Reborn as Zhao Ruilong of Handong, I will defy fate.

"Okay! I'll do as you say!"

Wei Yun readily stood up and agreed.

Whether Zhao Ruilong wants to use public resources for private gain is his own business.

Wei Yun only cared about whether he could make a fortune.

"By the way, Mr. Zhao, I know that you have been investing in the research and development of new drugs over the years and have achieved certain scientific research results, but you lack sufficient clinical trials, which has seriously affected the market launch."

Zhao Ruilong frowned slightly.

"Yes, that's true. Do you have any suggestions?"

"Of course there is!"

Wei Yun took out a cigarette and offered one to Zhao Ruilong.

Then he took out a lighter, lit Zhao Ruilong's cigarette, and said:

"We all know that to determine whether a new drug is effective or has side effects, a lot of experiments must be conducted, preferably human trials."

"However, in our country, there are too many restrictions and complicated procedures for using healthy volunteers or patients in clinical trials to test drugs."

Zhao Ruilong sat down, frowned, and asked, "What suggestions do you have? Just say them! There are no outsiders here, so let's not beat around the bush!"

Wei Yun smiled and nodded repeatedly.

After sitting down, he solemnly said:

"My suggestion is actually very simple: cooperate with pharmaceutical companies in the United States."

"We are responsible for research and development in China, while they are responsible for the experiments. This way, it is faster and more economical, and we can also thoroughly understand the efficacy and side effects of the new drug."

Zhao Ruilong frowned and said, "You mean, if we let pharmaceutical companies in the US handle the clinical trials, they'll have fewer restrictions and the cost of testing the drugs will be much lower?"

"That's right!"

Wei Yun took a drag of his cigarette and said with a playful smile:

"I bet you don't know much about the United States, and you don't know what kind of bloodshed and cruelty is hidden behind its prosperity and power."

"Because from birth until now, you've only heard others talk about how great the United States is. Even though you accompanied someone on a trip there last year, it was just a superficial visit."

"Many people, like you, even if they go to the United States, can only see its prosperous economy, bustling traffic, and well-developed infrastructure in the short term."

“But I’m different. I studied and worked in the United States for many years. I know this highly market-oriented capitalist empire very well.”

"It may appear to be a country, but it's more like a company. And as a company, it's bound to be profit-driven, dog-eat-dog, and survival of the fittest—a man-eating capitalist monster..."

Zhao Ruilong remained silent, looking extremely curious and attentive.

Although he had only been to the United States once, how could Zhao Ruilong, as a time traveler, not know how cruel capitalist empires were?

In particular, my second sister's husband has been engaged in diplomatic work in the United States for a long time, and my second sister, Zhao Xiaohui, often goes there. Through her exchanges with them, she has long had a thorough understanding of the United States.

Capitalist empires implement highly free market economies. In their frenzied pursuit of profits, capital treats people like leeks, consumables, and tools, but never as human beings.

No matter what kind of family you are born into, if you want to live a good life in the long run, you can only try to make money. Otherwise, the high cost of living will mercilessly kill you.

Even capitalist oligarchs and wealthy families need to do everything they can to pay less tax and make more money, and through continuous investment and marriage alliances, they can ensure that they do not fall out of their social class.

As for the middle class and the lower class...

Housing, healthcare, education, daily life...

The advantage of marketization is that you can get everything done by spending money, and the more money you spend, the better the service you receive.

The problem is that after the middle class and the lower class bear various expenses, they often don't have any extra money left to save for a rainy day.

When the economy is booming and money is easy to make, things are fine. Even if you don't have much savings, you can still get by, especially since you have various loans and can rob Peter to pay Paul.

But what economy can rise continuously without declining?

Once the economy declines and money becomes harder to earn, those with little savings and extremely poor risk resistance may face unexpected events such as unemployment, sudden illness, or divorce, which could lead to financial difficulties and even bankruptcy.

In capitalist empires, bankruptcy almost means being expelled from the human race!

Because bankruptcy means you lose your property, you can't rent a decent place to live, you have no fixed address, and it's hard to shower and change clothes often. You become slovenly and smelly, so it's impossible to find a decent job.

Without a decent job, you can't have a high salary and benefits, you can't afford to rent a nice house or pay for expensive medical insurance, and you can only rely on selling blood, participating in drug trials, or doing two or three part-time jobs, but no matter which method you choose, you are more likely to get sick.

If you get sick and don't have good medical insurance, you can't afford good medicine. You have to wait in line for a long time at the so-called free public hospitals, and when you finally see a doctor, they will most likely just prescribe some painkillers. If you take too many painkillers, you will become an addict, and no one will hire you for odd jobs, so you can only be homeless.

Becoming homeless and without income, the long-term exposure to the elements will inevitably lead to a decline in their physical condition. The relief and assistance provided by various organizations are clearly insufficient to ensure that the homeless are well-fed and clothed. Amidst bullying, hunger, and illness, they often die miserably within two or three years.

And the dead homeless man was certainly not entirely useless.

The bodies are sold because they can be used to make biological specimens, medical experiments, and pathological research.

It can even satisfy the special fetishes of some special groups, such as dismembering and eating the flesh or making it into witchcraft props.

In short.

The cannibalistic nature of capitalism is not just a figure of speech.

Many people know this, but they are not surprised by it, because they believe that all gifts of fate have already been priced.

If one wants to enjoy the high degree of freedom of a capitalist market economy, then one must naturally bear the consequences of the survival of the fittest and the law of the jungle that comes with freedom.

Those who go bankrupt, become homeless, or die tragically are nothing more than losers eliminated by fierce competition, weaklings who are not worthy of sympathy, and cannon fodder for social development and progress!

As for those illegal immigrants who smuggle in...

They don't even have legal status, so they're not protected by the law. They're not even considered human. They're exploited and oppressed while they're alive, and they're still drained dry after they die. In the end, they're told it's their own fault.

Wei Yun is a typical example of a sophisticated egoist!

In his eyes, there is only business and profit; there is no humanity, let alone human rights.

That's why he came up with the "good idea" of developing the technology domestically and testing it in the United States.

In his view, those people in the United States who are struggling to make ends meet and on the verge of bankruptcy, and those illegal immigrants who harbor the American dream, are not human beings at all.

For a little money, countless people are willing to act as guinea pigs and participate in clinical trials of new drugs. This is a "low human rights advantage" that China can never match!

"What do you think, Mr. Zhao? Isn't my idea brilliant?"

Wei Yun smiled, her face full of hope.

Zhao Ruilong took a drag of his cigarette. "Are you sure there are absolutely no legal risks?"

"Of course not! How could there be?"

Wei Jun said with a smile, "Everyone who participates in the experiment will sign a series of documents proving that they are participating voluntarily and that the company will not be held responsible for any consequences."

"Even if the drugs are truly problematic and cause serious harm, the illegal immigrants who recruited them wouldn't dare to file lawsuits, and the already impoverished lower classes wouldn't have the money to hire lawyers."

Zhao Ruilong's lips twitched slightly.

Wei Yun is truly blinded by greed and worse than a beast!

However, what he said is indeed an indisputable fact.

Those who participate in drug trials do so willingly; they are risking their lives for money.

Since there was no coercion, if something goes wrong, you can only accept your bad luck.

A lawsuit?

In capitalist countries like the United States, doctors and lawyers are notoriously expensive.

Poor people who are willing to risk their lives to test drugs in order to earn some money simply cannot afford lawyers or to fight lawsuits.

"No wonder Western pharmaceutical companies have an advantage; the drugs they develop are effective and fast-acting. It turns out they have an unparalleled advantage in human trials!"

Wei Yun chuckled and said, "Of course!"

"Think about it, as a beacon of human civilization and the undisputed world hegemon, countless people are filled with fantasies about the United States, even fanatical converts, and millions of legal and illegal immigrants pour in every year."

"And they have a huge population, not only do they not practice family planning, but in many states abortion is even illegal, and it is common for a family to have several children. So why hasn't their population exploded?"

"The answer is actually very simple. It's because capitalist empires are free worlds that belong to the strong. Their extremely cruel survival-of-the-fittest mechanism ruthlessly eliminates those who are not adapted to it at every moment."

"Not to mention those illegal immigrants, they don't even have legal status, so it's impossible for them to invest, do business, work, study, or see a doctor normally. They can only do illegal work or join gangs, and they could die at any time from various accidents or violent conflicts."

"Even legal citizens of the United States face bullying, drug abuse, gang conflicts, and other issues from childhood to adulthood. Even if they are lucky enough to get into college, they often have to take on heavy student loans. Because of the compounding interest, it often takes many years after graduation to pay them off."

"The pressure of life is so great that many people choose to drift through society, fall into prostitution, sell their blood or flesh, or test drugs on themselves because of financial difficulties. After all, compared to those risks, they are more afraid of not having money..."

Zhao Ruilong listened silently.

Despite being a global superpower, it has not experienced a population boom; instead, it is the world's largest producer of blood and bone products, and the largest organ transplant country...

Behind all this, aren't countless people falling below the line of slaughter, being ruthlessly exploited and devoured?

In a country that exploits people like mineral resources, it certainly has a huge advantage in developing biomedicine and pharmaceuticals.

Because some are living people willing to pay money to test drugs, and others are corpses that have died for various reasons, which can be disassembled and studied for various drug trials.

People of all ages and genders died from various causes, including starvation, freezing, beatings, shootings, drug overdose, and drug poisoning.

These victims are extremely rare in China, or even nonexistent, to the point that there are no usable samples for related pathological research. However, they are not uncommon in the United States.

Zhao Ruilong had long ago conceived the idea of ​​"Chinese research and development, American testing." There were far too many people in the United States willing to invest money in testing, but due to a lack of cooperation channels, it had not been realized.

In particular, during my visit to the United States last year, I had a deep conversation with Gao Yuliang's daughter, Gao Fangfang. I learned that one of the reasons she chose to study biology in the United States was that there was no shortage of experimental samples. There were corpses available for dissection and research, and people willing to be guinea pigs.

Now that Wei Yun, who is only interested in profit, has taken the initiative to bring it up, why should I be polite?

“That’s a good idea. The procedures for conducting clinical trials of our new drugs in China are too complicated and time-consuming. I believe that conducting clinical trials in the United States will not cost much, and the time will definitely be shorter and the results will be better!”