After being fired, I became the light of medicine

Chapter 218 Xinglin Pharmacy

Zhang Yang didn't know much about Chinese medicinal materials. After thinking about it, he took out his cell phone and called Zhou Xiaomei.

"Little sister, what are you doing? Are you familiar with Chinese medicinal herbs?"

"Brother, what else can I do so early in the morning? I'll be like a slave in your company..."

“By the way, why are you suddenly asking about Chinese medicinal herbs?
I took elective courses on Chinese herbal medicine and medicinal plants when I was in college, but I only had a superficial understanding of them. "

"Just a basic understanding is enough!"

Zhang Yang pretended not to hear the playful tone in Zhou Xiaomei's words, exhaled lightly, and continued:

"Come to my office now and go out with me."

"Now? Go out now?"

Zhou Xiaomei's voice on the other end of the phone was obviously a little surprised, and she said hurriedly:
"Brother, I'm in the lab right now. I have a lot of lab tasks to do today. If I can't finish them, I'll have to work overtime."

"Besides, if I need to go out temporarily, I have to ask Dr. Fang for leave. You know Dr. Fang is very fierce. I will be scolded again!"

"How about I go with you at noon?"

"No."

Zhang Yang smiled and decisively refused:
"I don't care. I want to see you in my office in fifteen minutes."

"Okay, that's it, bye."

After saying that, Zhang Yang hung up the phone without waiting for Zhou Xiaomei to speak, and a long-lost smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Of course, he knew that each project team in the institute had heavy workloads every day, especially the sixth project team under Dr. Fang Hanliang, which had strict requirements.

just,

He just wanted to see Zhou Xiaomei being humiliated.

really.

Ten minutes later, Zhou Xiaomei came to the office in casual clothes.

"Brother, could you please stop being so overbearing!"

"Fang Bo asked me for a long time what I wanted to do with my leave. It was not until I said I wanted to go out with you that he allowed me to take leave."

"Before leaving, he specifically reminded me to finish today's experiment after I come back before leaving get off work!"

"Ha ha!"

Zhang Yang couldn't help laughing, then gently pinched Zhou Xiaomei's face.

"You deserve it. I told you to be a slave in my company so early in the morning!"

"Okay, brother, I was wrong."

"Well, that's good!"

After a short period of playfulness, instead of quarreling, the two became more harmonious.

Zhang Yang did not delay any longer, turned around, picked up the car keys on the table, and said:

"Okay, let's go."

"I have just checked online. The largest wholesale market for Chinese medicinal materials in Chengdu is in Lotus Pond. Let's go over there and take a look."

Zhou Xiaomei hummed softly, and then became a little curious.

"Brother, why are you so interested in Chinese herbal medicines all of a sudden? It seems that we don't have any Chinese herbal medicine business except for 'Lung Poison Clearing Granules', right?"

"Ah."

As they walked, Zhang Yang told Zhou Xiaomei everything he saw and heard when he visited He Ping's place yesterday.

Zhou Xiaomei understood immediately:
"So, brother, do you want to go to the wholesale market to see the actual situation of Chinese medicinal materials on the market and see if it is really like He Ping said, that ordinary people can't buy good medicinal materials?"

Zhang Yang nodded:
"That's about right. I believe He Ping."

"I just want to know more clearly and in more detail what the quality of Chinese medicinal materials is on the market now."

"If it's really as He Ping said, I might... I might build a 'Qingshan Pharmaceutical Chinese Herbal Medicine Planting Base'."

"Chinese herbal medicine planting base?"

As they were talking, the two came to the parking lot and got into the car. About thirty minutes later, Zhang Yang's car arrived at the Lotus Pond Chinese Medicinal Materials Wholesale Market in Chengdu.

The Lotus Pond Chinese Herbal Medicine Wholesale Market was newly renovated in recent years. The entire market covers an area of ​​2090 acres. There are about 5.6 shops in the market, covering more than 1900 categories and more than 43 types of goods.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Lotus Pond Chinese Medicine Wholesale Market radiates the medicinal materials trade in the entire southwest region, and almost all Chinese medicine clinics in major cities, counties, districts and towns purchase their goods from here.

This was also the first time for Zhang Yang to come here. It was ten o'clock in the morning and the entire medicinal materials market was bustling with medicinal materials dealers, buyers, and retail investors from all over the country coming in an endless stream.

He held Zhou Xiaomei's hand and walked slowly in the long and narrow market corridor. The doors of shops on both sides of the corridor were filled with a wide variety of medicinal materials. Some less busy shop owners occasionally called on customers to come into the store to have a look.

Zhang Yang felt a little dizzy while watching, but Zhou Xiaomei beside him would stop from time to time to pick up the herbs to look at and smell them.

Seeing this, the shop owner nearby hurriedly greeted:
"Both bosses, come in and take a look. What medicinal herbs do you want to buy?"

Zhang Yang took one look at the chubby and slightly fat boss in front of him and stopped immediately.

Yesterday, he personally looked at the various medicinal materials used in the "Lung Toxin Clearing Granules" at the Lotus Pharmaceutical Warehouse and was particularly impressed by Astragalus.

Then he said:
"Boss, do you have astragalus for sale?"

"Yes, yes, yes! We have plenty of Astragalus! Come in and take a look."

As he spoke, the fat boss warmly invited Zhang Yang and the other man to walk into the store, then he quickly walked to the location where the astragalus was placed and grabbed a handful in his hand.

He spread out his hands, revealing the slices of Astragalus in his palm, his face full of pride.

"Boss, our astragalus is of the best quality. Please take a look."

Zhang Yang was quite expectant when he heard it, but the next second, he recognized at a glance that it was obviously smaller than the three-year-old astragalus he saw at Lotus Pharmaceutical yesterday.

This is a sophomore - middle grade!
After a moment, he shook his head:

"Boss, this is the two-year-old astragalus, right? Do you have the three-year-old one?"

The fat boss was slightly stunned and a little surprised, then put the astragalus in his hand back into the medicine bag.

He shook his head:

"We don't have three-year-old ones! Boss, where are the three-year-old astragalus for sale in the market now?"

"I did have some stock a few years ago, but it was all taken away last month. Now, there is no three-year-old astragalus on the market and it is not available for purchase."

As he spoke, he immediately grabbed a handful of astragalus from the medicine bag and spread it out in front of Zhang Yang again, advising:

"Handsome man, don't worry, the astragalus I sell is definitely the best on the market! Most of the ones used in ordinary pharmacies and hospitals are not as good as mine."

"Besides, there is no difference between two-year-old and three-year-old astragalus. The effects are the same, so don't worry."

Zhang Yang did not refute, but just showed a bitter smile on his face.

The fat boss is talking business, and he says this naturally in order to sell his own medicinal herbs.

In the past, ordinary people might have believed it when they heard it, but after he personally tasted three-year-old or even four-year-old astragalus yesterday, he truly understood the huge difference.

There is a huge difference!
"Thank you, boss. We just want to buy some three-year-old astragalus. Since we don't have any, do you have 'Saposhnikovia'?"

Fangfeng is also a traditional Chinese medicine and is used in the "Lung Du Qingganmao Granule".

It has the effect of dispelling wind and resisting wind evil, and is often used in cold granules.

"We have 'Windproof', how many do you want?"

"Is the origin of the product Inner Mongolia?" The fat boss stopped instantly and looked at Zhang Yang again.

Shake your head:
"There is no windproof in Inner Mongolia. Most of it is exported to Japan and South Korea. There is very little in our inland area. If you want to buy it, you may have to go to the place of production."

"I only have those produced in Shaanxi Province."

After saying that, the boss took two or three samples of Fangfeng from the displayed medicinal herbs and handed them to Zhang Yang.

After a moment, he couldn't help but sigh:

"Handsome guy, I didn't realize you are so knowledgeable at such a young age."

"It has to be said that the fangfeng from Inner Mongolia is indeed of the best quality, especially the three-year-old fangfeng, which is definitely the most authentic and premium product."

"In other places, whether it's Shaanxi or Gansu, the land is not as fertile and the sunshine time is not long enough; secondly, the climate is not cold enough and is not very suitable for windbreak production."

"In short, the efficacy of the medicine is indeed not good enough."

"It's just that the windproof production in Inner Mongolia has basically been ordered by Japan and South Korea, and the price is twice as high as that in other provinces, and there is very little in our inland areas. Take a look, if you think this one produced in Shaanxi Province is suitable, you can buy some."

Zhang Yang looked at the windproof in his hand and then handed it back to the fat boss.

"Thank you, we'll take a look."

"it is good."

Amidst the polite conversation, Zhang Yang and Zhou Xiaomei left the store.

Next, Zhang Yang asked several Chinese herbal medicine owners in the market and inquired about several other kinds of herbal medicine, and the results he got were almost the same as what He Ping had said.

Except for a few medicinal materials that can be bought as top quality, other medicinal materials are basically not available in the market as top quality. They are obviously at least one grade lower than the top quality ones seen in the Lotus Pharmaceutical Warehouse yesterday.

Gradually, more than an hour passed and Zhang Yang and Zhou Xiaomei walked out of the market.

Standing at the entrance of the Lotus Pond Chinese Medicine Market, Zhang Yang sighed softly, with an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"Little sister, this is the largest Chinese medicinal materials market in the southwest region!"

"I can't even buy good quality Chinese medicinal herbs here, so where can ordinary people in cities, counties, districts and towns buy good medicinal herbs?"

"It can be seen that people usually use what kind of medicinal materials, and it is only natural that traditional Chinese medicine is declining."

After a round of shopping, Zhou Xiaomei realized the difficulties faced by Chinese medicinal materials.

With a bitter smile, he comforted:
"Brother, don't worry too much. The current situation is something we must go through in the process of development."

"I think in a few years, as Chinese medicine is taken more seriously and people's economic conditions improve, good medicinal materials will reappear on the market."

Zhang Yang nodded:
"Well, let's go back. It's almost time for today."

"it is good."

After that, the two of them gathered themselves together and slowly walked towards the parking lot.

But as soon as he reached the parking lot, Zhang Yang suddenly stopped.

Zhou Xiaomei looked towards Zhang Yang curiously, and saw a large pharmacy on the street two hundred meters away.

It’s called Xinglin Pharmacy.

Like Tong Ren Tang, Chen Liji, and Ye Kaitai, which are nationally renowned chain Chinese medicine pharmacies, Xinglin Pharmacy is also a chain Chinese medicine pharmacy.

It is mainly opened in Sichuan and Chongqing, and its main business is also Chinese medicine consultation, prescription writing, and Chinese medicine decoction on behalf of others.

Zhou Xiaomei saw through Zhang Yang's thoughts at a glance.

"Brother, should we go to the pharmacy to have a look?"

"This national chain of pharmacies may have different sources of supply and may have high-quality medicinal materials."

"it is good."

Zhang Yang nodded.

The two then crossed the road and walked straight towards "Xinglin Pharmacy".

After a while, he walked into the pharmacy and saw several people queuing in front of the counter waiting to get their medicines. Inside the counter, two or three pharmacists were busy dispensing medicines.

Zhang Yang also walked quickly to the counter, but just as he was about to ask the salesperson, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared beside him and said to the clerk urgently:
"Doctor, could you please help me see if I can get all the medicine? I'm a little anxious."

Zhang Yang simply stopped when he saw this. After a moment, the middle-aged man quickly took out a prescription from his bag and handed it to the young pharmacist at the counter.

After just a few seconds, the female pharmacist at the counter suddenly frowned:

"We can get all these herbs, but the three-year-old bupleurum, the chuanxiong from Chongzhou, and the wild calamus mentioned in your prescription... our pharmacy doesn't have them."

"Our Bupleurum seems to be two years old, Chuanxiong is from Wenjiang, and there is really no wild Acorus calamus..."

"Do you think you should catch him?"

Zhang Yang was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that he would encounter such a thing by chance.

He looked at the middle-aged man beside him, and saw that the middle-aged man's eyes suddenly became disappointed and said sadly:
"Doctor, don't you have any of this?"

"No, but you can go to the herbal medicine market next door and see if there is any."

“Neither in the market.”

The middle-aged man sighed, his eyes becoming even more lost:

"I just checked in the market, they don't have it!"

"Someone suggested that I come to your place and take a look, saying that you are a chain store and might have these herbs. I didn't expect... you didn't have them either."

Seeing this, the young female pharmacist shook her head again:

"Do you still want to get the medicine?"

"No more arrests!"

The middle-aged man slowly put away the prescription and said to himself:
"This prescription was passed down by an old Chinese doctor in the 1980s and is specifically used to treat tinnitus."

"My old father had tinnitus a month ago, so he asked me to prescribe this medicine for him. At that time, it was made of ordinary herbs. After taking it for more than half a month, his condition only barely improved..."

"My father knows a little about Chinese medicine, so he asked me to try buying some old herbs, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult to buy good herbs now!"

"Hey!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yang couldn't help but shook his head.

He looked at Zhou Xiaomei standing beside him, and saw that she couldn't help but pout.

At this time, there were quite a few patients waiting to get their medicines in Xinglin Pharmacy, and the middle-aged man's emotion successfully aroused everyone's approval.

After a while, the waiting crowd began to talk.

"That's right. This brother is right. In the past, Chinese medicine was still very strong after three or four times of boiling. Now, after two or three times, it becomes a watery soup. The medicinal flavor is obviously not as strong as before."

"Hey, all the good medicinal materials are exported to Japan. I heard that Japan attaches much more importance to Chinese medicine than we do! Many pharmacies sell Chinese medicine!"

"Yes, but why should good medicinal materials be exported to Japan and South Korea? Can't we keep them in China for use?"

"Why else? Good things have always been exported from China, and bad things have always been kept in China! It has always been like this."

Zhang Yang frowned, but at this moment, an old lady in the crowd suddenly said:

"That's not the case. I heard there is a company that is really dedicated to making Chinese patent medicine."

"Their Chinese patent medicines are all made from top-grade medicinal materials!"

(End of this chapter)