Chapter 1798: It

Seeing that Wei Liang was starting to adapt to the temporary new title, Ye Chen sat down beside him and asked, "Did you receive the receipt letter from the FDA for Jiu Xuan Stomach Powder?"

"Received," Wei Liang said. "The FDA has also listed Jiu Xuan Stomach Powder as a hospital-guided medication. We have already started the customs declaration procedures, and we will soon be air-freighting five million boxes to the United States."

Ye Chen asked him, "Have the sales channels in the United States been opened up? After all, Jiu Xuan Stomach Powder is an oral medication; we certainly can't sell it independently, right?"

"Correct," Wei Liang explained. "Anything defined as a drug must be sold through compliant pharmacy channels. Therefore, we will first cover the Walgreens chain pharmacies in the United States. This pharmacy has over 8,000 stores in the U. S. and is the chain pharmacy with the highest sales in the country. I have also talked to their person in charge, and they will give Jiu Xuan Stomach Powder a main promotional position in major pharmacies. We will first use their channels to build the Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical brand. Once the brand is established, we will start building our own direct sales channels for our subsequent health products."

Ye Chen asked him, "Does this pharmacy chain recognize traditional Chinese Hanfang medicine?"

"They recognize it," Wei Liang laughed. "Their boss himself is a fan of Traditional Chinese Medicine, obsessed with cupping and acupuncture. He previously wanted to introduce hemorrhoid suppositories to the U. S. market, but the FDA didn't approve it. Our Jiu Xuan Stomach Powder is something he started taking long ago on a friend's recommendation."

As he spoke, Wei Liang added, "You don't know, this guy has had a cold stomach for over twenty years, and his stomach is churning all day long. He's tried every Western medical method, but there was no improvement. Later, after using Kobayashi Stomach Powder, he couldn't live without it. But you also know that Kobayashi Stomach Powder treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and the effect is far worse than our Jiu Xuan Stomach Powder. After we merged Kobayashi Pharmaceutical and discontinued Kobayashi Stomach Powder, he started using Jiu Xuan Stomach Powder on a friend's recommendation. Now it's basically cured, so he has great enthusiasm for this drug."

"Good," Ye Chen nodded and said, "Since that's the case, hurry up and push this matter to fruition."

Wei Liang hurriedly said, "Master Ye... oh no, Director Ye, I think we can start registering a company in the United States in advance and build a production line. After all, the North American market is very large. With a production line, the comprehensive cost can be reduced a lot, and this way, tariffs can also be saved."

Ye Chen waved his hand, "No need. If we do that, tariffs might be lowered, but we will be constrained by the U. S. federal government everywhere, which might not be a good thing. And even if the produced drugs don't need to pay tariffs, the import of raw materials for those medicinal herbs will still have to pay tariffs. All in all, it might not save much. In my opinion, it would be better to use the Jiu Xuan Zai Zao Pill to negotiate terms with them and require them to exempt all Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical drugs from tariffs."

Wei Liang was dumbfounded and blurted out, "This... is this feasible..."

Ye Chen said seriously, "Absolutely feasible. If you don't believe me, let's probe that Shi Misi in a while. If I'm not mistaken, his backing now should be the White House."

"The White House?!" Wei Liang exclaimed, "Could they have ideas about the Jiu Xuan Zai Zao Pill?"

Ye Chen laughed, "Once they know about this drug, it would be strange if they didn't have ideas."

As he spoke, Ye Chen urged Wei Liang, "In a while, you just need to hold your ground, and I'll talk to him about the rest."

Wei Liang nodded respectfully and hurriedly, "Okay, no problem!"

12:20.

Led by Hong Wu's subordinate, Shi Misi arrived at the diamond private room of Tianxiang Mansion.

Entering Tianxiang Mansion and seeing Wei Liang, Hong Wu, and Ye Chen, he felt a sense of relief.

He didn't recognize Ye Chen and didn't know what Ye Chen's status was, but as long as he saw Wei Liang there, the heart he had been holding could be put down halfway.

Remembering his wife's instructions, he knelt on the ground as soon as he entered the door and said to Wei Liang with a face full of shame, "Mr. Wei! Everything before was my fault! I apologize to you!"

After saying this, he bowed and kowtowed to Wei Liang.

Wei Liang was a bit startled by his move and said awkwardly, "Mr. Shi Misi, what are you doing..."

Shi Misi repented, "I was blind before and offended you, and I also offended the miracle drug Jiu Xuan Zai Zao Pill. I feel immense guilt deep in my heart, so I hope you can forgive my previous offense!"

Wei Liang said helplessly, "Alright, alright, let's turn the page on that matter for now. You should sit down and let's talk about business."

Shi Misi then stood up gratefully and sat down in the empty seat left for him in advance.

Wei Liang then introduced Ye Chen to him, saying, "Mr. Shi Misi, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Ye, the Operations Director of our Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical. The entire operational strategy of Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical is decided by him."

Shi Misi looked at Ye Chen in surprise, hurriedly stood up again, nodded and bowed, and said, "Hello, Mr. Ye! I am James Shi Misi, the head of the FDA."

Ye Chen nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Hello, Mr. Shi Misi, welcome to Jin Ling."

Shi Misi exchanged a few polite words and then sat back down.

As soon as he sat down, he went straight to the point, "Mr. Wei, the Jiu Xuan Zai Zao Pill of your company has such a miraculous effect. This is absolutely the most important breakthrough in the medical field this century, none other! Therefore, I sincerely hope that you can put this drug on the U. S. market as soon as possible. At that time, the FDA will definitely provide all convenient conditions for Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical!"

Wei Liang nodded and said to him, "You can talk to Director Ye about this matter in detail. I fully respect his opinion."

Shi Misi hurriedly said to Ye Chen, "Mr. Ye, I wonder what your opinion is?"

Ye Chen smiled and said, "It's not impossible to let the Jiu Xuan Zai Zao Pill be listed in the United States. However, we have a few conditions. If they can be facilitated, we can consider it."

Shi Misi hurriedly said, "Please feel free to put forward any conditions you have. If it is within my functional scope, I will definitely do my best to guarantee it. If it is outside my functional scope, I will also do my best to strive for it for you!"

Ye Chen nodded and said eloquently, "First, I require your country to permanently exempt all commodities produced by Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical from tariffs."

Upon hearing this, Shi Misi felt a massive headache. He said with extreme embarrassment, "Mr. Ye, this requirement of yours is truly too difficult to realize. The federal government cannot open such a large loophole for Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical, because once this loophole is opened, Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical can completely use its own company shell to produce or sell various commodities to seek tariff reduction..."

Ye Chen laughed, "You don't need to worry about this. It can be limited to regular drugs and health products produced by Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical."

Shi Misi felt a bit uneasy. He certainly didn't have the qualifications to decide such a thing, and he didn't even have a channel to maneuver it.

However, thinking that the White House was also extremely urgent about this drug, he felt that if this matter were reported to them, perhaps they could agree.

Hearing this, Shi Misi said to Ye Chen, "Mr. Ye, I can't promise you this right now, but I can find a way to strive for it."

Hearing his answer, Ye Chen understood everything at a glance.

If Shi Misi didn't have the federal government backing him, he wouldn't even have the ability to strive for such a thing.

Since he said he would find a way to strive for it, his backing must be the federal government.

Thus, Ye Chen added, "Besides this, I also require the FDA to give the green light to all future drugs from Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical. I won't make it difficult for you; you don't have to pass them in seconds without any testing. As long as you can approve them within one month of our submission, that will be fine."

Shi Misi felt that he still had the ability to decide this point directly. Anyway, the FDA lets through countless drugs every year; they wouldn't care about giving Jiu Xuan Pharmaceutical a few spots.

Thus, he agreed on the spot, "No problem with this, Mr. Ye, please rest assured."

Ye Chen nodded and added, "As for the third requirement, it is that you must immediately disclose the actual efficacy of the Jiu Xuan Zai Zao Pill to the public. We need the FDA to come forward and endorse the Jiu Xuan Zai Zao Pill worldwide."

Shi Misi said without hesitation, "No problem with this either. The only case of Jiu Xuan Zai Zao Pill use in the United States is my son. I can disclose the entire treatment process and results of my son."

Having said this, Shi Misi looked at Wei Liang with some embarrassment and pleaded, "Mr. Wei, my son has finished the box of Jiu Xuan Zai Zao Pills you gave. He has no more medicine to continue taking, so I have to ask you to provide some more..."

Wei Liang pointed to Ye Chen, "You have to communicate this with Director Ye. Everything is decided by Director Ye."

Ye Chen laughed and said, "Mr. Shi Misi, it's not that we can't give you the medicine, but our principle is: no matter who it is, and no matter which country's drug regulatory agency it is, if they want the Jiu Xuan Zai Zao Pill, they must pay."

Shi Misi said awkwardly, "Mr. Ye, according to convention, no matter what drug wants to be listed in the United States, it must submit a certain amount of medicine to the FDA for drug testing... To pay for this as well, isn't that a bit unreasonable..."

Ye Chen waved his hand, "What you are talking about are ordinary drugs, but ours is not."

As he spoke, Ye Chen said very firmly, "If it were our other drugs, I could completely follow your requirements and rules. Just like Jiu Xuan Stomach Powder, I could even give you 10,000 boxes for you to experiment with. If that's not enough, adding another 10,000 boxes is no problem."

Having said this, Ye Chen changed the subject and said seriously, "However, for this drug, the Jiu Xuan Zai Zao Pill, any country that wants to introduce it must follow our rules! Otherwise, we would rather not go to that country to list and sell it."

Shi Misi hurriedly said, "Mr. Ye, the U. S. market share is very large. If you give up the U. S. market because of such a small matter, forgive me for being blunt, but isn't your decision a bit too arbitrary?"

"Arbitrary?" Ye Chen laughed, "To tell you the truth, due to production process issues, the current output of this drug is extremely scarce, so we don't have to worry about selling it in the future. If it can't enter the U. S. market, that will only be your loss, not ours!"

Pausing, Ye Chen added, "How do you say it in your words? Oh right, it's called 'I don't give a shit'!" ===== CHAPTER 1799 =====