Chapter: 3777

So he said firmly, "Impossible! We won't sell this patent at all!"

Smith hurriedly said, "What if an American company could pay a huge upfront fee? For example, tens of billions of dollars or even more?"

Leaf still shook his head: "Not even mentioning tens of billions, even hundreds of billions or thousands of billions of dollars, we won't sell."

Leaf didn't want to sell because it was simply impossible to sell.

This formula can be given to anyone at any time, but no one else can produce it.

If the other party cannot produce it, how could they possibly be willing to pay an upfront fee?

This is not just fooling Lin Pharmaceutical, let alone the first time Lin Ryō came to snatch medicine. I gave him a fake and killed his father. He could only swallow his pride.

If we sell it, it would be a patent transaction on the level of tens of billions of dollars. At that time, the whole world might be shocked. If the other party gets the patent and finds out they've been tricked, it will definitely become an international scandal.

Smith still thought that Leaf Pharmaceutical was unwilling to sell the patent, simply because it was a pure form of self-satisfaction. So he hurriedly urged, "Mr. Leaf, when penicillin was first discovered, it was also a revolutionary breakthrough in the medical field. However, you may not know that due to the extreme difficulty in preparing penicillin at the time, its production capacity never increased, and even a few large experimental laboratories couldn't cultivate enough bacteria to treat one person. Therefore, it was impossible to make it serve humanity."

He paused for a moment and then continued, "However, after several years, with the efforts of various experts in pharmaceuticals, chemistry, and biology, the production process of penicillin has been continuously optimized and has achieved from extremely low production to overproduction, thereby benefiting humanity as a whole."

"I must say that I think Leaf Pharmaceutical is like the team that discovered penicillin. Although they discovered this type of medicine, but couldn't produce it on a large scale."

"But we have the strongest industrial, pharmaceutical, and chemical foundations in America! If we can develop based on this formula, who knows maybe several years later we can achieve mass production!"

"When the time comes, I'll join hands with you to benefit humanity. Isn't that a very great thing?"

Leaf smiled at him, saying cheerfully, "Mr. Smith, I find that you are indeed a genuine person with exceptional vision and foresight! No wonder you're able to lead FDA as its responsible person! Just this level of understanding is already remarkable!"

Smith thought that Leaf was truly taken by what he said and laughed, saying, "Mr. Leaf, don't be too modest. I'm not some high-flying figure either. I just want to do my best to benefit humanity."

Leaf nodded seriously, saying, "Mr. Smith, no matter how much a medicine for treating cancer can benefit, it can only benefit tens of millions of people..."

He then changed the subject and said sternly, "But if your American research foundation is so strong, why don't you research how to produce oil at a low cost and on a large scale? If you can reduce the production cost per barrel of oil to one dollar and produce five to seven billion barrels per year, not only would you solve the global energy crisis, but also avoid sending troops to the Middle East under various pretexts. That wouldn't be truly benefiting humanity, would it?"

Smith listened to this and felt embarrassed and prickly all over.

He realized that, despite knowing Leaf was just chattering and mocking him, he couldn't help but respond.

No matter how he responded, it seemed like he was hitting his own face.

He felt a pang of regret in his heart: "Damn it, you're really ruthless, a true material for a good operator... I boasted about being eloquent as a silver tongue, but you still got me speechless..."

Helplessly, Smith could only ask Leaf: "Mr. Leaf, if we decide to introduce your Rejuvenation Pill at $100,000 per box right now, how many boxes can you provide for us?"

Leaf waved his hand dismissively: "The current price is still too high. If you want to introduce it, it'll cost $500,000 per box, and I can give you twenty boxes at once."

Smith was almost choked speechless, instinctively asking: "Mr. Leaf, didn't you just say that this pill won't be more expensive than Novo's? This is already three hundred thousand dollars more than Novo's!"

Leaf smiled: "The price of $1 million is the official retail price after we go on sale. I always speak my mind; when we officially launch it, the price will exceed $1 million, and we'll give you the patent for free. But for now, the price is still $500,000 per box, no negotiating." JrNovels.com