Leaning against the railing of the stern and looking at the wake and whitish foam, Neuesas sighed heavily. He thought that he would be able to make some more talkative mortal friends on this trip, but he was still disappointed to find that the mortals were still the same.

This can't be blamed on them, everyone naturally has a preconceived impression of the god of the world, this monster who was seventeen years old when he was born and still looks seventeen years old when he is dying:

That's fear.

People are born with a fear of death, even from the mother's womb. But what should be the existence that has overcome death? Suppose a classmate in a class is beaten and blackmailed by the bully A in the class every day, and no one can escape his clutches. However, one day, a bully B suddenly came and pressed bully A to the ground and hit a dog to gnaw mud, will the classmates who already have psychological shadows respect him "equally"?

No, it's simply not possible. The most basic thinking in human nature is to revere and worship the strong. But no matter how strong mortals are, so strong that the magic effects and outputs they can cast surpass those of the gods of the world, but can they continue their lives indefinitely and defeat death? No. You are brilliant, you are sophisticated, you have no last resort, but it is as short as a few decades, as long as a hundred years to enter a coffin, and finally become a handful of loess.

But they can endure forever. The so-called "Immortal Journey" that is constantly emphasized in Chinese immortal novels is based on the absolute overwhelming lifespan as the starting point, and no matter how strong a mortal is, he can't consume the immortal people who have multiplied their yang life......

The reason for fear is because of instinct - and the reason why we dare not touch the mysteries of God is because of fear. Once this logical chain is sorted out, it can well explain the reason why no one on the bilunar planet dares to touch the secret of the immortality of the living gods.

However, outsiders from Earth do not recognize this at all. Almost at the same time as Noy Esas sighed, in front of the Zhangjiang Science and Technology Park in the magic capital opposite the portal, a group of people of different skin colors were neatly dressed, standing behind the ribbon-cutting line, waiting for the end of the long speech, so that they could go directly to the banquet stage.

"The establishment of a joint venture between the international pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and a domestic state-owned pharmaceutical company ......" was a very inconspicuous piece of news in the major newspapers of the magic capital that day.

Inconspicuous, it is natural for people who read the newspaper to dilute the impression of this news -- even when TV news anchors mention this incident, they only mention it with words like "bringing employment opportunities for high-tech talents...... and so on."

The reason is simple, the true meaning of this Pfizer subsidiary can only be understood by the parties concerned and a few outsiders.

As a price code for the North American federation to compromise the war in the southeast, Pfizer will start the legal process to join the Egyptian investment bank, and establish a joint venture with state-owned enterprises to set up a joint research laboratory, jointly use some of the research raw materials from Elta, and disclose the results of the research to each other.

This, of course, is the most superficial struggle. As an agent of the North American Federation, Pfizer's discovery of profit sharing in the world is not only the balance of interests with the North American Federation, but also the consideration of the consortium behind Pfizer and the North American federal government.

Five years ago, Pfizer, which had relied on the acquisition of a subsidiary (the world's largest botulinum toxin manufacturer) in an attempt to transfer the "inverted tax rate" to Ireland, unsurprisingly failed again. For the pharmaceutical monster that replaced Novartis in Switzerland six years ago as one of the world's largest pharmaceutical groups, the North American federal 39.1% tax rate on companies has become the biggest obstacle to Pfizer's progress and even survival.

(Note: The Irish tax rate is 12%)

However, for the North American Federation, which urgently needs to enter the mainland to participate in research, whether it is a university professor or a ready-made researcher, the ability to transfer them from the current unit must be the first to participate in the research. And a lot of the talent they need will eventually be traced back to the same source: Pfizer.

What is the North American Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? What is FBI? When pharmaceutical companies from the North American Federation conducted inhumane medical experiments in Latin America and Africa, even politicians turned a blind eye. What the? Do you have a conscience? But do you have the money?

Pharmaceutical companies don't want to talk to you and throw in a bundle of bills - that's a perfectly normal outcome. As for the failure of Pfizer's inverted tax rate operation, the reason is that tens of billions of dollars in tax revenue are too tempting, and they are not as good as the benefits given by the big bosses behind Pfizer - without the money from the exploitation of Pfizer's patent revenue, as well as the taxes added to drugs, what will the North American federal use to maintain the military, maintain government employee spending, and pay the cost of maintaining the seigniorage of military stamps?

In contrast, China is much more tolerant of pharmaceutical companies. As long as it is recognized as a "high-tech enterprise", it can enjoy a capped tax rate of 15%, which is also one of the destinations for Pfizer to avoid the federal tax rate in North America.

Of course, the reason why this tax rate is so low is also inseparable from the weak independent research and development of China's pharmaceutical industry. If you are weak, you will exchange the market for technology, which is a very natural thing - if you learn from the third brother of the turban next door, the market is fragile and you have to impose heavy taxes on super companies like Coca-Cola, and even threaten to ask the other party to publish the formula or withdraw from the Indian market immediately, then what future can there be?

So when two fires come into the same bundle of dry firewood soaked in gasoline, they naturally come together and become the same fire – as is the case with Pfizer and the Chinese side now, which once again fulfills the old adage that an enemy can become a friend for the sake of profit.

"Ma-kepfizer (Pfizer) greatagain!" At the banquet, a researcher who was a little drunk by Moutai suddenly shouted loudly.

"Jeff!" His colleague quickly pressed his shoulder. "You're drunk, don't drink it, this damn oriental liquor isn't water......"

"Johnson, I'm not drunk!" Researcher Jeff burped, a belch mixed with soy sauce and alcohol, and swooped down on Johnson beside him. "If it weren't for this subsidiary, I, I would have been a figure in the third batch of layoffs at the Buffalo Institute. Johnson, you have to understand that the opportunity to revive Pfizer is in the hands of us little people......"

Puzzled, Johnson tore open the aluminum foil in his hand, dropped a small snack in his mouth, chewed and swallowed it before saying, "If it weren't for the high wages here, I'd rather find another smart guy on the West Coast, which fool likes to work with yellow bastards all over the potholes here?" ”

"You...... The North American Federation, the free country you admire the most, has collected forty percent of the tax on our boss! This money is all superimposed on the patent licensing, which will affect the sales of the patented drugs we authorize, so we also have to bear 20% of this tax, so ...... As you can see, Johnson, Lao Tzu is going to be made redundant, and he was on unpaid leave before, and you were getting a pay cut. ”

"Hmm......" Johnson was speechless, so he continued to pick up the snacks on the buffet plate and stuff them into his mouth.

"Then, the country you despise built by the yellow-skinned monkeys will only require a 15% tax on our future subsidiaries. What does this mean? Johnson, you have to know that every penny we take is a part of what we earn for Pfizer, and if Pfizer is tied up in a 40 percent tax that should go to hell, we won't be happy! You have to know that Novartis and Bayer don't exist anymore! We have no way out, it is God's will to get us here! ”

Johnson nodded and asked, "What do you mean is that if the salary here is to your liking, and the North American Federation continues to treat our owners badly, will you stay here forever and not return to the North American Federation?" ”

"I'll also consider taking my Sally with me." Jeff burped a few times in quick succession, and the tone of his voice began to cool down - Moutai was not comparable to the spirits in the bar, but it was also a competitor in the same class. Jeff, the researcher of the alcohol test, knew this well. "Thanks to the great countries of the East, it is becoming easier and easier for foreigners who can afford to get jobs."

As if seeing the embarrassment in Johnson's eyes, Jeff added: "You see, it's actually not that difficult. After the collapse of the continent, how many white people, like us, came to this mysterious continent where they ate everything to find work? To be honest, I always thought that except for the big cities on TV, the rest of China was stuffed with peasants with pigtails in their heads, and the elevators in Shanghai were pulled by people when there was a power outage! You must understand, my good brother, that China is doing better under capitalism than our rotten North American Federation! ”

"The Marshall Plan is on the way, Jeff." Johnson whispered the ultimate reason for his judgment. "Whether it's Pfizer or any other company, we will eventually reap the fruits of our business by expanding their business back to Europe, and our country will need to reap the fruits of the chaos that will run through the continent. Jeff, this is tempting enough, but after the continent develops again, only those who are truly open and progressive will usher in prosperity, and the poisonous East will only become the world's wage earners again......"

"No, it won't." Jeff smiled and picked up the empty plate as he got up to add food. "Does Europe have the genes of humans from another world? Is there a creature that can be immortal forever and can be restored to its original state with swords and guns? They don't even have their own legendary winged wyvern, and only we can touch that, Johnson, there is an old Chinese saying, you will understand what you come for. ”

"You know, it's a complete fantasy to get that damn research raw material." Johnson muttered to himself. "All they're willing to give us is a few hundred Elta chromosome samples, Jeff, you won't understand...... There was no joint research in the beginning, everything was just Chinese ambition to draw this pharmaceutical giant together and divide it, and eat it in a few bites......"