Cannon Fodder Is King [Quick Transmigration]

Chapter 25

　【I'm dead... No, wait, I'm only twenty years old!】

【Did Professor Meng say his disease is cured? What disease? AIDS?】

【I was almost unable to hold my phone due to shock.】

【Isn't AIDS a terminal illness?】

【It takes about 10 years from infection to onset, and the mortality rate within 2 years of onset is 100% — that's what my teacher said in class when I was in school. From the perspective of incurability, AIDS is indeed considered a terminal illness.

But since Professor David Ho proposed Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) for AIDS in 1996, with the widespread implementation of these measures, the global AIDS-related mortality rate has plummeted by seventy percent, and the life expectancy of infected individuals has significantly increased. If effective treatment is received early in the disease, the life expectancy of infected individuals can approach that of normal people. So from this perspective, AIDS can be seen as a chronic disease.

However, to date, there is still no specific drug that can cure AIDS, and there have been no cases of complete recovery.】

【So, how did Professor Meng get cured?】

【Either Professor Meng had a rare genetic mutation that gave him the ability to fight off the HIV virus, or he had access to a miraculous AIDS treatment.】

【If it's the former, congratulations to Professor Meng for evolving successfully. Lab rat, take note. If it's the latter... please, someone tell me which genius developed the cure for AIDS so I can pay my respects.】

【Could it be from the Institute of Biology? It doesn't make sense for something this big to have no news at all!】

　【Could it be developed by the Beijing AIDS Research Laboratory? I remember they've been claiming significant progress in their research since last year.】

【Do you really believe in research fund scams?】

【As long as it's not from a foreign lab, it's fine. There are quite a few people with AIDS in China, and thinking about the expensive prices of imported drugs, sigh!】

【So, why couldn't it be Professor Meng who developed it himself?】

【...Wake up upstairs, Professor Meng is a mathematician.】

【Have you forgotten the fear of being dominated by Meng's theorem last year?】

【Seeing you guys discussing AIDS so enthusiastically, I'll talk about Jiang Qiyang.

Jiang Qiyang is from Zhangjia town, Li County, Bian Province. Professor Meng's statement that his family background is average is actually exaggerated. When he was very young, his grandfather had a stroke and became paralyzed, and the family incurred a lot of debt to get him treatment. His mother stayed at home to take care of the elderly and children, while his father worked as a laborer in a quarry to support the family.

When it rains, it pours. When Jiang Qiyang was in high school, there was an accident at the quarry, resulting in the deaths of several people. Although his father miraculously survived, he lost his sight. The owner of the quarry fled upon seeing that the situation was not right. His mother had no other choice but to  have Jiang Qiyang drop out of school and go to work.

At this time, Jiang Qiyang first collaborated with a popular singer, Mao Tianhou, and gained fame by using two songs, "Unfortunately Not You" and "Hiroshima Mon amour," and later sold a series of hit songs like "Fairy Tale," "Next Intersection," and "Green Light" to Jiangzhou Media at high prices, thereby clearing the family's debts in one fell swoop.