Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 87, Fluorouracil Injection
After chatting with Wu Lisheng, the middleman, for a while, Zhao Mancang finally had a general understanding of the prices in the pigeon market.

"I say, comrade, are you going to buy it or not?"

Wu Lisheng, who was asked all kinds of questions, gradually lost his patience and asked impatiently.

Zhao Mancang heard this and asked slowly:

"Don't worry, comrade. I do want to buy some things, and I also want to sell some things. But I have to see your strength, right?"

"Do you know what we lack the most here?"

Wu Lisheng looked at him suspiciously, as if he were an idiot. "That must be food, meat, and other supplies. Who doesn't need that?"

"Aren't there things that some people need urgently but are quite expensive? Like imported medicine or something like that?"

hiss!
Hearing Zhao Mancang's words, Wu Lisheng took a breath of cold air, and then asked with his eyes shining:
"Comrade, can you get some imported medicine? This is..."

Zhao Mancang did not give a direct answer to the other party, but continued to ask questions such as the price of imported drugs, what types of imported drugs, etc.

This time, Wu Lisheng was not so impatient, but suppressed his excitement and started chatting with Zhao Mancang.

The reason why he asked about the price of imported medicines was because Zhao Mancang knew very well that this was the only product that made money the fastest and had the highest profit.

The middlemen in Pigeon City are the ones who have access to a lot of information and have great powers.

Asking them directly for this information is crucial for Zhao Mancang's next move.

At this point in the 1950s, it was difficult for imported drugs to enter the country.

The reason is quite simple, that is, Sam united with William, Kimura, Dirk and other villages to impose a trade blockade on the country.

A lot of food, energy, etc. from outside cannot enter the country smoothly.

As for medicines, especially some very effective antibiotics, advanced drugs, etc., it is impossible or extremely difficult to bring these into the country.

Under such circumstances, imported drugs become controlled drugs among controlled drugs. It is impossible to use such drugs to save lives and cure diseases.

Therefore, imported medicines have become scarce commodities, and it is understandable that they are expensive.

Zhao Mancang just needs this kind of expensive commodity. Since others can't get it, he can exchange it directly through the system.

In this way, he only needs to spend the minimum experience points to exchange for the required medicine and the funds he needs.

After learning from Wu Lisheng the price details and demand for several imported drugs, Zhao Mancang asked the other party whether he would buy them.
"Of course I will. Comrade, can you really get some imported medicine? What kind of medicine do you have?"

Zhao Mancang shook his head and said:

"I don't know now. I'll tell you tomorrow, but just be sure to prepare the money."

After separating from Wu Lisheng, Zhao Mancang continued to wander around the Pigeon Market, chatting with several middlemen and repeatedly confirming the prices.

However, just as he was about to leave Pigeon City, someone hurried over and stopped him.

"Hello, comrade. I heard you have imported medicine. Do you have fluorouracil injection?"

The man's name was Qiu Zhigang. At this moment, his face was full of anxiety and urgency, and he looked at Zhao Mancang expectantly.

"Hello, I don't know if there is any now. I will come here tomorrow and you can come and see it then."

Zhao Mancang shook his head. When the other party asked him, he searched the system and found that such a medicine really existed.

He didn't know the price of the drug, so he just calmly replied, "Comrade, if you really have a way to get imported drugs, could you please buy me two boxes of fluorouracil injection? I'll give you 500 yuan a box, how about that?"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Zhigang was a little disappointed, but he still pressed on and asked expectantly.

It can also be said that a drowning person will not miss any chance of survival in order to stay alive.

Because fluorouracil injection is used to treat rectal cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer and other cancers, and this imported drug has been widely used in clinical practice since the early 1950s and is currently one of the best anti-cancer drugs.

Since this drug has only been used in clinical practice for a few years and is used to treat cancer, its high price is understandable.

Five hundred yuan for a box of medicine is truly a sky-high price.

But Zhao Mancang knew that two boxes of fluorouracil injection would probably not be enough to cure the disease, right?

Especially for the treatment of choriocarcinoma, a larger dose of fluorouracil is required, otherwise it will be difficult to be effective.

For gastrointestinal tumors, it is actually similar and requires a larger dose.

Of course, it depends on whether the patient is in the early, middle, or late stages. If the patient is in the late stages, then you can basically tell him or her to eat whatever he or she needs to eat, because there is no way to save the patient.

"Comrade, I really don't know if there is such a medicine right now. I'll try my best to ask for you!"

Zhao Mancang did not refuse outright, nor did he agree to it.

After coming out of the Pigeon Market, Zhao Mancang was filled with emotion. No matter what era, medicine is indeed a highly profitable industry.

No wonder it is controlled!
As the saying goes, if you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world.

But it is probably difficult for Zhao Mancang to achieve "success" in his lifetime, because his goal in life is very simple: a warm bed with a wife and children, and to lie down and travel freely.

If he were to do great things that would benefit the world in the 1950s and 1960s, he would probably die even faster.

Of course, if there is an opportunity, he will still take action while ensuring his own safety.

After leaving Pigeon City, it was almost dawn outside.

"The sun rises early in the summer!"

When he returned to Courtyard 18 of Huguo Temple, some of his neighbors had already gotten up. Seeing him go out so early, they were extremely surprised:
"Mancang, why did you go out so early? What did you do?"

"Go out for a stroll!"

Zhao Mancang lied with his eyes open. Anyway, he was just pushing a bicycle. He was completely naked, including the bicycle.

So Uncle Feng and his neighbors all looked suspicious, smiled awkwardly, and didn't know how to respond.

If Zhao Mancang went to Pigeon City, he should have brought back some things, but he brought nothing. This is strange.

But if he wasn't going to Pigeon City, would Zhao Mancang really go out for a stroll so early?

Isn’t this too busy?
Today is the weekend and most of the workers are resting at home.

So in the morning, Zhao Mancang took Lin Wan to the Xinhua Bookstore in Wangfujing to read books.

The two of them had a blind date in this store before, and now they come here for a date because they really have nowhere else to go.

It's July now and it's very hot outside. Only the Xinhua Bookstore is cooler.

(End of this chapter)