At dinner time, Chen Dong ate alone in the corner of the living room with his bowl in hand, not even daring to watch TV.
Gu Wei suppressed his laughter and asked, "Fourth Brother, come and have dinner. Your sister won't scold you with Uncle Gu here."
Chen Dong showed an expression that was uglier than crying. "Uncle Gu, I'm fine like this. You guys eat, you guys eat."
Chen Chun was truly furious, and he was still scolding Chen Xia: "What on earth have you been busy with? It's ok to have been in the United States for over a month, but why did you stay in Hong Kong for the better part of a month?"
Gu Lin pouted and followed up, "That's right, I'm just too busy taking care of three children at home, huh."
Chen Qiu held Chen Zipei in his arms and nodded at the child's hands, "Look at your father, he's so shameless. The dean doesn't even act like a dean."
Chen Xia felt a little embarrassed and scratched his head a little guiltily:
"I have no choice. I have three kids at home, and my darling nephew. I have to earn money for his milk powder. Otherwise, when he gets married, my mother-in-law will demand a house, a car, and a dowry. My retirement salary of a few dollars won't be enough to cover my old bones. The post-80s generation is the worst off."
When everyone heard this, they all said "Tsk~~~"
Little Youyou lay in his father's arms and whispered:
"Dad, I don't want you to break the bones. It will hurt. Youyou just wants dad to be happy."
Hahaha, everyone laughed, and Chen Xia happily kissed her daughter's little face.
"Youyou is so good. In the future, you will be from China Merchants Bank, and your two brothers will be from China Construction Bank. Oh, and Xiaobei will also be from China Construction Bank."
Chen Chun rolled his eyes at Chen Xia and continued feeding his son.
Mother Gu was quite curious. "Xiao Xia, so you made a lot of money during your few days in America? How much did you make? Let's see if it's enough to pay for the sponsorship fee for the fourth child to go to high school."
Chen Dong, who was just grinning foolishly, frowned again when he heard this.
"Not much, not much. This time, our family earned $250 million and helped Yuezhou Hospital earn $50 million."
Gu Wei quickly turned his head to the side, and then spat out the soup with a "puff", his old face flushed red.
"Ahem, how much? Where did you earn so many, ahem, dollars?"
The old man thought, "The country's foreign exchange reserves are only a little over 3 billion. You went to the United States and made 300 million in just two months? What a joke! That's one-tenth of the national treasury."
"Dad, this money is compensation from Johnson Pharmaceuticals in the United States. $200 million of it goes to Pumpkin Vine, and $50 million goes to Margaret Hospital. This money doesn't belong to our family.
We also paid $50 million in compensation to Yuezhou Hospital. If they hadn't paid us this, we would have sued them. Their losses would have been more than $300 million, and their reputation would have been ruined.
Chen Dong patted his chest repeatedly after hearing this: "It's not bad, it's not bad. This money should be enough for me to get into high school through the back door."
Everyone at the dinner table rolled their eyes.
This little brat has no concept of money. $250 million just to go to high school? You can buy all the high schools in Yuezhou and become the principal yourself.
Comrade Lao Gu finally calmed down, wiped his mouth and asked, "How are you going to spend so much money?"
Chen Xia replied casually:
"I'm not going to touch the $50 million given to Margaret. I'll let them focus on building the International Organ Transplant Center. I'm going to withdraw the $200 million given to Pumpkin Vine and invest it in other things. The pharmaceutical company has plenty of money in its account anyway.
The biggest headache right now is the $50 million to Yuezhou Hospital. The last time the EC awarded 50 million, it was fraught with danger, causing dissatisfaction among many domestic hospitals. Now there's another 50 million, which is simply making people jealous to the point of burning with envy. I'm afraid this is going to be troublesome."
Gu Wei nodded and sighed:
"Yes, it's difficult for everyone right now. Everyone is short of money. Other hospitals apply for grants in the hundreds of thousands, and one or two million is considered a lot. Unlike you, you have raised $100 million. You make me jealous. There are still many factories in the city that are so poor that they can't even make ends meet."
Who is Chen Xia? If it goes into his pocket, it belongs to him. What does it have to do with him whether the brother units are in trouble or the enterprises in the city are struggling?
He is the vice president of Yuezhou Hospital, not the mayor of Yuezhou City. He just needs to take care of himself.
When Mother Gu heard that the Chen family had earned so much money, she was so happy and felt that her daughter was so lucky.
In order to cover the household expenses, other women would rather break every penny into two cents and spend it as they please. But my own daughter is different. She does it every day and spends it as she pleases. The money is endless.
Comparing yourself to others is simply infuriating.
Only Chen Chun suddenly remembered:
"By the way, how do we solve this problem, Old Four? What can you do after graduating from junior high school? Do you really want to be a janitor at the hospital?"
Chen Dong shrank his neck and said, "Just be a security guard. Sister, you are looking down on the working people. Your thinking is wrong."
Just as Chen Xia was about to stop him, it was too late. Chen Chun rushed forward and jabbed Chen Laosi's forehead fiercely:
"You really want to be a security guard, you spendthrift! If Mom and Dad knew about this, they'd be pissed off! Look at the four of us sisters, who's as unpromising as you? Even the second oldest is the vice-president, and you're still thinking about being a security guard?"
I asked you to be a security guard, I asked you to be a security guard, I'm so angry, your mother had enough nutrition when she gave birth to you, why did she give birth to such a mentally retarded child like you? Do you want to be soaked in the river too, like the second child, so that your brain will be filled with water and your personality will change? "
Chen Xia was very upset when he heard this. How did this involve him again?
It seems that this woman, no matter whether she is a rural aunt or a future academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, likes to take her anger out on others when she is angry, without exception.
The next day, as soon as Chen Xia got to work, most of the hospital's directors were waiting for him in their offices.
As soon as Chen Xia put down her bag, she asked curiously, "Hey, what's this for? The hospital affairs meeting isn't held here."
He Chengde, chief of urology, was the first to say:
"Deputy Chen, I heard that our hospital received $50 million in compensation from the United States? That's about 200 million RMB. Is that true?"
Chen Xia said with a smile while making tea for these old directors:
"That's what happened. This time, Johnson & Johnson was caught in an affair after defaming our hospital. To settle the matter, they paid our hospital $50 million in compensation. The money is already in the Ministry of Health's account, but it hasn't reached our hospital yet."
Qiu Fangjue rubbed his hands and said:
"Hehe, this is truly a once-in-a-century opportunity. I've heard before that when the Eight-Nation Alliance came, we had to cede territory and pay compensation, but this is the first time I've heard that the United States is asking us to pay compensation. Deputy Chen has really stood up for our country."
The surgeons all laughed in a flattering manner.
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