Chapter 1183 The Best Residence
The bar was quite enjoyable—except for Xiao Peng, who was upset about losing 200 euros playing billiards, everything else was fine. The highlight was the beer brewed by Sanz's daughter, Jill. It was incredibly good. When Xiao Peng left, he even brought a bucket of beer to drink on the way.
Why not buy more? Because this is draft beer, not tap beer, so it can't be stored for that long...
And the place where they stayed at night was Mosley's home.
Mosley's home is by the lake. It consists of three large bungalows and a large yard.
Of these three houses, one is their home for the three of them, one is their filming studio, and the other one...
"Damn! What on earth is this house used for?" Xiao Peng was completely confused after seeing this - the whole room was filled with an ambiguous atmosphere.
The lights in several rooms are dark red, and they look like rooms in a love hotel.
Walter said, "Boss, your question is boring. What do you think this room can be used for? Of course it's for that! Boss, the taxes here in Belgium are higher than in France. If you open a brothel, the taxes will be very high, so many people do it secretly to avoid taxes."
Xiao Peng's face was filled with black lines: "Is there such a thing?"
Walter explained: "Of course, Belgium is a country with high welfare, similar to France. With high welfare and high taxes, the government's annual tax revenue accounts for 48% of the country's total GDP. The tax rates on singles and the rich are particularly high!"
"Singles have high taxes?" Xiao Peng said helplessly, "Is this looking down on singles?"
Walter said, "In Belgium, the income tax rate for single people without children is the highest of all. This has led to a divorce rate of 71%. A considerable number of couples marry, have children, and then divorce just to avoid paying taxes. Jill in the bar is one of them."
Xiao Peng said, "That's not what I heard. I heard the divorce rate here is high because people are too rich, so they would rather be single than be married."
Walter laughed and said, "Boss, you won't say that after you understand this place. Believe me, no one likes to pay taxes. Everyone will try to avoid taxes if they can. The welfare here is good, but those welfare can only guarantee people's basic living rather than letting you rely on welfare to become rich, so everyone still has to find ways to make money and save money... What is this? What are these words! Why can't I understand any of them?"
As he was talking, he suddenly found a few small bottles.
Xiao Peng took it and smiled. "You're really trying to save money! This is Hindi. This is sildenafil, tadalafil, and vardenafil made in India..."
"What are these for?" Walter asked puzzled.
Xiao Peng handed the bottle back to Walter and replied, “Brother Wei!”
"Puff!" Walter quickly put the small bottle back to its original place: "Why prepare so many of these things!"
After looking at it, Kasin said, "This is a good thing, don't waste it... Why are you looking at me like that?"
Xiao Peng shook his head: "Kaxin, you are not that old, why do you still rely on this thing?"
"This is to improve quality!" Kasin argued. "There's no such thing as best, only better! But why do they buy Indian products?"
"It's cheap!" Khedira said. "The price of Indian products is only one-tenth or even one-twentieth of what you'd pay in a pharmacy back home!"
"Boss, why are Indian medicines so cheap?" Kasim asked.
Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "Because Indian medicines are classified as 'generic drugs'."
"Generic drugs? What does that mean?" Kasim was puzzled.
Xiao Peng said, "India is a major global exporter of medicines. It's known as the 'World Pharmacy.' Even though India hasn't developed its own vaccines, the vaccines you're using are basically all produced in India. However, their medicinal materials are divided into two types: processed drugs from Western pharmaceutical companies and domestically produced generic drugs."
"In fact, if you buy medicine, you will find that all the ingredients of the medicine are written in the instructions, including possible side effects and adverse reactions. This is done for drug supervision - otherwise, who will be held responsible if something goes wrong? With these ingredients, it is not difficult to copy a drug. And the protection of these drugs relies on patent law."
Khedira added: "Generally speaking, a drug can only be copied after its patent expires, but pharmaceutical companies have a way. If a drug has a large enough market, they will randomly add some ingredients to it after the patent expires and apply for another patent. This is to make a profit."
Kasin suddenly realized: "So the generic drugs in India are actually produced without patents, right? Isn't this illegal?"
Xiao Peng explained, "This behavior isn't illegal for Indians. India has implemented the so-called 'compulsory drug licensing system' since the 1970s. To put it simply, it throws Western patent law aside. Once new drugs developed by Western pharmaceutical companies are on the market, Indian pharmaceutical companies can copy them under their own patent law. In 2005, India reached an agreement with the WTO to accept patent protection for drugs. However, this agreement has loopholes. For example, it only provides patent protection for new drugs invented after 1995 or for drugs that have been modified to significantly improve their efficacy. It doesn't provide protection for drugs that incorporate new ingredients into old drugs, as Khedira mentioned. Furthermore, even for new drugs, the Indian government can implement 'compulsory licensing' at any time based on demand. So, this patent agreement is basically the same as not having one. They're still preventing whatever they want."
"Why can they do this?" Kasim asked puzzledly.
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "What would you think if I said it was because of Daxia?"
"Ah?" Kaxin looked at Xiao Peng: "What does this have to do with Daxia?"
Xiao Peng explained, "Western countries use India as a bridgehead to restrict Daxia's development. After all, Indians have always had an inexplicable hostility and sense of superiority towards Daxia, and Western countries have taken advantage of this to give India a lot of policy bias, so that India can better restrict Daxia according to their ideas. This 'drug compulsory licensing system' is one of the preferential conditions given to them. And India has become the 'world's pharmacy' under this system. For example, in Africa, basically 80% of the drugs come from India. But the sad thing is that India is also the country with the most drug shortage in the world. The drugs they produce are basically sold, and their own people cannot use them."
Holding the small bottle, Kasin said, "It seems that Indian medicine has not only entered Africa, but also Europe!"
Xiao Peng laughed and said, "It depends on what kind of medicine it is. If it's a medicine like 'Brother Wei', India really doesn't sell the most to Europe."
"Where is that?" Kasim asked in confusion.
Xiao Peng's eyes widened after hearing this: "You don't even know this? Of course it's one of the four wonders of the contemporary world!"
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