While playing the stick, Lin Sanqi looked around to see if there was anyone around, and then locked the dean's office.
Dean Xiang's left eyelid began to twitch violently.
Lin Sanqi took out a painting from his backpack and spread it out on Dean Xiang's desk.
"Dean Xiang, this is Qi Baishi's 'Stream Shrimp'. Take a look. There are eight shrimps in the painting, swimming from the upper right corner to the lower left. The ink color of the shrimps varies not only in thickness, dryness and wetness, but also in their extension and curvature.
Although the ink is thick, it does not feel heavy or dead; although the ink is light, it does not feel impetuous. The entire painting does not use a single background or water ripples, yet the movement of the shrimp is vividly portrayed. This is a rare masterpiece by Qi Baishi.
Dean Xiang was completely stunned. Looking at the famous painting in front of him, he felt like he was about to stop breathing.
"Xiao Qi, this is really an authentic work by Mr. Qi Baishi."
Lin Sanqi took out another envelope and took out an invoice and several certificates.
"President, please take a look. This is the invoice my grandfather received when he purchased it from a Beijing cultural relic store in 1961. There's also this export certificate, and this is the collection certificate. With these certificates, this painting has definitely been passed down through generations, and no one can say anything about it."
Dean Xiang touched the painting, feeling extremely happy:
"Oh, Xiao Qi, this is embarrassing! The most expensive painting by Mr. Qi Baishi is now over 400 million yuan, and the cheapest is tens of millions. It is absolutely priceless. I can't accept it. I can't accept it."
Lin Sanqi laughed when he heard this:
"Don't worry, Dean Xiang. My grandfather only paid $100 for this painting, so it's worthless to our family. Of course, if you're afraid of making a mistake, just give me ten times the price. Even if the record-keeping committee comes to investigate, they won't be able to find fault."
Lin Sanqi is "creating something out of nothing", but it is true that he bought this for $100. In fact, in 1961, the prices of works by modern and contemporary calligraphers and painters were very cheap. After all, these people either just died or were still alive.
There is a perverted rule about works of art: they become valuable only after the painter dies, but have no value while the painter is alive.
Dean Xiang laughed out loud:
"Okay, okay, Xiao Qi, you're so thoughtful. I really like this painting of 'Stream Shrimp'. It can definitely be a family heirloom."
This was a win-win result. Lin Sanqi got the license he wanted most and got the antique calligraphy and painting he dreamed of from the dean.
After Dean Xiang solemnly hid the scroll in the safe, Lin Sanqi thought of the matter of Hong Kong Federal Pharmaceutical.
"By the way, Dean Xiang, does our College of Traditional Chinese Medicine have its own experimental center?"
Dean Xiang sat back in his chair and became serious when he heard the question about business:
"We have an experimental center. I wonder what research direction you are referring to?"
"Dean Xiang, Professor Tu Youyou's invention of artemisinin won the Nobel Prize in Medicine. As an insider, you should be more familiar with the behind-the-scenes of this matter, right?"
Dean Xiang didn't know what kind of medicine Lin Sanqi was selling, but as a master of traditional Chinese medicine, he must be more knowledgeable about it:
"You've asked the right person. Teacher Tu read an ancient medical book called "Emergency Prescriptions for the Elbow" written by Ge Hong, a famous doctor in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. This ancient medical book contains records on Artemisia annua malaria.
The book says: Take a handful of Artemisia annua, soak it in two liters of water, squeeze out the juice, and drink it all.
This sentence gave Teacher Tu new inspiration. She determined that Artemisia annua was effective in treating malaria, but she wanted to know which component was effective, so she conducted in-depth research.
So she redesigned the extraction method, and after repeated experiments, she found that by removing the acidic part of the ether extract of Artemisia annua, she could extract a colorless crystal with the molecular formula C15H22O5. This was the discovery of artemisinin.
At this point, Dean Xiang showed an envious expression on his face:
"This incident has a huge impact on our traditional Chinese medicine community, but why are you asking this? Do you think your Lingnantang company will also produce artemisinin?"
Lin Sanqi smiled and reminded:
"Dean Xiang, think about it. Teacher Tu was able to discover an ancient prescription for treating malaria from an ancient medical book, and then analyzed the active ingredients through modern extraction technology, ultimately creating a special medicine.
So let's draw inferences from this. Traditional Chinese medicine in our country has a history of thousands of years. Can we also find inspiration from other ancient medical books and then use modern medical technology to refine them and invent other special medicines?"
He nodded to the dean and then sighed:
"If you can think of something, how could others not think of it? Take Professor Tu Youyou as an example. Her team not only invented artemisinin, but also conducted extensive research.
For example, she also studied Lobelia chinensis, an effective drug for treating schistosomiasis, which is also a Chinese medicinal material. She once co-authored a paper entitled "Pharmacognosy Research on Lobelia chinensis" with others.
In addition, she led the research team to inherit and carry forward the medical heritage of the motherland, starting from systematically organizing medical books and herbal books from past dynasties, collecting more than 2,000 prescriptions and medicines, and compiling them into the "Antimalarial Prescriptions Collection", which are all explorations of the world of traditional Chinese medicine.
But do you know why the team led by Professor Tu Youyou didn't continue to delve deeper into traditional Chinese medicine and invent a second effective drug? The reason is simple: they didn't have the money.
"No money?"
Lin Sanqi seemed to be lost in thought.
Others may not know, but Lin Sanqi knows it very well, because the era in which Tu Youyou's team was located was the 1960s and 1970s, and Lin Sanqi traveled through time to that era.
In that era, people couldn’t even get enough food to eat, so where would they get the money for scientific research?
Dean Xiang didn't know what Lin Sanqi was thinking and continued his discussion:
When a new drug is developed abroad, they immediately apply for a patent, produce the drug, bring it to market, advertise it, give lectures, and get doctors to use it. This way, they can make a fortune, both in patent fees and drug profits.
Artemisinin was successfully extracted by Tu Youyou's team in 1971, but my country's first patent law to protect intellectual property rights was not introduced until 1984. Then, the patent for artemisinin was registered in advance by a Swiss company.
What is the consequence? The $1.5 billion annual artemisinin market is completely dominated by foreign manufacturers. Tu Youyou's team invented artemisinin, but didn't make a penny from it. Isn't that ridiculous?
Lin Sanqi slapped his thigh:
"Oh my! Teacher Tu's team is so stupid! You didn't have a patent registered in China, so you went to Hong Kong to register. How did someone else snatch the patent away? The leaders at that time were really stupid. They had no international vision at all!!!"
Dean Xiang also smiled bitterly and said:
"We've suffered a lot in terms of patents. The international Chinese medicine market is worth tens of billions of dollars. What share do you think China has? It's almost entirely dominated by South Korea and Japan.
But the so-called Kampo medicine and Korean medicine promoted by South Korea and Japan are actually our traditional Chinese medicine. They practically copied the ancient medical books of our ancestors, and then turned around and defeated us. Isn’t that frustrating? "
Lin Sanqi also slammed the table and said, "It's so frustrating! It's so frustrating!"
When the old man and the young man talked about Chinese medicine patents and the Chinese medicine market, they both became so angry that their faces turned red.
"Dean Xiang, do you know where the research on Chinese patent medicines has progressed? Or do we in the Chinese medicine community in China realize that Chinese medicine also needs to follow the path of 'evidence-based medicine'?"
Dean Xiang, who could become the dean of a top medical school like Huadu Medical University, naturally had a very broad vision. He replied:
"Currently, the original theoretical core of TCM diagnosis and treatment of diseases is the combined diagnosis and treatment theory of disease and syndrome identification, the theory of Chinese medicine compound compatibility, and the meridian theory.
At the same time, this is also the most important key pillar of the theory and clinical diagnosis and treatment system of traditional Chinese medicine. It has its own inherent scientific principles and can be deeply explored and innovated. Some people have previously proposed the concept of a new discipline of modern Chinese medicine "Disease and Syndrome Combined Diagnosis and Treatment".
Unfortunately, our country has not yet paid enough attention to the research on syndrome-based diagnosis and treatment. The power of conservatives is still too strong. They always feel that the laws of ancestors cannot be violated and they must stick to the ancient Chinese medicine unchanged.
This kind of rigid thinking and the practice of putting stigmas on others have completely hindered the development and progress of traditional Chinese medicine.
These people don't even think about this: has Chinese medicine been like this since its inception? For thousands of years, Chinese medicine has been constantly improving, revising, and innovating. How come it's become stagnant in modern times? (End of this chapter)
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