Everyone was confused when Secretary Wen took out a small rectangular plaque that was roughly the size of an identification card. He handed it to Fade and explained, "Mr. Chen, this is a Special Contribution Award in medicine that was personally awarded by Director Qi. With this award, you could enter various Drug Administration freely and have a council with Director Qi. You could also enjoy some special tax rebates and subsidies if you open a pharmaceutical company."
Fade was not fazed when Secretary Wen announced the benefits entailed with the award. However, the other guests were buzzing with excitement.
In particular, the guests, who ran their own businesses, were so envious of the benefits that their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
They were businessmen. Naturally, they knew the huge benefits that came with an official subsidy. Moreover, the award did not only include concessions and subsidies but also showed Director Qi's appreciation.
To some extent, Director Qi's attitude was even more important than concessions and subsidies.
After all, one just needed to show this award, and Drug Administrations all over the world would give the green light to everything and not interfere.
Everyone was shocked. The trace of admiration and amazement was clear in their eyes.
Even Lewis could not believe his ears. It should be noted that even the Chung family, who had spent years building up their business in Capital City, was not able to enjoy such benefits even though they were to the higher-ups.
Who would have thought that Fade would be highly-valued by Director Qi? He was bewildered and envious at the same time.
Secretary Wen glanced at the noisy crowd around him and explained with a smile, "I know you all must be wondering what Mr. Chen did to deserve this award."
Everyone nodded with a curious look.
Secretary Wen chuckled and continued clearly, "In my opinion, it's reasonable for Mr. Chen to receive such a commendation. In fact, this award could not be compared to Mr. Chen's contributions."
As soon as he finished, everyone was even more shocked and confused.
Lewis and Graham frowned. They felt that something was wrong.
Meanwhile, Secretary Wen continued explaining,
"I'm sure most of you heard about the shortage of Alstom Antibiotic in our country some time ago!"
The crowd could not help but nod when they heard Secretary Wen. Naturally, even if they were not part of the pharmaceutical industry, they knew about it because it was all over the news.
Secretary Wen continued, "Back then, Bald Eagle Pharma in Micovia blocked patents and restricted the use of Alstom Antibiotic in our country. They threatened us to purchase the right to use their patents at a very high price."
"As you all know, this will affect billions of people in our country. We had to make sure that we came up with the right solution or it might threaten the lives of our citizens. Purchasing the expensive patents from Micovia would even deal with a detrimental blow to our country's pharmaceutical industry. Both solutions were bleak to our country."
"At this critical moment, Mr. Chen led a team of researchers and resolved the patents blockade done by Micovia's Bald Eagle Pharma. He and his team came up with a substitute for Alstom Antibiotic, which was named Ephedra Syrup. With his stroke of genius, he managed to solve the crisis." "Additionally, Mr. Chen was also very noble. After successfully developing Ephedra Syrup, he allowed the country's pharmaceutical industry to use Ephedra Syrup for free and did not make money from our citizens. This move has benefited billions of citizens and hundreds of thousands of medical-related firms in our country."
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