Chapter 1100 Temporary Relief From Danger
I don’t know when it started, but it was said that Isatis root and white vinegar can treat SARS. In short, it seemed that people all over the country knew about this secret recipe in an instant.
So Isatis root and white vinegar, which were not scarce in the market, became scarce resources. The price rose exponentially, and a reporter even took a historical photo of a bottle of white vinegar for 1,000 yuan.
Then someone said that SARS was actually a lack of "iodine". Suddenly, iodized salt became the object of looting. As for the common sense question that this "SARS" is not that "iodine", no one cared at all.
On the premise of whether it can guarantee life, everyone's IQ seems to be plummeting. Some people even know that it may be fake, but they join the rush to buy with the mentality of what if it is true.
Even if the government calls on citizens not to grab it, whether it is white vinegar or Isatis root, especially iodized salt, there will be no shortage. But everyone still ignores what they should buy and buys it as much as possible, for fear that if they buy less, SARS will catch up with them.
At this time, a piece of information on the Internet attracted everyone's attention. Someone broke the news that Millennium Supermarket had stockpiled white vinegar, salt and white vinegar in advance. They even listed the data sheet of stockpiling in advance, and then hinted that whether it was Isatis root or white vinegar, or the rumor that salt could treat SARS was planned by Millennium Supermarket.
For a time, Millennium Supermarket, the leading enterprise in the domestic retail industry, was instantly pushed to the forefront. There were even violent incidents of violent incidents in the supermarket when the citizens with bad tempers failed to buy white vinegar.
"What's going on?" Yang Dongxu sat with a gloomy face in the office of Millennium Supermarket in Zhucheng.
Originally, he announced SARS, and guessed that many people were sensitive. Even if Chen Weimin felt that there was a one in ten thousand chance that this matter could spread the disease, he had to plug this gap and stand in front.
But he was still under great pressure. Fortunately, after he stood up, Lai Tianqing, Li Yihang, Bai Qian and others stood up to respond.
In addition, the stars of Haina Films also followed the publicity and appeal, and everyone began to pay attention to this matter, and then carried out preliminary epidemic prevention. But there was a dark tide stirring.
So at this juncture, Millennium Supermarket suddenly had a problem, and if it was not handled properly, it would likely collapse across the board. Then all the previous efforts would be in vain.
In fact, when facing this matter, he also hesitated. Considering whether he should just sit on the sidelines, even if he prepared in advance, he would not be the first bird.
When the epidemic really spreads, he should donate materials and materials, and donate money, and he would get both fame and fortune. But he didn't hesitate for long before he directly contacted Sun Lao to come to Zhucheng and decided to be the "first bird".
Because he knew that even if he followed the crowd, he would not get less benefits at all, and the risk was less than being the first bird. But he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.
Or he couldn't be so cruel, and his heart was not so dark. He knew that he didn't have the national justice of the revolutionary martyrs. If he was caught during the war, perhaps the best result would be for his comrades to shoot him directly. Otherwise, he felt that he could not withstand the torture of the enemy, but he did not have a steadfast character, but he had his own bottom line.
"A manager of the logistics department was bribed by the other party to get the purchase documents." Zhang Tianming lowered his head, and his face was extremely gloomy at this time. He did not expect that a small manager of the logistics department would give him such a ruthless knife in the back.
"Where is the person?" Yang Dongxu narrowed his eyes.
"It has not been found yet. The police have been called and the police are chasing them."
"Who did it?" Yang Dongxu continued to ask.
"There are shadows of other supermarkets behind, but it seems that it is not all. It seems that someone is targeting us." Hu Dashan said.
It is not easy to investigate this matter without catching the person, because there are too many suspects. For example, whether it is Carrefour, which is now fighting with Millennium, or those domestic retailers who are watching the excitement, it is possible.
"Are these three things sold at a higher price?" Yang Dongxu knocked on the table and asked.
"No, absolutely not. I personally caught this matter and notified the store managers below that anyone who dared to mess up would be kicked out. Then, according to your instructions, after the rush to buy, all customers who buy these three items can only buy one with their ID cards.
The news report that we sold white vinegar at a high price and angered customers is seriously inconsistent with reality. It was the customer who was unreasonable and insisted on buying two, and the salesperson refused to let him, which caused the conflict." Zhang Tianming said immediately. If this matter has not been done well, he can just get out.
Yang Dongxu's face looked better, "Continue to prepare for sale, and at the same time, order the store managers below to collect the information of all the stores that are currently selling these three items at a higher price. Sort out our own suppliers and see which link of these three items from production to our store has increased the price, and I have solid evidence."
"Still preparing for stock? Didn't the south say so?" Zhang Tianming was stunned.
On February 11, 2003, two days ago, Guangdong, where the SARS epidemic was discovered, announced the recent SARS situation. All cases are under control, and 300 people infected is just a small case for a city with a population of 10 million.
And the next day, the people from the prevention and control center also predicted during the interview that there will not be a large-scale respiratory infectious disease epidemic in the country in the near future, but there will be a small-scale respiratory infectious disease epidemic in some local areas.
So in everyone's opinion, this matter has come to an end, even the prevention and control center has spoken. Obviously, they think the current situation is good, and they want to stabilize the situation and calm the panicked citizens.
Therefore, at this time, Yang Dongxu emphasized that he would continue to prepare stocks, and it seemed that he would continue to insist on making this matter bigger and stricter, and even called on the whole society to pay attention to this matter. Zhang Tianming felt that his young and wise boss was a little angry because his self-esteem was hurt by this failure.
"Do as I tell you." Yang Dongxu glanced at Zhang Tianming, and Zhang Tianming, who wanted to say something, closed his mouth.
After leaving the office of Millennium Supermarket, Yang Dongxu went directly to Huayi School. The prevention and control center had collected the SARS virus specimens and brought them back to Yanjing for further research.
Because Huayi is a traditional Chinese medicine school, it is not good at Western medicine. And there are no high-tech medical equipment, so it did not ask for virus specimens to study by itself.
However, the two doctors who followed the expert group to the south before had close contact with patients and even used traditional Chinese medicine techniques to make detailed diagnosis and treatment.
At present, the two doctors are in the school, making a detailed explanation of the condition they observed from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine. At the same time, there is a detailed case report from the perspective of Western medicine next to it for comparison and reference by Mr. Sun and others.
"How is it?" When he came to Huayi, Mr. Sun and others had just finished their preliminary research. Looking at Mr. Sun and several old Chinese medicine predecessors with a tired face, Yang Dongxu couldn't help but feel distressed.
Maybe some people have this or that shortcoming in normal times, and some even love money. But when faced with major issues, these people have no complaints and even take out their lifelong learning and experience.
"It's very troublesome." Mr. Sun rubbed his eyebrows and said.
Yang Dongxu looked at the other old Chinese medicine predecessors, each of whom looked very solemn.
"With so many cured cases, there is no way to develop effective treatment methods?" Yang Dongxu asked anxiously.
He knew very well that even with his influence, the current SARS time was only taken seriously by the upper level in advance. But so far, the development trajectory of the first half of the things is similar to the SARS epidemic in the previous life.
That is to say, the wheel of history of SARS infection nationwide or even worldwide did not change because of his appearance, but instead ran over him directly.
And now, what he can do, in addition to using his influence to continue to appeal. The most important thing is to see if the drug for treating SARS can be developed in advance. As long as the specific medicine is available, even if SARS breaks out, it will not make the whole nation terrified like in the previous life.
"We have seen all the cases, but these cured cases are only for reference and have no more value." An old Chinese medicine veteran said.
Yang Dongxu looked at him puzzled.
"Chinese medicine pays attention to one prescription for one person, although many prescriptions can be used by most people. But everyone's constitution is different. For some people with special constitutions, the prescription needs to be adjusted appropriately according to the different conditions of the disease.
Of course, I am not saying that all the people who have been cured of the epidemic have special constitutions. Rather, they were cured, of course, because of the treatment methods and drugs. But there are also some physical constitutions and other factors.
In short, the means of treating them, if you put them on other people, may not be able to cure another patient."
After listening to the other party's words, Yang Dongxu was still confused.
"Let me put it this way." Old Sun said, "For example, facing a cold, which is what everyone calls a cold now. There are simple cold treatments, and severe fevers that turn into pneumonia have treatments for pneumonia.
In short, facing this disease, there are many treatments and methods to cure people. And this treatment method is universal for people who exclude special constitutions, such as those who are allergic to drugs.
Even for people who are allergic to special constitutions, after excluding allergic drugs, there are other ways to cure him. In short, this disease is controllable no matter how it changes.
But this epidemic is different. According to the current situation, we have not found a way to effectively treat it. Every treatment has a certain luck component in it. And luck is the most unpredictable thing. It is irresponsible to rely on luck to cure the disease."
Yang Dongxu wanted to say something, but at this time the phone rang. Seeing that it was Chen Weimin's call, Yang Dongxu begged for mercy and left the house.
"Hello."
"What's the situation over there?" Chen Weimin asked directly.
"It's okay, just some clowns."
"I'm not asking that. I've read the report from the Epidemic Prevention Center. Why do I feel like you don't want to let go of this matter?"
"It's not that I don't want to let go, but I'm really a little worried." Yang Dongxu repeated what Mr. Sun said just now: "This matter can be big or small. If it is really under control, everyone will be happy. It's okay for me to be a bad guy. But what if it breaks out again?"
Chen Weimin on the other end of the phone couldn't help but fall into silence.
After a while, Chen Weimin said: "Okay! I know, you can do whatever you want to do. I'll make a detailed report to the Epidemic Prevention Center to see if I can get them to launch the epidemic emergency plan to develop special medicines."
"Thank you." Yang Dongxu was really touched, because at this time Chen Weimin still wanted to vigorously promote this matter, and the risk he took was several times higher than before.
"If you stand in front of me at this moment, I will beat you for this sentence. The country does have some minor problems, but it is generally good and will get better and better in the future.
So you are not the only one who is concerned about the country and the people. We are not good-for-nothings. We are working hard for the development of the country and the happiness of the people, and there are many unknown heroes who are sacrificing.
Compared with those unknown heroes, what you have done is nothing. Don't feel that you are concerned about the country and the people every day, while others are just sitting there doing nothing.
If you are given a county, you may manage it better than the county magistrate. Aren't you good at doing business? Aren't you good at identifying people and picking the best soldiers? Then what is the purpose of the inspection team you set up? How did the corruption in your company come about?" Chen Weimin said unhappily.
Yang Dongxu's face flushed instantly, not because of anger but because of shame.