Chapter 396: One of the Greatest Medical Scientists and the Exploding Cicada Monkey

last year.

Guang'anmen Hospital earned more than 70 million US dollars in foreign exchange income in a whole year.

These are basically the income from medical consultations, and a small portion is donations from foreign patients who express their gratitude for the treatment.

Such a large amount of foreign exchange surprised and delighted the superiors and leaders of Guang'anmen Hospital.

They didn't expect that in just two or three years, the project, which was initially led by only Wang Mengde and a few people from the department, would develop to such an extent.

The foreign exchange income earned each year is more than one-seventh of the country's foreign exchange reserves.

This is because the health and family planning department earned $700 to $800 million for the country last year by exporting medicines.

According to the original historical situation, the country's foreign exchange reserves were only about 2 billion US dollars, and the foreign exchange earned by Guang'anmen Hospital accounted for almost one-third of it.

From this data, we can see how powerful Guang'anmen Hospital is.

And now, only half of the year has passed, and the company has earned more than 60 million US dollars, almost reaching last year's full-year income.

If this data is multiplied by two, everyone will be excited. The annual income will be over 100 million US dollars!

Of course, most of them also understand why they were able to earn so much foreign exchange in the first half of the year.

In addition to the construction of three new intensive care unit buildings at Guang'anmen Hospital and the deployment of doctors from many departments to provide support, it was mainly Wang Mengde who controlled the progression of anthrax, a complication of diabetes, for the dozen or so "big patients".

Basically everyone paid a million dollars for the consultation, and even if it was less, it was at least half a million dollars.

Moreover, these people are either rich or noble in their respective countries. After their illnesses were under control, their relatives and friends learned about the situation and also knew about Wang Mengde's reputation.

Once these people are diagnosed with terminal illnesses and cannot be cured in other countries or well-known hospitals, they will come to Wang Mengde for treatment with a try-it attitude.

After all, a good death is worse than a miserable life, and their wealth and status determine that they live a carefree and good life.

For the sake of life, people are willing to spend a huge price even to live one more day.

In the conference room.

The other vice presidents and department heads all looked at Wang Mengde with enthusiastic expressions.

After two rounds of coordination, a number of personnel from each department went to the intensive care unit to assist with related work.

Some of these people are disciples or promising successors present here.

Not only did they learn valuable medical skills, but they also received the coveted honor.

Whether I go further in Guang'anmen Hospital or work in other hospitals in the future, this experience will be an important part of my resume.

"Comrade Wang Mengde, my superior has communicated with me and he thinks that this year our Guang'anmen Hospital has a great chance of reaching the $100 million mark.

This is a very remarkable achievement, so in the second half of the year, both your superiors and our institute and hospital hope that you can focus more on treating foreign patients.

Of course, if you have more important research to do, we will also do our best to support you. "

Dean Lu said with a smile.

The young man in front of us is a leading figure in the Chinese Medical Research Institute and the Chinese medicine community. He has brought countless benefits and honors to the country and the unit.

Many well-known and powerful people in the country have heard of his name.

Especially in the medical field, the achievements made have made people admire them with all their might.

Some people have already said that Wang Mengde is one of the strongest contenders, or even the most popular one, for being the greatest medical scientist of the 20th century.

Many countries mention this name in diplomatic occasions or when communicating with Chinese diplomats.

Everyone gave a thumbs up and spoke out long compliments as if they were free.

Dean Lu knows how difficult it is for a Chinese to be recognized and even admired by those foreigners who look at him with tinted glasses.

"Please rest assured, Dean. I can't say that the income from medical consultations in the second half of the year will be similar to that in the first half of the year, but it shouldn't be too different.

I can’t say how much more it will be, but in the second half of the year we will be able to earn at least 50 million US dollars in foreign exchange, which will ensure that the annual revenue will reach hundreds of millions of US dollars.”

Wang Mengde immediately gave Dean Lu a guarantee, and after a pause, he continued to explain:
“Two days ago, several foreign patients who had almost completed their treatment and were about to be discharged from the hospital told me this during my ward rounds.

When they go back, they will refer their friends who are seriously ill to us.

I estimated that there were about twenty people.

Even if not all of them can come, as long as half of them come, after they are cured, we can still earn hundreds of millions of extra medical fees.

In addition, the newly built ward is now operating at full capacity, and if there are no other special circumstances, there will be no problem in completing the task."

Wang Mengde dared to say this at the meeting, so he must be confident.

Over the years, he has accumulated a lot of experience and has conquered many difficult and complicated diseases.

Although the treatment means and methods cannot be fully promoted, for the time being he is the only one who can be fully confident.

But sooner or later, doctors in intensive care units and those who come for further training will also be able to learn it, and then it can be promoted.

"That's great, Comrade Wang Mengde, I feel relieved with your words.

If you have any needs or difficulties in your work in the future, just tell me and I will do my best to solve them for you.

Even if I can't solve it, there are still superiors. If it doesn't work, I'll have to trouble them to go out and coordinate and handle it."

Dean Lu said with a happy look on his face.

Some time ago, his superiors had a talk with him.

As he has managed and developed the Chinese Medical Research Institute very well over the past decade or so, his superiors intend to appoint him to a more important position.

To be honest, he was very tempted.

But after thinking about it carefully for two days, I refused.

It's not that he doesn't want to be promoted, but he thinks the time is not yet ripe.

If he leaves the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, based on Wang Mengde's current age and qualifications, the probability of him taking over is almost zero.

After all, he had just been promoted to vice president not long ago and he was so young. No matter how many achievements he had made, he could not convince others.

If someone else becomes the president of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and fails to maintain a good relationship with Wang Mengde, it will not only be a loss to the country, but also a major loss to the Chinese medicine community.

Moreover, the successor will definitely not leave office in the short term. Even if Wang Mengde has enough qualifications in a few years, he will not be able to take the position naturally.

This will affect the development of the institute, traditional Chinese medicine and Wang Mengde.

Therefore, he did not dare to gamble on the future situation and was prepared to hold on for a few more years. When Wang Mengde was ready to take over, he would leave without hesitation.

Of course, only he and his superiors knew about this, and he didn't tell anyone else.

Nanluoguxiang. In the courtyard, it was a hot noon.

At the old Jia family, Xiaodang and Huaihua, each holding a bowl, were eating the ribs in the bowl happily.

This was what they exchanged for Qingcai and Yaya.

For people who have been lacking in oil and water for a long time, these pieces of ribs can make people drool.

At the dinner table.

Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu were chewing on steamed buns made of two-grain flour, and were secretly swallowing their saliva. Unfortunately, no matter how greedy they were, they were too embarrassed to fight for the food in the children's bowls.

Qin Huairu ate her steamed buns in small bites and looked at her two daughters with a smile on her face.

Bang Geng, on the other hand, had a very tough look on his face. Even when his two sisters wanted to share two pieces of ribs with him, he resisted the urge to eat them.

He always remembered the experience of being beaten up by the twins next door when he was a child. Although there was no hope of revenge, he would definitely not eat the food of his enemy's family.

I watched helplessly as my two granddaughters finished the ribs, even the bones were chewed into pieces.

"Dongxu, I heard from Ran Xiaomei that He Shengnan is pregnant again.

Judging from her happy expression, this baby is most likely another boy. Including the one in her belly, Wang Mengde will have four sons now.

Even Sha Zhu has two sons. In our yard, among those who are about your age, only Xu Damao is not as good as you.

Otherwise, you two can have another child while you are still young and I still have the strength to help take care of the child. Mom will go to the countryside to ask for a recipe for you to have a boy.

This way, Banggeng will have brothers in the future and won’t seem so alone and weak. ”

After finishing a meal without oil or water, Jia Zhang felt that her stomach was only half full. She glanced at her son who was just busy eating, shook her head helplessly, and then spoke.

Every day when she saw the three boys from Wang Mengde's family next door in the yard, she was extremely envious.

I dream of having another grandson so that the Jia family can expand. Even if I meet Old Jia in the underworld in the future, I can tell him with confidence that I have fully lived up to the Jia family.

"Why give birth?" Jia Dongxu refused without even looking up while eating a steamed bun made of two grains of flour.

"With our family's current conditions, we can barely afford to raise three children. If we have another, the whole family will starve in the future."

Ever since he had an accident in the steel mill and became a disabled person, his selfish character has been fully exposed.

At the same time, he was no longer willing to go out to find a job, but instead followed Yan Bugui's example and went to the moat or Shichahai to fish all day long.

Due to his stubborn personality, he would not listen to other people's opinions. Even when he knew something was wrong he would not change it for the sake of saving face. As a result, he caught very few fish, sometimes only a few small whitebait in a day.

"Ugh!"

When Jia Zhang heard her son's words, she could only sigh, then turned to look at her eldest grandson and said:
"Bang Geng, go ask around on the street recently to see if there are any jobs available. We don't need a big state-owned enterprise, a job in a large collective will do."

In this era, the best job is naturally to work in a large state-owned enterprise.

The public institutions that people fought hard to get into in the past are not as popular as large state-owned enterprises today.

Both the salary and benefits are far beyond what is provided.

In addition to state-owned enterprises owned by the whole people, there is also another type of enterprise under collective ownership, namely the large collective.

Large collectives are basically inferior to state-owned enterprises in terms of nature, subject matter, and wages and welfare benefits.

When working in a state-owned enterprise, your salary will be paid on time regardless of whether the factory or the enterprise makes money or loses money.

But it is different for large collectives that are responsible for their own profits and losses. Their salary is determined by the fact that the large collective enterprises cannot make money.

Therefore, some people would rather not go to work than work in certain large collective enterprises.

Because it is possible that after working for a month, you may earn very little money, or even not be able to pay wages.

"Grandma, I've been to the street several times. Now, let alone jobs in the collective, even temporary workers in the collective are full.

The street clerk knew my mother and told me privately that there were many young people queuing ahead.

Even if it was a temporary job, it would probably take several years for me to get a job, so he told me not to wait any longer. ”

Bang Geng said somewhat disappointedly.

He is eighteen years old this year and stopped going to school two years ago. With his junior high school education, he should be able to find a job.

Unfortunately, he was born at the wrong time, when the country was experiencing economic difficulties and a large number of young people were unemployed.

There were other ways out, such as joining the army like the brothers Wang Yuanchao and Wang Weiguo, but Jia Zhang had been in labor reform before, so she could not pass the political review.

Banggeng's words left the whole family silent.

Not to mention that the six members of the Jia family are now squeezed into one room, the biggest problem is that only Qin Huairu can work and earn money.

Now she works in a steel mill. Because she is a newcomer and a woman, she is at a natural disadvantage when working in the workshop.

That’s why I’m only a second-level worker, earning thirty-seven yuan a month.

Fortunately, the children’s household registration has been transferred to the city and they all have a quota, otherwise the family would not be able to survive.

When Jia Dongxu thought of the prosperous life of Wang Mengde's family next door and the children who were tired of even eating meat, he felt a fire in his heart.

However, he also knew that Wang Mengde was not someone to be trifled with, so he could only hold back his anger.

Different from the depressing atmosphere of the Jia family.

Next door, after Wang Mengde's family finished their lunch, they stayed in the living room to enjoy the cool air and chat.

"Shengnan, you haven't had a good appetite these days. If there's anything you want to eat, tell me and I'll make it for you."

After finishing the housework, Ran Xiaomei thought about her daughter-in-law not eating much these days, so she started asking her.

"Mom, this is a normal reaction to my pregnancy. It will get better after a while."

He Shengnan leaned lazily in the chair and said with half-closed eyes.

The summer weather makes people sleepy easily, and she was pregnant, so she felt even more sleepy after lunch.

In other words, he remembered Wang Mengde's instructions that he should not sleep right after eating, so he forced himself to sit there.

"Hey, don't be polite to mom. If you want to eat something, just tell me. Our family is much better off now.

By the way, in a little while, I will cut the watermelon soaked in the bucket with cold water for you to taste."

Ran Xiaomei held her hand and spoke softly.

Seeing her mother-in-law caring about her so much, He Shengnan was deeply moved. She thought about it, and then said a little embarrassedly:

"Mom, I don't want to eat anything else, but I'm craving fried cicada monkeys."

(End of this chapter)