Qiao Shanshan sat on the sofa angrily, "You, ever since you came to our family, you haven't contributed a single bit. Instead, you've been a burden. I've never seen a child so spoiled. It's just a leg pain, what's the big deal? And your teacher is really something, meddling in other people's business. Why did she take the child to the hospital for no reason? She's just wasting money!"
Mother Wei came over and also scolded:
"You brat, you're a money-loser! We shouldn't have adopted her in the first place. Now she's sick and needs treatment, which can cost tens of thousands of yuan! Where are we going to get that much money? We can't just starve ourselves and sleep under bridges to save up for her leg treatment, can we?"
"That's right. The doctor said it might cost a lot of money, and even if we spend the money, it might not be curable. In the end, we'll still have to have an amputation. So we might as well just have the amputation done."
"Amputation? My God! If this brat has her leg amputated, she'll become disabled, and she'll definitely be a burden to my grandson and to both of you. If she can't get married, you'll have to take care of her in the end. What a tragedy!" Mother Wei was furious.
Wei Mingyuan's business has been bad these past few days. Several hospitals have encountered problems with their assembly machines, saying they frequently malfunction and become unusable.
When hospital machines malfunction, the delays can be significant. If all the machines in one department break down, the hospital's entire morning is wasted. Patients are waiting to see a doctor, and while it might be manageable for ordinary patients, it can cause substantial delays for those in critical condition.
That could kill someone!
Wei Mingyuan had no choice but to go door-to-door to repair the doors.
Little did he know that machines have a certain usage limit. Machines from large companies like Luxen are all tested and will not cause problems even if overloaded. Wei Mingyuan's machines are all assembled, the parts are of poor quality, and the assembled machines often have problems, which makes many people in the hospital departments very dissatisfied.
They felt there was something wrong with the hospital's equipment, which was delaying the hospital's treatment and saving lives.
The doctor reported the problem, and the leaders investigated and found that most of the machines were from Luxen Company. Luxen is a long-established medical device company. In the past, the instruments in mainland China were imported from Hong Kong. Now that Luxen has its own agents in mainland China, the machines it sells should be the same as those in Hong Kong. So why are the machines it sells getting worse and worse?
Could it be that Luxembourg is discriminating and deliberately selling defective machines to hospitals in mainland China?
This perception infuriated the hospital.
The hospital demanded that Luxembourg's sales representative, Wei Mingyuan, replace the equipment with a new one or provide a full refund.
“Our hospital’s original equipment was working perfectly fine. You said that Luxen’s new equipment was more accurate, had a light-up detection function, and was more affordable, so we chose you. Who would have thought that Luxen would try to fool us with such a defective machine, causing our hospital considerable losses? Our hospital demands an explanation from Luxen.”
Wei Mingyuan was sweating profusely with anxiety. "Listen to me, everyone. The quality of our Luxembourg machines has always been very stable. As for why this problem has occurred, I think it might be because our domestic hospitals are using them beyond their capacity, which puts a heavy burden on the machines. Give me a little time, and I will immediately have the workers repair the electrical components to ensure that everyone can use the machines properly today."
A doctor from one department angrily said:
“This isn’t the first time there’s been a problem. You said the same thing before. We demand that Luxembourg come forward and give us an explanation.”
"That's right, the machines Luxembourg provides to Hong Kong are all excellent, and they won't have any problems even after five years. Why are the new machines sold to the mainland so bad? Is this some kind of American infiltration? I demand that Luxembourg Company step forward and take responsibility!"
Wei Mingyuan hadn't expected things to escalate, so he quickly tried to calm everyone down.
"Don't worry, everyone. Give me another chance, and I'll fix the machine as quickly as possible. If I can't fix it, I'll offer my head as an apology. How about that?"
Many employees had received gifts from Wei Mingyuan, and as the saying goes, "He who takes a man's gift is bound to be obligated to him," so they all stood up to speak up for Wei Mingyuan.
The crowd's anger gradually subsided.
Wei Mingyuan could only find workers to repair the hospital and also went to the site himself to troubleshoot the machine. Only then did he manage to get the machine running and calm the doctors down.
Back home, Wei Mingyuan was exhausted. "What are we going to do about this? When we assembled the machines, we never expected them to be so unreliable. Luxembourg's machines can last for many years without breaking down, but our machines broke down as soon as they hit the market. If word gets out, who will want to do business with us?"
Qiao Shanshan also found it tricky. She was more afraid of ruining Lusen's reputation than of the hospital thinking that Lusen's products were bad and that they would not cooperate with Lusen in the future. Then Qiao Shanshan would have no way to make money under Lusen's name.
After all, Luxembourg's reputation is ruined, so who would still trust Luxembourg's products?
Qiao Shanshan frowned and said, "What can we do then? If other machines also malfunction, and the hospital comes to us for repairs, it might be manageable for a short time, but in the long run, these after-sales issues will become very troublesome."
Because the hospital refused to continue the cooperation, Wei Mingyuan's machines could not be sold, and he not only failed to make money these past few days, but also lost money.
Some hospitals insisted on returning or exchanging the equipment, leaving Wei Mingyuan with no choice but to replace their own machines with Lusen's new ones. As a result, Wei Mingyuan not only failed to make a profit but also lost money.
If all else fails, Wei Mingyuan is thinking of simply deregistering the company and running away.
Since they've already made money and have a net worth of one or two hundred, Wei Mingyuan and Qiao Shanshan can easily go out and do something else; they don't necessarily have to work in the medical device industry.
Qiao Shanshan also agreed with Wei Mingyuan's words.
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