Fade sneered when he saw Loomis's worried expression. He said loudly, "With regards to everyone's safety, you don't have to worry about it at all."
"Mr. Chen, what do you mean?"
"Do you have a way of acquiring the Alstom Antibiotic from other channels, Mr. Chen?"
"Mr. Chen is a doctor. He can definitely cure our disease."
"But Mr. Chen is only a one man team, how would he have the time to treat so many of us?"
"Wasn't there some news about Mr. Chen leading the production of an alternative medicine? Could it be-"
Just as everyone was busy speculating, the two men in white robes who had been standing behind Fade proceeded to retrieve a box of medicine, and then they walked onto the stage.
Fade announced, "Everyone, you can stop worrying now. Our team has invented a medicine that is able to replace Alstom Antibiotics."
As soon as he said that, the crowd burst into an uproar. Everyone was shocked.
"They actually came up with one. I thought it was impossible?"
"I heard that there were hundreds of experts in Capital City who have been researching for months, and they haven't been able to make any progress. Dr. Chen has only been researching for a month, right? Isn't this quick?"
"Dr. Chen's medical skills are excellent. I believe in him."
"Dr. Chen, hurry and show us the medicine!"
The audience was ecstatic. On the stage, Loomis's face contorted. His facial muscles twitched a few times as his eyes were fixated on Fade.
He had been reckless due to the patent rights for Alstom Antibiotics. There was no way that Chinese citizens could develop this kind of medicine.
However, Fade's announcement that he had successfully developed a substitute medicine, also meant that he had overturned the trump card of Maritime Ocean Pharma. The news was even a threat to Bald Eagle Pharma, who was had been backing their company in Jade City.
For a moment, Loomis panicked.
He was hoping that what Fade said was fake and that he was only lying to stabilize the current situation. After all, Loomis knew very well how difficult it was to develop a new medicine.
Fade knew that everyone was skeptical. He explained, "The medicine we have developed is made solely from Chinese medicine. It sells at a fair price and is more effective than the Alstom Antibiotics. Unlike its Western counterparts, there are no side effects."
"We named this medicine the Ephedra Syrup. At 1 p.m. today, it will officially be released onto the market. You can buy it from major hospitals and pharmacies in Dragonville. The supply is guaranteed to be sufficient."
The people present cheered, while Loomis's expression became more and more gloomy.
He was trying to figure out a way to defeat Fade.
However, while Loomis was still thinking, Fade said, "As to the effects of the Ephedra Syrup, I can give a live demonstration right now."
As he spoke, Fade chose a random patient from the crowd. Under the watchful gaze of countless reporters, he gave the syrup to the patient.
The people in Dragonville were enraged. Many took to acts of vandalism to express their displeasure. The glass of the company was often broken, and the doors and walls would be splashed with paint or even dung.
Fade was busy with the mass production of the Ephedra Syrup as well the reporting of relevant research and development results.
After all, Dragonville was not the only city short of the Alstom Antibiotics. The whole country was in urgent need of antibiotics. However, as Dragonville was the one being targeted, its situation had been especially severe.
Fade wanted to distribute the Ephedra Syrup throughout the whole country as soon as possible as in order to solve the shortage of Alstom Antibiotics. In doing so, Bald Eagle Pharma could no longer threaten the
pharmaceutical industry in China.
On the other hand, Fade had a bigger idea.
The Bald Eagle Pharma had made use of the patent rights of Alstom Antibiotics to threaten dozens of countries all over the world.
Since he has now developed a substitute medicine which was even more effective, if he could promote the Ephedra Syrup throughout the whole world, he could take over the global market right away. This was especially true considering that some countries were under a similar threat whereby Bald Eagle Pharma had been monopolizing the market with their patent rights.
If things went as he planned, Fade might become a magnate in the pharmaceutical industry that could compete with Bald Eagle Pharma.
However, the idea was too massive to be realized in a short span of time. Therefore, the most important thing to do right now was to distribute the Ephedra Syrup across the whole country.
Fade didn't know much about bureaucratic procedures, so he entrusted this part of the job to Daphne Tao and Principal Hu, while he poured all of his attention into the production of the Ephedra Syrup.
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