As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 255 Smoke Bomb

“For us, we need to investigate more than just the mage who summoned the water element at this scientific and technological innovation conference.

There are also reasons for London's current situation. Has London always been special, or has it only become like this in recent years?

And why it is the way it is, what are the fundamental reasons why London is special.”

After Wiles finished, Werner added: “And who taught magic to these people.

This is a completely different system from Merlin's magic.

We have a lot of work to do during this period, so perhaps we can seek Merlin's help."

"Is it possible that Merlin was behind this?"

"Unlikely, he has no motive to do so."

"For Merlin, if he just regards Blue Star as his own private laboratory, we are his selected scientific research assistants.

London was the experimental subject he chose. He used the whole of London for a large-scale experiment, whether it was a social experiment or a magical experiment.

I personally think it is possible," Jurgen added.

Jean Pierre's eyes revealed sadness: "What a luxury, using the entire Blue Planet as his private laboratory."

Jurgen sneered and said, "Isn't that normal?
Back then, Japan and Germany used third world countries as experimental sites, and large-scale human experiments were common.

This is what backwardness means. The gap between our civilization and magical civilization is even greater than the gap between them and third world countries.

Even the outside world doesn’t know what our biopharmaceutical giants have done in third world countries in recent years, but don’t we know it?”

Jurgen is a key figure of the second generation of the Frankfurt School of Marxism, and is adept at using terms such as "third world countries".

Jean-Pierre said directly: "I'm sorry, I really don't understand."

Mathematicians think more about metaphysical things, mostly based on logical deduction, and have a certain sense of detachment from the material world.

Philosophers have the need to guide the real world, so they pay more attention to specific things.

Wiles didn't want the atmosphere to become too tense, so he interrupted, "Whether this incident is related to Merlin or not."

"It is unlikely that we can find the person who teaches magic, because we found out after investigating Charles, the poster on FB and the first new wizard.

There is no such thing as a dark web. All of his Internet devices have been thoroughly investigated by technicians, and based on his usage records, there is no such thing as a dark web."

White wondered, "Is he lying? Or did he clear the data?"

Wiles explained: “We had some of the best forensic psychology practitioners cross-examine the case and also added physiological testing.

The above combination can be used to judge that the other party is not lying, unless he has extremely good psychological quality and no one can find any abnormalities, but the probability of this is too small.

The technician had no problem with it, but due to the short time, he didn't have enough time to clean up a lot of the data, not to mention the physical damage.

So the data was recovered 100%.

According to the time point mentioned by the other party and the dark web access records, the website mentioned by the other party does not exist.

We are currently applying for a professional lie detection device based on brain-computer connection technology in China.

Once the device arrives, Charles will be questioned again about the relevant issues."

China has published papers on its polygraph device and has exported related systems to some ASEAN countries.

According to feedback from various countries after using it, the effect is quite good.

It’s not that developed countries don’t want it, but that China simply won’t sell it.

Countries like Japan and Korea expressed their desire to introduce polygraph equipment through diplomatic channels a long time ago, but China firmly refused.

They only sell to some ASEAN countries.

China did not even sell polygraph equipment to its eastern ally, in order to prevent them from using it in internal struggles.

Once the East has polygraph equipment, it will not be an exaggeration to describe the internal struggle as invincible.

When China refused, many people in the East felt relieved.

The reason why England was willing to sell a lie detector device to England was because the Europa League behind England made major concessions.

"Lie detector? The stuff that Huaguo Zheng made?"

"Yes, the price we paid was quite high."

"It's actually not that bad. In the field of life-extending drugs, the Chinese have also made due contributions. Without their cooperation, we would not have been able to develop life-extending drugs so quickly."

Yes, with the cooperation between the Europa Union and China, they developed a life-extending potion with lower effectiveness based on the one provided by Merlin.

The effect lasts about one to two years, and there are clear human tests to prove its effectiveness.

The definition of life extension here is the extension of human life span, not the traditional method of delaying aging on Blue Planet.

"If this doesn't work, we can just spread the news that the longevity potion has been successfully developed to divert attention away from the magical events in London."

"We were going to release the news about the life-extending potion anyway. It's just a matter of time. It's good to release it earlier than later."

“Yes, all of London is not allowed to allow planes to take off or land, and not even to fly over London. If there were no other news to cover it up, the heat this incident would have caused would be too great.

It is inevitable that the outside world will guess something.”

"Now that we have reached a consensus on this point, and after discussing the reactions from Downing Street and Brussels, we now have to consider how to find the person who summoned the water element and find out the truth about magic."

"The first life-extending drug that has undergone phase III clinical trials has been officially released. It was jointly developed by GlaxoSmithKline, Roche Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca and other pharmaceutical companies and China Pharmaceutical Group Corporation."

There has been internal discussion about which pharmaceutical company should be responsible for the production and subsequent sales of the life-extending drug after its successful development.

Because of the huge interests involved, especially the concessions made by the European Union, China has the patent ownership and sales rights for the entire Greater China region.

In other words, China’s share belongs to China, and foreign shares belong to the European Union.

It seems that they did not gain any advantage. If the Europa League does not give up these rights, China can also prevent them from entering the Chinese market.

But this is not the way to calculate. First of all, once the drug is announced, it cannot be stopped at all. It is impossible for China to prevent life-extending drugs from entering the Chinese market.

There are too many people who have this need, especially the elderly who currently have or have previously had more social resources.

Moreover, the Chinese side is actually not clear about the entire production process. They have mastered most of it, but it takes time to completely reverse-engineer it.

The concession made by the Europa League was to give the complete production process and the entire Chinese market to China.

Of course, the polygraph equipment is only one part of the deal, not the whole deal.

There was also a big drama among Chinese pharmaceutical groups competing for the ownership of the new drug. There are many central enterprises in the field of biopharmaceuticals in China, such as China Resources Pharmaceuticals, Yanjing Pharmaceuticals, Sinopharm Holdings, etc.

In the end, the reason why China Pharmaceutical Group won was because they are a wholly state-owned enterprise, which means that all shares are owned by the state.

"The specific content and clinical test data of this new drug will be published in the latest Lancet magazine. Since Huaguo Pharmaceutical Group participated in the specific research and development, it has obtained authorization for the entire Greater China region."

The above is just news reports from China. The part about China on foreign websites is only mentioned in a few short sentences.

The news quickly became the hottest topic in the world and everyone was discussing it.

The Europa League is also behind this.

Following the news, all flights in London suddenly stopped taking off and landing.

A total of six airports, including Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, Luton Airport, London City Airport and Stansted Airport, have stopped all aircraft takeoffs and landings.

London quickly contacted other countries and determined that the entire sky over London would be set as a no-fly zone, and all aircraft were prohibited from taking off and landing over London.

As for the specific reason, it is very likely to be guessed by the outside world, but it is not important because according to news from London, a large number of unknown people have poured into London.

England and the Europa League behind it are now trying to resolve this matter before everyone on the Blue Planet reacts.

If it cannot be solved, at least a management mechanism should be explored before the outside world realizes what is happening.

All flights to London have been suspended. Planes originally scheduled to land in London will need to land at city airports around London and then take public transportation to London.

This piece of news, which would have sparked a lot of discussion, was overshadowed by the news of the successful development of a life-extending drug.

Often, using a piece of news to confuse public memory is a common technique in the field of communication.

The new news must also be explosive enough, and then with the media's help, the previous hot events will be quickly covered up.

It’s no secret that the Internet has a memory of only seven days.

Under the operation of England and the Europa League, the news of the closure of London airports did not even cause a ripple for seven days.

Apart from the fact that people who need to travel to London recently may feel a little surprised, this matter seems to be particularly calm on social media.

Even England is like this, let alone China which is thousands of miles away.

Apart from a few Chinese students studying in London who were planning to return home and made a few complaints on TikTok, everyone's attention was focused on the life-extending potion.

“I was wondering why Sinopharm Holdings has been hitting the daily limit these days, with four consecutive daily limits. It turns out there is good news of this magnitude.

We strongly urge the CSRC to conduct a thorough investigation, as this definitely involves insider information.”

“Not only Sinopharm Holdings, but also Sinopharm Group, Sinopharm Accord, Tiantan Bio, Modern Pharmaceutical, and Huaguo Chinese Medicine, which are listed companies under the Huaguo Pharmaceutical Group.

They are all hitting the daily limit. "

Among them, China National Pharmaceutical Group was the first to fall out of the daily limit team.

The logic is simple. No matter how effective the life-extending potion is, it will not be the turn of Chinese traditional medicine. They are simply not related at all.

The stock price, which was related to the life-extending medicine concept, hit the daily limit and then broke through.

“It all depends on which subsidiary Huaguo Pharmaceutical will assign the production and sales of the life-extending drug to.

It may not be these listed companies.”

“It must be one of Tiantan Bio, Modern Pharmaceutical and Sinopharm.

Sinopharm Holdings is engaged in the distribution and supply chain services of medicines and healthcare products, and is not itself involved in the production and research and development of drugs.

Tiantan Biological is less likely because it mainly produces blood products.

Including recombinant human coagulation factors, subcutaneous human immunoglobulin and human prothrombin complex.

Tiantan Bio's main business has always been related to blood products, and its R&D and production capabilities are limited."

“Which company will be ultimately assigned production and sales to depends on the manufacturing process of the life-extending drug.

What if the production of life-extending potions involves large amounts of blood products?
It is even possible that a large amount of Chinese herbal medicine will be used, and it is also possible that the production and sales of the longevity potion will be assigned to Chinese traditional medicine."

"How is it possible to see the production process of the life-extending potion? The production process will never be leaked."

“The profits from life-extending drugs are huge, and the potential for development is also huge.

A very simple calculation method is based on the number of private banking customers disclosed by currently listed banks.

The number of private banking customers of China Merchants Bank is 12.21, and that of ICBC is 19.95. In total, the number of private banking customers of the eleven listed banks exceeds one million.

The minimum standard is liquid capital of more than six million, which means that the potential number of customers for life-extending drugs is at least one million.

Among these one million people, there are very few clients who are approaching old age or are already old, but they have parents, and their partners have parents.

The life-extending effect of the current life-extending drug is 1-2 years. We expect the selling price to be yuan, which is completely affordable for these private banking clients.

With just these one million people, the minimum revenue is 50 billion.

The profits are huge, and the imagination space is equally huge.

It's a simple truth. With the development of technology, the life span that can be extended by life-extending drugs will also increase accordingly.

From one to two years, to five years, to ten years.

At the same time, subsequent research and development will definitely be a collaboration between China Pharmaceutical Group and foreign pharmaceutical giants, and it will be difficult for other companies to catch up.

Differentiated products, complete control over pricing power, and an extremely deep moat.

There is no more perfect business. This business is even better than Moutai.

The only thing to do now is to gamble on which subsidiary Huaguo Pharmaceutical will place the production and sales of the life-extending drug in."

The guys in the stock forum are calculating quickly, and are arguing in various ways about the huge market potential of life-extending drugs.

The research and development of life-extending potions by China and the European Alliance lacks many magical elements.

However, during the production process, some materials still need to be processed using magic.

Therefore, the production capacity will be lower than outside expectations and it is unlikely to meet the supply of China's millions of people.

Huaguo Pharmaceutical will never entrust all matters related to life-extending drugs to its listed subsidiaries.

The financial reports of the subordinate listed companies need to be disclosed to the public. If the production capacity and sales volume of the life-extending drug do not match, it will cause a whole lot of doubts.

Huaguo Pharmaceutical plans to set up a new subsidiary to be responsible for the production of the drug. If there is any surplus production capacity, it will sell it appropriately.

(End of this chapter)