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In the study of the Xian residence.

Sin Yiu-man held in his hands a copy of the first edition of the "United Edition," a newspaper that had to be merged from the original "National Daily," "People's Daily," and "Economic Times" due to paper shortages and government restructuring.

Compared to the Nationalist government's mouthpiece, the Central Daily News, it had more social news, such as murders, gossip, gambling, and depravity, while its supplements serialized several novels at the same time.

He was reading a gossip article. The male protagonist was using the pseudonym Mr. Wang, and the female protagonist was using the pseudonym Ms. Xian. It was about his affair with Wang Youjia.

The content is basically realistic and has not been embellished.

He was genuinely worried for the newspaper. The realistic writing was so unreadable. Since it used a pseudonym, it was supposed to be original content, so there was no need to respect the facts. They could just make up whatever readers liked.

Beside him, Chen Azhu placed a teacup in front of him, saying, "Father, have some tea."

"Good girl." Xian Yaowen looked up, opened the drawer, took out a one-yuan bill, and handed it to Chen Azhu. "You did a good job. Go to the street and buy yourself a piece of candy."

Chen Azhu glared at Xian Yaowen. "I'm willing to accept my loss and call you 'Dad' for three days. But don't get too cocky. There are only oxen that can't be plowed properly, not fields that can't be ploughed properly. I had a great time last night, and I hope you can perform as well as last night every time. Otherwise... you'll have to call me 'Mom'."

Sin Yiu-man chuckled and said, "Ha, you're good at using reverse psychology, but it won't work on me. I have plenty of women. I won't be able to have my way with you for at least ten days. You little slut, you've just tasted a bit of the sweetness, and now you're going to be alone for ten days again. It's not easy, not easy at all."

Chen Azhu sat on Xian Yaowen's lap and wrapped her arms around his neck. "You devil, Dad, no! Ten days is too long. I can't wait."

Sin Yiu-man slapped Chan Ah-chu's shapely buttocks hard. "I told you I was right about people. You're a slut. It's 8:30. Don't stay here. Go do what you're supposed to be doing."

Upon hearing this, Chen Azhu became serious. "Sister Hua said that we would meet at 3:30 pm to talk about work. There are still a few hours before 3:00 pm. I plan to go to see a house first, and then go to the department store and the tailor shop."

“That’s great. You and Jinxuan can also discuss how to learn to drive. Once you’ve learned, I’ll give each of you a car.”

"Learning to drive isn't urgent; I can find a driver first."

Sin Yiu-man nodded. "That works too. However, you absolutely must learn to drive, otherwise you'll be caught off guard in unexpected situations. Also, a driver is someone you're very close to, so don't be careless and put some effort into finding one."

Chen Azhu nodded, "I understand. I'm going out. If I stay any longer, that old woman from Wang You's family will file false accusations against me."

Sin Yiu-man chuckled, "So much hostility on our first meeting?"

"It's not me, it's her."

"Okay, let's go."

Not long after Chen Azhu left, Wang Youjia entered the study. She poured out the tea that had not yet been drunk from the teacup, poured in fresh tea, and then sat down opposite Xian Yaowen.

Xian Yaowen picked up his teacup, took a sip, and looked at Wang Youjia. "It's getting late. Why are you still at home?"

"Who would socialize in the morning? I'll have lunch before going out."

"Oh." Sin Yiu-man put down his teacup and picked up his newspaper. "The morning is my time for reading the newspaper and handling business. Don't bother me unless it's something important."

Wang Youjia retorted, "If Chen Azhu can do it, why can't I?"

“I was just talking to her about serious business, and then I told her she went to look at houses and won’t be coming over unless it’s important.”

Wang Youjia's face instantly broke into a smile, "There's a banquet at Tang Zong's residence in a couple of days, would you like to come with me?"

"I won't go this time, but I'll go with you next time." Before Wang Youjia's expression changed, Xian Yaowen put down his newspaper, looked at her face and said slowly, "We're already together, and you've even moved into the master bedroom. Now I need to ask you what you think. Should we just stay together like this, without any clear intentions, or should we hold a banquet to officially announce the news to the outside world?"

Wang Youjia smiled broadly, "Of course I hope to officially announce the news to the outside world."

Sin Yiu-man nodded. “You must be aware of the government’s and society’s attitude toward taking a concubine. The banquet cannot be held under the guise of a wedding banquet. You should consider what name to use for it.”

Wang Youjia thought for a while, resting his chin on his hand, and said, "It can't be done under the guise of taking a concubine. Political and business elites and military generals all use cohabitation without marriage to circumvent the law. Nobody holds a grand wedding banquet... How about I open a tea shop on Bo'ai Road and name it Xian Wang Ji, and hold a banquet under the guise of opening a new store?"

“That’s a good idea. You can choose an expensive necklace yourself, and I’ll present it to you in front of everyone at the banquet. Also, the banquet shouldn’t be held in a famous restaurant; it’s best to hold it in a private residence. The food shouldn’t be too extravagant either; four dishes and a soup would be ideal.”

Sin Yiu-man gestured with his hands, “Go and order plates this big, each plate divided into four sections, which can actually hold four dishes. So, four plates can hold sixteen dishes. Each dish will focus on aroma and flavor, not color. The soup plates will be the same, each holding four soups.”

On each table are four ordinary wine jugs: one contains the finest yellow wine, one the finest foreign liquor, one the finest baijiu (Chinese white liquor), and the last one contains fruit juice.

In short, a banquet should appear shabby on the outside but be exquisite on the inside.

Wang Youjia understood the refined meaning behind the music and said, "Don't choose a large house; just set up two or three tables in the courtyard, and place the rest in the open space."

"No, there is only one table in the courtyard. The guests are relatives and friends. Everyone else, regardless of their status, can only sit in the open space."

Wang Youjia nodded slightly. "I understand."

“You just need to find a place; I’ll have someone else take care of the ingredients and the cook.” Sin Yiu-man clapped his hands. “Come here.”

Wang Youjia swayed gracefully and sat on Xian Yaowen's lap. Xian Yaowen pinched her chin and said, "I know you care about your image. I won't let you lose face. If you don't mind the weight, you can hang gold bars all over your body."

Wang Youjia retorted angrily, "If I do that, I'll become a laughingstock."

"Just kidding. I recently acquired a lot of high-quality jadeite, including headdresses, earrings, bracelets, and rings. I'll have them packed and sent to Taipei so you can wear them."

"Mmm." Wang Youjia nestled in Xian Yaowen's arms. "You're so good to me."

Xian Yaowen gently stroked Wang Youjia's hair, "Prepare a guest list later so I can write the invitations."

Wang Youjia looked at a piece of paper on the table, on which Xian Yaowen had written, “Besides Song typeface, do you know any other fonts? It would be best to use Yan style regular script or Wang Xizhi’s running script on the invitation.”

"Don't worry, I usually write in the Fangsong style only because it's the clearest and easiest to read. Actually, I'm also proficient in your older brother's font."

"My elder brother?" Wang Youjia was slightly confused, but then smiled and said, "Wang Youjun?"

"Yes, I am a high school graduate, the most educated person in Wenchangwei. I used to write all the couplets in the village."

Wang Youjia chuckled and said, "High school graduate? A respectable one?"

"You, a dropout, dare to laugh at me?"

"I wouldn't dare, sir."

"Go out." Xian Yaowen patted Wang Youjia on the waist. "Tell him I want something simple for lunch, like a bowl of mullet porridge made with the mullet from the fridge."

"it is good."

After Wang Youjia left, Xie Zhanran went into his study and set up a fax machine and radio to contact his family in Hong Kong.

The first fax received was in the pharmaceutical field. Edwards Biopharmaceutical's drug laboratory had successfully demonstrated the excellent antipyretic and analgesic effects of paracetamol (acetaminophen), which is better than the currently popular aspirin. It not only does not irritate the stomach, but also does not cause Reye's syndrome, which is currently unnamed.

Paracetamol can be marketed as "aspirin that doesn't hurt the stomach" or "the first truly safe fever reducer for children," and once it hits the market, it will surely become an essential medicine in American family medicine cabinets.

Acetaminophen was discovered in the 19th century but was forgotten, with no predecessors conducting medicinal research on it. This was a stroke of luck for Sin Yiu-man, as Edward Biopharmaceuticals is poised for a strong start, possessing the financial capacity to conduct research on multiple drugs.

In addition, they poached Frank Berger and his compound meprobamate, which he synthesized last year, from Carter Wallace, a company focused on personal care products. Meprobamate is a better sedative and anti-anxiety drug than popular barbiturates on the market, and has the potential to be taken in a candy-like manner. It is expected to be launched in a thousand-pill version in the future.

The pharmaceutical laboratory is establishing a branch laboratory in Manila to conduct research on soil in the Philippines, specifically on the red sugar polysporum bacteria present in the soil.

Penicillin has been around for quite some time, and allergies and drug resistance have already emerged. Doctors urgently need a new broad-spectrum antibiotic. Edwards Biopharmaceuticals is betting on Polysaccharidobacterium rubrum. If they persist, they can develop a macrolide antibiotic—erythromycin.

Xian Yaowen has already pointed out the direction. Whether the research and development can be successful depends most importantly on luck, and he seems to be quite lucky.

Three years ago, Merck launched cortisone (corticosteroids), opening the door to the commercialization of hydrocortisone (corticosteroids). As long as a cheap way to convert phytosterols into steroids is found, the dermatology market can be monopolized.

The plant is Mexican yam, which is known in the pharmaceutical and biological fields. The sterol method is microbial transformation, which Xian Yaowen knows. The rest is left for researchers to implement.

The pharmaceutical laboratory has also established a branch laboratory in Mexico City, where it studies Mexican yams.

If we're talking about the drug that Sin Yiu-man is most familiar with, it has to be the birth control pill. In his previous life, he was familiar with almost all the birth control pills on the market, and he also knew that the core ingredient of early birth control pills was norethindrone, with the molecular formula CHO. Knowing this made things much easier. The key was to race against other research institutions.

The Rockefeller Foundation, that annoying thing, throws money around funding drug research. It's behind many drug development projects. Let's get some research funding from them first, and then figure out how to get more later.

A branch laboratory is also being established in New York, with the research and development of norethindrone as the target.

Shanghai.

Penicillin Research Institute.

Microbiologist Director Tong is leading researchers in a joyful study of the three newly obtained penicillin mother bacteria strains. He believes that with these three strain samples, domestically produced penicillin injections will make a leap forward in a short period of time.

Not far from the Penicillin Research Institute, in the Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory of the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Su Lizhen is representing Newman in negotiations with Academician Zhao, a renowned medicinal chemist and head of the laboratory, regarding a CRDMO collaboration.

It allows them to earn foreign exchange and access advanced research experience overseas, making it easy to reach an agreement on core negotiations. At this moment, Academician Zhao is holding a nutritional diet plan from Su Lizhen – the researchers involved in the collaboration must strictly follow the menu to ensure their nutritional intake.

After reviewing the recipe, Academician Zhao adjusted his round-framed glasses and gave Su Lizhen a meaningful look. "Ms. Su, our laboratory does not have the capability to obtain many of the ingredients listed in the recipe."

Su Lizhen calmly said, "Director Zhao, the ingredients we requested are available in the mainland, and we will provide the procurement costs free of charge. If you still cannot guarantee the supply of ingredients, please submit a report to your superiors to open an air transport route so that we can airlift ingredients from Hong Kong to Shanghai."

Academician Zhao chuckled and said, "No need for that. I will report the situation to the leadership and will receive instructions soon."

"That's excellent. If the nutritional intake of our R&D personnel is not guaranteed, it will delay the progress of our R&D projects. Please take this seriously."

"Okay, okay, we'll definitely take it seriously, we'll definitely take it seriously."

If someone pays to treat you to a nice meal, and it's a long-term commitment, of course it's easy to say yes, very easy.

Xian Yaowen pulled the fax back and saw the information that Su Lizhen was going to Shanghai. She was not only going to represent Newman to discuss cooperation with the Institute of Organic Chemistry's Drug Research Laboratory, but also to represent Jin Jitang to further negotiate cooperation on the import and export of medicinal materials with the Native Produce Company, such as exporting precious medicinal materials such as bezoar, musk, Panax notoginseng, wild ginseng, deer antler, and donkey-hide gelatin, and importing blood dragon and bird's nest.

Balito River Basin, Jambi Province, Indonesia.

The autumn harvest team's homecoming group walked along the riverbank, stopping from time to time to take pictures of unusual flowers, plants, and animals.

Their main task on this trip was to mark the main and detailed production areas of *Dracaena cochinchinensis*, laying the groundwork for subsequent research by the scientific research team, and incidentally recording some unconventional flora and fauna.

Indonesia's unique ecological environment makes it easy for some rare species to grow. If there is a plant or animal on Earth that can grant immortality, it is very likely to be hidden in some corner of Indonesia.

Of course, it's too early to search for something that's only a possibility. Right now, the most important thing is to study blood dragon's blood, find a feasible way to cultivate it artificially, and then develop a better way to extract blood dragon's blood, and develop the world's best wound medicine.

Accompanying the homecoming group was Chen Yueniang, a renowned local doctor from Jamu. Jamu is a traditional herbal medicine system with a long history in Indonesia, similar to incantation therapy. Diagnosis and medication are always accompanied by some mystical rituals, and it favors women over men, with women being the main inheritors of Jamu prescriptions.

Whether Jiamu is good or not can be seen from Chen Yueniang. She is over sixty years old, but she is still agile and can cross mountains and rivers just as well as the returning villagers. However, she has an obviously evil face. Anyone who sees her face for the first time will feel scared and children will cry immediately.

In a dry area, she stopped and pointed to a clump of plants, saying, "This is Kratom. Each of you pick two leaves and chew them. It will relieve fatigue. If you have diarrhea, pick a few more leaves."

After saying that, she went to a dead tree, took out a somewhat eerie bracelet, gestured with it for a few moments, and began chanting obscure incantations. After chanting a few times, she stomped her right foot on the ground again and again, shook her head, and chanted the incantations more and more fiercely, as if she were arguing with someone.

Team member Li Yueqin, seeing this, asked casually, "What is Dr. Chen doing?"

Huang Shiren replied, "The method."

Zhou Bapi: "It looks like a ceremony to me."

Wang Guixiang: "I heard that cannibals live in this area, and the skeleton we just saw may be the work of the cannibals."

Zhang Cuie: "Don't talk nonsense. That looks like it was excreted after being swallowed by a giant python. That place was probably the private toilet of some giant python."

Captain Liu Wencai frowned and interrupted his team members as they talked nonsense, saying, "Shut up, all of you. If you don't want to become the snake's snack, then be on your guard."

The team members immediately shut up and began to keep their eyes and ears open.

Chen Yueniang stomped her feet for about three minutes, then suddenly stopped, pointed to the ground, and said, "There are dragon bones down there, very deep. Remember the location, and come back to dig next time."

"Yes."

Liu Wencai responded and immediately went forward to mark it.

He didn't believe Chen Yueniang had any supernatural powers, but he believed that she possessed a secret technique for finding dragon bones. The incantations and stomping were all fake performances. Chen Yueniang had just used a method he hadn't yet figured out to conduct a test.

He observed the surrounding environment, wrote down several reference points in his notebook, took out a compass and map to perform triangulation, made several secret marks, and dug up the soil to bury a swallow made of low-carbon steel in front of the hall.

The currently popular mine detectors are highly sensitive to steel products. Even if the reference object changes or the dark mark disappears, as long as you remember the approximate location, you can use the mine detector to locate it in the future.

Sin Yiu-man pulled the fax paper again and saw that Newman and Golden Company jointly funded Good Sharp Agricultural Products to explore medicinal herbs in Indonesia. Newman's funding was greater than that of Golden Company.

Then he saw the next message: Newman was almost out of money, and his September salary was still pending. He needed to use his personal funds to inject capital again.

His last personal income was $5 squeezed from Li Yueqing's "murder fee," and the one before that was a few months ago. With his personal funds coming in less and going out more, and with frequent capital injections, he quickly became penniless.

He was at a loss for a moment, but still wrote back a telegram announcing a $100 million investment, tearing a large hole in his money bag.

As he read through the messages and processed and approved them, it was noon in the blink of an eye. Xie Zhanran stayed in his study while he took Xie Tingyun to the dining room for lunch.

The dishes on the table were divided into three camps: his mullet porridge and pickled vegetables to go with the porridge, Wang Youjia's Beijing cuisine, and Chen Hua's Shanghai cuisine.

They ate their own food. He drank his porridge while reading the newspaper. He had only taken a few bites when Jiang Yiying returned. She had invited Chen Xianzhou for afternoon tea and wanted to go with him.

Jiang Yiying sat down next to him and whispered in his ear, "How about we bring a woman over this afternoon?" (End of Chapter)