A faint piece of music began to play. At the same time, a slightly low female voice narrated.
"They are called the children of the stars …"
"They are like the stars in the sky, shining alone in the distant and dark night sky …"
"They are as beautiful and pure as the stars, but also as cold and lonely as the stars …"
The first three sentences immediately drew everyone's attention. At this time, the screen was still pitch-black, only accompanied by lines of white subtitles accompanying the narration.
Then, the screen flashed, and handsome and beautiful faces began to appear. From the screen, it was impossible to tell that these children were any different from normal children. However, upon closer inspection, one could see that when they faced the camera, their eyes were all evasive. Almost none of them were looking directly at the camera.
The voice of the narrator became even lower. "In Huaxia, on average, one in a hundred newborns will have autism. Each child will affect three to four families and six to eight people. Before this, the pathogenesis of autism has not been determined, and there are no effective drugs for the treatment of autism. "
The faces of parents under great pressure appeared on the screen. In the corner of the image, there were often children who were playing with toys, completely immersed in their own world, ignoring the camera.
The reporters in the venue were all silent. Even the reporters who were adjusting the equipment and communicating with each other stopped and silently watched the scenes that flashed across the big screen.
In the past few years, autism had become a child mental illness that everyone paid more attention to. Everyone knew more about this disease and had a deeper understanding of the suffering of the families of children with autism.
Some of the reporters who knew about the Heart-Nourishing Soup could not help but secretly praise it in their hearts. This was really an amazing achievement.
The video was very short, less than three minutes. It only introduced the situation of autism and the current state of research on it around the world.
The video ended with this sentence: These children living in the stars, they look at Earth from afar, but they can't receive any signals from Earth …
After the short video ended, Xue Jinshan walked back to the stage from the side. The spotlight was turned on again, following Xue Jinshan's footsteps.
He reached out and adjusted the microphone, then said with a smile, "I think everyone has guessed it. Some of the reporters who are well-informed have even grasped more detailed information …"
Xue Jinshan's words caused the reporters below the stage to laugh kindly. More reporters who did not know the situation were busy asking their colleagues around.
In any case, the news would be announced at the press conference soon. This was not exclusive news, so the reporters who knew the news did not hide it and readily revealed what they knew.
However, Xue Jinshan quickly pulled everyone's attention back to him.
He went straight to the point and said, "That's right. The first new drug released by our Taoyuan Pharmaceutical Factory is related to autism. To be precise, this Chinese patent medicine is the only special drug in the world that can effectively treat autism! "
The reporters who were still inquiring about the news turned their heads to look at Xue Jinshan. Some of the more impatient ones even stood up to ask questions.
However, Xue Jinshan waved his hand and said, "There will be a question-and-answer session later. Please allow me to introduce our Taoyuan Pharmaceutical Factory's new autism specific medicine — Heart Nourishing Soup!"
As soon as Xue Jinshan's voice fell, a picture of the newly packaged Heart-Nourishing Soup appeared on the big screen behind him.
"This is a pure Chinese medicine preparation. After a long period of arduous research by the research and development team of the Taoyuan Company, they consulted countless Chinese medicine books and went through layers of approvals, animal experiments, clinical trials, and other procedures before finally approving it to be listed on the market …"
Xue Jinshan spoke frankly on the stage, and Xia Ruofei looked at him with a gratified smile.
The press conference was indeed normal. There were no stars, no beautiful PowerPoint, and even the venue layout could only be said to be passable. However, the content of this press conference was very satisfactory to Xia Ruofei.
Except for the short video at the very beginning that stirred up everyone's emotions, the rest of the press conference was basically following the rules. Xue Jinshan introduced the research and development process of the Heart-Nourishing Soup — of course, this was modified to a certain extent. He couldn't say that it was the work of Xia Ruofei, the chairman of the Taoyuan Company, alone, could he?
Then he focused on some of the data in the clinical trial process of the Heart-Nourishing Soup, including the first few autistic children who participated in the Heart-Nourishing Soup trial. The whole process was tracked and filmed from the beginning until now, so the information was very complete.
There was no need for professionals. Just from the few videos revealed at the press conference, everyone could see that the children's symptoms had significantly improved after taking the Heart-Nourishing Soup for several courses.
The reporters became more and more excited.
What was news? In layman's terms, a dog biting a person was not news, but a person biting a dog was news.
As for the treatment of autism, it was a worldwide problem.
Developed countries in Europe and the United States had no breakthrough in the study of the pathogenesis of autism. The treatment had always been based on behavior modification, and no effective drugs had been found at all.
Now, such a worldwide problem had been solved by the people of Huaxia.
And it was solved with pure traditional Chinese medicine techniques.
In today's day when traditional Chinese medicine was being questioned and was on the decline, this news was undoubtedly a shot in the arm.
This was definitely explosive news!
Therefore, when Xue Jinshan finished the press conference and began to ask questions, almost everyone raised their arms in unison.
Xue Jinshan had expected the enthusiastic response of the reporters. He calmly picked up the mineral water on the speaker's seat, unscrewed it, and took a sip. Then he casually pointed to a female reporter and said with a smile, "Ladies first. The first question is for the lady in yellow in the third row!"
The female reporter who was given the opportunity to ask questions was a little excited. She took the microphone from the staff and began to ask questions directly. After a few sentences, she was surprised to find that the microphone was still turned off. She quickly turned it on with a red face.
Everyone couldn't help but smile at this little interlude.
Xue Jinshan also smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, take your time! There is no time limit for our questions … "
"Thank you, Factory Manager Xue!" The female reporter was indeed a frequent presenter. She quickly adjusted to the slight embarrassment with an elegant smile on her face and introduced herself. "I'm a reporter from the Straits Daily and the Straits News Network. Thank you, Factory Manager Xue, for giving me the opportunity to ask the first question!"
Then, the female reporter went straight to the point and asked, "Factory Manager Xue, the efficacy of the Heart Nourishing Soup is so obvious. How much will it be sold for? We know that many families with autism are still very poor. Can these children afford the Heart Nourishing Soup? "
Xue Jinshan smiled slightly. Although the team had prepared some information for him and prepared some answers for the reporter's questions, he didn't look at it at all. He said directly, "Regarding the price of the Heart Nourishing Soup, it was originally going to be announced on our company's official website and the website of the drug administration at the same time, but since you asked, I'll announce it here!"
Speaking of this, Xue Jinshan paused for a moment. After attracting everyone's attention, he continued, "The price of our Heart-Nourishing Soup is 168 yuan per box. Every ten boxes is a course of treatment. Depending on the severity of the illness, the symptoms can be significantly improved after three to six courses. Most children can basically return to normal after ten courses."
When Xue Jinshan announced the numbers, the reporters in the audience were also quickly calculating.
One course of treatment at 1680 yuan was definitely not considered expensive. Even if it was taken for ten courses, it would only be 16800 yuan.
It should be known that the slightly better autism correctional institutions were quite expensive. A perceptual integration course cost at least one or two hundred yuan. Two or three thousand yuan a month was considered cheap.
Most importantly, this kind of course couldn't treat autism. It could only improve the children's perceptual integration and, at the same time, correct certain behaviors. Furthermore, it required long-term classes.
According to what Xue Jinshan said, they only needed to fork out half a year's worth of expenses to basically be cured.
It didn't take much to figure out which was more cost-effective.
It was believed that most families would be able to afford 16800 yuan. Even poor families could still afford it if their relatives and friends pooled together a little and lived frugally.
If the effect of the medicine was really as good as it was described, and there was no need to take it for a long time, then the price could really be called a good price.
Xue Jinshan paused for a few seconds to give everyone time to digest the information before continuing, "In order to ensure that every child with autism can receive effective treatment, the parent company of our pharmaceutical factory, the Taoyuan Company, will also set up a special fund in the Taoyuan Charity Fund to subsidize children from poor families. At the same time, our pharmaceutical factory will also donate 10000 boxes of Heart Nourishing Soup every year to provide free of charge to autistic children with real difficulties. These charitable acts will be implemented one by one in the future, and we welcome the supervision of all our friends in the media!"
After Xue Jinshan finished speaking, there was a sudden burst of warm applause from the audience.
Even the reporters who were busy taking photos or writing quickly on their computers stopped what they were doing and applauded vigorously.
It was really not easy for a company to do this.
Other things aside, if a pharmaceutical factory developed such a special medicine to fill the gap, first of all, the price wouldn't be so low, because this medicine didn't have to worry about sales at all. It was completely monopolizing the market, and with the high proportion of autistic children, there would definitely be a shortage of supply.
No matter how much the cost was, the price of the Heart Nourishing Soup was 168 yuan per box, which at least lowered the threshold to a level that most people could afford.
In addition, they also considered some particularly poor families and specially listed a separate project in the charity fund, and donated medicine every year.
Wasn't such a socially responsible company worthy of sincere applause?
Xue Jinshan waited for the applause to stop a little, then smiled and said, "Next question, please ask the man in the blue tie in the middle of the first row!"
"Thank you, Factory Manager Xue!" The male reporter took the microphone, stood up and said, "I'm a reporter from the Sanshan TV News Channel. I can foresee that the demand for Heart Nourishing Soup will be very high in the future. I want to ask Factory Manager Xue, what is the current production capacity of your factory? Will this medicine be limited like the Jade Muscle Ointment? "
This reporter's words caused a burst of laughter, especially from the female reporters who had tried to buy the Jade Muscle Ointment several times. They looked at Xue Jinshan with resentment.
Xue Jinshan felt these gazes and felt like there was a knife at his back.
He smiled bitterly in his heart. This was all Boss Xia and Manager Feng's decision! I'm just an employee, and … our factory is only in charge of production. The sales segment has nothing to do with me!
He avoided the female reporters' gazes, organized his words, and said, "Objectively speaking, the production capacity of the Heart Nourishing Soup can't meet the demand of patients for the time being, but we are already actively dealing with it. On one hand, after the medicine passed the review, we have already started production at full capacity, and now we have a certain amount of stock, which can alleviate some of the pressure. On the other hand, the company has already approved the factory's application, and we will immediately continue to import production lines from Germany to further expand our production capacity. This time, we will invest heavily to import six production lines at once! I believe that very soon, the shortage of Heart Nourishing Soup will be effectively alleviated! "
Speaking of this, Xue Jinshan also showed a sincere smile and said, "Heart Nourishing Soup is different from Jade Muscle Ointment. It is a type of medicine, and it is currently the only effective treatment for autism. During the process of drug development and drug testing, we have come into contact with too many families with autism, and we can empathize with their pain. Therefore, we will not monopolize the market and raise the price, nor will we hoard it. We will only continue to expand our production capacity while ensuring the quality of the medicine! Let the children of the stars receive the signal from Earth as soon as possible! "
Another round of enthusiastic applause sounded.
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