Chapter 334: Drugs for Industrial Equipment (Happy New Year!)
Wang Mengde has deep feelings about the act of robbing money.

In the past, many drugs developed by foreign pharmaceutical groups were sold at sky-high prices.

Moreover, for the sake of profit, even though they have medicine that can cure the disease in one go, they keep it secret and do not release it, just to make patients continue to take their expensive medicine.

To be honest, if China follows the practices of those pharmaceutical groups, the price of this unique medicine produced in China is not that expensive.

Artificially synthesized bovine insulin is the only one in the world today. It is difficult to produce, and considering other costs, each dose is only sold for fifty dollars, which is completely conscientious.

In fact, when the price was being set earlier, his superiors had also consulted him for his opinion, and Wang Mengde suggested a minimum of three digits.

The production cost of this drug is very high, and the process and equipment requirements are also relatively difficult. Only three or two pharmaceutical factories in China can barely produce it.

Anyway, there are only so many of them every year, which means that only a small number of people in the world can use them, and these people are people who are not short of money.

As long as it can benefit the condition, they are happy to use it, whether it costs three hundred dollars or five hundred dollars at a time.

For the sake of their lives, the rich people don't care about so many other things.

Unfortunately, the country did not fully adopt his suggestion at the time and only set the price at fifty dollars.

Although he had already made several times the profit at this price, Wang Mengde still felt a little regretful.

If the domestic prices were cheaper, he would definitely agree with it, but it would be a complete waste not to make any money from foreigners, and if he made any money, it would only be equivalent to collecting a little bit of interest in advance.

"Comrade Wang Mengde, the synthetic bovine insulin we produced last month earned the country several million dollars in foreign exchange.

This is only the first month. Once the workers become more skilled and another production line is added, it is expected that by the end of this year, it will not be a problem to generate tens of millions of dollars in revenue per month.”

The superior said excitedly: "This speed of making money is almost like robbing money!"

Normally, a leader of his size wouldn't say something like this, he just said this because he was extremely happy.

At the beginning, when Wang Mengde suggested setting the price of artificial bovine insulin at one hundred US dollars, everyone was shocked and thought that it would not be sellable at this price.

Later, after discussion, it was decided to cut the price in half to fifty US dollars. However, everyone was still worried, fearing that the merchants would not accept it.

During the negotiations, I mentioned the price to the foreigners, and to my surprise, they agreed to it without even blinking an eye.

The negotiating comrades who were ready to bargain were stunned for a while.

After returning to report, the leaders felt deeply regretful that they had not listened to Comrade Wang Mengde's advice.

That's double the price, and all fifty dollars is profit.

Unfortunately, words once spoken cannot be taken back, so in the end I could only accept it with a wry smile.

However, the leaders also secretly decided that they must listen more to Comrade Wang Mengde's opinions next time.

"Haha, leader, the profits from medicines, especially those that are effective for terminal illnesses and use exclusive technologies, are much faster than robbing money."

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

Today, our superiors came to the Chinese Medical Research Institute for inspection, and while they were talking, they came to the topic we just talked about.

"It's indeed faster than robbing money. We earn several million dollars in foreign exchange every month, and that's because the production is not enough. If the production is increased, the income will be tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars."

In the conference room, a comrade who came with the leader couldn't help but fantasize.

“Haha, even if the production volume is increased, there is no way to generate that much revenue. After all, there are only a limited number of patients with diabetes in the world, and most of these people do not have the financial ability to use synthetic bovine insulin.

If the output is really ten or eight times greater than it is now, the best result would be one or two times more revenue, so the price would have to be lowered to sell it.”

After listening to his unrealistic fantasy, Wang Mengde explained with a smile.

According to market rules, when the supply of products exceeds the demand, it is an era of small profits but quick turnover.

Of course, considering China’s current production capacity, it is too early to worry about oversupply.

If foreign countries have not made breakthroughs in the technology of artificially synthesizing bovine insulin, China will be able to reap the huge profits from this drug for more than ten years.

"Well, Comrade Wang Mengde's explanation is correct. If there is too much of anything, it will not sell at a high price, so forget about earning hundreds of millions every month.

However, it is still possible to earn 20 to 30 million US dollars per month. Experts from relevant departments have estimated that even if the current output is increased by three or five times, the market may not be saturated. "

The leader said with a smile.

Around eleven o'clock in the morning.

After the inspection at the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the leader took Wang Mengde to the pharmaceutical factory that produces artificial bovine insulin.

Director Niu had an excited expression on his face as he accompanied the leaders to visit the production workshop.

Looking at the orderly production process, the leader said happily: "Not bad, not bad, our workers are all very amazing.

It is not easy to maintain such high enthusiasm for production in such hot weather.

By the way, how is the food in the cafeteria? If you have any requests, Director Niu, you can directly ask. As long as we can solve it, we will solve it immediately. If we can't solve it for the time being, we will find a way to solve it in the future. "

Air conditioning has been invented a long time ago in this era, but most factories do not install this thing in their production workshops.

It would be great to have a few electric fans.

"Leader, we don't really have any requests. Comrade Wang Mengde sent us tens of thousands of kilograms of pork, beef and mutton some time ago.

They also gave us some in-demand industrial products and other supplies.

This is the second time in more than a month. Now the workers are very grateful and motivated. They are all saying that they are willing to work overtime to meet the production targets. "

Director Niu said with a grateful look on his face.

Last month, several thousand kilograms of meat were given out for the first time, allowing all the employees in the pharmaceutical factory to enjoy a few good meals.

Unexpectedly, two days ago, they took the initiative to bring us tens of thousands of kilograms of meat and many other rare things.

Such as sugar, biscuits, cloth, flour, sewing machines, bicycles, etc.

When these were pulled over, everyone in the factory, including their leaders, were excited.

In fact, all these things cannot be bought in the country even if you have money.

Everything required a ticket, especially sewing machines and bicycles. The young people in the factory wanted to take them home directly.

Unfortunately, there were not enough items for every employee in the factory, so they had to draw lots according to convention.

Previously, the commercial department issued tickets for large items once a year or every six months. Since the number was small, the factory decided the ownership by drawing lots.

"I know about this. Director Lu of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine has reported it to me. This is a good thing to support our sister units.

All these supplies were sent by foreign patients as a token of their gratitude when Comrade Wang Mengde treated them.

Most of them were actually handed in and distributed by superiors.

Of course, a small number of them remained in Guang'anmen Hospital and were handled by the hospital itself."

The superior leader said with a smile.

Over the past two years, I don't know if those foreign patients had agreed on this, but they all used cargo ships or cargo planes to bring in various supplies. At first, it was mostly food, but later on, some daily necessities and a small amount of industrial products were added.

The country simply turned a blind eye to their actions and did not strictly control them.

After all, the country was experiencing economic difficulties and was short of supplies. If someone sent these things over for free, of course we would accept them all.

"Then at noon, the leader can have lunch here and take a look at the food at the pharmaceutical factory."

Director Niu followed up with what he said.

"Okay, let's have lunch here at noon."

Leaders are quick to accept good advice.

Soon, it was twelve o'clock.

Lunch time.

Chang Dahu walked out of the production workshop. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and held a slightly deformed aluminum lunch box with his name written on it in his hand. He was looking forward to it.

In the past few days, the food in the factory has been upgraded to a higher level.

Not only are there more oil and water in the dishes, but there is even a meat dish at noon every day.

"Brother Chang, are you going to order meat dishes again today?"

While queuing for food, another worker behind him asked with a smile.

"Yes, Xiao Guo, do you want meat dishes today?

In my opinion, the meat and vegetables in the factory don’t require meat coupons, and the prices are not much more expensive, so you should take this opportunity to eat more.

Otherwise, after a while, the meat in the warehouse will be eaten up, and I don’t know when I will be able to enjoy meat like this again.”

Chang Dahu shrugged his nose greedily and said casually.

The smell of meat in the cafeteria made him subconsciously swallow his saliva.

Although he is only in his thirties, there are six people in his family including his wife and children.

Because there are no elders to help take care of the children, his wife cannot go to work, and the children are still young. Now he is the only one in the family who works to earn money to support the family.

Fortunately, he likes to study hard and has become a fourth-level worker in the pharmaceutical factory. His monthly salary of more than 50 yuan is barely enough for the family.

But with four children still going to school, life must be tight.

Normally, if there were any good things at home, they would be eaten by the children first, and he basically could not taste the small amount of meat that was rationed every month.

In other words, if the factory occasionally serves meat, he will savor it for a long time.

This situation continued until last month, when one day something changed.

The factory suddenly had several thousand kilograms of extra meat, and then every noon, meat dishes were served in the cafeteria without the need for meat coupons.

This went on for more than ten days.

That period of time was the happiest time in his life.

Every day before getting off work at noon, I look forward to lunch time.

Later, after consuming the extra several thousand pounds of meat, he was filled with melancholy, not knowing when would be the next time he could eat meat continuously like this.

Unexpectedly, the surprise came so quickly.

Two days ago, Director Niu announced on the radio that the factory had a lot more meat.

A portion of it is kept in the factory to supply the canteen to provide nutritional supplements for all workers, and each employee can also get one pound to take home.

In addition to meat, each person also received one pound of white sugar, five pounds of white flour, and a piece of cloth that could make two sets of adult clothes.

Yesterday, he brought back home all the things distributed by the factory, and the whole family was happier than during the Chinese New Year.

The syrup made from granulated sugar made the four children jump for joy. The dumplings stuffed with pork and radish made from snow-white flour made the whole family full.

My wife has also planned the cloth. The three little ones haven't worn new clothes for several years, and they used to wear the leftovers from the eldest one.

Now everyone can finally make a new set of clothes.

Not only that, what made their family even happier was that in yesterday's lottery, Chang Dahu was extremely lucky and actually drew a bicycle.

There are only twenty cars, and with thousands of employees in the pharmaceutical factory, the probability is less than 1%.

From then on, their family finally had a big item they could show off.

“Brother Chang, I must also order a portion of meat dishes. All the employees in our factory will not miss this opportunity.

By the way, Brother Chang, I haven't congratulated you yet, but you actually won a bicycle. Oh, my luck is not so good, I didn't win anything."

As Xiao Guo spoke, his face became depressed.

He had been married for only two years, and because he had no coupons and his family had not saved enough industrial coupons, he did not buy any big items when he got married.

Because of this incident, it is brought up every time I quarrel with my wife.

"Xiao Guo, don't be discouraged. Maybe it will be your turn in the next draw."

Chang Dahu comforted.

Just as Wang Mengde was inspecting the pharmaceutical factory with his leader, things related to him were happening in many hospitals on the other side of the ocean.

As synthetic bovine insulin traveled across the ocean, wealthy and powerful diabetic patients in major hospitals found that their condition was temporarily controlled after using it.

These people received medical treatment, which made other patients in the same hospital unhappy.

We all have money and power, so why can others get good medical treatment while we can only watch our condition worsen and endure tremendous pain?

As a result, more and more people began to put pressure on the hospital.

They all said that price is not an issue and they are willing to spend any amount as long as they can get treatment.

After these financial sponsors spoke, the hospital contacted those families and wanted to increase the supply.

But the problem now is that only China has the technology to produce this artificial bovine insulin, and due to equipment problems, it is not easy to increase production in a short period of time.

In fact, China and those families are very anxious. This is a good opportunity to make money. Every second of delay will result in a huge loss of money.

After Wang Mengde learned about this dilemma, he came up with a solution after a little thought.

He made a suggestion to his superiors, that is, to ask foreign partners to provide a batch of advanced production equipment to upgrade the equipment of China's pharmaceutical factories.

The money for the equipment will be offset by the bovine insulin produced.

(End of this chapter)