The equilibrium has accelerated over the past few months, and the current world has reached the end of February.
Greystone Island.
Snow Girl was writing the test paper when Zhou Li'an received a call from Barbara and learned that several factories and workshops had completed their merger with the Balance Group.
In terms of normal work speed, it is considered efficient.
Unfortunately, the two spaces flow at an uneven pace, and the current world is obviously slowing down a bit.
"We are in contact with two mining machinery equipment manufacturers and power generation equipment manufacturers. The preliminary investigation and resource integration may take a month, and the actual completion of the merger and acquisition may not be until the next quarter."
Zhou Li'an felt helpless.
In the blink of an eye, the equilibrium lasted for three months, but in this world, it has to wait until April to achieve results. When it comes to placing an equipment order, it cannot be completed in less than ten days and a half.
Fortunately, at this stage, the balanced cavalry is sweeping across the continent, and the migration of various tribes is also an extremely long process.
All Zhou Li'an can do is to plan ahead and let the current resources support him to catch up as much as possible.
Prepare for a rainy day instead of waiting for demand and then hastily placing an order.
"Speed up the action."
"In addition, do the two pharmaceutical companies under Hejian have vaccine production capabilities?"
The official shareholding was balanced, and two pharmaceutical companies and an aviation equipment processing factory were merged.
Of course, Lao Mo couldn't be so kind as to give money away.
The three companies are all in a half-dead state, barely operating, and their integration into Equilibrium is actually to revitalize the factories, ensure employment, and prevent the loss of capital due to bankruptcy.
In short, I found a taker.
When they agreed to this move, Zhou Li'an and Cayero both wanted to give the official "face."
The latter wanted a legal identity to clear his way ashore, and the official approach caught Cayero's hand so well that he couldn't refuse.
For Zhou Li'an, these three companies are exactly what he wants.
Taking advantage of the situation, I got entry tickets into the pharmaceutical and aviation equipment industries.
It doesn't matter if the company is small or low-level, as long as you are willing to spend money, you can always grow step by step and get the technical resources you want.
Therefore, Zhou Li'an was not surprised when Barbara gave a negative reply.
"They do not have biomedical processing technology, they are just assembly factories for medical equipment..."
Zhou Li'an said: "Inject capital. I have a large number of orders for medicine and vaccines. I don't want to do this business for others."
Barbara was a little confused when she heard this, "Are you opening a new production line for an order?"
The implication is that I made a pot of dumplings just for this bottle of vinegar... Boss, are you sure that the profit from your order can allow the group to recover the capital injection cost?
"The first batch of orders includes 1 million doses of various virus prevention vaccines, including basic vaccines such as chickenpox, hepatitis B, and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis..."
After saying that, Zhou Li'an added, "I don't want the crown."
The balanced space-time has itself in charge, so who dares to play a virus war? As long as there is no research, there will be no flooding!
Under equilibrium, America is gone.
Barbara gasped, "Boss, do you mean the order volume is tens of millions of doses?"
"No." Zhou Li'an smiled lightly, "The first batch of tens of millions of doses, this is just the first batch!"
"You don't have to worry about where you are going, I will naturally have channels to digest it."
Barbara was silent for a moment, then stopped delving into further details and said, "If this is the case, the new production line may need to sign a purchase intention order. After all, it is directional production..."
Zhou Li'an said nonchalantly: "Sign it, you help me set up a new company as the purchaser."
"..." Barbara was speechless.
Who knows what the boss is up to?
Where can such a large dose of vaccine be put for digestion?
It is impossible to really donate to poverty alleviation in Africa.
then.
Not long after the two hung up the phone, Salvador called, "Mr. Zhou, are you free tonight? Mr. Cayero invites you to have dinner."
Needless to say, Barbara should have informed Jonah and David Liang. As soon as they proposed the new production line plan, Cayero was naturally alarmed.
"Then see you tonight." Zhou Li'an agreed decisively.
7pm.
Leaving Xue Nu alone at home, Zhou Li'an went to the banquet.
The security system of Greystone Island is intact, so there is no need to worry about the safety of the snow girl. Furthermore, even if Cayero is given some courage, he would not dare to send someone to come uninvited.
Arrive at the mansion on Cayero Island.
After sitting down with warm greetings, we got straight to the point. What we were talking about was the vaccine production line.
Barbara didn’t know her boss’s ‘terrible background’.
Cayero completed his own brainstorming in the afternoon before waiting for the dinner——
"So, Mr. Zhou, the sales channel for our new production line is Dongfang?"
The first batch of orders is tens of millions, where else can we digest it?
Basic vaccines are urgently needed. Except for those remote areas in Africa, most countries in the world have designated many basic vaccines as medical benefits for citizens and provide free injections.
In Cayero's view, this move is to deliver orders, revitalize the Balance Group, make it stronger and bigger step by step, and penetrate Mexico.
Zhou Li'an smiled, with a mysterious expression that said, "It's fine if everyone is tacitly understanding."
Caiello asked no more questions.
After the dinner, it seemed like nothing was discussed, but in fact, all it took was Zhou Li'an's acquiescence and everything would be fine.
In most people's minds, vaccines are expensive, which is also true, but the expensive component lies in the payment for knowledge.
Taking the 1950s as an example, the process of domestic self-development of smallpox vaccines was difficult. Foreign countries had already mastered mature sterile inactivated vaccines. However, if they wanted to popularize injections on a large scale in China, the amount of foreign exchange required to purchase them was astronomical.
Therefore, at that time, domestically produced vaccines contained bacteria and were unfortunately legal...
Therefore, it is understandable in business terms that the knowledge payment invested in early research is included in the calculation.
But now, the technical threshold for the basic vaccine that Zhou Li'an wants is very low.
Let’s present it with a simple example.
Domestic diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine is free for citizens, but when injecting babies, some hospitals will give double choices...
Domestic = free.
Import = 100 yuan per dose.
As a parent, of course, I will not save 100 yuan for my children. I will only think about the advantages of being expensive and spend more money to buy psychological comfort.
And for hospitals...
You taste it, you taste it carefully.
In fact, DPT vaccine technology has long been very mature.
Under the circumstances that domestic policies do not allow for higher selling prices, the cost of a vaccine of the same technology and level as imported vaccines is only about 4 yuan;
The profit is minimal, and the money comes with medical financial burdens.
But even so, the sales volume is still far lower than the imported 100-yuan dose of Diphtheria.
As a result, the number of domestic manufacturers producing the vaccine is only in single digits.
Where can I reason from this?
The Hexiong Group introduced production line technology just to avoid the knowledge payment of leading pharmaceutical companies. The threshold for basic vaccine technology has been leveled, so why give money to foreign devils?
You know, calculated based on the balanced pre-vaccination population base...
Nearly one million natives of North America are about to submit to the Equilibrium.
This is the first batch of orders for tens of millions of doses of various vaccines.
In the future, there will be tens of millions of people in South America, and the number of vaccine orders needed will be hundreds of millions of doses. If we really want to purchase it from other companies, the money spent will be absolutely astronomical.
Now, with the balance of self-production and self-sales, and the profit dividends of Zhou Li'an, the major shareholder, as a discount offset, the cost price can be compressed to the extreme.
But even if the vaccine production line is online, there is still a problem...
Smallpox vaccine cannot be produced.
This virus was the most deadly in the equilibrium time and space of the 15th century.
At the end of the 20th century, smallpox was declared completely extinct, and various countries destroyed smallpox vaccines to prevent the virus from spreading again.
However, there are always some people with evil intentions who want to have reservations and store smallpox virus strains on the grounds of scientific research.
Of course, when all countries see this situation, they will also keep something secret.
Related conspiracy theories aside…
The practical problem before us is that it is impossible to produce a smallpox vaccine today. First, there is no source of virus samples. Second, it is impossible for any country or region to allow manufacturers to produce inactivated smallpox vaccines "without reason."
The fear is that it will spread again and then mutate in various ways.
So what Zhou Li'an can look forward to now is balanced and rapid development.
It was necessary to reach the level of homemade vaccine before the colonists brought the smallpox virus from Europe.
We also need to find a way to travel to Europe to retrieve virus samples for vaccine production.
From the perspective of divergent thinking, this is not just the development of the medical industry, but also involves the progress of the navigation industry.
Before the enemy arrives, I will go ahead.
Of course, smallpox was not limited to Europe. The Ming Dynasty was also suffering from it at the same time.
"So, should we first contact our compatriots in the Ming Dynasty and spread the supreme teachings of balance?"
"North America, the Ming Dynasty bloomed?"
“Let’s give Europeans a set of surprises!!”
Today's Sanbao eunuch leads the world in navigation technology. After him, navigation technology fell into disuse and was picked up again by Zheng Zhilong in the late Ming Dynasty...
This guy is the real "Pirate King".
There was a time when the fleet of the Dutch East India Company was beaten to the point of being wiped out, and there was also a Western Christian name: Nicholas Gasbard.
But it was still more than two hundred years before he was born.
Considering that the colonists were about to land in North America at the end of the 15th century, Zhou Li'an had no choice but to rewrite history.
Otherwise, the foundation of the balanced industry has just been solidified, and smallpox spreads, which will really damage the vitality.
The only way is to strike first.
Zhou Li'an returned to Greystone Island with great ambitions for hegemony, and saw Snow Girl frowning and writing the test paper...
Hi, the progress of scientific laws has a long way to go.
"Okay, let's stop for a moment. Today we are going to talk about living things, fertilized eggs..."
The snow girl is very happy.
She knew that there were experiments to be done in biology and chemistry, and the master made a lot of experimental equipment and placed them in another room.
"Master, master, are you going to do an experiment to learn how to receive x eggs?"
This experiment is quite physically demanding to do.
"Study the contents of the book first. I haven't mastered the postures yet. Experiments or something...well, another day."
…
Equilibrium 6 years, March 22.
15 days to migrate.
50,000 people finally entered Utah successfully, traveling an average of about 30 kilometers per day. There was an army of cavalry in front of them to guide the direction, set road signs, and leave supplies and harvests, otherwise the speed would only be slower.
After arriving in Utah, the traveling speed began to slow down significantly.
In Area 3, Arizona, there were Hohokam guides who were familiar with the roads. When we arrived in Area 4, Utah, we needed to reposition the sextant and lay out the expedition route.
They were now at the southernmost tip of Utah, and they could not leave the surrounding tribes alone. Otherwise, leading the migration team to reach the "Great Salt Lake Area" would have to turn back, which would be a real waste of time.
This caused the number of people in the migration team to continue to increase.
There were many difficulties on the migration journey.
Although there is no need to worry about food, the economic level of each tribe is different. Even among the 30,000 Hohokam people, not everyone has enough warm clothing.
As they walked, they collected furs to keep out the cold.
The Hohokam people have mastered calendar time and know that the weather has been warm at this time in previous years, but in recent years the weather has been extremely abnormal and the cold has been unbearable.
March 27.
The army was stationed for repairs, and Niu Shi led a few cavalry back to the rear to inspect the situation of the migrating team.
These days, he has not neglected his study pace. When he met the elders of the Hohokam people, he was able to give brief greetings in their language.
On the other hand, the Hohokam Guards students who followed him were still reciting the pinyin alphabet song for the past month, and they were as stupid as elm wood.
When he saw the misery everywhere in the migrating team, he felt no compassion in his heart, but instead felt a sense of joy.
Because, according to the weather changes predicted by our Lord, the temperature will continue to drop in the next hundred years.
The earth is barren everywhere, and even the most powerful tribes will perish due to lack of food.
Take the Hohokam people as an example. If there is no migration this time and the surrender is balanced, our Lord predicts that they will be annihilated in less than 40 years.
And counting the prosperity of the Great Lakes region in the northeast corner of the great atlas...
Hahaha.
The tribes were engaged in civil war, competing for food. The victors were kept while the losers fled to the south, seeking a way out.
Niu Shi came to the Hohokam elders and did not mention a word about the difficulties of their trip. He only told them about the crueler future. "Today's severe cold is just the beginning, and the real test will last for hundreds of years..."
"Winter is coming!!"
"If my Lord had not come to this world, after the end of winter, evil demons from across the ocean would land on this land, making us slaves, and eventually exterminating our descendants."
Niu Shi talks and draws, showing pictures one after another, using sign language and short sentences he masters, revealing the secrets of the future.
This is a messed up world.
When they knew that this was a prophecy sent by the true God, they were panicked at first, and then after they calmed down, they no longer focused on the current suffering, but felt as happy as cow shit——
"The true God is above! The messengers of the gods can rest assured. We will do our best to guide the people of the tribe to turn their hearts to the true God, surrender to His knees, and dedicate our piety. Only then can the divine light shine, bring peace, and avoid disasters!
"
The two sides communicated and got into a better situation.
Although it was a bit more troublesome, now...Niu Shi has a little helper by his side.
In the past 3 months, Xiaohua has made rapid progress in language learning because she has the motivation to learn.
She listened to her mother's words and if she wanted to follow the big brother who was good to her, she would have to make sacrifices.
Maybe she didn't understand the reason, but she did it personally.
night.
Xiaohua's mother brought hot milk, which surprised the cow.
Before he could ask, Xiaohua explained, "Yes, the patriarch, sending it to my mother."
Um?
Cow shit has a suspicious expression.
As an indigenous woman, Xiaohua's mother was not so coy. She expressed generously in sign language, "I want to be your second mother."
Niu Shi suddenly understood and nodded in agreement.
My father’s move is also to add more imports to the balance, which is a matter of honor!
After my lord hears about it, he will definitely praise you!!
Niu Shi felt that after the expedition was successful, he would get married as soon as possible. It would be best to imitate his father's good deeds and marry Duoduo wives.
Had dinner.
The cow shit ordered the Hohokam people to "invite" the giant "statue of my lord's true body" and tell everyone, "I want to speak to the gods. You can't wait and make noises, blaspheming my lord's true god!"
Xiaohua understood it and translated, "Brother Niushi, you want to talk to Uncle God, you guys, shut up."
When everyone heard this, they were so frightened that they all knelt down and worshiped.
Niu Shi took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and began to praise devoutly.
He only knew that his sister could communicate with gods, but he didn't know how her sister did it.
This is also his first time...
Cow shit then called out in Chinese.
A group of elders listened quietly to the mysterious and profound language without realizing it.
As everyone knows...
Zhou Li'an couldn't hear it at all.
He asked Niu Shi to pray on the last three days of every three months, just to give him confidence.
As a result, there are no miracles performed in this praise.
However, no one was disappointed.
After seeing the true divine punishment coming, their faith has been condensed.
Three days in a row.
Cow shit prays every night, begging the true God to listen.
April 1st.
Not knowing whether he succeeded or not, he set off to return to the front army and march north again for another expedition.
Also this morning.
Whoosh.
Zhou Li'an and Xue Nu arrived at the Balance Station.