"Okay."

Half-lying comfortably in a simple chair, old Huntelaar asked calmly, "Before dinner, I hope to see the reason why you have invested such a huge amount of money!" If you can't convince me, I'll give you the money to buy a dye factory, but the money for this building...... I'll only give you a maximum of one million marks, including the money you pay for the equipment you buy later! ”

The expression was calm, but the attitude of old Huntelaar was unusually resolute.

After coming out of the dye factory, the grandfather and grandson went to the medical device factory to take a look, and John even showed old Huntelaar samples of blood pressure monitors, surgical instruments, and improved thermometers and stethoscopes. With a real product, and this small manufacturing plant doesn't need too much capital, the old man naturally doesn't care.

But in that dye factory, the situation was different.

It costs 1 million marks to build a building, plus a large number of practical equipment and equipment to be purchased later, a large number of people to be recruited, and even the re-planning and construction of factories in the later stage, which is beyond the bottom line of old Huntelaar. The money John earns naturally belongs to him personally, but old Huntelaar will never allow him to be so wasted!

Under the burning gaze of old Huntelaar, John did not mean to be nervous in the slightest.

After a deep groan, he said with a smile: "Grandpa, your expression is too strict, I dare to invest so much money naturally has a good reason!" You know, the chemical industry in Germany is developing at an incredible pace, and the big dye companies are desperately recruiting chemists and building advanced real rooms......"

"That doesn't be a reason!"

Before John could speak, old Huntlaar frowned and said in a deep voice, "They've been in this business for decades, but what about you?" It's just a new army in the dye industry, and if that's the case, it's better to buy a big company outright. You'll have enough money anyway! “

After selling all the shares in the bicycle company, John now has more than two million dollars in cash, which is almost ten million marks!

What a huge sum of money?!

The cost of one of the Sovereign-class battleships that will appear in a few years is only more than 20 million marks, which means that this money can buy half a battleship! With such a large amount of money, there is no problem in buying any dye factory.

"The problem is that I'm not going to get into the dye industry."

Smile slightly. John said calmly: "Grandpa, the reason why I bought a dye factory that is not very large and invested so much money to build the real yàn room is not to research new synthetic dyes!" ”

"And what are you going to do?"

Old Huntelaar's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked.

"I'm going to turn it into a pharmaceutical factory!"

After taking a deep breath, John's tone became high-pitched: "That manufacturing plant makes medical devices, and this dye factory ...... No, the pharmaceutical factory produces the drugs I invented, and the two can be combined. ”

"Producing medicines? You mean those two anesthetics? ”

Listen to what John said. Old Huntelaar's brow furrowed.

It's not that old Huntelaar didn't have faith in John, in fact, he also knew that his grandson had just invented two anesthetic drugs, and I heard that the effect was very good. But what he couldn't figure out was, since it had already been invented, wouldn't it be better to produce it directly? Why do you want to build a real yàn building first?

And fundamentally, the old Huntelaar is not optimistic about the industry.

In 1885, Europe and the United States and even the whole world were actually very short of truly effective drugs, and doctors either prepared drugs by themselves, or bought some patented drugs with inexact efficacy or great adverse reactions. Among the people, all kinds of so-called secret recipes are even more popular, and they are absolutely chaotic. Just a few decades ago. The United States was also a dumping ground for inferior drugs in European countries, especially the United Kingdom, until the drug import bill was implemented.

Can just two anesthetics afford such a huge investment?

"Grandpa, first of all, you have to understand one thing!"

John bit his lip and said with a smile: "These two local anesthetics are now unique things in the world, not to mention powerful competitors. There are no similar products! They are also much safer than other inhalation anesthetics, and patient deaths are rare. Crucially, these two local anesthetics are almost a necessity for general surgery......"

Thoracotomy and craniotomy were almost non-existent in this era. Laparotomy surgery is also rare, and the demand for general anesthesia is minimal. Previously, because there was no local anesthetic, doctors had to use all gas inhalation anesthesia, and even such a dangerous gas as lvfang was also used, so John was very confident in local anesthetic drugs!

But after listening to John's words, old Huntelaar still had a blank look on his face.

"Uh......"

John, who was talking about it, saw his grandfather's expression, and his heart suddenly seemed to be deflated, and he muttered helplessly: "Grandpa, anyway, you just treat them as bicycles, but although the bicycle I designed is complicated, after all, the factory can still make it, but these two local anesthetics...... At present, I can only manufacture in small batches in the real yàn room, and the cost is still too high if I want to produce it on a large scale! ”

"So you're going to build this real room building first, and let them study this?"

This time, old Huntelaar finally understood.

"yes."

John smiled, nodded again and again, and said: "The task of the real yàn room is to study the production methods of these two drugs, including the subsequent other drugs, that is, I give them finished products and let them study the methods of industrial production...... Of course, when I am more mature, I can develop new drugs. ”

In the future of drug development, large-scale teamwork is a must.

For example, sulfonamides that have been listed in John's plan, the sulfonamides commonly used in clinical practice are derivatives with para-aminobenzene sulfonamide (sulfonamide for short) as the basic structure, such as sulfapyridine after the emergence of sulfadiazine, followed by sulfathiazole, sulfadiazine, thousands of members of the whole family, and dozens of more commonly used in later generations. John couldn't have "invented" them all, and that would be unrealistic, so starting with a team would be the best solution.

The construction of this R&D center, which is what the old Huntelaar called the real yàn building, was prepared for this purpose.

After listening to John's explanation, old Huntelaar fell silent.

The old man must have known nothing about the pharmaceutical industry mentioned by John, and even said that he knew nothing about the so-called "scientific research", but only thought that it probably meant invention. But he knows his grandson very well, and he knows that this kid will never do anything that is not scoreless!

"That's right, John."

After a moment of silence, old Huntelaar suddenly asked, "What did you just say about other medicines?" In addition to these two local anesthetics, do you have any other new inventions? ”

"Uh, yes."

Glancing at his grandfather in some surprise, John nodded honestly and said, "In addition, I just made a new discovery...... It's not my invention in a sense, but at least no one else has discovered the true value of it! Compared with the two local anesthetics, the market for this kind of thing is very large, and the potential benefits in the future are also huge and amazing! “

Old Huntelaal's heart jumped, and he hurriedly asked in a low voice, "John, what kind of medicine are you talking about?" What diseases are treated? ”

"It is mainly used for antipyretic and analgesic."

John smiled slightly, and also lowered his voice and smiled: "Do you know the salicylic acid on the market now?" You can see it as something similar to it, but it works better, has fewer side effects, and can also treat rheumatism...... It's the most demanded drug right now, and it works really well! I can tell you for sure that this drug is definitely not worth any less than the bike I just sold, do you understand? ”

"Ming, understood!"

Swallowing hard, old Huntelaar nodded with some difficulty.

Oh, God!

More valuable than a bicycle patent?

If John hadn't exaggerated, this would have been another big gold mine!

Looking at the shocked look of old Huntelaar, John secretly enjoyed himself in his heart. He didn't exaggerate at all, as the medicine of the century, the value of aspirin is certainly no worse than that of a bicycle, but what John didn't explain to his grandfather is that because of the special situation of aspirin and its huge value, I am afraid that it will bring a lot of trouble to himself if it is produced in the future!

But even if it's a little troublesome, this thing can bring John huge financial benefits, and it will also bring great prestige to the pharmaceutical factory, and he will never let go of such a lucrative thing...... (To be continued......)