After penicillin entered Shanghai, no one cared at first, no one believed in the miracle of this drug, and no one was willing to pay such a large price for this drug, and the way it opened the situation was actually in syphilis patients. The Shanghai news media began to report on this drug, believing that the emergence of this drug was a great progress for mankind to defeat the disease, and from then on, pneumonia, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and postoperative infections will be crossed off the list of incurable diseases, which is a great progress for China's medicine in the world.

The report of the Shanghai news media immediately attracted the attention of many professional organizations in Shanghai, and St. John's Church Hospital and the Lester Medical Research Institute sent people to buy this medicine and study it, and they came to the conclusion that it was an important milestone in human medicine.

Shanghai is a sensation, China is a sensation, the whole world is a sensation.

Of course, there are also doubts, and the voices of skepticism come from Western journalists, who feel very incomprehensible that this cross-century discovery was born in poor and backward China, a country with such a low level of medical care and such backward medical research, how did they invent this miracle drug?

So a reporter began to dig into the roots, and then found that Fleming, who originally published the research, did not find a method for mass production, and the patent was finally bought by Zhuang Jihua, who was in the UK at the time.

“… It seems that Mr. Zhuang Jihua has found a way of mass production in China, and at this point we have to admit that the Chinese have provided a powerful weapon for the world to conquer disease, although half of the credit for this weapon goes to the Englishman Fleming..." The tone of the British Times was sour.

But other countries do not think so, and the Deutsche Presse says: "There is no doubt that penicillin is a major breakthrough in the history of science in recent years, and it is not inferior to the four ancient inventions of China, and is a strong contender for this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine, provided that the Royal Swedish Academy is fair enough, and this justice has been questioned in other fields." ……”

"The price of penicillin in the black market in Shanghai has been as high as three gold bars, and there is no doubt that such an expensive price is beyond the reach of ordinary people, so we call on Mr. Zhuang Jihua to disclose the production method of this drug, so as to increase the supply of the drug in the shortest possible time and save lives." Shanghai's local Miller's Review made a public appeal.

But the Chinese did not think so, and they began to cheer this invention of Genesis, giving him all kinds of noblest words.

"The appearance of penicillin is not helpful to draw a bright light in the gray Chinese sky, and this world-leading invention and creation will be counted in the history of thousands of years later, and it is the supreme glory of the Chinese people...."This is a report from the "Declaration".

"For two thousand years, the Chinese have been at the forefront of the world, but in the past hundred years, the ancient civilization has been declining, but penicillin has rekindled our confidence, our nation is hopeful, we are invincible; …… The emergence of penicillin is precisely the ,... of southwest development under the leadership of the chairman," He Jinhan published an article in the "China Daily", the organ of the Blue Coat Society, linking penicillin with politics.

Zhuang Jihua has never seen so many reporters, the last Rehe armistice agreement was mainly local reporters in Chongqing, at most there were a few reporters from Sichuan, but this time it was different, reporters from all over the country flocked to the country, and the brand was much bigger, and many of them were foreigners.

"Oh, that god!" Zhuang Jihua broke through the encirclement of reporters, and when he returned to the office, he spread out on the chair, looking at his appearance, Gong Xiuhua couldn't help but sigh: "Come on, get up and work, don't get cheap and sell well." ”

"Cheap!" Zhuang Jihua groaned: "This is not mine, it is the Sichuan Development Company, I... It's a big loss. ”

"Didn't you just come back and lose money?" Gong Xiuhua said jokingly: "You have to get up, hurry up and send the reporters outside, you see that they are going to block the door of the base." ”

"It's not easy, Secretary Gong, I'll take a platoon to drive them away." Lu Ruishan said to the palace embroidery painting with a grin.

Gong Xiuhua and Wu Ziniu looked at him like idiots, and Wu Ziniu patted him on the shoulder: "If the elder brother drives away, can you use you as a hero?" Just call a platoon commander below. ”

Lu Ruishan said indifferently: "Then you guys should worry about it." After speaking, he turned around and went out, and as soon as he opened the door, Li Zhilong, Yu Peidi, and Yu Dawei came in from outside.

"Cultural Revolution, you can be counted as back, you have been gone for a week, and we have been lively here for three days." Li Zhilong said with a smile, and then sat on the sofa next to him: "Now that we are confined, we don't dare to go out at all, and when we go out, we are caught by reporters and ask non-stop." Dude, you've got to figure out a way. ”

"Aren't you very good at dealing with reporters?" Zhuang Jihua is a little strange, Li Zhilong is the best at dealing with reporters besides him.

"I can't do it this time," Li Zhilong said although he was depressed, but the smile on his face showed that he was in a very good mood now: "The penicillin you did is so attractive, those reporters will never give up until they reach their goal, those questions are not only you Professor Tang and Professor Ding understand, we..."

Lee shrugged his shoulders and raised his hands. Zhuang Jihua has a very strict control over the pharmaceutical factory, basically he is single-handed, and even Li Zhilong rarely interferes.

"The reporter is just a small problem," Yu Peidi was really worried, his face was full of gloom: "Now there are many companies asking to act as agents for the products of our pharmaceutical factory," he said, taking out a stack of documents from his wallet and handing them to Zhuang Jihua: "Look at the Seven Star Company in Shanghai, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Yuben, these companies all have backgrounds, and none of us can afford to offend." ”

Yu Peidi was originally only in charge of logistics, but after Zhuang Jihua had a conceptual conflict with Professor Ding last time, he stripped the pharmaceutical company's products from the sales of the pharmaceutical factory, and set up a special organization called the marketing department under the logistics department, and all the products were handled by this section. Because this section has too much power, Zhuang Jihua's supervision is very strict, major matters must be decided by him, and those who enter this section must be approved by him, and he only looks at character.

"You're wrong, Brother Hua Wei," Zhuang Jihua smiled faintly: "Now they are begging us, and they dare not offend us." At this point he stood up, stretched and asked, "How long have they been here?" ”

"Two or three days, about the same as those reporters." Yu Peidi said: "The Cultural Revolution, this time the origin is too big, Seven Star Company is said to have Kong Xiangxi's shares, and the origin of other companies is also very extraordinary, and Jardine Matheson even came with a letter from the American consul." ”

"The letter of the king of heaven and Lao Tzu will not work, regardless of him, dry them first and then speak." Zhuang Jihua didn't want to be polite to them at all, now it is a pure seller's market, and you have to listen to me on my one-third of an acre of land.

"No matter what, I'm afraid it won't work," Yu Dawei took out a telegram and handed it to Zhuang Jihua: "General Seckert went to the chairman of the committee and asked for authorization for the German pharmaceutical factory to produce penicillin. ”

Hearing the news of Seckert's appearance, this was beyond Zhuang Jihua's expectations, and he became cautious: "What conditions did he prescribe?" ”

"Three divisions of German armament." Yu Dawei said that looking at Zhuang Jihua's appearance, he somewhat understood why Chiang Kai-shek sent the telegram to him, and dared to refute Zhuang Jihua's face.

"No, this price is too low," Sure enough, Zhuang Jihua refused without hesitation: "You call the principal back, just say that this price is too low, and ask Seckert to send the representatives of the pharmaceutical company he selected and the officials of the German embassy to Chongqing to negotiate." ”

"Cultural Revolution, don't be too annihilated, a hundred oceans a piece, even I can't afford to use it." Li Zhilong couldn't help but sneer, with his understanding, Zhuang Jihua would definitely ask the lion to open his mouth this time, and those foreigners would definitely not be able to do it without some blood.

"Zaitian, it seems that you can't do business," Zhuang Jihua showed pity on his face: "Do you know what penicillin means to the army?" That's the life of a soldier, during the European War, nearly half of the soldiers died from postoperative infections, and the number of people who died of pneumonia in the world is unknown, and penicillin could save the lives of all of them. As for the price, to be honest, a hundred oceans is more unconscionable, but I can only do this, do you know how much we spent last year? It's close to 200 million, it's only been a year, and there's more to come. Where do you say the money comes from? ”

"So, you planned to use penicillin to make up for the shortfall?" Li Zhilong was a little curious.

"Yes," Zhuang Jihua agreed simply, and then he turned to Yu Dawei: "You are not only the director of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, but also the director of the Ordnance Industry Administration, you see, what do we need the Germans to provide us?" Then hand me a list. ”

Yu Dawei couldn't help but shudder, this price is too terrifying, Zhuang Jihua found out at once, he smiled and said: "Brother, don't be afraid, I won't give them all, I just want to pick a few offers." ”

"Engines and special steels." Yu Dawei immediately revealed the two things he wanted the most: "The engine should be able to produce the engines of automobiles, tanks, and aircraft, and the special steel should be able to bear the large-caliber artillery in the cold." ”

…… When Zhuang Jihua was calculating the Germans in the base, in the Xianqiao Hotel in Yucheng Hui, two people wearing long robes were also discussing.

"Shi Yijun, you've been in Yucheng for a year, what do you think of Zhuang Jihua?"

"It's a pity that I've never met him, and I can't even contact the Southwest Development Team, and all of them refuse to contact us personally, including business contacts, Gu Songjun, I'm afraid your task will be difficult to complete." Shi Yi did not retreat with the consulate and the expatriates, but bravely stayed, operating in Yucheng as an employee of the French merchant company Omtong, believing that his five years of experience in China could completely conceal his identity.

On the other side, Saburo Tsurumatsuma was appointed by Ambassador Yumoto, in the name of inspecting Yucheng and preparing for the restoration of the Yucheng Consulate, but in fact he wanted to assist the businessman to obtain penicillin's manufacturing technology, and if he could buy the pharmaceutical factory, he would buy it at all costs.

"The empire needs penicillin, as many as 1,200 imperial soldiers died from postoperative infections in the Great Wall Battle, Shi Yijun, you have to understand that such a magical medicine cannot be controlled only in the hands of Chinese." Saburo Furamatsuma said firmly.

Shi Yi pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Of course I understand the importance of penicillin to the empire, but I'm sorry, I can't do anything about it. There is a saying circulating throughout the Southwest Development Team that the Southwest Development Team will not deal with Yue himself until the army has withdrawn from Chinese territory. After finishing speaking, he looked at Gunson and added: "It is said that this sentence was said by Zhuang Jihua. ”

"Isn't there anything you can do?" Honka asked relentlessly.

"There is very little hope of getting it directly from the development team, so I can only think of other ways," Shi Yi said after a moment of silence: "Yu is a diplomat, representing the empire, you can test Zhuang Jihua's attitude first." If it really doesn't work, we'll find a way. ”

"What method are you going to use?" Honka asked.

A sly smile appeared at the corner of Shi Yi's mouth: "Most Chinese are short-sighted, and they are willing to do anything for money." ”

Honka nodded thoughtfully, but quickly reminded you uneasily: "Things can't have anything to do with the political axe, understand?" ”

Shi Yi nodded, of course what he was going to take was not a visible action, and Honka also guessed this, so he reminded him like this.

After the two discussed, they chatted in the room about the situation of the Second Great Wall Battle, as well as some situations in their own country, and admired the great martial arts of the imperial army.

The door of the room opened, and the representative of the Shanghai Mori Trading Company and the secretary of the consulate, Mu Jiao, came in one after the other, and Honmatsu could tell from their faces that today was another day without a harvest.

"What's the matter, Zhuang Jihua still hasn't come back?" Honka asked.

"I'm back, but I haven't seen anyone." Omori let out a long sigh, he was the first foreign businessman to arrive, and he had been delivering posts outside the base gate for four days, but he didn't see anyone, but the chargé d'affaires of Jardine Matheson Company later saw Li Zhilong, but judging from his expression, he didn't get anything. Of course, he was also a little comforted, and the representative of Seven Star Company, who had a deep background in Shanghai, also failed to meet Zhuang Jihua.

Honka and Shi Yi exchanged glances, everything was expected by them, and it seemed that there was only other action left. Zhuang Jihua wants to meet with other people to negotiate, and he will not inform you at all, and the frustration shown by the representative of Jardine Matheson is not fake.

(To be continued)