Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Chapter 282 The butt determines the head!

Because the profit from selling medicine is really too huge, really too astonishing.

On the way to the suburban warehouse, Ximen Lang was still talking about this with Lao Luo and the others.

"A course of insulin for diabetes costs thousands of dollars. What about Gleevec, which treats chronic myeloid leukemia? A few years ago, this drug cost tens of thousands of yuan a bottle here, and ours costs only a few hundred yuan. If we sell it cheaper, it wouldn't justify the price and the quality."

"What the hell, tens of thousands of dollars a bottle?! Even if it were converted to our place, it would cost hundreds of dollars a bottle?! Can eating this make you immortal or a Buddha? It's so expensive, is this something a human would do?!"

In the past, if Ximen Lang heard someone cursing pharmaceutical companies for being unscrupulous and selling life-saving drugs at exorbitant prices, he would definitely sit down and curse along with them.

But now.
I've become a drug dealer!

I have become the black-hearted guy that Hao Pingchuan, the force leader, calls me, a beast who doesn't care about human affairs.
Then his curse was a bit too harsh and too much!

It wasn't just Ximen Lang who felt this way. Even Lao Luo, Director Wang, and even Bai Ling, who was driving, had some unnatural expressions on their faces.

I really felt that Hao Pingchuan's words were extremely harsh, and I unconsciously put myself in his shoes.
Then, Lao Luo, who felt uncomfortable everywhere, started to criticize directly.

"Hao Pingchuan, if you don't know how to speak, just shut up! No one will think you're dumb if you don't speak!"

Director Wang even directly applied what he learned, using Ximen Lang's approach to talk about R&D costs.

"Hao Pingchuan, you can't just look at the selling price, you also have to look at our R&D costs."

"A drug this effective must have cost hundreds of millions of dollars, hundreds or even thousands of people, and countless hours to develop."

"If we don't sell more, what will happen to all the manpower, material resources, and time we invested in the early stages? We have to recoup all that money before we can consider lowering the price, right?"

"If we can't even recoup our costs, how can we develop new drugs in the future and continue to benefit the working people?"

Isn't it?
If these pharmaceutical companies are all struggling to make ends meet, who will continue to develop new drugs? Who will have the motivation to tackle other difficult and complicated diseases?

After hearing these words, Lao Luo nodded repeatedly, and Ximen Lang and Bai Ling, who were listening beside him, smiled again.

Just when everyone felt that Director Wang was right and was satisfied with it.

Hao Pingchuan, who was as stupid as a pig and had no tact at all, spoke again.

"But we don't have any R&D costs! These medicines were brought back by Brother Lang from over there. Even if we take into account all the miscellaneous expenses, the cost of a box of medicine is only a few cents at most."

"You sell things worth a few cents for tens of thousands, and you sell them for US dollars! After you make all the money, you still want them to be grateful to you. You..."

After finally convincing his conscience, Hao Pingchuan immediately did this.

Lao Luo was so angry that he wanted to throw Hao Pingchuan out of the car and tell him to get out as far away as possible.

Bai Ling also stopped the car immediately and wanted to kick Hao Pingchuan out.

Seeing that everyone was rushing towards Hao Pingchuan, he signaled everyone to stay calm.

Patting Hao Pingchuan on the shoulder, Ximen Lang explained.

"But we earn money from those bastards out there. Think about the equipment in our factory. Even if it's broken, as long as it's shipped here, you have to pay for it at full price."

"They're asking for exorbitant prices and won't stop until they've squeezed us dry! Even then, they still look down on us and despise us, and you still have to put on a smile afterward."

"Think about this more. Now, do you still think this medicine is expensive?" Hao Pingchuan clenched his fists when he heard this.

Another sentence.
"Of course, this is the price we sell to outsiders. For our own use, of course we'll make it as cheap as possible."

It was a decisive blow that had no solution, and it immediately allowed Hao Pingchuan to turn the corner.

"That's right! Prices at home and abroad are completely different. We can even use the money we earn from abroad to subsidize our own people and use it to build factories and construction. It's a benefit everywhere, so why should I be so excited?"

Afterwards, he behaved even more radically and exaggeratedly than Lao Luo and Director Wang.

What a guy, he raised the already high price of the medicine to hundreds of thousands.

Ximen Lang and the others were left in a state of confusion as to whether to laugh or cry.

In the end, it was unanimously decided that Hao Pingchuan should speak as little as possible, or even not speak at all.

Finally, this matter was exposed.

While there was still some time before they reached the warehouse in the suburbs, Ximen Lang continued to chat with Lao Luo and the others in more depth.

"Of course, just because I've told you so many benefits doesn't mean this matter is problem-free or has no difficulties. You can just sit back and wait to get paid."

"On the contrary, these problems and difficulties are as prominent as the strengths he has demonstrated. They are extremely difficult and very hard to solve."

"The first issue is raw materials. Although I have provided you with the equipment for the pharmaceutical factory, and once the factory is built and the equipment is installed, production can begin. However, we still have no knowledge of downstream companies that supply raw materials to the pharmaceutical factory."

"Without these, even if the pharmaceutical factory is built, it will still be restricted by raw materials. But this is not a big problem. At worst, I can just buy the raw materials from our side. No matter what, there will be no problem in ensuring the production of the pharmaceutical factory."

"The second point is the real challenge: once these drugs are released into the international market, how can you protect your core interests? For example, how can you prevent them from being copied? And how can you protect your rights if they are copied? That's the most difficult part."

At this point, some people will definitely say that we should establish patent laws together with the West and impose technological blockades together with them.

Join in, endure hardships for a while, and then directly use various patents that have expired in the future to strangle everyone!

This is indeed a good idea.

But the problem is that if the Sijiu City world wants to accomplish these things, no matter how fast it moves, it will take several years until everything is ready.

What did you do in the years before that?
"And then there's the Russians who don't even recognize patent law. They even think it's too hard to use as toilet paper. Their usual practice is to crack it, and it's mine!"

"Our relationship with him isn't very good to begin with. If he sees us flirting with the West, he'll definitely want to get rid of us. If he takes the lead in imitating, what should we do?"

After hearing what Lao Luo and Director Wang said, he immediately frowned and fell into deep thought.

Ximen Lang shrugged.

"So I suggest you think about it and think about whether you should just go out and make a fortune now, or take it slow and steady."

Coincidentally, we also arrived at the warehouse in the suburbs.

"Come on, I'll show you the results I've brought!"

　The New Year is very busy.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)