Chapter 56: The Central Laboratory
"Mr. Jardine, look at this......"
Bai Sven was wearing a crappy dress today, but he was still dragging his braids behind his head, and he was standing under William. In front of Jardine's, in the office of Jardine Matheson in the heart of London, there is always only one chair. Jardine could sit, and everyone else could only stand and talk to him. Bai Siwen was used to this kind of behavior when he was in Guangzhou, and he stood there with his eyebrows lowered and his eyes pleasing to his eyes, looking like a loyal slave.
Jardine is still the crooked appearance of the disease, berberine is not streptomycin in the end, for mild tuberculosis patients may be cured, for him, a tuberculosis ghost who is already seriously ill, the daily high dose of berberine injections is just to hang his life and prevent the condition from worsening. And Mycobacterium tuberculosis is easy to become resistant to berberine, so the dosage will be larger and larger in the future. The price of Jardine's tuberculosis ghost hanging is not low. Fortunately, he is the boss of Jardine Matheson, and the pound is huge, that is, the medical expenses of tens or hundreds of pounds a month are not a problem at all.
In addition to berberine, Jardine is now inseparable from a tuberculosis syrup with added H-loin. He had a large bottle of these potions on his desk at all times, a bottle in his briefcase, and two large boxes in his house. In his opinion, this syrup is almost an elixir, more miraculous than berberine, as long as he drinks it, all the pain disappears at once, and the whole person is also full of energy, as if he has returned to the state before tuberculosis. The only pity is that the effect of this H-loin syrup is somewhat short-lived, and you have to take a sip every few hours......
He coughed lowly, quickly picked up the medicine bottle on the table, pulled out the stopper, and took a big sip at the mouth of the bottle, and then showed a satisfied expression, exhaled, and said to Bai Siwen: "This Zhu Jishi is really a genius, he actually invented such a good thing as H loin, which is much more effective than opium!" If I can sell it to China, Jardine Matheson will definitely become the largest consortium on Shijie......"
As a big opium dealer, of course he knew what addiction was, in fact, he already felt that he couldn't live without the drug because of the large amount of tuberculosis syrup, and he knew that he was addicted to the H-loin added to the tuberculosis syrup. But for a terminally ill patient whose time is short, what does it matter if he is not addicted?
Bai Siwen smiled a little flatteringly, and said: "That's easy to do, just send a post to invite Zhu Jishi to come over and interview him, as far as I know, the Chinese general agent of H heroin and morphine hydrochloride has not been found." ”
Jardine smiled faintly and looked up at Bai Siwen, "General agent? …… Svensson, how much money do you think you can make by acting for Zhu Jishi in the sale of H loin? How big is the H-Heroin market in China? ”
Bai Siwen thought for a while and replied: "In fact, the Chinese market is not small, if H heroin and morphine hydrochloride can enter China, it is estimated that they will soon be welcomed by various pharmacies, and there will always be a market of thousands of pounds per year." Because it is an exclusive agent, the profit of H loin and morphine hydrochloride will not be less than 200 pounds per pound, and it can earn at least 200,000 pounds a year, even if it reaches 300,000 pounds. ”
Jardine snorted coldly and didn't take the stubble. 300,000 pounds per year, that is, almost 900,000 taels of silver, although it is not a small amount, but in the eyes of the big boss of Jardine Matheson, who is accustomed to seeing mountains of gold and silver, it is not a lot of money. Of course, the sale of H heroin in his mind is not such a practice, but to be sold as a hobby, just like opium. However, the production of H heroin is now monopolized by Zhu Jishi, and the price is extremely expensive, with a factory price of 200 pounds per pound! Nearly two hundred times more expensive than the price of opium on the London market.
This kind of price is not a problem to use as an API to configure the finished drug, firstly, the efficacy of H heroin is very significant, and only a small amount of addition is required to have a miraculous effect; Second, Western medicine is originally a profiteering industry, and it can fully bear the high price of H heroin API. But if you sell it as a drug, there is a big problem, and you need to face the competition of opium at a low price. H Heroin, which was sold for 200 pounds per pound in London, was sold for at least 600 pounds in China, that is, nearly 2,000 taels of silver a pound! And this money can be used to buy as many as four or five boxes of opium. So even if someone takes H heroin as a drug, there won't be much of a market because they can't afford to consume it. Moreover, if the Chinese can take millions of pounds to buy H Loin every year, the bulk of this profit still falls into the hands of Zhu Jishi, and for the East India Company and Jardine Matheson, it is better to sell opium to make a profit!
Therefore, although Jardine's sees the huge market prospect of H heroin, there is no way to do this business before getting Hero Pharmaceutical into its hands. The only way is to go to countries without patent laws to open factories to produce generic drugs, but the jishu that synthesizes morphine hydrochloride and H-loin have a certain threshold in Europe at the moment - the chemical industry in Europe has not yet started in this era, let alone those backward countries that do not have patent laws to open pharmaceutical factories for the production of H-loin.
Temporarily pressing the mind of poisoning the Chinese people with H Loin, Jardine changed his words and returned to the original topic. "Svensson, do you think Zhu Jishi's suggestion is possible?"
Bai Siwen remained silent, just nodded slightly, paused, and said: "The method is good, although he thinks about the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty simply, but as long as he operates a little, it is still possible to get a good official position." ”
"How big an official position can it be?"
"There should be a Taoist title, and if you are lucky, you can still get the title of political envoy, but it's not easy to get it."
"Do you want me to help you?" Jardine laughed, pinched his three fingers, and made a gesture to count the money.
Bai Siwen lowered his head, was silent for a long time, and then leaned down to bow, and said loudly: "Thank you Mr. Jardine for cultivating the little one." ”
The current Bai Siwen didn't know that from the beginning of his worship, the entire Dongfang Shijie and the entire Qing Dynasty began to stir up.
At this moment, Zhu Jishi is also working on another big undertaking that in his opinion, will have an extraordinary impact on the present and the future - the establishment of Jason Central Laboratory! This is a department that directly combines science and production, and in a hundred years, or even decades later, large companies with high-level scientific research departments abound, but in the 19shijie40s, it was really a historical precedent.
Manchester, Vincent Street, meeting room in the office building of the headquarters of Jishi Holdings.
As the sound of applause fell, Zhu Jishi stood up and glanced at Kospel. William, Frank. Hahn, Hans. Schmidt, Blomstein & Sons and Will Brownstein. Hemming, along with a group of scientists who had just joined Jason Central Laboratories, said with a smile: "Gentlemen, today is a memorable day for Jeshi Holdings, for Hero Pharmaceutical, for Jason Cospel Rubber Company, for Jason Churchill Explosives Company, and for all consumers who will benefit from our inventions. Not only because one of our important inventions, cocaine, has been granted a 14-year patent by the UK Patent Board, but also because of the official establishment of Jason Central Laboratory!
This laboratory will usher in an era, a new era in which scientific and technological innovation leads the development of productive forces, and a new era in which scientists will become millionaires! From now on, science and technology will no longer be difficult to reach from above, but will be closely integrated with industrial capital. We scientists will no longer be a member of the Academy of Sciences, a member of the Royal Society, a Grand Prix de la Prix de l'École de l'Académie de l'Academia or the Prize de l'École de l'École de l'Académie de l'Academia de l'Academia
Because we are the people who are the greatest driving force for human progress! We are the biggest wealth creators! We are the most productive people! ”