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【313】The nemesis of tuberculosis

Hong Kong.

Due to the influx of about 75 mainlanders into the British colonial island in the late period of the War of Liberation, the population of Hong Kong has exploded to 250 million.

Outside the urban area of ​​Hong Kong, as far as the eye can see, there are dilapidated low-rise shantytowns everywhere, and the roads are full of chaos and dirt.

<Mr. Huo Yingdong, who is proud of the wind, is negotiating with Mr. Lin Bingyan and Mr. He Shanheng, the leaders of Hang Seng, about buying gold from the London Futures Exchange.

"Mr. Huo, your qualification as a spot merchant has been approved by the London Futures Exchange. This is your membership certificate and agency document. From now on, you will be able to use your identity as a spot merchant to choose spot goods for your contracts on the London Futures Exchange." Trade." Lin Bingyan Dadong said proudly.

Mr. Huo Yingdong was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said: "This is great, Lin Dong, thank you so much! I am currently preparing to establish Starlight Futures Company. With the membership of the London Futures Exchange, I can start to develop subordinates. client."

Lin Bingyan smiled and said nothing.

At this time, He Shanheng Dadong also proudly said: "What's even better is that the London Futures Exchange said that if Hong Kong's spot trading can perform strongly, they will consider setting up a designated delivery warehouse on Hong Kong Island. Of course, the variety must be It starts with gold. After all, the British have gold mines in India and Southeast Asia, and if all the designated warehouses for spot delivery are located in the UK, it will be very troublesome to transport them back and forth. Mr. Morris, the president of the London Futures Exchange, said , as long as the spot delivery volume on Hong Kong Island can be kept stable at more than one ton per month for 12 consecutive months, then the London Futures Exchange will immediately set up a delivery warehouse on Hong Kong Island.”

Mr. Huo Yingdong said pleasantly: "That's no problem! Isn't it just more than 200 million US dollars? Gold shops and wealthy businessmen in Hong Kong have long been willing to speculate in gold locally. My preliminary estimate is only their monthly demand throughput. , it will definitely not be less than 70 US dollars, and once speculative trading starts, the monthly spot transaction will never be less than 200 million US dollars."

Mr. Huo Yingdong's judgment is correct. Although he didn't know that in 2011, the Shanghai Futures Exchange alone had more than 100 tons of gold contracts for spot delivery that month.According to this development momentum, it is estimated that the monthly spot warehouse receipt delivery volume will exceed 2013 tons in 270!

Huo Yingdong just relied on his intuition. He knew that not only Hong Kong and Southeast Asia had speculative and spot demand for gold, but the speed of smuggling and exporting in the new China is faster every day. The daily settlement amount is already astronomical. The mainland is crazy and only wants gold and silver instead of US dollars. This makes Huo Yingdong have to go around hungry and search for all the gold and silver that he can buy in the market. Because of the gold hunger in the mainland, Hong Kong's The price of physical gold exchanged for Hong Kong dollars has quietly increased by more than [-]%!

Since the Hong Kong dollar and the British pound currently adopt a fixed exchange rate, and the British pound is pegged to the U.S. dollar at this time, and the U.S. dollar is equivalent to gold in accordance with the Bretton Woods system, this has caused the problem of the gold content of the Hong Kong dollar to affect the British pound.The Hong Kong government has recently become a little worried about the Hong Kong dollar, and the British mainland has also lowered the exchange rate of the pound to the dollar twice in a month because of the fluctuation of the Hong Kong dollar.But the blunt British government didn't care too much, because the exchange rate of the British pound against the U.S. dollar did not rise at all after World War II, and has been falling. At present, it has plummeted from 4.45 pound to 2.85 U.S. dollars after the war to the current [-] pound to [-] U.S. dollars. situation.Therefore, the British government is not interested in the current trend of accelerated depreciation of the pound.

The flapping of Xiaoqiang's butterfly wings gradually began to cause a ripple in the world's financial markets.

Lin Bingyan smiled and said to Huo Yingdong: "Mr. Huo, you are right, the Hong Kong market still has great potential. Besides, you are already a shareholder of our Hang Seng, and we will be a family in the future, so you don't want to talk to us. You are welcome, please feel free to ask if you have any requests. All your commercial banks can arrange settlement accounts in Hang Seng, which is in itself greatly beneficial to the development of the bank, and of course we should do our best for shareholders and major customers like you."

Mr. Huo said with a smile: "I'm short of gold now. As long as there is gold support, the settlement volume of each account of my various commercial firms in Hang Seng will definitely boom."

The director of Hang Seng Mr. Li Guowei's eyes lit up and asked, "Is it the north...?"

Huo Yingdong knew that the three Hang Seng Dadongs here were all prominent figures in Hong Kong Island, and he couldn't hide anything from them, so he said frankly: "Yes, the goods in the north only recognize gold, so what can I do?"

Mr. Li Guowei said in surprise: "Could it be that the new China is going to be on the gold standard? Is it currently making gold reserves?"

Lin Bingyan said: "I think it is very possible. Otherwise, after years of war in the north, it is said that there are too many things that are lacking. They urgently need foreign exchange dollars to buy various materials and machines internationally. They should receive a large amount of cash. If it is not for To meet the central bank’s demand for gold reserves, otherwise, why would you want physical gold instead of U.S. dollars? This must be a currency reserve.”

He Shanheng Dadong analyzed: "I think there is another possibility. It is the Soviets who want gold, not the mainland who wants gold. The mainland is just a shoulder guest in the middle, and it is convenient to take a head."

Facing the guesses of the Hang Seng Three Heroes, Mr. Huo smiled and said nothing, got up and said, "I have something to do in the company, so I'll take my leave first. Next Wednesday, I'll invite everyone to watch the night race and eat seafood at the Happy Valley Racecourse."

Mr. Huo Yingdong walked out of Hang Seng Bank contentedly, got into his newly purchased Rover p4 Cyclops car, and told the driver, "Go back to the company."

Huo Yingdong was sitting in the car, but what flashed in his mind was not the exciting good news just now, but the smiling faces he saw these days.

Not long ago, Huo Yingdong went to Edward's clinic to check the efficacy of the new medicine he sent.

As soon as Huo Yingdong put away his umbrella and stepped into the gate of Jose Clinic, he saw Edward coming up to him.

Seeing that Edward's face almost became a hundred thousand whys, he opened his mouth and asked eagerly: "Mr. Huo, your streptomycin is really effective! I risked being infected to help two tuberculosis patients After a week of continuous injections, their conditions were all greatly relieved! Can you tell me where your streptomycin was produced? From now on, rewrite the difficult problem of treating tuberculosis in the world medical community! I only knew from the "British Medicine" magazine that the United States is researching this streptomycin, but it has not yet been put into production. God, Mr. Huo, you have already obtained the drug!"

Huo Yingdong didn't care about Dr. Edward's question, he only cared about the efficacy of the medicine.

"Edward, tell me, how effective is this medicine?"

Edward stared at Venus and said: "Good! Very good! Great! So great! The company and scientists who developed this drug should receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Nobel Prize in Medicine! The doctor who conducted pathological research on the drug Deserves the Nobel Prize in Biology!"

Mr. Huo said impatiently: "How good is the effect?"

Edward explained excitedly: "These two patients belong to the type of patients who have no effect on penicillin injections. Even if the dosage of penicillin is increased tenfold, there is no effect at all. In medicine, I can basically judge Their death sentence, they are the kind of people who sign a pact with the god of death!

But you know what?This potion you got called streptomycin is so great, I just injected them for just a week and their coughing up blood disappeared completely!The cough was also greatly reduced. As for the long-term low-grade fever of the two of them, the fever subsided on the third and fifth day respectively!do you understand!No!Of course you don't understand!This is simply one of the greatest medical inventions of this century!I can't believe that this medicine can be produced in a war-torn country like East Germany! "

Huo Yingdong only showed joy at this time, and said proudly: "Edward, I can tell you privately! This medicine is made in China! Remember, it is made by Chinese! It is Chinese like me! They produced it This medicine!"

After finishing speaking, Huo Yingdong felt a force surge up all over his body, a force that was so proud that his eyes were wet. He grinned and wanted to laugh, but he couldn't make a sound, so he raised his hand and slapped Edward vigorously. shoulder, and said in a low voice with a slightly choked voice: "Made in China! Made in China like me."

For the first time in his life, Huo Yingdong felt such pride, as if he felt that he made the medicine.For the first time today, he experienced the sense of national pride suppressed by every Chinese in this era. This feeling burned his heart extremely warm. The cold rain on Hong Kong Island just brought him a little chill. Swept away.

"Edward, you should tell every tuberculosis patient in Hong Kong that you have a special medicine! Of course, I will also help you publicize it. We must let everyone know that this Chinese special medicine exists!"

Edward was not surprised by Huo Yingdong's explanation, but he felt that Huo Yingdong was putting gold on his face. Even if the medicine was made in the Soviet Union, it was a little credible.How could it be made by a backward country like China?

Edward said disapprovingly: "Okay, since you said so, I will believe you.

By the way, the chloramphenicol eye drops you brought are also very good. I have a few patients with mild eye infections. They only used it for one day. After waking up the next day, the inflammation disappeared!It's faster and more convenient than using penicillin!

As for the oxytetracycline used for those patients who are resistant to penicillin, or those who are simply allergic to penicillin, I also found suitable patients and tried it out, and the effect is great!Mr. Huo, you brought the best medicines! "

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After returning to the company, Huo Yingdong immediately ordered that, except for penicillin, which continued to use the German Bayer label, all other types of medicines kept the Chinese label and did not need to be replaced. He wanted to let the world know that the Chinese can not only make medicines, but also make the best medicines. new medicine!