Merchant and doctor

Chapter 1969 Where Interests Lie, Closeness and Distance Become Clear

Thanks to the substantial profits from the "Tieji" series of new drugs, the core members of the board of directors of "Yiyoukang" Pharmaceutical Group finally had a smile on their faces. When Assistant Zhang brought up related project upgrades and renovations again, they were able to agree to some of them. However, large-scale operations involving significant funds or major disruptions were still "forbidden zones" for the company, and no matter how Assistant Zhang and Guan Yuelin worked together, they couldn't get through to them.

Assistant Zhang pondered the company's future, as well as her and Guan Yuelin's future prospects, which would most likely involve the entire department sharing the same fate.

While the iron was hot, Assistant Zhang and Guan Yuelin would occasionally consult with Bian Mu, hoping that Bian Mu would cooperate fully and sincerely with them to launch another high-quality traditional Chinese medicine with even better efficacy, preferably a special-effect medicine. In their opinion, Bian Mu definitely had the ability to do so!
Bian Mu replied that developing new traditional Chinese medicines is different from giving birth. It's not like you can start trial production just because all the conditions are almost right. There are many profound things involved that haven't been fully understood yet. Moreover, the most crucial thing is that the clinical data isn't available yet. With all these shortcomings combined, things are not quite on schedule.

There were other things Bian Mu kept to himself. In his opinion, Xiaobailou had never been very cooperative. At most, they would allow Bian Mu to use various laboratories at a low price or free of charge. However, they would not allow Bian Mu to access the internal big data such as papers, experiments, and research that his colleagues had already obtained. Even limited access was not allowed.

Therefore, Bian Mu always felt that the industry experts in Xiaobailou were always a layer away from him.

Bian Mu could accept this result. There was no other reason; since arriving in the city, the most he'd done was give a few academic presentations at the Little White Building at Professor Mi's urging, and those were all low-level presentations summarizing his clinical medical practice experience. Anything deeper was beyond his capabilities. It wasn't that he was being conservative; his academic level was limited, and if he couldn't do it, he simply couldn't. He couldn't pretend to be knowledgeable in public! That would be dishonest!
Given his current overall strength, if he cannot obtain strong support from Xiaobailou's big data database, or choose to cooperate with Lei Xueming's team, Bian Mu will definitely not be able to come up with a better solution for effective traditional Chinese medicine in the short term.

In other words, his pharmaceutical skills had been mythologized. He had already poured all his efforts into creating a "detoxifying ointment," and to a large extent, he had to rely on the best possible luck. Who would have thought that people were so optimistic that he was just testing the waters and that the real effective prescription was yet to come!
Sometimes, Bian Mu is really speechless.

Assistant Zhang and Guan Yuelin were already quite unfamiliar with many things. Bian Mu realized that no matter how patiently he explained, they would still assume that his side was either conservative or ruthless, trying to seek larger-scale and more profitable cooperation projects with higher-level pharmaceutical companies, such as the Wei family of Beiqi!

You can't see into someone's heart, and you can't know what they're doing!
Unconsciously, Assistant Zhang and Guan Yuelin harbored some suspicions about Bian Mu.

When Bian Mu brought some hot spring soil samples to Assistant Zhang to ask her to do in-depth testing, he noticed that Assistant Zhang seemed somewhat absent-minded.

Out of caution, Bian Mu didn't dare wait for the test results from "Yiyoukang". Instead, he took some hot spring soil samples and sent them by express to Beiqi, asking the young CEO Wei to do a full analysis. The young CEO Wei readily agreed.

A few days later, the test results from Xiao Wei's side came out. The specific items listed were even more than those from the "Yiyoukang" Pharmaceutical Company's technical center, which was very impressive!
Bian Mu guessed that she had offended Assistant Zhang.

Sometimes, trying too hard to explain something can backfire, making things worse. So, Bian Mu simply chose to remain silent and do what she needed to do.

Fortunately, Bian Mu had insisted on paying rent to "Yiyoukang" and allowing them to participate in the profit sharing of the "Detoxifying Ointment" system's drugs. Assistant Zhang and Guan Yuelin benefited greatly, and the subsequent trend of benefits was even more favorable to them. At the very least, it enhanced their prestige in front of the company's core board members. Otherwise, as the relationship gradually cooled, Assistant Zhang might have actually done something like terminating the workshop lease. Therefore, whenever commercial profits were involved, regardless of who he was dealing with, Bian Mu insisted on "business as usual" and that money had to be involved! Otherwise, the sweet little boat of friendship might really capsize without any prior notice.

Privately, Bian Mu was already thinking that the production and sales of the next special-effect traditional Chinese medicine must be done purely from a business perspective, in strict accordance with commercial rules and market-oriented operations. He absolutely could not use personal relationships as bargaining chips anymore, otherwise he would eventually find himself trapped in his own web of problems.

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The test results showed that the hot spring soil was indeed the perfect remedy for the patient who had attacked someone with a knife. So, Bian Mu drove the man to Zhangwang Village in Dongsheng Township on a Sunday to get some fine white sand and locally made salt, and also to visit the old village doctor surnamed Mi.

Grateful for Bian Mu's great kindness in saving him, the man who had attacked someone with a knife on the way took out a small old ginseng root to repay Bian Mu. Bian Mu did not accept it, but told the man to keep it safe, as it might come in handy in the future.

Unexpectedly, the old village doctor suddenly became somewhat indifferent. He accepted all the gifts Bian Mu brought, but neither prepared a good farm-style meal for Bian Mu nor delayed his own house calls. His casual manner was somewhat inconsiderate.

Bian Mu and the man wielding the knife sat on the sidelines for almost an hour, and the old village doctor surnamed Mi showed no sign of warm hospitality. It was only then that Bian Mu realized what was going on.

"Oh dear! The old man insisted several times on placing two of his people at the clinic, but I declined for various reasons. Now that Dian Shuhua has suddenly started working, the old man is naturally finding fault with me. If a clinic can accept a 'useless doctor' who wanders around, doesn't that just make the doctor introduced by Old Mi seem incredibly bad?! Oh no! So that's the crux of the problem!" Thinking of this, Bian Mu calmly got up, greeted the old village doctor, and left.

Where interests lie, the distinction between close and distant relationships becomes clear!

If Assistant Zhang is like this, then even the highly respected Mr. Mi is not immune to the same fate. It seems that... we will encounter similar coldness and warmth of human relationships in the future. Along the way, Bian Mu secretly reminded himself that business is business, and in the future, when it comes to the division of interests, he must try his best to be "official" and never mix personal feelings into it. Otherwise, trouble will come sooner or later.

Fortunately, Bian Mu had a great reputation, and the villagers were still willing to listen to him. They managed to get quite a bit of the best white sand, and although they didn't get much local salt, it was more than enough to treat the man who had been wielding a knife.

In any case, the trip was worthwhile. As for the old village doctor, Bian Mu wasn't too worried. He's getting old, after all! Old people cherish their relatives and always want to use their social connections to make sure their friends and family are taken care of properly. I understand! I completely understand! There's plenty of time. Sooner or later, the old village doctor will forgive him, and they'll still be good friends!