcher, "the father was not present on the day of the operation, and there were two clinical experts in charge of artificial implants. Enter, to be honest, the operation was not difficult. The small mechanical probe entered my body. I didn’t feel pain in my lower body. It was like a normal injection. But I was holding my lower abdomen and felt a kind of heat in my body. Occurrence, that is the mother's nature awakening, as if through the belly I can see the pink, small, fingerless embryo lying in the artificial amniotic fluid, waiting for my body to moisturize him."

The old man said: "That's Gu Tie."

Wu Tianlan said: "Yes, this may be the arrangement of the convener. Gu Tie was conceived in my body. My father only knew about this after the operation. The shock and sadness on his face broke my heart. He knelt before my bed and held my hand, touched my arm with his forehead for a long time without speaking. I looked at the top of his head with a lot of gray hair. Five hundred thousand dollars soon hit the Parkinson Genetic Engineering Company. On the account, the new treatment program was launched, and the mother had hope for life. Although she could not hear her voice on the phone, the feeling was still very good, just like the 500,000 US dollars helped us regain our faith in life. , Father worked harder with the guilt for our mother and daughter. The most critical period is after the embryo implantation. He must constantly adjust the hormone level to ensure the expression of the gene set. He works 18 hours a day and is at my bedside at night. I went to sleep, and when there was a movement, I sat up in shock and held my hand and asked me if there was anything wrong. I knew he cared about the unborn child, and he felt sorry for me..."

"I don't want to listen anymore, Tian Lan." Dr. Bartholomew said wearily, "Do you want an old man to shed tears for you? Tell me about what happened after he was born."

Wu Tianlan picked up the wine glass and drank the remaining red wine, "Yes, Brandon, Gu Tie was born very smoothly. He weighed eight pounds when he was born. He was a lively and laughing baby. Among a hundred babies Sixty-five people were born one after another. The rest of the children died due to genetic defects, accidents and other reasons. After the last baby left the man-made **, the project convener tested the children’s genetic sequence. In this pass Six more people were eliminated because of insufficient gene expression in some areas, resulting in minor physical or intellectual defects. Finally, 59 babies passed the test. The project convener announced that the Isitabu Project had been successful. I was sent away from the Chapala Lake base within a week and returned to a normal life with the other half of the commission. At that time, the atmosphere at the base was like a holiday. People celebrated with parties day and night. I suffered from the wounds of the Caesarean section. I was recuperating in the hospital bed, but I kept urging my father to have fun. I haven’t received an email from the genetic engineering company for a long time. It proved that my mother’s condition is stable and the account amount is sufficient. We can go to the United States to see her soon."

"This is the beginning of murder and choice." The old man said,

"A few days later, people left one by one. At that time, I thought they had really returned to their homeland. Until one day, the project convener’s voice rang in my ears. He asked me if I had faith, and I said I was an activist who joined the party when I was in the High School Affiliated to the Beijing People’s Congress. He said, “No, true faith, such as Christ **** or Scientology.” I said no, and he said “Very good, then let’s talk about suicide. '”

"Suicide."

"Yes, suicide."