Volume 6: The Great Change Chapter 0822 Hongtu Real Estate
Huangfu Ming was busy in the glass house for a while before he noticed Nan Yi standing outside. He took off his protective clothing and came to Nan Yi.
"Huangfu, what do you think is the origin of Chinese medicine?"
"Mr. Nan, our Huangfu family believes that medicine originated from witchcraft. Thousands of years ago, human thinking and productivity were relatively low, and it was impossible for people to objectively understand and control various phenomena such as wind, rain, thunder and lightning, diseases and disasters. Therefore, they deified witchcraft and placed their worship and superstition in it.
At that time, there was a certain social division of labor, and there appeared witches who specialized in managing sacrifices and prayers.
The witch has some medical knowledge and often takes on the responsibility of curing illnesses and saving lives. When curing people's illnesses or relieving their pain, the witch may practice witchcraft, use medicine, or use both medicine and witchcraft.
"Where did the witch get his medical knowledge?"
"It should be accumulated bit by bit, generation after generation."
"So what do you think of Shennong tasting all kinds of herbs?"
"Whether it's Shennong or Yandi, it may just be a code name. Several generations, or even dozens of generations, have been tasting herbs." Huangfu Ming paused, "Or maybe it wasn't Shennong himself who was tasting the herbs, but his slaves. It's possible that tens or hundreds of thousands of slaves died in the tasting of herbs."
"Human trials are very likely."
Nan Yi thought that there was human sacrifice in the Zhou Li. In the more ancient times, the definition of "one's own people" would be narrower, and some outsiders could be used as consumables.
"In nature, bears use calamus leaves to treat stomach problems, and turtles use mint to detoxify snake venom. In tropical jungles, monkeys shiver with cold and eat cinchona bark. Dogs that have been domesticated for thousands of years will go up the mountain to find medicine when they are sick. Some people say this is the instinct of animals. So why have we humans lost this instinct?"
Without waiting for Huangfu Ming to answer, Nan Yiyou said to himself: "Maybe it's degeneration. I have read the theoretical literature on animal instincts, but I'm not sure if it's correct. I once read Drexler's "Engine of Creation", and through his nanoscale robots, I thought of nano medical robots... By the way, you should have heard of the cosmic giants, right?"
Nan Yi once discussed with Nan Ruoyin the statement that "humans are bacteria living in the body of a giant". Nan Yi also told Nan's scientific researchers about it. Unexpectedly, this statement was quite popular. Many people agreed with it, some were skeptical, and some expressed opposition.
Based on the principle of making bold assumptions and carefully verifying them, as the number of discussions increased, the theory of cosmic giants gradually formed within the Nan family, and many people spontaneously wanted to verify this statement.
"I heard it when I was at Third Biopharmaceuticals. I'm a fence-sitter."
"Ha, as long as you are not the opposition, we can still talk." Nan Yi smiled and said, "Let's assume that what the cosmic giant said is true. We humans and animals are just medical machines or machines with other functions similar to nanorobots. We are set up by the giants with self-learning and self-evolution mechanisms, and also set up 'animal instincts', which is a self-protection mechanism.
Since it is a machine, we must have a few mechanics. The witches you mentioned, could they be the descendants of mechanics? They have a mechanism for mechanics, and even at the beginning, they had a maintenance manual in their hands. For example, the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine may be an enlightenment book before reading the maintenance manual. "
“The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine is very profound.”
"Whether it is profound or not depends on who is learning it. Perhaps fewer and fewer people understand the mechanical mechanism, or perhaps the mechanical mechanism is understood as a program code. When the program was originally written, there was actually a loophole. This loophole was hidden very deeply and it took a long time to break out.
Let's make a further assumption and assume that giants are just like us humans, there are billions or even more of them, and there will naturally be grudges between giants.
The cosmic giant we are parasitizing on may be a poor one among giants. He is sick, with a very serious disease, but he has no money to go to a big hospital, so he only sees a barefoot doctor.
The medicine prescribed by the doctor, that is, our ancestors, may be inappropriate, or a medicine that is still in the research and development process and has not been proven to be effective. Simply put, we are the descendants of defective or semi-finished products.
Perhaps, the medicine that the cosmic giant took was tampered with by his enemies and contained chronic poison. You see, as the human population increases, the damage to the ecology is also getting worse. So, which part of the giant's body is the earth?
It could be the heart. The more trouble we humans cause, the greater the damage to the giants of the universe."
"Mr. Nan, humans may have existed for millions of years," said Huangfu Ming.
"I know, but according to us humans, the Earth has existed for 4.6 billion years. Any number after the decimal point that can be ignored is longer than the existence of humans. In comparison, a few million years is nothing.
The length of human history for giants may be only two or three days, two or three months, or one or two years in our human cognition. The giant world may also have laws similar to ours. This length of time is just right for giants to clear suspicion of killing (giant) people and create alibis, isn't it? "
“That seems to make sense.”
Nan Yi suddenly asked again: "Are you wondering why I suddenly brought up this topic?"
“A little.”
"Let's talk while walking." Nan Yi and Huangfu Ming walked out of the glass house. Nan Yi said slowly as they walked, "When I had free time these days, I was reading the history of ancient Egypt. I accidentally saw the record of the Ebers Papyrus. I asked someone to send me a translation. After reading it, I read the Smith Papyrus and the Ebers Papyrus.
Although I don't understand medicine, I can still understand some of the terms. After reading it, I feel that ancient Egyptian medicine is a combination of Chinese and Western medicine. Ancient Egyptian medical technology is classified into different categories, and each doctor only specializes in one disease, including eye treatment, head treatment, tooth treatment, intestinal treatment, and internal medicine treatment. This is the same as the classification of hospital departments.
In addition, doctors in ancient Egypt had developed a class system that is actually quite similar to the current system, including various roles such as chief physician, senior doctors, junior doctors, specialists, general practitioners, and consultants;
There are also health concepts such as attention to public hygiene, male circumcision, and constant cleaning of the stomach and intestines. Surgical instruments such as splints, bandages, compresses, scissors, hooks, etc. There are records of plastic surgery performed by pharaohs more than 3,000 years ago, surgical solutions to fractures and dislocations, etc. These are all the ways of modern medicine. The achievements in surgery, anatomy, and dentistry are beyond the reach of even 17th century European medicine. "
Nan Yi pursed his lips and said, "Ancient Egyptian medicine also conducted in-depth research on herbal medicine, but it seems that they took the route of extraction rather than decocting.
In addition, ancient Egyptian medicine had mastered the techniques of questioning, palpation and feeling the pulse, which can be summarized as observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation; I also saw the word "metu" in papyrus, and if it is understood as pulse, it coincides with the theory of meridians in traditional Chinese medicine. "
"I don't know much about ancient Egyptian medicine, but I have learned about ancient Indian medicine. Its theories and medical records have many similarities with traditional Chinese medicine."
"Well, do you think these similarities are coincidences of the ideas and creativity of the predecessors? Or are they constantly communicating with each other and holding conference calls to discuss with each other every once in a while? Or is it as I assumed, there really is one or more versions of the maintenance manual?"
"Mr. Nan, is it possible that all humans on Earth originally lived in the same place, but due to resource depletion or natural disasters, they fled their original place and scattered to live in different places?"
"It's possible. I always feel that there is some connection between traditional medicine. Maybe if we figure out the connection between them, we will get some surprises. So, we should not only explore the future, but also dig into the past."
Nan Yi stopped and said: "Whether it is established by ourselves or sponsored by others, I hope there will be an archaeological team to dig out the information about ancient Egyptian medicine hidden in the long river of history.
In addition, we have been purchasing ancient medical books, medical records, and documents related to traditional Chinese medicine for a long time. We should be careful to avoid legal issues. We don’t want antiques. Copies and photos are fine as long as they don’t affect the research results.”
"Mr. Nan, are you trying to find something to support your hypothesis?"
"I have this idea a little bit, but it's not the main point. The main thing is for the development of Buer Pharmaceutical. I'm afraid that using biochemical research methods and Western medical thinking to study Chinese medicine is wrong from the root. I'm even more afraid that because of some achievements, it will cover up the fact that we are going in the wrong direction.
Study from multiple angles, look at problems dialectically, constantly correct the course, and find the direction that suits us best.
Huangfu, the main mission of Buer Pharmaceutical is of course to make profits, but beyond making profits, I have a higher pursuit, which is to revitalize traditional Chinese medicine and leave the name of Buer Pharmaceutical in the history of its development.
Of course, it would be better if we could summarize a set of health-preserving methods in the process of research. To me, Western medicine is more like repair work, repairing what is broken and replacing old parts with new ones, while Chinese medicine is more like maintenance, trying to prolong the life of the human machine."
Huangfu Ming said confidently: "Mr. Nan, it is not difficult to make a profit. We have mastered the prescriptions now. As long as one or two of them can be mass-produced, the cash flow of Buer Pharmaceutical can be guaranteed. As for revitalizing traditional Chinese medicine, this has always been my long-cherished wish, and I will do my best."
"Well, don't say that it's easy to make a profit. Third Biopharmaceuticals has already shown the potential for hundreds of times the return rate. If Bu Er Pharmaceuticals is too far behind, and if too many people propose to cut this project, it will be difficult for me to veto it, because I myself don't know whether what we are doing is right or wrong."
Nan Yi patted Huangfu Ming on the shoulder and said, "Huangfu, two or three years have passed and a lot of money has been spent. Let's prove to everyone the value of Buer Pharmaceutical's existence."
"I see."
"You keep busy, I'll go check out other parts of the construction site."
After leaving the biopharmaceutical industrial park, Nan Yi went to the construction site of the Coco Tree Building. The construction of the Coco Tree Building had not started yet, but the scope of the construction site had been marked out. Although the designer Santiago Calatrava had already designed the drawings, he was still under pressure from Nan Yi. He wanted to wait and see, and wait for an appropriate time to add fuel to the real estate atmosphere of the Coconut City.
They set out on the weekend and came back after lunch on Monday. Then, nothing special happened on Nan Yi and Su Meng's trip to Yudai Beach. The two of them just had the experience of spending more time alone together.
Nan Yi was not in a hurry for the last step.
In mid-May, an article was published in the newspaper, exposing the five vices of a Vancouver boss - he rode a Honda King, wore Adidas King (A-grade Adidas), slept on a spring bed, and hugged the King of Flowers.
As for what happened next, before Nan Yi saw the news, Zhao Jinshui had already signed a formal contract with Jingding Investment on behalf of Nan Yi. The two parties cooperated to establish a Hongtu Real Estate. It was said that the name was chosen by a certain leader. A calligraphy work was also included, which will be hung in Nan Yi's office in the future. However, there was no signature on it, and Fan Guangfu did not tell him the name.
The office of Hongtu Real Estate cannot be located in Longkunxia Village. The comrades who came here from Beijing World must of course improve their living standards a little. The office space can only be chosen from one of the three options: Financial Building, Guoshang Building, and Overseas Chinese Building. Overseas Chinese Building is ruled out first because the other two buildings were invested and built by Guoming Bank and belong to their own people who are relatively distantly related.
After some selection, they chose the Guoshang Building, which had just been put into use. Half of the third floor of the left podium was rented. Chang Guoqing, who was sent to be Nan Yi's assistant, quickly asked Nan Yi for the office decoration plan.
It is called decoration, but in fact it is just the provision of office furniture.
Nan Yi delegated power and let Chang Guoqing come up with his own plan.
Chang Guoqing acted quickly. In four and a half days, the office area was filled up with a large open-plan staff office area, a general manager's office, a deputy general manager's office, a finance office, and a reception room.
On May 23, Hongtu Real Estate officially opened for business.
Nan Yi divides his day into four parts. In the morning, he visits Dream Town and Hongtu Real Estate. At noon, he returns to Longkunxia Village for lunch. In the afternoon, he sits in the office in Longkunxia Village for two hours, and then stays near the intersection of the three places, either in the car or outdoors, rushing to wherever there is something going on.
This schedule will be implemented in a few days. As he has just assumed the position of general manager of Hongtu Real Estate, he has to stay here today to get a feel for the temperament of the person coming from Jingding.
Nan Yi, general manager of Hongtu Real Estate; Chang Guoqing, deputy general manager, 37 years old this year;
Office Director and Assistant General Manager Jiang Daqiao was born in the year when the Jinling Yangtze River Bridge was first built. His father was one of the engineers who built the bridge and it was his first time to participate in such a large-scale project, so he named his son after the bridge. He is 31 years old.
Peng Yumin, the chief financial officer, is one year younger than Chang Guoqing.
Except for Nan Yi himself, the other three should be Fan Guangfu's confidants. However, due to the prior agreement, Nan Yi does not have to worry too much about internal friction. What he is worried about is the safety of funds.
On the first day at work, looking at the super luxurious office furniture in his office, Nan Yi called Fan Guangfu.
After some pleasantries, Nan Yi said his real intention, "Old Fan, I have a suggestion. Hongtu Real Estate should open an account in Nan Guo Bank and transfer 37 million to it. This money will be used for investment, and the rest of the money can be placed in Guoming Bank for office expenses."
“Why put it in Southland Bank?”
"Because it is a commercial bank, it must abide by business rules. Besides, I know its details and I am not afraid that the money in its account will be taken away by someone."
"What do you think of Yumin?"
If anyone wants to embezzle the money from the company's account, they have to go through Peng Yumin, the chief financial officer. If someone embezzles the money, Peng Yumin will definitely be involved.
"We just started to contact each other, how could I have any opinion? It's just that money is attractive. Hongtu Real Estate is outside the system of Guoming Bank. The procedures are simplified. It's too easy to withdraw money."
Fan Guangfu was silent for a while before he said, "Can you guarantee that it's absolutely safe if we keep it in the Southland Bank?"
"Only with my signature and phone notification, plus Peng Yumin's financial stamp, can the money be withdrawn. If it's over one million, I have to come in person to handle it."
"Xiao Nan, you've given me a difficult problem." Fan Guangfu sighed.
"You should know what is more important, Old Fan. If someone really runs away with the money, it will be too late."
"Okay, I'll take care of it."
After hanging up the phone, Nan Yi picked up a printed copy of ancient Greek medical material and started reading it.
He spent the whole morning reading materials, and at lunchtime, Chang Guoqing came to his office.
"Boss Nan, let's have lunch together?"
"Forget about it today. Someone will bring me food. Tomorrow night, I will treat everyone to a meal. Those who have families can bring them along." Nan Yi responded with a smile.
"I'll inform everyone, so I won't bother President Nan."
After Chang Guoqing finished speaking, he left Nan Yi's office. Nan Yi raised his eyes and looked at the furnishings in the office again. Thinking about the 270,000 yuan decoration expenses, he felt a little distressed.
Hongtu Real Estate is not engaged in open business. In the future, when buying and selling land, as long as they can pay the money and have the land in their hands, there is no need to decorate the storefront.
Two days passed quickly. During these two days, the most important thing Nan Yi did was to treat everyone from Hongtu Real Estate to dinner. The rest of the time he was either reading information or busy with things that had nothing to do with Hongtu Real Estate.
On the third day, Fan Guangfu called and agreed to Nan Yi's suggestion to put 37 million yuan into Nan Guo Bank. After completing the transfer, Nan Yi had nothing to do for another two days.
On May 28, Nan Yi read the "Interim Measures for the Pilot Program of Shareholding System of State-Owned Enterprises in Qiong Province", "Trial Measures for Internal Issuance of Stocks by Shareholding Enterprises in Qiong Province" and "Notice on Further Relaxation of Approval Conditions for Domestic Enterprises" in the "Qiong Province Daily". The first two "measures" indicate that the stock market in Coconut City will be more lively, and the latter "notice" indicates that Qiong Island will usher in another period of explosive registration.
Last year, that is, in 1990, several mainland companies came to Qiongdao to sell "internal employee shares". At the beginning, there was no recognition and few buyers. But when the prices of listed stocks began to rise, "internal employee shares" immediately became a hot commodity.
Of course, this is closely related to the newspapers' constant promotion of the benefits of original shares and internal shares. The concept that as long as you buy original shares, you will become rich overnight once the company goes public has echoed over and over again in the minds of Qiongdao's stockholders (people who buy internal employee shares). The balance in the hearts of stockholders has shifted from rationality to a passion for wealth.
Internal employee shares, as the name suggests, are a type of stock that a joint-stock company uses to provide targeted financing to its internal employees. The state stipulates that only the employees of the company can purchase them, and the amount cannot exceed 20% of the total number of shares.
Although there are regulations, not many joint-stock companies abide by them. Since they cannot sell their stocks locally, they all come to Qiongdao to set up stock sales points.
Nan Yi spent a day in the urban area of Coconut City, visiting every stock sales point. The names of companies passed through his mind one by one, and each name awakened his memory.
While having dinner in the evening, Nan Yi was about to talk to Su Meng about something when Liu Zhen called.
I went back to my room and answered the phone, "Liu Zhen, what's going on?"
"Does Xi Guixiang still remember?"
"You don't need to confirm with me next time. I remember the names of all the classmates in the class, no matter how close we are."
"She's getting married next month. I don't have time. You can go there."
"Straighten your tongue and speak. Is it her son getting married?"
Liu Zhen said without interruption: "Stop talking nonsense, it's her getting married."
"Second marriage. I remember that the first year of school, her husband came to see her with their son. Her son looked about 11 or 12 years old. Is she a grandmother now?"
"Her husband died seven or eight years ago. If you go there, you'll see what's going on. The man she's going to marry is not ordinary."
Liu Zhen kept the secret.
"Why is it unusual?"
"Her granddaughter's grandfather, daughter-in-law's father, son's father-in-law."
"It's a close relationship. It's nothing special. It would be a big deal if she married her daughter-in-law's brother. Her son would have to call her sister-in-law and her granddaughter would have to call her aunt."
Nan Yi said this, but in his heart he admired Xi Guixiang's courage. Marrying one's in-laws may seem like a closer relationship, but most people nowadays still cannot understand it and it is easy to be gossiped about by neighbors.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense and just go."
"What day exactly?"
"May 10th."
Nan Yi calculated the solar calendar and said, "I know. I will go."
"Let me put it this way. I took my son out for dinner and couldn't stay at home. People kept coming over during this period of time."
"Strange, I don't know what it means that you live in Fang Mansion?"
Many of the real estate companies on Qiongdao Island were opened by people from Shanghai. Regardless of whether they were companies or individuals, if they wanted to run the company, 80% of them would eventually have to go through the bank loan route. Liu Zhen, the vice president with loan approval authority, naturally became the target of flattery.
Anyone who has the ability to know that Liu Zhen lives in Fang Mansion would naturally also know that Liu Zhen is Fang Mengyin's granddaughter-in-law. Nan Yi wondered why someone would come to Liu Zhen's house to do public relations.
"Comrade Nan Yi, it's not just money that can corrupt people. So what if I'm Fang Mengyin's granddaughter-in-law?"
"For example, I'll give you a gigolo?"
"Stop talking nonsense. I'm dead. I'm dead. Be careful out there." At the last moment, Liu Zhen did not forget to give a warning.
"Well……"
After hanging up the phone, Nan Yi returned to the dinner table.
After eating a few mouthfuls of food, Nan Yi suddenly asked, "Su Meng, how long have we known each other?"
Su Meng was first surprised why Nan Yi asked this, and then she said with emotion: "It's been almost a year and nine months, time flies."
"It's been quite a while. From what I know about you, you are a person with strong opinions. You have the typical characteristics of a woman who can stay at sea. You have dreams and live for your dreams. Even when you are working for others, you want to be the center and the leader. This has been shown in your daily work. I'm going to ask you a question, and you have to answer me truthfully."
"You ask."
"Yiwan International, you were the first employee to join, and you were also responsible for recruiting many of the people who came later. Yiwan International added a deputy manager, not you, but Zhao Jinshui. Later, I left the management of Yiwan International, and the company was handed over to Zhao Jinshui. I did not promote you. Do you have any complaints in your heart?"
Su Meng put down her chopsticks and said seriously, "In the beginning, I did. I have the longest seniority in the company, and I think my performance is good, so why didn't they promote me? But as I got to know Mr. Zhao better, I realized that I was far behind him, and the resentment in my heart disappeared."
"Yiwan International has been going smoothly since its opening. We have never encountered the agency traps, customer traps, high interest traps, benefit traps, contract traps, letter of credit traps, document traps, transportation traps, settlement traps, and tax refund traps that are common in the foreign trade industry.
Why?
First, Yiwan International has a huge team. It is not just the employees in the company who are working. There are also many people who provide help to Yiwan International. When Chen Ruishi resigned, I gave her a bonus of 1 million to reward her for her contribution.
If you were asked to do the work she does, you might not be able to complete it even if you ran yourself ragged.
There are many other people who have contributed to Yiwan International, so I won’t list them all, but I believe you must have had some feelings about my trip to the United States two years ago.
Second, Zhao Jinshui was a lawyer in Xiangxun before. He had handled many cases of commercial fraud and commercial disputes and had also participated in corporate mergers and acquisitions. He had seen a lot of the ugly and cunning side of business. He had a broad vision and personally participated in it. It was actually unfair to him to let him be a small deputy manager of Yiwan International.
With him around, many traps that you are not even aware of have already been solved by him in secret before they erupt.
As for you, your resume is too shallow. You have only fought in favorable situations, never seen a crisis, let alone dealt with one. Your current achievements are based on the platform I created. If you didn’t have this platform, ask yourself, how could you have achieved what you have today in less than two years?”
"It should...it should not be possible."
Su Meng didn't want to admit it, but she had to. She couldn't lie to herself against her will.
"Then have you ever thought about leaving this platform and going outside to test your true level?"
"Ah..." Su Meng said in panic: "You, you want to fire me?"
