Chapter 41 (II) Adding fuel to the fire
Obtaining FDA drug approval requires a lot of complicated procedures, and as the CEO of Green Cross, Satoshi Takayama is very clear. In addition to the investigational drug application, multi-stage clinical trials, finished drug product applications, re-examination clinical trials and final approvals, these stages can take up to several years or even up to ten years for a company.
However, why was TTK, which is about to become a Huangwu immune drug, approved for marketing in less than half a year? And the most bizarre thing is that after the listing, not to mention the small-scale sales, it also signed a so-called medical examination agreement contract with Sharman Power.
Not long ago, after the formula code for blood substitutes jointly developed by them and a Malaysian pharmaceutical company was lost, the company's board of directors began to look around frantically, and then there was nothing left, and it looked like a peaceful person.
Moreover, the so-called blood substitutes that appeared on the black market later were all substandard things, which were semi-finished products, which could not save people but only harm people.
"Moreover, our company also distributed this drug everywhere, I am still the last one to know, I am the CEO, this kind of thing should not be hidden from me, our trucks are running around all over the United States, there have been explosions, and before the explosion, there were so-called mob attacks in the United States and Mexico, followed by the Yellow Fog incident, I believe all this is not accidental!" Takayama Satomoto was talking to himself completely, as Hiroo Goto's eyes kept looking out of the car. Keep an eye on everything around you.
Hiroo Goto, a former soldier of the intelligence agency of the Self-Defense Forces, is extremely vigilant, although it seems that he did not listen carefully to Takayama Satomoto's words, but in fact, he also knows in his heart that something must be wrong, especially how can there be such a coincidence, a drug that they have developed that will definitely lose money is still a vaccine?
It was safe until they returned to their residence, and when they got out of the car, when Hiroo Goto saw that the security guards sent by the United States were all over the house, he was relieved that at least he could sleep peacefully tonight. You don't have to stay outside Satomoto Takayama all night. As a result, he was unable to fully concentrate during the day.
After walking into the living room, Hiroo Goto saw the two agents standing by the sofa at a glance, originally he wanted to ask, but after seeing the picture played on the TV. He immediately realized why these two were standing here. Because the new president is still the Minister of Defense, Charlie. Bell sat in front of the camera. And you can see that he just cried.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Because the president made a national speech, we ...... "One of the agents immediately apologized after noticing that Satomoto Takayama and Hiroo Goto had quietly walked towards him."
Takayama Satomoto shook his head and said it didn't matter, motioned for the two to sit down and watch, and then sat down and watched the president on TV.
After a few seconds of silence, the President finally spoke: "Good evening, three days ago, our compatriots, our lives and our freedoms were deliberately attacked by the enemy, and many Americans were unfortunately killed, whether they were ordinary employees, businessmen, women, military personnel, federal government workers, or even your relatives, friends and neighbors. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their precious lives as a result of this deliberately despicable and criminal act......"
The new president deliberately brushed aside the deaths of all important officials in the previous administration, not wanting to mention it again and causing panic in the United States.
ββ¦β¦ Philadelphia and Camden and the surrounding areas were attacked, and the border between the United States and Mexico was also attacked before that, yes, we don't want to believe that the United States will suffer such a massive terrorist attack after 911, we can't believe the real tragedy in front of us, the despicable actions of the enemy are trying to break our confidence and deprive us of our freedom, but they have failed, because the United States will be stronger after a disaster! β
"We are being targeted solely because the torch in the hands of our Lady Liberty is gradually illuminating every dark place in the world, and they fear that this righteous and free light will drive them out of the shadows, because no one can resist it!"
"In the aftermath of the attacks, I was compelled to take over the presidency of the United States of America, and I ordered the implementation of the government's emergency relief plan, and the programs were initiated, so that we had a strong military ready to fight, and the great American people had been mobilized to defend their country and to protect Americans at home and around the world from suffering any harm!"
"Our government agencies are functioning normally, all institutions are back to normal operations, economic institutions are not depressed by the setbacks after the challenges, the investigation into the masterminds behind this incident is ongoing, we will bring them to justice in the shortest possible time, and any person or organization that dares to cover up the perpetrators of this attack will be regarded as an enemy by us!"
"On behalf of the U.S. government, I would like to express my gratitude to other countries and leaders who have denounced this terrorist incident, and that we will stand shoulder to shoulder with our allies and peace-loving people around the world in the fight against terrorism to the end."
"Tonight, I ask you to join me in praying for those who have been hurt by this incident...... Every American should never forget today, and we should not give up hope, and we should remember that time and time again in history we have defeated enemies who tried to deprive us of our freedom. β
Speaking of which, the camera of the TV speech that was supposed to end was still aimed at the president, because the president made a clear gesture that was not allowed to stop, and then the new president, who was a real soldier, said to the camera: "The next thing I want to say to the mastermind behind this attack - I swear that I will catch you and uproot you!" β
Satomoto Takayama and Hiroo Goto noticed that the two agents next to them were sobbing quietly, and they both knew that all the previous words of the new president were not as cruel as the last sentence that seemed to lose the president's identity. They knew very well that the American people and soldiers at this time had tears in their eyes and clenched their fists.
"Oh my God, hundreds of thousands of people ......," Takayama Satomoto shook his head and sighed.
Hundreds of thousands? Is this number accurate? Hiroo Goto is a soldier. He'd read the reports and the razed Philadelphia district, and everyone knew how many people there were, so it was just a conservative number, and the actual casualty figure would probably be multiplied.
"I'm sorryβ" One of the agents wiped away tears and left the room with the others.
Hiroo Goto stood up, politely escorted them to the door, and watched them return to the car to continue their security work, but at the moment when the two went out, Hiroo Goto clearly heard the roar of cars coming from the side of the street, as well as the warning signal from the sniper at high altitude on the detective's walkie-talkie.
Hiroo Goto knew that something was wrong. And his intuition told him. The danger was directed at Takayama Satomoto, who turned around and rushed back into the house, calling Takayama Satomoto's name and motioning for him to run towards the back room. Rush into the bathroom. Hide in the bathtub. "Da-da-da-" The sound of a light machine gun came from the street. Two black SUVs slammed into the street, and the sunroof and the windows protruded from the militants with heavy weapons, and they used their powerful fire to attack the surrounding agents who were responsible for protection.
Because the difference in firepower is too large. And it happened suddenly, most of the agents were hit before they had time to take out their automatic weapons, and the snipers on the roof of the building were so crushed by the machine guns of two of the militants that they couldn't lift their heads.
In the bathroom, after Hiroo Goto had set up Satomoto Takayama, he turned into the kitchen and felt two knives in his hands - he was not qualified to carry firearms in the United States.
The shootout outside the house continued, and Hiroo Goto could tell from the sound of the gunfire that the incoming militants had gained the upper hand, but from the sound of a single sniper rifle, he heard hope that at least the sniper teams that were lurking continued to work.
"What's going on?" Satomoto Takayama wanted to get up from the bathtub, but was pressed back by Hiroo Goto.
Hiroo Goto shook his head and said, "Stay here, don't move, if you can't stand it outside, things have changed, I'll take you away, do what I say, don't do anything stupid, understand?" β
Takayama Satomoto looked at his brother with frightened eyes.
"Got it!?" Hiroo Goto asked again, and this time Satomoto Takayama nodded vigorously.
The gunfire outside gradually subsided, the light machine gun sound was gone, and the scattered sound of sniper rifles and pistols was heard, and the sound of phased MPH submachine guns, mixed with the shouts of agents shouting for their companions to stay alive - the agents protecting the safe house had won the skirmish and were clearing the scene.
The remaining four agents formed a tight battle formation and walked towards the parking position of the SUV, looking at the dead militants in the vehicle. On the other hand, snipers from high places also closely monitored the surroundings of the vehicle, and everything returned to calm, and the surrounding residents also hid in the safety of their homes after the attack, and no one ventured out to "join in the fun".
"Safety! The incoming militants have all been killed and there are no survivors. "Two Cadillac SUVs, a total of eight militants, carrying M249 light machine guns, and no spare magazines, no other spare weapons, as if they had no intention of leaving alive." β
However, their supervisor did not answer, and the detectives reacted and immediately rushed to the car where the leader was, and found that the leader was holding a pistol tightly and had already died in the line of duty after being shot several times.
Subsequently, the detectives entered the house and "invited" Satomoto Takayama and Hiroo Goto, who were protecting, to come out and send them to the transferred car. When leaving, Hiroo Goto also quickly observed the situation at the scene, and also had the same doubts - although the firepower of the militants was indeed strong, there were enough eight M249 light machine guns, but this was a safe house, they could find this place, they should have made full preparations, and they must have known that there were at least 3 or more sniper groups around the road, but they went on a rampage, did not get out of the car or enter the house, just used up all their bullets in the car and waited for death, which is not logical.
Why are they doing this?
After the safe house was attacked, the door of the president's office in the Pentagon's underground fortress was directly pushed open by Martin, who looked at the puzzled president and said directly: "Mr. President, the safe house where the executive president and assistant to the president of the Green Cross Company are located have been attacked, and all 8 people on the other side have been killed, but 10 of the guards we sent have died in the line of duty, and several pharmaceutical factories of the Green Cross Company have also been attacked at the same time. Although the identity of the other party has not been confirmed, we have reason to believe that the same people who carried out the attack in Philadelphia must have done it, and they did not want us to get the vaccine. β
Charlie immediately got up: "Move the people from the Green Cross Company to a safe place!" Let the military cooperate with them in rescuing the vaccines, and at the same time speed up the distribution, send the National Guard to protect their existing vaccine factories, no matter how much it costs, and this must not happen again! β
Martin nodded vigorously, closed the door, returned to the hall outside, and commanded the people below to cooperate with the military and police to immediately cooperate with the Green Cross Company distribution station to inject drugs to the citizens, and follow the principle of injecting if you can, and taking it orally when you don't have time.
Just when everyone was busy, a smile flashed on Martin's face that was not noticed, but then he put it away again, turned around and returned to his office, contacted Shangdu's secret envoy, and praised: "Mr. secret envoy, this hand has done a beautiful job by adding fuel to the fire, and it has greatly accelerated the speed of vaccine distribution!" β
"It's beautiful, but unfortunately I didn't tell it." The envoy said lightly, "But I know what kind of organization is going to attack the safe house. β
Martin was shocked: "It's not an operation commanded by Mr. Secret Envoy!?" β
"At such a critical moment, I will not make a difference." The secret envoy's tone was cold, "Because if we don't do it well, there will be an accident in this matter, whether this instructor is helping us, judging from the current situation, maybe, but what the purpose is, I don't know what the way is, but I'm worried that that person doing this will affect our next actions in Japan." β
"Japan?" Martin was puzzled, "Mr. Secret Envoy, is this matter targeted?" β
"If you want to change the pattern of Southeast Asia, you must eliminate the influence of the United States in East Asia, so you have to start with Japan, and the 8 people who carried out this suicide mission are the people of the new Japanese mercenary killer organization Saga Zhong, but I haven't found out who the mercenary behind it is." "Now, what you need to do is watch the vaccine go out to every American, and don't let anything go wrong, or the deal between us will be canceled." β
"No, no, no, Mr. Emissary, it's not a deal between us, I still think I'll be one of the people chosen to survive when the end comes, I am, so is my family, we all are, we'll fight for ......" Before Martin could finish speaking, the Emissary hung up the phone.
Martin slumped in his seat, removed the intercom from his ear, turned off the smoke detector, pulled out a cigarette and lit it, and inhaled it vigorously. (To be continued......)