Chapter 1035: The Epidemic Has Arrived

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

The epidemic spread silently throughout Si Jiu Cheng, and fear spread along with it.

Yet, Beijing was, after all, under the feet of the Son of Heaven; once the orders from above came down, what needed to be sealed was sealed, and what needed to be blocked was blocked—it was all handled with great efficiency.

Vehicles with out-of-town license plates could not enter Si Jiu Cheng, and vehicles from Si Jiu Cheng going out were equally unwelcome—who told you to have an epidemic there?

Many employees in He Zheng's company wanted to return to their hometowns during the holiday, but as soon as their cars reached the highway entrance, the guards saw the Beijing plates and, without a second word, directly turned them back.

Hospital beds within the city were in short supply, and isolation conditions could not keep up, so a large-scale field emergency hospital was urgently put under construction.

He Yuzhu's company had long ago laid out plans for modular houses and integrated bathroom equipment, which now proved extremely useful, greatly shortening the construction period.

In just a few days of Kung Fu, rows upon rows of blue and white modular houses were neatly arranged, and paired with clean and practical integrated bathrooms, not only were the patients comfortable, but the pressure on medical staff was also significantly reduced.

During this time, He Yuzhu was so busy he barely touched the ground, yet his mind was not on the construction project at all; he had poured everything into the research and development of the specific medicine and vaccine.

Doctor Liu and her team had stayed up all night for an entire month, their eyes bloodshot from exhaustion. Although it was still difficult to develop a finished vaccine at this stage, they had genuinely conquered a highly effective medicine to suppress pneumonia symptoms.

As long as the patient's constitution was not extremely weak, after taking the medicine, more than half could be saved from the gates of hell.

As soon as the prescription was finalized, the He Group's Kangyuan Pharmaceutical Factory immediately went full throttle to produce it. At first, many Experts in the industry were not optimistic, feeling that a group of young researchers could not possibly develop an antiviral medicine in such a short time.

With clinical batch usage, the efficacy was visible to the naked eye and the results were excellent.

Within half a month, the procurement calls from major hospitals across the country directly blew up the pharmaceutical factory's hotline.

I don't know who let the word out, but overseas orders from Southeast Asia poured in like snowflakes, and the purchase price directly tripled.

Many high-level executives within the pharmaceutical factory were instantly tempted; on one side were domestic compatriots in urgent need of medicine, and on the other was a huge profit within easy reach. Everyone was hesitant and arguing endlessly. As soon as the disagreement emerged, He Yuzhu directly made a strong final decision and ordered in front of everyone: the marketing department must prioritize domestic patients, and no matter how high the bid from Southeast Asia, refuse them all!

Some subordinates were secretly unconvinced, but he couldn't be bothered to pay attention to them and laid down the harsh words directly: whoever does not follow the arrangements will be fired immediately; whichever shareholder harbors objections and drags their feet will be kicked out of the group!

After a series of tough measures, all disputes in the pharmaceutical factory were completely quelled.

This day, Doctor Liu came to him with a worried look on her face.

"Elder He, the higher-ups called me and asked me to hand over the research data on the epidemic in Europe. But I had a verbal agreement with my classmates to keep it confidential for them. Once the data is handed over, my classmates will likely lose their jobs, or even be unable to establish themselves in Europe at all. I don't know what to do now."

He Yuzhu looked at her hesitant appearance and spoke with a smile: "Comrade Liu Aihong, is it that your friends are pressuring you?"

"I just spoke with them on the phone, and none of them want their names to be made public."

He Yuzhu did not hesitate at all: "I know this is a bit cruel to them, but in the end, these friends of yours are all timid people who only care about protecting themselves; it doesn't matter if you break ties with them."

Doctor Liu stared at him and said helplessly: "They truly helped me back then; how can I return kindness with ingratitude?"

He Yuzhu laughed out loud: "The data they helped you organize was based on real facts, without the slightest bit of hearsay. What exactly are they afraid of? Tell them that for those willing to return to the country to develop, my He Group will hire them at double the salary. If they are greedy for overseas life and unwilling to return, why should you worry about such people who only seek advantages and avoid harm?"

After hearing this, Doctor Liu let out a long breath: "Elder He, after hearing you say this, I feel much better. Otherwise, I always felt like I had done something evil and become an ungrateful person."

He Yuzhu said with a smile: "When they helped you back then, you didn't treat them unfairly, did you!"

Doctor Liu nodded heavily: "Even if I didn't pay them directly, I never fell short on valuable gifts and social favors; I truly don't owe them anything."

"Right now, M Country is turning black into white all over the world, spreading rumors and slandering that this virus originated in our country." He Yuzhu's eyes darkened, "If those friends of yours don't even dare to stand up and help our country clarify its innocence, then for such people, if it were me, I would directly write their names in the most conspicuous place of the data," He Yuzhu said.

Doctor Liu lowered her head, her heart full of emotion.

At this moment, she suddenly saw extreme maturity and vision in He Yuzhu.

The massive problem that was enough to crush her could always be easily seen through and calmly resolved by He Yuzhu. The vision and perspective between people are truly worlds apart.

At this time, He Yuzhu seemingly took a large stack of thick, confidential documents out of his backpack, but in reality, he took them from his Personal Space.

These were all core documents he had collected from the underground Laboratory in Kiefu Xiaozhen.

At the time, he was wary of the risks and didn't dare to take the finished vaccine, and he had regretted it a bit afterward.

Fortunately, seeing a large amount of medical equipment piled up at the scene, he had conveniently collected it all into his Personal Space.

Earlier, when sponsoring Doctor Liu to build the virus Laboratory, he had privately flipped through these supplies and accidentally discovered that a complete set of original data on virus development was hidden inside.

Seeing this, Doctor Liu quickly reminded him: "Elder He, could these materials carry a live virus? We must wear protective suits and gloves before checking them."

He Yuzhu shook his head: "I have already checked and verified them many times before; there are no signs of infection throughout, and there is no risk anymore."

Even so, Doctor Liu still cautiously put on her protective suit and gloves and began to carefully read through all the materials.

After reading the whole thing, she was shocked: "Elder He, once this ironclad evidence is exposed, M Country will definitely be driven to desperation and will try every means to splash all the dirty water on you and retaliate against you!"

He Yuzhu waved his hand indifferently: "I have already completely fallen out with them; one more charge or one less smear makes no difference to me at all."

Doctor Liu was silent for a long time and earnestly advised: "Elder He, I sincerely advise you to be cautious. After these materials and photos are published, M Country will most likely use unscrupulous means to cause you trouble."

He Yuzhu nodded and then changed the subject: "In your professional judgment, if this virus continues to evolve and transmits back to Europe and America, will they suffer heavy losses?"

Doctor Liu thought seriously for a moment, her tone extremely grave: "Very likely. The most terrifying thing about this virus is that it can continuously iterate and evolve within the human body, which is equivalent to opening Pandora's box. No one can predict what variants will evolve later or what harm they will possess. With current global medical technology, it is extremely difficult to develop an ultimate vaccine that is one hundred percent effective."

The two chatted deeply for a long time, and in the blink of an eye, it was almost ten o'clock at night.

He Yuzhu looked at the time and said: "Where do you need to go back to? I'll take you."

"Please take me back to Qinghe Yiyuan," Doctor Liu said.

After getting into the car, the exhausted Doctor Liu leaned against the passenger seat, dozing off.

He Yuzhu chatted casually: "Liu Aihong, was this name given by your mother or your father?"

Doctor Liu was stunned and replied casually: "Such a rustic name, it was given by my father."

He Yuzhu smiled slightly: "I can tell, your father loved your mother very much. Your name reflects it."

Doctor Liu couldn't help but laugh and quickly urged: "Elder He, your mindset is truly good; you still have the heart to chat about this at a time like this. You must be extra careful and don't really drive that group of people to desperation."