A doctor who travels through two eras

Lin Sanqi looked at the several pharmacy professors and said earnestly:
“Bao’an Pharmaceutical Factory can’t rely solely on my personal financial support. I’ve now brought the raw materials, and the instructions and production process are all written in the documents. As for when the drugs can be produced, that depends on you.”

My view has always been that it's better to build your own than to buy, no matter how high the cost.

So please feel free to experiment boldly and strive to localize cephalosporin raw materials as soon as possible. I will do my best to supply whatever funds and equipment you need!
We cannot be lazy when it comes to science and technology. We should not think that purchasing from foreign countries is simple and easy, that we don't need to use our brains, and that we don't have to bear the consequences of project failure.

Have you ever thought about this: what if one day foreign countries stop selling to us? What if they've set a trap for us?
Finally, I leave you all with this saying: "Prevention is better than cure, and nipping problems in the bud."

Professor Chai blushed slightly and said helplessly:
"Commissioner Lin, the advanced nature of the medicine you brought back far surpasses that of the Tongrong we are currently researching. We are currently in the learning stage, and our innovation and invention are still relatively lacking."

Lin Sanqi sighed inwardly, thinking that if it weren't for the need to conceal his true intentions, he really wouldn't want to support a drug research team.

Trying to invent drugs is a bottomless pit, and history, decades later, has taught him otherwise.

Apart from artemisinin, an antimalarial drug that is of some note (but the patent is still held by foreigners), there are almost no other so-called original Western medicines.

All domestically developed original drugs are concentrated in the field of traditional Chinese medicine.

Compound Danshen Dripping Pills, Astragalus and Ginseng Qi-Boosting Dripping Pills, and Qi-Boosting and Pulse-Regenerating Injections, etc., cannot be promoted worldwide.

After the meeting, Lin Sanqi and Shen Guoming kept Yuan Mingjie, the factory director of Baoan Pharmaceutical Factory, behind.

"Old Yuan, your task is the heaviest right now. On the one hand, you have to take care of the production of anti-tuberculosis drugs, and on the other hand, you have to start trial production of antibacterial drugs. You've really worked hard."

Yuan Mingjie is over sixty years old, but he still speaks with a strong voice:
"Commissioner Lin, if I were greedy for enjoyment, I wouldn't have returned to China back then. So as long as I have work to do and can contribute to the country and society, I am content and happy."

Just tell me what tasks you need, and I'll handle everything perfectly, haha.

Lin Sanqi then spoke:

"Next comes the period of rapid expansion for our Baoan Pharmaceutical Factory. Antibacterial drugs are different from anti-tuberculosis drugs. They are used by more people and have higher sales, so we need to plan ahead."

My initial plan is to set up 50 production lines for anti-tuberculosis drugs and at least 200 production lines for antibiotics. This is just the task to be completed this year, and we will expand it later.

So, you need to come up with a plan for how much equipment and how many pharmaceutical workers are needed. As I said, I'll be the logistics manager. As for how to produce it, that's all in your area of ​​expertise.

And Godfather, your task is also very important. I have already prepared to establish trade relations with major provinces across the country, purchase their Chinese medicinal herbs, and send them all to Bao'an County to make various Chinese medicine secret recipes.

Firstly, it was mainly to solve the livelihood problems of my senior classmates.

Secondly, it's also about sales volume; we're currently in a state of supply shortage, and our Lingnantang pharmacy urgently needs more Chinese herbal pills.

Upon hearing this, Shen Guoming casually replied:

"Don't worry about that. I've already put the Railway Corps in full production mode. We can complete the construction of the factory within 5 square kilometers this year. Once your production lines arrive, we can start at least 300 lines."

As for the 50 square kilometers in Yantian, leveling work has already begun. There is no shortage of construction machinery and building materials, so the entire project will be completed quickly and will definitely be usable next year.

The main problem now is that you prepared the anti-tuberculosis drug for a year, and then, with the cooperation of the Harvard team and the Hong Kong team, you conducted another year of trials. After two years of accumulation, it finally became a hit.

But now you need to produce three kinds of antibacterial drugs, and another kind of fever reducer and pain reliever? And a stomach medicine.

Without substantial laboratory data and international publications to support it, how can we convince foreigners? How can we sell it to them?

Lin Sanqi stroked his chin and pondered: "The reason I was so eager to promote anti-tuberculosis drugs is because we were too poor. When I founded the Capital Infectious Disease Hospital, I relied entirely on my blood transfusions, whether it was for medicines or the food, clothing, housing, and transportation of all the hospital staff."

Now that we've earned our first pot of gold, there's no rush. We can plan slowly. It's not that I'm short-sighted and satisfied with just this little bit of money.

You can never have too much money, but making money isn't that urgent right now, so I'm going to try a different approach and actively lure them in.

The value of actively selling something is different from them coming to your door to buy it. Just think, we sell anti-tuberculosis drugs for a thousand, while they sell them for ten thousand—it breaks my heart!

Unlike Lin Sanqi's heartache, who felt she had missed out on hundreds of millions, this person felt different.

Shen Guoming and Yuan Mingjie, however, felt nothing at all; in fact, they were extremely satisfied that Bao'an County had earned so many US dollars.

This is the difference in outcomes caused by different perspectives. Lin Sanqi was eager to make some changes, while Shen and Yuan were content with the status quo.

"Godfather, Director Yuan, you're in Bao'an now, you must have heard about smuggling, right? Every night, Houhai Bay and Dapeng Bay are full of smuggling boats."

Current smuggling involves bringing good products from abroad into China. Now we should reverse this and encourage foreigners to smuggle our pharmaceutical products abroad.

I plan to first promote the antibiotics domestically. The 20 tons of raw materials I brought this time are enough for us to produce a large batch of medicines, which will be supplied preferentially to hospitals in China and Hong Kong, and will not be sold abroad for the time being.

Then I plan to acquire a Western medicine hospital in Hong Kong under the name of Lingnan Hall. The antibacterial drugs I presented today are only available for sale in our hospital, just to whet people's appetites.

There's nothing I can do. Hong Kong is now the only window for foreign exchange on the mainland. It's no use placing my hospital in Shanghai or Huadu. Without foreigners coming, there's no way to build a reputation.

Once the locals in Hong Kong experience the amazing effects of oral antibiotics, this news will surely be relayed back to their home countries by agents from various countries who are lurking in Hong Kong. There will also be a large number of scalpers secretly reselling our antibacterial drugs and smuggling them to other countries.

Once the miraculous effects of Hong Kong Lingnantang Pharmaceuticals become known in overseas medical circles, those money-grubbing capitalists will surely flock to cooperate with me. At that time, won't I be able to set any terms I want?

Shen Guoming was somewhat puzzled:
"Didn't you have a good working relationship with Anthony's team in the US and Witt's team in the UK before? Why don't you just continue selling the drugs to them?"

Lin Sanqi waved his hand and denied it:

"We can't put all our eggs in one basket. If all my medicines are sold by them, they'll control the distribution channels and could eventually strangle us."

Will you agree to lower our wholesale price then?

If you don't do it, they won't sell to you, and there's nothing you can do about it. After all, the contract is signed, and the sales contract is exclusive; you can't win a lawsuit against them.

Or perhaps foreign governments will become envious and start acting unreasonably, directly demanding that these two companies stop distributing Chinese medicines, or face penalties, etc., which would cut off our overseas channels.

Therefore, the more partners the better, so that the risks are shared and they can compete with each other. This will put pressure on them and prevent them from stabbing us in the back.

When faced with self-interest, talking about friendship is laughable. Business is business, and friends are friends; you must keep that distinction clear.

Shen Guoming sighed and said:
"Prejudice in people's hearts is a mountain. We are clearly willing to make friends with people all over the world and have friendly exchanges. But foreign countries insist on restricting us in various ways, and showing all kinds of discrimination and hostility. Why bother?"

Lin Sanqi almost laughed when he heard this, thinking that in another time and space, my country was desperately promoting globalization and the establishment of a free market.

Meanwhile, developed countries like those in Europe and the United States are advocating "national priority," prohibiting foreign capital from entering and preventing domestic companies from relocating, making them even more planned than planned economies.

This is a classic example of double standards. (End of Chapter)