Merchant and doctor

Chapter 2204 The Hidden Gap

Considering their mutual understanding in business, Bian Mu deliberately asked for 2 less and was ready to ask for an advance of 3.

If it were anyone else, Bian Mu would have gotten up and left immediately without 5 yuan.

To be honest, Lu Yisi is several years older than Bian Mu. From childhood to adulthood, his experience and worldly affairs are incomparable to those of Bian Mu, a humble doctor from a small family.

however……

Lu Yisi's understanding of the overall concept of AI in the front-line clinical practice of contemporary medicine is obviously very limited. It is not difficult to infer from this that Lu Yisi is probably not interested in what the "digital medicine" new TCM school is all about. It probably doesn't even flash through his mind normally.

Lu Yisi clearly had no idea just how advanced the "digital medicine" medical engineering system under the AI ​​background had become, while Bian Mu's understanding of various types of Western-style surgery far exceeded his imagination.

In Bian Mu's view, any city in China with a permanent population of over 375 million, with any doctor of some skill—including Western medicine practitioners, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and psychological counselors—is like a special magnetic field, which Bian Mu privately calls the "medical field." This medical field constantly absorbs all kinds of negative energy from each major city, partially dissipates it, and then continuously sends a certain amount of positive energy back to each major city. In the process of absorbing and discarding, it maintains the minimum health of each major city in a unique professional way.

Between swallowing and exhaling, how much comprehensive social and medical information must each competent doctor filter through in their mind!
Bian Mu's brain capacity was already much larger than average, and now with the "Digital Medicine" medical engineering system attached to him, how many unprecedented medical "information worlds" and sociological "information worlds" must he encounter every day?!

When faced with the same complex surgery involving intestinal adhesions, Bian Mu's medical understanding, treatment methods, postoperative care, and emergency response measures were beyond Lu Yisi's imagination.

Lu Yisi is far too arrogant!

For him, AI may only slightly improve the precision of minimally invasive procedures, without making any substantial leap forward in the most basic surgical techniques and skills.

In a sense, regarding the difficult male patient they are currently discussing, Bian Mu is already several steps ahead of Lu Yisi, something Lu Yisi is almost completely unaware of. In Lu Yisi's view, no matter how skilled Bian Mu is, at most he can only help her "clean up" or "do the housework" in certain special circumstances, especially with cancer surgery cases.

Lu Yisi had been trying to persuade Bian Mu to form a small medical service chain with him. After cancer patients underwent surgery with him, they would be directly recommended to Bian Mu for follow-up care. This would alleviate some of Lu Yisi's concerns, and the daily business volume of Bian Mu's clinic would double, resulting in a win-win situation!
Bian Mu directly refused to accept any cancer patients.

Lu Yisi naturally didn't feel comfortable bringing it up, thinking that as his medical skills continued to improve, Bian Mu might eventually have to take the initiative to talk to him about this matter.

Deep down, Lu Yisi still thought Bian Mu was just a "medical patch," something that didn't need to be patched up. And sure enough, it worked!
That's it!

At Lu Yisi's table, Bian Mu was always the kind of nobody who couldn't be considered respectable. What's wrong with a traditional Chinese medicine clinic?! At its core, it's still a quack doctor, isn't it?! I heard he even recruited homeless people from the streets to become branch managers, what kind of class can he possibly have?!

Friends helping each other out, when Bian Mu suddenly asked for an advance of 3 yuan, Lu Yisi was surprised and immediately imagined many images of a greedy, ruthless quack doctor... We haven't even done anything yet, and he's already asking for exorbitant prices?!
"What exactly is this advance payment for?!" Lu Yisi asked with a hint of disdain.

"Some information research fees, some medicine fees, some high-end equipment loan fees... 3 might not be enough!" Bian Mu replied seriously.

"Really?!" "Of course! You know better than me when the gastrointestinal drainage tube can be removed, right? Living with a tube for a long time can really cause acute secondary complex infections... How many more levels of antibiotics can you upgrade?!" Without saying a word, Bian Mu directly pointed out a "fatal flaw" of Lu Yisi recently.

Needless to say, Lu Yisi is a figure of immense stature! If it weren't for the fact that his systemic medications, such as antibiotics, were nearing their limit, he would never have bothered Bian Mu so easily. Face was a minor matter; after all, their relationship was respectable. The key issue was… that difficult male patient was showing signs of further loss of control. If something were to happen to him, Lijin's reputation as the top surgeon would be… well…

What happens next?!

Following in Zhao Xicheng's footsteps?! Going abroad to avoid the limelight?! Using further studies as an excuse to hide for a while? And then quietly flying back when things calm down?!
What would that look like!

"What kind of medicine is this? It's so expensive?!" Lu Yisi was starting to believe it.

"To be precise, I need to use the excuse of the medicine cauldron to ask Lei Xiaoxuan for permission."

"rent?!"

"Pretty much! After all, it's not my own business, so I can't exactly pay for it in advance, can I?!" Bian Mu replied with a smile.

“We have some kind of relationship, and he usually asks me for favors more often. Why don’t I just ask him to lend me the money?” Lu Yisi asked, puzzled.

"Well... this matter also involves another young master. I heard he's alright, just a bit willful. I'm not sure who has the medicine cauldron now. Those tens of thousands of yuan probably went to that young master..." As she spoke, Bian Mu smiled and briefly introduced the bet about retrieving the medicine cauldron at night in the dangerous mountains.

"Oh... I knew it! You shouldn't be the kind of greedy and avaricious person... Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue! Please forgive me, please forgive me!" Lu Yisi said politely with a forced smile.

Bian Mu naturally couldn't stoop to his level.

"Tell me, were those last cuts to your gallbladder or around your pancreas?" Bian Mu suddenly brought the conversation back to the main topic.

“The pancreas! The expert before me made two incisions in a rather unexpected place, just two, seemingly a mistake. He even tied a surgical knot at the one-third mark of the incision, which looked rather hasty, like the surgery wasn't done thoroughly or properly. I had carefully studied almost all the possible complications beforehand, but I never thought of that. I figured the reason this patient's intestinal adhesions were so severe was probably related to the previous pancreatic surgery not being done properly. Without much thought, I went up and made a few more incisions, thinking it would be a nice thing to clean up after my former colleague. Who would have thought that the surgical knot was purely based on traditional Chinese medicine thinking? Later on... there was a severe deficiency of intestinal qi, and the postoperative treatment effect was directly reduced by a lot…” As he spoke, Lu Yisi borrowed a ballpoint pen from Bian Mu and sketched a few intraoperative diagrams on some napkins.

"According to you... the final responsibility might not necessarily fall on you!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yisi was overjoyed.

Unconsciously, Lu Yisi actually took Bian Mu's words as "authoritative confirmation" at this moment. To be fair, he was somewhat "split-minded." He didn't really think much of this newly popular famous Chinese medicine doctor in his heart, but as soon as he heard that it was in his favor, Lu Yisi temporarily changed Bian Mu's persona to that of an industry authority.