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Chapter 1147 Looking for Vaccine Partners
"The drug called the vaccine is expensive, and maybe one in 10 people will die from the injection. Actually this is our estimate. One in 10 people is not healthy. It's a robust estimate, maybe a few tens of thousands of people. Only one person in 10 will die." Li Jinde was a little tired of the British businessmen who came to ask about the smallpox vaccine, and he had introduced them to the side effects of the smallpox vaccine several times, and most of them would retreat in spite of the difficulties.

However, Sir Henry, the governor of the Levant Company and engaged in trade with the Ottoman Empire, seems to be different from other British businessmen: "It's nothing if one of a hundred thousand people dies. When the Black Death was prevalent, people were killed like weeds Harvest with a sickle. When smallpox breaks out, half of the people in a village may die. Even many princes and princesses died young because of smallpox.”

Li Jinde's eyes lighted up this time, and it seemed that this Henry seemed interested in placing a vaccine: "It seems that you are not afraid of taking the risk?"

"Behind the risk is the profit. As long as it is a useful commodity, it has its value. How to sell it depends on the means." Sir Henry said indifferently.

"I see, let our doctor show you how to use ten seconds." Li Jinde saw that the man wanted to buy the vaccine, so he called the doctor again and asked him to demonstrate how to use the needle to inject the vaccine.

Although Sir Henry's scalp felt a little numb, he was still very interested in it: "This is a good product, but the price of 10 pounds a piece is a bit outrageous, why don't you sell it to me for 2000 pounds, I can use it £1000 for [-] vaccines."

"Sir Henry, you should understand that we risked our lives to transport vaccines from tens of thousands of miles away from the East in order to make a small profit. We have just started using this drug in China, and our Western companies are I finally won the trading privilege of this drug, if I sell it to you for two pounds, how can I face the shareholders?" Li Jinde was slightly dissatisfied with Sir Henry's low price like a lion.

Businessman Henry suddenly lowered the price from 10 pounds to 2 pounds, and his profits shrunk by five times.Although the price of 2 pounds of silver has already made a lot of profit, the profit has suddenly shrunk sharply, which is different from the high price strategy envisioned by Li Jinde.

"The problem is that this medicine is not a completely safe medicine. No one in Britain has used it yet. It can be used directly like spices and silk, and some people will even treat you as liars. If it weren't for me The factory, and sent a fleet to escort, I will hesitate to cooperate with you, worried that you will sell us useless things." Sir Henry said.

"The price of two pounds is really too little, and it is against our interests. I would rather continue to wait and see if there are other people who know the goods. If there is no one, maybe the Dutch businessman and the Spanish businessman will be interested in our vaccine. We have the financial resources to organize more than [-] galleons to come here, and the goods on board are worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, and there is no shortage of a few thousand pounds, and there is no need to sacrifice our reputation for a few thousand pounds." Li Jinde said.

Sir Henry frowned slightly. Originally, he had inquired that no businessman was willing to accept this batch of vaccines. He thought he could buy a batch of vaccines at a lower price to test the water. A £2000 loss is nothing to him, who owns more than £10 in estate and liquid assets.But if he wants to eat a thousand vaccines at a price of 10000 pounds, the loss of 10000 pounds is considered a minor injury to him.

"How about £3 for a vaccine?" Sir Henry made a concession.

"3 pounds is still too low." Li Jinde is still up for grabs.

"Don't forget that you don't have the ability to open up the market now. Only I have the means to make people willing to be vaccinated. I am afraid that there are no more than five people in Britain who can have this energy, except His Majesty the King." Sir Henry said proudly, "If you choose to cooperate with me, and the vaccine can open up the market in Britain, we will be a regular partner and can control this market for a long time for profit."

Li Jinde pondered for a while, if Sir Henry could really open up the market with this batch of vaccines, he would not have to worry about the sales of the vaccines in the future.

He paced around for a while, and gradually understood Sir Henry's confidence in opening up the British vaccine market: "We are the only country in the entire world that can produce this miraculous drug. If there is no market in Britain, I think we will contact other countries in the West. The merchants of the country. When their princes and nobles die of smallpox, I think they will be interested in this vaccine. As for the concerns of the common people, the price of 10 pounds was not intended for them."

"It is indeed my idea to start with nobles who can afford sky-high vaccines. But only I know enough channels and nobles, and there are other means to get them to receive vaccinations." Sir Henry saw that Li Jinde guessed him He intends to start with the British nobles, still emphasizing his connections and resources in the local market.

"I think we should have a good discussion on the price. After all, this is the first batch of vaccines, and we also hope to have a local partner. Come and serve the best tea to entertain Sir Henry," Li Jinde said.

The price of three pounds is enough to explain to Chu Yun that selling all the vaccines is equivalent to the profit of a boatload of spices, which is even more profitable than spices that are regarded as gold.[-] vaccines may seem like a lot, but in fact they are only the equivalent of ten large wooden boxes.However, Li Jinde also wanted to increase the price as much as possible and increase the profit to at least the profit of two shipments of spices.

Li Jinde made tea, and negotiated with Sir Henry for two hours. In the end, he was still in the market, and considering the lethality, he wholesaled 7 vaccines for Sir Henry at a price of 1000 pounds, and sent a Physicians administer injections to Sir Henry.

"If it weren't for the panic caused by the fatality rate, I am afraid that if the price is raised to 20 pounds, there will be people willing to vaccinate." Li Jinde thought to himself.

Although he only sold a box of vaccines for 7000 pounds, Li Jinde paid more attention to long-term interests. As long as Sir Henry helped him open the British market and let people here accept the smallpox vaccine, then if tens of millions of people in European countries Wouldn't it be possible to obtain a market of hundreds of millions of pounds if you are willing to buy sky-high vaccines?There are also millions of new populations every year, that is, the export of millions of vaccines... Even if not everyone can afford the sky-high price of vaccines, vaccines can also become a large commodity other than porcelain tea.And the vaccine can also establish the authoritative position of Western trading companies in the pharmaceutical market.

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