Chapter 337 Reverse Kidnapping
"Four hundred and sixty-three soldiers died due to lack of immunoglobulin. They could have survived. Most of them were just scratched and had wounds, which is exactly what immunoglobulin can do. Let us mourn for them..."
The beautiful spokesperson spoke righteously, her face full of sorrow.
Her words were soon published by major Western mainstream media.
《It didn’t have to be that many people died! 》
Tens of thousands of people died because of this, and Umbrella may be the murderer
Life-saving technology should not be monopolized
"Calling for Umbrella to release its control over life-saving culture medium"
Various headlines came out, and the anti-Umbrella trend that had just faded away last time resurfaced.
Because this time the virus in Japan is obviously more terrifying, and it has happened in Tokyo, so is there any place that you can say for sure it won't happen?
The last sanctions against Umbrella were actually suppressed by Umbrella's new bracelet and the self-developed chip later. It was a lot of noise but little action and was of no use.
This time, they started to use moral kidnapping purely.
On the other hand, Umbrella made a great comeback after the last sanctions. Now its smart bracelets are being shipped like crazy, and a new ecological chain has been completely formed. Software developed around smart bracelets has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and it can be said that it has supported a large number of people.
Umbrella itself got the most delicious piece of cake, almost alone!
It is even foreseeable that there will be a lot more to be expanded in the area of holographic display.
Screens, TVs, shadows and more!
Although it cannot replace the screen, it can indeed make many things more convenient and look more high-tech.
Although this call is directed at the culture medium, in fact, the deeper purpose is probably to target the huge business in the trillion-dollar market.
But this time, Umbrella did not respond directly, but directly announced
"Of course we have no problem making the culture medium public. We would also be happy to save more people, but let's do some calculations first..."
Umbrella then listed the number of people saved by various drugs from major pharmaceutical companies, as well as the number of people who lost their lives because they could not afford the drugs.
"It is obvious that the global pharmaceutical industry has entered a morbid cycle. As a company with some reputation in the current biological field, we call on everyone to directly abandon pharmaceutical patents and processes and publish them honestly. If major pharmaceutical companies agree, we at Umbrella will take the lead in disclosing all the production processes and processes of the culture medium, including all the drugs under our command. If they can be imitated, they can be imitated..."
As soon as these high-sounding words came out, the entire medical community was shocked.
Oh my god! You are ruining the pot by eating!
Watt hair!
Yes, Umbrella has found a new holographic track, a potential market worth trillions of US dollars!
Add to that the patent fees for mobile phones, as well as batteries and screens, its ability to make money is definitely top-notch!
To put it bluntly, the biological field also has a significant impact on Umbrella, but they can really abandon it and it will not affect their life or death.
But it is a completely different story for other pharmaceutical companies.
It's just like two people are swearing at each other outside, and suddenly the other person takes out a dagger and stabs you a few times, and then says that it's your turn after he's done stabbing you.
This is not allowed. This is not allowed!
I originally just wanted to force the other party to share some so that we could eat together, but in the end, he smashed the pot!
How to deal with this?
Pharmaceutical companies can be said to be one of the traditional capitals in the West. Both profits and investments are there, and the potential influence is huge!
It’s big enough to ask the person in charge to help advertise!
So big that some serious stains can be washed away or reconciled.
The Great American Pharmacists Association can lobby to suppress many bills, making Great American medicines more expensive than those sold in neighboring Mexico.
It is so big that after a favorable bill is pressed or passed, a large number of beautiful congressmen will directly resign and seamlessly enter pharmaceutical companies to receive high salaries !
Lead with integrity!
No matter how powerful or beautiful a person is, it is difficult to promote medical reform, and he may even be shot by a psychopath!
The Sackler family isn’t the only one who wants to achieve immortality!
As soon as Umbrella's words came out, everyone fell silent.
Then the media came out to smooth things over.
Drug development needs momentum
《R&D investment continues to increase》
"With an investment of tens of billions of US dollars every year, failure means losing everything"
Everyone only saw the tens of billions of US dollars in R&D investment, but failed to see the revenue that was several times more.
If it really doesn’t make money, what’s the point of investing?
Where does the money come from?
But because of this, it is impossible to stop Umbrella.
If this were to happen, it would directly break the rules set by the West itself.
Umbrella is clearly trying to mess things up here.
Come on, not only do I not want the culture medium, I also don’t want the profits from all the drugs. Let’s release them all and imitate them together.
Then, in order to show its sincerity, Umbrella first announced all the patents and production processes of the hepatitis B immunoglobulin that had already earned tens of billions of US dollars, saying that everyone could use and imitate them at will.
Of course, you can purchase the special culture medium needed for hepatitis B immunoglobulin. Don't worry, the immunoglobulin of this DNA virus is very simple to cultivate and can be diluted and cultured with a very high yield.
However, after seeing Umbrella's move, all parties who knew the situation secretly cursed.
Because Umbrella's price for this drug was quite low at the beginning, it can be said that now almost all the hepatitis B virus patients detected in the world have used it!
It’s almost like directly eradicating the hepatitis B virus!
Umbrella itself has already stopped production, and now you tell me to announce it?
If you are just starting out, you can also refer to this unique approach to viruses.
But now that the culture medium has been released for sale, all major biological laboratories more or less know the principle. It's just that if they buy the culture medium to make and sell it, the cost is no match for Umbrella, so they have no competitive advantage.
In this situation where they are doomed to lose, they are naturally too lazy to invest, which is why they have been clamoring to make the culture medium public.
But no matter what, this is indeed a business worth tens of billions of US dollars announced, which not only shows sincerity in shutting people up but also forces the emperor to abdicate.
Major pharmaceutical companies were forced to come out in support of Umbrella, saying that the government should not interfere in the market economy.
Now one of the big Eastern countries is giving them a headache. If the other big Eastern country starts to respond with the help of Umbrella's words, then it will be really troublesome!
Subsequently, papers published by research teams from major pharmaceutical companies appeared in many top journals such as Nature, Cell, Science, and The Lancet.
It contains in-depth information about their research into the K virus, including a replica of the immunoglobulin originally released by Umbrella.
"…So we can see that due to the K virus's own activity, it is too difficult to cultivate immunoglobulins. If any step is not handled properly, the life-saving immunoglobulins may become a source of infection. Therefore, Umbrella is right not to release the culture medium…"
What else can we do?
While this side is engaging in moral blackmail, others are simply starting to engage in reverse blackmail by tying explosives to their bodies.
There is no other way but to obey him!
…
This is an amazing reversal speed.
The whitewashing behavior of some domestic people who have not yet reacted to it also seems extremely embarrassing.
They had originally followed the initial trend and had no idea of the subsequent changes in the pharmaceutical companies.
“This is different. All the major pharmaceutical companies have invested money.”
"A pharmaceutical company can make tens of billions of dollars every year!"
"Umbrella is different. They didn't invest so much. They have other ways to make money."
It is obvious that these specious and double-standard rhetoric, apart from affecting some 250 people, has caused more people to feel disgusted.
This attracted a lot of ridicule and sarcasm because of the time difference and transportation time difference. After they finished speaking, they were slapped in the face by the pharmaceutical company they had praised.
"Love from my father."
"I've been backstabbed again."
“…”
This group of public intellectuals, who had long since developed a thick skin, quickly started to skillfully lock comments and block people.
But the key point is that they did not delete some of their comments themselves, but left some negative comments hanging there after deleting them.
But in fact, this does not mean that they are stupid. Instead, it is very similar to some anti-intellectual remarks in the Western media. The target is not people with reading ability and logical thinking, but those who have read little and are easily led by the rhythm.
This is one of the reasons why short videos with low barriers to entry are so popular.
The initial Internet required at least the ability to read, organize, and understand text, as well as basic logical thinking skills.
But short videos have completely overcome this threshold. They are easy to understand and can be easily used by even older people or even those who cannot recognize all the words.
The average user of short video platforms has an education level of less than junior high school, and there are too many people who really cannot make their own judgments. They will blindly follow the trend if they feel something makes sense and is impressive.
Some remarks may even be considered as a reverse bashing, but in fact, people are really bashing seriously, and there are people who really agree with it!
When some netizens deliberately play the opposite role or make a joke, they may be taken seriously by some netizens who have lower discernment ability.
It’s just like some of the hilarious messages forwarded by many elders.
When it comes to publicity, there is always one that is suitable depending on the target group, as not everyone has the same way of thinking.
If you think the news is childish and funny, it’s just that you are not within the scope of this target, and the publisher did not intend to affect you at all...
