To be honest, Shakru was very surprised by Manager Li's visit, why did he visit him as a seller of real medicine? Aren't we natural enemies of each other? But out of politeness, Shakru still decided to meet him.

But what he didn't know was that in fact, the most embarrassing and uncomfortable person at the moment was not him, but Manager Li who was sitting opposite him. Originally, as the business manager of China's sales region, Manager Li's life was very comfortable, but the past two years have been troublesome, last year finally sent a guy who resold Indian generic drugs to prison, and then there was an Indian in front of him, but what this guy did was not illegal, and the business was getting bigger and bigger, and it had reached the point where it affected Gleevec's sales performance in China, so the boss really scolded him several times, and even gave him an ultimatum, if he didn't handle this matter well, he had to get out！

In desperation, he had to come to Shakru for negotiation, so after a few small talks, he cut to the chase and said: "Mr. Pandiet, as a pharmaceutical company, you must also know what a big price our Swiss Nova paid for the research and development of Gleevec!"

Shakru nodded and replied, "I know that it took at least ten years and a billion dollars in research and development expenses, and at least two Nobel Prize-level discoveries have been made from it, so I have a lot of respect for your company and Dr. Vesalla, who led the research and development of this project!"

"If you understand how difficult it is, then why do you still sell generic drugs on a large scale? Don't you understand that if all the patients buy generic drugs and the pharmaceutical companies can't make money, then how can the pharmaceutical companies still develop new drugs? After all, the pharmaceutical companies are not charities or public welfare organizations, and if they don't develop new drugs, what about those patients who could have been cured by the new drugs but suffered from illness or even died because of it? Isn't it tantamount to murdering them by doing so?" Manager Li casually buttoned a big hat for Shaklu.

Although Shakru knew that Manager Li's words were a bit exaggerated, and the medicine he sold alone would not make Novartis in Switzerland break its muscles and bones, and it would not have the motivation and profit to develop new drugs, he had to admit that his words were reasonable, so he groaned for a while and explained: " Manager Li, I admit that your words are reasonable, in fact, it is your big pharmaceutical companies such as Novartis in Switzerland and Bayer in Germany that have treated these patients, and the heavy task of developing new drugs in the future can only be pinned on you, after all, other people and institutions do not have the strength to take on such a heavy burden, even if it is difficult for a government to bear it. ”

Then the conversation changed: "However, I can't watch those patients who can't afford drugs die? I understand that your pricing is reasonable, to earn back the R&D funds of Gleevec, but also to spread the cost of other drugs that failed in research and development in the same period, and even to motivate the R&D team and convince the board of directors of high profits, and because the protection period of the drug is very short, you can only increase the selling price before the patent expires to ensure these benefits, I understand this."

But again, I can't watch those patients who can't afford medicine die! Although they are poor, they also have the right to live!"

"Who said we don't give them the right to survive anymore? If you can't afford it, you can seek other ways to solve it, such as seeking government help, such as seeking social donations, why don't you have to buy generic drugs?

"The two approaches you mentioned do solve this problem, but they are not suitable for all patients. Well, I won't argue with you about this issue, after all, the contradiction between law and human affection has been debated for hundreds of years without a reasonable answer. And I'm sure you're not here to argue with me about this, are you?" said Shakru.

In fact, Shakru guessed correctly, Manager Li did not come to argue with him about this issue, because this kind of argument has no practical meaning at all, he did this just to let himself gain the upper hand in the momentum at the beginning of the negotiation, hearing Shakru say this, he adjusted, and then nodded and replied: "That's right, my main purpose today is indeed not this, in fact, I am talking to you on behalf of the company about an agreement that cannot be made public, that is to say, this matter is unspeakable!"

"Oh, what agreement, is there any written material?" asked Shakru curiously.

Unexpectedly, Manager Li shook his head and replied: "It is definitely impossible to have written materials, because it is impossible for our company to publicly admit this agreement." ”

Hearing Manager Li say this, Shakru suddenly became even more interested, so he asked, "Oh, what kind of agreement is that can't be publicly recognized?"

Manager Li hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "Well, to put it simply, we hope that Mr. Pandit can withdraw from the Chinese market, and cooperate with us to cut off other channels for large-scale purchase of generic drugs from India, of course, we will give you some financial compensation." ”

"Oh, I wonder how much the financial compensation is?" asked Shakru quietly.

Manager Li raised a finger and replied triumphantly: "Pay monthly, 1 million yuan per month, 12 million yuan a year, how about it, Mr. Pandit, this is more than your hard work to buy generic drugs, I believe you have earned less than 10 million from last year to now!"

Hearing this number, Shakru couldn't help but be shocked, because Manager Li was right, from last year to now, he has only earned more than 8 million, of course, if there is no SARS, it is estimated that it should be able to break 1,000, but this is a hard-earned money after all, and it is far less convenient to take it directly from Novartis in Switzerland.

But he didn't want to agree to this, so he shook his head and said: "Twelve million does seem like a lot, but your request is not only for me to withdraw from the Chinese market, but also to help you cut off the large-scale purchasing channels from India, you also think too highly of me, right?"

"Mr. Pandit, we know that you are a Brahmin in India, so we absolutely believe that you have the ability to do this, after all, it is much easier to destroy than to build!"

"Yes, it's easier to destroy than to build, but it's so offending to cut off people's money, and I don't want to do it!" Shakru shook his head again and refused.