"Director Zhengyang, this gap cannot be made up by just a passion or hard work." Ming Yongchang nodded and sighed: "Dongxia and even Wanzhou have a shortcoming. Compared with the neighboring cities such as Handu, Jiazhou, Xi'an and even Wuhan, there is a big gap in positioning, lacking necessary education and scientific research resources, and without such basic soil for R&D, so it can only rely on the company's own R&D, external transplantation and external cooperation to obtain technological breakthroughs. This starting point is low, and it is even more difficult to achieve results."

Of course, Sha Zhengyang also knows this. Wanzhou has a large population and its educational and scientific research resources are second only to Handu and Fugang in the province. However, if it is placed nationwide, or if it is compared with surrounding Handu, Jiazhou, Xi'an and Wuhan, the gap is too big.

In other words, joining the same company that requires huge investment in technology research and development will not be able to compare with these metropolises with the attractiveness of technical talents.

The comprehensive environment of metropolitan cities, such as livable environment, cultural atmosphere, leisure and entertainment environment, educational and medical conditions and living convenience, are difficult to reach in ordinary counties and even small and medium-sized cities. This situation will continue until twenty years later and will be difficult to change.

Of course, the living costs and transportation conditions in big cities will greatly weaken their attractiveness.

Think about the housing prices several times that of small cities and the mortgage they have to bear, and the torment of crowding on the subway and bus for two or three hours every day. You are born to be shorter than others every day. People can use these two or three hours to sleep, read books, exercise, spend with their family, watch movies, and even fall in love. But you have to be exhausted and struggle on the bus and subway like sardines. Even if you drive, you are crowded like an ant and move helplessly on the road. This taste is probably one of the biggest factors that forces people in big cities to leave.

In my previous life, weren’t there also countless legendary stories about Beijing drifting into the city and escaping from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou? In fact, they were just a difficult struggle of self-positioning and choice.

"Mayor Ming, this is also determined by objective reality. So if we want to offset this adverse factor, we need to take multiple measures to overcome it for a long time. For example, what you are already taking, cooperate with some educational and scientific research institutions, and achieve it through the combination of interests, and focus on cultivating our own R&D team. Well, or if our Dongxia conditions do not have these talents, can we set up our company's R&D department in Wanzhou? If Wanzhou does not have them, what about Handu? What about Yanjing?"

Sha Zhengyang's tone was not very polite, but his attitude was very positive.

"I was thinking, maybe small companies may be difficult, but Handong Pharmaceutical should be completely fine in this regard, right? The same is true for Wanzhou Pharmaceutical. All aspects of the company look very glorious, and advertising marketing is done well. This will definitely have immediate results on the performance of the company. I have worked in a company and understand it clearly. But what is the core of a company, especially pharmaceutical companies, new technologies and new achievements, is the foundation of the survival of the company. Why are they unwilling to increase investment in this regard?"

Ming Yongchang and Han Qingsong were both a little embarrassed. Sha Zhengyang's words must be meaningful. Handong Pharmaceutical is one of the top large pharmaceutical companies in the province. Wanzhou Pharmaceutical Factory is also a large pharmaceutical company ranked among the top in the province. Wanzhou Second Pharmaceutical has the same scale and benefits. In recent years, several pharmaceutical companies have been advertising in TV and newspapers, and the factory managers and cars are all in Berkeley, but there is not much to come up with in the research and development of new products. No wonder Sha Zhengyang is a little dissatisfied with his words.

The county magistrate Gao Yongneng and the county party committee director Qu Xiaowei, who were sitting next to them, did not expect Sha Zhengyang to speak so sharply, and they couldn't help looking at each other.

Gao Yongneng was the former deputy director of the Municipal Economic Commission and served as the county magistrate. Of course, he knew Sha Zhengyang, but he was not very familiar with it. In fact, he only stayed in the position of deputy director of the Municipal Economic Commission for a year. Before, he was the deputy secretary of the Shandu County Party Committee, which was equivalent to a transition from the Municipal Economic Commission to serve as the county magistrate of Dongxia County, which also attracted countless people to look at it.

Not everyone can take the position of Dongxia County. Everyone knows that senior officials in Dongxia County are the cradle of deputy department-level cadres. The previous secretary has been promoted to deputy department-level officials without exception. It can be said that as long as they are of the right age and have sufficient abilities, they can basically follow this path. The Dongxia County Magistrate is naturally the best successor to the i-Secretary of the county party committee. So when Zheng Guozhong left Han Qingsong to take over, countless people were staring at this position, but no one expected that Gao Yongneng, who had just been transferred from the deputy secretary of the Shandu County Party Committee to the deputy director of the Municipal Economic Committee, could pick this peach.

"Director Sha, in fact, Handong Pharmaceutical and Wanzhou Second Pharmaceutical have invested a lot in new product research and development,..." Gao Yongneng saw that Ming Yongchang and Han Qingsong did not say anything, and he was a little distracted, so he quickly spoke.

"County Magistrate Gao, during my research, I read the data reports of Handong Pharmaceutical and Wanzhou Second Pharmaceutical. Wanzhou Second Pharmaceutical's marketing investment site operating income was 28%, but how much R&D investment accounted for? 4.38%!" Sha Zhengyang did not give the county magistrate Gao a good face and said lightly: "What about Handong Pharmaceutical? The marketing investment site reached 29.8% of the operating income, but what about R&D investment? Poor 2.25%! I can't believe that such a large R&D building was Handong Pharmaceutical's last year.

How much is the sales revenue of 680 million yuan? What about R&D investment? Less than 15 million yuan, but the marketing investment can reach 200 million yuan. Hehe, I don’t mean that marketing is not important. When I started Dongfanghong Group, I put corporate marketing first, but that was at the beginning of the company. Famous products like Handong Pharmaceutical have a stable market and stable profit margins, but they are not enterprising. They just want to eat all kinds of tricks in the existing market. Is this possible?"

As soon as Sha Zhengyang said that he felt like he had passed. He was not the Secretary of the Wanzhou Municipal Party Committee, but was just a deputy director of the Provincial Development and Planning Commission, but he was pointing fingers at the development path of a county-owned enterprise. Moreover, Ming Yongchang was still his old leader at least, which was a bit passionate.

"Sorry, Mayor Ming, Secretary Han, County Mayor Gao, I was a little excited." Sha Zhengyang cleared his throat and calmed down his emotions. "Maybe I have come into contact with some large enterprises and foreign companies in the past few months of training in the central government, and I also know a lot about the domestic and international situation, so I feel a lot. Take pharmaceutical companies as an example. The proportion of R&D investment in well-known foreign pharmaceutical companies generally accounts for more than 10% of the operating income, and the better ones account for more than 15%, such as Novartis, Bayer, etc. Domestic pharmaceutical companies generally focus on marketing and despise R&D. Even R&D is mainly generic drugs, and there are very few original drugs. Of course, this has a lot to do with our own poor original research capabilities and the lack of strength of the company."

Although Ming Yongchang, Han Qingsong and Gao Yongneng's faces were a little unfavorable, they could also understand the central feelings of each other's words. If they were not concerned about the development of companies such as Wanzhou and Dongxia, the other party would not bother to tell you this. Even though they knew they offended others, they still said that with Sha Zhengyang's emotional intelligence, how could he not understand the truth here?

Thinking of this, the few people felt a lot of relief. At least they came to analyze and point you out sincerely. If you really want to make a few perfunctory words, hello, everyone, that really means that the other party is fooling you and not hit you.

Qu Xiaowei has been paying attention to the changes in expressions of several leaders.

Although Sha Zhengyang's sarcastic words were not directed at the leaders of the city and county, Handong Pharmaceutical and Wanzhou Second Pharmaceutical are enterprises under Dongxia County, and Wanzhou Pharmaceutical Factory is a municipal enterprise. The municipal party committee, municipal government and county party committee and county government naturally have the right to make decisions over these enterprises, at least in terms of personnel appointment and removal, they belong to the city and county.

This is a bit unceremonious about pointing out the problems in the company, and it is also a bit dissatisfied with the work of the city and county. But this old leader is just the leader of the Planning Commission, not the leader of the provincial party committee and government, so it is a bit unacceptable to say this.

However, she also noticed that although the attitudes of Ming Yongchang, Han Qingsong, Gao Yongneng and others were not very happy, they still respected and recognized Sha Zhengyang's family, but they didn't say anything.

"During the training in Yanjing, I also contacted and discussed with leaders of the National Development and Planning Commission, the National Economic and Trade Commission, the National Science and Technology Commission and other departments. They attach great importance to the industry in the biopharmaceutical industry, because as people's living standards improve and the problem of eating and clothing is solved, the demand for spiritual culture and health will increase day by day, so the future prospects of the biopharmaceutical industry are very large. Judging from the current situation, the cutting-edge field of the pharmaceutical industry is basically monopolized and controlled by some famous foreign pharmaceutical companies. There is a big gap in our industry. If you want to catch up, you must first start with the most basic research and development...."

Sha Zhengyang is deeply touched.

Why did the movie "I Am Not a God of Medicine" in my previous life trigger such a response? Isn't it just that it touched the pain points of many people?

The impact of this movie then covered the entire society and even the country, which needed to be adjusted from the perspective of policies, systems and even laws. This is enough to show how great the foreign famous pharmaceutical companies have in this regard, and China's weak position in this area can be seen.

India can ignore the patent law, but China has to bear obligations and responsibilities in this regard if it wants to align with the international community.
Chapter completed!