Sections 1-5
- In all of his years as a teacher, Max Gottlieb has always been critical of labs and companies that use science to make a quick buck. One of the companies he criticized the most is Dawson T. Hunziker & Company.
- But guess who's willing to offer the old man a job in his time of need? Dawson T. Hunziker & Co is actually really enthusiastic about getting a scientist of Gottlieb's caliber.
- A lot of Gottlieb's old rivals totally revel in the fact that he's come crawling to the world of business for a job. "That's what you get, Gottlieb!" they think to themselves.
- Gottlieb is actually blown away by the facilities that Dawson T. Hunziker & Co gives him to lord over. His assistant is not some kid, but a highly trained bacteriologist like himself.
- While working at Hunziker & Co, Gottlieb finally finishes the work he's been doing for the past twenty years. He discovers a type of antitoxin that can cure all sorts of diseases. He reveals this discovery at a fancy dinner and people cheer for him.
- Here's the problem, though: Hunziker wants to patent the new antitoxin and make a bunch of money off it. Gottlieb's ethics, though, are against patenting something that can save countless lives.
- He doesn't give Hunziker permission to turn his research into a commodity.
- Hunziker actually sympathizes with Gottlieb. But the fact remains that Hunziker & Co can't continue to exist unless it has some sort of revenue. So Hunziker wants to patent and sell the stuff anyway.
- Gottlieb moves his family into a smaller house in preparation of losing his job.
- Luckily for Gottlieb his youngest daughter Miriam is completely loyal to him and will do whatever it takes to help him stand by his morals.
- Just when old man Hunziker starts to threaten Gottlieb, Gottlieb receives a message from the McGurk Institute of Biology in New York, offering him a job. The McGurk Institute is a place where scientists can pursue science for its own sake.
- Just like that, Gottlieb drops his job at Hunziker and joins the team at McGurk.