Soon, the harsh reality showed Li Gaoyang’s team what it truly ant to be "seeking dical help with no way out."
Initially, they tried through official channels, academic connections, and even personal introductions, hoping to directly contact Professor Yang Ping. However, all attempts to schedule an appointnt with Professor Yang’s outpatient services or surgery, whether through Sanbo Hospital’s International dical Departnt or through Arican hospitals collaborating with China, were t with the response: Professor Yang Ping is currently heavily occupied with research, his clinical surgery schedule is fully booked, and he cannot accept new international patients, especially complex second-surgery cases, with unpredictable wait tis.
Li Gaoyang used so governnt connections, attempting to exert "friendly" pressure or create communication opportunities, but achieved little. The feedback was vague, yet the essential aning was clear: Professor Yang Ping is a top scientific talent protected by the state, with highly autonomous dical and research activities, and external forces should not and cannot interfere.
Clearly, this was an invisible yet strong barrier. Yang Ping’s team and the powers behind them shut the door on Li Gaoyang in their own unique way. This was not just a scheduling problem but an attitude—want to see a doctor? Sorry, I’m currently unavailable.
As days passed, Li Gaoyang’s headaches started to persist, reminding him that the tumor was continuously growing, and the window of opportunity was closing. Fear and anxiety gnawed at his heart like a venomous snake. The wealth and influence he once prided himself on could not open a life-saving door at a critical mont.
His last resort was to seek help from Rolf, who proposed a plan: through top global dia, issue a public statent, apologizing to Professor Yang Ping in the dual capacity of a private individual and President of BG Group, admitting that the previous blockade of Professor Yang Ping was wrong, recognizing the advancent of Professor Yang Ping’s X-2 vaccine enhancer, and removing all man-made obstacles to the launch of this technology.
"You an to use dia pressure and humanitarian sympathy to force a response?" Li Gaoyang braced himself.
Rolf shook his head, "No, it’s about genuinely apologizing, not a strategic apology. Now strategies are useless; only sincerity can open this door."
"But..."
Li Gaoyang strongly opposed this, as it would be a devastating blow to his dignity. Publicly admitting errors and humbly apologizing to soone he once tried to suppress would ruin his reputation among the global elite.
"Is your dignity more important or your life? You decide. My suggestion is the only way, and you need to sincerely apologize, with concrete actions to support this sincerity, such as publicly recognizing the advancent of X-2 and removing all barriers to its launch, even helping in its launch," Rolf emphasized word by word, afraid he wouldn’t understand.
Li Gaoyang rubbed his temples vigorously, "Does it have to be this way?"
Rolf smirked, "The last ti I gave you advice, you asked the sa question. Ultimately, my advice let you live until now."
Li Gaoyang wavered, Mayo experts had just recently reminded him indirectly through remote consultation that the risk of delaying the surgery increased with each passing day as tumor compression symptoms progressed.
The instinct for survival overpowered everything, and Li Gaoyang finally gave in, seemingly aging ten years in an instant, "Follow your plan, but I must personally review the statent draft."
"You don’t need to worry about the draft. If I let you review it, your poor self-esteem would kill you. I’ll have it written, and you practice to recite it. You need to be off-script; during the speech, you must be sincere, emotional, like confiding."
"Okay, but if I do as you say, I’ll resign right after the speech," Li Gaoyang said helplessly.
Rolf laughed, "Actually, even if you don’t do as I say, you’ll automatically resign."
"Why?" Li Gaoyang was puzzled.
Rolf said, "Because... you don’t have many days left."
"Alright, you win again!" Li Gaoyang waved his hand, motioning for Rolf to leave. He needed to rest well.
Thus, a ticulously orchestrated global dia public apology unfolded.
It was held at the BG Group’s European headquarters in Switzerland, where he wore a dark suit, his complexion paler than usual, and his eyes sunken, but he tried to maintain an outward composure.
Beneath the stage, caras from CNN, BBC, the Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, and other global mainstream dia were aid at him, with live signals broadcast worldwide.
"Friends from the dia, today, I am here in both personal and official capacities as President of BG Group to express my deep regret and make an important statent."
He first recounted, in a remorseful tone, the unpleasant events that occurred between BG Group and Ruixing dical, and with Professor Yang Ping’s team.
"I must admit that during this period, certain decisions made by the group, including asures that aid at restricting competition rather than promoting innovation, were entirely wrong, betraying the spirit of scientific cooperation and fair competition. Although I was not directly involved in daily decision-making due to health reasons, as the head of the group, I bear unavoidable responsibility. Here, I offer my sincere apologies to Professor Yang Ping, Ruixing dical Group, and all scientific researchers adhering to open innovation for the impact caused."
"After our verification, Professor Yang Ping’s team’s vaccine enhancer X-2 is the world’s most advanced vaccine technology."
"..."
He bowed deeply towards the caras, maintaining a ninety-degree bow for several tens of seconds.
The statent quickly spread through major global dia, causing a huge stir.
A small core eting was reconvened in Yang Ping’s office. Participants included Dean Xia, Tang Shun, Jiang Jitong, Chen Xiao, and Huang Jiacai.
"The performance was quite thorough." Xia Changjiang comnted while watching the replay of Li Gaoyang’s statent on a tablet, "He managed to clear himself quite well; seems like he’s genuinely ill."
Academician Xiang snorted, "When he tried to suppress us, he wanted to leave us dead in the water. Is there sincerity in this apology? I see it’s out of desperation! We must not soften."
Tang Shun frowned, "This apology is still insufficient,"
Everyone’s eyes eventually turned towards Yang Ping and towards Huang Jiacai in the video.
Huang Jiacai spoke up first, his voice coming through the speakers, calm and decisive: "Li Gaoyang has thrown a challenge to us. But a challenge is also an opportunity. My opinion is, we can respond, we can accept treatnt, but it must be within a frawork where we have absolute control, and they must pay a tangible price that serves as a lasting mory."
He paused before continuing, "First, the treatnt location must be in China, at Sanbo Hospital, using our team, our equipnt, following our dical procedures and safety regulations.
Second, the treatnt cost will be astronomical and needs to be prepaid. This fee covers not only dical costs but also offers symbolic compensation for the damages caused by previous malicious competition. We determine the specific amount.
Third, before and after treatnt, BG Group needs to sign legally binding public statents and guarantees, reaffirming their apology, committing to abandoning any unfair competition thods in related fields in the future, and making concessions beneficial to us in certain specific market or technology cross-licensing areas. These terms can be detailed, but must be in writing.
Fourth, throughout the treatnt process, we maintain complete initiative, including timing of surgery, plan details, post-operative managent, etc., all decided by Professor Yang’s team, and they must cooperate unconditionally.
If they agree to these conditions, we may consider treating him. If they refuse, then his ’sincerity’ is purely a verbal performance, and we need not bear any burden. Global public opinion? As long as we provide a solid treatnt plan and reasonable conditions, we will hold the moral high ground."
Yang Ping listened and paused for a mont in contemplation.
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