Chapter 134: One Explosive News Story After Another
On Lunar New Year’s Eve and New Year’s, Zhou Wenhua spent them together with Commander Chen Shaokuan, Chief Engineer Ye Zaifu of the Jiangnan Shipyard, and Engineer Chen Ziting and others. Of course, he also went to Zhou Weiguo’s father Zhou Jixian to pay New Year’s greetings.
Meanwhile, sales of Zhou Wenhua’s penicillin also began to explode. Agents and merchants in various major cities, after experiencing the effects of the medicine for free, immediately rushed to purchase it for agency sales. Additionally, on the Yan’an side, Zhou Wenhua also dispatched personnel to send a batch of penicillin over, shocking the high-level headquarters there as well.
“This Zhou Wenhua actually sent us such a precious antibiotic? This is simply a life-saving medicine for soldiers on the battlefield! And he didn’t take our money. What do you think he means by this? Does he want to join us? Or is he testing us?”
“Whether he wants to join us is unknown, but as for testing? I don’t think it’s necessary. He didn’t ask for a single penny from us, and we don’t have that much money to buy such precious life-saving medicine anyway! These are the latest new-style antibiotics, which are extremely scarce and expensive even among the foreigners!”
“I think we can try to win over this Zhou Wenhua. He seems like a patriotic person with a patriotic mindset, and having such precious antibiotics is simply a major boost for us on the battlefield!”
“Winning him over is feasible, but the question is how? He’s not an ordinary person! Didn’t you see how his product sales launched such a large-scale promotional news offensive in such a short time? This alone shows he’s no simple character. What’s more, he possesses such precious medicine yet hasn’t been swallowed up by other forces! This even more proves his deep background. Remember, having a precious treasure invites trouble, especially for those without strength!”
“Right! An ordinary man is innocent, but possessing a jade invites guilt! His ability to withstand all the forces eyeing his wealth proves he’s no one with a simple background! So even if we can’t win him over to join us, we can maintain a good relationship with him. Since he sent us such precious battlefield life-saving medicine, we should send him some gifts in return. But what can we send him?”
After the Yan’an side received the precious penicillin battlefield life-saving medicine sent by Zhou Wenhua,
The high-level there also kept discussing matters regarding Zhou Wenhua.
At the same time,
An even more explosive piece of news was reported again by the major newspaper offices in the Foreign Public Concession, spreading like wildfire across major cities north and south of the Yangtze.
Because on the third day of the first lunar month, Zhou Wenhua released an explosive piece of news,
That in places not invaded by the Japanese Army during the future Anti-Japanese War period—Xuzhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Xikang, XJ, Gansu, Qinghai, and Ningxia—and other places, the largest hospital and airport would be established.
Moreover, the airport would use the latest passenger aircraft for shipping.
As soon as these two pieces of news came out, they were like thunderbolts, shocking everyone.
There was a hubbub, with heated discussions everywhere.
“Have you all seen today’s news? The front-page headlines of so many newspapers are reporting that the ‘Xili Company’ will establish the nation’s largest airport route and hospital in eight major cities! And I heard that the hospital they are building will also establish a medical college!”
“I saw it! This is simply the most shocking news I’ve heard this year. By the way, what exactly is this ‘Xili’ background? Is it a foreign company or a domestic company? I’ve never heard of it before?”
“I haven’t heard of it either! But I heard that the front-page headline news in major newspapers also said in their reports that they will continuously report follow-up tracking news, such as what type of aircraft this ‘Xili Company’ will use for passenger transport and freight. I heard the geographical environments of those eight major cities are all very harsh, prone to shipping dangers! They will also track and report on the construction of those hospitals and so on!”
“Hiss! This Xili Company is now hugely popular. I just want to know why they don’t want to establish shipping and hospitals in Shanghai, the capital, or nearby major cities, but insist on going to those remote cities to build shipping routes and hospitals? Can they make money in those places?”
“Who knows why they do this? Anyway, it’s now big news. We can just treat it as after-meal conversation!”
“I’m now just curious what those hospitals, medical schools, and shipping aircraft look like.”
Thus, various opinions were also continuously heatedly discussed.
But the news that shocked everyone even more was that Zhou Wenhua would also establish a new shipping route in Shanghai, and it would be a shipping route where ordinary civilians could take airplanes for transportation.
As well as establishing the largest hospitals in the entire cities of Changsha and Xuzhou.
When these two explosive pieces of news were released on the fifth day of the first lunar month, they immediately caused another sensation across the land north and south of the Yangtze, especially in Shanghai and the capital,
These heavily promoted and fervently discussed messages instantly attracted attention from people in various industries.
