film world traveler

The old godfather Vito Corleone is sick, really sick.

Since the meeting on that stormy night, his mental state has become much weaker. Although his body and bones still look strong, he feels as if he has aged more than ten years.

Many people regard this as the godfather's dissatisfaction with the situation, and the person who caused the current situation is none other than William Corleone, the current helmsman of the Corleone family.

He succeeded in destroying the grand cause of his father's generation, forcing many of his generals to come forward, and even asked his brother Fred to intervene in negotiations. This was already a dereliction of duty.

As a leader, as a leader of the Corleone family, this is extremely unqualified. He has no courageous means, no decisive attitude, and no determination to move forward.

Many people are dissatisfied with this leader, and an undercurrent is surging in the Corleone family.

Chen Jun naturally noticed it, but he didn't want to interfere more. The Corleone family will definitely be cut off from all this in the future, and those public opinions are irrelevant.

But if he doesn't care, many people will naturally care and speculate.

"William, haven't you noticed the current public opinion?" Mike frowned slightly in the garden, looking worried.

Chen Jun looked at Marlena happily holding Mike's little daughter Ginny, showing a warm smile, "What did they say?"

Mike hesitated for a while, "Fred has a great reputation among people. Many people regard him as the savior of the Corleone family. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Of course I understand, but isn't that what he wants?" Chen Jun turned his head and stared into Mike's eyes: "Do you understand what I mean?"

Mike was stunned for a moment, and an extremely terrifying thought flashed through his mind.

But I have to admit that, having stayed under the noses of senior officials in Washington and experiencing numerous overt and covert struggles among politicians, he is indeed no longer the righteous Mike.

Mike still had a trace of hesitation, unable to determine what he was thinking, "You mean?"

At this time, Ginny in Marlena's hand started crying, breaking the peace in the garden. Mike's wife Kay brought Ginny over, but the baby girl still cried.

Kai reluctantly gave the child to Mike, who was usually the closest child to him.

Mike picked up the baby, but the baby was still crying and pointed at Chen Jun with his delicate little fingers.

"You see she wants your arms." Mike said teasingly.

Chen Jun shook his head, picked up the baby, and took a closer look. The little baby girl was indeed pink and sculpted, with a pair of purple pupils, which made people feel stunning and beautiful.

When the baby arrived in his arms, it rarely cried anymore. It stared with big watery eyes and quietly licked its fingers.

"She really needs you. It seems that she has fallen in love with you." Mike's wife, Kay, looked surprised. "It's rare for someone to hug her without crying and make such a cute expression."

"Ginny's baptism is coming soon, why don't you be her godfather?" she said.

When a baby is born in the West, a few qualified families will go to the church to ask a respected priest to bless the baby. This is a common baptism.

A godfather refers to a person who gives a baby or young child a Christian name when he is baptized and promises to undertake his or her religious education.

"Baptism, godfather?"

Chen Jun was stunned for a moment, and instinctively refused: "I will hold a grand baptism for her, but the godfather doesn't need me to come. Rather than calling this little girl my godfather, I prefer her to chase after me."

Call me Uncle William."

"Don't you need it? This is the chance." Mike said with a smile.

"No need." Chen Jun shook his head and refused.

"Well, you are really different." Mike shrugged and sighed, "I like this storm to be over quickly."

"Yes."

We chatted with each other all morning, and we got together and had lunch with Mike before we left separately. However, not long after we separated, the doctor's announcement brought everyone together.

"Sonny's awake?"

Chen Jun was a little surprised. He followed Mike to the family's infirmary and saw Sonny lying peacefully on the bed.

"Didn't he wake up?"

Chen Jun asked Sunny's wife, who was sitting beside the hospital bed with an excited expression:

"Yes, he just woke up for a while, but the doctor said he still needs to recover and gave him medicine."

"That's good, he will be healthy again soon."

He sat with Mike for more than an hour, and it was almost evening before he saw Sonny who was awake.

After the doctor injected the nutrient solution, Chen Jun and Mike chatted with him for a while, but few people knew what the content was.

Late at night, when he returned to the office, there were two documents on his desk.

A copy signed by Fred introduced in detail the details of this negotiation with the five major families.

During Fred's interactions with the five major families, the answer he received was that it was possible to negotiate, but the Corleone family's conditions were to cede their assets in New York and to share the Corleone family's upper-level network. These were not enough.

Casino investment in western Las Vegas must also be shared.

Negotiations were scheduled to take place two weeks later at Tessio's site, the Brooklyn Cathedral.

This report was simply disgusting to read, but after Fred's kind persuasion, Chen Jun agreed to negotiate with a smile.

Of course we have to talk, the Corleone family will definitely lose money and assets, but what is the purpose of the money...

Another report on the desk was sent by Tom Hagen, which was about the monthly sales of several major drugs of Koch Pharmaceuticals in major pharmacies across the United States.

First of all, sales were booming, exceeding US$200 million in one month.

200 million US dollars? What is the concept?

In the mid-1940s, after World War II, even the total assets of the Corleone family were slightly more than this.

Sales in just one month?

Exaggeration?

It's really not an exaggeration. Anyone who knows a little bit about the inside story of a biochemical pharmaceutical company will know that this number is not an exaggeration at all.

First of all, there are more than 10 pharmaceutical companies among the world's top 500 companies, all of which are giants in the pharmaceutical industry in various countries. In today's era when there is no Internet, underdeveloped technology, and even wars in many regions, pharmaceutical companies are even

It is one of the invisible black hands that can drive the economic trend of the United States.

In modern times, for example, the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Group has a basic budget to develop blockbuster drugs ranging from 1 billion to several billion US dollars, and drug companies basically follow the example of not opening for three years and staying open for 30 years.

For example, the three typical famous drugs, diazepam, penicillin, and aspirin, were basically invented in this era, and are still commonly used in every household today.

Why does a blockbuster drug cost so much money?

First of all, there are many pharmaceutical processes, including research and development, establishment of top laboratories, animal toxicity tests, human toxicity tests, clinical phase 12345, and the loss of each joint is calculated in hundreds of millions of yuan. Not everyone can cheat like Chen Jun and omit the process.

, directly take out the complete prescription drug formula.

In addition to the development of the drug, once the drug is developed, it also needs relevant declarations, official public relations, and finally listing.

Chen Jun's pharmaceutical group was fully completed in more than half a year. How much did it cost?

Fifty million US dollars is equivalent to acquiring more than half of the shares of Paramount Pictures and directly controlling it to become the majority shareholder. Even Chen Jun's combined investments in various companies are not that much.

Of this, US$50 million was spent mainly on public relations and enriching relevant clinical test reports. Fortunately, the power of the Corleone family covers Congress, and due to the times, the regulations and systems just after World War II were not complete enough, so it was able to go on the market so quickly.

What is the drug formula that Chen Jun came up with?

First of all, there are diazepam, one of the three classic drugs in the history of medicine, the male stimulant drug Viagra, the cold and headache drug acetaminophen, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory cephalosporins, and hormone veterinary drugs.

These are basically drugs that people cannot live without in their daily lives. They radiate most pathologies in life and are also the best-selling drugs. There are also hormone drugs that meet the requirements of the related pig, beef, and mutton meat industries.

These drugs, no matter how you look at them now, cost less than 200 million for Chen Jun. These drugs can at least last the Corleone family until the 21st century. Even in the future, if no new drugs are developed, there will definitely be one of the American pharmaceutical giants, Koch Pharmaceuticals.

Such a giant emerging high-tech company with potential will naturally be targeted by countless big bosses. Chen Jun wisely set aside 40% of the shares. For whom?

He looked at the documents sent by Fred. Don't the five major families want money?

Are these enough?

I’m not afraid that you don’t want it, but I’m afraid that you can’t afford it!