1970s Gangster Couple

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During Xiao Xiao's lectures, even though the auditorium was packed with people, not a sound could be heard except for the rustling of note-taking.

It didn't matter if you didn't understand at the time; you had to go back and study hard into the night to grasp what Xiao Xiao had taught.

Such a thirst for learning naturally touched Xiao Xiao. She taught, and those who could attend her lectures were few. So, she decided to organize some simpler material that eager learners could study.

Thus, Xiao Xiao became even busier. She had to oversee the construction of the laboratory, teach classes, and compile books.

Upon learning that Xiao Xiao planned to write down her knowledge, the higher-ups valued it highly.

Xiao Xiao knew they appreciated her organizing efforts and wasn't particularly surprised.

After more than a month of such days, the Huaguo Pharmaceutical Corporation was established. Xiao Xiao held five percent of the original shares. Wang Wei attended the shareholder meeting at the company's inception. The higher-ups had hoped Wang Wei would take a position within the company as a gesture of goodwill towards Xiao Xiao. However, after discussing it with Xiao Xiao, neither of them wanted to get involved.

After all, this was a state-owned company. It was foreseeable that it would make a fortune in the future. Such a company would be filled with people each having their own powerful backgrounds, and they preferred not to get involved, simply holding onto their shares.

After Xiao Xiao and Wang Wei expressed their wishes, the higher-ups let the matter go. There's a saying, "the clearest water has no fish," meaning even the highest leaders couldn't avoid cronyism.

Following its establishment, Huaguo Pharmaceutical Corporation made headlines worldwide with its claim of curing various cancers.

Huaguo had developed a drug that cured cancer, not just one type, but all cancers. A dedicated pharmaceutical company had been set up to sell the drug to countries around the world.

This was considered the biggest joke of the year!

Which Huaguo? Huaguo is so poor it couldn't feed its people had developed a cure for cancer? Everyone knew Huaguo was poor and backward. Even Country M was helpless against cancer, yet Huaguo claimed to have defeated it. Wasn't that a joke!

Internationally, major media outlets viewed Huaguo's claim with a tone of mockery, even claiming that Huaguo, knowing its low international status, deliberately resorted to this strategy to seek attention. Overall, there was a sense of superiority.

However, some countries harbored doubts, considering Huaguo had managed to make Country M retreat in defeat. If such a country possessed such formidable military strength, then the development of a drug curing cancer might not be impossible.

Only Western countries always judge others from a narrow perspective, regarding anyone outside their circle as inferior, viewing other countries as beggars.

Their arrogance would cost them.

After the news from Huaguo was released, there wasn't much reaction from Western nations, except for their media which jubilantly mocked Huaguo's supposed overestimation of its capabilities in various creative ways.

Country R, having the most intelligence on Huaguo's pharmaceutical developments, was among the first to react. Their spies in Huaguo had accidentally learned about a new drug that cured Elder Zhang's illness and had even attempted to assassinate Xiao Xiao.

Now, with Huaguo's advertisement, they were the first to react.

Country R, how to describe it? When Huaguo was powerful, Country R learned everything from it and was even a subordinate nation. However, when Huaguo fell behind during the modern industrial revolution, its power greatly diminished, becoming a target for division among nations, Country R immediately turned its guns against Huaguo.