Chapter 230: Plagiarizing Chinese Hanfang

Wei Liang was kicked to the ground, clutching his stomach in pain, his face flushed.

But he didn't dare to speak again, just stood up quietly and stood behind Wei Wei Changming again, saying nothing.

Ye Chen looked at Wei Liang a few more times.

From him, Ye Chen saw a bit of his own shadow from the past.

Being despised, being looked down upon, and even being humiliated, but only able to choose to endure. While hiding, he was also quietly waiting for an opportunity to rise.

At this time, Xiao Xiao Weiwei spoke to Wei Wei Changming, "Honey, it's not worth getting angry at a loser and a bastard. Let's go in quickly."

Wei Wei Changming nodded.

In his eyes, this loser Ye Chen and this bastard Wei Liang were both trash. Even though he had suffered a big loss at Ye Chen's hands, he still didn't think Ye Chen was a remarkable figure.

On the contrary, he was still waiting for an opportunity to retaliate against Ye Chen to vent his hatred.

Ye Chen was too lazy to argue with this bunch of people. The reason he came to the expo was for that three-hundred-year-old top-grade purple ginseng.

As for Xiao Yikhen and Wei Wei Changming, if they dared to continue acting tough in front of him, he had plenty of opportunities to deal with them slowly.

Seeing Xiao Yikhen, Wei Wei Changming, and the others leave, Shi Shi Tianqi shook his head and sighed, "This Xiao Yikhen is truly bringing disaster upon himself; he cannot live!"

Qin Gang said, "Master Ye, Divine Physician Shi, let's go in too. Don't let these villains affect your mood."

Ye Chen smiled and said, "A bunch of clowns, of course I won't take them to heart."

Several people walked into the exhibition center, where there were already various Traditional Chinese Medicine medicinal material exhibition counters, each displaying many various medicinal materials.

Qin Gang first invited Ye Chen to inspect his own exhibition booth. The Qin family was worthy of being a medicinal material merchant with a hundred-year history; they had more than a dozen exhibition cabinets, and all kinds of rare medicinal materials filled the counters.

Qin Gang said to Ye Chen, "Master Ye, if there are any medicinal materials you need here, just speak up, and I will take them out for you."

Ye Chen nodded and said, "After I obtain the three-hundred-year-old top-grade purple ginseng, I might refine a new medicine. When the time comes, I will tell you what I need."

Qin Gang hurriedly said to Ye Chen, "Master Ye, if you have any requirements, just give orders. Qin Gang will definitely do my best to realize them for you!"

Ye Chen looked around at the expo and didn't find any medicinal materials worth his attention, which made him somewhat disappointed.

It seemed that the vast majority of medicinal materials could only be considered ordinary goods, with nothing special about them.

After strolling for a while, it was almost time for the auction, so Ye Chen went to the auction hall with Qin Gang and Shi Shi Tianqi.

The entire auction hall could accommodate hundreds of people, and the area was very large.

Directly in front of the auction hall, a transparent exhibition stand with four sides of glass was set up, and in the center was the three-hundred-year-old top-grade purple ginseng.

And after Ye Chen saw this purple ginseng, his heart was filled with joy.

He could perceive that the medicinal power of this purple ginseng was rich. According to his discernment, this purple ginseng was said to be three hundred years old, but in reality, it was approaching four hundred years. The quality was even better than he had imagined.

Ginseng comes in many types: ordinary ginseng, American ginseng, red ginseng, purple ginseng, and wild mountain ginseng. Among these, purple ginseng is the rarest and most expensive.

Ginseng itself has a lifespan, and the vast majority do not live past a hundred years. Therefore, it's not that a ginseng plant can become a hundred-year-old or several-hundred-year-old ginseng just because it hasn't been picked. Most ginseng plants, even if they aren't picked, will reach the end of their lives after living for a hundred years or so.

Ginseng that can live for more than two or three hundred years is the best of the best among ginseng, and ginseng that can live for more than five hundred years is extremely rare. Some people spend their whole lives picking ginseng and never have the chance to see one.

As for thousand-year-old ginseng, that is an invaluable treasure, almost only existing in legends; it is very rare to see anyone take one out.

Therefore, this three-hundred-year-old top-grade purple ginseng appeared extremely precious.

At this time, the auction hall was already crowded. Most of the people who came were big-shot figures famous in the Traditional Chinese Medicine, pharmaceutical, and medicinal material circles from all over the country, as well as many old Traditional Chinese Medicine doctors who could be called national medical saints.

Among them, many were quite familiar with Shi Shi Tianqi. After seeing Shi Shi Tianqi come in, they stepped forward one after another to congratulate him.

The congratulations were for his successful cure of paraplegia, creating a miracle in medical history.

But Shi Shi Tianqi felt incomparably ashamed in his heart.

Everyone felt that the credit for curing paraplegia was his, but only he knew that the credit was entirely Ye Chen's alone. It was because Master Ye Chen liked to keep a low profile that he let himself take the credit on his behalf.

Many people surrounded Shi Shi Tianqi, asking for the method Shi Shi Tianqi used to cure paraplegia. Shi Shi Tianqi said, "Actually, treating paraplegia is not my own ability, but a divine medicine I accidentally obtained that exerted a huge therapeutic effect."

Someone asked, "Old Shi, can you publish the prescription for this divine medicine? If it were published, it would benefit all of humanity!"

"That's right!" someone echoed, "Divine Physician Shi, if you publish this prescription, you might be able to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine!"

Shi Shi Tianqi said awkwardly, "Let's forget about that. There are indeed some hidden circumstances that are inconvenient to speak of."

At this time, a young man in a suit and leather shoes came to Shi Shi Tianqi, bowed slightly, and said in not-very-fluent Chinese, "Hello, Divine Physician Shi, my name is Ichiro Kobayashi, and I am the vice chairman of Japan's Kobayashi Pharmaceutical."

Shi Shi Tianqi nodded and said, "I know your Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. I wonder what you are looking for me for?"

Ichiro Kobayashi said earnestly, "Divine Physician Shi, our Kobayashi Pharmaceutical is the strongest pharmaceutical company in Asia. We have many classic medicines that sell very well, all of which were developed and produced by our Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. With such strong strength as support, we have the ability to carry forward the prescription you used to treat paraplegia and make it sell globally in more than two hundred countries. Therefore, I sincerely hope that you can sell this prescription to us!"

Hearing the other party's words, Shi Shi Tianqi couldn't help but frown and said, "I remember that many of your medicines are not developed by yourselves; those medicines all use our Chinese Hanfang!"

The so-called Chinese Hanfang is actually the ancient medicinal prescription of Chinese Traditional Medicine.

Japan and Korea were deeply influenced by Chinese culture in ancient times, and their medicine naturally inherited Traditional Chinese Medicine. Now, the pharmaceutical companies of these two countries are all engaged in Chinese Hanfang medicines, which, to put it bluntly, is plagiarizing the things left by our Chinese ancestors.

Because ancient Chinese Hanfang prescriptions were all recorded in some pharmacopoeia works and there was no clear patent copyright protection, these Japanese and Korean pharmaceutical companies plagiarized various prescriptions from Traditional Chinese Medicine pharmacopoeia one after another, and then produced various drugs to sell globally.

If they made it clear that these medicines originated from ancient Chinese Hanfang, it would be fine, but they insisted on promoting to the outside world that those prescriptions were researched by themselves.

Some even more shameless ones would claim that Chinese Hanfang was a medical prescription passed down by their own country's ancestors, making global consumers think that those medicines were really the historical inheritance of Japan and Korea.

This kind of public plagiarism had long made Shi Shi Tianqi and a large group of Traditional Chinese Medicine scholars indignant!

Ichiro Kobayashi, however, said arrogantly at this time, "Divine Physician Shi, I want to correct your mistake. None of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's medicines use Chinese Hanfang; they are all improved by ourselves based on the essence of our Japanese national medicine!" ===== CHAPTER 231 =====