Chapter 136: A Sudden Disaster

The next two days.

Su Xin went to work and left on time every day, not concerning himself with any company affairs, just sitting quietly in his office reading and studying.

Until the day of May 5th.

Nie Hongwu sent a message to Su Xin that the launch event for Tianmu Eye Drops was about to be live-streamed across the entire internet, so Su Xin temporarily stopped his studies and entered the live-stream room to watch.

This launch event was different from the product launch event Su Xin had presided over previously.

The latter was just to introduce to everyone what kind of product he had developed, equivalent to warming up the market in advance.

But the former represented that this product was to be officially mass-produced, with preparations to announce specific sales channels and prices to the public.

Regarding this day.

Many netizens had been waiting for a long time.

The Phase III clinical trials of Tianmu Eye Drops had long caused a sensation online for many days and had also received unanimous praise from everyone.

Painless, risk-free, no sequelae, easy to use; myopia or hyperopia of 1,000 degrees or less could all be solved quickly and perfectly.

Higher degrees of myopia required taking two doses, supplemented by careful massage, and could also be perfectly restored to their original state.

Such a perfect product was almost a godsend for all patients with myopia or hyperopia.

Therefore, the questions everyone cared about most now were only two—

When would it officially go on sale?

And what would the price be?

Amidst the attention of the masses, the launch event for Tianmu Eye Drops finally began.

After a passionate opening statement, Nie Hongwu said loudly:

"Tianmu Eye Drops have already achieved mass production. Starting tomorrow, everyone can purchase this product at all Grade II-A or higher hospitals nationwide, as well as some large chain pharmacies."

"The price is 2,000 yuan per dose!"

"However, due to the large number of people with myopia nationwide and the limited production capacity of Tianmu Eye Drops, it is recommended that everyone not rush to buy it all at once. You can stagger the initial peak period and wait until sales stabilize before going to purchase and use it yourself."

"Here, I would also like to remind everyone again: while the efficacy of Tianmu Eye Drops is excellent and there are no sequelae, I still hope everyone pays attention to their eye-use habits in daily life and protects their own eyes well."

"After all, two thousand yuan is not a small amount. President Su said he does not hope for everyone to become a repeat customer of Tianmu Eye Drops."

Hearing the price mentioned by Nie Hongwu, many netizens cheered one after another.

One must know that the price of laser correction surgery is usually between five thousand and twenty thousand; calculated based on surgeries with lower risks and sequelae, the price is generally twenty thousand yuan.

This price is ten times that of Tianmu Eye Drops!

And in every aspect, it is far from being comparable to Tianmu Eye Drops, which shows how affordable it is.

Moreover, the glasses generally worn by myopia patients cost at least four or five hundred, and slightly higher ones cost seven or eight hundred. Generally, they are replaced every two or three years, and the total cost is much higher than Tianmu Eye Drops.

Not to mention how inconvenient it is to wear glasses.

It can be said that the two myopia correction schemes of laser surgery and wearing glasses are far inferior to using Tianmu Eye Drops, whether viewed from the perspective of cost, or effectiveness and convenience.

Netizens naturally knew how to choose.

After glancing at the dense barrage of comments, Su Xin casually closed the live-stream room.

But just at this moment.

A pop-up message jumped out.

A line of text on it suddenly gripped his gaze—

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has suddenly occurred in Jinhua City!

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake already belongs to the strong earthquake level, which will cause severe shaking and destruction to the ground and buildings, cause major casualties to personnel, and cause great losses to the economy.

If it occurs in a city, it may lead to the infrastructure of the entire city being affected, such as roads, bridges, power lines, communications, etc., which will bring a series of troubles to subsequent rescue work and also make it difficult for disaster victims in the quake zone to survive.

In addition to this, it may also lead to secondary disasters such as fires, landslides, and floods, which may further cause casualties and property damage, and will also hinder rescue work.

In general, as long as a 7.2-magnitude earthquake occurs, it is a major disaster for humanity.

Su Xin's expression was grave.

He clicked on the message and read it carefully.

He had experienced an earthquake once when he was in his second year of junior high, but it was not in the center of the quake zone.

It was a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that occurred in a neighboring city, and his hometown only experienced relatively mild aftershocks.

But even so, he, who was in school at the time, could clearly feel the shaking of the entire teaching building. At that time, everyone in the school rushed out of the building to hide on the playground.

Su Xin clearly remembered—

Panic remained on everyone's faces.

Even the head teacher, who was always full of majesty, had a face full of lingering fear and unease in the face of such power of heaven and earth.

Afterwards, he learned that a stampede occurred when everyone was fleeing the building together; a senior in the third year of junior high died because of it, and more than a dozen other students were injured.

That was also the first time he felt the power of heaven and earth at close range, and the memory remains deep to this day.

That was only a 5.6-magnitude earthquake.

And what he felt were only aftershocks.

He simply could not imagine what kind of disaster a 7.2-magnitude earthquake would bring to Jinhua City.

After finishing the news, Su Xin immediately called Liu Qingli and instructed:

"Qingli, have you seen the news about the earthquake in Jinhua City?"

"Not yet."

"Hurry and contact them to donate to the disaster area: five hundred million in cash and five hundred million in supplies; arrange it as soon as possible."

"Understood, I will arrange it right away!"

Liu Qingli responded solemnly.

Regarding this kind of natural disaster, no person with a conscience could sit idly by. Tianqi Company had earned so much money in the Long Country market and also had the obligation to contribute a portion of its strength for the disaster victims.

After hanging up the phone, Su Xin fell into deep thought.

This kind of terrifying power of heaven and earth could not be blocked or avoided by human strength; even with his Ten Thousand Times God Speed ability, if he were unluckily to appear in the center of an earthquake zone, even if he wouldn't die, he would still face no small amount of trouble.

Not to mention ordinary people.

If his family or friends were to encounter a similar disaster, he might also be powerless to help.

After all, once such a disaster is encountered, post-disaster rescue is extremely troublesome.

First, the rescue environment is complex.

The destruction caused by an earthquake usually leads to collapsed buildings, damaged roads, and the like, which brings great difficulties to the movements of rescue personnel.

Second is the urgency of time.

After an earthquake occurs, in fact, only a very small number of people die instantly; more people are buried under ruins, suffering in states of injury, oxygen deprivation, and lack of water.

Therefore, in the rescue world, there is the saying of the 72-hour golden rescue window; within this time frame, the survival rate of disaster victims is actually very high.

And once this time is exceeded, the probability of death rises almost in a straight line.

Third, information acquisition and communication are difficult.

Because earthquakes usually lead to the damage of communication facilities, this makes it very difficult for disaster victims to send out distress signals, and coordination between rescue personnel is also very difficult, seriously affecting search and rescue efficiency.

Even with his Godspeed Ability, standing on a piece of chaotic ruins, it would be very difficult to accurately find anyone he wanted to save from within it.

Thinking of this, a faint sense of crisis suddenly rose in Su Xin's heart.

He suddenly discovered that the various technologies he was currently researching, apart from making money, were simply useless in the face of this kind of power of heaven and earth.

Su Xin opened the browser on his computer.

The homepage was earthquake news for Jinhua City.

He clicked in to look at the pictures and videos one by one, his heart growing heavier and his sense of urgency becoming more and more intense.

"No, I must find a way to prevent this kind of disaster."

This thought popped into Su Xin's mind.

Immediately, he began to ponder, following this train of thought.