Chapter 333 This is totally a money grab
Master Pu looked at this proud disciple with a complicated expression.

On the one hand, he was proud of his disciple's outstanding performance, but on the other hand, he was also shocked.

Before this, he only knew that Wang Mengde was a skilled Chinese medicine practitioner and had extensive knowledge, but he did not expect that some of his theoretical knowledge of Western medicine was also so powerful.

The Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine has been advocating the integration of Chinese and Western medicine for almost ten years. However, apart from those who are practicing the integration of Chinese and Western medicine themselves, most people still focus on Chinese medicine as their main profession, and have only a superficial understanding of Western medicine.

After all, human energy is limited. It is impossible to learn all the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, so how can we have time to learn Western medicine?

At the seminar a few days ago, what Wang Mengde showed was more than just understanding.

Dozens of Western medicine experts present at the meeting surrounded them and asked them questions after the meeting. After returning, they all went to their respective units or hospitals to apply for some research projects.

At the same time, due to time constraints, what Wang Mengde said at the time was not complete, and much of it was just a concept or idea.

Although they felt that this was the trend or direction for future development, they did not know how to start for a while.

Therefore, these people, including famous Chinese medicine experts from other hospitals, all wanted Wang Mengde to participate in more such meetings in the future, and it would be best if he could share useful information with everyone every time.

The superior leaders later learned about what happened in the conference room in the afternoon. After receiving the letters of advice written by those people, they were also happy to see the development of domestic medicine, so they took the opportunity to communicate with Mr. Pu.

"Meng De, who did you learn your knowledge of Western medicine from?"

Pu Lao asked curiously.

He didn't mind his disciples learning other people's medical skills. After all, he himself had acquired his medical skills by learning from the strengths of many schools. On the contrary, he encouraged his disciples to do so.

"Sir, didn't the institute advocate the integration of Chinese and Western medicine? I figured this out by myself after reading some Western medical books."

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

Naturally, I can't tell anyone about the existence of the system, so I can only find this excuse.

Anyway, he has long been known as a genius, and everyone has heard that he studies every day and is good at learning from books.

Apart from anything else, his superb acupuncture and massage techniques are something that no one in the world can teach.

“So you taught yourself!

Fortunately, I accepted you as my disciple. If I had missed the opportunity, you might have fallen into the hands of those Western doctors."

Pu Lao couldn't help but sigh.

At the same time, I completely believe what he said about being self-taught. There have been such geniuses in history. In every walk of life, there may be a master who transcends the times and forcibly raise the level of a certain industry or field.

"By the way, my superior just called me and said that if you have time, you should attend more seminars like this in the future and exchange ideas with everyone."

"Sir, since that's what the superiors want, I'll follow them and learn more from them."

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

This kind of thing is no pressure at all for him, he still has a lot more in his mind.

It would also be a good thing to improve China's medical level.

Of course, the prerequisite is that it does not affect his normal work and research.

Mid-August.

In the pharmaceutical factory that was previously affiliated to the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Wang Mengde, Liu Shuwei and a few others were waiting with anticipation.

Today is the day when artificial bovine insulin is put into industrial production.

"Director Wang, don't worry. Our pharmaceutical factory has the most advanced technology in the country. Not only are our equipment brand new, but our production workers are also experienced. There will definitely be no problem with this trial production."

Next to him, Director Niu of the pharmaceutical factory spoke up.

A few years ago, in order to produce the medicine "Palace Emperor Pills", this pharmaceutical factory has been on the road of expansion since its construction.

Due to the hot sales of "Palace Emperor Pills" abroad, every time a newly built factory was put into production, it would soon run out of supplies.

As of the end of last year, the pharmaceutical factory had expanded eight phases.

Most of the equipment in the factory was purchased from abroad or newly produced domestically.

It was not until the state established a traditional Chinese medicine "trust" and assigned the production task of "Palace Emperor Pills" to several other pharmaceutical factories that the production pressure here was reduced.

"Director Niu, we all know the strength of the pharmaceutical factory. Otherwise, we would not have chosen your pharmaceutical factory for the industrial production of artificial bovine insulin this time."

Wang Mengde smiled and nodded affirmatively.

He and Director Niu are very familiar with each other, so they speak casually:

“However, you also know that the cost of the drug put into production today is not low, so please don’t let anything go wrong, otherwise the loss will be huge.

Also, those foreign merchants are waiting to get the drugs, and they paid in advance.”

As early as when China announced the artificial synthesis of bovine insulin, its foreign partners were eager to prepare to place orders in large quantities.

When settling the payment for other pharmaceutical business, an extra amount was paid, indicating that the money was all advance payment, and if it was not enough, more could be paid at any time.

Their demands are simple: as long as they can continue to be supplied with artificial bovine insulin after it is mass-produced, that's enough.

"Well, Director Wang, we held a mobilization meeting before the start of production. At the meeting, every production worker and cadre leader expressed their determination not to let down the team."

Director Niu said with a serious face.

Of course he knew the seriousness of the matter. His superiors had been paying close attention to it. Moreover, most of the equipment on this production line was imported from foreign countries and was of considerable value.

Every time production is started, a huge amount of costs are incurred. If there is any mistake, he will forget about his position as factory director.

Therefore, I held a small meeting with several factory leaders a few days ago to discuss the specific work flow.

He was personally in charge of this mission, and each production link was under the charge of one or more factory leaders.

At the same time, we selected a group of experienced and steady workers from the factory to be responsible for production.

A few people were chatting absentmindedly, and as the time for the finished product to be released got closer, everyone became a little nervous.

Success or failure depends on this!
About half an hour later, the office door was opened and a colleague from the Beijing Gene Research Institute walked in.

Seeing his happy face, Wang Mengde and others felt relieved.

Sure enough, this colleague told us good news: after testing, the artificially synthesized bovine insulin that had just been produced fully met the standards.

"Great! From now on, there is a glimmer of hope for patients with severe diabetes."

Wang Mengde said happily.

Of course, there was one more thing he didn't say, which was that China would have another "weapon" to earn foreign exchange.

According to him, the selling price of artificially synthesized bovine insulin will be astronomical.

Not only is the production cost itself high, but this drug is only targeted at a specific group of people. Unlike drugs like "Palace Emperor Pills", it does not require small profits but quick turnover.

Besides, he also had to learn from those foreign medical institutions and include the research costs. Although because of him, the research costs were particularly low.

"Director Wang, our pharmaceutical factory will continue production from now on."

Director Niu also let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile.

The task was finally completed and they could finally sleep well.

"Okay, Director Niu, thank all the hard-working workers for me. You have worked hard, and we will need to continue to check and strictly follow the production procedures before we start production.

We will try to increase production as quickly as possible as these products will be exported abroad to earn foreign exchange.

By the way, before I came, President Lu asked me to tell you that the logistics department of Guang'anmen Hospital has thousands of kilograms of pork and a small amount of beef and mutton.

Arrange personnel to go and fetch the food this afternoon so that the food for the factory workers can be improved."

Wang Mengde gave a few instructions and gave a sweet date.

Last month, a patient from a European country came to China to seek treatment from him. He was already terminally ill, but he was saved by a few silver needles.

The patient is currently recovering well. The patient's family belongs to a world-class consortium, and out of expression of gratitude, they specially shipped a shipload of supplies from the country.

I don’t know if the families of the foreign patients had discussed it beforehand, but if they had a disagreement, they would send a ship or a planeload of supplies here.

"That's great. Thank you, President Lu, and Director Wang. With this meat, the workers will surely be very motivated to increase production soon."

Director Niu said excitedly.

Although the difficult times have passed for several years, everyone's life is still tight.

For supplies like meat, each household had a limited ration, and being able to eat it two or three times a month was considered good fortune, and everyone had very little food in their stomachs.

This leads to a seemingly endless demand for meat.

Because their pharmaceutical factory produces the drug "Palace Emperor Pills" which is exported to earn foreign exchange, the state will provide more subsidies to the factory's employees, but these subsidies are just a drop in the bucket.

I didn't expect that President Lu would be so generous this time and directly donated thousands of kilograms of meat.

There are thousands of employees in the factory, and each person can get about one pound of meat, which is much more generous than during the Chinese New Year.

Factory Manager Niu could predict how happy all the employees in the factory would be when the meat was delivered.

Standing next to him, Liu Shuwei was not too envious. Thanks to Wang Mengde, the Beijing Genetic Research Institute had received large amounts of meat every once in a while over the past year.

Every month, our family eats two or three pounds more meat than other residents, and we eat at the company every day, which is very greasy and oily.

a few days later.

The first batch of artificially synthesized bovine insulin crossed the ocean and finally appeared in major hospitals in Europe, the United States and other countries.

In a private clinic in the United States, old Cuban was lying on the hospital bed with a look of pain on his face.

He suffers from severe diabetes, which has reached a life-threatening level.

"Mr. Cuban, the hospital has just received a new batch of medicines that are very effective in treating diabetes. Do you want to give them to your father?"

In the office, the attending physician spoke to Cuban Jr.

"Doctor, is this medicine safe? I heard that many of the side effects of newly developed drugs are unclear. If I use it and my condition gets worse, that's not good."

Cuban Jr. said this with a serious look on his face.

He doesn't care about the price of medicines, safety is the most important thing.

After all, as long as his father was alive, he would earn tens of thousands of dollars every month, all given by the government.

But if the person were to pass away, the family income in the future would be good enough to be one thousand dollars, relying on the abilities of their brothers and sisters.

Therefore, in order to continue to have a good life in the future, he was very cautious about his father's treatment and medication.

“Mr. Cuban, please don’t worry.

Our hospital is professional and we will never give immature drugs to patients.

This artificial bovine insulin drug was developed by a Nobel Prize winner. After being imported, it was commissioned to several research institutions for testing and was found to fully meet the standards for human use.

It is of great help to your father's condition, and I personally recommend that you choose to use it.

Of course, since this drug is very difficult to produce and the quantity is very small, the price will be more expensive. Each use costs three hundred dollars, and it is used twice a week. "

The attending physician's words were full of sales pitches.

The hospital leaders have told him that as long as he lets patients use this medicine, he will definitely receive commissions in the future.

This made him very excited, as he was determined to gain a foothold in this city, but the high housing prices and cost of living had always troubled him.

Now that he has the opportunity to earn commission, he naturally has to seize it.

As a private clinic, the patients they receive are either rich or noble. Most of the patients don’t care about the price as long as the treatment helps their condition.

Of course, the prerequisite is that this drug is indeed effective. After all, the rich are not fools. If you want to make their money, you need to provide proof.

"Doctor, as long as it helps my father's condition, please use the medicine. Money is not a problem.

By the way, I have only one request, that is, after using it, my father's condition should not get worse, but should get better."

Cuban Jr. said nonchalantly.

For an income of tens of thousands of dollars a month, this amount of medical expenses is totally insignificant.

"Mr. Cuban, I will use this medicine for your father starting today."

The attending physician suppressed his excitement and said with a smile.

This is the fourth patient sold the drug today. The monthly cost of this synthetic bovine insulin alone is two thousand four hundred US dollars per person.

According to the hospital's private rules, he could receive two hundred and forty dollars, which was a commission given to him by a patient.

If a few more patients use this medicine for many years, buying a house in this city with full payment in two years will no longer be a dream.

Of course, the hospital's income would be many times his.

"Comrade Wang Mengde, the selling price of synthetic bovine insulin is too high. In just one month, we have earned millions of dollars in foreign exchange income."

"It's faster than robbing money!"

In the conference room, the superior leader said excitedly.

This is not money grabbing.

Wang Mengde thought to himself.

Moreover, another money-grabbing drug is going to be launched soon!

(End of this chapter)