Chapter 3378 Persuasion
Luo Ziling and Medeman chatted for more than an hour.
Meadman is a scheming old man, he has no wits at all, and even beauties like Lin Lan and Wang Jingyi don’t pay much attention to it.
He only talked to Luo Ziling about official business and stated his opinions on the visit of the Chinese delegation to Europe. He told Luo Ziling that the German foreign affairs department had submitted protests to France and Britain, blaming them for privately changing the rules, reaching an agreement with the Chinese, and abandoning their allies.
Luo Ziling pointed out bluntly that the so-called allies are just a group of stakeholders. These stakeholders gather together and formulate a very discriminatory rule to not take the interests of Chinese people seriously.
"I believe Mr. Meadman has also seen that our traditional Chinese medicine is very magical. We have solved many problems that modern medicine cannot solve. Diseases that cannot be cured with modern medicine have been cured by our hands and quickly recovered. The technology that can create such miracles is actually considered unscientific and wants to be banned. It shows how ignorant you are!
The translation task was left to Wang Jingyi, after all, she was the head of the foreign affairs agency.
Luo Ziling spoke in a sharp tone, looking very rude. Wang Jingyi didn't dare to translate Luo Ziling's words as the truth.
When she was translating, her tone changed a little and she was no longer so aggressive.
However, she still expressed Luo Ziling's meaning.
"Indeed, we need to re-examine the scientific nature of traditional Chinese medicine!" Although Medeman was old-fashioned, he knew that some things had happened and were familiar to the world, and he could not deny it. Therefore, he recognized Luo Ziling's meaning. After approving Luo Ziling's meaning, he expressed his opinion: "But before changing a rule, strict scientific argumentation is needed. Only after the argument has result can the rules be changed. Mr. Luo, don't you?"
"no!" Luo Ziling firmly denied Medeman's statement, "Chinese traditional medicine has existed for thousands of years and has undergone very full practice. The famous doctors and medical works in our history are the conductors and summarists of practice. Mr. Medeman should know that for thousands of years, the development of China has surpassed countries in the world in any aspect. China's backwardness is only a matter of hundreds of years. I believe Mr. Medeman will not deny it, right? Papermaking, gunpowder, compass, and printing, these intelligent technologies have been introduced from China to the West. In Europe, witch doctors were still popular and thought that bloodletting could cure all diseases, our traditional medicine had already had a very rigorous certification. I really can't understand why thousands of years of certification and the summary of experiences of so many medical masterpieces are regarded as nothing in your eyes?"
Wang Jingyi couldn't imagine that Luo Ziling's words were so aggressive. She was a little hesitant and didn't know how to translate them.
Working in foreign affairs institutions for a long time has made her less courageous, for fear of causing trouble if she accidentally causes diplomatic incidents.
As a diplomat, Luo Ziling spoke so carelessly that she was a little scared.
As Wang Jingyi's hesitation, Lin Lan took over the topic and directly translated Luo Ziling's meaning to Medeman.
When Medeman heard this, he was a little surprised. He could not have thought that Luo Ziling would be so rude to speak.
"But you also know that the quality of traditional Chinese medicine is completely unavailable. Pesticides exceed the standard, and hormones are used during artificial cultivation." Meadman felt the aggressiveness in Luo Ziling's words. He was unwilling to argue with Luo Ziling, so he spoke as implicitly as possible. "It is precisely because of these reasons that Europe refuses to let traditional Chinese medicine enter."
"You are choking and slapping your food." Luo Ziling said to Medeman with a cold face: "Mideman means not to deny the scientificity and effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine, but it is just saying that some batches of drugs are unqualified. Since you think it is uncooperation for some drugs, it is enough to prohibit these unqualified drugs from entering or circulating. Why should the entire industry be banned? Let me give an example. I bought a Siemens refrigerator and found problems after using it. So do I suggest our country ban all the electronic products produced in your country? Boeing passenger planes often have problems. Do you want the whole world to ban American passenger planes?"
Lin Lan translated Luo Ziling's words as a matter of fact. It took a lot of verbal translation of Chinese idioms into foreign languages, but Lin Lan still translated the sentence "stop eating because of choking".
Of course, Medemann could not have imagined Luo Ziling would make such a metaphor, and he was stunned for a long time without saying anything.
Luo Ziling said again: "Any industry has bad sheep. Any rigorous production line may still produce some flawed products. We cannot deny the entire industry because of these accidents. It is an inappropriate joke that many of us humans are extremely vicious people. Should we let God destroy our entire human beings?"
"Mr. Luo's speech is so funny!" Medeman laughed twice in response to Luo Ziling, "The metaphor you made is quite convincing, but we do this for the sake of the safety of the European people and prevent them from being harmed by bad instruments and medicines."
"Is there a big difference between the average life expectancy of Europeans and the average life expectancy of Chinese people?"
Luo Ziling's sudden question made Medeman stunned for a moment, but finally shook his head: "The gap is not very big!"
"That's good. Since the gap is not very big, it means that the unqualified drugs and foods you think are not broad, or the harm is not very big, otherwise the lifespan of Chinese people will definitely be greatly affected. I am not just defending those bad profiteers, and I also hate those merchants who make fake medicines. I will find ways to urge the improvement of the quality of traditional Chinese medicine, but this is very different from what you think. I think that if you think that our Chinese medicine products are not of good quality, you should urge us to improve the quality of drugs and improve the raw materials. Of course, you can cooperate with us in these aspects and make money together, instead of discriminatory bans, which will harm the interests of both parties."
After saying this, Luo Ziling paused and told Medeman seriously: "If you completely reject traditional Chinese medicine, then the miracle that I led a delegation to Europe this time brought to a small number of people will not happen."
"I seemed to be convinced by Mr. Luo!" Medeman did not argue with Luo Ziling. He knew that with the change of attitudes between France and Britain, Germany could no longer hold on, so he took advantage of the situation. "I think that with Mr. Luo's eloquence, we can definitely convince more Europeans and agree with your point of view."
"Also, I admire Mr. Luo's medical skills very much. You are a true master of traditional medicine!"
Chapter completed!