My autobiography is definitely not a tragedy!-Chapter 742 - 453: Life is Full of Surprises_2

"Moreover, I have other things to do during this period; I don’t have the time to watch over this place every day."

"What things? Are they related to this business trip?" Ah Xing asked curiously.

In recent days, he had been intensely sparring with a bunch of newly recruited experts at Liang Shanbo, and only knew that Brother Biao had been on business trips. He had no clue about what he was up to.

Brother Biao wasn’t secretive either, "Chairman Gao arranged a task for me to deal with a traditional Chinese medicine company to produce a type of proprietary Chinese medicine.

I’ve been leading a team to buy a pharmaceutical plant in the neighboring city these past two days."

"Traditional Chinese medicine? Doesn’t Changqing Biological specialize in pharmaceuticals? Why is this business being outsourced to us?" Ah Xing didn’t understand.

"They say their business has been too busy lately, they’re short on people, and this Chinese medicine doesn’t overlap with their existing operations at all...

So, they had me register a trademark, using the name of our ’Liang Shanbo’.

Well... speaking of the formula, they seem to value it a lot; originally, Chairman Gao wanted me to arrange for the security of the secret recipe at the pharmaceutical factory, but then he suddenly asked me if I was willing to take charge of the factory.

I figured Chinese medicine wasn’t exactly a lucrative business, and I might even burn some cash, so I agreed to do it."

Now that he thought about it, Cheng Biao suspected that Gao Yuan might be short on funds and knew that he had some money on hand—she might have been waiting for him all along...

But that was only part of the picture.

The reason Gao Yuan wanted Cheng Biao to be responsible for the pharmaceutical factory was not only about funding but also to diversify public attention.

After all, Changqing Biological had been too frequently trending on the search engines recently.

There is no normal company in the world that could achieve one technological breakthrough after another without considerable underlying strength.

If it happens once or twice, it could be luck, but three or four times, it’s blatantly telling people that it’s a Black Technology factory...

Although the formula for the Chinese medicine seemed ordinary, Meng Lang had given it to him in all seriousness, and Gao Yuan didn’t dare to underestimate it, fearing it might cause another significant upheaval.

Therefore, she decided to start anew and develop Chinese and Western medicine businesses separately.

So, Brother Biao, who had both leisure time and money, became the most suitable person in charge...

"Oh, what is this medicine for?" Ah Xing was somewhat puzzled.

"It seems... it’s for colds, I think? It’s called... Lotus Clearing Fever Capsules..."

...

Beijing, Disease Control Center.

"Director Wu, this is the latest data compiled. Not only Beihe Province, but also the neighboring three or four provinces and cities have successively found several cases of African Z virus-infected pigs.

The higher-ups are taking this outbreak very seriously. All provinces and cities across the country have sounded the highest level of alerts, and the emergency expert group that was put together has already rushed to assist in field investigations in the affected breeding areas.

This is Professor Huang, the head of the expert group."

"Professor Huang, this outbreak of Z fever has caused huge losses to the breeding industry in Beihe Province and the surrounding provinces and cities, and we urgently need an effective response plan.

You’re an expert in this field; do you have any strategies?"

The elderly Professor Huang adjusted his glasses with a solemn facial expression, responding to the inquiry.

"The African Z virus is aggressive this time, not only is its transmission route extremely covert, but it is also highly infectious. In just a month, it has spread to half of the north and still shows the trend of spreading further into major provinces in the south.

Our initial preparations were insufficient, and conventional methods will likely be unable to stop its spread.

The only solution now is to strictly implement biosecurity regulations to minimize the losses."

"But that method is a temporary solution, not a cure. Are we really helpless against it beyond this?"

With a helpless shake of his head, Professor Huang said, "The African Z virus is a centennial challenge that perplexes the medical community worldwide, and domestically, we lack the corresponding preventive measures..."

Seeing the disappointment on Director Wu’s face, Professor Huang hesitated for a moment before speaking again.

"Although we are powerless with traditional methods, there was an academic paper on a ’genetic recombination attenuated live vaccine’ against this virus, published some time ago in the Willow Leaf Flying Blade journal.

Although I can’t be sure of its authenticity, I’ve heard that the Northern Country has already confirmed the vaccine’s effectiveness..."

"What? Does that mean there’s already a targeted vaccine available?"

"Mmm... I don’t have specific experimental data, so I cannot be certain, but our strain of the African Z virus most likely came from the Northern Country and probably hasn’t mutated on a large scale yet.

In theory, if this vaccine is effective against their strain, it should also work on our domestic strain."

Director Wu’s face brightened with surprise. "Then what are we waiting for? The situation is extremely urgent! By the way, which biological enterprise in the Northern Country developed this product?

If we can confirm the vaccine’s effectiveness, we can immediately apply for an emergency import!"

"That... an import is not necessary. It seems that the developer of this vaccine is actually one of our own domestic enterprises..."

"What? A domestic enterprise?" Director Wu was startled and after hesitating for a moment, thoughtfully asked.

"Professor Huang, are you sure there are no other effective methods besides this vaccine?"

"Given the current situation, conventional biosecurity means have limited effect. If there’s any method in the world that can minimize our losses to the greatest extent, it may well be that this newly emerged vaccine is our only hope."

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