Huadu and Ersha Island.
Ersha Island is a small island in the middle of the Pearl River in Huadu City. It covers an area of about 1.76 square kilometers and is shaped like a spindle, with pointed ends and a wide middle. It is connected to the mainland by the Guangzhou Bridge.
The Dean of the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiang Qian, and Lin Sanqi sat in the back seat of the Maybach. After turning off the bridge, they took a short drive around Ersha Island and got off the car at the gate of the Third Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Huadu Medical University.
This time the two of them were on a secret visit and did not alert the hospital. They came to visit as ordinary patients, so they were relaxed.
After getting off the bus, Lin Sanqi looked around and was quite satisfied:
"Director Xiang, this environment is great. There's a park across from the hospital. It's beautiful and the air is fresh. It's a rare Feng Shui treasure land in Huadu City."
He smiled wryly to the dean and said:
"Ersha Island was originally far away from the city. It was inhabited by boat people from Shanan who could not go ashore. You can imagine how remote this place is and how inconvenient transportation is.
Later, as the city gradually expanded, Ersha Island gradually developed and a sanatorium was built on it. However, due to its remote location, it was inconvenient for the people to see a doctor, so the hospital closed down.
Our superiors designated Huadu Medical University to take over. At that time, several affiliated Western medicine hospitals of our university were unwilling to move in, so they finally forced our College of Traditional Chinese Medicine to take over. That’s how we established the Third Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which is the hospital in front of us.”
Dean Xiang took Lin Sanqi into the hospital. They continued chatting while touring the area.
“As for hospitals, their main purpose is to provide convenience for patients, right? So it’s best to build them in densely populated areas in urban areas. If we really want to develop a new city, we should also build hospitals in development zones with convenient transportation and access to subways and buses.
But if you look at Ersha Island, people on the internet say it's an island for the rich, with villas on the island unaffordable for ordinary people. But the problem is that the rich don't need to take the bus, so Ersha Island at least doesn't have buses or subways.
If patients want to see a doctor at the Third Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, they have to drive themselves, and even walking is difficult. So, although the environment is good, the transportation is inconvenient, and few patients come.
Look, it’s 2 o’clock in the afternoon, which is the opening time of the hospital. Look at this hall, there are only a few patients here.
For example, our First Affiliated Hospital has an annual outpatient volume of 3.5 million, but the Third Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine has only a fraction of that, 300,000. You can imagine how big the gap is.
With fewer patients, doctors earn less. Who would be willing to stay at the Third Hospital if doctors earn less? Those with skills and connections have been transferred to other affiliated hospitals. The remaining medical staff have completely given up.
While listening, Lin Sanqi was also observing the situation in the courtyard.
The Third Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in front of us may not exceed 6 floors due to the building height limit.
The hospital campus seems to be quite large, with good greening. There are many green spaces that can be renovated and a new medical building can be built.
"Director Xiang, your initial positioning was wrong. This location is simply not suitable for a hospital, even if you build it in Wuyang New City on the other side of the river. This place is more suitable for a sanatorium or a nursing home."
He smiled wryly to the dean and said:
"Who says it's not? But what can we do? It was originally assigned by our superiors, so we have to accept it. Now the Third Hospital has become a heavy burden on our College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, with an annual loss of more than 50 million yuan."
Lin Sanqi was a little puzzled:
"The hospital is losing money, but this land is valuable. Just this piece of land, just this area, how big is it?"
"About 50 acres."
"More than 50 acres is also enough. If you develop real estate with a little more conscience, smaller spacing, and a higher floor area ratio, you can sell a villa for hundreds of millions, and you can make a lot of money."
Dean Xiang smiled and shook his head.
"Unless someone with supernatural powers knows how to do it, the nature of this land cannot be changed. The island must have a hospital and a school. Our Third Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine is the only medical institution, so they are indispensable."
The two began to tour the hospital.
Two strangers, especially one of them is an old man with obvious leadership temperament. As long as the hospital staff are not stupid, they will know that this must be a leader who came to pay a secret visit.
So the hospital information desk quickly reported it to the leader, and soon several middle-aged men wearing white shirts and black trousers with a work badge hanging on their chests came running over.
Lin Sanqi was still an intern last year, so he naturally knew that those dressed like this were the administrative leaders that medical staff hated the most.
I don't know when this bad trend started.
Medical staff wear white coats at work and have a work badge clipped to the chest pocket.
But administrative leaders are not like that. In order to show their uniqueness or to show off their superiority, they like to wear casual clothes, make enlarged "vertical" versions of their name badges, and then hang them on their chests.
This has led to the artificial division of the hospital into different levels.
I really don’t know why a group of administrative staff who don’t even want to wear white coats come to work in the hospital?
"Dean, Dean Xiang, why didn't you notify us when you came, hehe~~~"
Dean Xiang whispered to Lin Sanqi:
"These people are not good at business, but they are very good at flattery. Look how good their noses are. They discovered it after we had only been in the hospital for 10 minutes."
Of course, this is just a complaint behind the back. It is impossible to slap a subordinate in the face like this in person.
"Xiao Qi, let me introduce you. This is Yuan Chengji, the president of the Third Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Xiao Yuan, the young man next to me is Lin Sanqi, an outstanding alumnus of our Huadu Medical University and the owner of Lingnantang Pharmaceutical Company."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Chengji immediately shook hands with Lin Sanqi enthusiastically:
"So it's Director Lin. Haha, I know. Director Lin is very famous in the industry now. He donated 100 million yuan to his alma mater in one go and also acquired the school's loss-making company, the Southern Pharmaceutical Factory. That really helped the school a lot."
Lin Sanqi was naturally quite polite to the dean.
"Hello, Teacher Yuan, you're so kind. I'm just doing my duty as a Huadu Medical University student."
Yuan Chengji was being polite to Lin Sanqi and flattering him about his business, but he was actually already making plans in his mind.
The boss suddenly came for a private visit with a boss. This matter seemed strange no matter how you looked at it, especially since Mr. Lin had a history of acquiring non-performing assets of schools.
Could it be...
Could it be...
Mr. Lin wants to acquire the Third Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine?
Thinking of this, Yuan Chengji felt a little nervous. Although the business of the Third Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine was not good and there were few patients, he, Yuan Chengji, was the head of the hospital after all, and his rank was the same as that of the Affiliated First Hospital, which had a very popular patient population.
If Lin Sanqi really wants to acquire the hospital, what will Yuan Chengji do then?
If he fails to be the dean, he will go back to school and become an ordinary university teacher? This is a bit unwilling.
So Yuan Chengji decided to give it a try:
"Dean Xiang, Director Lin, are you here for medical treatment? Director Lin, I heard that several of the best professors from our College of Traditional Chinese Medicine are now practicing at Lingnan Hall. Do you still need to come to our Third Hospital for treatment?"
Hehehe~~~A group of middle-level managers nearby all chuckled.
Lingnantang Chinese Medicine Clinic now charges a registration fee of 5,000 yuan per clinic, with a limit of 20 clinics per day. The doctor on duty takes a commission of 2,000 yuan, which means a daily income of 40,000 yuan.
In addition, as long as you work at Lingnan Tang Chinese Medicine Clinic three days a week, Lingnan Tang will give you a guaranteed monthly salary of 200,000 yuan.
In other words, if a doctor works full time in a clinic for a month, his income starts at 680,000 yuan. In 12 months of that year, his income can exceed 8 million yuan.
When this sky-high salary was offered, all the professors, whether active or retired, from the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Huadu Medical University went crazy. Those who had hesitated before because of their literary character now all surrendered.
Coupled with Dean Xiang's implicit approval, it can be said that the best traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in Huadu have been caught by Lingnan Hall.
Therefore, although Lingnantang Chinese Medicine Clinic is not large in scale, its strength is absolutely first-class. Not to mention the whole country, at least it can be regarded as the best in the southern region.
There is another key point. All the Chinese medicinal materials used in Lingnan Hall have been brought over from 1961. They are all pure, natural, pollution-free and authentic original medicinal materials. Needless to say, their efficacy is great.
This advantage is unmatched by any other Chinese medicine hospital in the country.
Famous doctor + good medicine = miraculous effect.
Word of mouth spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. Now the daily appointments for Lingnantang Chinese Medicine Clinic are booked up for a month later, which shows how popular it is.
Lin Sanqi also half-jokingly said at this time:
"For Chinese medicine to progress, we must learn from each other's strengths and overcome our weaknesses. Our Lingnan Hospital has its own strengths, and the Three Hospitals have their own advantages. We can learn from each other, complement each other, and make progress together."
Yuan Chengji thought to himself, I don’t believe you, but he didn’t seem to have any way to stop anything.
Dean Xiang saw that Yuan Chengji's smile was forced, and he didn't want to beat around the bush anymore, so he directly brought up the topic:
"Xiao Yuan, I brought Director Lin here this time because I took the initiative to invite him. What's the purpose? As you all thought, we want to see if Director Lin is interested in acquiring our Third Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine."
Yuan Chengji's face changed.
The middle managers of the nearby hospital also looked at each other in bewilderment. (End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
