Technological Hegemony

Although Mr. Ren was very excited and full of pride, in the end he still didn't drink and get down.

Everyone has an ID card and has learned self-control a long time ago. Luo Jia has now quit smoking, and he will not drink too much alcohol.

"Mr. Luo, quitting smoking is not an easy thing. I have a cousin. When I see him every year, he declares that he wants to quit smoking. In the end, he still can't resist the temptation of nicotine and relapses again and again. I don't know if you are How did you do it?"

Mr. Yu from Consumer BG was surprised when he heard the news that Luo Jia had successfully quit smoking, and asked curiously.

Luo Jia smiled, and took a sip of the red wine in the glass, "I'm ashamed to say, I didn't quit smoking by willpower, but by drugs."

Everyone was startled, "Drugs? Are there any drugs that can make people quit smoking?"

Luo Jia nodded and said, "Yes, it's produced by Pfizer North America, which is the company that invented Viagra. Its Chinese name is Changpei, and its chemical name is varenicline tartrate."

"According to scientific research, the reason why cigarettes are difficult to quit is that after nicotine enters the brain, it activates the reward mechanism, and the brain releases dopamine, which makes humans feel happy."

"And varenicline tartrate will block the reward mechanism. When you smoke again, the brain will not release dopamine. The pleasure in the past is gone. Smoking is not fun at all, so naturally you don't smoke."

"As you all know, I have to work until the early hours of the morning every day, which is quite intense. If I rely on willpower to quit smoking, it is not impossible, but it will bring pain, so I chose the way with the least pain."

"Besides, pharmacological research is a typical science, and science is the only belief in my life. Whether it is the scientific achievements of China or North America, they are all worthy of respect."

After listening to Luo Jia's words, everyone nodded in agreement.

"Of course we believe in Mr. Luo's willpower. Even if there is no medicine, it will not be difficult for Mr. Luo."

"Since there are more scientific methods, why don't you believe in science? If the medicine is not used because it was invented in North America, then the hospital will have no value in existence. Modern medicine was originally introduced to our country from the West."

"Well, the gap between our country and the big powers in medicine is even higher than that in the field of semiconductors. I don't know if the smoking cessation medicine that Mr. Luo said is expensive?"

Luo Jia calculated in her heart, "It is divided into one box of starter packs and five boxes of maintenance packs. One course of treatment will last for three months, and the total will be about 2,000 yuan."

"That's okay. A smoker spends about two thousand yuan on cigarettes for three months."

"It's totally acceptable. Compared with health, what is money?" Everyone said that Pfizer's price is not expensive.

Luo Jia smiled wryly, "It's okay to say that, but Pfizer is one of the largest and most profitable pharmaceutical companies in the world. Their annual net profit is about 100 billion yuan, a company that is more profitable than Pfizer. There are two other North American companies, namely Johnson \u0026 Johnson and Gilead."

"Combined with Amgen, Novartis, Merck, AbbVie, Novo Nordisk, Bayer, Sanofi, etc., the global pharmaceutical giants, with an annual net profit of 500 billion U.S. dollars, have become the only The world's second largest industry after automobiles."

"This is something that can't be helped. After all, people will get sick when they are alive, and sickness will cost money."

"While making high profits, their research and development expenses are higher. Only the top 50 global pharmaceutical companies have annual research and development expenses as high as 200 billion U.S. dollars.

With such a strong competitiveness, even if we Star Technology wants to enter the medical field, we must first calculate the funds in our hands. "

"Anyway, things in this world have become more and more obvious that miracles can only be achieved by vigorous efforts. In the IT field including semiconductors and the Internet, the annual research and development funds have reached 2 trillion US dollars, and the automobile and related industries have 1 trillion US dollars. Biology, medical devices are also a trillion dollars."

"If it's not a miracle, what is it?"

"Speaking of which, what is cheap? A course of varenicline tartrate costs 2,000 yuan, and the cost is only a few dozen yuan, not to mention those cancer drugs, which cost tens of thousands of yuan, and the cost is also tens of yuan."

"The rules of the game among the giants are like this, use large funds for research and development, build technological barriers, then sell them at crazy high prices, and finally use the money earned to carry out larger-scale research and development."

"In the final analysis, research and development is always a good thing. The only pity is that if this game continues, our country will be left farther and farther away. If we want to follow in the footsteps of international giants, we must first take out thousands of trillions of start-up funds, otherwise there will be no I can't catch up."

Luo Jia's question was relatively deep, and everyone was very moved after listening to it.

Why isn't Huawei building its own technical barriers? Their annual research and development expenses have already reached more than 100 billion.

The reason why Huawei is so powerful has become a serious problem in the eyes of European and American powers. In the final analysis, it is because they are willing to spend money on research and development, and their employees can work hard.

And what about the result of spending a lot of money?

It is Huawei's 5G baseband chip Balong 5000, ahead of Qualcomm, ahead of Ericsson, ahead of Intel, ahead of the world's first mass market!

At the same time, Qualcomm's are still PPT.

You ask why Qualcomm does not mass-produce 5G basebands?

Of course, it can’t be produced, the money is not as much as Huawei, and the employees are not as strong as Huawei, so when the historical process reaches the 5G stage, Huawei finally surpassed all peers and officially reached the top of the world!

It is precisely because of this that North America sanctioned Huawei frantically, because if Huawei is not stopped, Huawei will sweep the global communication field.

"Mr. Luo, based on your experience, can you quit smoking completely after a course of treatment?"

Everyone stared at Luo Jia with great concern, and the topic came back again.

In China, smoking is already a very serious social problem. Everyone has relatives and friends who smoke. For the health of relatives and friends, everyone is eager to hear Luo Jia's experience in quitting smoking.

Luo Jia scratched her hair, "How do you want me to answer this question, because medicine and science are only auxiliary after all, it can make you no longer feel pleasure when smoking, but some people can't change their habits, and they still smoke even if they are not happy, then There is no other way."

"So, no matter how powerful science is, it is only an aid. The real result must be created by people. Before there is no smoking cessation drug, there are still people who quit smoking successfully. This is the best example."

"Now there are more scientific methods, I can only say that if you really want to quit smoking, scientific drugs can make it easier for you to do so. Those who fail to quit smoking are all lack of willpower, or simply do not want to quit .”

Everyone showed an expression of sudden realization. At this stage, science is not powerful enough to help human beings solve all problems. Science and medicine are just an auxiliary means.

Not believing in science is ignorance, relying entirely on science is depravity, the strong self-confidence of human beings, coupled with scientific means, is the magic weapon to overcome all difficulties.

Luo Jia raised his wine glass and shook it in front of everyone with a smile, "Medicine is a good thing. Do you know what happens when alcohol enters the body?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Luo Jia said in a humorous tone, "Alcohol is a poison to the brain."

"So when the alcohol enters the body, the brain immediately creates self-awareness and tells itself, I'm poisoned, I'm going to die, and the terrible alcohol has begun to invade!"

"Then the brain thought, I'm going to die anyway, why not let myself die more comfortably?"

"So, the brain starts to release dopamine, which initiates the euthanasia process, and the drinker feels happy because of it."

"But at the same time, the brain is going to die, and the liver doesn't agree, so the liver overcomes all difficulties and tries its best to metabolize alcohol, what kind of fat, carbohydrates, everything is still on the side, let's deal with the alcohol first."

"This is also the root cause of obesity caused by drinking, because once the alcohol enters the body, the brain will think that it is going to die. In order to protect the brain, the liver does not do any work and does its best to process alcohol."

"And when you drink, you eat mutton skewers and grilled fish in your stomach. Because the liver has no time to process them, they are all converted into fat and stored."

"This is the scientific explanation that drinking is addictive and that drinking makes you obese." Luo Jia said with a smile.

Except for Luo Jia and Li Moran, everyone here is actually a bit overweight. After hearing Luo Jia's words, everyone frowned.

"After listening to Mr. Luo's scientific explanation, I suddenly feel that life is so boring." Mr. Yu touched his strong belly, "I usually like to drink a couple of cups, and the feeling is that drinking makes my belly big. "

Luo Jia smiled, "People always talk about beer belly, but there is actually quite a scientific reason behind it."

"Never mind him, I'm happy today, I respect Mr. Luo for this cup!"

Mr. Xu, the rotating chairman, raised his glass, "To be honest, I like to listen to Mr. Luo's lectures on science. Mr. Luo can tell stories about boring things."

"I've memorized everything Mr. Luo said today. After I go back, I'll ask my family to stop smoking and drinking scientifically, but today, I must not get drunk!"

It seems that Huawei's partners were really happy. Luo Jia didn't want to spoil everyone's fun, so he drank a few glasses with him. He is still young and has a strong body metabolism, so he is not afraid of drinking beer belly.

Mr. Yu, who hadn't spoken much all this time, suddenly asked, "I heard that your car project is coming to an end?"

"That's right." Luo Jia said, "There are still two projects that have not been completed. After all, our scientific research enterprise is different from a production enterprise. As long as our research and development projects are completed, we will have nothing to do in the automotive field."

"The rest are partners, and we can use our technology to fight. As for the relatively long automobile industry chain, there is no way. I am afraid that it will take a few years to occupy the global automobile industry, and our research and development progress will never So stop."

"The big deal is that there is a need in the automotive field. We will take out a department to help, concentrate the strength of the whole company like this, and spread the large-scale research and development in the automotive field. It should not be possible in the future. Even if we need research and development, it will be small-scale."

Mr. Ren nodded slightly, "Sure enough, there are rumors in the circle that you will enter the semiconductor field after completing the automobile and electrical projects, but I just heard what you said, and it seems that you have done market research specifically for the pharmaceutical industry."

"We're all old friends, so I know if you can tell me the truth."

"Whether your next goal is semiconductors? If so, we are willing to follow in the footsteps of Xingchen Technology. After all, Huawei also has semiconductor projects."

After hearing this, Luo Jia and Li Moran looked at each other.

Luo Jia said lightly, "We will eventually develop semiconductors and medicine, but now we still lack two great gods. The Human Resources Department has already hired them. It is still unknown whether we can invite them back."

Everyone was puzzled, and Mr. Ding, the rotating chairman, asked curiously: "Your hardware department with a scale of tens of thousands of people is full of big bulls, how can it be impossible without these two people? How is it possible?"

Mr. Ren frowned, "I also want to know, who are the two you mentioned, who can make you attach so much importance to them?"

Luo Jia immediately said the names of the two people, and everyone was at a loss because they had never heard of them before.

Only Mr. He of Haisi's face was cloudy and uncertain, showing a very hesitant look.

"I've heard of the two gods you mentioned, but as far as I know, they should no longer be alive?" Mr. He asked tentatively.

Luo Jia shook his head, "Before the person is found, I can't guess the specific situation, but a few years ago, someone saw them in Brazil, and we also established a branch with Brazil three years ago. In addition to normal business, there is another important job, which is to inquire about the news of the two of them."

Mr. He immediately said with emotion: "If they are still alive, it would be really great. We also have a branch in Brazil. If there is a place where Huawei is needed, Mr. Luo must not be polite."

Luo Jia nodded in agreement, saying that Di Wuchang would definitely contact Huawei's Brazilian branch if necessary.