I really don't want to hang up

Chapter 245 The Origin of the Medical Company

cheap labor?
Luden scoffed at this statement,
"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Putting away his joking expression, Lu Deng said seriously,

"You guys are not cheap, I'll give you shares!"

"Shares?"

Gatling did not expect that Mr. Luden would be so generous, and subconsciously let go of Gatling.

"Don't be fooled by this guy."

Hannibal sneered,

"What's the use of giving shares? As long as the control of the company is in the hands of this person, the shares have no meaning."

His lordship agreed,
"He will not make any dividends, and the money he earns will be put into reproduction, just like a snowball, never stopping."

Albert rigorously corrected the crowd,
"Theoretically speaking, if the investment can make a profit, the best choice is to continue to invest, even if the marginal benefits are diminishing"

Therefore, everyone will face a very embarrassing situation.

On the surface, Lu Deng distributed the shares to everyone, but the actual control was in Lu Deng's hands.

According to Luden's behavior style, once a snowballing thing starts, it will never stop.

When he was shorting on the Fubao Exchange before, Luden almost pawned his pants to get leveraged.

Now if you switch to a pharmaceutical company, it will be the same end.

Luden injected hundreds of thousands of pounds and invited everyone to take up positions in the pharmaceutical company and share shares.

It looked good, but in fact, Luden only paid a normal salary, and there was no dividend.

As for the value of the shares.
If Luden succeeds and the pharmaceutical company becomes bigger and stronger, the shares will still have some value. After Luden dies, everyone can sell the shares to cash out.

If Luden fails, let's drink the Northwest Wind together!

No matter from which angle you look at it, joining a pharmaceutical company is a guaranteed loss and no profit, serving as cheap labor for Luden.

In the end, under the protest of everyone, Lu Deng had to amend the original contract of sale to make it more humane.

Several rules were mainly modified:
"The company's debt ratio cannot exceed 300%"

"Distribute 15% of net profit every year"

"In any war and conflict, the company must be neutral" etc.

After Lu Deng made a huge concession, everyone reviewed the contract of sale again and again before signing their names one by one.

According to the agreement, Luden injected 50 pounds as start-up capital. He only holds 20% of the shares, but has 95% of the voting rights.

At the same time, the shares held by Luden will be transferred to the next director of Oliver Orphanage in accordance with his will after his death.

The successors of Luden's shares only own 20% of the company's voting rights.

Ferguson, Albert, and Hannibal each took 15% of the shares, Gatling took 10%, and Todd took 5% politely.

Another 20% of the shares are held by the secretary-general of a traffic management office.

Everyone does not take shares for nothing.

Gatling's shares need to be exchanged for his patents, and he himself has to sign a 30-year labor contract with the company. If he violates the labor contract, he must sell his shares at an agreed price.

Albert and Hannibal are more like talent shares.

The former can provide ideas and data verification, while the latter is a doctor who is rooted in Miaohong, especially good at human experiments.

As for Sir Alex
Joining the company is like a game to Sir Alex, and the resources he brings are enough to make this newly born pharmaceutical company a lot of convenience in Fog City.

Todd is more like the executive level and security department. As a pharmaceutical company, they need strong enough security personnel to protect their property.

If you think about it deeply, the Buck family behind Todd has always maintained a friendly cooperative relationship with Luden.

The shares in Luden's hands are, in a sense, also Shenbang's shares.

After all, Oliver is the orphanage of the Gods, and the successor will definitely be the Gods.

Although the proportion of Todd's shareholding is low, the nature is completely different.

This company is not a pure Wudu company or a small United Kingdom company, but a truly international company.

Luden's ambition will not stop at Wudu.

And that mysterious secretary-general was tacitly ignored by everyone.

If you shouldn't ask, don't ask.

After the shares were clearly divided, Lu Deng couldn't wait to start the journey of sending blessings.

The first blockbuster product of this medical company is the Gatling machine gun!

This incident was originally extremely absurd, but considering that the other party was Mr. Luden, it was normal.

His lord reminded,
"If we want to do this kind of business in Fog City, we need the approval of Congress!"

Even if Ferguson's father came forward to obtain this document, it would take a lot of effort, and he might even hit a wall.

Luden didn't think about it at all.

What surprised Sir Alex was yet to come. A polite secretary-general came to visit in person and delivered the latest evening paper, which contained a document approving the newly established pharmaceutical company to produce Gatling machine guns for protection own property.

Lord Sir: .
The moment he saw the document, Sir Alex became serious.

He realized that this company might not be as simple as he thought.

To be precise, once Mr. Luden is involved in anything, it is not that simple.

Along with the approval documents comes the order.

Luden directly let Todd and Gatlin take charge of the business here, and he didn't get involved too much.

On the one hand, this kind of business is sure to make money.

I haven't heard of anyone who flips this thing and loses money.

On the other hand, Luden opened a pharmaceutical company after all.

Lu Deng, who has not forgotten his original intention, decided to devote more energy to medicine to benefit mankind and send blessings to more people.

"The first drug we are going to develop to treat malaria!"

Listening to Luden's goal, Hannibal raised a question,

"Mr. Luden, with all due respect, malaria is difficult to spread in foggy cities, and this disease is more likely to appear in places with a lot of miasma.

Although we already know that the disease is transmitted by mosquitoes, as you can see, there are not many mosquitoes in Wudu. "

Not only Wudu, but even the whole of the Little United Kingdom, malaria is not on the list.

It is precisely because of this that Dr. Hans' research was initially buried.

"There's really no malaria here."

Luden turned his head and looked to the south,
"Southern, where it's hotter, there's malaria!"

He is very clear that with the prosperity of the maritime industry, all forces will do their best to expand their territory.

Some countries will swallow up all nearby lands.

Island countries like the Little United Kingdom naturally have weaker control over the land, and are more inclined to let the locals manage themselves, and they are only responsible for harvesting resources and dumping goods.

At this time, the significance of treating malaria is revealed!
What's more, during the nautical expedition, an embarrassing situation was encountered: there were pirates at sea and malaria on the shore.

Taken together, Luden listed the treatment of malaria as the first drug in development.

"In this case."

Albert came up with an idea,
"Mass killing mosquitoes, how?"

Luden nodded slightly,

"Yes, but don't be biased in your thinking. Focus on treatment, not prevention of malaria."

This time, everyone didn't understand,
"why?"

If malaria could be stopped at the source, follow-up treatment would not be necessary at all.

Lu Deng silently rolled his eyes at everyone's confusion,
"Drugs only make money when they are sold, and only patients buy them."

Everyone: .
After a moment of silence, Albert's first words were,

"I'm thinking about whether I should return the shares."

Maybe joining this pharmaceutical company was a mistake from the beginning.

"Trust me, you won't regret it."

Luden smiled slightly, and said slowly,
"We must make money first, and then we can develop more and more useful drugs to save more people."

Albert frowned, "50 pounds is a lot, Mr. Luden."

"There are more people alive."

Luden sneered,

"50 pounds, distributed to 50 people, 500 million people, how much can they get? After the distribution is over?

Money will run out sooner or later, medicine will run out sooner or later, society needs to function, and medicine needs to develop, all of which are inseparable from money!
The market is here, and money is nothing more than whether we make it or others make it.

Let others earn this money, they will only waste it on eating, drinking and having fun, but we are different, in order to send blessings, we will continue to develop new medicines. "

Albert asked rhetorically, "Then make more money with new drugs."

Luden admitted it calmly, "That's right."

"Excuse me, gentlemen."

Hannibal, who was a doctor, intervened in the conversation between the two and said seriously,
"Mr. Albert, I understand your thoughts, but please allow me to point out that if you want to completely eradicate malaria, even if you recruit the most advanced personnel and spend all 50 pounds, you may not be able to succeed.

Let's put ethics aside. In terms of feasibility, Mr. Luden's idea is currently the only feasible solution. "

Hearing this, Albert's face softened a little,
"I really don't know much about medical matters."

He's a doctor, not a doctor.

At least not now.

"Secondly, Mr. Luden."

Hannibal said helplessly,
"Please radiate the brilliance of humanity once in a while. If you have the opportunity to eradicate malaria, wouldn't it be a greater blessing?"

"I would like to eradicate all diseases if I could."

Luden himself was a patient.

He's the worst in the whole room.
Loudon said frankly,

"We are just discussing a very realistic topic. As a pharmaceutical company, it is driven by money rather than ideals. If you want to make more contributions, you must make more money.

Only by surviving the brutal competition can we be qualified to talk about the future. "

Albert is very smart, he can understand Luden's words, and even agree with some of the other's points of view.

It's just that emotionally, it's a little hard to accept for a while.

The room gradually became dull, and he unbuttoned his collar, wanting to breathe fresh air, but found that it was futile.

Finally, Albert, whose face was slightly pale, looked at Lu Deng and said seriously,
"If we go on like this, we will become demons, sooner or later."

Albert is very clear that at this time they have ideals and want to make more contributions.

The road chosen by Mr. Luden is like riding a bicycle on a rope. If you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss, and you will never recover.

Even if Albert and the others have withstood the temptation, what about the descendants?

Sooner or later, this pharmaceutical company will become a disaster for the world.

"Before then, we will die. Taking a step back, even if we really become demons, we will meet again in hell,"

Luden slightly raised the coffee cup in his hand, and said in greeting,

"I have an old friend who has been waiting for me over there for a long time."

(End of this chapter)