Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 332 Competitiveness

When the city government of Johannesburg took a loan from Rand Bank, it was Scarlett who approached Johannesburg on behalf of Rand Bank.

Speaking of which, Roque hasn't seen Ada for a long time. It seems that after Roque and Phyllis got engaged, Ada returned to Cape Town and never came back.

At first, Rock thought that Ida was stimulated, and planned to break up with Rock completely, and never get involved in Rock's life again.

If Ada really chooses this way, then Roque really has no reason to continue pestering Ada. After all, Ada is a very assertive woman, which is what attracted Roque the most to Ada. Ke, then Rock will only bless.

But obviously, Ada did not ignore Roque, nor did she change her attitude towards Roque just because Roque and Phyllis were engaged. Although Ada was in Cape Town, she and Roque often had telegram exchanges, and even Regarding the Rand Bank and the Rock Gold Mine, Ada also remotely commanded through telegrams, and it was not an attitude of completely breaking up with Rock.

So Roque didn't understand why Ada left Johannesburg, so Roque specially called Scarlett over.

"Mrs. Capet has private matters to deal with, so she must return to Cape Town." Scarlett's answer was simple.

"Do you know what's going on?" Rock asked. Rock had already asked Ada about this question, and Ada's answer was the same as Scarlett's.

"I don't know—" Scarlett started to play with the pen with her head down. This action was a bit familiar to Rock, as Scarlett used to do when she was flustered.

"Unclear?" Rock asked.

"Yes—" Scarlett asked three questions.

"Very good." Rock didn't force Scarlett, waved Scarlett to leave, and then sent a telegram to Luo Yi who was still in Cape Town.

After Anton went to Nyasaland, Luo Yi took over smoothly and took over Anton's job. His current police rank is also inspector, and he still has a lot of power in the Cape Town Police Department.

Speaking of it, Luo Yi is actually more adapted to the intriguing workplace life than Rock and Anton. After all, Luo Yi has been on the streets since he was a child, and he is used to seeing the warmth and coldness of the world. When encountering things, he can lower his head and bend his waist. Someone is covering him, and it is inevitable that such a person will become famous.

There is a relationship between Roque and August Russell. Although Roque is no longer in Cape Town, August Russell did not wear shoes for the Chinese police officers in the Cape Town Police Department. On the contrary, because of Roque's career, August Russell took good care of the Chinese policemen. As a result, the status of the Chinese policemen in the Cape Town Police Department has increased. For now, although Luo Yi is still the only inspector, the policemen under the inspector The number of Chinese sheriffs has almost equaled that of white sheriffs, which fully demonstrates the improvement of the status of Chinese police.

With Luo Yi's status in Cape Town, it is very easy to find out what trouble Ida encountered, so Rock left this matter to Luo Yi and left it behind.

It can't be blamed for Rock's inattention. Rock stayed in Nyasaland for three months before, so it's inconvenient to leave Johannesburg now. What's more, there are many facts in Johannesburg, and Rock can't leave.

At the same time that the road was being built, the medical school and pharmaceutical factory that Rock was trying to stay in Johannesburg also started.

The medical school is better. After all, there are not many interests involved. The return period of investment is a bit long. The mine owners in Johannesburg don't like it, so they can let Roque play.

The pharmaceutical factory is too important. Everyone knows the profit of a pharmaceutical factory. The income generated by a pharmaceutical factory in this era is not inferior to that of a large gold mine. One day, the gold mine is the hen that can keep laying eggs.

Therefore, there are quite a few people who want to invest in pharmaceutical factories, and some even follow Owen's path and offer money to Rock.

"I am the leader of the Liberal Party. I have to work for the welfare of the members of the Liberal Party. Besides, this is a good thing. The more people who invest in the shares, the greater the interests of the pharmaceutical factory will be involved, because the community of interests formed by the pharmaceutical factory will be stronger. What's more, These are small shareholders who are not even qualified to participate in the board of directors, and will not affect the operation of the pharmaceutical factory at all. No matter how you look at it, this is a good thing." Owen took the initiative to find Rock, hoping that Rock can open the pharmaceutical factory so that More people joined in.

"Whatever you want, if you think it's a good thing, then it's a good thing." Rock doesn't take power. The current pharmaceutical factory can only buy patents to produce specific drugs. To put it bluntly, it's a bad street product, and it's impossible to make more profits. However, it is the biological laboratory led by Abu who really makes money. No one except Rock realizes this now.

The meaning of the word "biology" is very broad. Abu himself studies cell chemistry, and he researches medicines in his spare time, all of which are incidental.

With Rock around, Abu must have research projects. Penicillin and Artemisia annua are just one aspect. Now Rock has introduced Panax notoginseng from the Qing Dynasty and is cultivating them experimentally in Johannesburg. Over time, this will become a new profit growth point.

Panax notoginseng is the main ingredient of Qu Huanzhang Baibao Dan. "Qu Huanzhang Baibao Dan" is another well-known Baiyao in time and space. Many of Rock's current researches are for the future World War I. Penicillin is of course important, Qu Huan Zhang Baibaodan is also very important, even more important than penicillin.

Qu Huanzhang is the inventor of Baiyao. He was only 22 years old when he invented Baiyao. It is said that one day Qu Huanzhang went to the mountain to collect medicine and saw two snakes fighting. After a while, one of them retreated. Swimming to a piece of grass, he wriggled, and after a while, the wound on the snake became intact. Qu Huanzhang waited for the snake to swim away, picked up the grass on the ground and carefully identified it, and decided that the grass must have miraculous effects. Qu Huanzhang finally created Baibao Pill based on his usual experience in healing wounds and stopping bleeding

This story sounds a bit magical, but there is no doubt about the effect of Panax notoginseng on wounds. It is recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica Supplements": Ginseng is the first in nourishing qi, and Sanqi is the first in nourishing blood. It is the most precious of Chinese medicine; Li Shizhen, a famous pharmacist in the Ming Dynasty, called Sanqi as "gold does not change", which is enough to prove the curative effect of Sanqi on wounds.

In the former "Hometown of Panax notoginseng", 70% of the prefecture belongs to the subtropical zone and 30% belongs to the temperate zone. The average annual precipitation and sunshine are quite sufficient, and the annual frost-free period reaches 270-350 days. , heat, water, and air conditions, so that high-quality notoginseng medicinal materials can be produced.

If these conditions are applied, Johannesburg seems to be very suitable, so Rock transplanted Panax notoginseng to Johannesburg and asked Abu to conduct research on Sanqi. But it is better than amputation at every turn in Europe.

In terms of medicine, whites and Chinese are far behind. In the pre-Qin period, the Chinese wrote the "Huangdi Neijing", and in Europe until the [-]th century, doctors would bleed their patients every time they treated them.

This can also understand why the "Black Death" became a nightmare for white people, but the Chinese did not experience a serious epidemic similar to the "Black Death".

Specifically in Johannesburg, if there is an industry that Johannesburg can quickly catch up with the world, then I am afraid it is the pharmaceutical industry.

The pharmaceutical industry in the West began in the middle of the 19th century. Dye companies and chemical factories were the first to study drugs. Until the end of the 19th century, the dye industry and chemical industry began to merge into the pharmaceutical industry, and scientists began to study the structure-activity theory of drugs.

During this period, pharmaceutical factories could only produce some generic drugs, such as drugs for pain, infection, and heart disease, and there was still a huge gap in medicine.

The golden age of the pharmaceutical industry was from the 30s to the 60s. It was also in the First World War that people fully realized the importance of drugs, so various countries began to increase research on drugs, which promoted the development of pharmaceuticals. The rapid development of the industry.

It's only just entering the twentieth century, so Rock still has plenty of time.

"What are you thinking?" Owen keenly felt that Rock's attitude seemed a little abnormal.

"What?" Rock pretended to be stupid.

Although Owen is Phyllis' elder brother, there are some things that even Owen can't say to Rock.

For example, the ongoing research in the biological laboratory, Rock will never disclose half a word to the outside world. The big boss in Johannesburg wants to take a stake in the pharmaceutical factory. The reason why Rock let it go is because Rock still has a back hand.

Rock is ready. As long as Abu's biological laboratory produces results, Rock will set up a new pharmaceutical factory in Nyasaland to produce new drugs to obtain greater profits.

As for the pharmaceutical factory in Johannesburg, Rock's positioning is to produce some medical consumables and basic medicines. These medicines and consumables have low profits and high costs.

"No, you must be planning something, tell me and listen, maybe I can give you some advice." Owen worked hard to fight for it. Based on Owen's understanding of Rock, it must be abnormal for Rock to be so generous now.

"Don't think too much, it's really nothing." Rock kept his mouth shut. A pharmaceutical factory like Johannesburg without core competitiveness is actually of little significance. If Abramovich's laboratory can produce results as soon as possible, then only rely on drugs, Niassa Lan can make a lot of money.

The most important thing is that there is basically no conflict between the pharmaceutical industry and the local industry in the UK. The largest pharmaceutical companies in the UK are Wellcome and Boonneman. Wellcome is the future GlaxoSmithKline, and Boonneman Group is It is one of the five largest companies in the modern world and one of the four largest companies in the UK.

They all sound powerful, but in fact, the current Wellcome and Bu Neimen are not much stronger than the handicraft workshops, and they don't have much competitiveness at all.

(End of this chapter)