Big Company Syndrome

"Ilima's stomach cancer drug is exceptionally good. It's impressive."

"But I don't recommend that you imitate Space Pharmaceutical. Space Pharmaceutical is far too unpredictable, and the technical difficulty is too high. The success of Chenghuang's stomach cancer drug owed a great deal to luck, and success may not be reproducible."

"Most importantly, it will be very difficult for you to obtain fresh Space Bacteria. After Space Bacteria leave a zero-gravity environment and return to a laboratory on Earth, they die and mutate on a large scale due to the drastic change in conditions. The situation can be completely different from one day—or even one hour—to the next."

"When you apply to other countries for Space Bacteria, by the time the samples arrive, they will already be unrecognizable, like mummies of Space Bacteria. It's very difficult to get results by conducting experiments on mummies."

"We welcome academic exchanges and look forward to seeing you develop even better medicines."

Song He felt that his long reply was perfectly reasonable—honest and friendly.

But to his surprise, the moment he posted it, the netizens exploded. Quite a few people started arguing noisily in the comments!

"That's incredibly rude!"

"Are you mocking our space technology for being inadequate? Are you saying we can't obtain Space Bacteria?"

"What are you so pleased about? If Ilima Eternal Life Company could obtain fresh Space Bacteria, its products would definitely be better than yours!"

A long string of comments followed in that vein. Their general meaning was: What are you acting so smug about? You have Space Bacteria, so does that make you amazing?

At first glance, Song He found it baffling. He had merely stated the facts, so how had he managed to provoke public outrage?

After pondering for a moment, he understood.

It was like a rich