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Inside the Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals factory grounds.

Gao Deming and a group of others had arrived. After conducting human trials of Wound Healing No. 1, Gao Deming had confirmed that the drug was harmless to humans.

After discovering the effects of Wound Healing No. 1, he had immediately reported the matter to his superiors.

A drug capable of treating so many kinds of injuries was undoubtedly a major innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. It had to be reported.

After he made his report, people from the Ministry of Health and some experts came and accompanied him to inspect Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals in person.

Everyone was eager to know how Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals had developed such a drug.

"Old Gao, is this drug really that miraculous?"

The speaker was a bespectacled middle-aged man, Jiang Lihua, the vice minister of health of Dragon Country.

Several other people stood beside him.

Among them were the director of the Department of Drug Safety Supervision, the head of the Drug Administration, and a group of experts and professors in medicine and pharmaceuticals.

They were all leading figures in the pharmaceutical field, and they had traveled to Mountain City overnight.

Gao Deming said:

"Don't you trust my report? This drug is extremely effective at healing injuries. Although it can't quickly treat some serious injuries, it still has a certain effect on them. If this drug goes on the market, it will improve the cost of medical care for injuries in our country."

Gao Deming's face was full of excitement.

Nowadays, treating some injuries required a great many drugs, with various medications used together to achieve a cure.

Wound Healing No. 1 undoubtedly simplified that process.

Some minor injuries could be treated with this one drug alone.

What was more, he felt that once the drug went on the market, it could send shockwaves across the world. It might even win an award.

At that moment, Li Xiaorou walked over with the management of Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals.

When she saw the group of officials in black jackets, Li Xiaorou panicked and grew somewhat nervous.

After all, she had only just entered the workforce and had been general manager of Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals for only a few days. Facing officials like these put her under considerable pressure.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Li Xiaorou, the general manager of Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals."

Li Xiaorou briefly introduced herself.

She didn't know why these officials had come, but she felt it couldn't be anything simple.

Jiang Lihua and the others exchanged surprised looks. They hadn't expected the general manager of this pharmaceutical company to be a young woman who looked as though she had only just graduated from university.

Jiang Lihua said with a smile:

"General Manager Li, you're young and accomplished. I'm Jiang Lihua, vice minister of health, and these people are..."

Jiang Lihua briefly introduced them.

After hearing his introduction, Li Xiaorou was utterly astonished.

A vice minister!

She had only ever seen important figures of that rank on television.

"Sir... may I ask if something has happened?"

Li Xiaorou felt uneasy. So many high-ranking officials had come to their newly established factory that she wondered if something serious had happened.

"There's no need to be nervous. We came this time because of Wound Healing No. 1. Our tests showed that the drug you produce is quite effective. Is your technical team here? We'd like to discuss it with them."

Jiang Lihua went straight to the point.

He represented the Ministry of Health, which oversaw all domestic pharmaceutical companies, and he had the authority to examine their technology.

"Well..." Li Xiaorou had been delighted by the first part of what he said. After all, Wound Healing No. 1 had attracted the officials' attention.

But the second part left her at a loss for an answer. Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals didn't have a technical team.

The only Wound Healing No. 1 they had was the batch Chen Feng had given her last time to take to the Drug Administration. At present, the entire factory had only workers and some clerical staff.

Seeing Li Xiaorou's troubled expression, Gao Deming spoke up:

"General Manager Li, rest assured, we won't steal your work. We just want to know how the drug was developed. This could also help advance the domestic pharmaceutical industry."

Gao Deming thought that was what concerned Li Xiaorou.

In fact, many companies had that concern, fearing that others would get their hands on their unique technology.

But they represented the country. Even if they learned the technology, they wouldn't allow it to enter the market.

They would only use it for research, which was different in nature.

Li Xiaorou immediately shook her head and said:

"That's not what I meant. It's just that our factory doesn't currently have a technical department."

At those words, Jiang Lihua and the others were dumbfounded.

No technical department?

How could they have developed such a drug without a technical department? Was this some kind of joke?

"Then how was your drug developed?" Jiang Lihua asked.

Li Xiaorou explained:

"Our boss developed it entirely on his own. You'll have to speak to him."

Developed it entirely on his own?

At those words, Gao Deming and the other experts engaged in pharmaceutical research all looked unconvinced.

They had never heard of anyone successfully developing a drug on their own.

Especially one like Wound Healing No. 1.

Wasn't every drug in the country developed by a technical team?

That was because every stage required a specialist to take charge. One person simply couldn't do it all.

"Where is your boss now?" Gao Deming asked, without questioning what Li Xiaorou had said.

Clearly, Li Xiaorou didn't know the details. They could only speak to the boss now.

Li Xiaorou replied:

"Our boss isn't here. I just tried to contact him, but I couldn't get through."

As soon as Li Xiaorou learned that officials were coming, she had called Chen Feng.

But recently, Chen Feng had spent nearly all his time cultivating in the Painting Scroll World, returning only once every few days. Naturally, Li Xiaorou couldn't reach him.

"What's your boss's name?"

"Chen Feng."

Jiang Lihua, who stood nearby, nodded slightly, then told a staff member beside him to look into it.

The staff member took his phone and went outside.

Meanwhile, Li Xiaorou began showing them around the pharmaceutical factory. The factory had yet to start production, and the machines they had purchased were all new.

"Is this the only drug Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals currently produces?"

Jiang Lihua asked Li Xiaorou.

"Yes. For now, we're only producing Wound Healing No. 1. We're just waiting for approval from the Drug Administration."

The head of the Drug Administration smiled and said:

"I brought the approval paperwork with me this time. You can put it on the market in a couple of days."

Hearing this, Li Xiaorou immediately broke into a smile. "Thank you, sir!"

With Wound Healing No. 1 cleared to go on the market, Xingfeng Pharmaceuticals could officially begin operations.

"How have you priced this drug at present?" the head of the Drug Administration asked. He was particularly sensitive to prices.

Li Xiaorou replied:

"At present, it's priced at two hundred per pill."

The head of the Drug Administration was relieved to hear it. The price was still within a reasonable range.

Many particularly effective drugs were priced very high when they went on the market. Prices of thousands or tens of thousands were commonplace.

That was because drug prices were generally based not on the cost of the medication itself, but on research and development costs.

Before long, the staff member who had gone out to make a call came jogging back. He looked somewhat stunned, evidently having received some surprising news.

"Well? Did you find Chen Feng? Where is he now?" Jiang Lihua asked.

It was quite simple for them to look someone up.

They could find out everything about a person in a matter of minutes. The staff member said gravely:

"Sir, we can't look into this Chen Feng. His records have been classified as top secret by State Security. Military authorization is required to view them."