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Chapter 1054 - 739 The Lonely Brave One

Chapter 1054: 739 The Lonely Brave One

Under heaven’s bustling activity, all is driven by profit.

The shared interests that bind together those who share a common fate are indeed the strongest form of connection.

Often, they can even surpass blood relationships.

This is beyond doubt.

The examples of familial disputes over inheritance are too numerous to enumerate.

Of course.

While the bond of a community of interests is strong, it’s not unbreakable, and one visible method is clear.

That is, the lure of greater interests.

But Jiang Chen wasn’t worried at all.

Not to mention nationally, even globally, there were absolutely few who could be as "magnanimous" as he was, let alone invest a huge sum in the Firefly Medical Center.

This was a project full of idealism; even Cao Jinse herself couldn’t promise a return, or say when there might be one.

Apart from herself, Cao Jinse would probably find it difficult to find another person as "naive," "innocent," or even "foolish."

To put it more artfully.

Cao Jinse would hardly encounter a second soul mate like herself.

So when Jiang Chen left Jiuding Group, he was rather relaxed, while Cao Jinse had a slight frown on her brow, clearly a bit morose.

Sitting in her position, she had too many things to take care of every day, making the most of each moment, leaving no room for unnecessary diversions.

But she seemed unable to turn a blind eye to this incident.

There are no walls that do not leak in the world.

Perhaps the Fang Family is currently in chaos and hasn’t yet realized that Jiang Chen is the "instigator," but not knowing now doesn’t mean they won’t find out later.

As long as the Fang Family doesn’t let it go, they will eventually find clues.

Would the Fang Family just let it go?

Put yourself in their shoes; the answer is self-evident.

Not to mention the Fang Family, even ordinary people faced with such an incident would spare no effort to investigate thoroughly.

Should she take the initiative to apologize to the Fang Family with Jiang Chen before being exposed, to show sincerity?

Cao Jinse did consider this idea, but she quickly dismissed it.

A general conflict is manageable; she could mediate and defuse the situation.

But this vendetta was too severe.

It had cost a life and turned into a laughingstock worldwide; it wasn’t just whether the Fang Family was willing to let bygones be bygones, she herself simply could not face going forward as a peacemaker.

Yet she could not afford to lose Jiang Chen as a "friend."

The Firefly Medical Center was her own obsession; it may not speak to any grand moral code, but no doubt, should the project breakthrough, it would benefit the entire nation.

From her perspective, what she saw was naturally completely different from the average person.

Shenzhou seems to be advancing rapidly, with the economy leaping and bounding, but in many areas, an unimaginable chasm remains from the world’s cutting-edge technologies.

The pharmaceutical industry is one of them.

To this day, there isn’t a single domestic original research pharmaceutical enterprise in the country.

That’s right.

Not even one!

Some pharmaceutical companies may appear to have terrifyingly high market values, but in reality, they can only be considered "contract manufacturers."

Domestic drug production has only three sources: the first is authorized production by foreign pharmaceutical companies, the second is direct purchase of original research drug patents from foreign pharmaceutical companies, and the third is imitation after the patent of a foreign pharmaceutical company expires.

If foreign pharmaceutical companies stop authorizing, almost all domestic pharmaceutical companies would have to shut down.

The medicines that people use in their daily lives, from cold remedies to cancer treatment drugs, are almost all invented by a few foreign companies, such as Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and others.

How helpless.

And how sad?

Nowadays, the country’s wealthy class is indeed growing stronger, but these capitalists only wish to invest in areas with quick returns, like real estate, gaming, film and media, shopping centers... they even set their sights on the common people’s vegetable baskets.

Of course.

The inborn nature of capital is to pursue profit; there’s no blame in that. Who would want to sink money into an unfathomable domain with no visible future?

But if everyone acted this way, caring only about personal gain and immediate loss, then a country, a people, could never truly become comprehensively powerful.

It’s true that Jiang Chen indirectly caused a life to be lost, but Cao Jinse was willing to overlook this flaw.

No gold is pure; no one is perfect.

She was no exception.

The education she received from childhood had formed a deeply ingrained concept in her mind.

In her eyes, she no longer used the terms "good" and "bad" to judge a person; that was the view of ordinary people.

In her sight, there were only "merits" and "faults."

To this day, she still remembers a story her brother, who now teaches at Kyoto University, told her about a piece of actual history.

The Defense of Suiyang.

In order to resist an enemy army of 200,000 and due to a shortage of food, the defending commander Zhang Xun ordered the execution of his own concubine to share the meat with his subordinates, which led to other officials following suit, killing their families, slaves, and distributing the meat, eventually spreading to the civilians within the city.

According to incomplete statistics, after the defense, thirty thousand civilians were killed and eaten within the city of Suiyang.

As for the initiator of this human tragedy, while some cursed the defending commander Zhang Xun as a heartless demon, others hailed him as a one-of-a-kind general, a national hero.

Because he led 7,000 soldiers to withstand the 200,000-strong enemy army for 300 days; the city’s inhabitants suffered greatly, but half of the Tang Dynasty’s territory remained intact, and countless more people in the rear were kept safe.

What counts as merit?

What counts as fault?

Cao Jinse’s thoughts lingered for a moment before she made a phone call.

"Aunt Lan, did Jiang tell you about the Fang Family incident?"