Chapter 118: Crowd-Eating Seminar
"Old Lu, I have something else to do. I'll go over first."
"I remembered I have something else to do, you guys can chat first."
Lu Chongfeng was just about to formally introduce Shen Jiang to several colleagues, but who knew that these people would react like this after seeing Shen Jiang? His face suddenly looked a little embarrassed.
The originally lively atmosphere suddenly turned awkward, and Shen Jiang felt baffled. These people were only meeting her for the first time, yet their reactions were each stranger than the last.
Lu Chongfeng said to the remaining people, "Let me formally introduce you. This is Dr. Shen Jiangshen. She is truly an outstanding force among our young Chinese medicine practitioners. With people like her, there is great hope for Chinese medicine."
Listening to this solemn and formal introduction, Shen Jiang couldn't help but straighten his body and greeted the seniors around Mr. Lu in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.
Lu Chongfeng added at the right moment, "These days, whenever I have time, I go to Dr. Shen's Chinese medicine clinic for consultation."
Shen Jiang waved her hand. "To be precise, it's my grandmother's Chinese medicine clinic. She wasn't feeling well a while ago, so I'm helping to run it."
"Where is your Chinese medicine clinic located in the city? Could it be around here? It must have taken a lot of effort to hire Old Lu."
Land in this area is very expensive, and shop rents are frighteningly high. Shen Jiang felt that the other party seemed to have misunderstood him as a rich second-generation who was good at spending money.
"Mr. Lu has noble medical ethics and cares about his patients. He cannot be measured by ordinary secular standards." Shen Jiang was vague.
In fact, she gave Mr. Lu a basic salary of 200 yuan for half a day, and a performance bonus of 50 yuan for each patient he saw. Apart from that, there was nothing else. To be honest, he was not a person who cared about material things.
Hearing her say this, Lu Chongfeng smiled brightly. If anyone else had said this, he'd have thought they were deliberately trying to curry favor with him. But Old Lu knew Shen Jiang's character and personality. She had her own principles, and if she didn't truly believe it, she wouldn't have said it in public.
The several veteran Chinese medicine practitioners present had a hidden message: this young woman must be incredibly capable. After all, a large chain of Chinese medicine clinics had once paid a fortune to have Old Lu treat patients, offering him only one day a month, with top-tier benefits and even a driver and car. Yet, they had failed. This young woman, however, not only had money and connections, but also a way with words, which had coaxed Old Lu into a frenzy. No wonder he had just solemnly promised to introduce them to an important figure.
The atmosphere gradually warmed up. Lu Chongfeng said, "Aren't you old guys always complaining about the poor quality of the herbs you have now? The herbs in Dr. Shen's clinic are all top-notch. If it weren't for your decent medical skills, I wouldn't have introduced you to Dr. Shen."
"Old Lu, did you get it wrong? Why did you introduce us to Xiao Shen? You should have introduced Xiao Shen to us."
"Let me ask you, what is the theme of our seminar today?" Lu Chongfeng asked instead of answering.
"Of course, that is to let pharmaceutical companies compete with each other and strive to provide high-quality Chinese medicinal materials to various hospitals. What does this have to do with Xiao Shen?" Another old doctor who was asked the question by Mr. Lu looked puzzled.
"What if there's a place where you can just get medical treatment and not have to worry about anything else? They'll provide you with the best medicine. Would you go?"
"What a ridiculous question! If there really was such a place, wouldn't I not know about it?"
Shen Jiang looked at Mr. Lu, her eyes instantly lighting up. No wonder Mr. Lu had invited her here today. It turned out he had other intentions. It wasn't about promoting her, as Wang Qiang had said, but about essentially allowing more doctors to use Mingxintang's herbs!
Shen Jiang had just been racking her brains over how to make money, but this immediately opened her mind. She had to admit, Mr. Lu was truly a benefactor to her.
Elder Lu doesn't have the time to see patients regularly at Mingxin Hall, and Grandma's health isn't suitable for daily visits. Her reputation isn't great, so the number of patients she can attract is limited. If a group of skilled veteran doctors like Elder Lu could take turns seeing patients at Mingxin Hall, it would be like bringing together a group of skilled medical experts. Then, her shop's funds would quickly flow. That way, she'd have the money to hire someone to prepare herbal medicines! With herbs, more patients could be cured!
"Dear senior teachers, if you are interested, you are welcome to visit our clinic. We have all the medicinal herbs used in daily life. We also have some rare herbs such as wild Cistanche deserticola, natural Dragon's Blood, and Bezoar."
Someone piqued their interest: "Interesting. We've been talking for so long, but you still haven't told us where your clinic is located?"
Shen Jiang: "Our clinic is quite far from here. You can search for Mingxin Hall on the map."
Everyone felt that the name sounded familiar, but they couldn't recall where they had heard it before. This made everyone take a few more glances at the young girl that Old Lu valued.
Until one doctor finally remembered, he looked at Shen Jiang with a strange expression: "Could it be... the medical dispute that everyone knew about last month?"
After he reminded them, many people remembered it. After all, this incident happened last month and was considered a sensational news in the industry.
Shen Jiang met the scrutiny calmly and said lightly, "Well, the police have already reached a conclusion on this matter. The patient secretly took the prescription to get the medicine filled outside, and ended up getting fake medicine. There is nothing wrong with my grandmother's diagnosis and prescription."
After she reminded them, everyone realized that there seemed to be such a follow-up to this incident, but it was not that hot, so they didn't care too much.
After being reminded by their companions, some people looked at Shen Jiang with a colder look.
Elder Lu nodded and said, "I've learned about what happened. It's indeed as Dr. Shen said. Everyone can rest assured."
"Alas, the world has really changed. When I was a child, everyone liked to see a Chinese doctor if they had a headache or fever. It's not like now..." The old doctor shook his head and didn't continue.
"Yes, patients always say that Chinese medicine isn't as good as it used to be. In my opinion, it's clearly the herbs that are holding us back."
"Well, we're fine. We've been through all these years. I'm just worried about my students."
The atmosphere suddenly fell into a gloom, and just as Mr. Lu was about to speak to cheer up the old friends, the host on the stage started to warm up the audience, and everyone had to return to their seats.
Mr. Lu said to Shen Jiang, "Don't worry. I'll take you to have a good chat with them after the meeting is over."
Shen Jiang sincerely thanked Mr. Lu: "You are so thoughtful."
"Haha, why are you suddenly so reserved? If you really want to thank me, hurry up and give me more medicine, or I won't run out of medicine when the doctor arrives."
Shen Jiang sat in the corner, looking at the teachers she had just chatted with who were all sitting in the first row. Looking at them from her perspective, she suddenly felt a little more distant and unapproachable.
Thinking about how down-to-earth these veteran Chinese doctors were, Shen Jiang secretly made up his mind: I must work hard to get the talents recommended by Mr. Lu!
The content of the meeting was more boring than Shen Jiang had imagined. The old doctors spoke excitedly, but the medical representatives did not seem to be in a hurry to come up with corresponding response plans, which made Shen Jiang frown.
"The leaders of these pharmaceutical companies are so unscrupulous simply because they rely on the fact that hospitals can only purchase drugs from them." A young doctor sitting next to Shen Jiang said indignantly.
Shen Jiang raised an eyebrow and tilted his head towards him: "What do you mean?"
Seeing someone's curiosity, the young male doctor quietly explained, "There's a regulation from above that requires hospitals to purchase Chinese medicinal materials from pharmaceutical companies with licenses. But there are only a few companies with these licenses, so hospitals have no choice but to source from them. The herbs we've received this year are of exceptionally poor quality, which is why we've had seminars like this more than once. What's the point of us doctors getting anxious? They're shameless and won't listen."
Shen Jiang opened his lips in surprise and asked softly, "Then how can I apply for the qualification?"
The young male doctor, named Zhang Shunzhi, saw the innocent look of his junior sister beside him, and recalled how she seemed to be chatting happily with a group of bigwigs just now. He couldn't help but want to show off in front of her: "First of all, you have to have connections above you. Look at Kunyuan Chinese Medicine Factory, it's such a large Chinese medicine factory, it was so glorious in the past, and it was also considered a well-known factory in Nanze. Even though the boss tried every means to obtain the qualifications, it still went bankrupt last year."
Kunyuan Chinese Medicine Factory, Shen Jiang's heart skipped a beat, it turned out that this was the reason for the bankruptcy of this Chinese medicine factory.
Shen Jiang whispered, "Isn't it because the quality of their medicinal materials is not up to standard that they can't get the qualification? If the quality of this factory's medicinal materials is much higher than that of other companies, even if someone wants to manipulate the market, it would be difficult."
"You don't understand. Kunyuan Chinese Medicine Factory used to supply medicinal materials to many traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, and the quality of the materials was quite good. On the contrary, these current pharmaceutical companies were still engaged in the Western medicine business. A few years ago, some policy suddenly came out, and these companies got the qualifications. I heard that the original owner of Kunyuan compromised and chose to become a supplier to Su Kang Pharmaceutical Company. Unexpectedly, they were eliminated due to the high prices of the drugs."
Shen Jiang, who had eaten a melon for no reason, felt a little sad.
Such a large Chinese medicine factory collapsed suddenly, and the reason behind it was actually like this.
Zhang Shunzhi pushed up his glasses and suddenly asked mysteriously, "Do you want to know who is behind Su Kang Pharmaceutical?"
Shen Jiang's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and she had a bad feeling. She asked tentatively, "Could it be the Su Group?"
Zhang Shunzhi gave her an appreciative look.
Shen Jiang's heart was suddenly blocked by a huge stone, and he was speechless.
She had to think about it; there hadn't been any related content in her previous dreams. Although Su Xingran, the eldest son of the Su Group, was the protagonist of her world, a typical billionaire, Shen Jiang was still captivated for a few seconds when she came into direct contact with the other party's business scope in real life.
Why not mention that Su Group’s business is spread all over the universe?
It is estimated that the Kunyuan Chinese Medicine Factory is also a cannon fodder role in the background of this male protagonist.
This is really like a cannon fodder meeting a fellow villager, with tears in his eyes.
Shen Jiang suddenly became interested in getting to know the owner of Kunyuan Chinese Medicine Factory.
Shouldn't the cannon fodders unite and form an anti-cannon fodder alliance?
As the meeting was drawing to a close, Shen Jiang quickly stood up and prepared to go to the veteran Chinese doctors to negotiate for their support. With Mr. Lu as his guarantor and having just witnessed the smooth-talking tactics of the pharmaceutical company representatives, Shen Jiang was full of confidence.
The quality of the medicinal materials in her store, even the most ordinary ones, are enough to cheer up the tired old Chinese medicine practitioners at the moment, not to mention the rare natural medicinal materials produced in other worlds, which are likely to make their eyes light up.
When Shen Jiang thought of the lively scene in the future where a famous old Chinese doctor would see patients every day at Mingxin Hall, he couldn't help but get excited.
If that were really possible, she would be really successful.
Shen Jiang walked towards the group, but before she could take two steps, someone tugged at her skirt. Shen Jiang turned around and saw the young man who had just sat next to her. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "What's going on?"
"I forgot to ask you just now, which hospital are you from?" Zhang Shunzhi took out his phone. "Let's add each other on WeChat. I'm older than you, so you can ask me if you have any questions in the future."
Shen Jiang was stunned, but then he thought that this man knew a lot and he might need to ask him something in the future, so he readily agreed.
Zhang Shunzhi kept asking her which hospital she was from. Shen Jiang shook her phone and said, "It's written on it."
"Mingxin... Hall? Wait, this isn't your personal WeChat."
Ignoring the calls from behind, Shen Jiang didn't stop this time. Many of the bigwigs sitting in the front row had already stood up and left, so Shen Jiang quickly quickened his pace and walked towards them.
Seeing Shen Jiang walking towards them quickly, Lu Lao paused in his conversation and changed the subject: "Old Zhou, Old Zhao, don't be so dejected. Cheer up. I'll take you somewhere to broaden your horizons."
"The sun is rising from the west. Old Lu, you are usually a very busy man, and you actually have time to invite us."
The originally depressed mood of several people suddenly faded a little because of this little episode.
"Let's go to Dr. Shen's clinic. There's a delicious private restaurant next door. How about I treat you to a meal there?"
"Okay, I'll go for your sake, Old Lu. But I have to say this upfront: I can go, but as for the rest, I'm not sure I'll agree."
"Yes, if it's the Hongmen Banquet, I can't go."
Shen Jiang smiled and said, "It is a great honor for our clinic that all the seniors can come to visit us at Mingxin Hall. I should be the one to treat you all."
The others glanced at Shen Jiang, smiled, and said nothing. They were willing to go over there purely to give Old Lu face. As for this little girl, they didn't know why Old Lu took such good care of her, but they didn't buy it.
I’m afraid that if they get a little enthusiastic, this little girl will stick to them like taffy.
Shen Jiang didn't care. As long as she could bring the person to Mingxin Hall, everything would be fine. After all, her family's medicinal herbs were promising on their own and could attract a good doctor without her having to make any arrangements.
Thinking of the way these senior doctors had just denounced the pharmaceutical company representatives at the meeting, Shen Jiang knew that these doctors were more eager than anyone else to get good medicinal materials. Shen Jiang respected such people from the bottom of her heart because they reminded her of someone.
Although everyone's circumstances and identities are different, their pursuits are the same. Being able to truly use their knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat illnesses and save lives is the most fulfilling thing for them.
The car drove for nearly an hour, from the bustling new city all the way into the old city, and the scene outside the car became more and more chaotic and crowded.
The old city is like an aging person, old, bloated and weak.
This made several old doctors want to back down immediately.
What kind of knowledge can be seen in a place like this?
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