Chapter 8: A Trip to India
In the afternoon of the same day, Cheng Yong received a call from the nursing home that his father had a cerebral infarction.
After being sent to the hospital, the doctor said that he would have surgery and that the medical expenses would be 100,000 yuan.
"So much?" Cheng Yong was frightened by the medical expenses, "People worship medicine for only 80,000 yuan." β
"Then you go to Chongyi to do it!" The doctor said angrily. It's not that they don't want to save people, but the equipment, medicines, these costs are not up to them.
In a hurry, Cheng Yong returned to his shop. As a result, because he didn't pay the rent, the landlord locked the door for him!
smashed open the window and entered the door, found the phone number given by Qiao Guoqiang, and he called.
The next day, it was the same health food store.
Cheng Yong asked, "Are you sure you can sell it?" β
"Sure!"
"How do you calculate the share?" Cheng Yong is most concerned about money now.
"Lao Lu and I have another person who has 150,000 yuan, plus sales channels." Qiao Guoqiang said, "You pay 150,000, plus your transportation line, let's split fifty-five." β
"I don't have any money!" Cheng Yong said: "Now I can't pay the rent. β
"Then you can only use your transportation channel to take a stake!" Qiao Guoqiang said: "Count you as 30% of the shares." β
"Sanqi?" Cheng Yong was reluctant.
"Too high, huh?" Qiao Guoqiang stared at him and asked, "Then or not?" Are you two and I eight? β
"I'll go!" Cheng Yong was anxious, "You're too dark, aren't you!?" Without my channel, you can't bring in the freight! β
"Without my channel, you can't buy the goods! Moreover, do you have the money to sell goods? β
Qiao Guoqiang crossed Erlang's legs, drank mineral water and said, "Shanghai itself is a smuggling distribution center, as long as I spend a little time, I can find someone to replace you." β
"I..." Cheng Yong was still unwilling, "You can raise it a little more." "When I speak, my tone is a little soft.
"Sanqi is already asking you to come forward!" Qiao Guoqiang said a little toughly: "Don't underestimate 3 percent, 150,000 goods are taken back and sold, that is 1.8 million, and three achievements are nearly 500,000." β
Raising a finger, Qiao Guoqiang emphasized: "It's 500,000 a month!" β
"Are you afraid that your wife thinks you have no money? Are you still afraid that your son will be abducted and run away? β
"Catch up a few times, get a few million, buy a building, be a charter company, or build a factory as a boss." Qiao Guoqiang is like a pyramid scheme lecturer, drawing a big pie for Cheng Yong, or outlining the future.
"When the time comes, you will be a successful person, marry a beautiful and virtuous wife, and properly go to the peak of life."
Cheng Yong was compared with his current situation when he said this, and he thought in his heart, "Damn, it's done!" β
What is a "generic drug"? As the name suggests, a generic drug is a drug that is made after a "patented drug". In more technical terms, it refers to a generic drug that is the same as the original drug in terms of dose, effect and indications.
Whether in the film or in real life, there is no doubt that India has almost taken over the global generic drug business. It has become a veritable "pharmacy of the world".
The most direct reason why India can produce generic drugs so openly comes from the patronage of the country's policies.
In 1970, the Indian government amended the Patents Act, waiving the intellectual property protection of pharmaceutical compounds, stipulating that only process patents are granted for food and drugs, not product patents, and domestic pharmaceutical companies are encouraged to imitate them. India's move has sparked great controversy internationally, after all, the research and development of new drugs requires huge investment, and patent protection is the legal guarantee that it will be rewarded.
In 1984, the United States introduced the Hatch-Waxman Act, which allowed generic drug companies to start developing generic products before the expiration of drug patents, and at the same time simplified the procedures and conditions for the marketing of generic drugs. Once the patent expires and is approved by the FDA, the generic drug can be marketed. This bill has greatly contributed to the development of the generic drug industry.
In 1995, India, which joined the WTO, amended the Patent Act to include pharmaceuticals in the scope of patent protection. However, the Indian government has also established a system of "compulsory patent licensing". The system stipulates that Indian pharmaceutical companies can produce generic drugs regardless of whether the patent expires or not.
Second, India has a large pool of cheap labor that is proficient in English. The rise of the pharmaceutical industry and the IT industry share the same effect, requiring cheap, high-quality R&D personnel and market developers who speak English. Whereas, English is one of the official languages of India.
Two days later, Qiao Guoqiang and Cheng Yong got on a plane to Mumbai.
Whether it is in this time and space or more than ten years later, India is not China's main trading partner, and coupled with the special national conditions of the third brother's family, there are not many people who go to travel.
So, there are no direct flights at all!
From Shanghai to Mumbai, you need to make a transfer, and you need to transit in Seoul (still called Seoul in 02) or Xiangjiang, or Lijiapo, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur.
It took more than ten hours to finally arrive in Mumbai, and the two of them asked Cheng Yong's Indian friend James to drive to the pharmaceutical factory according to the address Qiao Guoqiang found on the Internet.
As in the plot, the retail price of the pharmacy is 2000 soft girl coins according to the exchange rate, but the factory price is only 500!
"Then you tell him I'm going to buy some!" Cheng Yong said.
After James translated, the manager of the pharmaceutical factory said, "Retail, you can go to the pharmacy to buy it, we only ship to the agent." β
"Then do they have a Celestial Empire agent?" Cheng Yong asked.
"No, you are the first Celestial Empire people to come over."
Cheng Yong immediately said: "Then I can be their agent of the Celestial Empire!" β
The manager of the pharmaceutical factory said that their drugs were banned in the Celestial Empire.
βYou need not care about it !β Qiao Guoqiang said, "If we get the goods, we will sell them out soon!"
Cheng Yong looked at Qiao Guoqiang in a daze, "You speak English so well?" β
Qiao Guoqiang nodded, "I didn't say I would~"
"How much do you want?" The manager asked
β300bottlesγβ
"Hehe, that's it?" The manager was a little disdainful, the business he did was all about selling boxes, when did he sell bottles?
Qiao Guoqiang said, "I know that the quantity is a little small, but we only have enough money to buy so much. But you have to know that the Celestial Empire has millions of patients, what a big market! β
βMany patients do not have the ability to buy genuine drugs! They're waiting for me to bring the medicine backοΌ to save their lives!β Qiao Guoqiang pointed to his heart and said, "Life is money!" β
βOKοΌβ The manager said, "As long as you can sell the goods within a month, the agency is yours!" β
took the goods from the manufacturer and handed over the box to the smuggler according to Cheng Yong's way. After a night's rest at the hotel, the two flew back to Shanghai the next day.
When he woke up, Qiao Guoqiang found Liu Sihui.
Liu Sihui asked, "Are you back?" β
"I brought it straight back." Qiao Guoqiang gave two bottles of medicine to Liu Sihui, "I faked the medical records, and the customs did not stop it at all." There are still 300 bottles at sea, about half a month to arrive! β
Liu Sihui looked at the two bottles of yogurt-sized Glenin, and her eyes exuded something called hope...
The next day, Qiao Guoqiang gave two bottles of medicine to Lu Yingying.