After lunch, the group set off for the temporary headquarters of the pharmaceutical companies.
This was Li Chu's first time visiting this temporary drug testing site, which had been converted from a factory area.
I had only heard Ding Qiunan mention it before, but I didn't have a direct impression of it. It was only today that I saw it for myself. This factory area is really big. There are four office buildings alone, as well as a factory building that covers a huge area.
However, the factory buildings have now been converted into laboratories for those companies.
This place is now essentially a hospital, plus a pharmaceutical company's manufacturing laboratory.
The equipment is extremely complete and all of the most advanced; many of these devices are not even available in China at present.
No wonder the main hospital was so proactive about this matter.
Soldiers are stationed at the main gate of the factory area, and unauthorized personnel are strictly prohibited from entering.
After registering at the sentry post at the main gate, the group was finally allowed to enter the factory area.
The two temporary base leaders, who had already received the notification, had already run over.
One of the two officials was a section chief from the General Logistics Department, and the other was a deputy section chief from the foreign affairs department.
"Hello, Dean Li. My name is Zeng Qiang, and I'm currently in charge of managing this place." The section chief from the General Logistics Department stood at attention and saluted when he saw Li Chu.
"Hello Dean Li, my name is Sun Changle. I was sent here by the foreign affairs department, mainly responsible for some communication work."
"Let's go, show me around this base." Li Chu nodded and walked forward.
"Dean Li," Zeng Qiang quickened his pace to catch up with Li Chu, trailing slightly behind by half a step, and said, "The preparations are basically complete. All that's left is to debug some equipment. According to the heads of those pharmaceutical companies here, it should be ready for use in a week at most."
In addition, of the four office buildings, this three-story building was allocated to two companies, and the remaining three buildings are each occupied by one company, whose staff currently live there, while our staff live here.
As he spoke, Zeng Qiang pointed to a row of bungalows to the south.
"How many people from these pharmaceutical companies came in total?"
"There are quite a few people here now. The five companies together have nearly a thousand people. Many of them came with the equipment. Once the equipment is in normal working order, many of the installation and debugging staff will leave."
At that time, each company will only retain a few people to handle logistics, ten people to conduct drug trials, and some people to do experiments. The total number of people retained by each company will likely not exceed fifty.
So many people?
Li Chu raised an eyebrow. He thought it would be good if each company could keep twenty people, since both equipment maintenance and personnel costs were a considerable expense.
It's no wonder the country attaches so much importance to this transaction. Not to mention the amount of money specified in the agreement, the donated equipment, and the subsequent investment funds, the current consumption of these people alone is not a small expense every month.
Most importantly, these are all foreign exchange reserves.
For countries currently facing a shortage of foreign exchange, they probably wish these nearly 1,000 people could stay here indefinitely.
After all, the more people they keep, the more they spend every day.
"Have these pharmaceutical companies prepared all the necessary medicinal materials?"
"The common medicinal herbs are all purchased from our main hospital, but the most precious wild ginseng was brought over by them themselves."
At this point, Zeng Qiang turned his head and looked around before lowering his voice and saying, "Dean Li, from what I've observed, they have brought quite a lot of wild medicinal herbs, but I don't know much about Chinese medicinal herbs, so I don't know if they all meet your requirements."
"It's alright, I'll check later. Have all the people from the main hospital who came to learn from me arrived yet?"
"When these companies delivered the equipment, the people from the main hospital had already arrived. There were more than thirty of them here to learn, and they are currently in the lab learning. Would you like to meet with them?"
"No need, no need," Li Chu waved his hand. "Let them learn, I won't waste their time."
Zeng Qiang glanced at Dean Li beside him with some surprise.
Many leaders have visited before, and each time they come, they gather those who come to learn together to give them a pep talk.
But in Zeng Qiang's view, what those people were saying was all nonsense and had no practical significance.
However, to his surprise, Dean Li, who was the real leader of those people, had no intention of holding a meeting.
This Dean Li is quite interesting!
"Oh, right, Director Zeng and this Director Sun," Li Chu said, remembering something. "You two should report to your superiors later and see if any other hospitals or schools in Beijing want to send people over to learn from us. If possible, ask them to send people over to learn together."
This is a rare learning opportunity that doesn't cost any money. Those from other places are welcome to participate as well, but it's best to keep the total number of participants under control. Also, make sure there are enough translators; just say it was me who suggested it.”
Upon hearing Li Chu's request, Zeng Qiang and Sun Changle exchanged a glance and then replied in unison, "Yes."
After thinking for a while, Li Chu continued, "Director Zeng, could you have someone notify the heads of the companies so we can have a meeting?"
Several months have passed, and today we can finally meet the person in charge. The heads of those companies here are running around like rabbits. Moreover, it's not just the administrative heads who came; the heads of the experiments also came along, all wanting to meet the person who prescribed that mysterious medicine.
Li Chu's youthful appearance also made these people suspicious, wondering if the Chinese side had just found someone to fool them.
They had inquired beforehand and learned that the person who prescribed the medicine was nearly fifty years old, but the person in front of them looked to be at most thirty.
Faced with everyone's doubts, Li Chu had no choice but to take each of their pulses.
It was this very move that immediately made these people marvel at Li Chu's extraordinary talent.
They weren't unfamiliar with traditional Chinese medicine, and they knew that Chinese medicine had its own unique wonders.
But how can someone describe all sorts of ailments in your body, big and small, just by taking your pulse, more clearly than those specialized diagnostic equipment? What kind of nonsense is that?
This also made these people begin to have doubts about the equipment they trusted so much for the first time.
Once these people stopped having doubts, the subsequent communication went smoothly.
Li Yunli, who had been following Li Chu, was in work mode for the first time today. She was quite nervous at first, especially when she was treating these foreigners, as she was afraid that her translation would not be up to par.
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