President Wei's Persona, Mysterious Patient

"Why collect discarded formulas?"

At the question, Wei Kang's heart skipped a beat, but he immediately put on a fanatical expression and said excitedly, "Uncle Sun, let me tell you, this medicine came at exactly the right time. My parents' spirits in heaven must be watching over me."

He turned, his eyes shining as he looked at Sun Chengren. "Uncle Sun, this is a shortcut, you know? As long as my parents keep blessing me, I can keep developing new drugs like this!"

"Do you know how important luck is in R&D? I have incredible luck right now. As long as I get enough discarded formulas and keep experimenting, new drugs will definitely keep coming out."

Wei Kang clenched his fist and looked at Old Sun expectantly. "Uncle Sun, you believe in me and support me, right?"

Seeing Wei Kang looking as though he had been possessed, Old Sun did not know what to say for a moment.

After a while, he finally nodded lightly. "Of course I believe in you."

His newly relaxed brows furrowed again as he rubbed his temples hard. "Xiaokang, I'm getting old. The alcohol's hitting me a little. I'll head back first."

Wei Kang watched Old Sun leave, unable to stop a faint smile from appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Pretending to be a believer in fate had scared Old Sun a little, but there was no other way. The system's secret had to be kept.

Nor could he let others suspect his motives for collecting discarded formulas.

He could only build himself an image as a superstitious man.

Besides, there was no shortage of such entrepreneurs in the country.

Wei Kang still remembered the shock he felt when Old Sun had taken him to visit the boss of a major domestic pharmaceutical company and he saw an enormous shrine in the man's spacious office.

At the time, a God of Wealth statue as tall as a person sat inside the shrine with a benevolent expression.

Before it was a table full of dazzling offerings.

Right in front of Wei Kang, the middle-aged boss had washed his hands, lit incense, and performed a ritual before beginning business negotiations with them.

According to the boss, doing so could raise the success rate of negotiations, secure greater profits for the company, and ensure that its medicines continued selling well.

Wei Kang had been dumbfounded the entire time. Luckily, Old Sun had been there to prompt and cover for him, preventing him from embarrassing himself.

According to Old Sun, that shrine was nothing. The headquarters of that boss's pharmaceutical factory had been built as an imperial city modeled after the Forbidden City—magnificent and resplendent, and one of the best-known attractions in the area.

Successful entrepreneurs—who did not have a few quirks?

As long as they could maintain their status as entrepreneurs, no one cared about any of their eccentricities.

The more successful they were, the more those quirks became amusing stories.

So Wei Kang's fondness for collecting discarded formulas after striking his first fortune from one was perfectly normal, nothing strange at all.

Thinking about the perverse fun of crafting such an image for himself, Wei Kang inexplicably felt a little excited.

A graceful figure suddenly flashed through his mind.

Oh no, he had forgotten to properly thank her.

He picked up his phone and called her.

Jian Lianyun answered quickly.

"Dr. Jian? Thank you very much for all the help from the doctors at your hospital. I'd like to invite your entire department to dinner. I hope you'll honor me with your presence."

Dr. Jian's voice carried its usual trace of exhaustion as she refused him.

"No need. We're swamped right now—how could we possibly have time for dinner? If you really want to thank us, then get this new drug on the market as soon as possible. Honestly, the fact that you developed this medicine is already the greatest support and help you could give us."

"Over the years, I've watched countless terminally ill patients die in agony. This has been the most exhausting time of my life, but also the happiest. Every day, I'm saving patients."

A hint of excitement entered Jian Lianyun's voice. "Actually, we doctors should be the ones thanking you. Thank you for inventing such a miraculous life-saving drug. Only then can we fulfill our mission of healing the sick and saving lives."

Wei Kang immediately felt a little embarrassed. "No, no, it's what I should do."

"However," Jian Lianyun said somewhat regretfully, "to be honest, although I'm something of a genius myself, President Wei, since you were able to develop this anti-cancer drug, you're better than me. But President Wei, you should cherish your talent. Don't waste it on things like Whitening Drugs."

She seemed frustrated by his failure to live up to his potential. "Your gift should be used to develop life-saving medicines. There are still many terminal illnesses we haven't conquered, and patients die every day. They're all waiting for pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs that can save their lives."

"President Wei, you have to work hard! You have to keep developing new drugs! I'm waiting for good news about your next new medicine!"

Hearing her words, Wei Kang could not help being swept up by her enthusiasm. He hurriedly said, "Alright, I'll certainly do my best—my best. Dr. Jian, you really don't need to expect too much from me. I'm just an ordinary pharmaceutical R&D personnel member."

"No!" Jian Lianyun interrupted him decisively. "You're a genius in the pharmaceutical world! If you aren't a genius, then there are no geniuses in this world!"

"You may not yet realize how powerful this anti-cancer drug is. It's a great, epoch-making medicine that can save countless lives. And anyone capable of inventing an epoch-making miracle drug is undoubtedly a genius."

Wei Kang felt his cheeks growing hot. He really could not keep up this overly pumped-up conversation any longer.

So he quickly said, "Alright, thank you, Dr. Jian, for your support and encouragement. I'll keep up the good work and scale new heights in pharmaceuticals."

"Sorry, someone's calling me to a meeting. We need to discuss the bidding conference. Let's talk again later."

"Alright. Then I wish you success. Remember to tell me if there's good news. Goodbye."

Wei Kang touched his face, which seemed a little hot, and secretly shook his head. "This Dr. Jian really loves giving people pep talks. She's practically like my mom."

After hanging up, Jian Lianyun pulled up a number and stared at it for a full ten seconds before finally dialing it.

Her father, Jian Guohua, answered quickly, his hearty laughter coming through the phone.

"Yunyun, you've been calling me quite often lately. Do you miss your dad again?"

Jian Lianyun sweetly called out, "Dad," making Old Jian grin from ear to ear.

Then she quickly got straight to the point. "Dad, have you considered what I told you last time about the New Anti-Cancer Drug?"

Jian Guohua's voice turned grave. "The Phase III clinical data you sent me was excellent. I read through it carefully. This drug is truly astonishing. What I value most is that its side effects are extremely minimal—almost nonexistent. That is very important to me."

"You know, this patient is quite elderly, already eighty years old. Although he has always taken good care of himself, the decline in his bodily functions is unavoidable. We've been using conservative treatment because we were worried that surgery and chemotherapy would cause damage his body couldn't bear."

"Now that we have this anti-cancer drug with such minimal side effects, we can first remove the lesion surgically, then use the medication for follow-up treatment."

Jian Lianyun was delighted. "That's wonderful. When are you going to tell the patient?"

Jian Guohua pondered for a moment. "Didn't you say before that this pharmaceutical company was about to reach a cooperation agreement with a multinational giant?"

"That's right. The bidding conference will be held in a few days."

Jian Guohua immediately made up his mind. "Then I'll wait until the bidding conference is over and the cooperation agreement has been finalized before telling the patient. Given his background, recognition from a pharmaceutical giant will be more convincing."

"Alright. Don't worry, we'll definitely cure this important patient of yours."

"Haha, I'm very confident about that too. By the way, Yunyun, when it's time for the surgery, do you want to come assist your dad?"

"That would be great. It's been so long since we last operated together. I'll definitely come."