eurekapd Chapter 26 Great ambition
Chapter 26 Great ambition
Soon, a pot of Mansong ancient tree Pu'er tea with a rich orchid fragrance was brewed.
"Aunt Xiang, please!"
Chen Xiangyun picked up the teacup, looked at the bright yellow and clear tea soup, and took a sip elegantly.
Then she put down the teacup, looked at Jiang Shiyuan, and spoke slowly.
"Xiaoyuan, the reason why I asked you to come home for dinner tonight is actually because I have something important to discuss..."
"Aunt Xiang, I know, please tell me." Jiang Shiyuan put down his teacup and pretended to listen attentively.
"I believe you have some knowledge of the development history of Jiayuan Pharmaceutical. We started out by producing and selling injections and tablets of the Changming brand 'Vitamin Life-Saving'."
"But since its establishment in 1921, it has only had this one flagship product, and it is inevitable that it cannot compete with those foreign pharmaceutical companies that can continuously innovate."
"To be honest, the products of Jiayuan Pharmaceutical are already showing signs of gradual weakening in the market."
"Although we imported advanced R&D equipment from the United States through the Chen family and hired foreign R&D personnel at high salaries, the company's annual fixed expenses are huge and we are now somewhat unable to make ends meet."
"I was thinking, since you are also a top student who studied abroad and have obtained a double doctorate in clinical medicine and chemical pharmaceuticals at such a young age, you are definitely considered a world-class talent. Why don't we..."
When Chen Xiangyun said this, she deliberately paused and observed Jiang Shiyuan's reaction.
"As opposed to what?" Jiang Shiyuan asked in a puzzled tone, but he had already guessed Chen Xiangyun's intention in his heart.
"How about, just like your Aunt Chen suggested last night, you come to work at Jiayuan Pharmaceutical as a specially-appointed R&D consultant?"
Chen Xiangyun finally revealed her true intentions.
"Specially hired R&D consultant?" Jiang Shiyuan pretended to be silent, as if he was seriously considering Chen Xiangyun's proposal.
"Yes, I know you're not interested in this, but you can't just watch your mother's hard work go to waste, right?"
Seeing that Jiang Shiyuan was a little hesitant, Chen Xiangyun immediately started to play the emotional card.
"I know you still have resentment towards me, blaming me for being your mother's good sister, but shamelessly climbing into your father's bed..."
"But Marshal Jiang loves your mother so much that he doesn't even care about any other woman besides her."
"Nothing happened between us on our wedding night. He never let your mother down from beginning to end..."
Chen Xiangyun couldn't help but choke up when she talked about the sadness and pain she had experienced over the years.
"Because before your mother died, she entrusted me, whom she had always regarded as her own sister, to your father and asked me to take over as the mistress of the Jiang family."
"Your father respected your mother's last wish, so he had no choice but to let me be his successor, but it has always been in name only."
"I will never have a descendant of the Jiang family in my lifetime. You and Xiaojia, I have watched you grow up since you were young. I sincerely treat you as my own children."
"But Xiaoyuan, ever since your mother passed away, you have been resentful of me and no longer get close to me."
"The relationship between my mother and I has been at a standstill until now. It was not until last night that I noticed signs of easing..."
When she said this, she couldn't help but cry so hard that it was hard to tell whether her feelings were true or false.
"Xiaoyuan, you don't know how surprised and relieved I was when I saw the chestnut cake you brought me last night!"
Jiang Shiyuan immediately sat down next to Chen Xiangyun and gently stroked her back.
Chen Xiangyun held her other hand tightly on her leg with an earnest look.
"Xiaoyuan, let's work together to make the Jiayuan Pharmaceutical founded by your mother flourish, okay?"
"Aunt Xiang, please don't cry and hurt yourself. I promise you!"
Jiang Shiyuan pretended to be moved by Chen Xiangyun's "sincerity" and nodded to agree to her request.
"Really? Xiaoyuan, are you really willing to agree?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiangyun was overjoyed and asked excitedly.
"Well, I do!"
"After all, this is the result of my mother's hard work when she was alive. After all, I am also a member of the Jiang family, and I should make due contributions to the Jiang family!"
Jiang Shiyuan spoke solemnly, but a barely perceptible curve appeared on the corner of his lips.
Oh, as soon as I fell asleep, someone gave me a pillow and the fish took the bait!
Then, she continued, "But Aunt Xiang, I can't quit my job at Sacred Heart Hospital yet. After all, the patients and their families who come to see me are either rich or noble."
"If I can maintain it well, it will be more conducive to the steady development of our Jiang Mansion in the future."
"So I can only do this specially hired R&D consultant you mentioned when I have time, but I promise that I will work no less than two days a week."
After Chen Xiangyun achieved her goal of using Jiang Shiyuan as a cash cow for Jiayuan Pharmaceutical, she immediately wiped away her tears and burst into laughter.
She nodded repeatedly when she heard this, without any objection.
The two of them were able to put aside their old grudges and turn hostility into friendship.
After a few more pleasantries, Chen Xiangyun gently told Jiang Shiyuan to go to bed early, and went upstairs to rest, humming a little tune happily.
Jiang Shiyuan said good night sweetly, staring at Chen Xiangyun's back and lost in thought...
In the real world, her master's thesis research direction is the integration of Chinese and Western medicine.
At the same time, I am interested in spy dramas and the history of Chinese and Western medicine, so naturally I will learn about the history of the development of Chinese and Western medicine in China during the Anti-Japanese War.
The Jiayuan Pharmaceutical that Chen Xiangyun mentioned just now is the pharmaceutical company that integrates R&D, production and sales, based on the Shanghai Xinyi Pharmaceutical Factory in the original drama of "The Lantern Bearer".
As a researcher, Jiang Shiyuan also looked up relevant information and knew the past and present of "Xinyi" very well.
What she wanted was to use Jiayuan Pharmaceutical's laboratory legitimately to quickly develop domestic sulfa drugs!
The domestically produced sulfa drug, namely the "Xiaozhilong" injection and tablets, which were originally developed and produced by Syngenta Pharmaceuticals at the end of 1940, were launched three years ahead of schedule.
This will help break the barriers of sulfonamide drugs, which have long been monopolized by foreign countries, and are expensive, strictly controlled and difficult to obtain.
In this way, high-quality and low-cost domestic anti-inflammatory drugs can be delivered to the soldiers on the anti-Japanese front earlier, significantly reducing the soldiers' infection and mortality rate.
At the same time, Jiang Shiyuan also plans to send an international telegram to his chemical pharmaceutical mentor in the United States tomorrow.
Please ask this research fanatic to give up some of the penicillin strain that the Eagle Country microbiologist Fleming had given him, and give himself some of it for research and development.
In the real world, mass production of penicillin was achieved by American pharmaceutical companies in 1942, which is the penicillin well known to the Chinese people.
But at that time, China's foreign aid channels, such as the Burma Road, had basically been cut off by the Japanese army, and the penicillin donated by the United States could not be transported in at all.
Jiang Shiyuan was very ambitious. She wanted to advance the history of mass production of penicillin to 1937, when Jiayuan Pharmaceutical in Shanghai, China would achieve it.
And she will strive to make significant progress in her research on penicillin purification and mass production before the "August 13th Battle of Shanghai"!
And she, at most, only has five months left!