The "Father of Prohormone" Blatche is sitting in his office, looking at the company's latest quarterly financial statements.
The situation is not optimistic. In the new quarter, Bu Laiqie's company's losses have increased again.
In industrial production, quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes. For any industrial product, as long as it is produced in sufficient quantities, the production cost will drop. The same is true for medicines. Producing one million pills of a certain medicine is different from producing 100 million pills. The cost is completely different. Not to mention anything else, just talking about R&D costs, if it is spread equally among 1 million pills and evenly among 100 million pills, it will cause a price difference of a hundred times.
Large-scale production is always a matter for those large pharmaceutical groups. Bulayche's small pharmaceutical company is different from those large pharmaceutical groups. It is impossible for him to produce drugs on a large scale. If they all produce the same medicine, Bulayche will The production cost of such a small company is much higher, and its products are not competitive in the market.
Therefore, Bleich's pharmaceutical company mainly makes profits by producing some niche patented drugs. These niche drugs are not unprofitable, but the demand is relatively small. Large companies cannot afford to set up a production line just for the small demand. . Moreover, medicines also have research and development costs. Many times, to produce a medicine, you need to purchase several patents. It is obviously not worth the loss for large pharmaceutical groups to invest precious resources in this area.
This also gives small companies like Bu Laiche room to survive. And Blatche himself also has some advantages, that is, he has a lot of patents. Blatche's pharmaceutical company specializes in producing drugs containing his patents, which also allows his company to save a lot of patent costs. .
In fact, these patents were developed by Blatche in the 1990s. At that time, he was still a scientist specializing in prohormones. At that time, he unethically used athletes to conduct human experiments, and then achieved very fruitful research. results, and successfully transformed these results into economic benefits.
In the past ten years, Blatcher has not had any impressive research results. Because of the human experiment scandal, Blatche had been expelled from the scientific community. His reputation was so bad that his peers were like seeing a rat crossing the street. Even the lowest researchers were unwilling to follow him. Blatche does research.
No matter how powerful Bulayche was, it was impossible for one person to support an entire laboratory. As the so-called clever woman cannot make a meal without rice, Bulayche could only close his own laboratory, suspend research work, and turn his attention to the elite pharmaceutical company.
I have to say that Blatche is really a talent. Relying on the savings in patent costs, pharmaceutical companies have also been run by Blatche.
But in recent years, Bu Laiqie has encountered a problem.
The patent protection period for inventions in the United States is 20 years, and the patents of Blacher were obtained in the 1990s when they were launched. Now the patent protection period has basically expired, which means that other pharmaceutical companies can ignore Blacher. Che's patent, producing the same products as him.
Originally, Bulayche relied on patents to stand out in the market, but now it has lost this advantage. A large number of competitors have appeared, and the price of products has also dropped significantly. Small pharmaceutical companies like Bulayche have already had low production costs. Without an advantage, losses will naturally occur.
Over the years, Bulayche has not conducted new research and has been resting on its laurels, so the company has not launched new products, directly putting Bulayche's company in trouble. This can really be said to be a patent for success and a patent for failure.
Of course, Bu Laiqie cannot sit still and wait for death. He will not watch his years of business go to waste. He has to save himself. The best way to save yourself is obviously to come up with a new product, and in the pharmaceutical industry, there is no doubt that there is a lot of scientific research behind new products.
In fact, in recent years, Bu Laiqie has been secretly funding many biological laboratories. Although he has been expelled from the scientific community, it does not mean that all scientists will reject him thousands of miles away when he receives a large amount of sponsorship money. No matter how high a scientist's moral integrity is, he still needs to eat. There is no one who can't get along with money.
It is true that everyone shouts to beat a rat crossing the street, but if a rat crossing the street shouts a diamond of several carats, I believe people's first reaction is not to beat the rat away, but to lure the rat over and take away the diamond.
Unfortunately, none of the laboratories sponsored by Blacher could produce the research results he needed.
Scientific research is what it is, and it doesn’t mean that you will definitely get a return if you invest money in it. There are countless cases where a lot of money is invested and then it goes down the drain.
When Bulayche was on the verge of despair, a piece of news from the Franklin Laboratory gave Bulayche renewed hope.
A suspected new stimulant has appeared!
As the "father of prohormones," Blatche certainly knows what a new type of stimulant means. Blatche became a multimillionaire by studying prohormones and their derivatives. If a new type of stimulant emerges, it could mean hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in wealth.
As a kind of drug, the main function of stimulants is not for athletes, but the biotechnology behind them, perhaps some new synthesis technology, perhaps some new extraction technology, and hundreds or thousands of Derivatives, even if only one of them can be used in pharmaceuticals, will bring huge wealth.
Bu Laiqie had a premonition that if he could obtain that new type of stimulant, he might be able to make a comeback. Not only could he save his pharmaceutical company, but he could also make a fortune.
According to information from Franklin Labs, this new type of stimulant is said to be controlled by a Chinese coach.
So Bu Laiqie began to investigate Li Dai and his training center, but over the past few months, he had exhausted all methods and spent a lot of time, but found nothing. The investigative firm he hired could find no clues, and the Franklin Laboratory was unable to find any clues in the athlete's specimens.
Bu Laiqie once thought that Franklin Labs and Coach Sebastian had made an own goal, and there were no new stimulants at all. It may only be an isolated case for a certain athlete to regain the competitive form of his youth.
But one athlete after another became stronger after being trained by Dai Li, and they also performed at the world's top level. This showed that it was not an isolated case, and Bu Laiqie confirmed that there really was that new type of stimulant. And he was even more convinced that this new type of stimulant was his only hope for a comeback.
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Looking at the quarterly financial report in his hand, looking at the loss figure, Bu Laiqie felt his heart bleeding. If he continues to lose money like this, his company won't be able to survive for long, and the crisis of bankruptcy is imminent.
"That Franklin Laboratory took so much of my sponsorship money, but it couldn't even detect a new type of stimulant. It was so unreliable at the critical moment. And that coach Sebastian, I don't have to count on him anymore. Although he is now the head coach of the national team, I don’t think he has the ability to get that new type of stimulant from athletes.”
"It seems that at this time, you still have to rely on yourself!" Blatche sighed, put down the report in his hand, and lowered his head to think.
"For athletes, they have used doping, so they must be insiders, but they can only be regarded as passive users, and the active one should be the provider of doping, that is, the Chinese coach named Li Dai. He is the core person in this matter.”
"So instead of wasting time and experience on those athletes, it's better to contact Coach Li directly. Maybe I overcomplicated things before and spent time and money to hire an investigation company. It's better to give the money directly to Coach Li. Use the purchased Wouldn’t it be more direct!”
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As soon as Dai Li walked through the door, the young lady at the reception desk stopped Dai Li.
"Boss, Mr. Derrickson called to make an appointment and wants to see you." The receptionist said.
"Derrickson?" Dai Li thought carefully and then said, "I don't know this person. Is he an athlete? Want to come to our place for training?"
"According to Mr. Derrickson's self-introduction, he is not an athlete, but a representative of a pharmaceutical company." The receptionist replied.
"He's here to sell nutritional products again! Let's leave this kind of thing to Randy, he is the manager, let him do the product negotiation." Dai Li was obviously not interested in the pharmaceutical company representative.
"I have informed Mr. Blake, and Mr. Blake also talked to Mr. Derrickson on the phone, but the other party named you and wanted to see you." The receptionist continued.
Dai Li nodded: "In this case, then make an appointment for me."
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There were only two people in the training center's reception room, Li Dai and Derrickson.
Derrickson pushed a check in front of Dai Li and said at the same time: "Coach Li, please don't refuse it in a hurry. Please take a look at the check first. We are very sincere."
Dai Li glanced at the seven digits on the check and showed a surprised expression for a moment.
"This pharmaceutical company is really spending a lot of money." Dai Li thought to himself.
"This amount is something that many people will never earn in their lifetime." Derrickson then advised: "Coach Li, you only need to give me ten grams of the new stimulant you have mastered, and this check will be yours. I After walking out of this gate, the transaction between us will never be disclosed, and you don’t have to take any risks.”
Dai Li sighed helplessly: "I've already explained to you, I don't have any banned drugs here, and I have never used banned drugs for athletes."
Derrickson ignored Dai Li's explanation and said to himself: "It seems that Coach Li is not satisfied with the number on this check. Otherwise, you name a price and I'll see if I have the authority to directly If you agree, I will report it to my boss even if it exceeds my authority. We can easily discuss the price."
"I really don't have what you want here. Let me say it again, I will never use any illegal drugs." Li Dai explained again.
"Coach Li, my boss is really sincere. If you feel that it is not appropriate to negotiate the price directly, we can also discuss the issue of sharing. You give us that new stimulant and we will conduct research. If the research comes out, If you obtain a patent and turn it into monetary income, we can give you a share. Coach Li, this is the biggest concession we can make." Derrickson said with a sincere face.
"I have some doubts now. What I just said was not in English. You didn't seem to understand a word of what I said. You were just talking to a cow." Li Dai felt that there was no way to communicate normally with this Derrickson, and he already had something in his heart. Made plans to see off guests.
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Derrickson walked out of Dai Li's training center with a very unhappy expression on his face. He took out his cell phone and dialed Bulayche's number.
The call was connected, and Bu Laiqie's voice immediately rang: "How are things going?"
"He said no," Derrickson began.
"Why? Have you told him all our quotations?" Bu Laiche asked immediately.
"Yes, I said everything, including the possibility of negotiating a share, but he refused." Derrickson replied.
"Isn't our offer high enough? Is this guy too greedy? What does he want?" Bu Laiqie asked angrily.
"He didn't make an offer, he just said no," Derrickson said.
"Are you unwilling to even talk?" Bu Laiqie's voice became even more angry. He suppressed his emotions and asked in a low voice, "Then did you secretly record it?"
"Following your instructions, I recorded the entire conversation, but unlike our previous plan, Dai Li has always denied doping athletes. So there is nothing substantive in the recording. We didn't How to threaten him with the content of this recording." Derrickson continued: "Unless we edit the recording."
"That's useless. With today's technology, you only need to input the audio into the computer. After one second, the computer will be able to identify whether the audio has been edited." Blaich sighed, and then said: "Forget it, you come back first Well, I’ll think of a way to compare.”
Putting down his cell phone, Bu Laiqie sat alone in the boss's chair in a daze.
In Bu Laiqie's view, the price he proposed was sincere enough.
If he wanted cash, Bulayche directly offered a seven-digit dollar amount and said it could still be negotiated.
If he wants long-term income, Blatche is also willing to give up the income share of the research results, which is a condition that none of the scientists involved in the research can get.
Bu Laiqie originally thought that with such a good condition, Dai Li would definitely agree and hand over the new stimulant to him, but Dai Li refused, and simply refused to admit that he had the new stimulant.
"I thought the worst outcome was that he would offer a very high asking price, too high for me to bear, and I would use the recording to threaten him to lower the price. But what I didn't expect was that he would directly refuse to admit it. It directly closes the door to negotiation, which means there is no need to talk at all. You are giving me a toast instead of eating it, and you are forcing me to use the second plan. "
Bu Laiqie's eyes flashed coldly.
The next second, Bu Laiqie stood up and walked to the wall.
There was an oil painting hanging on the wall, and Bu Laiqie reached out and took the painting down, revealing the safe behind it. Bu Laiqie pressed the password, and then pressed the fingerprint to unlock it. With a "click", the safe was opened.
Bu Laiqie fumbled in the safe and took out a small card with a phone number written on it.
Blatche took a deep breath and dialed the phone number above.
After a few beeps, the call was connected.
"Hey, Leon, I'm Blatche. As I mentioned to you last time, I need a few people, and one who is proficient in interrogation."