Chapter 231: An innocent man is innocent, but his treasure makes him a criminal

Hearing Ichiro Kobayashi's public denial, Shi Shi Tianqi said coldly, "I remember that you have three medicines that sell globally: a stomach powder, a throat-clearing powder, and an eczema lotion. The prescriptions for these three medicines come from the "Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases" by Zhang Zhongjing of the Eastern Han Dynasty in our China, one from the "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon" of the Western Han Dynasty, and one from the "Compendium of Materia Medica." Am I right?"

Ichiro Kobayashi's expression was a bit ugly, but he still insisted on denying, "Is Divine Physician Shi joking? These ancient Chinese pharmacopoeia from one or two thousand years ago basically have no clinical application and no scientific basis; they are trash. How could our Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, such a large company, use backward pharmacopoeia from one or two thousand years ago? It's simply a joke!"

Hearing Ichiro Kobayashi publicly insult the essence of Traditional Chinese Medicine left by the ancestors, other Traditional Chinese Medicine scholars at the scene scolded him one after another.

Shi Shi Tianqi also said righteously, "It just so happens that I have been idle for the past two days. After the expo, I will personally write three papers, sorting out the details of the prescriptions of your three medicines, their origins, and the detailed records in our ancient pharmacopoeia. After they are published, let's see how you can quibble!"

Ichiro Kobayashi's face instantly turned a shade of dark blue.

He was the vice chairman of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, the company his father had founded single-handedly, so he naturally knew the details very well.

The reason Kobayashi Pharmaceutical was able to grow to its current scale was entirely due to the medicinal prescriptions recorded in ancient Chinese pharmacopoeia.

The Japanese themselves are good at packaging, so they took ancient Chinese prescriptions, carried out a certain amount of packaging, and then claimed that they were brand-new achievements researched at a huge cost. Relying on good curative effects, they immediately opened up the market.

However, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical had never been willing to admit that their drug formulas were plagiarized from ancient Chinese pharmacopoeia. For this reason, Shi Shi Tianqi had always been very dissatisfied, but he had never found an opportunity to express his protest.

He didn't expect to see Ichiro Kobayashi here today, so naturally, he wanted to seek justice for Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Ichiro Kobayashi didn't expect Shi Shi Tianqi to accurately state the origin of his own company's three medicines. Fearing that Shi Shi Tianqi would really publish a paper to peel off his skin, he hurriedly said, "Divine Physician Shi, there's no need for papers, right? I just want to find you to cooperate on new medicine. If you agree, we will cooperate; if you don't agree, we won't cooperate. Why hurt the harmony?"

Shi Shi Tianqi said earnestly, "Since you deny plagiarizing Chinese Hanfang, then I have nothing to cooperate with you on. Goodbye."

After speaking, Shi Shi Tianqi added, "By the way, I will definitely write the paper."

Ichiro Kobayashi looked at Shi Shi Tianqi gritting his teeth, but eventually held back his anger and nodded, saying, "Alright, since Divine Physician Shi is unwilling to cooperate, I won't force it."

After speaking, he asked, "Divine Physician Shi, I don't want the prescription. Can you sell me one pill? I am willing to pay fifty million RMB! My father encountered a car accident the year before last and has been lying in bed with paraplegia ever since. I, as a son, very much hope to be able to cure him!"

The offer of fifty million RMB shocked Shi Shi Tianqi.

Shi Shi Tianqi glanced at Ye Chen. After all, this was Ye Chen's divine medicine. If he were willing to sell one pill to Ichiro Kobayashi for fifty million, then he could be considered to have helped Master Ye bridge the gap.

However, Ye Chen quietly waved his hand at him.

He didn't care about fifty million, and he wouldn't sell the medicine to a Japanese person who plagiarized Chinese Hanfang for fifty million.

Seeing Ye Chen wave his hand, Shi Shi Tianqi immediately said to Ichiro Kobayashi, "I'm sorry, Mr. Kobayashi, the medicine has been used up, and there will be no more."

Ichiro Kobayashi gritted his teeth, nodded with a gloomy face, and said, "Okay, Divine Physician Shi, I understand. Everyone has their own aspirations; I won't force it. We shall meet again."

After speaking, he turned and left.

At this time, Ye Chen said to Shi Shi Tianqi, "This Japanese person looks a bit insidious. If he thinks you really have a prescription for treating paraplegia, you must be extra careful. After all, once such divine medicine is produced, it can earn huge wealth globally."

Before, there was a movie called "Dying to Survive," which was about a Chinese leukemia patient who couldn't afford the extremely expensive medicines from the West and could only go to India to buy imitations.

Through this movie, one can see how black-hearted large pharmaceutical groups are when making money. A medicine is developed, and a patient has to spend at least twenty or thirty thousand a month to afford it. Isn't this a rhythm that forces people to death?

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical also wanted to get a few special medicines that could sell at high prices, so they targeted Shi Shi Tianqi.

Ichiro Kobayashi felt that if he could treat paraplegia, it would be equivalent to having a powerful tool for collecting wealth.

A billionaire gets paraplegia, can't get out of bed for a lifetime, can't walk, and can't even defecate independently. This feeling of being better off dead will make them and their families suffer.

If a billionaire like Bill Gates gets paraplegia, he would be willing to take out fifty million for one pill.

If a billionaire like Bill Gates gets paraplegia, he would give fifty billion for one pill!

As for poor paraplegic patients, he couldn't care less about their lives. If they die, they die; what does it have to do with him? Want to buy medicine cheaply? Impossible!

However, Ichiro Kobayashi didn't expect Shi Shi Tianqi to refuse so decisively, which made him feel a bit angry.

However, he didn't care, because he had inquired from many sources before that Shi Shi Tianqi should still have that divine medicine that cures paraplegia.

As long as he finds a way to get the divine medicine and take it back to Japan, and let the company's pharmacists study the ingredients of the divine medicine, they should be able to imitate it very soon!

Shi Shi Tianqi also knew what Ichiro Kobayashi was thinking. In the face of such huge interests, this guy could never give up so easily and would definitely look for other ways.

So, he said to Ye Chen, "Please rest assured, Master Ye, I will definitely be careful."

Ye Chen said earnestly, "Being careful is useless. You must understand the principle that an innocent man is innocent, but his treasure makes him a criminal."

Shi Shi Tianqi hurriedly asked, "Master Ye, what should I do? The pill you gave me later is also carried on my person. If they snatch it, then..."

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said, "I will refine a few pills for you temporarily later. Carry them with you. If someone snatches them, give them that pill. Do you understand?"

In Ye Chen's memory, the "Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra" recorded a kind of "Flash of Light Before Death Pill." That kind of pill is actually a poison. If a patient eats it, they will get great recovery in a short time, but that is just a flash of light before death, and then they will exhaust all the energy in their body and die suddenly.

He didn't know if Ichiro Kobayashi's father really had paraplegia, but he could set a trap for him. If he really harbored evil intentions toward this divine medicine, then he would be in big trouble! ===== CHAPTER 232 =====