Ji Chun.
Ma Shou Chang's family.
Ma Shouchang, Qu Xiuzhen, Zhou Bingkun, and Qi Peng were drinking tea and chatting.
"Dr. Zhou, when did you come back?" Ma Shouchang asked with a smile. He hadn't seen Zhou Bingkun for a while, and he felt even more cordial when he saw him again.
"Uncle Ma, I've been back for a few days." Zhou Bingkun said with a smile. His clothes and other aspects were not much different from before. He still looked plain, without the strange feeling he had when he returned from Xiangjiang. His demeanor was as calm as ever.
"Then where do you live? I heard that your house has been returned to the Housing Authority." Ma Shouchang asked with concern. Qi Xinghua told him about Zhou Bingkun. Of course, all Qi Xinghua knew was what Qi Peng said at home.
"I'll stay in a hotel." Zhou Bingkun said casually.
"How can you stay in a hotel? If not, I'll find a place for you to stay." Ma Shouchang said enthusiastically. Although he has retired, he can still help Zhou Bingkun find a place to live.
"Uncle Ma, I don't need you here. Bingkun wanted to find a place to live, so I helped him find a place to live. He insisted on staying in a hotel." Qi Peng answered. Zhou Bingkun has been back for several days, but he has been staying in the hotel.
"Then we also eat in the hotel?" Ma Shouchang asked.
"Uncle Ma, I eat wherever I go." After Zhou Bingkun came back, everyone was very enthusiastic and wanted to treat him to a meal and check on his illness.
"Bingkun, I heard that you made a big splash in Xiangjiang?" Qu Xiuzhen asked with a smile. She didn't know much about Zhou Bingkun, but she had heard some things.
"It's not bad." Zhou Bingkun said modestly.
"Bingkun, what do you mean it's okay? I know your business very well." Qi Peng said with a smile. He has other channels to know things that outsiders don't know. He knew very well how big a wave Zhou Bingkun had made in Xiangjiang, and how many factories and hotels Zhou Bingkun had invested in Pengcheng.
"I just made a little money and invested in a few factories, which is not worth mentioning." Zhou Bingkun said calmly.
"Bingkun, you are dishonest. You bought several commercial buildings in Xiangjiang, invested in several hospitals, bought stocks, and I heard that you even found someone to trade US stocks...
In Pengcheng, you invested in a hospital known as the world's largest and best, a hotel known as the world's top, and more than a dozen Western medicine factories...
We are still preparing for the establishment of a traditional Chinese medicine factory. It is said that medicinal material processing centers will be built across the country, and the world's largest food city and commercial building will be built in the capital..." Qi Peng said a lot. He knew Zhou Bingkun's affairs well. These are all Someone specially collected it.
"Is this... is this all true?" Qu Xiuzhen was completely shocked. Ma Shouchang was also shocked.
"It's just a trivial matter, it's not worth mentioning." Zhou Bingkun said calmly. He has no arrogance at all. He always remembers to be humble. His motto is humility.
"Is this still a trivial matter?!" Ma Shouchang couldn't help but say. He felt like he wanted to curse.
"Bingkun, how much do these investments of yours cost? Where did you get so much money?" Qu Xiuzhen asked curiously after regaining her composure.
Seeing Zhou Bingkun smiling and saying nothing, Qi Peng spoke again, "Aunt Qu, Uncle Ma, do you know how profitable Bingkun's Western Medicine Factory is?"
"How much money can I make?" Qu Xiuzhen asked hurriedly.
"I don't know how much I can make, but I know that in Bingkun's Western Medicine Factory, a bottle of medicine that costs one yuan RMB sells for a thousand dollars a bottle in the international market." Qi Peng said with wide eyes. His voice became louder unconsciously. He found this incredible. But that is indeed the case, and those drugs are still in short supply.
"How much? One thousand US dollars? How much RMB is that?" Ma Shouchang asked.
"Uncle Ma, the current exchange rate of US dollar to rmb is about 1 US dollar: 1.5 yuan rmb." Qi Peng said. The exchange rate in this era was very high.
"So, one thousand US dollars is one thousand five hundred yuan? A bottle of medicine worth one yuan is sold for one thousand five hundred times the price?" Qu Xiuzhen was shocked again.
"How many bottles can be sold in a month?" Ma Shouchang asked.
"Bingkun's pharmaceutical factory produces a thousand bottles a month, and they are all sold," Qi Peng said.
"One thousand bottles a month, that's... one million US dollars a month, or RMB 1.5 million!" Qu Xiuzhen quickly calculated a number that shocked them.
"Earn so much money in a month?!" Ma Shouchang said in shock.
Qi Peng nodded and looked at Zhou Bingkun, "Bingkun, has your pharmaceutical factory's production increased recently?"
"It's been increased. It's already five thousand bottles." Zhou Bingkun said casually. He still looked calm and relaxed.
But his words immediately shocked Qi Peng, Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen again.
"If you have five thousand bottles, how much money can you make per month?" Qu Xiuzhen said subconsciously.
"Five million U.S. dollars, or RMB 7.5 million!" Ma Shouchang calculated it in one go.
"So much money! It's still for one month." Qu Xiuzhen said in surprise.
"By the way, Doctor Zhou, can you sell five thousand bottles of medicine?" Ma Shouchang asked.
"Yes. However, this amount is almost there and cannot be increased." Zhou Bingkun said.
"Why?" Qu Xiuzhen asked.
"Things are rare and valuable." Zhou Bingkun said with a smile.
Ma Shouchang and Qu Xiuzhen both frowned when they heard this. Can a medicine that can cure diseases and save lives still be like this? Inappropriate?
"Dr. Zhou, have all your medicines been sold abroad? What about domestically? Are they sold? How much do they cost?" Ma Shouchang continued to ask.
"Uncle Ma, these are all Western medicines. In China, I don't plan to sell Western medicines. I am building a Chinese medicine factory and plan to sell Chinese medicines." Zhou Bingkun said what he was doing.
"Selling Chinese medicine? Is there any difference between Chinese medicine and Western medicine?" Ma Shouchang asked next.
"Well... the taste is different. For Western medicine, just drink water and swallow it. For Chinese medicine, it's a bit bitter when you drink it." Zhou Bingkun thought for a while and only talked about the taste, not anything else.
"Bingkun, this is wrong of you. How can you let our people drink bitter medicine and let foreigners drink delicious medicine? You are treating them differently, which is wrong." Qu Xiuzhen immediately criticized.
Zhou Bingkun smiled and said nothing.
"You..." Qu Xiuzhen wanted to say something else, but Ma Shouchang stopped him.
"Dr. Zhou, isn't it just that the taste of Chinese medicine is different from that of Western medicine?" Ma Shouchang asked. He was calmer than Qu Xiuzhen and asked directly to the point.
Qi Peng and Qu Xiuzhen both looked at Zhou Bingkun quietly.
Zhou Bingkun was silent for a moment and said, "Uncle Ma, there is a big difference between Chinese medicine and Western medicine. Chinese medicine likes to treat the root cause, while Western medicine likes to treat the symptoms." He only said this and didn't say much more. He believed they all understood.
After hearing this, Qi Peng and the other three looked at each other. They all understood. Qu Xiuzhen couldn't help but ask, "Bingkun, you mean the medicine sold to foreigners only controlled the disease, but it couldn't cure it. But giving it to What we people eat can cure diseases."
"I didn't say that. I just produced medicines that suit the national conditions of different countries." Zhou Bingkun said casually.
"In this case, will foreigners continue to take the medicine you sell?" Ma Shouchang asked.
"Yes, they have to keep eating." Zhou Bingkun said matter-of-factly. He didn't say anything yet: long-term use of Western medicine will damage the body. This is drinking poison to quench thirst.
"Then... isn't this a trick to them? Is this a money grab?!" Ma Shouchang couldn't help but said.
"That's right, it's just about cheating foreigners and stealing their money! Uncle Ma, how many things in our country have been robbed by foreigners. Now, I want to use western medicine to get back all the things they robbed." Zhou Bingkun said loudly. He showed his hand. He plans to rob the whole world with Western medicine. In later generations, Chou State used Western medicine to rob the whole world, and now, he, Zhou Bingkun, is planning to do the same.
