Chapter 356 "Six-cent Spicy" and Suffering Old Sins

Currently.

Among the many countries in the world that can produce hepatitis B vaccines.

Except for China, all other countries use the method of extracting hepatitis B virus from patient serum and then making hepatitis B vaccine.

This method is limited by the amount of patient serum, the difficulty in extraction, and the susceptibility to carrying other viruses. It has high production costs and low quality and quantity.

However, because of Wang Mengde's previous research guidance, China abandoned this time-consuming, labor-intensive and unsafe production method.

Advanced gene editing technology is used.

This technology not only allows for rapid, large-scale production at a low cost, but also makes the vaccine particularly safe.

Previously, due to the huge demand from hundreds of millions of people in the country, most of the hepatitis B vaccines produced in China were consumed by the domestic people, except for a few export to friendly countries.

Especially in the comprehensive immunization program carried out in the past few years, hundreds of millions of children received free vaccinations in different time periods and in a planned manner.

Next, the areas with the largest number of people infected with hepatitis B carried out voluntary vaccination first, followed by other areas.

After several years, according to statistics, more than 90% of children have been vaccinated, as have more than 20% of adults.

For the remaining people, they can only be vaccinated slowly in the future, and many people do not need to be vaccinated because they have already produced antibodies.

Anyway, most children have been vaccinated, so it is no longer mandatory for adults.

The domestic market is gradually becoming saturated, and from now on, it will only be necessary to vaccinate newborn children and a small number of people every year.

Therefore, huge production requires a sales market.

It just so happens that those foreign countries have insufficient production due to problems with their production processes, and China needs a large amount of foreign exchange. It is a perfect complement.

Since the beginning of the year, millions of hepatitis B vaccines have been shipped overseas every month.

Especially in developed areas such as Western Europe and America.

The people over there are not only rich, but also afraid of death.

If you are accidentally infected with hepatitis B, although it is not fatal in the short term, it can be a big trouble if it lasts for a long time.

Especially when the disease turns into ascites, then in this world, apart from Wang Mengde, there is really no other doctor who is absolutely sure to cure this disease.

By then, not only will you waste money, but you will also suffer a lot.

But if you get the hepatitis B vaccine, the situation will be different.

This is according to research published in some of the world's largest journals.

After using the hepatitis B vaccine, even if you come into contact with a hepatitis B patient in the future, you will most likely not be infected.

If most people around you have been vaccinated, there is basically nothing to worry about.

Therefore, people in Europe and the United States, especially the rich and the middle class, are eager to be vaccinated.

In fact, several countries have developed vaccines using the serum extraction method developed by Wang Mengde.

But many people have doubts in their hearts. This vaccine has considerable risks during clinical trials.

Among the thousands of people, several experimenters were infected with other infectious diseases, which was almost life-threatening and made them very troubled.

Fortunately, the hepatitis B vaccine imported from China is not only abundant in quantity but also guaranteed to be safe.

Make those people very happy.

As soon as it was launched on the market, millions of doses were sold out. Many hospitals even transferred the money directly and said that the more vaccines the better.

According to the forecast of relevant national departments, if this quantity is maintained every month, it can be sold for at least three to five years.

Although many foreign countries have small populations, they are numerous.

Combined together, it is still a huge number.

and so.

When Wang Mengde developed a specific drug for treating hepatitis B, his superiors were not in a hurry to sell it for foreign exchange, but instead prepared to hide it first.

After the hepatitis B vaccine business makes a lot of money, we will launch the specific medicine for treating hepatitis B.

In fact, when the higher authorities were discussing this matter.

A small number of people recommend that vaccines should not be exported because once the vaccine is given, the probability of contracting hepatitis B is too low.

If there are fewer patients, it will definitely affect the sales of specific drugs for treating hepatitis B in the future.

At first, after hearing this analysis, the superior leaders were somewhat moved.

But after careful consideration, I decided to abandon this suggestion.

After all, if this is done and is known by interested people abroad, China’s international reputation will be further damaged.

He didn't dare to do anything that might affect the country's reputation.

Wang Mengde only learned about this situation afterwards, and he felt extremely regretful at the time.

If he had known about this in advance, he would have come up with an idea that would have the best of both worlds, which is to export hundreds of thousands of vaccines to foreign countries every month, and then export a large amount of specific drugs for treating hepatitis B.

This solves the problem perfectly.

After all, China's industrial base is weak and its production capacity is limited. It is doing its best to export hundreds of thousands of vaccines every month!

No one can say anything wrong.

However, since things have already happened, Wang Mengde no longer dwells on this issue.

Anyway, he will have plenty of research results in the future, which can earn him a lot of foreign exchange.

This afternoon.

Wang Mengde had just finished his rounds in the intensive care unit and arrived at the gate of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine when he met a man who looked like black charcoal.

He didn't care much at first, but when he saw the man smiling at him, revealing a row of white teeth, he looked at him a few more times out of curiosity.

Then I realized that this person looked familiar.

"Director Wang, I'm back from Africa!"

Zhu Tao trotted over and greeted him hurriedly.

He had just returned to China with the medical team and had not yet joined the unit, so he did not know that Wang Mengde had been promoted to vice president.

"Taozi, you're back early.

How come you are so tanned? If you hadn’t asked me, I wouldn’t have dared to recognize you.”

When Wang Mengde heard the familiar voice, he was sure that the little black man opposite him was his old acquaintance Zhu Tao. After looking at him carefully, he smiled and said.

He remembered that the other party was following a medical team and was preparing to go to Africa to provide assistance for a year.

It's only April now, so there should still be some time before it reaches one year.

“Well, we originally planned to stay there for a year, but plans can’t keep up with changes. The country we stayed in suddenly experienced a military coup last month.

The whole country was at war, and there was no safe place, so for our safety, the country let us return home early."

Zhu Tao gave a brief introduction.

"You haven't joined the company yet, right? Go back and report to your leaders first. If you're free tomorrow night, let's call Brother Dayong to have dinner together and have a good chat."

Wang Mengde had a lot of questions he wanted to ask him, but he knew that now was not the right time, so he forced himself to speak.

"Okay, Director Wang, I'll go in first. Let's get together tomorrow night."

Zhu Tao said readily.

He just came back, so he must report to his superiors.

And I have to go home tonight. I have been abroad for almost a year, and my wife and children at home miss me so much.

The next day. After get off work.

Wang Mengde, Qian Dayong and Zhu Tao went to a convenience restaurant near their workplace.

Although the service in this restaurant is not very good, the waiters often hit and swear at people.

But the chef in the hotel is very skilled. It is said that he used to be the chef of a restaurant in one of the eight buildings, and was assigned here for special reasons.

Therefore, many people living nearby will basically choose this restaurant as their first choice whenever they go out to eat.

Even some diners from other districts come here frequently.

After tasting the food several times, Wang Mengde came to the conclusion that this chef's level is no worse than Sha Zhu's.

After entering the restaurant, the three of them found a seat by the side and sat down.

It was just after get off work, and the dozen or so tables in the restaurant were almost full of customers.

That's because they are close, otherwise if they came a little later, they wouldn't be able to find the place.

At this time, a waiter came over with paper and pen.

Unlike others, this waiter had a smile on his face:

"Doctor Wang, you are here again. What do you want to eat? All the dishes written on the blackboard are available now."

Nowadays, most convenience restaurants do not have a fixed menu.

What dishes are available every day, along with their prices, will be written on the blackboard, and customers just need to look up.

Wang Mengde looked up at the blackboard and said with a smile:

“Thank you for your help.

Give us one serving of twice-cooked pork, one serving of fried tofu, three yellow croakers, and one serving of fried mung bean sprouts.

For the staple food, I'll have ten steamed buns made from two kinds of flour, and three bowls of loose liquor."

A plate of twice-cooked pork costs 45 cents, and of course you need meat tickets for half a pound.

Fried tofu and fried mung bean sprouts are cheap, only 0.12 cents per plate.

As for yellow croaker, it is sold by the kilogram, 45 cents per kilogram, and three fish should not be too expensive.

"Okay, Doctor Wang, please wait a moment. I'll ask the kitchen to prepare it for you first."

After the waiter collected the money and ticket, he spoke loudly.

He said this with confidence, letting Wang Mengde cut in line, completely disregarding the thoughts of other customers.

Of course, he doesn't care even if other customers have opinions. If they don't want to eat, they can just leave. But if they dare to question, he and the other waiters and kitchen staff will not be jealous.

Teach you how to be a good person every minute.

Sure enough, when the customers at other tables heard that Wang Mengde’s table would be served first, they were angry but dared not say anything.

Regular customers and those who knew Wang Mengde were calm and composed. They had seen this kind of situation many times and were no longer surprised.

As for the new diners, they were wondering what the relationship between Wang Mengde and the waiter was.

soon.

Before the food was served, the waiter brought three medium-sized coarse porcelain bowls filled with bulk white wine on a wooden tray.

The wine sold in this restaurant costs 20 cents a bowl, and is also called "60 cents spicy" because it costs 60 cents a pound, and the wine is particularly spicy in the throat.

"Doctor Wang, I've already told the kitchen staff that the fried tofu, fried green bean sprouts, and steamed buns made with erhe noodles will be served soon, but the twice-cooked pork and yellow croaker will be served a little later."

After the waiter put away the coarse porcelain bowl, he quickly explained.

"Thank you, comrade, for your hard work.

I'll go to the window and get the food myself."

Wang Mengde said gratefully.

The diners at other tables all served their own dishes, but their table was special. People around them kept looking at them from time to time, which made them feel a little embarrassed.

"Doctor Wang, please don't be polite to me, I should be the one thanking you.

If it weren't for you, I might not be here now. It was thanks to you that I saw that I had health problems last year and received timely treatment."

The waiter said with a grateful look on his face.

Ten minutes later.

The food on Wang Mengde's table was all served.

Smelling the delicious food, Zhu Tao couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

However, Wang Mengde and Qian Dayong were not as greedy as him because they often had good meals in the cafeteria.

"Come on, come on, we brothers finally get together, let one of us go first."

Wang Mengde picked up the coarse porcelain bowl and spoke to the other two people.

After taking a sip of the "Liu Mao La" (Six-cent Spicy) drink, a line of fire went straight from the mouth, along the throat to the stomach.

"Taozi, come and try their yellow croaker. It's really unique. You can never eat such authentic yellow croaker anywhere else."

As he spoke, Wang Mengde took the lead and picked up half a fish and started eating.

After finishing a bowl of wine and eating most of the food on the table, the three of them slowed down.

After ordering another bowl of wine, they began to drink and chat slowly, with Zhu Tao mainly complaining.

“Brother Mengde, Brother Dayong.

You two may not know that our medical team suffered a lot in Africa this time."

"What's going on? Please tell me carefully."

Qian Dayong said curiously.

“Hey, aren’t we going to Africa this time to cooperate with the World Health Organization and train a large number of barefoot doctors for some countries?

At that time, several hundred of us were full of confidence and thought that it would be easy to teach him to treat patients according to the "Barefoot Doctor Manual" within a year.

But who knew that when we got there, we would find out that things were not that simple. "

Zhu Tao sighed and said:
“There’s a reason why they’re lagging behind. All the people there are so lazy and lazy. They’re worse than working for three days and drying the net for two days.

When it comes to studying, he forgets what he has learned the moment he finishes it and often disappears for a few days for no reason. When he comes back, he has almost forgotten all the knowledge he was taught before.

What’s even worse is that they would secretly sell the teaching materials and some teaching work for money.

It was almost a year, and everyone in the medical support team was exhausted. Thousands of barefoot doctors were trained, but in the end, only a few were qualified.

Most people haven't even read the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual" in its entirety, let alone understand its contents.

If those people are allowed to be doctors and treat people, in my opinion, it is simply a crime.”

Listen to Zhu Tao's story.

Wang Mengde was not surprised because he had known what kind of people those Africans were in his previous life.

But Qian Dayong was different. He simply couldn't understand why a person hadn't even read a single book in almost a year. It was simply too much.

If this happened in the country, it would have been used as an example and punished.

“In fact, our sufferings are more than just these.

Mainly in Africa, there are many infectious diseases, such as malaria, cholera, Ebola, etc. They are very fierce and can kill people in a few days. "

Zhu Tao said with a look of fear.

(End of this chapter)