1855 United States Tycoon

Just as the "heroin" storm swept the world, the McDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company, which was supposed to be the center of the incident, maintained a very strange calm, as quiet as the eye of a hurricane, although the surrounding area was turbulent. , But apart from a press conference at the beginning of the MacDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company, nothing has happened since then.

On the fourth day after the press conference, reporters who had been staring at the train station spotted several horse-drawn carriages at McDonald's. Later, they discovered that Scrooge had boarded the carriage accompanied by some entourage. Some reporters tried to approach Scrooge to ask some questions in the process, but apparently they underestimated the power of Scrooge’s bodyguards. These guys with great height, eight feet tall and eight feet waist, were there. With a light block, the reporters who rushed over followed the principle of conservation of energy and bounced back at the same speed as when they rushed over.

Of course, the reporters will not stop there. If this is the case, if the news is let go, it would be too unprofessional. So the reporters all went to the carriages distributed by the newspaper or rented by themselves, and followed closely behind Scrooge's motorcade. From a distance, they saw Scrooge's carriage enter the McDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company.

"Scrooge is back!" The news spread immediately. All the media focused on MacDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company. Scrooge rushed back from Panama. He must have something to do. What kind of behavior will he have?

However, Scrooge still seemed to let them down, and since he plunged into McDonald's Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company that day, he hasn't traced it again. The Macdonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company is still as quiet as the eye of a hurricane.

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"Scrooge, this bastard, he must have known these problems with heroin." Morgan gritted his teeth and said to his wife, "Do you still remember the medical advice his doctor gave you? It was emphasized again and again that heroin should not be eaten too much. What? I’m sure, this guy already knew about these problems at that time. This bastard! All the scammers are coming to my house! I must give him a good look!"

"My dear," Mimi walked to Morgan's side, sat down gently, stretched out her hand to take his arm, and said, "Isn't I okay? And my lung disease was not cured by his doctor in the end? Besides, there is no basis. Such a malicious guess about Scrooge is not good. If Mr. Macdonald is really focused on money, why should he disclose this? Isn’t it good to continue to make money? And I don’t want you to be because of me. The conflict with Scrooge is not good for us."

"Hmph," Morgan said, "malicious guessing? Mimi, you are so kind. The conscience of that guy Scrooge...why is he taking this out now, do you know?"

"Why?" Mimi asked.

"Because his patent is about to expire. Once the patent expires, a lot of companies will produce this. At that time, in order to compete with'heroin', they will definitely increase the active ingredients in the own drug. Anyway, this thing is not worth money. Then, if you increase it, I also increase it. So before long, the effective ingredients in the medicine will exceed the safe value, and then the addictive problem will be exposed. At that time, even The reputation of Macdonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company will also be damaged. The reputation that Macdonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company has accumulated over the years is also money. Instead of this, it is better for him to poke it out by himself." Morgan explained, "And I I always feel that Scrooge must have a new plan. He must have some tricks. He is not only trying to reduce losses, but he may even think of ways to make more. It’s just that I haven’t figured it out yet. What is he going to do..."

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Before Scrooge could do anything, Congress held a hearing first. Being one of the first countries to ban the unrestricted trade of opium, the United States Congress acted first. At this hearing, the United States Congress invited a large number of experts, including experts from McDonald's Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company, to testify. Discuss whether legislation should prohibit reproduction or the use of heroin.

There were some disputes at the hearing. Except for experts from McDonald’s Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company, most of the doctors and experts agreed that “heroin” is a drug that may cause addiction. Give some guidance. They think that as long as they modify the manual, clarify the problem, and indicate the amount of use, they can continue to use it. In their words: "There is no dangerous drug that does not exist. Heroin does bring danger, but compared with the help it brings us, this danger is acceptable. And now, we There is no drug that can replace it.” Only the experts from McDonald’s Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company admitted that there would be no danger when used in accordance with the dosage. Although they admitted that what other experts said was reasonable, they still insisted that this can lead to The addictive drugs that cannot be shaken off are dangerous anyway, at least until there are more effective control methods, they must be temporarily stopped. Once there is a corresponding substitute product, its use should be banned immediately. "For example, we now use heroin to suppress the symptoms of colds. Once there are other drugs that can suppress cold symptoms or even treat colds, we should immediately ban the use of heroin in cold treatment."

After the hearing, Congress voted and rejected the proposal to ban the use of heroin immediately.

After another month, Scrooge finally took action. McDonald's Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company will hold a press conference again, and Scrooge McDonald will personally attend.

According to the instructions, this press conference will start at nine o’clock in the morning, but early in the morning, reporters from all walks of life, even those who traveled across the oceans from Europe, were crowded with news from McDonald’s Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company. Conference venue.

As usual, the front and center positions were given to reporters from big newspapers. For example, reporters from major United States newspapers such as the New York Daily Times and the New York Herald Tribune, or world-class major newspapers such as The Times and Figaro are all here. A little further away, there are tabloid newspapers with circulation but no corresponding influence, such as the United States Sun and the British Sun. Farther away, there are marginal newspapers whose circulation and influence are not very good.

"I have read your comment on the heroin crisis that may bring about changes in the industry rules. It is very exciting! I know that your newspaper has always been in contact with the McDonald Consortium. I want to know, you are publishing it. Did you get any inside information during that comment?" The Times reporter John asked the New York Daily Times reporter Sam. Well, anyway, a few hours before the press conference started, the idle reporters started talking. Many times, interesting ideas are generated in such a chat.

"Ah, we have a lot of contact with people from the MacDonald Consortium, but this article really didn’t get any inside information. This is just a financial commentary sent by a freelance commentator. He is a professor at Yale. He has a lot of research, but based on what I know about him, I don’t think this gentleman has the opportunity to learn about the internal information of the McDonald’s consortium.” Sam replied.

"But I think his article is really good." John said.

“In a congressional hearing a month ago, experts from McDonald’s Chemical and Pharmaceuticals stated that they would continue to stop the production of heroin until there were no more effective control measures. Does this mean that McDonald’s Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals is very concerned about the so-called What do you think about the control methods?" Armand, a reporter from Le Figaro, also interrupted.

"It's possible. What do you think the McDonald Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company is doing in the past two months? Well, yes, after returning from Panama, Mr. MacDonald went directly to the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company and stayed there. It's been over a month, what are you doing?" Rossi, a reporter from the New York Herald Tribune, also interjected.

"I think there are several possibilities. First of all, Mr. MacDonald himself is a medical scientist, or even the greatest medical scientist of our time. In this month, he may be a researcher in the first place. The frontline directly participates in the research work. Therefore, more detailed and more authoritative research data may be disclosed at this press conference." John nodded and said in approval.

"It is also possible that it is the so-called'more effective control method'. Perhaps it will be disclosed at this press conference. I want to say that if such a drug control can be proposed at this press conference. Harm, and effective control methods to prevent drug abuse, then this press conference can really be considered as far-reaching, well, maybe as far-reaching as the "Washington Convention" he proposed during the war." Sam said.

"This is not the same as the "Washington Convention"." Armand said, "Compared with the "Washington Convention", this standard is much more complicated and professional. It involves all aspects, including medicine, chemistry, engineering, and law. , There are ethics, statistics, and there may even be many things that we can’t even think of. I don’t think Mr. Scrooge McDonald can come up with such a set of things in just over a month. Even if it comes out with a general framework, I feel that one and a half months is far from enough."

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"Time is almost up." Scrooge took out his pocket watch and looked at it, then stood up, nodded to the few people sitting aside, and said, "It's time for us to go out."

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