Chapter 15 Production
It was drizzling, and a black Ford car was speeding past on the fairly wide street. After nearly a month, Zhang Feng had become skilled enough to drive a Ferrari with one hand.

I came to Howard Hughes' office again. The movie had been released for more than a month and the box office had reached 400 million. It was expected that after another month, the box office would reach 600 million US dollars. The sales of Langsha stockings had exceeded 450 million. Based on the current production and sales, it is expected to have sales of more than 2000 million US dollars a year.

After deducting the cost and the last dividend, Zhang Feng can get 160 million US dollars this time. Although the market for stockings is increasing, the current production is limited. The previous inventory has long been cleared. After the initial explosive period, sales will return to normal, so there is no need to continue to increase production. A profit of more than 1000 million US dollars a year is already a lot in this era.

"Zhang, Ghost is about to start filming. Are you interested in playing a role?" Howard Hughes invited with a smile. He was just joking. Zhang Feng is already very rich now and should not be interested in acting anymore. He has also started his own company.

"I'm very interested in playing a supporting role. I still have time. Although I have started my own company now and have to spend time with Geteli, we can't cooperate like last time for the time being. But I still love movies very much. If there is a supporting role suitable for me in the future, I will be happy to take part in it." Unexpectedly, Zhang Feng did not refuse.

There were several reasons why Zhang Feng agreed. First, he hoped to maintain a close relationship with Howard Hughes, which would bring him many benefits. Second, he needed to maintain a proper public image, which would be beneficial to his development in the United States. Third, now that he had handed over a lot of work, it would be boring to stay at home with Getrie Garbo every day for a period of time. Moreover, he had to keep a certain distance from women. There is a saying that goes, "Only women and villains are difficult to raise. If you get close to them, they will be rude to you. If you keep away from them, they will complain."

After saying goodbye to Howard Hughes, Zhang Feng went to the bank, deposited the money into his bank account, and transferred most of the money to the company's account. Then he called the company and informed the general managers and finance officers of each company.

After finishing all this, Zhang Feng returned home. For the next month, Zhang Feng either helped out in the laboratory, went to Hollywood to film, and occasionally visited the company. It seemed that there were a lot of things to do, but he basically did not have to do anything himself. Except for filming, which required him to be on the scene himself, he only needed to give instructions at other times. So he did not feel bored with work at all. On the contrary, he felt very satisfied. It was so cool to be a boss. This was life.

He still spends most of his time in the laboratory. This is his next project that can make a lot of money. Nothing is more important than making money.

After such a long period of hard work, the research and development of sulfa drugs was finally completed. Zhang Feng is applying for a patent, and the research paper was published a few days ago. As a member of the research team, Zhang Feng is also qualified to sign the paper, but he finally gave up. He actually knew nothing about biochemistry, and the excuses he used before were all the research results of his parents who had passed away in the Far East.

If he gets some kind of reputation in the religion of science in this way, it will be easy to be exposed in the future. It is better not to have such false reputation. After all, he cannot use other people's research results and papers to gain fame for himself. You know, in his previous life, he often hated academic fraud exposed in the news, especially the ugly behavior of the second generation of academic tycoons.

Of course, he didn't know whether it was envy or jealousy. Suddenly, he felt that his righteousness and noble sentiments were inconsistent with his current capitalist temperament, so he decided that when he had his own power and territory in the future, he must find a bunch of scientific teachers, and then propose some ideas and let them do research. After getting the results, he would make them co-inventors or second authors, and get the title of inventor, professor, or scientist. As long as he didn't go out to show off, no one would be able to expose his true strength.

When the Internet comes out, he will have a bunch of titles on Baidu Encyclopedia. Just thinking about it makes him excited. You know, in his previous life, when he searched for celebrity introductions on Baidu Encyclopedia, he often saw a series of other people's titles and lines of text introductions to their achievements. Although he didn't quite understand the value of these, he felt that these people were very awesome and he was still very envious.

They believe that only people like these are considered human beings, while others are just NPCs. No one cares about them, no one knows them, and no traces are left behind, as if they have never existed in this world.

He vowed that he would become such a person in the future, write a brilliant chapter, leave his name in history, and be praised on the Internet.

As the founder of a chaebol family, a scientist, a founding father, a founding father, a king, etc., he suddenly had a goal to strive for, but he was not in a hurry, as he still needed to accumulate foundation and wait for the opportunity.

Although the patent has not been applied for yet, the construction of the factory and production cannot be delayed. We can produce a batch first, and then put it on the market for sale when the process is almost complete.

That day, Zhang Feng came to the company on the eighth floor of the Rice Building again and ordered Sharlock to arrange people to purchase raw materials, start producing sulfa drugs, and notify him before the official production.

Sharlock spent more than a week inspecting several pharmaceutical companies that were listed for sale near Los Angeles, and finally reached an acquisition agreement with a medium-sized pharmaceutical company. After Zhang Feng's money arrived, the acquisition was completed immediately, costing Zhang Feng nearly $50.

Coupled with the previous raw material purchases and KFC's expansion, Zhang Feng found that he didn't have enough money again. Fortunately, the sales of stockings continued to bring him considerable profits, and KFC's expansion was not very fast, but his plan to invest in stocks had to be postponed. It was another sunny morning. Zhang Feng finished his breakfast with Qin Qingning's service, got dressed, and drove to the Shennong Pharmaceutical Factory in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

But Gertari Garbo was still sleeping because of Zhang Feng's fierce attack last night, so she was late for breakfast.

Entering the factory, Zhang Feng changed into a dust-proof suit and began to visit the pharmaceutical factory under the guidance of Sharlock. After seeing the machine grind the pure sulfonamide crystals into powder, then mix it with starch, and then press and dry it into white tablets, Zhang Feng finally showed a satisfied smile.

Sulfonamides are mainly used to treat urinary tract infections, respiratory tract infections, purulent skin infections, tonsil infections, pneumonia, etc.; in this era, it can really be said to be a miracle drug. You must know that the postoperative infection rate of various surgical operations in this era is very high, and some minor skin injuries will easily become infected, and then become serious enough to require amputation.

The sulfa tablets produced by Shennong Pharmaceutical Factory have a net content of 0.5 grams per tablet, of which the sulfa content is 0.05 grams. This is already very conscientious, after all, the more times you take the medicine, the more you can earn.

People of this era have never taken antibiotics or many medicines, so they don't have any drug resistance, so the effect of sulfa drugs will be stronger. Take it three times a day, and a course of treatment is three days, which means only 9 tablets are needed to basically treat a patient.

Just like in later generations, when Zhang Feng was a child and had a cold or inflammation, he would take two or three pills and obviously feel much better. But when he grew up, he had to take dozens of pills before his symptoms improved. Zhang Feng sometimes wondered if his illness was cured by the medicine, or if it was cured by the antibodies produced by his body over time.

Damn it, Zhang Feng felt that there was no product in that era that was not made by cutting corners and counterfeiting, and there were black-hearted capitalists everywhere, and all the companies were no exception.

It's good enough to be alive. Don't expect too much. I really think that if I don't lie down, I will be exploited more. Now Zhang Feng has also experienced the pleasure of the capitalists' harvest. This feeling is really good.

"Well, Manager Sharlock, you've done a great job. You've completed the production work in such a short time. I hope you'll keep up the good work and sell the medicines you produce." After Zhang Feng praised him, he spoke in an encouraging tone.

"Okay, boss. I have already communicated with the customers that my previous company had worked with. They are very willing to try this new drug. They all said that if it can achieve the efficacy we advertised, they will increase their purchasing efforts. I have also recruited some temporary sales staff, who will take the produced drugs to various hospitals and clinics for door-to-door sales." Sharlock said quickly, reporting all his efforts over the past few days to Zhang Feng.

"Well, you're doing very well. Let's speed up production. What's the current production cost of each pill, and what can be achieved in a month?" Zhang Feng asked.

"Boss, if we produce at full capacity, the monthly output will be about one million pieces. The more we produce, the lower the raw material cost and production cost will be, which will be about 10 cents per piece," said Sharlock.

"This output is still too low. After we make enough profit, we will immediately purchase equipment and increase production. I think a monthly output of 2 million tablets is appropriate. Of course, this is just my guess. You can adjust it based on sales volume. I believe our medicine will be welcomed by patients. Such a magical medicine is simply a gift from God to the world. It is the gospel for the majority of patients and will save more of God's lambs. So I decided to set the ex-factory price of each sulfa tablet at US$." Zhang Feng said compassionately.

It is not an exaggeration to call sulfa a miracle drug in this era, and people at that time did not have more choices, so Zhang Feng's decision of more than 90% profit was not excessive. You must know that pharmaceutical companies in later generations were even more greedy, and it was common to see products that cost one dollar but sold for one thousand dollars.

After explaining the situation, Zhang Feng left Shennong Pharmaceutical Factory.

(End of this chapter)