Chapter 331: Are you sure you won’t reconsider?

Jacques took a magazine from the table and said to Song Chu, “Song, can I take this magazine back to the hotel to study it carefully?”

He had only just skimmed through it.

“No problem, consider it a welcome gift.” Song Chu was confident that her paper would be published, so her teacher asked Hua University to order extra copies of this issue of 《International Biology》.

Jacques took the magazine and held it together with the antipyretic treatment, “Song, see you later!”

Song Chu waved to them, “Goodbye!”

Gu Yue led Jonas and the other two away, and Song Chu was met with the burning gazes of everyone in the laboratory.

Especially Song Yi, who asked with great persistence: “Xiao Song, even the foreign guests think you should work in the Foreign Affairs Department, are you sure you won’t reconsider? I also think you are very suitable.”

It would be a terrible waste for such a talented negotiator like Song Chu not to work in the Foreign Affairs Department.

Song Chu laughed, “I’m really not considering it right now, I’m sorry.”

Song Yi sighed, “Alright, my previous offer still stands. If you want to change jobs, remember to come find me.”

“Okay!” Song Chu nodded.

Although Song Yi regretted Song Chu’s refusal, there were more important matters to attend to now.

“Xiao Song, how confident are you about your responses to Jonas and Jacques?” he asked directly.

Song Chu thought for a moment and said, “More than fifty percent.”

“Do you think their companies will really agree to the conditions you proposed?”

Song Yi felt that Jonas and Jacques were persuaded by Song Chu, and from the analysis of pros and cons, the possibility of them agreeing was quite high.

However, if there were senior executives in their companies who opposed it, the outcome might change.

Song Chu smiled nonchalantly, “I think they will, and even if they refuse, we can find other companies to cooperate with. The initiative is in our hands now.”

Everyone thought about it, and it was true. From the beginning until now, the initiative had always been in the hands of Song Chu and Gu Yue.

Now it wasn’t Song Chu and Gu Yue who were asking for favors, but rather Jonas and Jacques’ companies that were asking to buy the patent authorization.

This contrast made them feel quite disheartened. They were now begging, and the other party was still acting indifferent.

Song Yi received glances from several others who came with him, and he could only look at Song Chu and ask, “Xiao Song, if Jonas and Jacques’ companies both agree to your conditions, what do you plan to do after negotiating the production lines and equipment?”

Gu Yue and Song Chu weren’t opening factories, so their setting the production lines and equipment as conditions for the negotiation must have had a purpose.

He believed that while everyone should strive for it, they should also respect their choices.

Song Chu thought for a moment and replied, “Let’s do as Gu Yue said before. The same goes for the pharmaceutical production lines and equipment. We’ll organize a meeting, and anyone who wants to buy can come and compete.”

“Of course, we can negotiate the production lines and equipment and demand that the other party not cheat us on the price. But whichever factory wants to compete will have to prepare the funds to purchase them,” she emphasized.

The patent licensing fees she and Gu Yue were selling would absolutely not be used to purchase production lines and equipment.

Previously, everything was collectively owned and state-operated, private economy was not allowed, and private ownership of patents was not allowed, so they had no choice.

Now that the general environment had changed, they naturally had to go with the flow.

“But what if their asking price is still too high, and we can’t afford it?” the director of the Kyoto Pharmaceutical Factory asked.

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Song Chu shrugged, “Then that’s not our problem.”

She said meaningfully, “To be honest, if we didn’t set these as preconditions, the patent licensing fees we could get would be much higher.”

“But both Gu Yue and I hope for everyone to progress together. Currently, the country lacks complete production lines and equipment. Since we have the ability to help, we naturally feel obliged to do so.”

“But this is not our responsibility. After all, we are just researchers. We are doing this out of goodwill, not obligation.”

“If anyone takes it for granted that this is our responsibility and obligation, and that since we negotiated the production lines and equipment, we should be responsible to the end, then they are mistaken.”

She continued, “We are not opening factories. If the negotiated production lines and equipment are too expensive for any factory to afford, then so be it. We’ll just consider today’s efforts wasted.”

“Anyway, we won’t suffer much loss, and the companies behind Jonas and Jacques will definitely be happy.”

“But in the future, we will absolutely not meddle in other people’s business again. After all, negotiating production lines and equipment is not our job.” She laid it out clearly beforehand.

They were doing this not for themselves, and they hoped their efforts would be worthwhile.

They didn’t want to see anyone take advantage of them and turn this into their responsibility.

Some might say, “You have the patent authorization, why can’t you just exchange it for production lines and equipment?” To such people, there was no need to say much, just add them to the blacklist of those they refused to deal with.

Why should they exchange their hard-earned patented technology for production lines and equipment? They weren’t opening factories themselves, nor were they charitable organizations.

Of course, she believed that most people wouldn’t have such an entitled attitude. Otherwise, they really wouldn’t do such a thing a second time.

Song Yi strongly agreed with Song Chu’s words, “If the pharmaceutical factories can afford it, they can buy it. If they can’t, then they shouldn’t compete. That’s my attitude too.”

“You’ve already helped a lot by using your hard-earned technology to help negotiate the introduction of complete production lines and equipment. If any factory or enterprise has an issue with that, let them negotiate it themselves.”

Song Chu and Gu Yue were helping out of their high sense of responsibility and patriotism.

They couldn’t let some petty people’s actions dampen their spirits.

Moreover, he didn’t think Song Chu and Gu Yue should be responsible to the end, using their patent authorization to directly exchange for these things.

They didn’t owe anyone anything. On the contrary, if this matter was successful, those who purchased and introduced the production lines and equipment should be grateful to them and remember this favor.

“That’s right. Everyone is grateful for your efforts. No one has the right to demand anything,” Guo Jianjun also nodded in agreement.

After experiencing the fruitless efforts of contacting various parties and being turned away when they visited, he could more deeply appreciate how precious it was to receive help in times of need.

Really, being able to purchase complete production lines at a normal price was something to be thankful for. The first people they should thank were Song Chu and Gu Yue.

Those with malicious intentions would deliberately use moral coercion to impose on others.

And if they encountered such people, they would directly scold them. They were too heartless.

“That’s right, we are very grateful to you and Gu Yue right now. If it weren’t for you, there would be no hope for either the machinery or the pharmaceutical production lines.”

Everyone else also expressed their agreement. Right now, most people still had a correct sense of values.