Entering May, the breath of summer is gradually thickened, the Maoliangwu forest in the depths of the mountains is lush, the flowers are in full bloom, the lotus leaves of the large and small ponds are pointy, slim and elegant, and the scenery is pleasant.

During this period, Wu Ming was involved in several major events, in addition to the continuous fermentation of the fund-raising incident of the remote control Dexing Copper Mine, which allowed the central government and the Provincial Security Department, the Shangrao Administration and the Chamber of Commerce to obtain huge benefits, Wu Ming also quietly instructed the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce to mortgage the shares of the "Pearl Mining Company" held by him to major banks at home and abroad, and the more than 4 million oceans raised together with the previous fund-raising funds were all converted into US dollars and deposited into Wu Ming's private account in Citibank.

With the advent of the first batch of 200 bottles of penicillin of 300 units per milliliter and 20,000 units per bottle in late April, and the trial of penicillin in the Affiliated Hospital of Fenghuangshan Base achieved good results, several patients with sepsis, pneumonia and meningitis who were basically sentenced to death have recovered.

When penicillin was tried in Quzhou Hospital, the condition of several rich children who were waiting to die in the ward in the late stage of syphilis was effectively alleviated, and the ulcer site of the patient who recovered the fastest was already scarred, causing a sensational effect, and its high price of 2,500 oceans a bottle not only did not deter the flocking patients, but triggered a new wave of panic buying.

At present, the market is full of people inquiring about this special drug, Quzhou Hospital said that this drug is called penicillin, which is extracted from Chinese herbal medicine, the cost is extremely expensive, the output is extremely limited, and it is not sold to the outside world for the time being, but secretly the intelligence department has pushed most of the penicillin produced to the black market according to Wu Ming's instructions, in order to seek huge profits.

Special Care Unit of the Affiliated Hospital of Phoenix Mountain Base.

Robert Goddard, a 55-year-old rocket expert from the United States, reclined on the hospital bed, read the weapon design drawings in his hand with full attention, slowly took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose, closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, and then opened his eyes and said to Wu Ming, who was waiting patiently:

"From the point of view of design requirements, it is not difficult to manufacture this kind of rocket weapon, in fact, as early as 19 years ago, I participated in the design of similar weapons, over the years rocket technology has become more and more mature, the design of rocket engines suitable for tubular launch rockets is not much difficult, and the manufacturing process is not complicated, plus two years ago the US Army has begun to use conical charge anti-tank grenades, I am confident that in two months to develop the rocket weapon you want."

Wu Ming was greatly excited when he heard this, and said in English: "It is naturally best to be able to develop it in June and July, and it is really not possible to develop it in August, but it cannot exceed September at the latest." ”

Robert Goddard arrived in Shanghai in mid-April, accompanied by his family, when he was plagued by complications such as pneumonia caused by tuberculosis, and his body was in a coma.

But even so, Robert Goddard still has a feeling of escaping death, and he and his family express their heartfelt gratitude to Wu Ming for his selfless help. Robert Goddard felt that there was no need to keep it secret, and he was ready to devote himself to the study of the weapon that Wu Ming named "Bazooka" as soon as he was in good health.

Schlinth Wilber, an Austrian military expert who accompanied Wu Ming, has been privately studying this creative weapon proposed by Wu Ming for a long time, and he has come to the hospital many times to discuss with Robert Goddard, and he has many unique insights in his mind:

"In fact, the 'bazooka' designed by the boss is, to put it bluntly, an iron pipe, which is easy to produce in large quantities, and the only difficulty is the rocket engine and orientation system. As long as Mr. Goddard can develop the required rockets, with the production capacity of our current arsenal, there is no pressure to produce thousands of rockets a year."

"Very good"

Wu Ming was very satisfied with the statements of the two experts, Robert Goddard was obsessed with his rocket career, and he would certainly not stay long in China, which lacked scientific research facilities and experimental assistants, as long as he developed the bazooka before leaving, he would be finished, and Wu Ming was not interested in developing carrier rockets or even missiles that could be used for long-range attacks. The only thing he needed Robert Goddard's help was to register the relevant patents for bazookas in Wu Ming's name after returning to the United States, so that when the Americans produced the "Bazooka" bazooka, they could not avoid the patent trap, and they had to pay obediently for each bazooka produced.

"Mr. Goddard, during the research and development of the bazooka you preside, our ordnance research institute and military factory will go all out to tilt towards the bazooka project team, and after the matter is completed, in addition to sending you 100,000 US dollars to do rocket research and development funds, I will also send you 100 new anti-inflammatory drugs that we have secretly developed."

"This new anti-inflammatory drug not only has a certain effect on the complications of tuberculosis, but also for sepsis, pneumonia, meningitis, tonsillitis, otitis media, scarlet fever, erysipelas, puerperal fever, tetanus, gas gangrene, anthrax, diphtheria, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, listeriosis, rat bite fever, syphilis, gonorrhea, yaws, relapsing fever, leptospirosis, fensen angina, actinomycosis and other diseases are symptomatic medicines. That's $1,600 a piece

"Oh my God"

A middle-aged white woman who served Robert Goddard next to the hospital bed covered her mouth in fright.

At present, the minimum wage for industrial workers in the United States is 40 cents per hour, and the weekly wage in other industries is 12 to 15 dollars, which means that most Americans are tired and tired of only 100 dollars a month, and the price of 100 bottles of new anti-inflammatory drugs is equivalent to the income of an ordinary worker for 100 years without eating or drinking, which is undoubtedly quite shocking for Robert Goddard's wife

Wu Ming was aware of the middle-aged white woman's work in the United States, and said with a smile:

"Lady Goddard, I know that over the years, you and your family have spent almost all of your family's money and money because of Mr. Goddard's illness, and your life is relatively poor...... This new anti-inflammatory drug produced by us can be said to be an exclusive product, which has special effects on twenty or thirty kinds of diseases, especially for sepsis, pneumonia, gonorrhea and syphilis that are basically insoluble in today's medicine.

Mrs. Goddard nodded busily: "This is a very good idea, I worked in the pharmaceutical sales department of Pfizer for a period of time before coming to China, and I have a lot of experience in drug sales, if I can get the exclusive right to sell this miracle drug, I will try to sell it to the whole of the United States......"

"Unfortunately, the production capacity of this drug is extremely limited"

Wu Ming shook his head regretfully: "Up to now, the output per week is only two hundred bottles, which is still the result of our efforts to expand the scale of the production site and optimize the production capacity, so this medicine is destined to only take the high-end route...... Well, I'll give you 100 bottles a month for $500 a month, and then check out after the sale, and gradually increase the supply in proportion as production increases."

Mrs. Goddard calculated in her heart, if this medicine can really be sold for a sky-high price of 1,600 dollars, then for every bottle sold, she will earn 1,100 dollars, and 100 bottles will be 110,000, and she can step into the ranks of millionaires in a year, and she was so excited that she couldn't speak

Wu Ming saw that Mrs. Goddard was almost crazy with happiness as expected, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. In fact, even $500 a bottle is enough to ensure the profits of the pharmaceutical company, and the key is to take this opportunity to find a partner in the United States who can cooperate for a long time, register patents for many of his "inventions and creations" in the United States, and make a lot of money from it.

However, if Mrs. Goddard had established a huge drug sales network from scratch, I am afraid that the United States had successfully developed the industrial production of penicillin, so Wu Ming told Mrs. Goddard some of the theories about direct selling that he knew, and the more Mrs. Goddard listened, the more surprised she became, and the more she listened, the more delighted she became:

"If you can really establish such a marketing network, isn't it possible to make money by selling anything? From cars and various household appliances to toothpaste, toothbrushes, and toilet paper, you can use this layer-by-layer rebate method to sell out."

"Theoretically, yes, but it's like a popular game of drumming and passing flowers in ancient China, and the price borne by the person who took over after the most Lu has far exceeded the value of the commodity itself, and it is easy to have problems

Wu Ming shook his head and patiently explained: "The drug we produce is different, at least in the next few years, it is unique, it can only be supplied by us, and the quantity is extremely limited, there are always people who pay for saving lives, so I am not afraid that I will not be able to make a move after the most As long as every downline of development can make a profit from it, then this direct sales channel will bring a steady stream of wealth."

Robert Goddard was dumbfounded, although as a scientist he is not very sensitive to money, but he is still keenly aware of the vigorous business opportunities contained in the marketing method pioneered by Wu Ming, if it is operated properly, it may not really be able to bring a considerable wealth to his family.

At this time, Sun Chengyuan hurriedly walked into the ward and handed a telegram to Wu Ming. After reading it, Wu Ming apologized to Robert Goddard and his wife:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Goddard, I have urgent military business to attend to, so I have to leave early. But don't worry, this rocket weapon research shouldn't delay you much, and once it's done, you'll be able to return to the U.S. and resume your beloved rocket research."

Robert Goddard nodded: "I am convinced of this, rest assured, it is not a problem for me to study such a weapon at all, thank you for your generosity." Nancy, send me Mr. Wu."

Nancy is Mrs. Goddard's name, Wu Ming hurriedly waved his hand when he heard it: "Don't bother, Madame should take good care of Mr. Goddard." ”

Schlins Wilber said: "I would like to stay and discuss with Mr. Goddard the design of the new weapon. ”

Wu Ming shrugged: "Listen to the respect" Then he walked out of the ward with Sun Chengyuan and came to the corridor outside, Wu Ming split his head and covered his face and asked, "Where has Dai Li been now?" ”

Sun Chengyuan's expression was solemn: "Quzhou"

A sneer appeared at the corner of Wu Ming's mouth: "It's not good, it seems that the chairman of the committee is worried about the millions of oceans we raised, fortunately, the mortgage loans to major banks are still unknown to the outside world, otherwise I am afraid that it is not only Dai Yunong who will come, but Director Xu will also come to make a fortune with me."

"What now?"

Sun Chengyuan asked as he walked.

Wu Ming said lightly: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, what should I do...... However, I am afraid that some of our situation will have to be made known to the chairman, otherwise this will not be easy."

"You mean ......"

Sun Chengyuan stopped in surprise: "Do you want to feed back the affairs of the arsenal through Dai Li's mouth?" ”

"That's all there is to it now"

Wu Ming was a little helpless: "This arsenal has cost us a lot of effort, and now the total assets are not less than 10 million, we can say that all the funds raised are used to pay off debts, with this excuse, even if the chairman is short of money, he is embarrassed to ask us to pay for it."

Sun Chengyuan said reluctantly: "That...... What if the Military Committee ordered the arsenal to be taken over to the Military Industry Administration? ”

"It's not that easy"

Wu Ming grinned, revealing his white teeth: "If the central government can allocate 10 million oceans to redeem it, I can consider it, anyway, the arsenal is built on Lao Tzu's territory, and I don't have the final say on what to do in the end?" If you want to come strongly, as long as I don't open my mouth, who can enter the heavily guarded Mao Liangwu? ”

"Taking a step back, what if I said yes? Anyway, the raw materials and the things produced will have to pass through our hands, and it is not certain who will be the ones at that time."

Sun Chengyuan gave a thumbs up: "Big brother, it's still your cow"

"Let's go, let's go and meet Dai Yunong......"

Wu Ming and Sun Chengyuan came to the outside of the inpatient building, got into the Dodge car parked there, and drove directly to the Maoliangwu wharf.