Since they brought it up, Xu Chunliang asked for his opinion on the matter.
Tong Guangsheng said there were two possibilities, one being that it was done by Hua Nian Group's competitors, and the other possibility was that it was a self-directed act, a bitter trick.
Xu Chunliang laughed. He had also considered the latter possibility, but when he saw how badly Dong Changhao had been beaten, he dismissed the idea. There's no way one's own people would be so ruthless, and Hua Nian Group is not a criminal group; using such a bitter trick wouldn't achieve the desired effect.
Tong Guangsheng, seeing his disbelief, reminded him that the comrcial world is more perilous than the battlefield. On the battlefield, it's real knives and guns, mostly clear-cut fights.
In the comrcial world, it's all plots, and the most common tactic is stabbing in the back.
Enemies on the battlefield are sinister and vicious, but they generally abide by rules, not without respectable opponents.
In contrast, opponents in the comrcial world are not only sinister and vicious but also have no bottom line. They don't even care about basic decency and will do anything for profit.
Tong Guangsheng had been tested by blood and fire on the battlefield, and he had experienced several ups and downs in the comrcial world. Looking back now, the comrcial world is more complex and tests human nature even more than the battlefield.
Xu Chunliang asked about Xianhong Farm's cooperation with Changxing. Tong Guangsheng naturally didn't hide it and truthfully said he was helping Zhao Feiyang. In his current situation, he lacks the motivation to develop his career and has given up plans to cooperate with Changxing.
Xu Chunliang understood very well. Anyone who had Tong Guangsheng's illness wouldn't have the heart to deal with business. It's not easy for him to help Changxing already.
This ti, Xu Chunliang brought so homade pills for Tong Guangsheng. Although he hadn't encountered leukemia patients before, based on Tong Guangsheng's previous symptoms, he made so judgnt and used a family secret recipe from Huichun Hall to create a modified Shengsheng Dan.
The ingredients are: four parts Indigo Naturalis, three parts pollen, one part each of Bezoar and Rush ginseng, ground into a fine powder, made into water pills, 3g per day, twice a day.
The prescription for treating leukemia at Huichun Hall is derived from records in "Miscellaneous Notes from Cold Cottage." According to the book, Indigo Naturalis has a miraculous function of clearing heat from the essence, preventing congestion. In the formula, Indigo acts as the sovereign herb to clear heat and detoxify and cool blood. Bezoar clears the heart and opens orifices to detoxify as the minister herb, supplented by Rush to clear liver fire, relieving depression, thus allowing pollen to clear heat and generate fluids.
Modern dical research shows that Indigo Naturalis can enhance the function of the reticuloendothelial system, improve immune capacity, and inhibit leukemia viruses.
Pollen has an obvious inhibitory effect on tumor cells, and aloe has a high efficacy against cancer. This formula addresses both symptoms and root causes without toxic side effects, reflecting the high wisdom of the ancients.
The pharmacology of traditional Chinese dicine and Western dicine is not the sa system.
Western dicine is accustod to interpreting Chinese dicine with its pharmacology, initially completely denying it, but now gradually discovering there is indeed sothing valuable in Chinese dicine.
In Xu Chunliang's view, their understanding is rely insufficient. Chinese dicine covers a broader area. In modern terms, Chinese dicine is a science that studies the human body and environnt, unlike Western dicine which is limited to the individual itself. The forr is the true "great doctor" with a grand vision.
Chinese dicine materials encompass changes in environnt, ti, and weather. Take acupuncture as an example; applying needles at different tis produces different effects, which seems incredible to Western dicine.
Xu Chunliang used the excuse that his grandfather, having heard of Tong Guangsheng's illness, specially asked him to bring these Shengsheng Dan for him to take.
He also knew that Tong Guangsheng was very resistant to Chinese dicine, but still wanted to offer so help within his ability. Although Xu Chunliang was not sure about curing leukemia, this Shengsheng Dan could at least help Tong Guangsheng improve symptoms.
Although Tong Guangsheng didn't believe in Chinese dicine, he still expressed gratitude upon hearing it was Elder Xu's kind intention.
When Xu Chunliang walked out of the hematology departnt, he encountered the deputy director of the Traditional Chinese dicine departnt, Zheng Peian, at the elevator.
Zheng Peian, who hadn't had a chance to congratulate him after the hospital eting, had already inford Elder Xu of Xu Chunliang becoming the branch director.
Zheng Peian said, "Quite impressive, young man. Compared to you, half of my life seems wasted."
Xu Chunliang laughed and said, "Uncle Zheng, your deputy director position is well-deserved; my branch director role is just nominal."
Zheng Peian said, "You're already enjoying the treatnt of a deputy section chief, so it can't be just nominal."
Xu Chunliang thought to himself, you don't understand Zhao Feiyang. He's using as a firefighter.
He recalled that during the eting today, the issue of outsourcing several centers was ntioned, including the Traditional Chinese dicine treatnt center. The Chinese dicine departnt wasn't profitable, so Zhao Feiyang had long intended to introduce private capital. Compared to other centers, this traditional Chinese dicine treatnt center is relatively niche, and the competition pressure should be less.
Xu Chunliang suggested to Zheng Peian that he could contract the Traditional Chinese dicine Center. If he secured the center, he would naturally beco the director.
Zheng Peian was just about to discuss this matter with him. It seed that Zhu Mingyuan, the director of the Traditional Chinese dicine Departnt, also intended to secure the center. However, both of them were current employees, and since Changxing started introducing private capital, there has not been a precedent for an employee to bid for a departnt. The hospital has a clear rule that, in principle, it does not support internal staff contracting departnts.
Zheng Peian wanted to take an indirect approach. He hoped to have Elder Xu bid on his behalf. With Elder Xu's prestige, securing the Traditional Chinese dicine Departnt would surely be no problem, though he wasn't confident he could persuade Elder Xu.
Xu Chunliang thought to himself that his grandfather would definitely not agree. Running just one Huichun Hall kept him busy enough. Gu Houyi, who spearheaded the construction of the Kangjian Elderly Care Hospital, also wanted to collaborate with his grandfather to open a Traditional Chinese dicine Health Care Institute.
Zheng Peian ant to ask Xu Chunliang to inquire about Elder Xu's willingness. If he was unwilling, Peian wouldn't bother with it anymore. Having Elder Xu show up wasn't to have him take a clinical role; from investnt to operations, Elder Xu wouldn't have to worry at all. It was rely about showing up for the bidding process.
Xu Chunliang agreed to ask on his behalf.
As expected, upon hearing about this, Xu Changshan expressed disinterest and felt it was inappropriate to get involved. The reason was simple: his beloved grandson was serving as a director at Changxing; how could he contract a departnt at Changxing? If successful, wouldn't people gossip behind their backs?
Xu Chunliang could only explain with a wry smile that he was currently just the director of the Weishan Island Branch and still held a staff position. He rely enjoyed a deputy section chief's treatnt internally at Changxing Hospital.
However, Xu Changshan felt that, regardless, he was considered a cadre. Being a cadre ans needing the awareness to distinguish oneself from corruption and definitely not having the notion of using public office for personal gain.
Seeing Elder Xu's firm stance, Xu Chunliang had no choice but to inform Zheng Peian to find soone else. Zheng Peian had anticipated this outco and said it was fine; he would look for other friends. Xu Chunliang suggested he talk to Vice President Gao Xinhua because Gao Xinhua's words still had so weight internally at Changxing.
Xu Chunliang had also returned to take the second subject of his driving test. His driving skills weren't an issue; it's crucial to follow the procedures step by step. He estimated that even after finishing the fourth subject, it would be next month at the earliest before he could get his license.
But Xu Chunliang was bold and often rode his motorcycle around, avoiding restricted areas as much as possible, so generally, no traffic police bothered him.
During the test, Lu Qi called with bad news. Han Tianchi had escaped during his transfer. This morning, a car accident occurred on the bridge during the transfer, and when being moved to another vehicle, Han Tianchi directly ramd the criminal investigator, jumped over the bridge's railing, and into the Ancient Yellow River.
The search operation continued until now with no results: alive, there was no sign of him, and dead, there was no body. Lu Qi called to warn Xu Chunliang to be cautious. After all, it was at Huichun Hall that Han Tianchi was captured, and there's concern that if he escaped, he might retaliate against Xu Chunliang.
Xu Chunliang quietly criticized the police for being negligent. Even in broad daylight with so many people guarding, they allowed Han Tianchi to escape. He wasn't afraid of Han Tianchi; if that rascal dared to seek revenge, he would ensure he never returned.
Xu Chunliang smoothly finished his test and, on the way ho, received a call from Cyan Dragon Mountain's forest ranger, Zhou ng. Zhou ng had a He Shouwu at ho that he wanted to sell. He rembered Xu Chunliang ntioning his family ran a traditional dicine shop, so he called to ask if they would buy it.
Xu Chunliang asked him to bring it to Huichun Hall, as his grandfather usually never stopped collecting such dicinal materials.
Upon returning ho, Xu Chunliang found that Zhou ng had already arrived, having called not far from Huichun Hall. The He Shouwu he brought weighed a full fifteen pounds.
Xu Changshan, in his decades of practice, had never seen such a large He Shouwu. According to the "Compendium of Materia dica": true He Shouwu is an immortal herb; fifty-year-old ones are as large as a fist, hundred-year-old ones as big as a bowl. This He Shouwu was at least three hundred years old.
Elder Xu asked Zhou ng how much he wanted. Zhou ng said he ca to Huichun Hall because he didn't know the market price, although he asked around and others offered three hundred per pound. Fifteen pounds could sell for about forty-five hundred. If that's the price, he'd rather sell to a friend for peace of mind.
Xu Chunliang thought to himself that he had only t Zhou ng twice and couldn't be considered a friend. The price would depend on his grandfather's decision.
Xu Changshan told Zhou ng that the current market price for He Shouwu was about five hundred per pound, but he had never seen one so big. Since Zhou ng was Xu Chunliang's friend, he wouldn't beat around the bush. He offered a flat rate of fifty thousand. If Zhou ng found it satisfactory, he could leave the He Shouwu; otherwise, he could take it elsewhere to sell.
Zhou ng initially hoped to sell it for twenty thousand, so Elder Xu's offer far exceeded his expectations, and he imdiately agreed.
Xu Changshan went to the neighboring bank to withdraw the money and gave it to Zhou ng, asking him to count it on the spot.
Zhou ng, being straightforward, didn't even count and just put the money in his bag.
Elder Xu inquired about the origin of the He Shouwu.
Zhou ng told Elder Xu that this He Shouwu was dug up by his father, who also worked as a forest ranger at Cyan Dragon Mountain when he was alive. He often dug up dicinal herbs to support the family, and that He Shouwu was the largest he ever found, having kept it at ho and not wanting to sell it.
After his father passed away, he kept the He Shouwu at ho as he felt it had a trace of his father. This year, his mother developed femoral head necrosis, and the hospital advised a prompt hip replacent surgery.
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