97: Chapter 97 Breaking the Monopoly in the Pharmaceutical Industry

The alarm from Xiao Zhi suddenly shattered the tranquility of the laboratory, sharp and carrying an undeniable urgency: "Boss! Detected high-intensity short-pulse directional electromagnetic interference, covering a three-kilometer radius around the Fanxing Factory! This is satellite-level intervention. The interference source signature is highly aggressive. Recommend immediately activating the highest-level countermeasure protocol!"

Chen Fan's pupils constricted sharply.

A satellite-level move! Who else had this kind of capability and harbored a feud to the death with him, other than the Long Group, which was barely clinging to life?

He would never suffer a loss like last time again! Chen Fan's eyes turned sharp. A faint flicker of electricity danced at his fingertips as an invisible wave of energy instantly swept through the entire factory building. To the naked eye, the building remained as unremarkable as ever, but its electromagnetic wave defense capability had already skyrocketed tens of thousands of times, becoming impregnable!

Autumn in Shanghai deepened. Plane tree leaves rustled down, blanketing the small path in front of Qingyuan Medical.

Su Qingyue saw off the last batch of hospital procurement representatives who had come for an inspection. Rubbing her sore neck wearily, she finally turned and returned to her office. She looked up and out the window. The outline of the main building of Fanxing Technology stood out clearly in the twilight, stirring a whirlwind of emotions in her heart.

The excitement from the early days of entrepreneurship still lingered, but as she delved deeper into the medical industry, witnessing firsthand the pressing clinical pain points that urgently needed solving and feeling the desperate yet hopeful gazes of patients, the weight of responsibility on her shoulders grew heavier with each passing day.

Su Qingyue turned on her computer and pulled up her notes from recent visits to the rehabilitation and oncology departments of top domestic hospitals, along with those heavy summaries of patient interviews. With flying fingers, a well-organized report took shape.

Just then, a 'knock, knock, knock' sounded at the door.

She looked up and met Chen Fan's smiling eyes. The next moment, the man pushed the door open and naturally sat down beside her.

"I was just about to look for you," Su Qingyue said, handing over the tablet in her hand, a trace of imperceptible heaviness in her voice. "Take a look at this. It's a summary of some of the most difficult demands I've encountered recently while running the market and doing technical exchanges."

Chen Fan took the tablet, his eyes quickly scanning the screen.

The content was categorized, organized, each word and sentence carrying immense weight:

1. **Neurological Damage and Rehabilitation:** Patients with high-level spinal cord injuries, who yearn for a lifetime to regain fine hand movements and bladder control; stroke patients with aphasia, imprisoned in a silent world, unable to even utter "I'm hungry" or "I'm in pain"; ALS patients, watching helplessly as their bodies gradually 'freeze,' ultimately losing all mobility and falling into an abyss of despair.

2. **Cancer Treatment Dilemmas:** Targeted drugs are astronomically priced, beyond the reach of ordinary families even if they bankrupt themselves. More terrifying is the ever-present specter of drug resistance. The side effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy torment patients until they are mere skin and bones, making life worse than death. For late-stage cancer patients, even basic pain relief becomes a luxury, forcing them to await the end of their lives in agony.

3. **High-End Equipment Monopoly:** Core imaging equipment like high-end MRI, PET-CT, precision surgical robots, key in-vitro diagnostic reagents... almost all monopolized by Western giants. Equipment prices are outrageously high, maintenance costs astronomical, and technological updates are strangled. Domestic patients and hospitals have absolutely no bargaining power!

Under each demand were attached specific case studies and direct quotes from doctors and patients' families. Those desperate cries, those helpless sighs, transmitted through the cold screen, struck Chen Fan's heart with brutal force.

"I used to think that creating the 'Spiritual Touch' smart hand and helping a portion of people was already quite good," Su Qingyue leaned against Chen Fan's shoulder, her voice low but carrying a stubborn glimmer of light. "But the more I see, the more I feel—what we can do shouldn't stop there." She pointed at the dense text on the screen, her gaze burning as she looked at Chen Fan. "Do you think... is it possible, with our medical equipment, with our technology, to save these people?"

Chen Fan quietly looked at the report, then turned his head to the woman beside him. Moonlight fell on her face, clearly illuminating the worry and hope intertwined in her eyes.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that Su Qingyue was no longer that young girl he needed to carefully protect behind him. She was his lover, but also his comrade-in-arms fighting side by side, a dreamer like him, caring for the common people. This report was far from a simple list of demands; it was clearly the heaviest trust and expectation she was entrusting to him.

Chen Fan gripped her hand tightly, the warmth in his palm scorching and resolute: "Qingyue, what you're seeing here is exactly what I've been thinking about day and night. Technology should never be a cold tool for profit. Its mission has always been to save more people."

Night deepened. Outside the window, stars and moonlight were absent, but the office lights stayed on all night. The two conversed in low voices, from clinical needs to technological breakthroughs, from R&D directions to implementation plans. By the time the horizon began to lighten at dawn, a technology breakthrough roadmap embodying their shared vision had clearly taken shape.

Although the Long Group had been retreating step by step in the field of technological materials, already utterly defeated, its biomedical division remained one of the top giants in the industry.

And this time, what they aimed to do, using Qingyuan Medical as their line, was not only to overcome medical challenges and rescue countless patients from suffering, but also to deliver a fatal blow, completely destroying the Long Group's last bastion!

For the next week, the laboratories deep within Pan Shi Base entered an unprecedented 'wartime state.'

With the precise clinical needs provided by Su Qingyue serving as a guide, the R&D direction was as clear as daylight, and efficiency was terrifyingly high.

The 'Heart's Voice' project went full throttle, specializing in decoding language center signals, vowing to build a smooth bridge for aphasia patients to convert thoughts into text and speech. The 'Guardian' project was gentle yet firm, developing assistive systems for late-stage neurological disease patients that could maintain basic vital signs, transmit soothing stimuli, and even carry simple caring intentions.

And the project codenamed 'Nirvana,' after Chen Fan's earth-shattering 'Concept Amplification,' surged forward triumphantly. The first batch of 'Nirvana Type I' enhancers targeting lung and liver cancer, after completing all rigorous pre-clinical research, quietly entered early-stage clinical trials under the joint supervision of the National Medical Products Administration.

The initial feedback was nothing short of stunning!

Not only were side effects significantly reduced compared to traditional targeted drugs, but the inhibitory effect on cancer cells with specific genetic mutations was markedly enhanced. Most crucially—no signs of rapid drug resistance were observed in the clinical trials!

Simultaneously, Chen Fan integrated the 'Mystical Bird' superconducting materials, the technological spillover from the lithography machine collaboration, and the already mature neural interface technology. A plan codenamed 'light of huaxia' for independent high-end medical equipment development was launched with a bang!

The first target? Aiming squarely at the 3.T and above ultra-high-field magnetic resonance imaging systems monopolized by the West for years!

The news erupted like a depth charge, causing an uproar in the medical field both domestically and internationally!

Top domestic hospitals cheered, countless patients eagerly awaited, hoping domestic high-end equipment would break the monopoly and lower the sky-high prices. But the Western medical giants that had long dominated the market were utterly panicked!

In their panic, they resorted to every trick—patent lawsuits flew like snow, technological blockades intensified layer by layer, even stooping to using public opinion to smear and trying to strangle Fanxing Technology in its cradle.

But they forgot that Fanxing Technology held solid technological breakthroughs, possessed a complete chain of independent intellectual property rights, and had the strong support of the national level! These despicable tactics, in the face of absolute strength, were nothing more than an ant trying to shake a tree, achieving minimal effect.

What terrified the Western giants even more was that the terrifying potential displayed by the 'Nirvana' series of drugs had precisely struck the most profitable core of their targeted drug market!

The wave of technological change swept forth, unstoppable.

And Long Bio, once glorious and influential, was naturally swept into the eye of this storm.

Long Bio started early by acting as an agent for importing high-end medical equipment and producing cheap generic drugs. Although it later invested heavily in R&D, it was always constrained by others in core technologies. Its products were uniformly clustered in low-end generics and medical device OEM manufacturing.

Qingyuan Medical's innovative assistive devices captured territories and seized market share; the 'light of huaxia' plan emerged out of nowhere, directly targeting the high-end equipment monopoly; the 'Nirvana' drugs began to show their edge, aiming at the sky-high targeted drugs... Under this triple blow, Long Bio's already fragile stock price instantly crashed! Investors voted with their feet, frantically dumping shares; partner hospitals terminated contracts one after another, turning to Fanxing Technology; banks, seeing which way the wind blew, cut off loans, demanded debt repayment, pressing step by step... The Long Group's last fig leaf was utterly torn to shreds! This once colossal business empire, its last decent cornerstone, crumbled and disintegrated under the impact of the new technological wave.

Alpha Capital also chose to abandon ship without hesitation, completely severing all funding ties with the Long Group and withdrawing its shares.

On his sickbed, Long Zhenwei trembled violently upon hearing the news that Long Bio had applied for bankruptcy protection. Only a pair of hollow, lifeless eyes and a desperate sigh remained.

The Long family's foundation built over decades, at this point, completely vanished into thin air, not even a single spark left.

On the other side, Long Zaifei stared fixedly at the investigation report in his hand, his knuckles white from the force, a surging tide of hatred churning in his eyes.

He found it! The core equipment of Qingyuan Medical was indeed connected to Chen Fan!

Fanxing Technology... Chen Fan!

A ferocious smile twisted the corner of Long Zaifei's mouth, murderous intent fully exposed in his eyes.

"You destroyed my Long family's foundation. I swear I will make your Fanxing Technology vanish into dust and ashes!"

He slammed his palm down on the table with a violent force, scattering documents everywhere. His voice was icy and piercing, carrying the madness of mutual destruction.

A devastating act of revenge was quietly brewing...