"It could easily trigger social unrest. If these medicines become unavailable, how will ordinary people access medical care? These are all things we should consider."
Jiang Zao fell silent; she had acted impulsively.
She hadn't anticipated any of these consequences.
Jiang Zao's shoulders slumped: "Then what should we do? Just stand by and watch?"
Looking at Jiang Zao's listless appearance, Li Hua said, "President Jiang, there are many things we haven't seen. For example, the small country of Japan secretly registered Chinese medicine and Chinese prescription patents first."
"Many other countries are working hard to learn traditional Chinese medicine, and some have even established traditional Chinese medicine departments in top universities. But what about our country? We don't really promote traditional Chinese medicine."
"Therefore, I think we need to take this step slowly. First of all, everyone should pay more attention to traditional Chinese medicine."
"Secondly, we must preserve the effective prescriptions. Traditional Chinese medicine is good, but Western medicine also has its uses."
"We can't condemn them all at once."
“These pharmaceutical groups have many useful prescriptions, and we should make use of them.”
Jiang Zao rubbed her head: "Oh my god, this is too complicated."
Li Hua: "To put it simply, we are now starting to guide the public to pay attention to traditional Chinese medicine."
Jiang Zao, half-understanding, asked, "You mean, first revive traditional Chinese medicine, and then create a production company for useful Western medicines so that everyone can use both Western and traditional Chinese medicines?"
Li Hua looked at Jiang Zao approvingly: "Yes, that's exactly what I mean."
Jiang understood immediately: "Then let's get started!"
Li Hua: "Okay, then let's spread some content online first, and slowly let the public know some of the truth."
Jiang Zao: "Leave this to me, I have the resources."
Li Hua: "Okay, then I'll start preparing for our own pharmaceutical company?"
Jiang Zao: "Okay, by the way, are you able to handle the workload? If you can't, I'll find you someone else."
Li Hua: "Actually, it's alright. Our charitable foundation isn't particularly busy."
Jiang Zao nodded: "That's good. Be sure to let me know if you get too busy."
Li Hua smiled helplessly: "I know, President Jiang."
The matter was roughly agreed upon.
Jiang had already gotten up and left; she had to rush back to the capital tonight, since she had classes all day tomorrow.
Afterwards, Jiang rushed home.
On the way, Jiang made a phone call to Yuwen, the CEO of ByteDance, and after explaining the situation, she fell asleep contentedly in the car.
Yuwen moved very quickly.
Jiang handed over the documents that afternoon, and by noon the next day, various marketing accounts on Douyin (TikTok) began exposing some of the dirty deeds of pharmaceutical companies.
Jiang opened her phone during the break and started refreshing the comments.
@行者坦途??: [Treating pharmaceuticals as a business, without conscience, is extremely bloody. Sustainable? Repeat purchases…]
@I'm no different from Fahai: [If the medicine could cure the illness, hospitals would all be closed. The reason hospitals are so crowded is because this medicine needs to be taken repeatedly.]
@Mingjun: [I used to have rhinitis, a stuffy nose, and couldn't sleep all night. I was very anxious. I was cured by traditional Chinese medicine. I'm so grateful.]
@Wei: [Twenty years ago, my uncle had ascites, and his stomach was so swollen it looked like a pregnant woman's. The county hospital called him back to prepare for his death. Later, he was cured by a barefoot doctor and is still doing well.]
@辰??毅 (I've seen the ee forum): [I was treated for urticaria in the hospital for several months. Various tests. It couldn't be cured. A traditional Chinese medicine doctor recommended by someone cured me in 15 days.]
@SisterWei: [I just want to say one thing: no matter how others suppress us, we will not give up, we will not fall. Traditional Chinese medicine will live on, traditional Chinese medicine is great.]
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The comments were overwhelmingly negative, criticizing the pharmaceutical industry while praising the merits of traditional Chinese medicine.
Jiang Zao felt gratified. She suddenly had a goal: to make Chinese people no longer afraid of getting sick or being unable to afford medical treatment.
Let them dare to seek treatment when they are sick, and let them get treatment for the least amount of money, so that millions of families will not be torn apart because of illness.
If she's going to do something, she'll do it to the best of her ability!
Neither traditional Chinese medicine nor Western medicine should be used as a tool to make money.
Once interests are involved, the essence of things changes.
Jiang Zao was full of confidence as she looked at her phone and liked all the videos.
Li Hua's message arrived quickly: "President Jiang, our pharmaceutical company was established this morning."
Jiang Zao nodded: "Okay, let's build the company in Beijing. I happen to have a piece of land in the suburbs of Beijing; we can build a factory there."
Li Hua: [Okay.]
Jiang Zao: [What do you think? Should the charity foundation move here too?]
Li Hua: [I think there's not much difference between charitable foundations in Beijing and those in Zhouping.]
Jiang Zao: [I think it's quite tiring for you to run around like this.]
Li Hua replied to Jiang Zao with a smile: "No, President Jiang."
Jiang Zao didn't say anything more: 【Okay.】
Jiang Zao picked up a pen and started sketching on the paper, planning how to complete the task.
Jiang's mother came over, placed the fruit plate on Jiang Zao's table, and asked curiously, "Zao Zao, what are you writing?"
Jiang Zao looked up at her mother and handed her the paper in her hand: "Mom, I recently started a pharmaceutical company."
Jiang's mother asked in surprise, "A pharmaceutical company?"
Jiang Zao nodded: "Yes, Western medicine now accounts for a large proportion of our country, but Mom, have you noticed that a disease that used to be cured with one pill now requires four or five boxes?"
Jiang's mother opened her eyes wide and nodded: "That's right. Medicine used to cost only a few cents and could cure diseases. Now, you can throw thousands of dollars into the hospital and the disease still won't get better."
Jiang Zao: "Yes, that's why pharmaceutical companies make such profits. They make the drugs less and less effective so that people will keep buying them, and that's how they make endless money."
Jiang Ma slammed her fist on the table: "You're a real scoundrel! That's a human life! How can you joke about a human life?"
Jiang Zao: "Mom, they are all inhumane. Moreover, most of these pharmaceutical companies are foreign companies. Since they entered China, they have been suppressing our local Chinese companies."
Jiang's mother was furious: "You son of a bitch!"
Jiang Zao: "And our traditional Chinese medicine, it's so amazing, it shouldn't be lost in our generation!!"
Jiang's mother: "Zaozao, you did the right thing. When I was a child, there was an old Chinese medicine doctor in the village."
"He's amazing. We go to him for any ailment, and a few needles or a dose of medicine can cure it completely."
"But...sigh...it's almost impossible to find good traditional Chinese medicine doctors these days..."
"What a pity..."
Jiang Zao patted her mother's shoulder: "Mom, don't feel sorry for me! I will use all my strength to make traditional Chinese medicine continue to shine!"
"At the same time, I also want to develop effective Western medicines so that everyone can get treatment for the least amount of money!"
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