Chapter 964: Earn More Benefits
Because the patient will be given ginseng life-extending pills soon, this means entering the familiarization phase.
In this way, the medical staff of Ning'an Hospital can handle it on their own, and there is no need for Yu Zhiming, Ye Huazhang, and Wang Wu to guard the patient.
Gu Qingran booked a private room at Tingfeng Pavilion Restaurant on the south bank of Ning'an Lake and treated them to a sumptuous lunch.
At 12:30 noon, several people came to the private room and sat down.
Ye Huazhang took out a small-mouthed porcelain bottle from an old deerskin bag he was carrying and handed it to Yu Zhiming.
"These are ginseng health pills. There are thirty pills in them."
Ye Huazhang introduced it and explained, "Your ginseng health pills are specially made. They use intact 20-year-old forest ginseng. The other medicinal ingredients are also the best."
"So, although the pills inside are much smaller, their efficacy is about three times that of ordinary health pills."
He added: "One pill a day, preferably before going to bed at night."
"You can swallow it directly or dissolve it in warm water."
“Thank you for your hard work, teacher.”
Yu Zhiming thanked him, weighed the slightly heavy milky white porcelain bottle, and asked, "Teacher, are there any dietary restrictions?"
Ye Huazhang chuckled and said, "You don't drink or smoke, and your diet is quite healthy, so there's no need to avoid any special foods."
Gu Qingran said jokingly, "Master Ye, is Zhiming's diet healthy? He always eats so much, mostly meat and fish!"
Wang Wu, who was sitting opposite Gu Qingran, laughed and said, "Whether this diet is healthy or not is closely related to one's body and needs."
"For example, a worker who does heavy physical labor and a delicate secretary in an office building would have very different healthy diets."
"Take Dr. Yu for example. Eating a rich meal every day is what his body needs. He can consume it, and the nutrients won't accumulate in his blood vessels or body. This is the healthiest diet for him."
Yu Zhiming glanced at Gu Qingran's belly and said with disdain: "How long has it been since you last exercised? Your belly is bulging."
Gu Qingran immediately sat up straight and said stubbornly, "I don't have a small belly at all. You must be seeing things."
Yu Zhiming snorted softly and said teasingly, "A man in his forties, with such a gentle heart, it's time for him to gain weight."
He handed the porcelain bottle to Qing Ning beside him for safekeeping. Then he thought of another question and quickly asked Ye Huazhang: "Teacher, what is the cost of my special ginseng health pill?"
Ye Huazhang replied softly, "A rough calculation shows that each pill costs nearly 500 yuan. For you, it's just a drop in the bucket."
Five hundred yuan per pill, one pill a day, that's fifteen thousand yuan a month, nearly eighty thousand a year. Compared to Yu Zhiming's income, this is indeed a drizzle.
However, for ordinary families, long-term use is definitely unaffordable.
"Teacher, how much does an ordinary ginseng health pill cost?"
Gu Qingran took over and introduced, "Zhi Ming, we have calculated that if it is handmade, it costs about 30 to 40 yuan per pill. If it is mass-produced, the cost can be reduced to about 20 yuan."
Yu Zhiming nodded slightly.
The cost is 20 yuan, and the selling price is 50 or 60 yuan? If you take one pill a day, that's 1,600 or 1,000 yuan a month.
This price should be affordable for an ordinary family, right?
Yu Zhiming suddenly noticed that Wang Wu was staring at him and touched his face involuntarily.
"Doctor Wang, is there something dirty on my face?"
Wang Wu shook his head and said, "There is nothing dirty."
"I'm just a little surprised. You've been so busy developing this alternative drug, and now that the clinical trials have failed, you don't seem to be affected at all."
Gu Qingran also echoed, "That's right, Zhiming, are you just pretending to be carefree? Or do you have other plans in mind?"
Yu Zhiming smiled softly and said, "Drug development is beyond my capabilities. My performance is so devastating, but will it have any effect?"
"Also, the existing ginseng life-extending pills can still last for quite a while and won't delay my treatment."
"More importantly, I believe..."
Yu Zhiming said confidently, "With the joint efforts of Teacher Ye, Mr. Qin, Mr. Bai, Mr. Liu, Doctor Wang, and others, the successful development of this alternative medicine is only a matter of time."
Ye Huazhang nodded and smiled, "You have a good attitude. You have the demeanor of a great general who remains calm even when faced with a mountain collapsing before him."
Yu Zhiming said smugly, "That's right. Without a big heart, how can you dare to call yourself a famous doctor?"
"But, that being said..."
Yu Zhiming suppressed the casual expression on his face, looked at Ye Huazhang seriously, and said, "Teacher, please take the trouble to supervise the research and development of this alternative medicine."
Ye Huazhang smiled gently and said, "This is not just your business. We also have considerable interests at stake. We will not be perfunctory."
After a pause, he slowly said, "After a while, let's work together again. Maybe we'll have a real breakthrough."
At this time, the waiter started to serve the dishes...
At this moment, within the second ring road of Beijing, there is a three-courtyard courtyard that is quiet in the midst of the hustle and bustle.
Chu Yunfan, the vice president of Jingcheng Hospital, hurried to the small courtyard filled with the aroma of medicine and saw a vigorous old man turning over and drying sliced medicinal herbs in a flat bamboo basket.
Chu Yunfan slowly approached the old man and said softly with joy on his face, "Dad, you're right about everything."
"I just received news that Yu Zhiming's clinical trial for the alternative drug has failed. Also, the reason for the failure is almost the same as what you said: quantity without quality, making it unfit for the task."
The vigorous old man, Chu Shiyu, the Chu family's current national medical master, turned and looked at Chu Yunfan.
"The results are out so early? Didn't the experiment just start this morning? The alternative medicine those old guys developed together shouldn't be so useless."
"Did they not do their best? Did they trick Yu Zhiming?"
Chu Yunfan introduced: "Dad, the clinical trial started at nine o'clock this morning."
"At noon, Yu Zhiming said that this medicine has quantity but no quality, just like puffiness, it looks good but is useless. He asked that the patient be given the Ginseng Life-Sustaining Pills in an hour and a half."
Chu Shiyu uttered a soft "oh" and said with emotion, "I have to say, Yu Zhiming's understanding of the body can be said to have reached a supernatural level."
"I'm really not as good as him."
Chu Yunfan laughed and said, "No matter how detailed your understanding of the body is, what can it do?"
"With Yu Zhiming's ability, he can only make wedding clothes for others. He is destined to remain a craftsman. At most, he can be given the reputation of a master craftsman or a divine craftsman."
Chu Shiyu's face darkened, and he criticized sternly, "Don't say these useless things. No matter how much you belittle him, Yu Zhiming is now weighing on our Jingcheng Hospital."
"You are out there now, and you still dare to tell others that Jingcheng is the ceiling of domestic medical care?"
Chu Yunfan showed an embarrassed look and said, "Dad, in view of the failure of the clinical trial of the alternative medicine, the Qin family, the Bai family, the Liu family, and the Licorice Hall are going all out to buy wild ginseng."
"Yu Zhiming also said that if they sold them a wild ginseng, they would get two chances to seek medical treatment."
Chu Shiyu immediately said, "We have to follow suit. Not only that, we have to overpower those old guys and buy all the wild ginseng so that they can't get a single one."
"Yunfan, do you have any good ideas?"
Chu Yunfan thought for a moment and said, "One ginseng pill can be sold for three hundred thousand yuan by tomorrow. A wild ginseng plant that's over fifty years old can be used to make about ten pills."
"We can directly raise the price of wild ginseng to three million per tree, making it stand out from the crowd in terms of price."
Chu Shiyu uttered a sigh and said, "Yunfan, I remember you said before that the price of fifty-year-old wild ginseng on the market is around one million."
"You raised it twice in one go?"
Chu Yunfan explained softly, "Dad, Yu Zhiming and I have already collected almost all the wild ginseng that has aged in the domestic and foreign markets."
“Those who still have wild ginseng at home either have plenty of money or are obsessed with it.”
"They won't make a move unless we raise the price to a shocking level."
"And for Yu Zhiming, this price is just a passing price. If there are patients who pay for it, they will naturally follow suit."
Chu Shiyu uttered a soft "oh" and said, "Yunfan, you are more proficient in these business matters."
"Just do what you want."
Chu Yunfan hummed lightly, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Dad, the price has risen so much all of a sudden, and we're a little stretched financially. We've already invested over 100 million in wild ginseng, and we don't have much of our own funds left."
After a pause, he continued, "Dad, my idea is, once the price goes up and Yu Zhiming's group follows suit, we can secretly sell our wild ginseng to Yu Zhiming's group after the price stabilizes for three to five days."
"At that time, we will only need to keep 20 to 30 wild ginseng plants of good quality and old age."
"Sell everything else to them."
Chu Shiyu frowned and asked doubtfully, "Yunfan, in this case, doesn't it mean we can't use wild ginseng as a condition to force Yu Zhiming to cooperate with us?"
Chu Yunfan sighed and said, "Dad, Yu Zhiming has a deep prejudice against our Chu family."
"Cooperation is almost impossible."
"Also, Yu Zhiming now has very close ties with the authorities and is highly respected."
"If they continue to use public opinion to spread rumors that we have a monopoly on all the wild ginseng in the world, then our Chu family will be the enemy of all cancer patients in the country."
"Since cooperation is unsuccessful, and we can't use other means either, we might as well take advantage of the current surge in wild ginseng prices and make some extra money."
"Also, just because their alternative drug failed in this clinical trial doesn't mean it won't succeed in the future."
Chu Shiyu was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Just take care of these mundane matters."
"My biggest wish now is to completely cure the inherited heart disease of our Chu family daughter before I close my eyes..."
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