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785: Chapter 785: Old Friends Reunite!

Don’t Sabotage Allies!

785: Chapter 785: Old Friends Reunite!

Don’t Sabotage Allies!

Good news had arrived.

A special envoy, with a special authorization order in hand, had flown from Liuli City to Tianyuan on a private jet.

To ensure that everything went without a hitch, Zheng himself even personally escorted them to Tang’s Pharmaceuticals.

Given the importance of the authorization order, the escorts arranged were also quite significant.

Wu Jie came to the conference room in the office building excitedly, but was somewhat taken aback as he entered.

The escort turned out to be Kong Heng, the grandson of Kong Hailin.

Last time in Liuli City, he had a ‘martial arts exchange’ with Wu Jie, resulting in a comminuted fracture of his right hand.

Now, meeting again, he had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

He was no longer serving in the field troops but had been transferred to the Security Bureau.

If this were ancient times, that would be the equivalent of the Imperial Guard!

As the saying goes,

After three days have passed, even soldiers should be viewed in a new light!

Kong Heng, now fully recovered, was bearing a heavy responsibility within the Security Bureau.

In his crisp lieutenant colonel’s uniform, he stood tall and imposing, brimming with youthful energy and strikingly handsome.

He definitely outshone those young heartthrob celebrities by leagues.

However…

The defiant look in Kong Heng’s eyes and his expression when he saw Wu Jie again clearly showed that he had not been convinced by their last confrontation.

Of course.

Given the important mission Kong Heng was on today, he obviously wouldn’t bring up the past as soon as they met.

And with his special status, Wu Jie, who was even more unique, would certainly not take the initiative to suggest another round of martial arts exchanges.

Perhaps because the authorization order was so important, it was locked in a briefcase secured to Kong Heng with handcuffs.

This was truly a case of ‘if the person is lost, the order is lost’; the escort’s life was bound to the authorization order.

With a snap!

Kong Heng stood at attention and saluted.

“Reporting, Vice Captain Kong Heng of Security Bureau’s First Squadron, on mission to escort a classified document of the highest priority, please sign for it!”

There was no helping it!

Even though Wu Jie’s official identity was merely the Director of the Supervisory Garden for Tanglong Industrial Group and the owner of Star Cloud Internet Technology,

what was the actual case?

Being suddenly saluted for the first time…

It left Wu Jie somewhat bewildered and taken aback.

Ahem!

Zheng hastily cleared his throat twice, bringing Wu Jie back to his senses.

After returning the salute, he quickly said, “At ease!”

At this point, Zheng carefully opened a sealed letter in front of Wu Jie.

This kind of briefcase, seemingly ordinary, actually contained a clever device.

It was encrypted not only with a numerical code but also required a special verification key; it could only be opened after dual verification.

Trying to forcefully pry it open would only trigger a self-destruct mechanism, incinerating the important documents inside at extremely high temperatures.

Fortunately,

Zheng was careful and meticulous, and the verification was successful.

With a click, the briefcase opened.

Inside the hefty case, there were actually just two document pouches.

“Relax, make yourself comfortable,” Wu Jie said as he picked up the pouches and sat down to break the lead seals.

Zheng waved his hand and motioned for Kong Heng and the other two guards to leave first.

No sooner had the door closed than he took off his mask and offered a cigarette to Wu Jie.

“This is truly incredible!

This must be a first in history!”

“Going through the standard process, from clinical drug trials to marketing approval, it would take at least two to three years!”

“You’ve really set a record, just three days, absolute rocket speed!”

Wu Jie glanced at Zheng, “If it weren’t for the severity of the epidemic, where would we get such speed?

It saves so much time and money!”

Setting the authorization order aside, the content was actually quite simple.

Summed up, it was just one sentence.

In light of the severe epidemic caused by the Sakuragi Hana virus, threatening the safety of people’s lives, permission is specially granted to Tianyuan Tang’s Pharmaceuticals to produce Detox Pills for the treatment of those infected with the unusual disease, in order to curb the spread of the epidemic.

Opening the other document pouch, what came out was the production approval for the medicine.

As the drugs were to be marketed, this was a necessary document.

Following proper procedures, obtaining these two documents would be anything but easy.

Initially, it’s the discovery by scientists of certain compounds that seem to be effective against a particular disease.

Pharmaceutical companies would then invest crazily, producing thousands upon thousands of compounds, conducting successive mouse trials, until they find one that is both effective and safe—this stage alone could take years and cost hundreds of millions of Gold Coins.

Then comes preclinical research, clinical studies, clinical trials on humans, new drug marketing applications, and approval.

Each stage is an elimination round.

Any failure to meet the standards, and all the time and money spent previously, would be wasted.

Therefore, for a new drug to treat a major disease, from research and development to clinical trials and then to FDA approval for marketing, it can take ten to fifteen years, and cost at least several hundred million Gold Coins.

With countless failures, the total cost could reach over ten billion Gold Coins.

With such high R&D costs, mass production and marketing would require setting up production lines, purchasing raw materials, and conducting promotions… and the patent protection period lasts only twenty years.

In order to earn sufficient profits and provide enough funds for the development of other new drugs, pharmaceutical companies have no choice but to sell at high prices.

For this reason,

Zheng said it was rocket speed, saving both time and money.

After all, without spending years on clinical trials and billions in funds, could the Detox Pill be brought to market?

The document was hard-earned!

After reading it twice, Wu Jie gave a wry smile, lit a cigarette, and took a puff.

The opportunity had come!

Putting aside whether it would make money or not, just the virus outbreak alone had caused suffering worldwide.

The emergence of the Detox Pill was bound to make a splash.

So… how to maximize the earning of energy points?

The first place Wu Jie thought of was Yincheng.

Thinking of their constant stream of casualties, they would surely be desperate to purchase Detox Pills.

But the historical enmity was not trivial at all!

As I brandish this knife to cut down, just how ruthless should I be?

“Tch tch, look at that silly smile of yours.

This time around, you’re definitely going to make a killing.

You must be waking up laughing in your sleep, huh?”

Zheng nudged Wu Jie with his elbow and asked with a smile,

“Oh my god, don’t just stand there grinning like an idiot!

How much do you plan to sell these Detox Pills for per pill?”

“And when are you going to announce the news to the public?

I’m waiting for you to make the announcement so that the secrecy martial law can be lifted!”

Wu Jie was of course aware.

In Bai Fengling’s tragic farewell video, she had mentioned that she would become a test volunteer for Tang’s Pharmaceuticals.

If Wu Jie’s side announced that they had successfully developed a new drug capable of annihilating the Sakuragi Hana virus,

it would mean that Bai Fengling was still alive and it would also indicate that other infected patients at the Tianyuan Medical Center were safe too.

Under these circumstances, the Security Bureau would have no need to keep this matter strictly confidential anymore.

But…

They had only been diagnosed for three days now!

Even without a cure, deteriorating to death, the bad news could be announced on the sixth or seventh day.

“I…

haven’t figured it out yet!

Let’s delay it another two days!”

Wu Jie spoke indifferently.

Zheng glared.

“Damn it!

Delay for two days…

Do you…

do you realize that tens of thousands of people around the world die each day because of this virus?”

“And there are even more people committing suicide or murder.

If you delay for two days…

the lives of tens of thousands of people could be lost!”

Wu Jie countered, “Among those who died, were there any Descendants of Yan and Huang?”

Zheng snorted coldly, “That’s hard to say.”

“Then let them come to the Tianyuan Medical Center, we’ve got enough medicine!”

Changing the subject, Wu Jie asked skeptically, “Right, you only mentioned lifting the ban just now, you didn’t talk about subsidies!”

“In these three days, I’ve provided 2158 Detox Pills, calculated at 28,000 Gold Coins each, that makes over sixty million Gold Coins!”

“We’re so close, I’ll just forget about the change; sixty million Gold Coins, cash or card?”

Zheng’s eyes grew wider and wider.

When he heard sixty million Gold Coins, he couldn’t help but stand up.

“Holy shit!

Are you…

are you robbing me?”

“When did I agree to 28,000 Gold Coins?”

“When did I say that this treatment cost should be charged to my Security Bureau?

Why don’t you ask the Medical Center?”

“You have to show a little bit of restraint when you’re swindling people, right?

We are supposed to be allies!

And…

I’m sort of your superior, aren’t I?”

“Can’t you show me some respect?”

Wu Jie nodded slightly, “Then how about I knock off two million Gold Coins, is that enough respect for you?”

“I…”

Zheng was so angry he turned blue and stormed out.

Before leaving, he couldn’t resist taunting,

“If you want a subsidy, go report to Elder Tan in Liuli City!

He might just give you a few billion with a stroke of his pen!”

“Anyway, all the patients have been saved, this place is a penniless government office; no money and no mercy!”

Wu Jie chuckled.

Zheng, that guy, truly had a ‘shamelessly thick-skinned’ level of impudence.

He and Wu Jie were of the same feather; otherwise, why would there be a saying ‘birds of a feather flock together’?

Wu Jie gathered the documents and approvals unhurriedly, just as he was about to leave, Kong Heng knocked and entered.

This time, there were no handcuffs or password box.

Instead of saluting when they met, he just pulled over a chair and sat down.

“How is my brother, Shen Liang, doing?”

Kong Heng’s question caught Wu Jie off guard.

Shen Liang?

Brother?

Frowning slightly, Wu Jie scrutinized Kong Heng and said mockingly,

“I didn’t expect such brotherhood!

He happens to be from the Annihilation Organization, deliberately infecting others with AIDS, also intentionally contracted the virus in Yincheng, wanted to bring it back to infect more people, and even aimed to destroy all of humanity.”

Kong Heng clenched his teeth.

“I know all that, but we grew up playing together in the army compound, we’re really close!”

“I don’t mean to abuse my power and ask you to cut him slack, I just want to know how he’s really doing?”

Wu Jie gave a faint smile.

It seemed that Kong Heng had no idea what the documents he was transporting were, let alone anything about the Detox Pills.

Who was Kong Heng?

His grandfather was Kong Hailin, who once had jets scramble to block bombs and provide fire support for Tang Xiao in trouble.

With such a highly influential grandfather, he was in the dark!

You have to say, the Security Bureau’s confidentiality measures were pretty solid!

“Er…

although I’m with the Security Bureau, I’m in charge of network security.

For your brother’s situation, why don’t you ask Zheng directly?”

Wu Jie kicked the ball to Zheng’s court.

“If he would tell me, I wouldn’t have asked you!”

Kong Heng displayed a hint of a smirk; he immediately stood up, gave a salute, and hurried away.

Wu Jie checked the system’s energy point records.

Just as expected!

Kong Heng was still so petty.

Was it wrong not to disclose any information according to confidentiality regulations?

He actually gave me a triple dose of hatred!

It seems I was too lenient during our last sparring match; next time I get the chance, I’ll beat him half to death.

Just as he was about to stand up and leave, the phone rang.

Seeing the caller ID was gibberish, he knew it had to be a top secret call from some big shot.

“Have you received everything?”

Elder Tan’s voice came through the phone, chuckling happily, clearly in a good mood.

He had reason to be happy!

While other countries’ higher-ups were at their wit’s end with the pandemic, Liuli Continent had completely dealt with the outbreak.

And they had an exclusive secret recipe for Detox Pills, which was more effective than nuclear weapons during this special pandemic period.

“Received, thank you, Elder Tan!” Wu Jie responded with a laugh.

Elder Tan chuckled, “That ‘thank you’ sounds a bit insincere!

I heard from Zheng that you asked him for a subsidy of sixty million Gold Coins, is that true?”

Wu Jie snorted, “He’s talking nonsense!

I was asking for only fifty-eight million Gold Coins!”

“You!!”

Elder Tan laughed and cursed, “You’re ruthless, scamming even your own people!

There are over a hundred thousand patients in Yincheng in need of millions of Detox Pills, so how much do you plan to sell them for?”

Wu Jie chuckled, “How can I sell anything without your approval?

No matter how much money is offered, I won’t sell them!”

Elder Tan laughed, “Good boy, quick reaction!

Then catch a special flight to Qicheng, I’ve got a great opportunity for you to make a name and fortune!”