Saturday.
Lu Jiu closed the clinic for a day.
Because today he was going to attend a lecture by Huang Fusheng, the master.
His companion was also Lu Mountain.
Opportunities to listen to top Chinese dicine practitioners in the country are rare, so Lu Mountain certainly couldn’t miss it.
Just yesterday, his eldest son kept reminding him to help Lu Jiu, hoping he could catch the eye of the National Master of Chinese dicine, and it would be even better to beco an apprentice.
Lu Mountain also thought this was feasible, and with Lu Jiu’s current level, he was undoubtedly impressive enough for a National Master of Chinese dicine.
Therefore, last night he also talked with Lu Jiu for a while, telling him that even so of the Lu Family’s great ancestors had once apprenticed under various masters, learning from their strengths, before finally becoming masters of their generation.
Secluding oneself is not impossible, but having a good teacher can help avoid many detours, which is undeniable.
Lu Jiu was not opposed to this; he didn’t think that having a system ant he could forgo learning or communicating. If such an opportunity arose, he certainly wouldn’t refuse, but he also wouldn’t actively pursue it.
Everything would just happen as it would.
At 7:30, Jingjun Restaurant.
Third floor, main conference hall.
A small venue capable of accommodating over a thousand people, already filled with quite a few attendees.
After checking in and registering, Lu Jiu and his grandfather entered the hall, looking for their seats.
It wasn’t hard to notice that many attendees didn’t have the local accent; they were likely outsiders who had co upon hearing the news.
"President Mu, you ca too?"
"Oh, Dean Liu, you’re here as well?"
"Haha, it’s not easy to attend a lecture by Elder Huang; I also wanted to learn a thing or two. What about you, President Mu? I heard Elder Huang is going to set up a dicinal herb base in Jianghan. Are you perhaps involved too?"
"Aren’t we all here to seek opportunities? Elder Huang is benevolent, and I want to offer what little I can as a token of gratitude for his life-saving grace back then."
"Sigh, it’s unknown if Elder Huang’s dicinal herb base will be effective. Many dicinal herbs in the country are now exorbitantly priced, making it tough for us Chinese dicine practitioners."
"That’s why a market economy requires macro-regulation, or else capital will leave us with nothing."
"Let’s hope Elder Huang can turn the tide."
"..."
Row 11, Seat 15.
Lu Jiu found his and his grandfather’s seats and sat down. Not long after, a particularly familiar figure suddenly appeared in the front row.
"Tang Yi?"
Tang Yi turned and saw Lu Jiu, smiling imdiately, "Brother Lu, what a coincidence! We’re so close; I was about to ask you on WeChat, but I was worried you were busy and didn’t sign up, so I didn’t."
Lu Jiu smiled, "No matter how busy, a National Master’s lecture is a must-see."
Tang Yi nodded, "Indeed."
As they were chatting, several others joined Tang Yi, and one young man gave Lu Jiu a slightly disdainful glance.
Lu Jiu found the man sowhat familiar, as though he was the Chinese dicine practitioner who had used Ten Points of Blood technique to save soone in the park before.
"Oh, Dr. Lu, fancy eting you here." Ji Yuanning, seeing Lu Jiu so close by, couldn’t help but greet him.
"Director Ji," Lu Jiu replied with a smile.
Tang Yi noticed they knew each other and was slightly surprised.
"Allow to introduce: this is Mr. Yuan Qing, Mr. Yuan Sr. from our Traditional Chinese dicine departnt; Elder Sun Tongfu; and Mr. Zhang Caiyou, Mr. Zhang Sr. These two young n are known to you, Tang Yi, I gather, the other is Li Wei, trained in traditional Chinese dicine, a young backbone in our departnt, quite skilled," Ji Yuanning said with a smile.
Li Wei.
Seeing the other had already sat down, facing away from him, Lu Jiu didn’t bother and instead engaged in conversation with the other old masters.
One of whom, Sun Tongfu, appeared to know his grandfather Lu Mountain. They seed to have crossed paths in their younger years and, upon reuniting, had endless things to discuss.
Lu Jiu swapped seats with the old master, allowing the two to chat freely, while he sat next to Tang Yi.
"Brother Lu, I ca across your video again the day before yesterday, where you hit the wall with your back. It’s already got seventy to eighty thousand likes, even more popular than your previous videos," Tang Yi remarked with a smile.
"Haha, really?" Lu Jiu showed little interest.
"Have any outsiders co to Jianghan seeking your treatnt these days?" Tang Yi asked.
"Doesn’t seem so," Lu Jiu replied.
"Oh, then they haven’t arrived yet. Many people online are asking for your address, so they’ll probably co in a few days," Tang Yi said.
"Hmm," Lu Jiu replied.
For Lu Jiu, it doesn’t matter where you’re from, as long as you co to see him, he will take a look.
"Brother Lu, how’s that breast cancer tastasized to lung cancer patient doing recently?" Tang Yi asked.
Hmm?
Li Wei, sitting on the other side of Tang Yi, twitched his ear.
He seed to have heard the word "cancer."
"Not bad, she’s able to eat and sleep, doesn’t cough much anymore, and her chest pain has alleviated. I can only try to maintain her basic living conditions, not much more I can do," Lu Jiu said.
Tang Yi’s eyes lit up, "That’s already quite impressive. It’s rare for cancer cells to tastasize and allow soone to live out their life peacefully. Most are bedridden with tubes all over or sent ho to waste away waiting to die. The fact that you can get her to live like a normal person is amazing."
Wow!
Really?
Makes a breast cancer with lung tastasis patient live normally.
Are these two putting on a show for my benefit?
Tsk～
Li Wei suddenly rembered.
When he previously showed videos to Tang Yi, he acted like he didn’t know Lu Jiu. Now he’s all chummy and calling him brother.
So he must have been pretending before, and has definitely told Lu Jiu about my disdain for him?
Sure enough, what my ntor said is true, the workplace is fraught with deceit.
These two are absolutely doing this on purpose for to hear.
Ha, do you really think hearing this will make jump up to argue with you?
Ridiculous!
Pretending to do what? Pretending to cure cancer, it’s simply not worth responding to.
Li Wei’s lips curled into a disdainful smile, looking straight ahead, completely uninterested in Tang Yi and Lu Jiu’s conversation.
Lu Jiu and Tang Yi were unaware of Li Wei’s change in mindset, they continued their casual chat.
"Brother Lu, I heard that Elder Huang’s visit this ti is not just about setting up a dicinal herbs base in Jianghan, but also to make our Experintal Primary School a pilot school for integrating Chinese dicine into primary and secondary schools. This lecture should be to announce these things," Tang Yi, who heard a bit from Ji Yuanning yesterday, wasn’t entirely sure. "What exactly is this dicinal herbs base for, just for growing so herbs? But Chinese dicine requires authentic herbs, and the only authentic herb Jianghan can claim is Pinellia. Are they stockpiling Pinellia?"
Lu Jiu shook his head, "You should be aware that in the past one or two years, the prices of so Chinese dicinal herbs have been fluctuating a lot, right?"
Tang Yi nodded.
Lu Jiu continued, "Generally, there are three factors that cause significant price fluctuations: policy, supply and demand, and capital."
"Although the country has started to place importance on Chinese dicine, there’s still no corresponding policy to drive up the prices. The supply and demand haven’t seen much growth yet. Although production has decreased these past three years, many herbs have tripled or quadrupled in price, which is clearly abnormal. The only factor causing the rise in prices is capital control."
"Since it’s capital control, the faster the prices rise, the quicker they’ll fall. This might not affect us significantly, but if these price surges happen several tis a year, the ones most affected will be the farrs and rchants."
"Such an unstable market makes farrs abandon cultivation, and rchants give up sales, leading to the market being controlled by a few big players. Then, they dictate the prices of dicinal herbs."
"I think Elder Huang’s herb base is ant to counter these speculative funds, just like when our country built grain storages to contend with the world’s Four Major Grain Traders. Back then, we weren’t crushed by those bandits, and now we certainly won’t be either."
Back then, the Four Major Grain Traders, led by Emperor Ying, were almost invincible in the world grain market, their only defeat was on Huaxia’s vast land.
This grain war made the world realize Huaxia’s macro-control power in a market economy.
Now, as Chinese dicinal herbs are targeted, there’s no need for the nation to take action, soone has already stepped up.
"Elder Huang truly deserves to be called the National Master of Chinese dicine, his vision is truly lofty!" Tang Yi said.
"This won’t be easy to achieve, and it might be difficult for Elder Huang and his team to handle it alone. But if it works, it’ll undoubtedly be a wake-up call for those capitalists trying to control the prices of Chinese dicinal herbs," Lu Jiu said.
Lu Jiu believed that with Jianghan being chosen for the herb base, and Chinese dicine going into primary and secondary schools here, Jianghan City has clearly beco a pilot city for Chinese dicine cultivation.
From the national perspective, there’s surely more than one pilot city, aning teams like Elder Huang’s are scattered across various cities, all working together, similar to the poverty alleviation efforts!
In this way, while promoting Chinese dicine, the nation simultaneously addresses the issues with dicinal herbs.
Lu Jiu recently also saw news about rural doctors, seemingly the country is also encouraging dical university students to work in grassroots areas, offering positions upon arrival.
This, combined with Elder Huang’s efforts, clearly indicates a multi-pronged approach to developing Chinese dicine.
Thinking of this, Lu Jiu looked forward to what Jianghan City’s future would be like.
In ten years, could it beco the capital of Chinese dicine?
Lu Jiu shook his head, feeling he was being a bit unrealistic.
With the Four Major Pharmaceutical Cities, Hui’an Prefecture Bo, Beihe Guo’an, camphora officinarum, Nanhe State Yu, Jianghan, even given ten more years, couldn’t beco the capital of Chinese dicine.
Soon, as more people filled the conference hall, soone holding a microphone walked to the center stage.
"I think today’s occasion doesn’t need much of an introduction, right? Everyone here is a friend from the dical community, and you’ve probably had so understanding beforehand. The lecture formally starts at 8:30, there are still five minutes left, please take your seats, Elder Huang is ready backstage..."
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