The smile on Li Hao's face grew wider: "The production formula is the core secret of our pharmaceutical factory."
"We must not only use it to bring us the greatest benefit and support the war of resistance, but we must also use this secret as a weapon to fight against the invaders."
Lin Xinran was stunned for a moment, and asked with both confusion and expectation: "Can penicillin be used as a weapon?"
"Of course!" Li Hao affirmed.
"On the battlefield, our Chinese army has wounded soldiers, and so do the Japanese."
"Penicillin is a life-saving medicine for the wounded, and they need it too."
"As long as we get the reputation of penicillin out, the Japanese will desperately want to get this drug."
"When the time comes, we can sell it to our Chinese army at cost price, and then sell it to the Japanese at a high price. We can use the money from the Japanese invasion of our Chinese people to buy weapons, ammunition and supplies, and in turn attack them."
"I am certain that as long as we use this weapon properly, its power will be no less than that of a main force on the battlefield."
Lin Xinran's face slowly showed an expression of realization, and then it was covered with a smile again, and she promised with excitement: "Don't worry, captain, I will ensure the absolute confidentiality of the pharmaceutical formula and ensure that it will not be leaked."
After thinking for a few seconds, he continued to report: "Factory No. 1 has started fermenting the seed culture solution. The whole process will take a month. After the fermentation is completed, we can use the culture solution for large-scale production!"
"Preliminary judgment is that after one month, our pharmaceutical factory can produce 1,000 penicillin pills per day. After two months, with the increase in seed culture fluid, the production capacity can be increased to 2,000 pills per day."
"Give me half a year, and I can fully utilize the production capacity of the pharmaceutical factory and reach the maximum production capacity of 10,000 pills per day."
The smile on Li Hao's face grew wider, and he immediately said: "Ten thousand pills a day, which is 300,000 pills a month. Domestic sales are definitely enough, but if you want to make money from export sales, you need to further expand production."
"Comrade Xinran, I will handle this matter."
"What you have to do is to bring out the production capacity of the pharmaceutical factory as soon as possible, and I will solve the equipment problem and further expand the production scale of the pharmaceutical factory."
"At the same time, immediately allocate one hundred dollars from the medicines that have been produced to conduct experiments to ensure efficacy and safety. You must hurry up and tell me when the experiments are completed."
"The remaining 1,100 potions are all sealed. I will have great use for them."
Speaking of this, Li Hao thought of the large-scale counter-mopping up that had begun in the base area.
The Japanese and puppet troops launched a murderous attack, and Li Hao believed that the final victory would definitely belong to the Eighth Route Army.
But the Eighth Route Army's casualties are certainly inevitable, and they will be very heavy.
Medicines, especially Western medicines that can be used to reduce inflammation, have always been in very short supply in the Eighth Route Army and cannot be bought even if they have money.
More than a thousand penicillins, although not much, can definitely save many lives at critical moments.
Therefore, as long as penicillin passes clinical trials and is safe and effective, Li Hao will send them to the base area as soon as possible to support the base area's counter-mopping up.
Lin Xinran quickly replied: "Don't worry, captain, we have already started the experiment."
"This time we selected fifty injured patients with severe inflammation to participate in the clinical experiment, and all of them participated voluntarily."
"In the courtyard outside the pharmaceutical factory, Dr. Zhang, who came from the base area, is in charge of the entire clinical trial."
"In addition, the American doctor Jack brought last time also wants to participate. This requires your consent."
"I agree, of course I agree!" Li Hao replied without thinking.
"This is the best way to expand the impact of penicillin."
"We say that penicillin is better than sulfonamide, but many people will not believe it. What Americans say will definitely make most people believe it."
"In addition, penicillin must not only be effective in treating wound inflammation, but it must also have other effects that we don't know about."
"That American doctor can be of use to us and help us find out what other effects penicillin has."
"But there is one thing: research is research, and the core secrets of penicillin must not be known to him."
Lin Xinran quickly replied: "Don't worry, captain, I understand everything."
"I'll have someone tell Jack shortly and agree to his participation in clinical trials."
“Next comes the cost!”
"I have made statistics: the cost of drugs includes three aspects: raw material cost, labor cost, and equipment loss cost. After calculation, the cost of producing a thousand penicillin is about 200 yuan."
"As production capacity continues to expand, costs will be further reduced."
"When the pharmaceutical factory's production capacity reaches its limit, the cost is likely to exceed 100 yuan."
Li Hao's face was already happy and he immediately replied: "You must keep this matter secret. No one can tell it except me."
Eighth Route Army Office in Chongqing.
Every time Li Hao comes over, the outside of the chief's office is heavily guarded and no one is allowed to approach.
Seeing the chief, Li Hao directly took out a box of penicillin and handed it over, and then reported with excitement: "Chief, penicillin has been produced."
"After clinical trials, it has very good effects on various inflammations, and its efficacy is more than ten times that of ordinary sulfonamide tablets. More importantly, its production cost is very low, less than 100% of the sales price of sulfonamide tablets on the market
one."
"Ten penicillins cost only two oceans."
"After mass production, costs will continue to decrease."
The chief was frightened by the good news. He stared at Li Hao and asked: "Wait a minute, Comrade Li Hao, please repeat what you just said. It really has such a good effect."
"Yes, Chief!" Li Hao quickly repeated the report just now.
I fully understand the chief's mood at this moment.
Historically, the emergence of penicillin was already a miracle. Now that I have developed it two years in advance, the shocking effect will definitely be even greater.
It took a long time for the chief to react, and then he stared at Li Hao and continued to ask: "Comrade Li Hao, the pharmaceutical factory belongs to you, what are you going to do next?"
"Report to the chief: There are still 1,100 medicines left in the trial production. The base area is currently being raided on a large scale by the Japanese and puppet troops. I plan to give them to the base area free of charge. If the chief agrees, I will send someone to deliver the medicine now, and then
Through underground transportation lines, they can be sent to the base area as soon as possible to treat the wounded."
"After the drugs are mass-produced, they are first promoted for free in major field hospitals in Chongqing and then sold."
"Chongqing and our own side signed a secret agreement at the price of one piece of penicillin per ocean, initially providing one thousand pills per day, and increasing it to four thousand in six months."
"This price is one-tenth of that of sulfonamide tablets, and Chongqing will definitely accept it."
"I will sell it to the outside world for five yuan a piece."
"At first, we will sell 500 cigarettes a day, and after half a year, we will increase it to 2,000 cigarettes a day."
"At the same time, after one month, the pharmaceutical factory will provide free support to the headquarters of 2,500 yuan per day for the fight against Japan. After half a year, this number can be increased to 10,000 yuan per day."
