"Why do you think that?"

As soon as Albert's words came out, he immediately fell silent, apparently thinking about another question:

Does anyone think like Hannibal?

Have it?

Didn't you?

If Mr. Ludon had been in charge of the technology, maybe he would have done it.

However, Ludon gave Albert enough self-esteem and did not interfere with any R&D details, only stipulating a ceiling on the investment.

Albert, as the person in charge, certainly didn't think so.

What about his men?

Albert did not wait for Hannibal to answer, and walked out of his office with a gloomy face.

He called his assistant over, and sent someone to the Strange Bird Bookstore to invite an old gentleman over.

When the old gentleman arrived, in the office, he saw Albert with a dark face.

The old gentleman had never seen such an angry Albert.

Albert is a good-natured person, and in his work and life, he rarely loses his temper, let alone as he does now.

The atmosphere in the whole office was so oppressive that it was difficult to breathe.

There seemed to be a flash of thunder in the depths of Albert's pupils, bringing an endless sense of oppression to everyone present.

"I need a team of reliable people to review..."

Every word seemed to pop out of the abyss of anger, Albert said slowly,

"In the process of drug development, is there any deliberate increase in the cost of drug development and drug production..."

As Hannibal said, Albert would never be allowed to appear in his technical institute.

It's the best place to review this kind of thing and find someone from the Weird Bird Bookstore.

That's what they do.

The Inquisition originally had a group of people who worked for the company and were responsible for similar matters.

To be on the safe side, Albert didn't even use the company's insiders, but asked for a group of people from outside to be thoroughly vetted.

"Mr. Albert..."

For Albert, the old gentleman from the Strange Bird Bookstore, there was enough respect to keep up.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is one of the successors cultivated by Mr. Ludon, just like Awu back then.

No, even better than Awu.

The old gentleman asked a question,

"Do you want the process, or do you want the conclusion?"

Albert was silent for a moment and gave the answer,

"I want conclusions."

"Yes."

The old gentleman did not hesitate and answered Albert directly, very confidently.

"There will be people who will do it, both subjectively and objectively, with all due respect, Mr. Albert, you are not God, we are, we follow the Holy Code, we are just, we are upright, we have many virtues, but the Holy Law never asks us to abandon our humanity."

Albert frowned, a little incomprehensible to the other party,

"What do you want to say?"

"I mean, people are people, we are mean, we are weak, we are lonely, we are controlled by the senses, we are tempted by demons... People always make choices that are more beneficial to them, whether intentionally or unintentionally."

The old gentleman said slowly,

"Your technical institute has the highest salary in the whole of Wudu, if not in the world, and you let them develop drugs for the poor.

If they are lazy, is this a deliberate attempt to raise the cost of drug development?

Do they care if two drugs with similar effects cost one penny more and one penny less?

These medicines are sold to the poor, and they will not need them for the rest of their lives, and even when they do, they do not care about the difference in the price of a penny."

The old gentleman breathed a sigh of relief.

Albert supported his chin with his right hand, three fingers in front of the thin skin of his mouth, and his eyelids drooped.

"You go on."

"The salary of R&D personnel, in addition to the basic salary, also has R&D bonuses, as well as sales dividends, which is intended to motivate their R&D enthusiasm, but have you ever thought about it, the more drugs are sold, the higher the dividends... Also, in the case in front of you, the sales base of delaying drugs and curative drugs is not the same, and you have not done long-term experiments..."

Listening to the old man's words, Albert asked rhetorically,

"So, it's a problem with the system?"

If it's just a problem with the bonus system, Albert can adjust it at any time.

"It's people! People!"

The old man said helplessly,

"As long as this thing is still done by people, and you need to rely on people, you can't escape this curse!"

Seeing Albert fall into deep thought again, the old man breathed a sigh of relief.

He lowered his eyes and glanced at the note in his hand, which was densely written in small letters.

This is a note sent by Mr. Ludon before he came here.

In the previous conversation between the two, he basically read the note.

The old gentleman read the contents of the note clearly:

「... Now give the note to Albert..."

Albert didn't look up, but spoke,

"You just give me what you have in your hand, and I'll see it myself."

The old gentleman laughed twice, handed the note to the other party, and left the room with a sense of humor.

Others slowly withdrew from the oppressive office, leaving Albert with room to be alone.

The note read:

「... The research and development of drugs, the progress of science and technology, and the progress of the times do not depend on one's own efforts, to be precise, if one person promotes the development of the entire era, it may not get the results you want, but will bring a disaster.

This story, which I have never told before, may be helpful to you.

Once, there was a kingdom named Qiyun, a young man named "Luden", who decided to make a big move..."

In Qiyun, Mr. Lu Deng promoted the development of science and technology, established the most basic education security system, food basic security system, minimum wage system...

In his factory, many people have died of exhaustion.

But the jobs that Luden created fed more people.

The fertility rate has increased dramatically, the infant mortality rate has plummeted, and the people in the Qiyun Kingdom have increased spontaneously...

Mr. Ludon pulls out one epochal invention after another, going from victory to victory, and his competitors need to climb over the wall to steal his designs in order to barely compete with Mr. Ludon.

Even so, Mr. Ludon soon became the most powerful presence in the Qiyun Kingdom.

No longer satisfied with their domestic victory, the Kingdom of Qiyun began to expand outward, destroying the goblins, conquering the Elven Kingdom, occupying the goblin fortress, and stealing the royal veins of the dwarves...

The Kingdom of Qiyun occupies all the valuable lands.

The pace of expansion has stopped, but the contradiction remains.

External and internal contradictions intensified at the same time and turned into a bloody coup d'état.

The king was overthrown, and the empress took off the laurels.

It was none other than Mr. Ludon who crowned the Empress.

In order to achieve greater ideals and revenge, Mr. Luden's methods are inevitably a little bloody.

He hanged the man, filling the whole valley.

Finally, at a House meeting, the backbenchers, who could not bear it anymore, initiated a motion to try Mr. Ludon.

Their original intention was to let this guy Ludon back down, at least stop a little!

Surprisingly... The motion passed.

Soon, the motion turned into a referendum.

The first referendum of the Qiyun Kingdom has a result.

"Hang this demon!"

So, Mr. Ludon was sent to the gallows.

「... The world after Luden's death is still the world, there is no ugly point, and there is no beautiful point, King Qiyun

The kingdom lasted for more than a thousand years, and the death of an individual was a disaster for the individual, and a trivial matter for the world..."

At the end of the note, Mr. Lutten left Albert a sentence that was more like a summary of the ups and downs of a certain Mr. Lutden's life:

"Trust humanity."