Chapter 545: For the Health of Mankind

Song Xianhe clapped and whispered, "You played big enough this time!"

Link whispered, "Don't you see any reporters here?" The 100-person meeting invited reporters from large media outlets, mostly white.

His words were not only for the Chinese deputies, but also for the reporters. As for whether they can understand Chinese, I think they will not ignore what he said about the world's famous rich man. If you want to know, there will always be a way to translate it.

He's just sending a signal to everyone: he's against white supremacy.

Minorities in the United States now account for more than 40% of the total population of the United States, and these people have been discriminated against to a greater or lesser extent. He's buying the hearts and minds of this part of the people.

And in politics, anti-discrimination is the right thing to do. At least half of the white people will not be Aryan white supremacists. Nor will these people be hostile to him.

Mr. Jiang also leaned over at this time and whispered, "Since you said that you are Link here, I will call you Link." Your speech today is the focus of my coverage in the next few days. What do you think?"

"Of course I don't have a problem!"

Maybe because of Link's remarks, the scene was a little awkward in the following time. Perhaps the 100 didn't expect Link to declare war on racists so bluntly.

Link's statement is obviously not conducive to the "unity" of Chinese Americans. But what Link said is politically correct! Even if someone disagrees with Link's words, the most they are doing is psychological slander. No one dared to say that what he said was wrong.

Link didn't feel anything indebted to it. He just did what he wanted. He Link Hans does things, and there is no need to explain it to any outsiders.

In the end, the number of speakers at the back of the gathering was not so positive, and the voices of the discussion in the audience were buzzing. It ended up a little sloppy.

After the meeting of the Committee of 100, Link also planned to spend half a day in New York. Now that he's in New York, he's listening to Snapton's work.

Snapton arrived at the hotel around eight p.m. with a small cardboard box in his hand.

Link saw it and asked, "What is this, give me a Christmas present in advance?"

"I'm still waiting for you, the boss, to send me Christmas presents. Snapton choked. "This is a summary of all the work of the Tormasson company this year and a file of some of the work. Since you're here, we've got it out in advance. ”

Link watched her open the box, and sure enough, there was a stack of documents inside, and said, "All of them need me to see?"

"Actually, you can not look at it!" said Snapton, pushing the box in front of him. "It contains all the information on the restructuring of Springs Pharmaceuticals, as well as the information on the drug retail network acquired in your name. A summary of the work of the cooperation with Ozette Financial Investment, I will give the information to Neil first. He will give it to you. ”

Link picked up the box and threw in a document, it was thick. It's about Springs Pharmaceuticals.

He flipped through a few pages and asked, "What are your plans for next year?"

"If you don't have a plan to buy it, I'm going to focus on working with Neil. ”

Link smiled and said, "You're using my money to sing women's peace." ”

"Correction. I'm just Neil's girlfriend now, not his wife yet. And, I think it's us who make money for you together. ”

"Okay. I will give you a thank you note before the New Year that satisfies you. ”

Snapton laughed and said, "It's better to have nine figures!"

"Didn't you think it would be in the nine figures? That's great!" Link joked as he closed the file with a smile. "I thought you were going to be very demanding. ”

"I thought you would be generous. $1.1 billion was spent in a few words. ”

"You know that, too?"

"It's all over the internet. Snapton said in amazement. "It's like the president giving a state address. ”

Link, of course, knew she was joking, so he laughed and said, "At least I'm richer than him." ”

"Who else in the United States is richer than you?" said Snapton with a smile. She paused, put away her smile and said. "The Springs Pharmaceutical Research Institute has made a breakthrough in their research, and they have been able to successfully convert the collagen of animals at a much lower cost. ”

"You just said there was no plan?"

"I mean, there's no plan to buy a business. Now she and Neil are working on projects that are more focused on investing in promising companies, and not on the acquisition of companies. Because they find that the acquiring business is using the funds less efficiently. Moreover, financial investment companies are not suitable for directly operating those companies. "And isn't that exactly what we bought Springs Pharmaceuticals for? Now it's going to be commercially produced soon. ”

Link groaned for a moment and said, "You make a plan first." Don't be too aggressive, though. I probably won't have much money at my disposal next year. ”

Snapton nodded and said seriously, "I understand. "She does understand. Now she is already one of the core figures of Link's group, and she knows Link's plan very well. "I have one more piece of advice, though, and it probably won't put you at your disposal too much money. ”

"What is it?"

"The chief scientist of Springs Pharmaceuticals put forward an idea some time ago. I think there's some truth to what he's saying, and it's feasible. ”

"What did he say?"

"About cancer treatment. Even though it was in the hotel and there was no one else around, Snapton kept his voice down when he said about the project. "He suggested to me that we could consider using the genetic analysis technology of the Benehans Institute to study drugs that are more targeted to cancer cells, or even therapeutic vaccines!"

As soon as Link heard this idea, he had to applaud the scientist's brain: "What does he want?" Saying this, Link has of course decided to support this research project.

Nowadays, cancer is not necessarily incurable, and it can still be treated at an early stage. However, the impact of existing treatments on human health is still significant. After ordinary people suffer from cancer, under all kinds of pressure and the pain of treatment, it is impossible to really recuperate, and it is not bad to live for three or five years.

Even if the treatment is successful, the patient has to endure long-term and immense suffering, and may even be permanently disabled.

Only those who have money can afford to delay a few more years after they get cancer.

If more effective treatments can be developed, and the pain of patients can be reduced, Springs will of course be very profitable. And if he succeeds, he will gain fame and fortune.

Snapton, who seemed to anticipate that he would agree, took a document from the cardboard box and said, "This is the plan he made." ”

The plan is not thick, Link took it. There are a lot of medical terms in it, and he skips the ones he doesn't understand. But he understood the description of how to study. The proposal proposes that medical scientists from Springs and biological scientists from Benehans work together to form a research team. The budget proposed in the programme would require approximately $500 million.

That's obviously a huge amount of money. But Link didn't think it was too much.

It is normal for pharmaceutical companies to spend $1 or 2 billion on a major drug for seven or eight years.

Snapton looked at him carefully, and didn't bother him. When he had finished reading, she said, "I listened to him explain his idea in detail." He believes that the Benehans Institute has strong strengths in the screening and analysis of biological gene segments, and they also have expertise in pharmaceutical research, and the cooperation between the two sides can complement each other. The Beni Hans Institute looks for target gene segments for cancer cells, and they specialize in treatments that do not harm normal cells. ”

When Link heard what she said, he frowned and said, "That's already clinical application research in molecular medicine. 500 million dollars, I'm afraid it's not enough!"

"That's for sure. I think he only wrote 500 million because he was afraid that we would be intimidated by the budget needed for the study. It is judged according to the budget reported by the previous research project and the total cost after the research results. The project is likely to require more than $2 to $3 billion. However, it will take at least five or six years to spend it. I think he said it would only cost half a billion dollars, maybe just the first year's research budget. ”

Link laughed and said, "I'll say hello to Flolin." You also ask him to talk to Florin. ”

"Okay!" Now that Link said so, Snotton is here, and that's the end of the matter. "And. Here's a summary of this year's wine sales. Overall, sales were slightly higher than last year, with some changes in the markets across regions. ”

Link took the other document she pulled out, and without looking at it, he asked her, "How much has it been sold this year?"

"I won't say the amount of wine, it's all there. "Blue Lagoon wines have so much wine that she doesn't talk nonsense. "As of last week, sales of Blue Lagoon wines reached $10.37 billion. That's about 4.3% higher than last year. The main growth came from East and South Asia. The South Asian market is growing rapidly right now. However, the Japanese and Korean markets declined slightly. The Chinese market grew slightly. The European and North American markets remained stable. The African market grew from scratch, although it grew the fastest, but the total sales of the entire person week did not exceed 300 million US dollars. ”

In other words, excluding costs and taxes, Link could make more than $6 billion in net earnings this year. However, he did some subtractions, and the actual amount should be higher.

He thought for a moment and said, "For wine sales, I'll give you a check for $100 million, and you'll pay the sales team's bonus." Just give me a specific issuance statement afterwards. "The money goes to the core of the sales team.

There are more than 30 core members of the sales team of Blue Lagoon Wine. Snapton knows better than he does each other's contributions. After Snapton distributes it, he just needs to look at the report. As long as Snapton doesn't give most of the nearly to himself, he can approve of it.

As for how to verify the statements, Link has his own way.