Dean Shen was a little puzzled: "Why do we need to use both Chinese and English versions of medical records?"
Lin Sanqi explained:
"There's nothing we can do about it. We've already collected 5,000 medical records, and we'll be formally reporting this to our superiors. I believe that once the announcement that my country is the first country in the world to conquer tuberculosis is made, it will surely cause a global sensation.
But Dean Shen, think about what our country looks like in the eyes of Western countries? To use the words in the textbooks, it is a country that is ignorant, backward, numb, and has pigtails on its head. "
Vice President Ji blinked and objected:
"Sanqi, you're mistaken, aren't you? Our new China has been established for over a decade now, and things have changed dramatically. It's no longer what it used to be. You're probably talking about the late Qing Dynasty, right?"
"Old Ji, you're wrong. This is how China is viewed in the eyes of Western countries. This is pure prejudice and arrogance."
Lin Sanqi thought that this prejudice and arrogance still continued even in 2014.
Even many foreigners think that China doesn't even have steam locomotives, but they never imagined that we already have high-speed trains with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour.
Then when I arrived in China, I saw the tall buildings, the speeding trains, and the bustling metropolises, and all I could say was, "Oh my God."
"So once our tuberculosis satellite is launched, the first thing it will draw won't be praise from foreigners. Just wait and see. It will definitely be met with overwhelming doubts, or even outright criticism from some low-brow people.
We need to respond to these doubts and prove to the whole world that we can cure tuberculosis. It is not enough to just talk about it, we need data and evidence. The 5,000 medical records in this room are the best proof.
If nothing unexpected happens, the World Health Organization or other foreign medical schools will definitely form an inspection team to investigate the authenticity of the matter.
If we only had Chinese materials, they would find fault and deny it, and our efforts would be wasted. So I prepared a full set of English materials for them from the beginning.
And it's not just the English medical records, this is what I want to emphasize, they must be true. We must be realistic for these 5,000 patients.
How many were cured? How many were not? What were the reasons for non-cure? What was the subsequent treatment? What was the mortality rate? What was the cause of death? All of this must be carefully and accurately recorded.
I just briefly mentioned a few points, which are also questions that foreigners will definitely ask and will also be randomly checked.
If even one of these 5,000 pieces of information is forged and discovered by them, all 5,000 pieces of information will be invalidated, so it must be authentic.”
Vice President Ji was a little dissatisfied after hearing this.
"Xiao Qi, it's okay for us to talk behind closed doors, but you can't keep talking about foreigners outside. Do we need foreigners' approval when we treat patients? We even need them to come and check. Why do they have to be so superior?"
Vice President Ji is 57 years old this year. He has experienced China being bullied by foreigners, so he has great prejudice and vigilance against foreigners.
Lin Sanqi could understand, but there was nothing he could do about some things:
"Old Ji, there's nothing we can do. If we close the door and play by ourselves, there's no need for foreigners to come and verify and inspect us. But if we want to go out into the world and prove ourselves to the world, we must abide by the rules of the game.
There's nothing shameful about letting foreigners come to inspect. I was just talking about the World Health Organization, which is an organization that unites countries from all over the world, not just the United States or the Soviet Union, so there's no intention to target China."
International organizations are actually bitches. Whoever has the bigger fist has the dominant power. This is certain.
However, international organizations cannot be completely controlled by certain countries, especially now that the United States and the Soviet Union are competing for hegemony. Neither can overwhelm the other, so it is relatively fair.
Once the polar bear falls, it will be a one-man show by a certain superpower, and fairness and justice will be lost.
Dean Shen had another concern:
"Xiao Qi, the problem is that our country hasn't joined the World Health Organization yet. Even if we announce the news that tuberculosis has been conquered, they may not pay any attention to us."
The situation in China in the 1960s was really miserable. Fortunately, we still had the big brother in the north to unite with. At least we still had an organization.
It turns out that Big Brother is not a good guy either. He stabs us in the back and seems to want to kill us. He even deployed millions of troops on the border and prepared a nuclear explosion plan.
Therefore, under this strict situation, our relationship with the United States has actually eased privately.
There is an old Chinese saying: The enemy of my enemy is my friend
America's enemy is Mao, and China's enemy is also Mao. Even if China and the United States continue to fight and kill each other in name, in fact, the relationship between China and Western countries has already broken the ice in private.
For example, in 1960, my country imported 762,000 tons of wheat and 327,000 tons of barley from the Maple Leaf Country.
Since 1961, China has purchased 5 million tons of wheat and 5 million tons of barley from Maple Leaf Country every year. At that time, China did not have so much foreign exchange. In the end, the money was paid on credit, half sold and half given away.
Similarly, during the most difficult years in the country, the amount of food aid from the United States, the Kangaroo Country, West Germany and other countries was still very large.
Of course, it’s not that European and American countries have a change of heart, but they believe that a China that has fallen out with the Soviet Union is in their interests, so they are actively trying to win us over.
But no matter what the purpose is, it has greatly alleviated the domestic food crisis and our diplomacy.
Dean Shen and Vice Dean Ji are both ordinary doctors and ordinary deans. They don’t know much about national affairs, not to mention that the above news is unlikely to be published in the newspaper.
Should we publish in the newspaper that the Maple Leaf Country donated millions of tons of food to us, and then our close ally Albania took it all away?
But Lin Sanqi is different. He has a God's perspective, and the various documents decrypted in later generations are enough to prevent Lin Sanqi from misjudging this era.
"Dean Shen, Lao Ji, don't be afraid that our country has not joined the WHO. After all, we are still an observer country."
An observer refers to a country or organization that has applied to join the World Health Organization but has not yet been formally accepted. The Director-General of the World Health Organization will invite these applicants as observers based on actual work needs.
While these observers can attend the week-long conference, they do not have voting rights or personnel allocation rights. They cannot access important WHO documents and must apply separately to participate in each conference item.
But in 1961, the situation changed and it was completely reversed. It was not until 1972 that we officially regained our membership status.
Dean Shen smacked his lips:
"We only attend the annual meeting once a year. We don't take it very seriously in China."
Lin Sanqi smiled and said:
"That was before because we didn't have any impressive medical technology in our country. Not to mention we weren't qualified to speak, even if we were, what could we say? Things will be different in the future. We already have tuberculosis treatment technology. And we're not a formal member, but our neighbors have formal members."
Dean Shen and Vice Dean Ji looked at Lin Sanqi in confusion:
"Next door? Where?"
"Hong Kong."
"Hong Kong? How do you say that?"
Lin Sanqi knew that he had laid the groundwork for the event, so he finally revealed his true intentions:
"My fifth and sixth uncles are in Hong Kong. They've set up a Lingnantang Pharmaceutical Company. Of course, it's just a small Chinese medicine clinic right now, and they haven't even built a pharmaceutical factory yet. But Lingnantang now holds patents for three drugs to treat tuberculosis."
Vice President Ji frowned:
"Tuberculosis drugs...shouldn't they belong to the state? How can a private individual own the patent?"
Lin Sanqi rolled his eyes:
"Of course it's ours. This medicine was invented based on our secret recipe, and it's the first of its kind in the world, so of course we're going to apply for a patent. But don't be afraid, we have the patent, and we'll license it to the government free of charge. You don't have to pay a penny."
Vice President Ji laughed angrily:
"What do you mean by 'we'? You, Lin Sanqi, are the vice president of our Chinese Medicine Hospital now, so we're family. Since you're a government employee, if you don't hand over your inventions to the state, you'll be in big trouble."
The logic is this: if you work for an organization and invent something while working, who owns the property rights? The organization or the individual?
Dean Shen must help his godson at the critical moment:
"I know about this, there's no problem. They use a secret recipe passed down from generation to generation, and they didn't commission any domestic research institutes to help with the research and development. The country hasn't contributed anything, so why should they demand their patent?"
Lin Sanqi sighed inwardly, thinking that people these days were too conservative. He wondered what kind of uproar his plan would cause if he revealed it. (End of Chapter)
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