Ten thousand yuan?
Zhang Da Nao paused, looking at Zhang Cheng in disbelief, thinking he must be drunk and talking nonsense.
Ten thousand yuan, that's a lot of money!
...Zhang Da Nao had lived half his life, but he really didn't have a concrete concept of the number ten thousand yuan. He only knew that it was a huge sum of money that he never dared to dream of, so much that he couldn't count it all.
...
The next day, just as dawn was breaking.
Zhang Cheng told Zhang Da Nao to stay at the guesthouse to rest, while he left alone.
He needs to get the start-up capital as soon as possible.
He went straight to the county hospital.
He wasn't sure if Liu Yihan was on duty today. If she wasn't, he would have to go back to the supply and marketing cooperative to find Mo Qijing and think of a solution.
As Zhang Cheng entered the somewhat deserted hospital lobby, he immediately spotted Liu Yihan sitting behind the information desk, idly flipping through a newspaper.
At this time of day, there were indeed very few people in the hospital.
Liu Yihan noticed Zhang Cheng walking in, her eyes lit up, and she quickly put down her newspaper, stood up, and greeted him with a bright smile: "Zhang Cheng? Are you here to see my brother-in-law?"
“No.” Zhang Cheng shook his head.
"That's... coming to see me?" Liu Yihan blinked, looking somewhat surprised, and curiously sized him up.
“Hmm,” Zhang Cheng nodded, then took a step closer, lowered his voice, and said seriously, “I’ve come to you… to borrow some money.”
"ah?"
Liu Yihan was stunned for a moment, her face filled with disbelief.
She and Zhang Cheng had only known each other for two days at most.
She never imagined that this person, who had spent a fortune on a meal at the Guoyun Hotel just yesterday, would ask her for money today.
The contrast is too great!
Meeting Liu Yihan's bewildered and confused gaze, Zhang Cheng gave a slightly apologetic smile and said in a low voice, "I know this is a bit abrupt. But I really need some start-up capital to give you a chance to make money, and also to give myself a chance. Whatever amount you lend me now, I promise to pay you back double within a week."
"Double the repayment?" Liu Yihan's eyes widened, and she subconsciously reached out to touch Zhang Cheng's forehead. "Are you kidding me? Are you still drunk from last night?"
"I'm perfectly sober." Zhang Cheng took a small step back, avoiding her outstretched hand, and looked at her honestly, asking again, "So, Nurse Liu, will you help me with this?"
"Borrow! A deal like this, with double the repayment, of course I'll borrow!"
Liu Yihan nodded in agreement almost without hesitation.
She wasn't worried that Zhang Cheng would default on his debts and run away.
After all, he had gotten on good terms with Director Zhao of the supply and marketing cooperative, and now he was going to cooperate with his brother-in-law Zhou Qiyuan. How could someone like that ruin his future and reputation for a mere few hundred yuan?
Moreover, double the profits are too tempting!
"I've saved about four hundred yuan over the past few years of working. Is that enough?" Liu Yihan asked.
Wow, what a little rich girl!
Zhang Cheng was slightly surprised; he hadn't expected a young nurse to have saved so much money in this day and age.
He nodded quickly: "That's enough! Absolutely enough! Don't worry, even if you really had several thousand or tens of thousands to lend me, I wouldn't dare to take it. If I couldn't repay double, wouldn't I become a swindler?"
“Then wait here for me for a moment,” Liu Yihan seemed even more anxious than Zhang Cheng. “I need to find someone to cover for me for a while, and then I’ll go home to get the money.”
"Thank you so much, Nurse Liu!" Zhang Cheng said sincerely.
"You're welcome! Just remember to pay me back double!" Liu Yihan smiled playfully, then turned and went to find a colleague to switch shifts.
Watching Liu Yihan run off with light steps, Zhang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.
With the initial funding secured, it's time to really get started.
Instead of waiting in the lobby, he turned and headed towards the inpatient department on the second floor.
He didn't have any other ideas; he just wanted to scout out the area beforehand to see what kind of patients were currently in the hospital, in order to prepare for the upcoming "targeted marketing."
He strolled leisurely around the corridor of the second-floor inpatient department and observed that there were about four or five inpatients.
After getting a general idea of the situation, Zhang Cheng strolled back down to the first floor and sat down on a bench outside the infusion room.
The nurse who temporarily filled in for Liu Yihan seemed very curious about him, frequently glancing at him with a probing look, which made Zhang Cheng feel a little uncomfortable.
About half an hour later, Liu Yihan returned.
Her face was flushed from running, fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, and she was slightly out of breath as she quickly walked up to Zhang Cheng.
"Here you go!" She took out a stack of ten-yuan notes carefully wrapped in a handkerchief from her small cloth bag and handed them to Zhang Cheng. "I was afraid it wouldn't be enough, so I asked my mom for some more to make it a round number. It's exactly four hundred yuan!"
Looking at the thick stack of ten-yuan bills, Zhang Cheng felt a surge of warmth and emotion.
He solemnly accepted the money and promised Liu Yihan, "Don't worry, I guarantee I'll return the principal and interest to you within a week at most!"
Liu Yihan's face beamed with a bright smile as she nodded vigorously: "Okay! Then I'll be waiting for your eight hundred yuan!"
“Oh, right,” Zhang Cheng suddenly remembered something, “could I borrow your bicycle for a bit? I need to go to the cardboard box factory.”
"Of course!" Liu Yihan readily agreed. "Wait a minute, I'll go get you the car keys!"
After saying that, she trotted towards the information desk like a nimble little deer.
Under the half-smiling gaze of the substitute nurse, Liu Yihan took out the bicycle keys from the drawer and handed them to Zhang Cheng.
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