Chapter 508 Mind Your Own Business
"If you want to disgrace yourselves, do it on your own, and don't drag down all of us traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, all of us Huaxia people!" the man with the slicked-back hair said.
"That's right, you've thrown away the face of our ancestors. Traditional Chinese medicine values a physician's benevolence, but selling a Pill for two hundred thousand US dollars, are we traditional Chinese doctors really such a greedy and unscrupulous bunch?" At this moment, a man with a goatee stood up, speaking righteously.
"Making money is fine, but there has to be a conscience in you."
"You are simply a disgrace to the medical community..."
After the man with the slicked-back hair finished speaking, a wave of murmuring discussions immediately erupted from behind him.
These people were doctors from various medical halls or research and development personnel from pharmaceutical factories. They had long been harboring frustration as they watched the Heart Calming Pills sell well, and now that there was an opportunity to kick someone when they were down, they certainly wouldn't miss the chance.
As this group of people stirred up trouble, all the reporters suddenly focused their attention here.
Dancheng Red Cross Society president leads traditional Chinese doctors to protest outside the subsidiary office!
Once this headline came out, it was bound to cause another sensation.
"If you still have the conscience of a Huaxia Country person, then you will immediately shut down your pharmaceutical factory, and all the existing Heart Calming Pills Ultimate Edition will be turned over to the Red Cross Society for safekeeping," the man with the slicked-back hair said to Hu Jin.
Hu Jin reacted as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. "You must be dreaming. I can tell you clearly now, shutting down the pharmaceutical factory, impossible! Handing over the Heart Calming Pills Ultimate Edition to you, even more impossible!"
The value of a single Heart Calming Pill, with the official sellers at two hundred thousand US dollars, and even more so on the black market at over eight hundred thousand US dollars, if converted into Huaxia currency, just one Heart Calming Pill would be nearly one and a half to one and a half million in price.
This man with the slicked-back hair really knew how to dream – with just a flick of his lips, he wanted to confiscate all the Pills.
"Young man, don't destroy the reputation of our traditional Chinese medicine that has lasted for thousands of years just for money!" the man with the goatee stomped his foot as he spoke.
"The benevolence of a doctor! Money is not the most important thing, what matters is our intention!"...
"The benevolence of a doctor? What gives you the right to say that we lack the benevolence of a doctor?" Hu Jin scoffed and said. "Do you think our Heart Calming Pills are all made of Herbs, so you feel they are worthless? Then I'd like to ask, Ferraris are assembled from worthless iron and copper too, but why doesn't anyone accuse the Ferrari manufacturers of being blinded by greed when they sell for millions?"
"You… you…" The man with the goatee was taken aback by Hu Jin's question, suddenly at a loss for an explanation.
The man with the slicked-back hair then took over the conversation. "It's not the same, the two can't be compared..."
"There's nothing incomparable about it." Hu Jin didn't wait for the man with the slicked-back hair to finish speaking and directly interjected. "Ferraris are the result of scientific research, and so are our Heart Calming Pills."
As Hu Jin said this, she deliberately stepped forward.
At this moment, Hu Jin more resembled a fighter, and Ning Luoxi couldn't help feeling frustrated as she watched from behind.
"Let me talk about our Heart Calming Pills Ultimate Edition," Hu Jin continued. "Our Heart Calming Pills Ultimate Edition cannot be produced in bulk; each Pill is carefully crafted and synthesized.
The heart is a major organ in the circulatory system of higher animals. Its main function is to provide the pressure to circulate blood throughout the body. Therefore, once there's a problem with the heart, it can directly endanger life!
Heart disease patients are found all around the world, and many people lose their lives to heart disease every year. In the field of medicine, heart disease has always been a stubborn disease that cannot be completely eradicated. Many heart disease patients must spend a lot of money to take care of their hearts.
But care alone cannot truly solve heart problems, whereas our Heart Calming Pill Ultimate Edition can actually cure them. The efficacy of the Heart Calming Pills Ultimate Edition is unquestionable, I believe, even if I don't say it, no one would doubt that.
So, such good medicine, worth two hundred thousand US dollars!"
When Hu Jin finished speaking, the crowd waiting in line to buy the medicine immediately erupted into applause.
"As long as it can completely cure the disease, what's two hundred thousand US dollars? We are willing to pay!"
"Exactly! We don't care, what's with these Red Cross Society and old traditional Chinese doctors causing trouble here! Hurry up and roll back where you came from."
"It's just that they're jealous of the Heart Calming Pills Ultimate Edition's success, so they've jumped out. I think the truly filthy people are these seemingly respectable ones"...
In that moment, almost all the people waiting in line sided with Hu Jin.
Seeing such a scene, the expression on the face of the man with the slicked-back hair couldn't help but turn unsightly. Today, he had invited many well-known traditional Chinese doctors and experts in a bid to overpower Hu Jin and the others with the principle of 'the benevolence of a doctor'.
But the man with the slicked-back hair had not anticipated that Hu Jin would be so formidable, that in just a few words, she would take control of the direction of public opinion and completely defeat them.
Hu Jin glanced at the man with the slicked-back hair.
At the opening ceremony of today's sales meeting, Hu Jin had already imagined countless scenarios she might encounter. If she had been toppled by the mob of front-runners with slicked-back hair, she wouldn't be Hu Jin.
"Flunkies of big corporations are indeed extraordinary." At this moment, a deep voice came from outside the crowd.
The crowd parted, and a group of people escorted a short middle-aged man inside.
"I am Kojima Saburou, General Manager of Asahi Pharmaceutical Factory. I am here on behalf of the world's pharmaceutical enterprises to denounce Jiangyuan Pharmaceutical Factory!" Kojima Saburou approached Hu Jin with an assertive tone.
As soon as Kojima Saburou made his move, his presence dominated the room. Hu Jin dared not underestimate him at this moment.
"When I first started learning about the pharmaceutical industry, my mentor told us to pay attention to medical ethics. We must not only help patients solve their sufferings but also be moral exemplars to the world!"
As Kojima Saburou reached this point, he looked toward Hu Jin. "First, let me congratulate Jiangyuan Pharmaceutical Factory for producing the world's best medicine for curing heart disease, the 'Stabilizing Pill.' However, I represent all the colleagues in the pharmaceutical industry in condemning your sheer greed!"
Kojima continued without waiting for Hu Jin to speak. "With the advancement of technology, various diseases are being conquered one by one, like the once-dreaded smallpox, which was as fearsome as cancer is today. At that time, anyone diagnosed with it was on a one-way path to death. But then, a vaccine was invented that suppressed the smallpox virus. With the vaccine, smallpox became as unremarkable as the common cold."
Kojima turned to Hu Jin again. "Vice Manager Hu Jin, the people who developed the vaccine back then weren't as greedily profit-driven as your company; they didn't price the vaccine at two hundred thousand US dollars...
If every difficult disease conquered requires such exorbitant pricing, how then are the poor supposed to survive? This level of avarice from your company is utterly contemptible to me."
Such a crystal clear train of thought!
Hu Jin couldn't help but take another look at Kojima. The other party was actually discussing the issue from the perspective of solving diseases.
Kojima's words were loud and clear, and many in the audience who had previously supported Hu Jin began to waver.
"What Kojima said makes sense. The person who developed Penicillin didn't sell it for two hundred thousand US dollars either..."
"It seems that Jiangyuan Pharmaceutical Factory really is steeped in greed."
"If there wasn't something wrong with Jiangyuan Pharmaceutical Factory, why would so many people be denouncing them?"
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Just then, a wave of commotion spread through the crowd.
At this time, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed foreign woman entered, surrounded by a crowd.
The woman wasn't very old, appearing to be around twenty-five or twenty-six. A number of people followed her as well.
"Dyna, Director... hello," Kojima Saburou greeted the group with a smile on his face and went straight over to them.
This twenty-something woman was, in fact, a director of the World Red Cross Society.
"Mr. Kojima, hello," Dyna shook hands with Kojima courteously.
After the handshake, Dyna followed Kojima to stand in front of Hu Jin.
Kojima smiled at Dyna and said, "Director Dyna, this is the Vice General Manager of Jiangyuan Pharmaceutical Factory, who uses low-cost medication to seek huge profits... Director Dyna, I imagine you must have a lot to say to her."
Dyna's face darkened. "Honestly, I didn't believe in Huaxia Country's traditional medicine, but then a Huaxia physician saved my friend's life. I must admit I am quite convinced by the traditional medicine of Huaxia Country...
However, your morals are nothing like those of that physician. After curing my friend's illness, he didn't ask for a penny, whereas your company demands profits thousands of times the cost. You've indeed gone too far. I am very displeased to see this."
Once Dyna finished speaking, Kojima's lips curled into a smile.
Dyna was, after all, representing the World Red Cross Society, and facing this kind of pressure, Huaxia Country wouldn't sit by idly. Jiangyuan Pharmaceutical Factory's 'Stabilizing Pill' would surely be suppressed.
"Making money is understandable, but you're really too ruthless. You sell something that costs a few dollars to make for two hundred thousand US dollars... It's no wonder you're condemned by everyone," Kojima added.
At this time, Hu Jin's brows furrowed slightly.
Kojima, Dyna... Such heavyweight figures had quickly come forth, and she was really beginning to feel overwhelmed.
"How much we choose to sell our product for is none of your damn business!" Just then, Ding Fan came out from the crowd, staring indifferently at Kojima as he spoke.