The Prodigal Son: I Can Foresee the Future

"Lin Ming, I have investigated some drugs for treating various diseases."

Chen Jia hesitated for a moment.

Finally, he said: "From the perspective of profit alone, those drugs for serious diseases may not be more profitable than cold medicines, foot creams and other drugs."

Lin Ming was slightly startled.

Then he nodded.

"I know all this."

The unit price of drugs for serious diseases may be very high, often more than ten times, dozens of times, or even hundreds of times higher than ordinary drugs.

But the patient base is too small, and it is completely incomparable with the number of patients with ordinary diseases.

Take cancer patients for example.

As of 2023, the number of cancer patients in China has increased to more than 4.4 million per year.

And this includes breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, gallbladder cancer, lung cancer...

And so on and so forth!

Multiple cancers!

Different cancers require different drugs.

Even if Phoenix Pharmaceuticals really develops some special drugs for treating cancer, it is impossible to cure all cancers, right?

Let's take a step back.

Even if all the drugs can be developed, the number of cancer patients is only 4.4 million!

On the other hand, who can avoid catching a cold in a year with more than one billion people in China?

People with weak constitutions often catch a cold two or three times a year, or four or five times a year.

Among these cold patients, even if only one in ten chooses to buy special cold medicine, it will be an inestimable sales volume for Phoenix Pharmaceuticals!

Let's talk about the cost.

The R&D cost of special cold medicine is only about 500 million yuan.

And any special medicine for serious diseases will cost more than 1 billion yuan.

Although this money can definitely be earned back, the profit level cannot be compared with that of special cold medicine.

Of course.

This is only in the domestic situation.

If the global market for drugs for serious diseases can be opened, the profit ratio will immediately increase!

But this is a very difficult thing.

Special cold medicines are the result of the Orr virus, so they can quickly crush other cold medicines and become an indispensable savior for the world.

But other medicines may not be the same.

After all, not everyone will get a serious illness, and those serious illnesses are not contagious.

Even if the number increases every year, it will still not be listed as a threat to the foundation of the country.

"Chen Jia, what do you mean?" Lin Ming asked.

Chen Jia pursed her lips: "I don't mean anything else, I just want to remind you that you are just a businessman, and you will always be just a businessman!"

Lin Ming frowned.

He said: "Do you think that what I am doing now is too self-important?"

"No! I support everything you do, and I will accompany you to do it!"

Chen Jia looked at Lin Ming: "It's just that I think the pressure on you is too great, so great that sometimes I feel breathless when I think about it."

Lin Ming was silent.

Chen Jia said again: "It's true that you have money, and it's true that you can go in the direction of being righteous and serving the country and the people, but when you do all this, you must be mentally prepared for failure in advance, otherwise when facing failure, I am afraid that you will not be able to bear it and fall down!"

"I will not refute all the good things you do, even if these good things are of no benefit to us at all, or even bring trouble."

"At least you have tried hard and strived for it, and you can do it with a clear conscience, that's enough."

"What I want to tell you is that we live in the real world. No matter what we do, we must start from a realistic perspective and do our best first!"

Lin Ming was slightly shocked and finally understood what Chen Jia meant.

Before I started my first business, I had imagined making a lot of money, giving Chen Jia and Xuan Xuan the happiest life, so that my parents would no longer have to worry about me, and they would no longer have to work in the fields, and they could have food and clothing without worries.

It was because I fell too deeply into this expectation that I suffered a great blow and was unable to recover after my business failed!

Chen Jia deeply understands the consequences of this situation.

In Chen Jia's eyes at this moment, Lin Ming must have fallen into another dilemma.

He already has the money he wants, but what he wants is a completely peaceful and prosperous country...

It's as hard as climbing to the sky!

Looking at the world, who can do it? Which country can do it?

Chen Jia supports Lin Ming's efforts in this direction, but she will also secretly worry about Lin Ming's excessive hope!

Knowing that this is an impossible thing, if Lin Ming still thinks it is possible.

The consequences are likely to be more serious than before!

After thinking all this through, Lin Ming deeplyHe took a deep breath and suddenly embraced Chen Jia in his arms.

"I know that the wrong things I did at the beginning caused too much harm to you and Xuanxuan."

Lin Ming said softly: "But I promise you that such a thing will never happen again."

"I am not a fool, nor a saintly bitch. I naturally know what I can do and what I can't do."

Paused.

Lin Ming made another joke.

"You scared me just now. I thought that the only thing that matters to the great ancestor Chen is money."

"Half and half!"

Chen Jia snorted: "Without money, can you stand here? Without money, can others call you 'Mr. Lin'? Without money, can you drive a Rolls-Royce? Let Xuanxuan and I live in a house of several hundred square meters?"

"That makes sense!"

Lin Ming nodded in agreement: "My wife, my husband obeys! No matter when we do good things, we will do it under the condition that it does not affect our own lives!"

"Alas..."

Chen Jia suddenly sighed: "If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth! If we can't even guarantee our own survival, why do we fantasize about helping others!"

"Okay, okay..."

Lin Ming pinched Chen Jia's face.

"You heard all of Zhang Kuang's words, didn't you?"

"The special-effect hemorrhoid cream has all the conditions for listing. Next, you have to sign and then go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and the Food and Drug Administration to go through the procedures."

"So, Mr. Chen will have to work hard this afternoon. If necessary, just go there directly?"

Chen Jia rolled her eyes at Lin Ming.

"It seems like I'm the one who goes there every time."

"Hey, I have my own things to do!" Lin Ming smiled apologetically.

"What about the Food and Drug Administration? Does the pricing issue need to be negotiated?" Chen Jia asked again.

"It depends on what the Food and Drug Administration means. The price of this kind of ordinary medicine is not high. If we invite the Food and Drug Administration to negotiate the price again and again, it would seem a bit deliberately hypocritical."

Lin Ming said: "If the Food and Drug Administration wants to negotiate, then negotiate. If not, then go directly to the market. But you can talk to Director Song. The Food and Drug Administration is always welcome to intervene in the negotiations."

"From what you said, the special-effect hemorrhoid cream should have a psychological price?" Chen Jia asked.

Lin Ming nodded: "About the same!"

"How much? Tell me in advance so I can be prepared." Chen Jia said.

"1899."

"How much?"

"1899!"

"One box?!"

"Yes!"

Chen Jia: "..."