Jia Xuezhen was clearly not convinced by the white professor and still insisted on his own opinion:
"Professor Anthony, how can Chinese medicine be troublesome? This..."
"OK, Xuezhen, stop arguing."
Lin Sanqi knocked on the table lightly and stopped him in time:
“What Professor Anthony said makes sense. Traditional Chinese medicine is a traditional medicine used only in our country and has not been recognized by mainstream international medicine.
Those foreigners have never even seen Chinese medicine, so it is indeed difficult to make them believe in Chinese medicine. This is an objective difficulty.
What’s important to us now is how to make money. I have already started the construction of my pharmaceutical factory in Bao’an County, and I have also purchased the production line. It’s like an arrow on a string.
If the clinical guidelines are delayed and thus lead to the international acceptance of pyridoxine tablets, it will delay the start of our factory's production."
Professor Anthony nodded approvingly:
"Yes, Lin is right. Why are we working so hard? Is it really for the benefit of all mankind?
No kidding, we're in it for the money, the dollars, the knives.
That’s why our Harvard team spent a year in China.”
There was a hint of disappointment in Jia Xuezhen's expression of surprise, and the other nine doctors from China all had expressions of disbelief on their faces.
In China, they are accustomed to the idea that doctors should serve the people, emphasize dedication and sacrifice, and believe that doctors are born to work like slaves and contribute their entire lives.
So when Chinese doctors heard American doctors blatantly say that medicine is for making money, they all looked incredulous.
This is a fierce confrontation between two countries and two different ideologies, the so-called three different views.
However, Lin Sanqi, the "dog capitalist", agrees with Professor Anthony's point of view.
He traveled through two eras, toiling to move things between two time and space. What was his purpose? The same purpose was to make a fortune by "monetizing traffic."
Only Confucians would talk about benevolence, righteousness, and morality, and hypocritically shout about establishing a heart for the people, establishing a destiny for heaven and earth, and bringing peace to the world for all generations.
Then he would turn around and take the imperial examinations, become a high-ranking official, become extremely wealthy, own thousands of slaves, and seize all the farmland in the countryside without paying a penny of tax.
Zhang Zai is remembered in history as one of the founders of Neo-Confucianism, but does a Neo-Confucianist necessarily mean he is a sage? And does being enshrined in the Confucius Temple necessarily mean he is a virtuous person?
Not necessarily?
Zhu Xi, who is also one of the founders of Neo-Confucianism, called for the preservation of natural principles and the elimination of human desires. However, he himself supported a nun and had an affair with his daughter-in-law. Could it be that he was eliminating the desires of others?
So it is right to have desires, and it is reasonable to want to make money. Among those who claim to serve patients, how many actually serve patients?
The more you lack something, the more you need to make up for it.
The more people claim to serve patients, the more they are likely to be thieves and prostitutes. They secretly collect drug kickbacks and hide cash in the walls.
Lin Sanqi ignored his subordinates who looked unhappy at this time, and instead asked Professor Anthony:
"Anthony, whether it's 94% or 88%, both cure rates are far ahead of today's anti-tuberculosis technology. I'm sure the WHO expert team has also obtained this data. So what should we do next?"
If a new technology or a new drug wants to be recognized by the international community, it must enter the mainstream international medical circle.
This is also the reason why Lin Sanqi wants to cooperate with Harvard Medical School. Without sharing profits, he will not be able to enter the mainstream medical circle.
No matter how good the medicine is, it is just empty talk if it cannot be sold.
He traveled through time to monetize traffic, not to fight against any country.
Secondly, whether a drug can be marketed requires official endorsement, which is the World Health Organization, and secondly the industry association responsible for tuberculosis, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
As long as these two medical organizations recognize it, it will open the door for anti-tuberculosis drugs invented by China to enter hospitals in various countries.
If you want to sell the drug to a certain country, you just need to register it with the country’s drug regulatory department, and it will be legally accepted worldwide.
Professor Anthony signaled to everyone in the conference room with his eyes, and Lin Sanqi understood.
So An Dongxi, Theodore and Lin Sanqi walked out of the small conference room and came to the office next door.
Professor Anthony then spoke:
"Lin, now it's time to draw conclusions. But you also know that the judgment of those fifty experts from various countries is very important. They are like the 'jury'. Whether the WHO recognizes our research project will be decided by these fifty experts."
This is the case in foreign countries. Because leaders are not necessarily professionals, when encountering professional issues, a professional review panel is often formed.
The World Health Organization commissioned the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease to select 50 medical experts in infectious diseases or lung diseases from various countries to serve as a jury.
Finally, these fifty experts will vote to decide whether this drug is truly effective and whether it is worth promoting worldwide.
This is the degree of justice that Western society boasts about.
Lin Sanqi was just a master's student in another time and space, and was not familiar with the twists and turns of the international mainstream medical circle, so he humbly asked:
"Professor Anthony, what should we prepare for next?"
Professor Theodore snorted and sneered:
"What we need to prepare is not data. We have already collected all the data. One set of data is from Peking, and the other is from Hong Kong. These two sets of data together cover thousands of patients, which is enough to draw conclusions.
Now we need to prepare money, and everyone has to contribute money. If we don't, the conclusion of this project will face a lot of uncertainty.
Because this is a secret ballot, a two-thirds majority is required for passage.”
The expert group needs to vote with a majority of more than two-thirds, not just a majority.
Now it was Lin Sanqi's turn to be surprised. He thought, wow, the WHO expert group actually has to be paid to do things?
After all this time, it turns out that this is an unspoken rule that is accepted all over the world. Why do some public intellectuals say that foreigners are as clean as purified water?
"How much should one person give?"
Anthony held up two fingers: "$200,000 per person."
Lin Sanqi did some calculations in his head, 200,000 per person, 50 people would be 10 million US dollars, wow, this is including food and money, no wonder.
Lin Sanqi originally thought that the experts from various countries appointed by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease to serve as "jury" were free and voluntary, and he also thought that these medical experts were quite selfless and dedicated.
It turns out there is money to be made.
This group of experts only needs to come to Hong Kong once a month, with all air tickets, food and accommodation covered, and there will be 10 experts in the hospital to supervise every day.
It’s just like a vacation.
Because after arriving in Hong Kong, these experts often go out to play, or have dinner and dates and are busy socializing. Who would stay in the ward obediently?
Just for this last vote, you can get 200,000 US dollars, which is 500,000 RMB.
Calculated based on the average monthly salary of 35 yuan for mainland workers, this is roughly the annual income of 1,200 workers.
The gap between the rich and the poor is visible to the naked eye.
In fact, what Lin Sanqi didn’t know was that it was 1962, not 2015, and 10 million US dollars was definitely a huge sum of money in this time and space.
Unless it is a large pharmaceutical company or a large laboratory, ordinary small companies, including individuals, cannot afford this money.
Therefore, not everyone can bribe the WHO's expert team, which also reflects the preciousness of this group of experts.
Seeing Lin Sanqi's shocked expression, Professor Theodore burst into laughter:
"Lin, you made so much money just betting, don't act like a country bumpkin.
Ten million US dollars is a lot, but as long as we get the WHO pass, how many tens of millions can we earn in a year?
Besides, public relations costs are an open secret, not to mention in the medical community.
Even in Washington, how many lobbying teams are there? These people say they are lobbying, but in fact they are just giving money to those sons of bitches in Washington.
The United States is actually the country with the most serious bribery, but they have many names.
The simplest one is that the Oscar awards are actually the result of lobbying (giving money).
For example, Harvey Weinstein helped Kate Winslet win the Oscar for Best Actress by giving her money.
As for giving money to officials, there are even more ways.
For example, donating a large sum of money to a charity led by an official's wife, or donating to a certain politician's campaign fund. "Charity" and "donations" are actually open bribery.
There are also corporate consulting fees. Well, consulting fees are considered labor remuneration and are not considered bribery in the United States.
You can invite an official to give a speech at your company for half an hour or an hour, and then legally pay the official hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in appearance fees.
That’s right, as long as you pay taxes on appearance fees, they are legal income.
Another common situation is that the official is innocent while in office, but he will give convenience to a certain company, and no matter how you investigate, you will not find any transfer of interests between the official and the company.
Clean and innocent, right?
Well, when this official retires or steps down, he will become a senior executive of a company, with an annual salary of hundreds of millions, or simply get shares and dividends.
How do you check this? Is it legal for retired officials to take on new jobs?
Yong Te Meipu once said a famous quote about mask disease: If we don’t check for mask disease, then there is no mask disease.
Similarly, the United States does not have a Commission of Justice. Governments at all levels, from federal to state, county, and city, operate independently. If no one investigates, there is no corruption.
Do you really think you can become the "uncrowned king" just by relying on a few reporters who sit on the wrong side of the fence?
Stop joking, at most he is a reporter bribed by political opponents.
Abroad, journalists are like a bunch of people who are willing to help anyone who pays them, without any moral or bottom line. (End of this chapter)
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