John didn't pay attention to the price reduction of aspirin.

This drug, which easily alleviates the pain of illness, has now become a recognized symbol all over the world, and as doctors discovered its anti-rheumatic effects, it became more and more important in the late 19th century, an era of overall backwardness. Coupled with the procurement of the armies of various countries, there will be a huge increase in sales almost every year. To put it simply, it can be summed up in numbers: in the first half of 1891, the two Heinz pharmaceutical factories in Berlin and New York alone sold more than 18 million marks, or more than 3 million dollars! If you add the factories cooperated by Britain and France, the sales volume is close to 30 million marks, equivalent to more than 5 million US dollars!

Aspirin is indeed worthy of the name of the medicine of the century!

It's just that old Huntelaar's concerns are not so important to John. Because with the sharp drop in the price of aspirin, it will inevitably cause a sudden increase in sales - people who were reluctant to buy it before will definitely dare to use it. Under the premise that Heinz Pharmaceutical Company has been expanding its production scale in recent years, the overall sales profit may not necessarily decrease, and may even rise.

At the end of the day, it's an inevitable consequence.

At the beginning, pharmaceutical companies had average production capacity, and high pricing could guarantee profits when sales were not large. Later, with the commissioning of factories in the United Kingdom, France and the United States, production went up, and the market suddenly increased several times, and the high pricing could naturally continue. However, with the further expansion of production capacity, if you want to ensure benefits, price reduction is an inevitable choice.

The breakthrough of the French is nothing more than a reason to cut prices.

John has no interest in trying to monopolize the market for Yixian salicylic acid like Bayer in history, and it is impossible, after all, this thing has been synthesized decades ago. It's just that in this era when chemical technology is not so advanced. It's still possible to grab a few years of market with knowledge that is ahead of its time, which is why the price of aspirin was so high in the first place.

Now, the era of super profiteering is over.

In fact, whether it is the French or the Germans, after a few years of tossing, they should find a way to industrialize the preparation of yixian salicylic acid, but the cost is far from being comparable to aspirin. So the impact is minimal. And when the French finally caught up in cost, Heinz Pharmaceuticals cut prices by a third in one go......

John could already imagine the Frenchman jumping to his feet and cursing.

"However, it's time to think about new products."

Whether he cared about his competitors or not, John had to seriously consider the advice of old Huntelaar. After all, the profits of Heinz Pharmaceutical are too large, and under the premise that the power company does not pay large dividends and cars have not become the mainstream, it is now the backbone of the Huntelaar family, and several drugs together can provide a huge profit of nearly a million pounds a year. To know in this day and age. A state-of-the-art Sovereign-class battleship costs just over a million pounds, meaning that Heinz Pharmaceutical's profits can build a Sovereign-class ...... every two years

……

For John? For Mr. Huntelaar, these things are not worth worrying about.

But in distant Europe, in the Cavendish laboratory of the University of Cambridge in England, a physicist in his thirties looked at the pile of experimental equipment in front of him, tugging at his messy hair, obviously very annoyed.

"Damn, I obviously overlooked something!"

A frown furrowed. Thomson muttered under his breath.

Joseph, who is just thirty-five years old this year? John? Thomson is a professor of physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, for his age. This is undoubtedly a very important honor. You must know that Cambridge is one of the oldest and most famous universities in Europe, and the Cavendish Laboratory is even more famous in the world, and Thomson's appointment as a professor of physics is the greatest affirmation of him.

But lately, Thomson has been a little troubled.

Since the discovery of X-rays by the Germans and Americans two years ago, Thomson, like many sharp-thinking physicists, has devoted more of his energy and time to the study of cathode rays. This is not just one of the hot topics of physics in Europe right now. At the same time, Thomson also had a faint feeling in his heart that there was still a lot of things worth digging into. It's just that after working for so long, Thomson has never found anything valuable, and he can't help but be a little disappointed in his heart.

Just as Thomson was about to take a break before continuing, a young man who looked like a student suddenly ran in. He respectfully asked, "Excuse me, are you Professor Thomson?" ”

"Well, I am."

Glancing at the visitor, Thomson nodded.

"Whew...... I've finally found you, and this is a letter from our professor of surgery! ”

After a long breath, the young man immediately presented Thomson with a letter of great weight, and after reading it, Thomson immediately understood: it must be a book or something.

But......

"Professor of Surgery?"

Thomson, who came back to his senses, blinked his eyes and asked in confusion, "What did you just say...... Your professor of surgery asked you to send a letter? ”

"Yes, sir."

Nodding, the young man replied seriously, "Mr. Kevin, a professor of surgery at the medical school...... Don't you know? ”

"Do I know?"

After a few blinks of his eyes, the expression on Thomson's face was blank. No matter what he thought, he could never remember that he knew a Mr. Kevin, let alone a professor of surgery at the medical school, which was not close to the laboratory, and that he was a physicist and had always been in good health.

But after thinking about it for two or three seconds, Thomson quickly shook his head and stopped thinking about it. His attention was now focused on his experiment, no matter who Professor Kevin was, and what he was looking for, he had to wait until he understood the problem of the experiment......

"Sir, won't you read the letter?"

Seeing that Professor Thomson had the intention of throwing the letter aside, the student who came to him suddenly became anxious: "Professor Kevin instructed me,

Please read the letter as soon as possible and reply to him...... Finally, I was able to bring back the reply! ”

"Huh? In such a hurry? ”

With a frown, Professor Thomson suddenly felt a little unhappy in his heart.

But before Thomson could say anything, the student had already nodded and said, "Yes sir, Professor Kevin said that the letter is a medical journal, but there are two papers related to physics on it, which have a great impact on his current research, so I want to ask for the opinion of physicists......"

"Medical journals? Have a thesis on physics? ”

After listening to the students' answers, Professor Thomson was immediately happy.

"Yes, sir!"

Instead of laughing, the student nodded very seriously.

"Huh?"

Under the burning gaze of the students, Thomson's laughter gradually stopped. Although he thought it was very funny, the student's expression was ...... Thomson raised his eyebrows, and his curiosity was suddenly aroused!

After a slight hesitation, Thomson opened Professor Kevin's letter and took out a journal, the New Medical Journal.

"Huh? Is there really any? And ......"

When Thomson saw the titles of the two papers in the table of contents, his heart was shocked, and he immediately turned to the number of pages where the papers were. As his gaze quickly scanned the two papers, a pair of blue pupils began to gradually contract, and his originally closed mouth slowly opened and widened, and could no longer close...... (To be continued.) )