The car drove away. After Lu Anning thought for a moment, he reminded his mother.
"Mom, I feel that boy just now made me feel a little uncomfortable. You'd better be more careful in the future."
An Li curled her lips and laughed at the same time as Gu Yu.
Gu Yu smiled and explained, "Don't worry, little sister. He will definitely be gone within three months."
"Why?"
Seeing his stubbornness, Lu An Ning didn't think he was someone who would be easily defeated by a little difficulty. Moreover, he already knew that he was not popular, so he would definitely stick to it to the end. Lu An Ning thought that this was not necessarily the case.
"A boy from a poor rural family finally got admitted to a university in Kyoto. He himself said that he was the hope of the entire village. So, what do you think he desires most?"
"To achieve success and stand out from the crowd."
An Li smiled and nodded, "But nothing I have here can satisfy him. Why do you think he insists on being my apprentice? I think it's not just because of losing face."
"Our mother is famous, and once the news of her accepting apprentices got out, more people came with the goal of becoming Professor An's apprentices and gaining both fame and fortune. But they don't know that studying Chinese medicine requires a calm mindset, and it takes more than two or three years to learn. Some people study their entire lives and never become a master. When they enter the hospital, they have to start as apprentices dispensing medicine. Do you think that boy just now has the mentality to waste time in the clinic?"
Lu Anning thought about it carefully. There was desire in that man's eyes, but it didn't seem like a simple desire for medical skills. He saw more fame and fortune.
"He wants to learn quickly in the clinic? Second brother, you are so smart, you must have studied for several months to learn how to dispense medicine!"
Gu Yu laughed out loud when he heard this answer.
"Little sister, you think too highly of me. Our sect's standard for initiation is to learn to extract and identify herbs for at least five years. I've been studying since I was young, and I've also had to go out and collect herbs myself. I followed my father in extracting herbs for a full five years before I began to understand them on my own. Back then, I spent every day in the Gu family's warehouse."
The Gu family is in the medicinal materials business. Gu Yu is either in the warehouse smelling the medicinal herbs or following his father to the medicinal fields. However, he does not have the confidence of the male college student just now.
"Then wouldn't he be..."
"In three months, he can only learn the basics of medicinal herbs. He can't even fully study their medicinal properties, let alone learn them effectively."
Lu An Ning suddenly realized that it was no wonder that his mother and second brother were not anxious at all.
These three months are the real screening.
"I want to teach medicine, but not everyone can learn it. To learn medicine, one must be kind, diligent, calm, and even more so, talented."
So she doesn't set any threshold because she doesn't want to miss out on those talented people in the crowd.
Fortunately, there were no reporters present during the interview, and the commotion caused by the male college student was treated as just a minor incident.
The interviews in the next few days went very smoothly. Lu Anning was busy with company matters and did not go to the clinic every day. However, he heard from Gu Yu that there were a few people who were favored by their mothers. Some of them were also students, but they were not as arrogant and looked down on others as the male college student who caused trouble.
Lu Anning listened casually while flipping through the documents in his hand. He did not reply for a long time, and Gu Yu realized that something was wrong.
"Little sister, are you listening?"
Lu An Ning came back to his senses and replied, "I'm relieved that my second brother is watching over the clinic. I have something to do right now, so why don't we talk later?"
As she spoke, she hung up the phone and her eyes fell on the desk calendar beside her.
If she remembered correctly, by this time, the three hospitals that had previously agreed to renew their contracts should have signed the contracts long ago.
She looked through it again and confirmed that the three contracts she was looking for were not there, so she immediately called Zhong Ling.
"Did the sales department miss three contracts? Last month, we mentioned that the contracts with the three hospitals that were about to expire and were ready for renewal, but haven't they been finalized yet?"
Zhong Ling finally realized that contract renewals were usually just a formality, with no significant changes. If they truly wanted to change partners, they would usually announce their non-renewal a month or two in advance.
"These three hospitals have always been cooperating with our company. I'll go ask Director Shi if he's been so busy that he forgot about this."
"You ask him to come over."
As a direct manufacturer, Haitian Pharmaceutical has direct cooperation agreements with major hospitals, and also has pharmaceutical sales companies that cooperate with them to be responsible for distribution to other local hospitals, including clinics and pharmacies where there is demand.
The reason why Lu Anning remembered it was because these three hospitals were the three largest hospitals in Kyoto and were also Haitian’s three largest clients.
Although they are currently working with JK on a new project, they cannot afford to lose their previous orders.
After a while, Director Shi rushed over. It seemed that he had already anticipated what Lu An Ning was going to ask, and he took the initiative to explain without waiting for her to speak.
"Mr. Lu, we're actively negotiating with the three hospitals regarding the contract renewal. However, the hospitals haven't commented yet and seem to be stalling. I'm not sure why yet, but I'm planning to take someone there."
"When was the last time you contacted the other party?"
Director Shi hesitated for a moment and said, "Yesterday morning, I contacted the hospital separately, and they all said they were busy, or they didn't even see the person."
When Lu Anning heard this, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.
If they really wanted to renew the contract, they would have finalized it long ago. Why would they wait until now and drag it out? Could there be some changes?
"You go back and do your work first! I'll take care of this matter."
Lu Anning waved her hand, and after everyone left, she called Zhong Ling again.
"Please help me contact the directors of these three hospitals and invite them to dinner tonight."
"Now?"
Lu Anning nodded: "Let's arrange a dinner tonight."
The other party was obviously avoiding her. If she didn't show up, she was afraid that these three orders would be secretly snatched away by someone else.
She thought everything would go smoothly, but half an hour later, Zhong Ling came back and told her that all three deans had appointments tonight. Lu Anning's face suddenly became even uglier.
"A date? Go and find out who they're meeting tonight."
At this point, Lu An Ning was certain that one of her colleagues was trying to snatch the person from her, but she didn't know who was doing it.
As the workday was getting close, Zhong Ling finally found out that the three deans had made appointments to have dinner at Yunxianlou tonight.
"Do you know who's treating us?"
Zhong Ling shook her head: "I don't know about that. I only heard that it was an honored guest."
Lu An Ning frowned, thought for a moment, and called Zhong Ling to go out together.
"Let's join in the fun and see who this mysterious guest is."
She wanted to see who was so powerful that he could steal three of her clients at once.
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