In Xiang Songmao's life, Huang Chujiu, an old Shanghai celebrity, was an important guide. Huang Chujiu figured out a kind of "Ailuo brain juice" by himself, because morphine was added to the medicine, and it was easy to get excited after drinking it. Huang Chujiu also played the American "Dr. Arrow" (the transliteration of Arrow, referring to Huang himself) and the "strong nation", and this knock-off medicine actually sold quite well. In the process of Huang Chujiu's promotion of "Ailuo Brain Juice", Huang Chujiu met the shrewd and capable Xiang Songmao, and at the invitation of this high-roller in the business world, Xiang agreed to take up the position of general manager of Shanghai Wuzhou Pharmacy, but on the condition that he be given complete autonomy.

In 1911, Xiang Songmao served as the general manager of Wuzhou Pharmacy, he took "diligence and thrift" as the policy of running a business, first sold the luxury furnishings in the store as working capital, and then recruited Yu Juqing, who was familiar with the money bank, as the deputy manager, to obtain the support of financial capital. His friend Gao Youtang said that he "no matter how big or small, he must bow down and kiss, and go to bed in the middle of the night." Xiang Songmao also carried out the reform of the modern enterprise system of the organization of the pharmacy: the establishment of the general distribution office of the brand's drugs, the retail department of the store and the wholesale sales department.

Although he was the general manager, Xiang Songmao did not engage in favoritism and did a good job in the implementation of the enterprise system: his younger brother Xiang Zailun became addicted to opium and did not quit smoking. Xiang Songmao was able to tear up and dismiss his younger brother.

In China at that time, Western medicine was completely monopolized by Western countries, the traditional Chinese medicine model was greatly challenged by modern civilization, and the Chinese were eager to produce real modern medicine by themselves.

"Artificial tap blood" met this expectation in a certain way, and the drug was also approved by the Ministry of the Interior and the Shanghai Public Concession Ministry of Industry, and even won an award at the Panama Exposition and was exported to the Nanyang area. This drug sold so well that even foreign businessmen were jealous, and the German Puen Pharmacy simply produced a copycat version of the "artificial tap blood" pills in the concession.

Xiang Songmao is a person with a strong sense of intellectual property. After he found out, he immediately fought back and appealed to the patrol house of the public concession, and finally won, and the products of the German businessman were confiscated and investigated.

After the development of Wuzhou, Xiang Songmao's position became stronger and stronger, and Huang Chujiu, as a shareholder, also invested in the Sino-French Pharmacy. In the end, Huang Chujiu transferred his shares in Wuzhou Pharmacy to Xiang Songmao, and Xiang Songmao transferred his shares in the "New World Playground", which was very well-known in Shanghai at that time, to Huang Chujiu, and then "Wuzhou" compensated Huang Chujiu with 22,500 yuan in cash as compensation for recovering Huang Chujiu's tenure as director in "Wuzhou" and terminating the commission of "artificial tap blood". After reaching an agreement, both parties entrusted a lawyer to publish a statement.

In this way, by June 1916, Huang Chujiu was completely separated from Wuzhou Pharmacy and operated by Xiang Songmao alone.

Xiang Maosong's experience of inspecting Japan made him feel that without a modern pharmaceutical industry, no matter how many of his own drugs were sold, they would just be traditional pharmacies.

He began to invest in the pharmaceutical industry in the modern sense of the word, partly based on patriotic ideas, but also driven by profits. Especially during the First World War, China's national industry got an unprecedented opportunity for development. Xiang Songmao, who is proficient in the market, has successively acquired the Guben Soap Factory and Yalin Pharmaceutical Factory in Shanghai, laying the cornerstone of Wuzhou's new development.

From today's point of view, Xiang Songmao has established an enterprise management system in the modern sense in Wuzhou -- clear property rights, strict management, and perfect systems. Under the board of directors and the general manager, there are joint meetings and technical meetings of store affairs, factory affairs, stores and factories, and hierarchical departments are set up according to the four systems of production, sales, finance and management. In 1928, 500,000 yuan was allocated to form a silver company (similar to the investment department of today's group company) attached to the company, with independent income and expenditure, and self-financing. The total capital of the company has increased to 1.5 million yuan, and the number of employees has increased from more than 30 to more than 400 year by year.

With the development of Wuzhou's business, Xiang Songmao invested in 13 enterprises such as Dafeng Industrial Raw Materials Company and Kaicheng Acid Company, and concurrently served as their directors, so as to obtain low-price supply of domestic raw materials such as sulfuric acid, pine resin, pyrethrum, etc., and sold self-produced glycerin, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid and other raw materials to Dafeng and other households, which strengthened the exchange and cooperation relationship and reduced production costs.

Xiang Songmao's plan was realized, and the Chinese began to stop relying solely on imports for Western medicine. In accordance with the different specifications of the pharmacopoeia of various countries, Wuzhou used Chinese herbal medicine to refine tincture ointment, especially began to make self-made cowpox vaccine, ether essence, low iron sulfate, naftaline, citric acid and other chemical and medicinal raw materials. Xiang Youte invited Lin Dexing factory to imitate the German "snake brand" surgical instruments and hospital equipment, and became the originator of China's surgical instrument manufacturing.

In 1931, Xiang Songmao and Wu Zhihao jointly initiated the establishment of Ningbo Industrial Bank to further integrate with financial capital. Xiang also co-organized the Humin Nanzhe Long-distance Bus Company with Gao Enhong, and served as a manager and director. Wuzhou's investment in real estate also reached more than 550,000 yuan.

At this point, Wuzhou Pharmacy has basically become a capitalist enterprise group with a modern scale. Xiang Songmao's status in society has improved due to the growing influence of Wuzhou.

In 1931, "Nine? When the 18th "Incident" occurred, Xiang Songmao set up a battalion of volunteers in the factory, and also recognized himself as the battalion commander and asked military instructors to train him.

On August 13, 1937, the Songhu Anti-Japanese War began, and he actively organized the production of military medicines. The second branch of Wuzhou Pharmacy was adjacent to the battlefield, and the Japanese army found the military uniforms of the volunteers from the store and robbed all the 11 employees who stayed behind.

As the general manager, Mr. Xiang Songmao was righteous and awe-inspiring, and went to the enemy camp to dignitaries regardless of the danger, but was arrested by the Japanese army and taken to the Marine Corps Headquarters, where he refused to cooperate with the Japanese and was eventually killed along with 11 employees.

When Han Xing saw this, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought, it is said that Xiang Songmao has been sacrificed for almost a year, and now he has come to talk to me about cooperation, it is possible that he is also a person who has crossed over. But anyway, talk to him first.

So, Han Xing immediately went to a hut in the Industrial Bureau and had a secret meeting with Xiang Songmao alone.

Xiang Songmao asked with a puzzled expression: "As far as I know, penicillin was discovered on February 13, 1928 by Fleming, a professor of bacteriology at St. Mary's School of Medicine, University of London, England, and it could only be produced in the United States in 1935. Director Han, are you a bit bragging, with our Chinese technology, I'm afraid it will be difficult to produce. It's amazing enough to come out with penicillin, and you still have erythromycin, gentamicin, which is even more remarkable. Where did you get all this basis and technology from? ”

It's really not a loss to be the king of Western medicine, and I've got the point in my question. Han Xing thought, it was also in vain, originally all this knowledge of Western medicine was plagiarized, but he couldn't tell him these things, so he just took out those materials directly and let Xiang Songmao watch them.

Xiang Songmao took the information and scanned it roughly, his face was flushed, and then he looked at it again, his face was flushed, and then he looked at it more carefully, his face was flushed, and he shouted excitedly: "Okay!" Good! Okay!! It's worth it, it's worth it, it's worth it. I can't imagine that Director Han is the real expert, the real medical expert. Today, I really met a famous person. ”

Xiang Songmao closed his eyes slightly, thought for a while and said: "The principle and production process of penicillin are there, but as for the equipment, there are too many equipment to be used, at least the main equipment for fermentation is fermentation tanks, filtration drums, etc., and a certain amount of equipment is required in each process." It is difficult to manufacture these equipment by itself, but if you purchase them, where can you purchase them? Where can the equipment produce qualified products, please make it clear to Director Han? ”

Han Xing complimented him and said: "Why don't you invite someone else to talk to you alone, you are the king of Western medicine, you are an expert, I think, you will solve these problems." ”

Xiang Songmao thought about it, and now penicillin can only be manufactured in the United States, and he is the first person to eat crabs in China, so he can only find his own way. He said to Han Xing: "I'll try it, if it doesn't work, I have to come to you." ”

Han Xing nodded and encouraged him, "You can definitely do it, if you can't do it, others will not be able to do it." "However," Xiang Maosong said, "friends are friends, and making money is making money, and we still have to talk about the issue of equity." ”

Han Xing thought for a while and said: "At a fixed price, I will enter the dry stock with technology, accounting for 60% of the shares." ”

Xiang Songmao thought about it and said: "Penicillin is mainly a technical problem, if the technology can solve it, I am afraid that many factories can produce it." You join the dry shares, I agree, then the hard work is my business. ”

The two talked about the site of the factory, Xiang Maosong said: "The factory must not be built in Shanghai, if Little Japan knows that Wuzhou Pharmacy has produced penicillin, then it will not continue to collect the factory, and all the good things will be theirs." ”

Han Xing smiled and said, "Absolutely, I'll lead you to choose the site of the factory?" ”

"That's good!" Xiang Maosong said happily.

The wide moat has walked around the county seat, constituting a natural water city, and then beyond is the Great Plains, where to build factories are good choices. Soon, a factory site was selected in Tianjiazhuang, and Xiang Maosong was relieved. At this time, Han Xing felt that there was still a question to ask him, and if he didn't ask him, he would be in a panic for the rest of his life.

"The newspaper said that because of your anti-Japanese resistance, some employees in Wuzhou were arrested by the Japanese, and you donated money for the country in order to get these employees back, how did you escape back!"

"That's the case," Xiang Songmao said, "the hateful Japanese, we have to cooperate with them, and if I do that, won't I become a traitor, so I won't die." As soon as the Japanese saw that there was nothing they could do, they shot us dead, and it was strange to say that I woke up in the middle of the night, crawled to find a fellow's house, and was rescued by the fellow. I wondered afterwards why I hadn't died! Could it be that Lord Yama didn't have my account there, so he drove me back. ”

Han Xing smiled, nodded, and thought to himself, is Xiang Songmao also crossing! If you can cross it yourself, the J-20 fighter can cross it, then Xiang Songmao can also cross it. Therefore, the heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and do what they do.

I must live well, and in this rare War of Resistance Against Japan, I must perform well.

It was the American businessman Wall who was looking for trouble, he found Han Xing with a few drawings and asked, "Director Han, may I ask, are these drawings on the car?" ”

Han Xing looked at it and said, "Yes, doesn't this say cars 1066, 1078, 1999?" ”

"No," Wall affirmed, "I look like a part of a weapon!" ”

Han Xing smiled in his heart, he didn't expect that this Wall was still quite expert, and the strategy of hiding from the world and the sea didn't work in his eyes, but he was still drunk and didn't recognize half a pot of wine, and said toughly: "Why not, the steering mechanism on the car is very demanding." ”

Wall still stubbornly said, "I'm a Christian, do you dare to swear to Jesus?" ”

Han Xingxin said, I am not a Christian, what kind of oath to Jesus! But the words were much softer: "Whatever you think in your heart, even if it is!" ”

Wall also smiled: "I see, you are still very smart. Don't worry, personally, I support China's War of Resistance and your cause, and I will complete the tasks on the contract with quality and quantity. ”