Chapter 474 Vaccine promotion, bargaining for souls from centralized purchasing?
Pricing for vaccinia vaccination...is not specific to Gray.
He couldn't decide. In fact, the jury once asked Grete how much the cost of cowpox was, and the answer he got was hard to explain:
"The cost is divided into two parts: fixed cost and variable cost." Grete counted the items on his fingers:
"The fixed costs are mainly the construction costs of the institute, daily maintenance costs and expenses for researching vaccinia. I don't know the specific amount of this... Anyway, just check the accounts and dilute it into each vaccine..."
"Where are the variable costs?" The great magician of the transformation department pricked up his ears. Hey, this statement seems to be useful in their alchemy workshop! Boy, say a few more words, it's well said, alchemist
We will give you a discount!
"The variable cost... is the cost of vaccine production and vaccination..." Grete frowned and thought hard:
"A cow costs about 10 gold coins, but you don't have to buy it. You can rent it. I don't know about the rent. How many vaccines can be made from the pox pulp of a cow? I have to ask them about this;"
More than one review committee member supports the amount. I don’t know this or that. What do I want you to do? It would be more convenient to find an accountant to connect with you!
"Then, the production and sterilization of syringes also requires costs. If you want to produce them in large quantities, you can ask the alchemy workshop for the price;"
The great magician of the transformation system was immediately irritated by everyone's eyes. He shrugged: Does it make sense to ask me now? I also need to get the sample and go back to find someone, and let them evaluate it before I know!
"The training costs and work expenses of the vaccinators... I don't know about this, but you don't have to use spell casters, ordinary people can do it. This saves money..."
"So, what about the share for the research institute?" Under the urging of everyone, Old Sam, as a magician from Thunder Horn, spoke on behalf of the review committee:
"How much do you want?"
"Well……"
Grete started scratching his head again. Drug profits can be high or low: hundreds of times, thousands of times, what about heart stents, what about artificial joints, not to mention vaccines, when facing the scene, rob one
The country is not a big deal;
If it's low, it can be as low as only charging the cost price, or even charging nothing. Anyway, the herbs are picked from the mountains and not bought with money. If you have enough food and clothing, it doesn't matter if you give some as a gift.
As long as his hospital can operate normally, it seems that there is no need to set the commission too high? Anyway, anyway, if the money is not enough, if he wants to build another project, he has to go to the council...
But it can’t be set too low... It’s easy for him to ask for money from the parliament, but it may not be that easy for later vaccine developers. His insistence on being upright and upright here is equivalent to blocking the way forward for those who come after him.
Grete was stuck between two values, going back and forth, and couldn't come up with an answer.
Alas, I'm just a clinician. Why do I have to hold the concurrent posts of financial director of a pharmaceutical company, health commission, and price bureau?
Seeing the embarrassment on Grete's face, the gentlemen of the jury knew that asking him was useless, waved their hands and told him to get lost. Is there anyone who understands in the Mage Tower or the Medical Research Institute to come out to negotiate the price?
If you still don’t have it, ask the Lord of Thunder if someone can come out and make the decision for Little Grete? The price is too low, it seems like we are bullying children...
Then, in short, when Gretel pulled out his head from the research and development of rabies vaccine, what he saw was the streets full of people shouting "No 750, just ten gold coins".
10 gold coins is still too expensive for the poor, and even for the middle class, it requires them to save carefully for a long time. However, for businessmen, farmers, and workshop owners, this amount of money is already something they can afford without having to worry too much.
It's out.
It's just a cow, or two pounds of salt, or a set of fine woolen clothes for meeting guests!
In order not to have to hide in Tibet during a smallpox epidemic, in order not to be frightened for the sake of young children every time a smallpox epidemic occurs.
It’s just ten gold coins!
dig!
Gretel patted Appa and let him follow the crowd to see the vaccination site of cowpox vaccination. After taking a look, he nodded secretly and had to say that these ten gold coins were indeed worth the money spent:
The vaccination site is next to the White Tower, and there is a separate large shed. You can see the White Tower at a glance from the door. The magicians, with their robes fluttering, coming in and out, queuing up near them, feel that they are much closer to magic;
There are three distinct areas: waiting area, vaccination area, and observation area. In the vaccination area, there are mage apprentices wearing uniform white coats to vaccinate visitors, and there are rules in every move;
All syringes have been used once and are immediately placed in a special sharps box next to them. They will not be used by a second person and will be collected and sterilized by high temperature;
There is a dressing room for ladies, an entertainment area for children, and there are even apprentices to play with (of course, the way of playing with them is mainly to practice the wizard's tricks. If you can't hold it anymore, a first-level wizard comes to release [Charming Humans]...
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This is pretty good. Well, it already has the feeling of a private hospital in its previous life, especially a high-end private hospital.
Another vaccination point is inside the White Tower. For its own people, the Council has given an unprecedented preferential price: any magician, even a mage apprentice, can be vaccinated against smallpox with only one contribution point.
One vaccination provides lifelong immunity.
What?
Do you want to vaccinate your parents, spouse, or children?
This... Mr. Magician, you need to know that such a low price is a parliamentary subsidy, a discount only given to magicians... Let me see... The preferential price for relatives and friends is two contribution points per person, and it cannot be exceeded
Low!
Considering the 1:4 exchange ratio between contribution points and gold coins on the black market, this price is equivalent to a 20% discount.
The magicians left and came back happily, and everyone felt that they had received preferential treatment. Some magicians with lower levels and quick brains even managed to recruit people and made a small profit.
"Then, what about those who can't afford ten gold coins?"
Grete sat down in the conference room of the White Tower and asked the city hall officials opposite. It was impossible to expect magicians to do administrative work. At least, it was impossible to expect magicians to do the work for ordinary citizens.
For this cowpox vaccination, the review committee issued instructions and did the errands, all of which were people from the city hall...
"According to the instructions of the review committee, the smallpox vaccine must be fully vaccinated as much as possible." Opposite Gretel, a middle-aged official flipped through the information in his hand and answered respectfully:
"Starting from next month, we will fully roll out the second round of vaccination. The target of this round of vaccination is the middle-income class, and the scheduled vaccination fee is 1 gold coin per person."
"Etc., etc!"
Gretel waved his hand to interrupt him:
"If 10 gold coins become 1 gold coin, won't the people who were vaccinated make trouble?"
Are you kidding me, just give me a 10% discount! Well, although I can’t afford this discount... According to calculations by experts sent by the review committee, the cost of vaccine manufacturing alone, excluding labor, can be reduced to less than 1 copper coin per copy.
But how can you sell things like this?
Don't talk about a 10% discount. The Double Eleven discount period has passed. Why don't you try to increase the price back to the original price? Why don't you give me a 20% discount? I won't flood you with complaints! I won't let you promise "no price reduction within one month".
Don’t even think about “refunding the price difference within 15 days”!
If you give a 10% discount, are you really afraid that people who paid 10 gold coins will rush over and tear down the vaccination site?
You think you are selling a shield machine! Just break the price and hit the market! Even if it is a shield machine, it is not the same seller!
"Master Nordmark, please rest assured that we have made sufficient plans." The middle-aged official opposite smiled confidently. He straightened the chain of his pocket watch and spoke softly:
"First of all, the earliest batch of vaccinations will be carried out collectively. It will be rolled out among the students of the Magic Academy, students from other schools, the army and the city guard, and the money will be collected collectively."
Those who can afford to go to school are from middle-class and above families... Grete thought quickly:
"So, in the name of collective purchasing and price reduction?"
"Not only that." The middle-aged official continued to smile:
"We can also publicize that it is the parliament that subsidizes students and the military out of education and security needs."
emmmm... But the gap is still a bit big... Gretel is confused, still feeling that the person who paid ten gold coins before will not be willing to accept it...
"Moreover, we will also make some adjustments in the vaccination method." The smile on the middle-aged official's face remained unchanged, and he tried to make his tone sincere and solemn, without daring to be a little impatient:
The person in front of me is said to be the inventor of the smallpox vaccine. Although he doesn't care about the specific vaccination matters, the power required to get the big guys to make a big statement from top to bottom to fully roll out this thing is huge.
Not one o'clock or two o'clock!
If he casually said, "You can't do this," everyone's hard work over the past month or two would be ruined!
"What? Adjustment?" Grete almost jumped up. This thing cannot be adjusted randomly! It will cause cross infection! "How do you want to adjust it?"
"The one-gold-coin-per-person vaccination plan does not require a syringe. Instead, a steel needle is used to dip the vaccine into the patient's skin and pierce it directly into the patient's skin. Of course, the steel needle will not be reused. One is used per person and is sterilized at high temperature after use."
Gretel was relieved. This method would not cause cross-infection, but it would cost a little bit of needles. Damn it, with the level of industrialization, an embroidery needle is more expensive than a knife...
"What if the fees go down further?"
"Change the embroidery needle into a knife, sterilize it with fire, and then use a wooden skewer to dip the vaccine into it and drip it on." The middle-aged official answered without hesitation, obviously he had already made a plan. Seeing Gretel's expression unchanged, he
He frowned and sighed heavily:
"However, even so, the fee cannot be reduced to less than five copper coins, and it cannot be popularized... We are currently in a meeting to discuss whether we can increase taxes to pay for this expense. We have not yet reached a conclusion..."
Fortunately, it will take several months for the second and third waves of promotion to roll out. Alas, if it doesn't work, we can only use the name of the review committee to force a tax increase.
I don’t know how much backlash it will cause…
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