The people around were all exclaiming in surprise. The American doctor was ready to treat the patient personally. This was the first time since the founding of the country.
Lin Sanqi was also a little surprised:
"Professor, the treatment for tuberculosis takes at least three to six months. Are you sure you can stay in China for that long?"
Professor Dong Anni laughed:
"Of course, I'm very sure I can stay that long. You see, I brought our entire team with me, six of the best doctors in total, as well as two translators.
We plan to personally admit patients, conduct diagnostic tests like taking X-rays, and treat them personally until they are fully recovered. I don't think there's a better way to verify this, what do you think, Dean Lin?"
Lin Sanqi thought that these foreigners were really bold. Since they were willing to stay, it was equivalent to being a witness for him, so he naturally had no objection.
Moreover, medical education in China is very backward, even worse than that in the Republic of China. Now that top doctors and experts from the United States have finally come to serve as "visiting scholars", he will definitely make good use of it.
After all, the Infectious Diseases Hospital is expanding, and next year all graduates from major medical schools in the capital will be assigned to the infectious diseases department, so the Infectious Diseases Hospital is destined to become a "teaching hospital."
Then letting students learn advanced foreign diagnosis and treatment standards and techniques from foreign doctors will be of great help in improving their medical literacy.
But when things are abnormal, there must be something wrong. Why would an expert from the World Health Organization give up the superior material life in the United States and come to China, a place where there are not even flush toilets, to work as a doctor?
Do you really think that Americans are Dr. Bethune from Canada next door?
Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi rolled his eyes, glanced at Minister Li and other leaders in the conference room, and decided to trick the Americans.
Anyway, as long as you are brave enough, Sadako will take maternity leave.
So Lin Sanqi secretly pulled Professor Anthony out of the conference room, and Hank Allen from the US Liaison Office in China followed him out, fearing that his compatriots would be deceived.
Lin Sanqi glanced at Hank Allen who followed him and said in a low voice:
"Professor Anthony, you know, to become a clinical doctor in a country, you need a practicing physician certificate and approval from the health administration department. You American doctors lack this medical license, right?
In addition, our tuberculosis research project is the first of its kind in the world. Given that we've already achieved results, if you'd like to join our team, that's fine. However, ahem, I'm afraid our leaders might not agree."
Minister Li: my country's Medical Practitioner Law has been promulgated? How come I didn't know about it?
Professor Anthony thought the same thing and put himself in his shoes. If he invented an anti-tuberculosis treatment, he would not want outsiders to get involved in it.
But Americans have a very flexible bottom line, and they don't believe there is anything absolute in this world.
If so, it means the terms have not been agreed upon.
In particular, this young dean raised so many difficulties but did not make any final statements. Instead, he said that the leaders might not agree, which shows that the matter is worth discussing.
But how to negotiate? This made Professor Anthony a little puzzled, so he looked to Hank Aaron next to him for help, hoping that this China expert could help him out with some ideas.
So Professor Anthony took Hank Aaron into the small garden again, and the two began to plot.
Director Hank Allen was very puzzled and couldn't figure out what his compatriot was up to:
"Professor, do you really want to stay in China and participate in this tuberculosis project? Do you really trust the Chinese side? What if it's a lie? Wouldn't that waste several months of your time?"
Professor Anthony said firmly:
"No, Mr. Hank, after today's visit, our team is certain that China definitely has the scientific research capabilities. And more importantly, such a great invention should be seized by the United States, rather than letting China steal the show."
Hank Allen glanced at Lin Sanqi who was not far away, and then asked:
"Professor Anthony, tell me your plan, and how can I help you?"
"My plan is to stay in China for the next few months. First, I can personally verify whether the medicine invented in China can cure tuberculosis. This is very important. I only believe in my own eyes.
Secondly, if China can really cure tuberculosis, then we must do everything we can to sabotage their research and interrupt their progress. Such an amazing project should not appear in such a poor and backward country, and only the United States is allowed to have priority.
Therefore, the best way is to bring the young Dean Lin to the United States. We can give him American household registration, status, villa and car. In short, we can use the most abundant material conditions to lure him and make him work for me.
How to seduce Dean Lin will take time, so we will stay in China, on the one hand to determine the efficacy, and on the other hand to seduce Lin. Don't forget that there are hundreds of millions of tuberculosis patients in the world, which is a huge market.
Hank Aaron nodded. As long as it came to money, he understood. Americans did everything for money and oil.
"I understand. Don't worry, I'll help you with the visas. Also, I have to tell you something: Dean Lin is very greedy. Last year, we were blackmailed by the Chinese side regarding the X-ray production line incident. We gave him $100,000, and he settled the matter."
Now it was Professor Anthony's turn to be surprised:
"Isn't their communist country the most disciplined? How dare he accept money? If people knew about this, he would be shot, right?"
Hank Aaron shrugged:
"So I said this young dean is very bold and has a big appetite. If you plan to poach him, it will probably cost you a lot of money. As the Chinese say, money makes the world go round."
“Money is not a problem!”
Professor Anthony was more confident when talking about money, because although his previous project failed, his team still received 30 million US dollars and was not short of money.
If they could really get Lin Sanqi to the United States and have him join their team, and then sell the patent for the anti-tuberculosis drug, they could fetch at least hundreds of millions, or even billions, of US dollars.
It can bring them both fame and fortune.
Thinking of this, Anthony's greed became even stronger.
The two discussed for a long time before waving at Lin Sanqi.
As soon as Lin Sanqi saw the two men acting suspiciously, he knew they definitely had bad intentions, but since he was going to trick them, he naturally "took the bait voluntarily."
Professor Anthony looked at Lin Sanqi with a smile and said:
"Lin, now that there are no outsiders, I want to know what we need to pay if our team stays in your infectious disease hospital and participates in your research project?"
Lin Sanqi knew the fish had taken the bait, so he coughed lightly:
"Well, Professor, you know that any medical research requires a huge investment of money. You've seen the equipment in our lab. Although it's very advanced, it's also very expensive. Now our research funds have run out..."
Professor Anthony held up five fingers:
"Lin, I can give you $5 million in the name of our Harvard University Institute of Infectious Diseases!"
If it was 5 million US dollars in 2014, Lin Sanqi would not even bat an eyelid, but this was 5 million US dollars in 1961, which was definitely a huge sum of money.
American doctors work for Chinese infectious disease hospitals and have to pay money in return. This is like being sold out and still helping others count the money.
Is there anything more exciting than this?
The key point is that the Capital Infectious Disease Hospital is clearly "responsible for its own profits and losses and operates independently". Once the money is in the hospital's account, Lin Sanqi can lead all the medical staff to make a small fortune.
And he can also make a fortune personally!
Lin Sanqi was very satisfied with this figure, but as a southerner, he was born to be a businessman, so he naturally wanted to bargain.
"Five million US dollars, this, this..."
Lin Sanqi wanted to ask for more money, but Professor Anthony was very sensible. He knew that the 5 million was for the team, so he had to give Dr. Lin some personal benefits so that the fish would take the bait.
"Lin, we can give you a private grant of $1 million, but I have one request: your laboratory must be open to us so we can conduct some scientific research."
Lin Sanqi knew that the Americans were making this request, probably to spy on the laboratory's intelligence. But $6 million was indeed a lot. The national treasury only had $40 million, which accounted for one-seventh of it.
For the sake of money, they can engage in espionage activities. After all, if they can replicate it, it's their skill. If they still can't reassemble it after disassembling it like the X-ray machine last time, then sorry, they will have to pay compensation without negotiation, and they can still make a net profit.
Knowing when to quit, Lin Sanqi happily extended his hand and shook hands with Professor Anthony.
"Professor, we have a pleasant cooperation."
"Haha, happy cooperation, Lin, you made a wise choice." (End of this chapter)
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