Chapter 633 - 618: Testing the Medicine

Capital.

Academician She was in his office discussing the Mars exploration plan with He Tang when he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Sir She, still busy so late?"

Lin Ju, who had returned to Rong City for rest just a few days ago, had once again appeared out of nowhere, holding a bag that seemed to contain quite a few items.

Academician She was happy to see Lin Ju again, but he pretended to scold him seriously:

"I haven’t finished work yet, as for you, shouldn’t you be taking care of your health instead of coming over from so far away for what?"

"A small issue, a small issue, it’s nothing serious."

Lin Ju chuckled and then turned to greet He Tang, who had officially started leading the work of the Aerospace Development Committee in Beijing, and before long they would be spending more time together.

After exchanging brief pleasantries with the two men, Lin Ju promptly opened the bag he had brought over and took out several unmarked, bar-shaped paper boxes.

Academician She casually picked one up, feeling its light weight in his hand, he joked:

"Are you planning to bribe me with some fine tea from somewhere? This packaging is quite low-key for a gift."

He Tang came over too upon seeing that, but did not open it rashly; of course, he did not think Lin Ju was giving them a gift either.

"This isn’t tea, but I do indeed intend to give it to you to try out."

Lin Ju opened one of the boxes and pulled out two no-needle injectors, one larger and one smaller, with green and red stripes on their exteriors, respectively. The green injector had the number "504" imprinted with indentations on the side, and the red one had "314", with no further information.

Neither of them recognized these as injectors at first and they each held one curiously in their hands to examine.

Lin Ju took the opportunity to explain:

"Two new drugs, the 504 injection is a treatment course of six shots, one every two months. By the end of a year, depending on the situation, it can significantly improve the user’s physical functions by about 15%, and after completing three courses, the effects can last for over 10 years. It has remarkable results on boosting immunity and energy in middle-aged and elderly people;

The 314 injection... well, it can be thought of as an extremely mild stimulant with little to no side effects. After use, one feels extremely energetic for two hours and the thinking remains unaffected. It is not physiologically addictive, but there is a fatigue period of up to 10 hours afterward. It’s recommended to use once a week, and not to use it more than twice within seven days."

There’s also an oral medication... We plan to bring these three drugs to market as soon as possible, uh, that’s about it."

His tone was very calm, but the other two were already wide-eyed.

Enhanced human functions aside, this thing sounded somewhat similar in effectiveness to the "youth-preserving injections" used by the super-rich, which they had heard of. But an improvement of 15% in physical functions sounded quite exaggerated too.

As for the stimulant, it simply defied common sense. While the medical community had long hoped for a product like this to emerge, they had yet to find any components capable of delivering such effects.

Academician She looked at Lin Ju with a mix of surprise and skepticism. He knew that New Yuan conducted biological research with significant achievements, but for these two items to suddenly pop up was still shocking.

If what was claimed was true, it was bound to cause a major upheaval in the medicine and health product industries.

"Have there... been any tests done?"

"Of course."

Lin Ju immediately rolled up his sleeve to show a small, circular mark on his arm. It was the mark left by the 404 injection he had taken.

"The reliability has already been fully verified, but the cost of these two drugs remains high, so we hope to expand their use in the aerospace field."

"By handing them over to astronauts, they can be more effectively helped to work in the hostile environment of space, with 504 to be used regularly as a staple and 314 injections for emergencies or when high-intensity work is needed."

"Especially for our astronauts on the Moon, their effective working hours are too short each day. A task that takes 1 hour on Earth requires 2 to 3 hours in a spacesuit outside the cabin. This can’t go on."

Seeing the injection marks on Lin Ju’s arm, He Tang and Academician She both had strong reactions, with Academician She instinctively refusing due to the Chinese people’s inherent view of drugs:

"All drugs have their side effects; our astronauts are not mercenaries... And you, has this thing even been approved yet? What if..."

Academician She anxiously pinched Lin Ju’s arm and began to scold him, whereas He Tang, after his initial surprise, calmed down and quickly understood Lin Ju’s intention:

Since these two new drugs are so powerful, the clinical trial process required would definitely not be short. Unless it was an emergency situation, it would take at least a few years from application to market entry and sales.

But if they could first be established as a special supplement for aerospace application, then the barriers to entering the market would be much smaller.

Although he felt like he had uncovered the truth, He Tang was still amazed at Lin Ju’s courage to test the drugs on himself. Such actions would not be possible without one hundred percent confidence in the product.

As for being desperate with no alternative, that was impossible. He knew roughly how rich New Yuan’s resources were, which could be said to be the best assets in the country, except for the tobacco companies.

New Yuan’s performance was just limited by the scope of its field, forcing it to continuously expand and diversify. Now it seemed that they were ready to make a move in the pharmaceutical field.

He Tang’s guesses were almost entirely correct, and Lin Ju indeed had such plans. If it weren’t for Zhong Chengcai being abroad with the higher-ups, he would have gone directly to them.

"You should trust our technical strength. In fact, the two drugs have both been in clinical trials for almost a year, and they’re definitely safe. We’ve produced a batch already, and it’ll be sent to the Skyscreen Three Team in two weeks for our people to try first."

The nearly flawless track record of New Yuan convinced Academician She of Lin Ju’s words, but he still did not look favorably upon it.

"Whatever you say... we can’t use astronauts as guinea pigs; the risk is still too high.

Wait, how much money are you planning to make? You sell cars and chips, so this year’s earnings must have been substantial, right?"

"Just a little short, mainly because we plan to expand humanity’s horizon just a bit more."

Lin Ju made a hand gesture with his thumb and index finger, vaguely saying a sentence.

Academician She was stunned for a moment before he understood what he meant. What did "expanding humanity’s horizon" imply?

Current astronomical telescopes can observe galaxies millions of light-years away, but they probably were not planning to build a radio telescope, so it should be within the range that probes could reach.

So... is it somewhere outside the Solar System, beyond Mars?

Jupiter, Saturn, or is it Uranus, Neptune?

"Deep space, we are aiming for deep space."

Lin Ju drew a big circle above the table with his hand, ambitiously declaring:

"After completing the exploration of Mars and using it as a starting point, we will visit Jupiter and Saturn in turn, completing the investigation of these two giant planets and their satellites within three to four years.

Like the Traveler program, we plan to plant our flags and leave the footprints of astronauts on every reachable location in one fell swoop."