NovelEnglishThe so-called "I don't give a sh*t!" was a swear in American English. It roughly meant that someone did not
f*cking care for something or they were not in the least f*cking bothered by it.
The reason why Charlie had chosen an American swear was because he wanted to use a simple and harsh way
to show his attitude in front of Smith.
You want to talk about your rules in front of the Apothecary Restoration Pill? Do you even deserve that?'
When Smith heard that sentence, he immediately understood Charlie's attitude entirely.
The Apothecary Restoration Pill was being discussed there. Although it was a life-saving amazing medicine, if it
was faced with the rule, it would turn out to be a nuclear weapon even if it was stopped by God. It could conquer
anything that stopped it. Besides, its production was rare. If that was the case, it would be all one could wish for.
Under that kind of circumstance, everything would be purely the seller's market. The seller was akin to the
father.
Hence, Smith could only say apologetically, "Mr. Wade, I'm sorry. | said the wrong thing just now..."
After he had said that, he immediately made his stand clear. "Don't worry, we're willing to pay for the medicine.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHow much would you charge for this medicine?"
Smiling, Charlie said, "Since you're the person in charge of the FDA, you should know that the research and
development fees of many special drugs are very expensive. So, its price will also be very expensive..."
Right after bringing that up, Charlie deliberately changed the subject, and he smiled as he said, "By the way, |
heard that the FDA just approved a special medicine a while back. One single shot costs more than two million
dollars. Is there such a thing?"
"Yes..." Smith wiped his cold sweat. He stammered and said, "That medicine is produced by Novartis, and it's a
special medicine to cure spinal muscular atrophy."
Charlie nodded. He then smiled and said, "Then, the price of this extremely special medicine that can treat end-
stage cancer should not be too low either, right?"
Smith hurriedly said, "Mr. Wade, that medicine from Novartis is so expensive because one can be cured with only
one single shot... However, one would need to take the Apothecary Restoration Pill for a long time! If you make
its price too high, I'm afraid that no one would be able to afford it..."
Smiling, Charlie said, "Don't be so nervous. It's impossible that we would sell a box of that medicine a
t two million dollars. Wouldn't that be ridiculous?"
Smith breathed a slight relief.
He had been afraid that Charlie would ask for an exorbitant price.
At that time, he could not help but think inwardly, 'If one box is sold at two million dollars, I'm afraid that n o one
would be able to afford it except for those high-end rich people whose properties are more than billions of
dollars. After all, there are only seven pills in a box. One pill would cost three hundred thousand dollars. If a
patient spends a hundred million dollars on medicine for a year, the patient
might as well f* eking die..."
In that instant, Charlie said, "I think that we should just sell this medicine at a million dollars a box. This price is
quite suitable."
Hearing that, Smith soon becdesperate. He blurted out and said, "A million dollars a box... We would need
fifty-two boxes a year, and that would mean that the treatment fee for a year would be fifty-two million dollars. T-
That's too expensive..."
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Charlie spread his hand and said, "I
can't help it. The research and development as well as the
manufacturing expenses are very high. Besides, its production is very rare. We may not even get to sell more
than one hundred thousand boxes in a year. If we sell one hundred thousand boxes, the sales would only be one
billion a year. Is that very high? The monoclonal antibody drugs produced by the Western pharmaceutical
companies have annual sales of more than ten billion dollars. Did | raise any opinion on that?"
As he was talking, Charlie said again, "You have to understand that the raw ingredients in the oriental traditional
medicine rely on various kinds of treasures. It's nothing like chemical medicine. As long as you develop a
formula, you'll be able to put it to use in the production line, manufacturing it in mass production just like the
manufacturing of plastics or cloths."
Indeed, Charlie had no way to mass-produce the Apothecary Restoration Pill. At the very least, his current ability
was far from that at the moment. After all, that medicine truly relied on the Healing Pill. It was impossible if he
did nothing all day long and just kept himself at hto concoct pills.
Hence, he had no way to save everyone even if he had the heart to do so by using his medicinal ability.
That was also the case as to why that kind of medicine was produced in a relatively small amount.
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