Chapter 1795: You

That the White House wanted the patent for the Jiu Xuan Zai Zao Pill was, in Shi Misi's view, both unexpected and reasonable.

Once the health department reported such news to the White House, they naturally wouldn't let such a good opportunity slip by.

However, whether they could actually get their hands on the patent was not something they could decide.

This kind of drug was like a super money-printing machine; anyone with even a little foresight would never sell the patent.

But Shi Misi didn't pour cold water on the other party; instead, he readily agreed, saying, "After I meet with the person in charge, I will do my best to push this matter forward."

As he spoke, Shi Misi added, "However, for such a big matter, I'm afraid I can't handle it alone. Should the White House send a few negotiation experts over?"

The Secretary of Health immediately denied this, saying, "The White House shouldn't come forward directly on this kind of matter. If it gets out, it will make people mistakenly think that the White House is attempting to control the medical field. Once governments around the world start to intervene, this matter will be difficult to push forward."

As he spoke, the other party urged, "When you go this time, first probe their stance in private. If they are interested in selling, but just want a lot of money, I will call the head of Johnson & Johnson and let them come forward to buy this patent."

Shi Misi secretly gasped, thinking, "The White House really has a way of handling these things. They get the news first, then want to pick the fruit and give it to a top enterprise like Johnson & Johnson to eat. Once Johnson & Johnson gets the patent for this top-tier drug, wouldn't they just take off?"

At this time, the other party continued to urge him, "Shi Misi, you must try every possible way to push this matter to fruition. Once the patent successfully lands in the United States, Johnson & Johnson will surely take out a few percentage points of their sales to grease the wheels, including for you and me. This is a massive cake!"

Shi Misi felt a jolt in his heart.

Once this drug had a chance to be fully listed, 100 billion U. S. dollars in annual sales would be easy. If they took out a few percentage points, that would be at least a scale of several billion U. S. dollars.

If several billion U. S. dollars were used to grease the wheels, even if he only got a tiny fraction, it would probably be calculated in the hundreds of millions.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel excited and hurriedly said, "I will definitely do my best to facilitate this matter!"

The other party responded with satisfaction and added, "Shi Misi, the White House also has instructions: if the patent cannot be obtained, we must crack the formula. But the seven pills you got before were all eaten by your son, leaving no samples. So this time, you must get some more Jiu Xuan Zai Zao Pills back."

Shi Misi asked in surprise, "If we can't get the patent authorization and we directly crack their formula, the blow to the credibility of our entire pharmaceutical patent system will be devastating. Isn't doing this too risky?"

"What are you afraid of?" the other party said indifferently. "We certainly won't do this kind of thing ourselves. Once we crack the formula, we will hand it over to an Indian pharmaceutical company we control to produce it. Anyway, India doesn't recognize pharmaceutical patents."

Shi Misi instantly understood the other party's intention.

If you can't buy it openly, then steal it secretly.

After stealing it, put it in India for production; this way, they can avoid legal risks.

Indian generic drugs have always been world-famous. The reason they can blatantly copy various drugs is that the country's laws do not recognize pharmaceutical patents, so this kind of thing is not illegal in India.

Shi Misi felt more or less resistant to this strategy.

After all, he came from an academic background and respected pharmaceutical patents very much, just as an author respects copyright.

Asking him to participate in pirating pharmaceutical patents was equivalent to asking an author who had been in the industry for many years and had deep feelings for creation to engage in plagiarism.

He really didn't want to participate in this kind of thing.

Thus, he could only stall, saying, "I understand. I will try my best to facilitate the patent matter, and I will let you know as soon as there is any news."

The other party didn't say much more and urged, "Contact me as soon as there is any news."

"Okay."

At noon the next day, Yanjing time, the flight Shi Misi was on landed in China's largest city in the southeast, Zhonghai.

Immediately after, he didn't have time for any rest and transferred directly from Zhonghai by high-speed rail to Jin Ling.

Once he arrived in Jin Ling, he immediately took a taxi to the headquarters of Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical in Jin Ling. However, during this process, he did not contact Wei Liang.

Because he was afraid that Wei Liang wouldn't want to see him, he planned to visit Wei Liang directly upon arriving at Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical.

After nearly twenty hours of rushing about, Shi Misi finally arrived at Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical at six o'clock in the evening.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical, he was stopped by the security guard in the guard booth because he didn't have a pass.

So he could only say to the guard in fluent Chinese, "Hello, my name is James Shi Misi. I came from the United States specifically to visit your General Manager, Mr. Wei Liang. Could you please help me inform him?"

The security guard picked up the walkie-talkie and reported the situation to the security head of the office building.

Subsequently, this news was passed up layer by layer and finally conveyed to Wei Liang by his secretary.

Upon hearing that Shi Misi was at the factory gate, Wei Liang couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Judging from the timeline, Shi Misi had chased after him by plane just a few hours after learning that he had returned to the country.

He remembered Ye Chen's previous instructions and said to his secretary with a smile, "Tell the security guard to tell that Shi Misi that my status is relatively sensitive now, and I cannot casually meet anyone related to the interests of the pharmaceutical field. If he really wants to see me, he needs to make an appointment through Master Hong Wu at Tianxiang Mansion."

The secretary conveyed this instruction without any hesitation.

Soon, Shi Misi received this news from the security guard.

He had already arrived at the gate of Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical, but Wei Liang insisted that he make an appointment through a third party to meet. This made Shi Misi realize immediately that Wei Liang was taking revenge on him.

One was to take revenge for his previous arrogance, and the other was to take revenge for his previous practice of making him make an appointment through a public relations company.

He really wanted to plead with Wei Liang to get a meeting first, so he could only pick up his phone and call Wei Liang again.

But Wei Liang's phone had long since activated a firewall; except for the acquaintances he had added to his whitelist, no other calls could get through.

At this time, Wei Liang called Hong Wu. As soon as he got through, he said with a smile, "Master Hong Wu, this is Wei Liang. Master Ye asked me to introduce a good business to you!"

Hong Wu asked curiously, "Master Ye asked you to introduce a business to me? What business?"

Wei Liang laughed, "Someone wants to make an appointment to see me, but Master Ye asked me to put on airs and have the other party go to you first to help arrange a meal with me. You can charge him an agency fee, and you don't need to worry about the rest."

Hong Wu laughed, "Damn, there's such a good thing?! Then how much agency fee should I charge him?"

Wei Liang said, "Master Ye said to charge him five million."

"What did you say?!" After hearing this, Hong Wu's jaw dropped to the ground, and he blurted out, "To have a meal with you, he has to pay five million?!"

Wei Liang laughed, "Yes, five million, and it's in U. S. dollars."

"Five million U. S. dollars?!" Hong Wu was dumbfounded and blurted out, "Good fellow... Wei Liang, you're doing quite well for yourself... The price for a meal with you is more expensive than Warren Buffett!"

Wei Liang said modestly, "Master Hong Wu, please don't tease me. The reason for quoting such a high price is entirely Master Ye's ability. You also know that I'm just doing things for Master Ye, just borrowing his prestige..."

Hong Wu nodded and hurriedly said, "I understand. Wait for me to call Master Ye and ask him what his specific instructions are."

"Okay!" ===== CHAPTER 1796 =====