In the cafe opposite Lingnan Hall Pharmacy on Nathan Road South.
Professor Anthony and Professor Witt sat facing the window, observing the business of the pharmacy across the street. They had been sitting there for the entire day.
If the two of them had not given enough tips, they would have been kicked out by the waiter long ago.
Professor Anthony took a sip of his cold coffee and asked softly:
"Witt, see? We've been observing for a whole day. Throughout this day, the number of people waiting in front of the Lingnantang Pharmacy has never decreased. The pharmacy has had to set up warning lines to maintain order.
Also, look at the trucks coming and going along Nathan Road, boxes of medicine loaded onto them and quickly driving off. Those who know this is a pharmacy, while those who don't would mistake it for a pharmaceutical factory."
Professor Witte smiled bitterly:
"I saw it! How could I not see it? And I also saw the name on the box was Cefuroxime Axetil, which is the drug invented by Lin Gang."
Professor Anthony retracted his gaze and asked:
"Has your company or hospital conducted any clinical trials on cephalexin?"
Professor Witte also lowered his voice and leaned his head over:
"We've not only conducted clinical trials, we've even reverse-engineered the drug, analyzing it thoroughly to the point where we know all its ingredients.
But the problem now is that we can synthesize a small amount in the laboratory, but if we want to produce it, the cost is completely unattainable and even more expensive than the retail price on the black market."
Anthony asked curiously:
"How much is a box of Cefuroxime on the black market in Eagle Country right now?"
Professor Witte held up two fingers:
"100 pounds. If you need it urgently, it might be more than 200 or 300 pounds. How is it in the United States?"
"The price in the US is about the same, and the US has a large population, so the demand for cephalosporin is even greater. As far as I know, the US military is also secretly collecting cephalosporin. It's a big piece of fat meat."
Anthony's heart bleeds when he talks about the US military's supply of military supplies.
Because the United States' purchasing volume is often very large, and the price is not transparent, it may be several times the market price.
Even if you remove the benefits given to superiors and various handling fees, the supplier can still make a lot of money after the transaction.
Now there is such a big piece of fat meat in front of me but I can’t eat it. This is more painful than killing Anthony, the internationally renowned medical expert.
Professor Witte gritted his teeth and said:
"We previously collaborated well on anti-tuberculosis drugs. Why didn't Lin agree to continue this time? Did he get in touch with other pharmaceutical companies?"
Professor Anthony nodded slightly:
"We can't rule out this possibility. After all, the pharmaceutical companies under our names aren't considered top international pharmaceutical companies. At best, they're just well-known distributors. And Lin needs more, which we may not be able to provide."
When money reaches a certain point, it is no longer the most important thing. On the contrary, the power network behind the money is the core issue.
For example, many protagonists of time-travel novels like to invest in Taotao, Dongdong, Teng Teng, etc., and they always ask for 40% or even controlling rights.
In fact, this is impossible in the business world.
Their companies have already developed, and after the Nth round of financing, what they want is not money, but connections and a power network that can help the company move to the next level.
If the protagonist cannot provide help to these companies and open up connections, they may not be interested in your money.
So Anthony and Witt were thinking, is Lin Sanqi's ambition starting to expand?
For example, perhaps you want to collaborate with foreign pharmaceutical companies on drug development? Or seek positions in multiple international medical organizations? Or perhaps you want to publish papers in top international medical journals?
Professor Witte asked anxiously:
"Anthony, how can we negotiate with Lin to get this deal? He's clearly waiting for a better price."
Anthony pondered for a moment and asked:
"Witt, how good do you think the market prospects of cefuroxime are? What annual sales do you expect?"
Professor Witte thought for a moment and said:
"According to our clinical trials, cephalosporins are far more effective than penicillin in killing bacteria, and they only need to be taken orally, making them more convenient and effective. They can be used to treat almost all infectious diseases.
If my predictions pan out, with no competitors and a monopoly for just one year, Cefuroxime's sales will be at least $30 billion, no less."
Anthony laughed and said:
"The cost of monopoly drugs is often only one-tenth of the selling price, which means the annual profit is at least over $20 billion. This is a figure that is enough to drive people crazy."
Professor Witte's eyes were full of blood: "We must win."
"Then let's do this... The bottom line is..."
That night, in a five-star hotel in Hong Kong Island, Lin Sanqi and the two old foxes "gathered together", holding up their glasses and chatting and laughing.
Professor Witte smiled and pointed at the bottle of red wine in his hand and said:
"Lin, this is Romanee-Conti that I brought specially from France. This wine is produced in very limited quantities, only about 600 bottles a year. It has a delicate and elegant taste, and rich aromas. Every sip is intoxicating."
Lin Sanqi thought, I just want a bottle of Sprite now and mix it with red wine, it will taste better this way.
After all, it comes from an urban village, and the wild boar cannot taste fine bran.
"Professor Witte, how much does this bottle of Romanee-Conti cost now?"
Witt habitually held up five fingers: "Five thousand dollars a bottle."
Lin Sanqi, who couldn't eat fine bran, immediately started to convert it. Five thousand US dollars is about twelve thousand yuan in RMB. If we calculate it based on the average monthly wage of 30 yuan for each worker, that is the income of 400 people.
12 bottles of wine are equivalent to the expenditure of a medium-sized factory.
Wow, there is no shortage of rich people in every era.
Professor Anthony also laughed at this time:
“Actually, Romanee-Conti tastes just like that, not much different from Pétrus, Lafite, or Le Roch. But why is Romanee-Conti the most expensive and the most recognized by the upper class? It’s all because of its excellent marketing.
If it were just the Aubert family, they would have no ability to drive up the price of Romanee-Conti and eventually make it the world's top red wine. This requires a team.
In your Chinese language, three Zhuge Liangs are better than one cobbler."
Lin Sanqi burst out laughing, thinking that this foreigner had really learned some traditional Chinese culture in order to please him, but unfortunately what he learned was a mess.
Professor Witte felt even more confident when he saw Lin Sanqi smile:
"Yes, Lin, we have been very happy with our cooperation on anti-tuberculosis drugs. Epyridamole tablets have now become the world's best-selling drug, and this is inseparable from the joint efforts of the three of us.
Now Anthony and I have built a complete sales chain and established comprehensive cooperative relationships with major hospitals around the world. There is no need for additional sales costs.
So, Lin, let us sell your cephalosporin. I promise you'll be the most worry-free, safest, and most reliable. We've known each other for years, and I wouldn't cheat you, a shareholder, even if I cheat anyone else."
Lin Sanqi owns a 10% stake in both Vit Pharmaceuticals and Anthony Pharmaceuticals.
Professor Witte and Professor Anthony also each own a 5% stake in Lingnan Pharmaceutical, which is actually a nominal cross-shareholding swap.
This type of stock exchange can be said to be the closest cooperative relationship in the business world. It generally will not break down and will not cause competition between each other.
Lin Sanqi just drank and didn't say anything, so Anthony decided to get straight to the point.
"Lin, I know you're worried that putting all your eggs in one basket will lead to a situation where the manufacturer is manipulated by the seller."
Lin Sanqi thought, yes, this kind of thing is entirely possible.
Just like when the home appliance retail market was almost monopolized by Gome, Gome could exploit various home appliance manufacturers in various ways, making the manufacturers miserable.
But there is nothing we can do about Gome, because it is the leading electrical appliance retailer in China.
Without Gome and without sales channels, these home appliance companies will face death.
This is also why many large home appliance companies later spared no expense to build their own directly-operated stores. Even after the emergence of various e-commerce companies, Gome was defeated step by step, and there might not have been any retaliation from these home appliance e-commerce companies.
What Lin Sanqi was afraid of was the various restrictions on Lingnan Pharmaceutical after Witt Company and Anthony Company signed the sales contract.
In the end, Lingnan Pharmaceutical could only become a cattle and horse producer, while the two companies were fat and full of themselves.
There are two ways to break the deadlock. One is to change dealers and diversify risks.
The second one is...
Seeing Lin Sanqi nod slightly, Anthony and Witt sat down on Lin Sanqi's left and right, sandwiching him in the middle.
"Lin, we've discussed this and we feel your 10% stake is too little. To demonstrate our sincerity, we've decided to increase your stake in both of our companies to 30%."
Lin Sanqi's eyes lit up:
"You guys said that, I didn't force you..."
"No, no, this is all our own will."
Lin Sanqi took the red wine glass on the coffee table:
"Then let's toast to our friendship. Don't worry, even though you've invested a large amount of shares, I can tell you that you will only make money, not lose money. My lab has a lot of follow-up drugs."
Professor Anthony and Professor Witt looked at each other and laughed. They were also betting on the future.
A 30% stake could already qualify as a controlling shareholder in a large company.
Even Anthony Pharmaceuticals and Witt Pharmaceuticals are the second largest shareholders after the major shareholder.
For every 100 yuan profit, Lin Sanqi can get 30 yuan, and this 30 yuan is far more than the production cost. The two professors gave it to him as a gift.
There is another key point.
Anthony Pharmaceuticals and Vit Pharmaceuticals are not listed companies, so the shareholder lists can be kept confidential and there is no need to raise a sign.
If Lin Sanqi then sets up some offshore companies to hold shares, it will be completely secretive and difficult to detect in China.
At that time, Lin Sanqi will hand over all the profits earned by Baoan Pharmaceutical Factory, in exchange for a good reputation and domestic friendship, which is "name".
At the same time, it can also let those in the country know that Lin Sanqi really has no money except for his salary and a very small amount of dividends.
With this level of awareness, isn't it far beyond that of Cucumber and Tycoon?
Shouldn't such a great, selfless proletarian revolutionary fighter be given a large amount of land to buy and sell after the reform and opening up?
When others are restricted by various domestic policies and find it difficult to enter a field, Lin Sanqi can already take the lead and quickly occupy various domestic markets?
You know, after the reform and opening up, our country will become the second most powerful country in the world. How vast will this market be!
The dividends from his shares in these two pharmaceutical companies could completely become Lin Sanqi's private property, and he secretly gained the "profit".
This profit is not a small amount. Adding up all the factors, it is no problem to make more than ten or twenty billion a year.
With this money, the Lin Sanqi family's wealth for three generations will be secure, and even money for their grandchildren will be earned.
When Lin Sanqi gained fame and fortune, he was free to do whatever he wanted, whether in the mainland after the reform and opening up or in the international community.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi stretched out his right hand and held it in the air.
Professor Anthony and Professor Witt laughed when they saw it and put their right hands on it as well.
The three parties reached an agreement on cooperation.
From then on, Lin Sanqi devoted himself to the infrastructure of Bao'an Special Zone. Pharmaceutical factories and workshops were built one after another, and advanced drug production lines were put into production.
Shortages of pharmaceutical factory workers and engineers are slowly becoming apparent.
There were machines and orders, but no workers to produce them, which resulted in the inability to earn huge amounts of foreign exchange. This situation was reported openly or secretly by lurkers.
There is a shortage of everything in the country now, and the most lacking thing is money. What will happen if we can’t make money?
Those who knew the inside story were all anxious, while Lin Sanqi sat back and watched.
It was now January 1964, the eve of the Spring Festival.
After a year of construction, the Yantian area has become a huge modern pharmaceutical base, with 1,000 production lines alone.
The products produced could not even be transported in time via the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway branch line, so a new double track had to be built.
Decades later, the Luohu area has become an area with hospitals, schools, shopping malls, and even a residential area for pharmaceutical factory employees. The buildings are all high-rise and very modern.
It can be said that at this time, Luohu has gradually taken shape as a modern city.
The Special Administrative Region has appeared 15 years ahead of schedule, and the conditions are better than when the Special Administrative Region was first established.
In the original history, when the SAR was established, apart from policies, there was really no money, so it had to rely on financing and donations from Hong Kong businessmen.
At this time, the Bao'an Special Economic Zone had already acquired the ability to generate its own revenue and continuously provide blood transfusions to the country, and its starting point was very high.
Even though the Spring Festival is approaching, Bao'an County is still bustling.
The pharmaceutical factory plans to suspend operations during the Spring Festival. All workers are not allowed to leave Bao'an County and can only consume and entertain within Bao'an County.
Of course, what Lin Sanqi didn’t know was that the workers might not be willing to return to their hometown. They would rather stay in Bao’an County.
But in many places in Bao'an County, there is still the roar of machines.
On the east side of the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway, hundreds of construction vehicles are digging a canal that stretches forward with no end in sight.
Lin Sanqi, accompanied by Shen Guoming and Wang Changtian, commander of the 6th Division of the Engineering Corps, was studying the blueprints.
Commander Wang endured for a long time, but finally couldn't help asking:
"Minister Lin, why are you digging a canal along the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway and along the border with Dongguan County? And you want the canal to be no less than 100 meters wide. This is a massive undertaking.
According to your request, the length of this canal has exceeded 100 kilometers. I am a little confused. We already have railways and seaports. What is the point of this canal?
Lin Sanqi coughed lightly:
"Well, transportation is very important. Commander Wang, don't worry, this isn't a waste of public funds, and it's definitely not a whim."
Commander Wang looked constipated as he continued to look at Lin Sanqi and asked:
"I see you're not digging a canal, but a moat. You're clearly enclosing the entire Bao'an Special Zone. Minister Lin, please don't blame me for being suspicious. Tell me what you mean by building a high wall?"
Lin Sanqi requested that a 20-meter-high wall be built on the other side of the canal, a height that was almost impossible to climb over with bare hands.
Lin Sanqi forced an explanation:
"Commander Wang, our Bao'an Pharmaceutical Factory, including the Medical University, the International Hospital, and the living area of 100,000 people are all within this area, so security issues cannot be ignored. I built the wall to prevent enemy spies from infiltrating."
Shen Guoming just smiled and didn't say much.
He knew that the purpose of his godson building the moat and the city wall was indeed to protect the Bao'an Special Economic Zone.
Actually, Lin Sanqi's idea came from the Doomsday Fortress, to prevent zombies from breaking in in the future...
Commander Wang was still a little unconvinced:
"Minister Lin, according to your standards and requirements, we are required to complete all engineering and infrastructure construction within six months. I calculated that including the cost of materials, it will cost at least 100 million."
Lin Sanqi waved his hand and said, "One hundred million, I will pay for it out of my own pocket, so the country won't lose a penny. Now, Old Wang, you don't have to object, right?"
Commander Wang gave a thumbs up:
"Minister Lin, you're awesome. Just pay and you're the boss. We promise to work at full capacity and complete the task ahead of schedule."
On the way back, Lin Sanqi drove the car himself, and Shen Guoming sat in the passenger seat.
"Xiao Qi, has it really gotten this serious?"
Lin Sanqi sighed and said:
"This Bao'an Special Zone must be preserved and must not be destroyed by the raging storm. Godfather, to be honest, I also hope that the country will be peaceful and calm. Just think of it as me having paranoid delusions."
In fact, Lin Sanqi not only protected the entire Bao'an Special Zone with moats and walls to prevent anyone from breaking in easily.
He actually has some arrangements on the periphery.
For example, in Dongguan County, he set up an east-west "JS Control Zone" to prohibit outsiders from entering and leaving in the name of preventing people from fleeing to Hong Kong.
Bao'an County has never appeared in the media, and no newspapers or radio stations report on it. Ordinary people are almost unaware of the current situation in Bao'an County.
It is expected that the wind will not blow from the south in the future unless someone does not want this wallet.
But no matter who it is, are they willing to do so?
Lin Sanqi said at this time:
"Godfather, I'm going to the capital this afternoon to attend the National Rural Doctors Work Conference. I'll ask the leaders to bring more workers and engineers. Please help me with the accommodation issue."
Shen Guoming nodded and said, “How many people do you estimate will come?”
Lin Sanqi sighed: "I don't know, it's hard to estimate..." (End of this chapter)
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