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Chapter 190: Wei Yuan's Plans
At this moment, Yang Ying once again displayed her attentive and charming side.
After a period of warmth, the two had long since transitioned from that state, and what they needed from each other was no longer just that kind of interaction.
She understood that based on Wei Yuan's tone, he was about to discuss a more serious topic.
When a man shares serious matters or troubles he encounters in his career with a woman, it indicates that he regards her as someone of significance in his heart.
This significance does not refer to the superficial notion of how much one loves the other, but rather whether this man respects you and considers you a rational and intelligent girl.
Otherwise, many more traditional men would disdain discussing their career issues with their foolish wives at home or with a girl who only knows how to cry over melodramatic idol dramas before marriage.
Therefore, Wei Yuan's inquiry proved that in his eyes, she was not merely an object to satisfy physical needs but someone he could trust and genuinely confide in as a close companion.
Thus, Yang Ying attentively adjusted her position, slightly lifting Wei Yuan's head and raising the pillow he was leaning against so that he could be more comfortable.
While still leaning against Wei Yuan's chest, showing her dependence on him, she changed her angle to look at him and listen to his thoughts and plans.
After half a year of getting to know each other, Wei Yuan's trust in Yang Ying was absolutely unquestionable. This did not mean he distrusted Lan Xue; rather, he preferred that his women remain uninvolved in such troubling matters. He wanted them to live happily and joyfully.
Initially, when Wei Yuan approached Yang Ying to borrow the "Medicine King Divine Canon" and even considered learning medicine, his feelings for her were already significant.
It was precisely because of this that even after several months had passed, Yang Ying still firmly remembered everything Wei Yuan had said during that time.
When Yang Ying asked Wei Yuan about his reasons for wanting to learn medicine, he provided two answers; the final answer was that he wanted to heal his mother's legs.
This is also the reason why Yang Ying is willing to hand over her annotations of the Medicine King Divine Canon to Wei Yuan. However, before this, Wei Yuan had used a lot of grandiose reasons.
In summary, the simplest principle is that Traditional Chinese Medicine is a national treasure of Huaxia. Wei Yuan does not wish to see Traditional Chinese Medicine decline, so he wants to use his limited strength to learn about it, understand it, and even revitalize it.
"I thought you were just being casual."
Yang Ying said with some surprise. After all, Wei Yuan's slogans were too grand, which led her not to take this matter seriously, thinking that Wei Yuan was merely fabricating a reason to borrow the Medicine King Divine Canon.
This does not mean that Yang Ying, who is from the Purple Robe Pavilion—a medical sect with a thousand-year heritage focused entirely on Traditional Chinese Medicine—had never considered revitalizing it. However, shouting slogans is easy, while taking action is infinitely difficult.
Aside from the older generation, some elderly people who have benefited from Traditional Chinese Medicine still believe in it. However, by the time of our parents' generation, their understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine had weakened significantly; although they believed in it, they did not fully trust it.
Now, in our generation, the concept of Traditional Chinese Medicine has become very vague. It seems that many people rarely have the opportunity or willingness to accept treatment through Traditional Chinese Medicine throughout their lives.
When many people fall ill, their first instinct is to go to the hospital for Western medical treatment. Only when treatments fail and they are left with no options do they reluctantly try Traditional Chinese Medicine with a sense of desperation.
This is the predicament that Traditional Chinese Medicine currently faces; it is often too obscure and difficult to understand. Even some seasoned practitioners who have studied it for a lifetime may have only a shallow understanding of it.
Thus, Yang Ying understands how challenging all of this is. Taking her master as an example, he spent most of his life contemplating how to revitalize Traditional Chinese Medicine, but in the end, he could do very little.
It is not that he is incapable; rather, he lacks an excellent opportunity to present his views and showcase his medical skills in front of the public.
When discussing traditional Chinese medicine, one must connect it with Huaxia's Daoist philosophy. Anyone who has studied Daoist philosophy knows that it is a vast field of knowledge that is difficult to grasp.
Only within Daoism can figures like Laozi and Zhuangzi emerge—individuals who seem like recluses yet appear somewhat neurotic in modern times.
Because of this, many people have only a superficial understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine and do not know how to apply it. As this situation gradually worsens, coupled with the fact that truly skilled practitioners lack methods and platforms to promote Traditional Chinese Medicine, its decline has become increasingly evident.
Traditional Chinese medicine is currently facing a very awkward position worldwide. In some countries in Europe and America, it is strictly prohibited to import traditional Chinese medicine. From their perspective, if even your own people cannot understand it, are you planning to use us as guinea pigs?
Wei Yuan cannot guarantee that he can resolve this situation, but initially, he learned traditional Chinese medicine to cover up his own Repairing Ability. It was only when he truly began to understand traditional Chinese medicine that he realized its value, which has been passed down for thousands of years.
Therefore, in addition to making money, people always need some other pursuits. While temporarily engaged in Phoenix Pharmaceuticals, Wei Yuan's goal is to excavate the true value of traditional Chinese medicine to a certain extent, allowing the world to see that this is the real path to revitalization.
Now there is an excellent opportunity, which might be considered a chance for rebirth from a desperate situation—Xu Feng's case.
This is an obvious issue of drug safety, but the problematic drugs are all Western medicines. Therefore, for traditional Chinese medicine and herbal medicine, this could be seen as a good thing.
After all, as the public transitions from concerns about Food Safety to focusing on drug safety, it becomes much easier for Wei Yuan to introduce traditional Chinese medicine and the concept of self-learning traditional Chinese medicine.
If everyone learns traditional Chinese medicine and understands it, they can treat themselves. This may truly address the real situation of difficulty in seeing a doctor and the high costs associated with it for many ordinary families.
The current standards for measuring health are no longer the old three-piece set but rather the new three mountains: affording a house, being able to see a doctor, and accessing education.
Wealthy individuals buy luxury homes and attend elite schools. Even when they get sick, they go to private hospitals; they don't want to wait in line or deal with registration—they seek exclusivity and prestige.
However, for ordinary people, this is not possible. They might resort to home remedies or casually visit local pharmacies for some medication.
After all, hospitals have long become places where one can be metaphorically killed without bloodshed. A simple cold can cost you a thousand or eighteen hundred; it's quite normal and justified.
Hospitals serve everyone as if they were VIPs; however, the service spirit there absolutely surpasses contemporary standards.
Those doctors are definitely more skilled than fortune tellers who read bones; just by looking at your appearance, they can tell you are not an ordinary person. As long as you don’t die from illness, you are bound to achieve great success someday.
At this point, if they don’t give you a luxurious diagnosis and charge you a thousand or so, how can they justify your future status? The service is absolutely top-notch and unparalleled.
This is a starting point. In fact, many people have a desire to learn medical skills on their own in order to save money, and ideally, they would prefer to be free from illness and pain.
However, this is ultimately impossible, so one can only hope for the ideal situation where they can treat themselves.
Yet, Western medicine is already difficult to learn, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is even more obscure and complex. However, Wei Yuan has prepared an entry point for self-learning TCM, even rapid learning of TCM.
This is thanks to Yang Ying finding a good mentor, who not only possesses exceptional medical skills but has also dedicated his life to the revitalization of TCM.
He is relatively rational and clearly understands the limitations in the development and dissemination of TCM, primarily due to its complexity, which discourages earnest learners and leaves many practitioners with only a superficial understanding.
Such circumstances have led to skepticism about the position of TCM. If practitioners themselves cannot guarantee a complete understanding of TCM, how can they ensure their medical skills can cure all patients?
Thus, Yang Ying's mentor taught her to rely on her understanding and use simple language to explain some TCM theories and practices.
Thanks to having such a mentor, Yang Ying was able to grasp the basics of TCM at a young age. By the time she was five, her theoretical knowledge of TCM was already superior to that of many barefoot doctors who relied on TCM for their livelihood.
Now, after studying TCM for over a decade, Yang Ying can interpret the obscure theories in the Medicine King Divine Canon using her own theories, making them more accessible. What she lacks now is merely a channel for dissemination.
While it may seem easy in theory, it is incredibly difficult in practice. After numerous attempts, Yang Ying's mentor could only create ripples; transforming everyone from skepticism about TCM into complete belief and even interest in learning and using TCM remains a long road ahead.
However, there lies a shortcut ahead: the Powdered Cherry Blossom incident caused by Xu Feng actually originated from the Purple Robe Pavilion, which strictly belongs to the field of TCM.
Yet, all the medications he added were Western medicines. Under Wei Yuan's guidance, voices questioning Western medicine began to emerge.
After all these years, many doctors in hospitals have prescribed high-priced medications for personal gain, even prescribing unnecessary drugs. This has led many people to start doubting the efficacy of Western medicine.
Now with Xu Feng's incident causing further controversy, it is not just Western medicine that faces scrutiny; at this moment, trust in all things related to healthcare and medication becomes difficult for the public to maintain.
When the issue of Food Safety arose, some suggested that if one wishes to live a long life in the future, they should grow their own vegetables, raise their own pigs, and even learn to make their own beverages and snacks that they consume frequently.
Of course, this is a difficult proposition. It may be possible in rural areas, but in cities, where is there enough space for people to grow vegetables and raise pigs? Even if one has the leisure to do so, it is simply not feasible.
However, drug safety could serve as a means to promote Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). If Wei Yuan and Yang Ying can popularize TCM, it is believed that in the future, learning TCM or treating oneself could become a reality.
At that time, perhaps people in Huaxia will no longer have to worry about high medical expenses; no one will be unable to afford treatment, and no family will fall apart due to illness. This is Wei Yuan's ultimate pursuit.
Perhaps when dealing with Xu Feng, he appears very cunning and ruthless, but all of this is aimed at countering someone even more vicious and insidious. Only by being tougher than him can one keep him in check.
However, this does not mean that Wei Yuan is such a person.
Yang Ying leaned against Wei Yuan's chest, listening to this man express his thoughts. She heard Wei Yuan say: "Actually, I'm not that great. It's just that after I started learning TCM, I realized it is a very useful national treasure that should not be overlooked or buried."
This statement had an official tone to it and might sound exaggerated to some. However, for Wei Yuan, who felt he was only scratching the surface of TCM, it was entirely heartfelt.
He continued: "Of course, I do not deny that when I use TCM to heal people and receive acclaim for it, it greatly satisfies my sense of achievement. Whether viewed as a philosophy or as a business venture, TCM possesses limitless potential for development. That is why I value it."
Wei Yuan was very straightforward, revealing his thoughts without any concealment.
Perhaps his thoughts were not much different from those of Xu Feng and Shen Qingyi. To some extent, they all wanted to utilize TCM and even the treasure from the Purple Robe Pavilion, namely the book titled Medicine King Divine Canon, for profit.
This point is not denied by Wei Yuan. He has considered using the contents of the Medicine King Divine Canon as a treasure to establish himself in the pharmaceutical industry. However, unlike Shen Qingyi, who would do anything for profit, he approaches this issue with his own vision.
Otherwise, after gaining the Repairing Ability, he would have gone mad long ago instead of developing step by step and allowing the Mist-like Space born from the Ability in his mind to develop healthily.
He indeed wanted to make money, because in a world where personal achievements and status are dictated by power and wealth, one has no choice but to go with the flow if they do not want to be looked down upon.
However, Wei Yuan was at least someone who had a broader perspective. He was not anxious, and he did not wish to gain benefits through harming others; he did not need to do so.
Therefore, the things that Shen Qingyi and Xu Feng did were definitely something Wei Yuan felt he could not bring himself to do.
Even if he wanted to use the contents of the Medicine King Divine Canon to make money, he did not have such a crazy idea.
Many business people understand one principle: monopoly is the most profitable in any industry.
Undoubtedly, the Medicine King Divine Canon, known as the treasure of the Zhenpai that has been passed down for a thousand years from the Purple Robe Pavilion, is absolutely the last remaining fruit of traditional Chinese medicine and represents its highest achievement.
This is also why so many people wanted to hunt down Yang Ying; it was because she held this Medicine King Divine Canon in her hands.
However, Wei Yuan did not have thoughts of monopolizing it. He did not mind sharing the contents of the Medicine King Divine Canon, even the notes written in plain language that Yang Ying provided, with any ordinary person so they could self-study traditional Chinese medicine and learn it quickly.
After hearing Wei Yuan's words, Yang Ying was clearly surprised and asked, "Why do you have such an idea?"
It was evident that before knowing himself better, Wei Yuan had very little understanding of traditional Chinese medicine. So why did such an exaggerated idea emerge in such a short time?
Or why did he have such lofty ambitions when this goal was incredibly difficult to achieve?
Wei Yuan's thoughts were opened by Yang Ying. He recalled and said, "Do you remember that incident last year in Jinghai when a mother personally killed her eight-year-old son?"
Yang Ying naturally had some impression when Wei Yuan mentioned it because it was an incredibly heartbreaking murder case that left many in tears during the court proceedings.
The mother was not truly malicious nor mentally ill; in fact, it was the child who was truly sick.
From the moment this child was born, he suffered from a strange illness, and various doctors had been at a loss for how to help him. It would have been better if they could simply wait for death.
However, once this child fell ill, a series of symptoms would occur, such as vomiting, diarrhea, bleeding from all seven orifices, and convulsions, which happened almost every time.
The child's father could no longer bear it and left the mother and child behind.
For eight years, this mother worked while taking her son to see doctors, but they could only afford to visit those informal Barefoot Doctors because they had no money to enter a proper hospital.
What started as a strange illness became even more perplexing for various doctors after several years of delays.
Ultimately, in order to prevent her child from continuing to suffer in this world, the mother drowned her child in the bathroom and then attempted suicide but was saved by someone.
In the end, although the court acknowledged that her actions were due to the overwhelming pressure of life and the unbearable pain of her child's illness, the murder charge was dropped, and she was sentenced to six years in prison.
However, after enduring several hardships in prison, this mother eventually committed suicide.
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