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[313] The nemesis of tuberculosis

Hong Kong.

Due to the influx of about 750,000 mainlanders into this small British colony island in the later stages of the Liberation War, Hong Kong's population had exploded to 2.5 million at this time.

Outside of Hong Kong, as far as the eye can see, there are dilapidated, low-rise shanty towns, and the roads are full of bullock carts and cars.

In the 50s, the most prosperous places in Hong Kong were the North Point and Central of Victoria Bay, and at this time, in the conference room of the Hang Seng Bank on Queen's Road in Central, the proud Mr. Fok Ying-tung was negotiating with Mr. Lam Ping-yim and Mr. Ho Sin Hang of Hang Seng to buy gold from the London Futures Exchange.

"Mr. Huo, your spot dealer qualification has been approved by the London Futures Exchange, this is your membership certificate and agency documents, and you will be able to use your identity as a spot dealer to choose spot trading for your contracts on the London Futures Exchange in the future." Lin Bingyan Dadong said proudly.

Mr. Fok Yingdong was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "This is great, Lin Dong, this is really too xiexie you!" I am currently preparing to set up Starlite Futures, and with my membership in the London Futures Exchange, I can start developing my sub-clients. ”

Lin Bingyan Dadong smiled silently.

At this time, Ho Shanheng Dadong also said proudly: "What's even better, the London Futures Exchange said that if Hong Kong's spot trading can perform strongly, they will consider setting up a designated delivery warehouse on Hong Kong Island." Of course, the variety must start with gold. After all, the British have gold mines in India and Southeast Asia, and if the designated warehouses for spot delivery are all located in the UK, it will be very troublesome to ship around. Mr. Morris, the president of the London Futures Exchange, said that as long as the spot delivery volume on Hong Kong Island can be stable at more than one ton per month for 12 consecutive months, then the London Futures Exchange will immediately start to set up a delivery warehouse on Hong Kong Island. ”

Mr. Fok Yingdong was pleasantly surprised: "That's no problem! Isn't it more than 2 million US dollars, Hong Kong's gold shops and wealthy businessmen and tycoons have long been willing to speculate in the local gold market, I preliminarily estimate that their monthly demand for throughput alone will definitely not be less than 700,000 US dollars, and once speculative trading begins, the monthly spot trading will never be less than 2 million US dollars. ”

Mr. Fok Yingdong's judgment was correct, although he did not know that in 2011, the Shanghai Futures Exchange alone chose spot delivery of more than 100 tons of gold contracts that month. According to this development momentum, it is estimated that the monthly delivery volume of spot warehouse receipts in 2013 will exceed 270 tons!

Fok Yingdong just relied on his intuition, he knew that not only Hong Kong and Southeast Asia have speculation and spot demand for gold, but now the smuggling and export speed of New China is getting faster and faster day by day, and the daily settlement amount is already astronomical, and the mainland is crazy as if it only needs gold and silver and not US dollars, which makes Fok Yingdong have to go around hungry and thirsty, and loot all the gold and silver circulating in the market that he can buy, because the mainland's gold hunger, The price of physical gold in the Hong Kong market has quietly risen by more than two percent!

Since the Hong Kong dollar and the British pound are currently at a fixed exchange rate, and the British pound is now pegged to the US dollar, and the US dollar is equivalent to gold according to the Bretton Woods system, this has affected the British pound with the gold content of the Hong Kong dollar. The Hong Kong government has recently become somewhat worried about the Hong Kong dollar, and the United Kingdom has also lowered the exchange rate of the British pound against the US dollar twice in a month due to the fluctuation of the Hong Kong dollar. But the sluggish British government didn't pay much attention, because the exchange rate of the pound against the dollar did not rise at all after World War II, and has been falling, and has now plummeted from 4.45 US dollars per pound after the war to 2.85 US dollars per pound at present. Therefore, the British government is not interested in the current trend of accelerating the depreciation of the pound.

The flapping of Xiaoqiang's butterfly wings gradually began to set off a ripple in the shijie financial market.

Lin Bingyan Dadong smiled and said to Fok Yingdong: "Mr. Huo, you are right, the Hong Kong market still has great potential. Besides, you are already a shareholder of our Hang Seng company, and we will be a family in the future, so don't be polite to us, just mention it if you have a request. The fact that your firms are able to arrange all settlement accounts in Hang Seng is in itself a great benefit to the development of the Bank, and we should certainly do our best to be a shareholder and major customer like you. ”

Mr. Huo said with a smile: "I am short of gold now, as long as there is gold support, the settlement volume of my various commercial banks in Hang Seng is definitely thriving." ”

Mr. Lee Kwok Wai, the director of Hang Seng, his eyes lit up and asked, "Is it ...... in the north?" ”

Fok Yingdong knew that the three Hang Seng Dadong here were all leading figures on Hong Kong Island, and he couldn't hide anything from them, so he said frankly: "Yes, the goods in the north only recognize gold, so what can I do." ”

Mr. Li Guowei said in surprise: "Could it be that New China wants to engage in the gold standard? Is there a gold reserve in progress? ”

Lin Bingyan said: "I think it is very likely, otherwise, after many years of war in the north, it is said that there are too many things missing, and foreign exchange dollars are urgently needed to buy various materials and machinery internationally, and a large amount of cash exchange should be collected." If it is not to meet the central bank's demand for gold reserves, otherwise how can it be that the US dollar is not wanted, and physical gold must be used, which must be a monetary reserve. ”

He Shanheng Dadong analyzed: "I think there is another possibility, it is the Soviets who want gold, not the mainland who wants gold. The mainland is just a shoulder guest in the middle, and he pulls his head with his hand. ”

Faced with the speculation of the three heroes of Hang Seng, Mr. Huo smiled silently, got up and said, "There is still something in my company, so I will leave first." Next Wednesday, I'll invite everyone to watch the night game and eat seafood at Happy Valley Racecourse. ”

Mr. Fok Ying-tung walked out of the Hang Seng Bank with great satisfaction, got into his newly purchased Rover P4 Cyclops car, and instructed the driver: "Go back to the company." ”

Huo Yingdong sat in the car, but what flashed in his mind was not the exciting good news just now, but the smiling faces he had seen these days.

Not long ago, Fok Yingdong went to Edward's clinic to check the efficacy of the new drugs he sent.

As soon as Fok Yingdong put away his umbrella and stepped into the door of Jose's clinic, he saw Edward greet him.

Seeing that Edward's face had almost become a hundred thousand weishenme, he opened his mouth and asked eagerly: "Mr. Huo, your streptomycin effect is really good!" At the risk of getting infected, I helped two TB patients get vaccinated for a week, and their condition was greatly relieved! Can you tell me where this streptomycin of yours is produced? This stuff is amazing! He will completely light up the hope of survival of tuberculosis patients, and will also rewrite the problem of treating tuberculosis in the medical field from now on! I only knew from the British Medical Journal that this streptomycin was being studied in the United States, but it has not yet been put into production, my God, Mr. Huo, you have actually got the medicine! ”

Fok Ying-tung didn't care about Dr. Edward's problem, he only cared about how effective the drug was.

"Edward, tell me, how good is this medicine?"

Edward's eyes flashed and he said, "Good! Very good! Great! It's great! The companies and scientists who developed this drug deserve the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Nobel Prize in Medicine! The doctor who conducted pathological research on the drug deserves the Nobel Prize in Biology! ”

Mr. Huo said impatiently: "How good is the effect?" ”

Edward excitedly explained, "Both of these patients are the kind of patients who have no improvement with penicillin injections, and even a tenfold increase in the amount of penicillin will have no effect. Medically, I can basically sentence them to death, they are the kind of people who make a pact with death!

But you know what? The drug you got called streptomycin was so great, I just injected them for just a week and their coughing up blood disappeared completely! The cough was also greatly reduced, and the long-term low-grade fever in the two of them also subsided on the third and fifth days respectively! Do you understand! No! Of course you don't understand! This is simply one of the greatest medical creations of the century! I can't believe that this medicine can be produced in a country like the East Germany, which was looted by war! ”

Huo Yingdong showed joy at this time, and said proudly: "Edward, I can tell you in private!" This medicine is made in China! You remember, it was made by the Chinese! It's Chinese like me! They produced this medicine! ”

After speaking, Huo Yingdong felt a wave of liliang surging up all over his body, a kind of liliang that was so proud that his eyes were moist, he grinned and wanted to laugh, but he couldn't make a sound, so he raised his hand, patted Edward's shoulder vigorously, and said in a low voice with a slight choked voice: "Made in China!" Made by Chinese like me. ”

For the first time in his life, Fok Yingdong felt such pride, as if he felt that this medicine was made by him. Today, for the first time, he experienced this kind of national pride that was suppressed in the hearts of every Chinese in this era, and this feeling burned his heart extremely warm, and the little chill that this cold rain on Hong Kong Island had just brought to him was swept away.

"Edward, you should tell every tuberculosis patient in Hong Kong that you have a cure! Of course, I will also help you promote, we want everyone to know the existence of this Chinese special drug! ”

Edward was not surprised by Huo Yingdong's explanation, but he felt that Huo Yingdong was putting gold on his face, and even if this medicine was made in the Soviet Union, it was still a little credible. How could it be made by a backward country like China?

Edward said disapprerovingly, "Well, since you said so, I will believe you."

By the way, the chloramphenicol eye drops you brought are also very good, I have a few patients with minor eye infections here, who only used it for one day, and when they woke up the next day, they found that the inflammation was gone! It's faster and more convenient than using penicillin!

As for the oxytetracycline used for those patients who are resistant to penicillin, or those who are simply allergic to penicillin, I also found suitable patients and tried it, and the results were great! Mr. Huo, what you brought are the most haode medicines! ”

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After returning to the company, Huo Yingdong immediately ordered that except for penicillin, which also continued to use the German Bayer label, all other types of drugs should retain the Chinese label and not need to be replaced, and he wanted Shijie to know that Chinese can not only make medicines, but also make the best new drugs!