Merchant and doctor

Chapter 2071 Logical detail is a basic requirement of modern medicine
Since settling in Lijin City to practice medicine, Bian Mu has gradually developed a habit: in his spare time, he would use his abacus to deduce a person, event, or phenomenon using incomplete induction, and summarize some experiences and lessons learned in order to avoid some unnecessary living and business costs.

The counting rods Bian Mu uses can represent six different symbols to represent different constants and variables. Bian Mu limits the domain and range to three interrelated segmented intervals: past, present, and future. Normally, Bian Mu does not simply deduce vague conclusions about a certain time or location. Whenever objective conditions permit, Bian Mu tries his best to investigate some particularly critical logical details.

This is a high-level mental exercise.

Through this practice, Bian Mu gradually came to realize that the deceased President Shao, Fang Yiqin who had passed away not long ago, Chen Yueqing, and President Pan were all the same kind of people. Recently, Bian Mu gradually realized that Qian Xiaotong and Tao Wenjie also held similar ideas and might follow the old path that President Pan and others had walked or were walking on in the future.

The old and the young alike share a common characteristic: they are generally suspicious. When it comes to crucial moments, they will become suspicious of everyone. As a result, they would rather do some very important things themselves. However, ironically, the technical details, logical details, and key details that they consider particularly important may not be that important. Sometimes, the objective facts are quite the opposite, and they overlook those critical logical details that are extremely important. It's a bit like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

To be honest... these people are no pushovers. Their IQs are all definitely online. They spend all their time thinking about "overtaking on a curve," "making big gains with small investments," and "leveraging to move the earth"... those kinds of easy money schemes that yield huge profits or even no profits at all. In doing so, they seriously ignore the fact that all the great truths in the world are strung together by various pearls that are painstakingly cultivated. Not every priceless pearl looks so dazzling on the surface. It takes time to recognize a pearl with discerning eyes.

At present, Bian Mu believes that he has initially met the main conditions for rapid development in the form of "overtaking on a curve". He has connections, funds, market opportunities, and various urgent and practical needs in all aspects. In fact, he already has more than half of those conditions.

however……

Bian Mu has no intention of chasing the lightning-fast pace of the times, for one simple reason: solidifying many key logical details takes time! It requires continuous technical accumulation! It requires repeated trial and error, and paying the corresponding time, trial and error costs, and rework costs!
In other words, Bian Mu had to personally go through almost all the key logical details several times, or at least once!
A few days ago, Bian Mu invited Duan Hongyi and his daughter to dinner at "He Shu Yuan". During the meal, the Duan girl asked a question about middle school math equations. At first glance, it seemed simple, but Bian Mu found that the more Mr. Duan explained, the more confused the girl became.

Bian Mu asked the female shop manager he knew for two new boxes of toothpicks. Using the toothpicks as counting rods, he repeatedly worked out the equation on the dining table for most of the day before finally explaining the problem. The little girl from the Duan family finally understood it completely. At that time, the little girl even joked that Duan Hongyi, a teacher, could not explain it as clearly as Uncle Bian, a doctor.

Duan Hongyi was somewhat embarrassed at the time!
Looking back, the equation problem raised by the Duan family's little girl was actually not simple at all. It actually involved many logical details in terms of the connection between "ancient Chinese equations" and "modern Western equations" in terms of mathematical logic!

In other words, if they want to thoroughly understand that small problem, both Bian Mu and Duan Hongyi must have a complete grasp of all the mathematical and logical details of "ancient Chinese equations" and "modern Western equations," leaving nothing out! Not only that, the two of them also need to build a very scientific "bridge" connecting Chinese and Western equations; otherwise, the more they explain, the more confused they become.

Bian Mu, having nothing better to do, spent his days fiddling with counting rods, so he was naturally very clear about every logical step in ancient Chinese equations. Although Duan Hongyi was also quite accomplished in traditional ancient mathematics, over the years, he had only ever thoroughly studied all the logical details of the Chinese abacus. He was too lazy to put in that kind of hard work with counting rods, probably because he felt they were useless!

However, the most basic logical framework of ancient Chinese equations is entirely built upon counting rods. To think that one can understand all the logical details of ancient Chinese equations without personally handling counting rods for several years is simply boasting! The same principle applies to studying medicine, researching new drugs, and exploring new directions in traditional Chinese medicine. Almost all the technical and logical details need to be reviewed many times.

So, what's missing from most of the existing laboratories in Xiaobailou?!

Tao Wenjie's words yesterday seemed quite avant-garde, impressive, and grand... but actually they were nothing at all!
The Little White Building Laboratory is actually a crucial and inseparable logical detail in the local medical community of Lijin, especially in the field of traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacology! It is priceless! In this respect, Dr. Yue's understanding is clearly far superior to Tao Wenjie's.

Tao Wenjie is becoming more and more like a businesswoman, and some highly professional things are becoming increasingly unfamiliar to her!

No matter how well Tao Wenjie meant, Bian Mu couldn't let her mislead him.

Somewhat surprisingly, the newly appointed Deputy Secretary-General Tsai seems to have an academic background, so there might be some things to discuss.

Deputy Secretary-General Cai treated his guests with sincerity, serving exquisite porcelain teacups, top-quality Longjing tea, and spring water... Bian Mu could immediately smell the difference, and for a moment, Bian Mu developed a rather favorable impression of Secretary-General Cai.

"Dr. Bian! I wanted to pay a visit to your esteemed institution before the official appointment was announced. There are some questions that I would like to ask in person. However, I was busy with other matters and it got delayed. I heard... you and Professor Mi opened a dental clinic together?" Eh! Deputy Secretary-General Cai suddenly brought up this topic.

On the surface, it sounded like a casual question, but Bian Mu knew that there must be a lot of "tricks" involved. As for Deputy Secretary-General Cai, Bian Mu felt that the more casually he spoke, the more carefully he had thought about it before mentioning it. On the contrary, the things that were serious and solemnly emphasized repeatedly were sometimes best ignored, going in one ear and out the other, and not worth paying attention to at all.

“Oh…we’re not partners as people imagine. It’s true Professor Mi introduced the place, but the real owner of that studio is supposedly a retired dental expert. The person currently in charge is his nephew, and the other partner is a junior from his university days. Strictly speaking, that dental studio has almost nothing to do with Professor Mi. As for me occasionally going there for consultations, it’s because some elderly patients have heart problems! They’re worried about complications during treatment, and since they’ve heard I advocate for gentler treatments, they sometimes specifically ask me to come and discuss things. If it’s feasible, I also help some elderly patients.” Having prepared beforehand, every word Bian Mu uttered was verifiable and watertight!

Tao Wenjie is right. There are some things that Deputy Secretary-General Cai might not be willing to tolerate!
Upon hearing this, a hint of doubt flashed across Deputy Secretary-General Cai's eyes, but it was fleeting, and he quickly regained his friendly and natural demeanor.

"This guy is quite cunning; I'll have to be extra careful when dealing with him in the future!" Bian Mu thought to himself.