Chapter 556

Luke looked up the information of Sun Pharmaceuticals on the internet, which was an Indian pharmaceutical company that started with generic drugs and kept getting bigger and stronger, and belonged to the head pharmaceutical company in India.

Blackie questioned, “You sold the research results of Kalman Pharmaceuticals to pharmaceutical companies in other countries?”

Cam Smith said, “I did it for a reason.”

“I know, it’s that pretty Indian woman, and maybe she’ll pay you a large sum of money. That old tactic was played out centuries ago.”

Kem Smith shook his head and explained, “I admit that I like Elvira Gandhi, she is a very kind girl and is very much in tune with me, but my decision to give Sun Pharmaceuticals the information on the development of the new antihypertensive drug was not because of her or the money, but for the benefit of more people.”

Blackie bristled, “What a grandiose reason.

Could it be that the Kalman Pharmaceutical Company didn’t develop the new antihypertensive drug in order to hit the market?

They can save just as many patients.”

Cam Smith said, “Not at all.

I recognize that Kalman Pharmaceuticals is great and has developed the best new antihypertensive drug that has some chance of curing high blood pressure, and that’s why I chose this company.

But also because this drug is extremely effective, it can be very expensive and not everyone can afford it.

And Sun Pharmaceuticals can develop generic drugs that are much less expensive so that those who are not wealthy can have access to the medication and treatment.

I believe that everyone is equal in front of life, and that poor people have the same right to be cured.”

“Wait.” Xiao Hei interrupted, “You’re saying that the new antihypertensive drug has a certain chance of completely curing high blood pressure.”

“Yes.”

Blackie shook his head, “But as far as I know, there is no cure at all for a disease like hypertension.”

Cam Smith laughed, “With the development of technology and the advancement of medicine, how many diseases that were called terminal have been cured.

Nothing is absolute.

Moreover, your general knowledge of medicine comes from encyclopedias or so-called experts, and some experts happen to be packaged by pharmaceutical companies, and they only serve the pharmaceutical companies.

The biggest obstacle to developing drugs for terminal illnesses is not technology or medicine, but profit.

For the pharmaceutical companies, diseases that cannot be completely cured and require long-term medication to control are the best diseases.

But the new antihypertensive drug developed by Kalman Pharmaceuticals is destined to break this situation, and from this point of view, I still admire Kalman Pharmaceuticals.

Of course, the fundamental reason is still Kalman Pharmaceuticals in the existing antihypertensive drug market share is almost zero, so they will take the bold step to develop a new type of antihypertensive drug.

And what I’m trying to do is to make this drug cheaper, so that more people can afford to take the drug and cure their diseases.

Do you think I’m wrong?”

Blackie hesitated for a moment, “I’m not sure if what you’re doing is right or wrong, but it’s clearly illegal.”

“I knew you’d say that.” Kem Smith was unimpressed, “I believe that what I’m doing is right.

When Sun Pharmaceuticals imitates the new inexpensive antihypertensive drug, there will be people who understand and appreciate what I did today.

I have no regrets.”

I have to say, idealists, sometimes honorable, are also scary.

Luke remembered the whistleblower letter, with Kem Smith’s position he shouldn’t lie: “I received a whistleblower letter that says Kalman Pharmaceuticals is doing illegal human experiments, is there such a thing?”

Cam Smith’s tone was firm: “No, how can that be.

I was involved in the entire development of the new antihypertensive drug, and all the procedures were in accordance with the law.

Kalman Pharmaceuticals would not make a mistake on such an issue.

This is absolutely slander.”

Luke stared at the other man, not seeing any signs of lying on his face, and Luke felt that there was still some credibility in his words.

“What was Elvira Gandhi’s role in this?”

“The guide.

She was a very kind girl, not very old, but she had her own values and beliefs, was helpful and outgoing.

She taught me that there is more to life than money and fame, and showed me what great love is ……”

Luke waved his hand and interrupted, “How did you get in touch with Sun Pharma?”

“It was an introduction from Elvira Gandhi.”

“How did you give the information you stole from Kalman Pharmaceuticals to Sun Pharmaceuticals?”

“I gave it to Elvira Gandhi, who then passed it on to Sun Pharma.”

“Did Sun Pharma pay you?”

“Yes.”

“How much did it give you?”

“Half a million American dollars at a time, for a total of one million American dollars.”

“You think Elvira Gandhi was kidnapped because of the theft of the development of a new antihypertensive drug?”

“Yes.

As I said, she’s a very kind girl, and I can’t think of anyone who would do that to her except for this incident.”

“Do you have any suspects for whoever kidnapped her?”

“With the imminent development of a new type of antihypertensive drug, a lot has happened recently ……

The stakes are too high and many people are involved, some people want to stop the success of the new drug and others want to steal the results of the research and development.

I’ve been very careful, I’ve been assuming that no one knows about my theft of research data ……

My mind is a mess.

All I want now is for Elvira Gandhi to come back safely, nothing else matters.”

Luke pressed, “Do you still have a backup of the research data you stole from Kalman Pharmaceuticals?”

“Yes, I left a backup.”

“Where?”

“There’s a bird’s nest in a big tree in the yard where I put the portable hard drive with the research and development data.”

With Kem Smith leading the way, the group made their way outside to the yard.

Kem Smith moved a ladder from the garage, Blackie climbed up the tree along the ladder, fumbled from the bird’s nest for a while, and took out a black plastic bag, and when he opened the plastic bag, there was also a transparent plastic bag inside, and four mobile hard disks were placed in the bag.

Luke took the mobile hard disks from Xiao Hei, “The research and development data of the new antihypertensive drugs are all here?”

“Yes.”

“Very good.” Luke instructed Jackson, who was at the side, “Contact the technical team and ask them to send someone over to listen to the phone calls, if the robbers call, make sure to stabilize the other party while locking down the other party’s location.”

“Okay captain.” Jackson answered and asked softly, “Captain, where are you going?”

“I’m going to investigate the other clues.” After Luke finished speaking, he took Blackie out of Cam Smith’s house and drove off.

Blackie started the car while asking, “Captain, where are we going?”

Luke glanced at his cell phone, “To Kalman Pharmaceuticals.”

After Luke finished speaking, he dialed the cell phone of Fred Kramer, the head of research and development at Kalman Pharmaceuticals.

A few moments later, the cell phone connected and Fred Kramer’s voice rang out, yawning, “Captain Lee, what is it that you are looking for me at this late hour?”

“I have a gift for you.”

“What kind of gift?”

“You’ll know after we meet.”

“Okay, let’s make an appointment to meet at the company.”

After Luke hung up his cell phone, Black asked with a twinkle in his eye, “Captain, do you think Fred Kramer kidnapped Elvira Gandhi?”

“I’m not sure, but the possibility is high, he has enough motive to commit the crime, moreover, when we first went to Kalman Pharmaceuticals to investigate, I had a vague feeling that Fred Kramer’s attitude towards Cam Smith was a bit different.” Luke added.

“Of course, this is just my speculation.

The data in these hard disks itself belongs to Karman Pharmaceuticals, and it’s only right that things are returned to their rightful owners.”

Blackie stroked his chin, “Fred Kramer can be in charge of the development of the entire project of the new antihypertensive drug, and also belongs to the top management of the Kalman Company, so I don’t think he would do something so shitty.

Of course, I’m not saying how noble he is, I’m just saying that this kind of thing is very risky, and once it’s exposed, he’ll definitely go to jail.”

“In the past, he definitely wouldn’t have done this, but a fire that destroyed the research and development data of the new antihypertensive drug was a huge blow to Fred Kramer, his several years of hard work was destroyed, and it’s understandable that he would do something irrational at this time.”

Luke laughed, “Don’t imagine rich people to be so high-end, those rich people seem to be breezy because they are rich, have a high tolerance for mistakes, and don’t care about a lot of small things.

But if it touches their core interests, they are no different from street fighting punks, and even shittier means can be done.”

It was past four in the morning.

The car drove to Kalman Pharmaceuticals, and the security guards directly released the two men’s car, Fred Kramer stood in the courtyard and waited.

“Captain Lee, what’s the emergency you’re rushing over here so late?”

Luke said, “Let’s go to a quiet place to talk.”

“Follow me.”

Fred Kramer led Luke and Blackie into a three-story office building, the building was dark and looked a bit eerie.

Fred Kramer led Luke and Blackie into office 302 and invited the two to sit on the sofa, “Captain Lee, would you like a cup of coffee?”

“No, let’s get down to business.” Luke took out his portable hard disk and said, “I just came from Cam Smith’s house.”

“Cam Smith’s house? What happened to him?”

“His girlfriend was kidnapped.”

Fred Kramer’s eyes widened as he asked, “Why? Is this connected to the arson?”

“Not very relevant.” Luke responded, staring at Fred Kramer’s cheek, “Do you remember the two blackouts in May and June?”

“Of course, I had the equipment in the switch room replaced for that to make the voltage more stable.”

Luke said, “In fact, those two power outages were caused by Cam Smith, who intentionally cut off the power, causing the monitoring equipment to not function properly.

Then he sneaked into the lab and copied the development data of the new antihypertensive drug.”

Fred Kramer opened his mouth wide and loudly questioned, “Why did he do that?”

“He was bribed by other pharmaceutical companies?”

Fred Kramer gritted his teeth and said, “What pharmaceutical company instructed him to do this, it’s despicable.

The company has always valued Kem Smith, and even put him in charge of the drug trial work, but in the end he betrayed the company, this asshole!”

“The details, we are still investigating as well, the main purpose of me coming over now is to return the research and development data that Kem Smith secretly copied to your company.” Luke handed the portable hard disk to Fred Kramer: “Check if it’s the R&D data of your company’s new antihypertensive drug.”

“Okay.” Fred Kramer took a deep breath, revealing a look of excitement as he hurriedly plugged the mobile hard disk into the computer and began to browse the data within the mobile hard disk.

Fred Kramer looked very carefully and engaged, his face overflowing with delight.

After a long time, Fred Kramer’s eyes left the computer and gratefully said, “That’s right, it’s the data of the new type of antihypertensive drug developed by our company.

Captain Li, thank you so much.

You have saved our company a huge loss.

I want to thank you on behalf of the entire Kalman Pharmaceutical Company.”

Luke got up and said, “I also hope that your new antihypertensive drug will be marketed as soon as possible so that more people can benefit from it.”

“It will.” Fred Kramer gently stroked the portable hard disk on the table, “With this data, we won’t have to start from scratch.”

Luke said coldly, “Supervisor Fred Kramer, have you been suspecting Cam Smith for a long time?”

Fred Kramer froze, “No. I don’t have that keen judgment.

Speaking of which, it’s still my dereliction of duty, I was the one who recommended Cam Smith as the head of drug testing in the first place.”

Luke pressed, “What do you think about the kidnapping of Cam Smith’s girlfriend?”

“Sorry, I don’t know her at all.”

Luke asked more directly, “Do you know who kidnapped Cam Smith’s girlfriend?”

Fred Kramer shook his head, “No idea.”

Luke could see the signs of panic on his face.

“OK, we’ll take our leave.

Go back and rest for three hours and continue your investigation into the disappearance of Cam Smith’s girlfriend.” Luke made to leave, reached the door and turned again, “Supervisor Fred Kramer, do you think Cam Smith’s girlfriend will be returned safely?”

Fred Kramer looked down, “I don’t know.”

Luke said, “Cam Smith has already handed over the stolen R&D data, although his behavior was wrong, objectively speaking, he still indirectly helped Kalman Pharmaceuticals.

If it wasn’t for him, all the R&D data would have been destroyed with that fire.

What do you think?”

Fred Kramer’s forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat and swallowed, “Captain Li, you’re right.

I’ll pray to God for his girlfriend’s safe return.”

“Very well. Luke and Blackie left the office.

Fred Kramer stood by the window and watched the two leave the office, then he took out a cell phone from a drawer and dialed a number, “Hello, it’s me.

Did the woman say anything?”

“I’m sorry, Boss, that woman has a hard mouth and is harder to deal with than we thought.

She should be professionally trained ……”

“I don’t want to hear any more of these useless excuses.” Fred Kramer suppressed the anger in his heart and whispered, “Release her.”

“What? What do you mean?”

“Release that woman and tell her to keep her mouth shut, that she’s the one who got lost.”

“Really let her go?”

“Have you been exposed?”

“Nope. We’re professionals.”

“Then let her go, and then you all get out of L.A. immediately, as far away as you can.” Fred Kramer had gotten what he wanted, the woman was worthless, and he didn’t want to get his hands dirty.

What’s more, he was already on Luke’s radar, and the words had nailed it; if the woman died and things got out of hand, Luke would surely not let him go.

He still had heard of the famous Captain Lee, there was no need to take any chances.

“Boss, I know that this operation is slower than expected, but we won’t give up in the middle, give us some more time, I promise to make her talk ……”

“Shut up, I’ll pay the commission as usual.”

“As you wish, Boss.”