Price wars are a weapon for shopping malls in any era.

The huge difference in the times put Heinz Pharmaceuticals in an absolutely advantageous position from the very beginning. The advanced technology makes the production cost of aspirin very low, especially after five years of continuous investment in improvement, the cost is now even lower than an outsider can hardly imagine, and the profit margin is even higher and scary.

It's just that John has always been not in favor of price reductions.

He never wanted to become a saint in the Western world, the biggest purpose of building a pharmaceutical factory is to make money, and the second is to promote the development of medicine, so the price of both aspirin and sulfonamides is very high, and it has brought huge wealth to the Huntelaar family in recent years. And now that there are enough competitors, it is undoubtedly the most convenient means to snipe at the other party at a low price and show your muscles.

Anyway, even if the price is reduced more, Heinz Pharmaceutical's profits are still considerable.

Naturally, Taylor had no opinion on this, and after getting John's authorization, he immediately went back to prepare to communicate with several other pharmaceutical companies. He believes that with the current position of aspirin in the market, as long as the price is lower than that of the French, there is no reason to be influenced by the other party......

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After leaving Heinz Pharmaceutical, John hurried to the hospital.

Today was not the day I planned to go to the hospital, but a guest unexpectedly arrived a day earlier, so he had to abandon his plan to go home directly, and instead took a car to the research building of Heinz General Hospital.

"Haha, you're finally here!"

After John walked into the office of the director of the institute, Ehrlich immediately greeted him with a smile and couldn't wait to introduce him: "Mr. Huntelaar, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Mechnikov......

Without waiting for Ehrlich's voice to fall. John immediately stretched out his right hand to a bearded man with a smile on his face: "It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Metchnikov!" ”

"It is my pleasure too, Mr. Huntelaar!"

The bearded middle-aged man's face was full of respect, and he shook John's hand seriously.

After some politeness, the three of them sat down in Ehrlich's office, and the host, Mr. Ehrlich, said excitedly, "Haha." Mr. Metchnikov arrived in New York Harbor at noon today after a long journey - two days earlier than we expected! If it weren't for the fact that their cruise ships had just been equipped with radios, I probably wouldn't have known about this! ”

"This is thanks to the generosity of Mr. Huntelaar for booking me such an expensive ticket."

Leaning slightly, Mr. Mechnikov smiled at John.

Motorola's radio equipment has just been on the market not long ago, and it has been supplied to the armies of various countries and a very small number of business tycoons, and those who can get the machine at the first time are undoubtedly very powerful people. And on the sea, where radio is most needed, apart from warships, there is no doubt that only the most luxurious cruise ships have this qualification. And inviting future Nobel laureates to the United States, John naturally could not be stingy with a little money for the ferry ticket. Therefore, it is naturally the most luxurious and expensive cruise ship on the European and American routes!

That's right!

Elije Ilikh Metchnikov, a Russian, is one of the future Nobel laureates.

Like many famous scientists of his time, Mechnikov graduated from a German university and returned from the University of Würzburg to teach evolution at the University of Odessa. Ten years ago, due to the turmoil in Russia, he resigned from his professorship and came to Italy to start his own research. One day Mechnikov was watching the starfish digest their food. It is discovered that the starfish has a cell in its body that can find food and swallow it. Since the starfish's larvae are as transparent as glass, he can see everything that is happening clearly.

This strange phenomenon aroused the interest of Mechnikov.

To further verify this phenomenon, Mechnikov began his experiments with litmus, and found that the cells devoured litmus, and then the engulfed litmus turned magenta in an acidic environment! This phenomenon gave Mechnikov a strange idea that these cells are capable of swallowing food. Nature can also swallow invading bacteria, but what about the white blood cells in our body? Are they just bacteria resistant?

With great imagination, Mechnikov embarked on a journey to uncover the mystery of human immunity!

Here we have to thank the fragile professional barriers of the 19th century, a zoologist who studied the development of the embryonic germ layer of invertebrates instantly became a pathologist, and then began to study his "great discovery" persistently! He pierced the starfish with a rose thorn. Those clumped cells were then found around the rose thorns; He used a microscope to observe Daphnia and yeast spores, and found that the migratory cells in Daphnia can engulf, digest, and decompose yeast spores that enter the body; He then experimented with poor rabbits, dogs, and monkeys, trying to find "migratory cells" that could engulf microbes that cause diseases such as tuberculosis, relapsing fever, and erysipelas......

After publishing his theory under the name "phagocytes", Mechnikov's troubles came.

The first to fire was the authority on the German microbial community of this era, the great Robert? Mr. Koch, whose contempt made many of the Germans who followed him stand up and lashed out at Mechnikov's theory of cell phagocytosis. Because of Koch's enormous influence, even the local doctors in Odessa ridiculed Mechnikov......

It was at this time that a great man who could stand up to Koch made a move.

Frenchman Louis? Monsieur Pasteur, who gave him hope in the most depressed and desperate moment of Mechnikov, not only invited him to work at the Institut Pasteur, but also set up a laboratory for him! With Pasteur's support, Mechnikov continued his research and later became the director of the Institut Pasteur......

In the evaluation of later generations, Mr. Pasteur was a discerning talent.

But in this era, after so long in Germany, John did not accept such praise so easily. In fact, the Franco-Prussian War led to an absolute confrontation between the two great powers of continental Europe, not only politically and economically, but also in academia. Pasteur and Koch are undoubtedly the most typical examples, and as one of the most representative scientists of their time, the confrontation between them is naturally established, and this is evident in many ways.

So John was very skeptical that Mr. Pasteur admired Mechnikov in the first place, because he admired the other party's ideas, or simply because he opposed Koch's views......

Of course, John was just thinking about these things.

In any way, he had no reason to question Mr. Pasteur, or even Robert, who had made a mistake. Koch, John didn't mean to do anything against anyone. However, in order to establish a truly modern immune system, at the suggestion of Ehrlich, he did not hesitate to invite Mr. Mechnikov, who was working at the Institut Pasteur, to come to the Heinz Medical School for academic exchanges.

A dozen years later, he and Ehrlich were both awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Although the research directions of the two are not the same, one is cellular immunity and the other is humoral immunity, but in the process of establishing modern immunology, both have made indelible contributions!

What would happen if two people worked together?

John, who was full of interest in this, listened to Ehrlich's advice, and of course would not object. And he was also glad to see that under his influence, Ehrlich did not have any resistance to Mechnikov because of the difference in academic philosophy......

After an hour of talking, the three of them were in a very happy mood.

Ehrlich's research center has turned to immunology, Mechnikov has focused all his attention on phagocytes, and John has packed several books of immunology knowledge, and this kind of academic collision and fusion process is undoubtedly as addictive as drug use!

Considering that Mr. Mechnikov was tired, John had him taken to the hotel an hour later.

After Mechnikov left, Ehrlich immediately shook his head regretfully and said: "It's a pity that Mr. Mechnikov was only invited to New York for academic exchanges, and he didn't mean to leave a job, otherwise...... Going on business with him is sure to be a lot of fun! ”

"Oh? Are you sure he won't stay? ”

Raising his eyebrows, John smiled: "Mr. Ehrlich, don't say things so absolutely!" ”

"Huh? What do you mean? ”

Hearing this, Ehrlich was stunned for a moment, and asked very puzzled.

Because of his great appreciation for Mechnikov's academic ideas, Ehrlich and the other party also tried to send an invitation when they exchanged letters, but because of his gratitude to Mr. Pasteur for his help in his most difficult period, Mechnikov insisted on staying at the Pasteur Institute and refused to come to New York, which Ehrlich knew for a long time.

With a smile, John said softly: "Mr. Ehrlich, I remember that although the Institut Pasteur has been established, the total investment is not high, not to mention compared with the school's laboratory, even compared with the conditions here you are far behind...... And Mr. Mechnikov is going to stay in New York for a month, during which time you will take him around all our laboratories, including the laboratories of the medical school, and the progress of the experiments will be arranged more closely......"

"Uh......"

After hearing this, Ehrlich was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes quickly lit up...... (To be continued.) )