Treasure Find (Chapter Three Update, 8,000 Words Complete)

"Dad, didn't I mention it to you last time? I want to do something outside." Shen Qi said to his Old Shen on the phone in a quiet place.

"I know you want to acquire a pharmaceutical company. But your position is sensitive. Won't people gossip if you run a business outside?" Old Shen asked with concern over the phone.

"It's not me who started the business, it's you. It's Mr. Shen Zhishan who transformed the industry, from an auto parts supplier to a pharmaceutical company. As we all know, the pharmaceutical industry has very high requirements for technological research and development. As Boss Shen's son, I have an obligation to provide my father with the necessary professional advice to fulfill my filial duty."

"Come on, these things can't be kept secret forever, they'll be found out sooner or later!"

"So what if they found out? The father's company assets are inherited by his only son, that's not illegal, is it?"

"I don't mind, I'd love for you to inherit. I'm very efficient, I've already found a target, the acquisition target is in Nangang, when are you coming back to investigate?"

"Send the information to me first. We'll keep in touch online and try not to appear in person at the same time."

"You're an academician, a meritorious scientist, and a recipient of the national medal of honor, yet you act like a spy!"

"Let's keep a low profile for now, that's all. Looking forward to your information."

Shortly after, Old Shen sent Shen Qi the information about the acquisition target online.

The plastics manufacturing industry and the pharmaceutical industry are like completely different worlds.

However, these days, as long as you have money, cross-industry transformation is just a matter of minutes.

When you reach a more advanced stage in business, it's all about buying and selling.

The textbook business case is that real estate tycoons don't need to understand the IT industry. They can buy an IT company, sell it a few years later for twenty times the price, and still make a fortune, even more than they would have made in real estate.

Of course, the actual operation requires a knowledgeable professional team to carry it out. All the boss needs to do is find people, provide the funds, and wait for the right opportunity to make a move.

Old Shen didn't understand the pharmaceutical industry, but his wife and son did. He paid for a professional team to handle the cross-industry transformation business.

Ultimately, the main seller of any drug is a pharmaceutical company.

From the moment Shen Qi develops a compound in the laboratory to its final market launch, many procedures are beyond his control.

If Shen Qi could take control of a pharmaceutical company, he could proactively advance his research and development achievements, shorten the preparation time before listing, benefit the people, and rescue his wife.

The information in front of Shen Qi showed that the pharmaceutical company was called Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical, located in Huadu District of Nangang City, not far from the airport.

Perhaps it is a coincidence, or perhaps it is fate, the name of this pharmaceutical company has European characters and odd characters in it.

Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical is a private enterprise that has focused on the production and sales of generic drugs for the past ten years. Its end customers are mainly primary and secondary hospitals, with few tertiary hospitals.

Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical is struggling in the fierce price war and has had a terrible few years, suffering losses year after year. Its employees have not received their salaries for two months.

The district government realized that things couldn't continue like this, as it would be detrimental to regional stability, so Old Shen's acquisition team came into play.

In short, Old Shen now has an opportunity to buy a small pharmaceutical company at a very low price.

The final decision-maker was Shen Qi Shen Qi, who was the mastermind behind the scenes.

Although small, Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical is fully equipped with all the necessary departments, including production lines, marketing, clinical trial follow-up teams, and registration teams.

In summary, apart from lacking a research and development department, Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical has everything it should have.

This is normal. Most small and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies in China are engaged in the production of generic drugs. Their R&D departments do not play a real role in innovation and research. Some pharmaceutical companies simply do not have R&D departments, and the generic manufacturing process is undertaken by the technical process department.

To Shen Qi's great surprise, such a small company as Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical actually possessed a production license for Midazolam!

Midazolam is the raw material for Levetiracetam, an injectable anesthetic drug used for general and local anesthesia and sedation during Levetiracetam, and is frequently used in the ICU.

In China, Midazolam, a central nervous system raw material, and its formulations are subject to very strict, even stringent, national controls.

There are only three pharmaceutical companies in China that have a production license for Midazolam, and surprisingly, the little-known Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical is one of them.

When acquiring a pharmaceutical company, you naturally acquire all the production licenses and other permits along with it.

"We've struck gold! What luck! Let's sign the acquisition agreement right away!" Shen Qi called Old Shen, telling him not to wait any longer and to act decisively when the time was right.

Old Shen cursed into the phone, "Damn it, they're raising the price 200 million!"

Shen Qi made a quick decision. "I have 100 million on hand, I'll get it for you, you can figure out a way to get the remaining 100 million."

Old Shen was a little annoyed. "I wasn't short of 200 million to begin with. The payment for the plastic factory land hasn't been fully received yet... Alright, don't worry about it. I'll find someone to help me with the 200 million."

Shen Qi knew that for a small private business owner like Old Shen, two hundred million yuan couldn't be readily available for immediate cash flow.

Shen Qi has over 100 million yuan in personal savings and 500 million yuan in research funding at his disposal.

Misappropriation of research funds?

Don't even think about it.

Shen Qi would never do something that would ruin his reputation and land him in jail.

Not long ago, Shen Qi acted arrogantly, treating money like dirt in front of a beautiful female manager at an American publishing house. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were nothing to him; he didn't care, spreading knowledge was the most important thing.

A few hundred thousand US dollars is only a few million RMB; wealthy people don't care about such a small amount of money.

However, when the amount rises to the level of hundreds of millions, only bosses like Mr. Ma and Mr. Wang might dare to say, "I don't care about money."

One hundred million is a small goal for Shen Qi and his father. They are currently only one hundred million short of each other.

Shen Qi returned to the academician's villa with no other choice; even a hero like him was brought down by a hundred million.

These days, someone who can lend you 10,000 yuan right away is a true brother, someone you'd be willing to die for. You should always remember the kindness shown to you.

Is there anyone who can lend you 100 million right away...?

"Money is the root of all evil." Shen Qi finally realized that his family's assets were nothing more than small-scale operations.

"Honey, you seem troubled." Ou Ye, who was beside her, took a pill. She stopped breastfeeding and resumed taking medication. Shen Nuo Fei was now surviving on formula and complementary foods.

"It's just a small matter at work," Shen Qi said, putting his arm around Ou Ye, appearing nonchalant.

"Honey, husband and wife should be honest with each other, don't you think?" Ou Ye said.

"Yes, that's right. There's something I need to report to you. My dad needs funds for his business, and I'd like to lend him some of our savings." Shen Qi's bank card is with Ou Ye knows very well how much money the family has.

"Is it enough?" Ou Ye was a good wife. Her father-in-law was short of money and wanted to borrow money from his son and daughter-in-law to tide him over. She didn't say yes or no, she just asked if it was enough.

Shen Qi shook his head and said, "We have 100 million at home, but we're still short 100 million."

Ou Ye asked, "What's Dad's account number?"

Shen Qi asked in surprise, "Wife, what's wrong with you?"

Ou Ye replied matter-of-factly, "Send money to Dad, two hundred million should be enough, right?"

Shen Qi was even more astonished. "Where did you get a hundred million? Your annual salary is less than a million, and you don't have any side projects."

Ou Ye laughed and said, "I don't have any money, but my mom does. I'll borrow some from her."

Shen Qi knew that Ou Ye's Mom was the kind of tycoon who could immediately produce a hundred million yuan.

As long as Ou Ye asks to do something for Shen Qi's family, Shen Qi's mother-in-law will definitely not object.

Shen Qi's nose tingled with emotion, feeling both touched and guilty. "Wife, actually I didn't tell you the truth. My dad does need funds for his business, but it's a complicated business, and I didn't tell you the whole truth just now."

"It's okay, I believe you. If I marry you, I'll face everything with you." Ou Ye looked at the wedding photo hanging on the wall and said from the bottom of her heart, "Good things, bad things, everything."

Where can you find such an understanding wife?

Shen Qi revealed his and his father's acquisition plan in detail. "My dad wants to acquire a pharmaceutical factory in Nangang. To put it in terms you can understand, I could potentially become the mastermind behind this factory... I want to cure your illness, and I need a pharmaceutical factory. My only remaining wish in this life is to cure your illness..."

"I see..." Ou Ye trembled, her eyes reddening, and she was moved instead. "Husband, I love you."

"Wife, I love you too."

"Honey, from now on, can you tell me about these things as soon as possible?"

"Um."

Two days later, Old Shen received 200 million yuan. He called Shen Qi and asked, "What? This 200 million yuan, is it Xiao Ou's money? The transfer information shows that it was transferred by Xiao Ou."

Shen Qi: "This is marital property... Actually, one hundred million of it is my mother-in-law's money."

"Shen Qi, let me tell you, Xiao Ou is truly a rare find. You mustn't let her down. I knew our in-laws were wealthy, but I never imagined they were this rich, and so generous too."

"You make it sound like I'm after my wife's family's money! When I was dating Xiao Ou, I didn't know she was the daughter of a real estate tycoon."

After ending the call, the father and son went about their own business.

With the funding secured, Old Shen immediately began the acquisition of Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical.

The other party did not raise the price further, and with the intervention of the local government, the two parties entered the substantive operational stage of the acquisition.

Shen Qi was stationed in the capital, studying the information about Ou Beiqi Pharmaceutical that kept coming in.

Meanwhile, Old Yan and Cheng Haonan completed the first draft of the C01C paper, with Cheng Haonan as the corresponding author, Old Yan as the first author, and Shen Qi's name also appearing in the author list.

After reviewing the first draft, Shen Qi said to Old Yan and Cheng Haonan, "It needs to be revised. Don't write the experimental steps in such detail; just touch on them."

"This is already quite concise!" Old Yan was the writer; he was very skilled at writing academic papers.

Shen Qi said confidently, "Make it even more concise."

"Make it even more concise?" Old Yan fell into deep thought. "My paper is very standard: abstract, introduction, design and synthesis method of the target compound, synthetic experimental steps, various physicochemical constants and spectroscopic data, activity experimental data, results and discussion... It's completely following the international standard!"

Shen Qi pointed out the problem clearly. "Writing a paper requires striving for excellence. The theoretical analysis in this paper could be more in-depth, and the conclusions could be more radical. You two have too few citations, only 8. Double that to at least 16... Also, you could include more H-NMR data. Just two pages of detection data isn't enough."

H-NMR, or nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectroscopy, was criticized by Shen Qi for not providing enough data from Old Yan and Cheng Haonan. He demanded that they double the amount of data and simplify the experimental procedures to the point where they could only be understood intuitively.

"I..." Old Yan wanted to argue a few more words, but was interrupted by Cheng Haonan.

Cheng Haonan scolded Old Yan: "You do exactly what the leader says, understand?"

Cheng Haonan understood immediately. Regarding the previous C01B project, Shen Qi didn't care how detailed the paper was, because Shen Qi had no interest in continuing to research the follow-up work of C01B. For Shen Qi, C01B was just practice and getting a feel for things.

This C01C holds a very important place in Shen Qi's heart; Shen Qi wants to do something more valuable.

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