MMB Chapter 228 Xiao Qianqian's Strange Illness
Chapter 228 Xiao Qianqian's Strange Illness
The reason Wu Xiaochuan wanted to suppress Wu Tao, the real young master, was that he didn't want to be driven out of the Wu family by Wu Chengzhi and the others.
Wu Xiaochuan went to great lengths to make Wu Chengzhi and Liu Lan understand the gap between him and Wu Tao.
However, one cannot truly harm the other party, otherwise it would be difficult to assess Wu Tao's position in the hearts of Wu Chengzhi and Liu Lan.
Perhaps they will punish him because of his bloodline, and the bitterness and difficulty involved make Wu Xiaochuan resent Wu Tao even more.
He felt his father hadn't been ruthless enough back then; killing the other person would have been the true way to eliminate future trouble. Otherwise, why would he need to be so careful now, afraid of overdoing it and causing trouble?
Even though Wu Tao has now opened a clinic, it seems he has truly resigned himself to his fate.
Wu Xiaochuan still dared not relax, after all, the fact that the other party was his biological son was enough to make him fail countless times.
Compared to Wu Tao, this imposter could only fail once, a comparison that made Wu Xiaochuan constantly remind himself not to make a mistake.
Wu Chengzhi and Liu Lan stayed at the clinic with Wu Tao for a long time before leaving. They had seen Wu Tao's pricing and didn't approve of it, but on the surface, they both actively encouraged him.
Perhaps in their minds, their son is all talk and no action; a recent college graduate daring to charge such fees is simply ignorant of his place.
However, the son leaving the family business is a good thing for the family and the household.
A small clinic with a few dozen employees and annual expenses of only a few million yuan. Even if their son does a terrible job, the two of them can still make ends meet.
Compared to letting Wu Tao struggle in business, it would be most cost-effective for him to continue running his clinic.
Wu Tao guessed what Wu Chengzhi and Liu Lan were thinking, but he didn't offer any explanation.
After Wu Tao's clinic opened, many people in the neighborhood were indifferent to the new clinic.
Aside from a few ordinary people who choose to come for treatment for convenience, there are basically not many patients.
Wu Tao originally invested 8 million yuan in the hospital renovation. If Liu Lan hadn't given him another 10 million yuan later, he probably wouldn't even have been able to pay his salary.
With thirty nurses, five doctors, several cleaners, ten security guards, and staff from the hospital's logistics, pharmacy, and finance departments, Wu Tao's clinic had over sixty employees.
Based on a basic salary of 5,000 per person, the monthly salary would be 300,000, plus miscellaneous expenses such as utilities and office costs, which would amount to another 200,000.
Five hundred thousand a month, that's six million a year.
Now, his monthly income is only tens of thousands of yuan. If it weren't for the fact that the hospital had already spread the word that Wu Tao was the young master of the Wu family, people would probably be in a state of chaos.
For three whole months, Wu Tao's clinic saw no improvement whatsoever, except for a dozen or so ordinary patients coming in every day.
Wu Tao himself sat in the clinic for three months without a single patient; the 10,000 yuan registration fee was truly frightening.
The key issue is his age; no one really believes he has exceptional medical skills.
Even today, a graceful and elegant lady walked into Wu Tao's clinic with a beautiful but thin girl.
The wealthy woman walked straight into Wu Tao's consultation room, and her first words to him were not about her condition.
"Hello, my daughter has contracted a strange illness. She is losing weight every day and often vomits after eating."
I've taken her to many large hospitals and consulted countless specialists and professors, but we haven't found a good solution.
I heard there's a clinic in the north of the city that charges a 10,000 yuan registration fee. I'm willing to pay; I can give you a million yuan, provided you cure my daughter. Otherwise, I won't give you a single penny. Are you still confident you can do that?
Despite the lady's rude words and distrustful attitude, Wu Tao remained calm and composed as he sat there.
After the other person finished speaking at length, Wu Tao only glanced at the quiet girl sitting next to him.
"Can."
As Wu Tao casually uttered those two words, "lady," "girl," and the two nurses beside him were all stunned.
They seemed to assume Wu Tao would object, or even kick him out—that would be normal. After all, who would be so rude when seeking medical help? But Wu Tao was different.
During the three months he sat in the clinic, he was also searching for a way out. The reason he initially set the consultation fee at 10,000 yuan was because he didn't want his knowledge to go to waste.
However, Wu Tao is not the kind of person who would deliberately seek out hardship. In fact, if he wanted to become famous, he could gradually start seeing ordinary patients. As long as he treats enough patients, he could achieve that in a few years.
Wu Tao didn't choose that approach; instead, he took the opposite route. He knew his own abilities and was too lazy to use conventional methods to gain fame.
If he were to accept any patient, not only would he be extremely busy every day, but it would also be unnecessary.
Five doctors in the outpatient building are enough to handle the situation. He doesn't need to waste his abilities on common illnesses, nor does he want to turn himself into a beast of burden.
After acquiring the "golden finger" (a magical ability), Wu Tao always made a habit of doing the least amount of work while earning the most money.
The five doctors downstairs were set up to address the difficulties and high costs of medical care for ordinary people.
In the future, the number of doctors may even expand to ten or twenty. They have no performance pressure, and Wu Tao has repeatedly emphasized not to prescribe drugs indiscriminately.
Even the prices of common medicinal herbs are almost affordable. To put it bluntly, Wu Tao's clinic is basically doing charity for ordinary people.
The clinic is actually quite unfriendly to the wealthy, charging a registration fee of 10,000 yuan and treatment fees as high as millions or even tens of millions of yuan.
Wu Tao wants fame, fortune, and indirectly, he also wants to benefit the masses.
The staff at Wu Tao's clinic gradually came to understand Wu Tao's thinking. Besides lamenting that the young master was too naive, they also admired Wu Tao.
The staff at Wu Tao's clinic genuinely hope that the clinic can continue operating. As medical professionals, who wouldn't want to benefit all people when they achieve success?
Even the five old Chinese medicine doctors who were not very optimistic about Wu Tao initially only said in private that Wu Tao was just impetuous.
However, when it comes to character, everyone admires such rich young masters. If there were more young masters like this, the poor would be much happier.
When the wealthy lady Huang Li heard Wu Tao agree, she and her daughter Xiao Qianqian looked at each other in surprise.
Huang Li, a noblewoman, is currently in charge of the Xiao family in Nancheng. Her husband, Xiao Shan, passed away unexpectedly a few years ago.
At that time, the Xiao family was besieged on all sides. External enemies wanted to swallow up the Xiao family's assets, while internally, several other branches of the Xiao family wanted to take over.
Huang Li, a noblewoman who usually stays at home to take care of her husband and children, suddenly showed a tough and ruthless attitude. She not only withstood the attack of a powerful enemy, but even took a big bite out of the enemy's fat flesh.
Her purge of the Xiao family went smoothly, with the most vocal members of several collateral branches being sent to prison.
In an instant, this woman, who had previously been quiet and unassuming in the social circles of wealthy women, became a rising star in Nancheng.
The Xiao family possesses assets worth tens of billions, and Huang Li has transformed from an ordinary wealthy woman into the most famous female CEO in the business world.
Unfortunately, her good fortune didn't last long, as her only daughter with Xiao Shan, Xiao Qianqian, suddenly contracted a strange illness.
Seeing her twelve-year-old daughter growing thinner and thinner, Huang Li was also in a state of utter distress.
Even when the Xiao family was in the most danger, Huang Li was never afraid, but she seemed helpless in the face of her daughter's strange illness.