RT Chapter 153

Chapter 153: Baby is Learning to Be Bad

The idea of an information pheromone usage fee was something Shao Chengxi and Shu Lin discussed, and then Shao Chengxi proposed it on Shu Lin’s behalf.

He suggested that 15% of the selling price of each dose of the medicine should be Shu Lin’s information pheromone usage fee.

This portion of the money belongs solely to Shu Lin, and he alone decides how to use it.

It has nothing to do with the Shao family.

If this were applied to other patented products, there would be nothing wrong with it.

Even with the crucial role Shu Lin’s information pheromone plays, demanding more than half of the proportion would be in line with market pricing.

Now, it is mired in controversy because of Shu Lin’s and the Shao family’s sensitive status.

The voices of opposition are particularly sharp.

“Hehe, the true nature of capitalists is finally exposed! They even charge for something that saves lives?” (421k likes)

“What was with the previous charitable and public welfare persona? It’s all exposed now!” (Top comment, 583k likes)

“Does the Defense Minister’s wife lack this little bit of money? How ugly can you get!” (376k likes)

“Hehe, in the end, isn’t the Shao family monopolizing and making money?” (A small account of a senior executive of a certain pharmaceutical company, 350k likes)

“Using patients as a cover to collect money, this operation is really clever #New Type of Sickle#” (Anonymous account, 280k likes)

Most of them are this kind of morally charged rhetoric.

Of course, there are also comments refuting them.

“Trolls, look carefully! The fee only applies to commercial use, and it’s completely free for public welfare patients, okay!” (423k likes)

“Some people probably don’t know that without Shu Lin’s information pheromone key, this medicine can’t be made at all. What’s wrong with charging a usage fee?” (760k likes)

“What do trolls know? Doesn’t research and development and production need costs? Free is the most expensive!” (495k likes)

Rational market-oriented comments are very persuasive.

“Look carefully at the terms: the public welfare portion covers impoverished patients, and the profits from the commercial portion are reinvested in research and development. This model is very reasonable.” (Medical policy expert, 470k likes)

“Compared to the sky-high prices of similar drugs in the empire, this proportion is charity.” (Pharmaceutical analyst, 390k likes)

“This model precisely avoids capital monopoly, and the tripartite balance is the optimal solution.” (Economic professor’s comment, 512k likes)

The patients have the most say.

“As a patient with information deficiency, I would rather spend money on a usage fee than be fleeced by unscrupulous pharmaceutical companies!” (Real-name certified patient, 580k likes)

“As a beneficiary, I want to say something fair: without Shu Lin, I would have died long ago, without this medicine, I would be worse than dead. What is a 15% usage fee?! It’s too conscientious.” (664k likes)

“Do the people who are spraying the fee know that our public welfare patients don’t have to pay a single cent?” (Attached list of treatment costs, 298k likes)

There are also some god-level comments and heartbreaking comments.

“I suggest that the trolls donate an information pheromone first and try it? Oh, sorry, you’re not even US-Class Omegas…” (689k likes)

“Those who scold the fee, have you donated a single cent for information pheromone patients?” (Likes exceeding 1 million+)

At the same time, screenshots of a certain pharmaceutical company’s internal group chat are going viral online.

“We must ruin their reputation! Otherwise, how will our sky-high-priced inhibitors sell?”

For a time, another wave of public opinion warfare was set off.

Shu Lin scrolled through the comments and was suddenly amused by a highly-liked reply.

“Stop arguing, everyone! Does anyone want the picture of Minister Shao kneeling on the durian last night?”

Attached picture: Shao Chengxi is seriously picking durians in the supermarket.

Seeing this, Shu Lin couldn’t help but sigh.

Paparazzi are really everywhere. I didn’t expect this to be photographed.

Shao Chengxi did go to buy durians last night.

Being a public figure really means that every word and deed will be magnified.

I have to be more careful in the future.

On the night the tripartite agreement was officially reached, Shao Chengxi hugged Shu Lin and said:

“This is the best way.”

“It can both let the world know your value and truly help patients.”

“Most importantly, it prevents you from being morally kidnapped in the future.”

Shu Lin nestled in his arms, sighed softly, and said with emotion:

“Even so, it’s still unavoidable to be scolded. Husband, human nature is really complicated.”

“I hope the experts can quickly research something to replace my information pheromone.”

“That way, I won’t be scolded anymore.”

In fact, Shao’s Hospital and the Ministry of Health have been researching substitutes for Shu Lin’s information pheromone.

It just takes time.

After all, everyone knows that relying on Shu Lin’s information pheromone is not a long-term solution.

Shao Chengxi kissed him and asked with heartache:

“Did those malicious remarks make baby sad?”

Shu Lin shook his head, “It’s not to the point of being sad, just a little uncomfortable.”

As he said that, he raised his head from Shao Chengxi’s arms and gave him a sly smile:

“Brother, don’t worry, I’m fine anyway, it doesn’t affect me and brother rolling in the sheets.”

As soon as these words came out, Shao Chengxi’s eyes widened, and he exclaimed:

“Baby! You… you’ve learned to be bad…”

“I like it so much, be badder, let brother see.”

“Baby, can you play with brother tonight…”

Next, was the couple’s rolling-in-the-sheets time.

Shao Chengxi recently discovered a new pattern about Shu Lin.

That is, the greater the pressure on his Omega, the more proactive and frequent he will be.

After a ridiculous night, he will be resurrected with full blood.

He goes to do his own thing happily as usual the next day.

Shao Chengxi loves Shu Lin like this.

As long as he can make his Omega happy and release stress in time, he will unconditionally cooperate.

Because when his little Omega is happy, he is happy.

Charging a usage fee for the information pheromone, and all the fees belonging to Shu Lin personally, was proposed by him and he persuaded Shu Lin to agree.

As a result, now all the public opinion spears are pointed at Shu Lin.

Shao Chengxi’s insistence is the deepest love he gives to Shu Lin.

He deliberately used this to cut off Shu Lin’s personal value from the Shao family’s assets.

Over time, the outside world will not regard Shu Lin as an “appendage of the Shao family.”

Only economic independence can show Shu Lin’s unique value as a US-Class Omega.

Through this method, the public opinion questioning “relying on the husband’s family power” is most effectively responded to.

The most direct reaction of the public when they see this point is at least:

“Look, even his husband’s family, the Shao family, a century-old family, has no right to control this money.”

Of course, there is another consideration, which is to follow market rules.

Professional services deserve reasonable compensation.

The new medicine also contains the hard work of researchers, and their value cannot be ignored.

Through a market-oriented mechanism, the sustainability of research and development can be guaranteed, and a funding pool can be reserved for subsequent information pheromone replacement research.

The main thing is to protect Shu Lin.

The charging mechanism sets up a legal firewall for him, avoiding the possibility of serious moral kidnapping in the future.

At the same time, it gives Shu Lin absolute decision-making power. If he feels tired in the future, he can adjust the direction or stop at any time without being bound.

As Shu Lin’s Alpha, Shao Chengxi not only wants to build a high wall of protection for his Omega.

I also hope that when he wants to fly, I can forge wings for him to soar alone.

But thinking is thinking, the road of life is always changed by some accidents.