347: Chapter 347 Let's make the foreigners suffer first.

Hearing this, Lin Yuan nodded slightly, a flash of understanding crossing his eyes.

Counting the time, more than half a month had passed unknowingly since those two special drugs passed clinical trials.

If this were in the old conventional medical system, a new drug with such revolutionary efficacy...

...from the compilation of clinical data to the layered approvals by drug regulatory departments, and then to the issuance of production licenses and finally obtaining the approval for market launch...

...just those cumbersome procedures would be enough to take a year or two.

But now...

The entire state apparatus was giving the green light for him alone.

All core departments involved were handling this as a special case; no checkpoint dared to delay for even half a second, keeping the green lights on all the way.

This kind of terrifying administrative efficiency was unique across the entire Blue Planet; there was no other like it.

On the other end of the line, after reporting the progress of the new drugs that had conquered stubborn diseases, Zhou Kai was clearly still in the aftermath of his excitement, and once he started talking, he couldn't stop.

"Speaking of the market launch, Academician Lin, I still want to chat with you for a moment."

Zhou Kai's speaking speed slowed down slightly, his voice carrying a touch of indescribable emotion and amusement.

"I wonder if you've had time to pay attention to the online public opinion while you've been busy with national affairs."

"Ever since you threw out the Four Great Ascension Systems and the second world at the press conference, the hot topics across the entire web have basically been firmly occupied by these two mountains."

"At first glance, the volume of these two special drugs on the hot search list has indeed been suppressed quite a bit."

"However..."

Zhou Kai changed the subject, his voice revealing a tone of helpless certainty.

"Academician Lin, don't look at how it seems unassuming on the hot search list, but in the relevant discussion areas on major platforms, it's an undercurrent surging with activity!"

"Those suffering from hair loss anxiety, kidney deficiency, and cold bodies are spamming our institute's official account comment section three times a day asking 'when exactly will it be launched', and their formation is as neat as a phalanx."

"I heard that many people even specially created 'Hair Growth Countdown' groups, checking in and praying every day; the atmosphere is even more tense than a college entrance exam sprint class."

At this point, Zhou Kai couldn't help but laugh.

"So, I can guarantee that once these two drugs are announced for market launch, those people are definitely going to go crazy!"

Listening to Zhou Kai's description over the phone, Lin Yuan's lips curved slightly upward.

"Mm."

He responded softly.

After all, whether it's the future prospect of cultivation or the second world, for the vast majority of ordinary people, those are ultimately beautiful blueprints that need to be looked up to and waited for.

And "hair loss" and "kidney deficiency"...

...these are pain points that truly strike at the heart of countless people's lives.

The gradually barren "Mediterranean" on top of their heads, the helpless sighs in the dead of night while looking at their wife's back, unable to perform—these are the most visceral, the most unspeakable, yet the most daily anxieties of modern people.

The launch of these two drugs is equivalent to handing out a piece of candy that everyone craves, one that can change their lives immediately, to the most ordinary people, outside of all grand narratives.

On the other end of the line, after a brief pause, Zhou Kai's tone became more plain, and he added another sentence.

"Oh, right, Academician Lin, there is also a small objective situation that I will mention to you in passing."

"Although the mass production lines have been fully operational and production capacity has climbed to the limit, the supply of many core medicinal materials still cannot fully support the terrifying scale of a global rollout."

"After all, medicinal herb cultivation has its own inherent growth cycle; it's not like parts on an industrial assembly line that can be infinitely replicated just by opening a few more production lines."

"Although the agricultural department attaches great importance to it and has already urgently enclosed land nationwide to protect the several top-quality cultivation bases that have been screened, it won't be that fast for a new batch of medicinal materials to grow from sowing to maturity, even with expedited cultivation."

"Therefore, relying on the existing output of raw materials, the finished products we produce will probably only be enough to prioritize supply to domestic users."

"Even in the early stages, there might be a short-term situation of supply falling short of demand domestically, where it gets sold out instantly."

"As for wanting to export abroad to harvest foreign exchange from overseas countries..."

"...it probably won't be very realistic in the short term."

Zhou Kai's tone inevitably carried a hint of deep regret.

After all, those foreigners are notoriously foolish and wealthy; if these two drugs were sold overseas, no matter how many US dollars per box they were priced at, they would wave their checkbooks and fight tooth and nail to get them.

That would be an excellent opportunity to harvest vast amounts of overseas wealth!

Hearing this, Lin Yuan laughed dismissively.

"It's fine, as long as we can prioritize satisfying domestic supply."

"The pain points of our own people in Xia Nation must naturally be given top priority to be solved."

"As for those people abroad..."

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, his tone revealing a casual playfulness.

"Things are valued for their scarcity; let's just consider it a long-term hunger marketing campaign for them."

"Since production capacity isn't enough, then let the foreigners suffer a little first."

"Just let them prepare enough money and honestly hold their numbered tickets and wait in line!"

After hearing Lin Yuan's words, Zhou Kai was stunned for a moment, and then an image uncontrollably appeared in his mind: those usually high-and-mighty overseas elites, anxious and jumping up and down, frantically begging for mercy just to get a box of Xia Nation medicine—a truly comical scene.

He understood it immediately and heartily laughed in agreement:

"Haha! Well said! Let them suffer a little!"

"Let them also taste the feeling of being strangled and having nowhere to turn to for medicine!"

Afterward, the two exchanged a few more simple pleasantries and ended the call.

"Beep—"

The call hung up.

Lin Yuan put the phone back on the desktop, leaned back on the sofa, and his gaze fell on a vague focal point on the ceiling.

Grand civilizational narratives can certainly harvest faith, but what truly touches people's hearts are always these "small matters" that solve personal pain.

One must eat rice one mouthful at a time.

And leeks must be harvested one batch at a time.

Thinking of the problem Zhou Kai mentioned, he tapped his fingertips unconsciously on the armrest twice.

"The cultivation cycle of medicinal herbs, huh..."

He murmured softly, a look of contemplation flashing in his eyes.

Afterward, Lin Yuan slowly closed his eyes, letting the massive plan deduce precisely in his mind.

...

Facts proved that when the state apparatus runs at full speed for a goal without reservation, the efficiency it erupts with is beyond imagination.

Exactly 3:00 PM.

Without any warning.

Multiple official top-level institutional accounts with golden verified V-marks simultaneously changed their pinned announcements at the same second.

There was no lengthy warm-up, nor any flashy promotional posters.

There was only a joint announcement with black text on a white background, stamped with a bright red seal.

The title of the announcement was concise and clear, yet it contained enough energy to detonate the entire web—

"Announcement Regarding the Official Approval and Market Launch of the Hair Growth and Strengthening Agent and the Vitality Nourishing Agent"!