After being fired, I became the light of medicine

Chapter 175 Siemens: Beg them?

After dinner, Zhang Yang personally arranged for Mao Zhiqiang to stay in a hotel that had business cooperation with Qingshan Pharmaceutical. After all, for a long time to come, Mao Zhiqiang and his colleagues would be in Chengdu helping Qingshan Pharmaceutical complete the supporting transformation of the CT machine.

Such meticulous arrangements touched Mao Zhiqiang even more.

The next morning, three key technical personnel from Elephant Medical arrived in Chengdu on the earliest flight and came to Qingshan Pharmaceutical.

Zhang Yang did not hide it any more and directly took out the CT machine supporting modification documents provided by the system. After all, he had already applied for patents for these technical materials, so there was no problem of technology leakage.

The professional abilities of several technicians who flew over from Shanghai were naturally excellent. After carefully reviewing the technical documents provided by Zhang Yang, they basically understood the technical principles of the "nano-nodule contrast agent" supporting CT the next day.

Without delay, several people immediately began to purchase the corresponding parts for debugging and assembly according to the parameters in the technical documents, and then tried to reintegrate the numerous parts into the CT machine in order to ultimately achieve the functional requirements of the technical documents.

The technical work was carried out smoothly and good news also came from President Zhou.

The Radiology Department of Chengdu Third People's Hospital happens to have a reserved CT room that does not have any equipment yet, so a CT machine can be installed.

After the news was confirmed, that afternoon, a mid-to-high-end dual-source CT machine from Elephant Medical was shipped from the warehouse in Shanghai, headed for Chengdu.

Zhang Yang did not hesitate and immediately deposited 650 million yuan of equipment expenses into Elephant Medical's public account.

Everything went completely smoothly beyond Zhang Yang's expectations. Two days later, a truck carrying Elephant Medical's mid-to-high-end dual-source CT machine arrived in Chengdu from Shanghai and drove into the Third People's Hospital.

There were also four equipment installers on board.

Three days later, the dual-source CT machine was installed. At the same time, the three technicians who were previously responsible for the technical support transformation also preliminarily completed the assembly of parts and software programming.

Finally, after eight days,

A dual-source CT machine specially modified for "nano-nodule contrast agent" that can identify whether lung nodules are benign or malignant has been officially launched!
Department of Radiology, Chengdu Third People's Hospital.

It was five o'clock in the afternoon, and there were very few patients in the imaging department at this time.

In a CT room that has not yet been opened to the public, Zhang Yang, President Zhou and Mao Zhiqiang, the boss of Elephant Medical, are standing quietly in the operating room waiting for the technicians to complete the final system test!

After a while, the chief technician's frown suddenly relaxed, he stood up and looked at the three people:

"Mr. Zhang, President Zhou, Mr. Mao, the final check of the system is all normal, we can start the first real machine scan!"

Everyone's eyes fell on Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang nodded and said in a deep voice:
"Okay, let's start!"

Two minutes later, two cute experimental mice were tied to a CT machine. Multiple malignant lung nodules had been cultivated in their bodies in advance, and they had also been injected with "nano-nodule contrast agent" in advance.

Everything was ready, and the staff left the CT room. With a slight electric sound, the CT machine's unique X-rays scanned the entire body of the mouse.

Zhang Yang's eyes were all on the computer screen in the operating room.

The dual-source CT machine has two sets of X-ray sources and detector systems. Compared with the single-source CT, it not only has higher image accuracy and resolution, but also the image scanning and generation speed is nearly twice as fast!
15 seconds later, images of the internal organs of the two mice appeared on the computer screen, and gradually, the images became clearer!

Zhang Yang held his breath.

Suddenly, five unusually obvious red dots appeared in the black and gray CT image. They were neither too big nor too small, and they were right in the lungs of the two mice!
"It's done!"

The atmosphere in the operating room relaxed and everyone breathed a sigh of relief!

Although the two mice still need to be dissected for confirmation, it is obvious that the CT machine can already recognize the fluorescent reaction and display it, which means that the functional transformation of the CT machine has been completed!
Zhang Yang couldn't help but smile.

He immediately turned around and looked at Mao Zhiqiang, who was relieved, and said:

"Boss Mao, you guys have been really hard-working these past few days. And these brothers have been working all night long. I've seen it all."

"Everyone should have a good rest tonight. According to the plan, there will be some stability tests later, so I'll have to trouble you again."

"And next we will apply for a clinical trial of the 'nodule contrast agent'. You will have to arrange one or two staff members to be on standby here at all times. If any problems arise during the clinical trial, they must be solved in a timely manner."

Mao Zhiqiang nodded heavily, his eyes firm.

"Okay, Mr. Zhang!"

"Don't worry, I still say that we will definitely do our best to ensure all your needs!"

Zhang Yang smiled with satisfaction.

"Well, now that our CT renovation work is complete, I think it's time for us to talk about cooperation on this supporting project."

“I think your company is also interested in this project?”

Mao Zhiqiang suddenly became excited, and his face was filled with excitement that could no longer be concealed.

You know, during the past few days of the dual-source CT machine transformation, he never mentioned any cooperation with Zhang Yang. He has been working hard to meet all the requirements of Qingshan Pharmaceutical.

Now that the work is done, Zhang Yang took the initiative to mention this matter before he even opened his mouth!
How could this not make him excited and moved!

"Mr. Zhang, I won't be polite with you! We are indeed very interested!"

"Okay, let's leave this to the other brothers first, and we'll go back to the office and talk!"

……

The business negotiation with Elephant Medical was just beginning. When Zhang Yang and Mao Zhiqiang started to discuss the cooperation,

the other side.

Siemens Healthineers headquarters, Berlin, Germany.

Siemens is a very famous multinational company whose businesses not only cover medical equipment, but also include various business segments such as home appliances, high-speed rail technology, and CNC machine tools.

In the field of medical equipment, Siemens Healthineers, GE of the United States, and Philips of the Netherlands almost monopolize 75% of the global medical equipment market share.

However, such super-large multinational enterprises will inevitably have some drawbacks, such as cumbersome work processes and slow response to various matters, especially temporary matters.

Therefore, when Siemens (China) headquarters sent Qingshan Pharmaceutical's technical documents and cooperation requirements back to Siemens Germany headquarters, they were not taken seriously at the first time.

In fact, because there was no precedent for improving CT machines according to the requirements of a third party, it was not known which department should be responsible for it.

In this way, the technical documentation provided by Qingshan Pharmaceutical was put on the to-do list for three or four days, until...

After repeated inquiries from the Huaxia headquarters, the matter was reluctantly handed over to a team leader named Thomas in the "CT R&D Department". This morning, team leader Thomas finally had time to start looking through the technical document from Huaxia. Just as he was complaining about the extra work, he was attracted by the technical document a few minutes later.

Three hours later, after quickly reading through all the technical documents and doing a simple verification, he realized that this was a shocking improvement plan that could even be called a functional change for the CT machine!

He couldn't wait to go to the department head's office.

"Mr. Manager, guess what I saw?!"

Mr. Manager is the direct supervisor of team leader Thomas and also the highest-ranking supervisor that Thomas can meet directly.

"Oh? Thomas, why are you so excited?! Did you see Anna hooking up with another colleague in the office?"

"Damn it! I'm not as gossipy as you! Mr. Manager, do you remember the cooperation document from the Huaxia region that was assigned to me yesterday and asked me to review?"

The manager was slightly stunned, then reacted:

"Ah? I remember. What's the matter? Have you finished reading it now?"

"Ok!"

Thomas' eyes flashed with excitement again, and he said:

“I spent 4 hours reading this entire technical document this morning! Guess what I saw?”

"It turned out to be a modification plan to add the function of recognizing fluorescent reactions in CT machines, so as to determine whether lung nodules are benign or malignant!"

“This is absolutely a genius idea!”

“How to judge whether lung nodules are benign or malignant through CT images?”

After the words were spoken, even the manager couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

At this moment, Thomas nodded quickly and said in more detail:

"This is a solution provided by a Chinese company called Qingshan Pharmaceutical. They seem to have developed a drug that can identify whether lung nodules are benign or malignant!"

"After the drug enters the lungs, it will produce a fluorescent reaction with the malignant nodules. The function of the CT machine they hope to modify is to scan this specific fluorescent reaction through a special spectrum and present it in the CT image!"

"I have simply verified the technical principle they provided. I think if they really have this drug that produces a fluorescent reaction, they might be able to identify lung nodules through CT spectra!"

Tsingshan Pharmaceutical?

The manager suddenly felt that the name was familiar.

But after thinking for a moment, he couldn't remember where he had heard it before. However, he didn't dwell on it and quickly shifted his attention to the function of "identifying lung nodules through CT machine."

In just a moment, he realized the importance of this function just like the team leader Thomas!
"No! This matter must be reported to the vice president immediately!"

The manager reacted quickly and took Thomas to the office of Vice President Peter.

Vice President Peter was a little surprised at first at the arrival of the manager and Thomas, but after listening to Thomas' explanation, his eyes suddenly lit up!

As one of the senior executives of Siemens Healthineers, he realized more clearly than team leader Thomas and department managers how much commercial value this supporting equipment that can "identify lung nodules" would bring!
To know!
According to incomplete statistics, more than 40% of people worldwide will be found to have lung nodules during physical examinations.

Lung nodules are divided into two types: ground glass nodules and solid nodules. In particular, ground glass nodules, once developed, are basically all early lung cancer.

Most patients become anxious after discovering lung nodules, and they all hope to determine whether their lung nodules are benign or malignant!
Currently, Siemens’ CT machines do have a high global share, but if we could cooperate with this Chinese company and obtain exclusive technical authorization to launch a CT machine that can identify whether “pulmonary nodules are benign or malignant”, then...!
It will inevitably attract countless top hospitals around the world to scramble to purchase it, and may even become a global hit!

By then, Siemens will completely monopolize this track, and its market share will soar again!

"call!"

Vice President Peter's breathing became a little rapid, so the most important thing now is...

Hurry up and get in touch with this Chinese company called Qingshan Pharmaceutical and negotiate an exclusive licensing agreement!
"Mary! Contact the Huaxia headquarters immediately and ask them to contact this company called Qingshan Pharmaceutical immediately!"

“Tell them we’ve reviewed the technical documentation they submitted and we’re interested in talking to them!”

Secretary Mary rushed in from outside, and then hurried back to contact Siemens China headquarters.

While Secretary Mary was communicating with the Huaxia headquarters, Vice President Peter was also busy. He began to learn more about the technical documents provided by Qingshan Pharmaceutical!
Thomas and the manager were also left in the office. Listening to Thomas explain the technical principles, Peter became more and more excited and even imagined a bright business prospect in his mind.

But after a few minutes, Secretary Mary suddenly ran in, looking a little flustered.

"President Peter... the latest news from China!"

"The Qingshan Pharmaceutical you mentioned suddenly withdrew its request to cooperate with us and asked us to return all technical documents immediately!"

"Take back your request for cooperation with us?!"

Peter was extremely surprised, and his originally excited heart instantly cooled down!
"What on earth is going on?! What is Huaxia doing? Why are they suddenly withdrawing their cooperation?"

Secretary Mary subconsciously took a step back:
"President, the Chinese headquarters said that because we didn't respond, Qingshan Pharmaceutical has already reached a cooperation agreement with another local CT manufacturer in China, so they took the initiative to terminate the cooperation application with us!"

"Fuck!"

"Cooperating with other Chinese CT manufacturers?!"

Peter had already realized that something was wrong, and Thomas and the manager beside him were also a little overwhelmed by this sudden change!
I thought I had found a treasure, but before I could be happy for a while, bad news suddenly came.

The atmosphere in the office suddenly became extremely depressing, and Thomas and the other man were in a dilemma. They didn't know whether to leave or stay.

At this moment, Vice President Peter suddenly exhaled heavily and looked at Secretary Mary:
"Mary, prepare a plane ticket to China for me immediately!"

"We can't miss this opportunity, we must go to your door in person to seek cooperation!"

"Even if I have to beg, I must ask for a technical authorization quota!"

Thomas and the manager both opened their mouths wide and looked at each other with shock in their eyes.

Mr. Peter's attitude changed too quickly, didn't it? !
We, Siemens Healthineers!

Do you want to go and ask them?
　Everybody wants me to update more often, so I will start to update more often starting from tomorrow, with a guaranteed minimum of 6K and an effort to reach 8K.

　　I was delayed this afternoon and didn’t write much. I will try to update it tomorrow!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)