Merchant and doctor

Chapter 2233 Academic Expansion
In the Lijiang Traditional Chinese Medicine community, represented by Nie Yixiong, there has been a persistent, unintentional pursuit of expansion in one or more areas for decades.

Clinics, studios, medical centers, TCM treatment complexes, private specialist hospitals... they are constantly being upgraded level by level, growing larger and larger, employing more and more medical staff, and correspondingly, their educational levels are getting higher and higher.

Pharmacies, chain stores, pharmaceutical groups... the principle is similar. Continuously growing bigger and stronger seems to have become an inevitable development trend. The path of continuous expansion that traditional Chinese medicine is taking is not much different from that of traditional Chinese medicine treatment entities.

The main branch, the No. 2 branch, the "Xi Chun He" branch... Bian Mu was no exception and unwittingly embarked on a path of gradual expansion.

Similar to the basic principles of stock trading, the future development of the fields of traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacology will also require careful attention to certain trends from time to time. Sooner or later, Bian Mu will have to follow the same path that Nie Yixiong, Cen Songxue, Zhao Xicheng and others have taken.

Gu Yuefeng's persistence, in a sense, changed Bian Mu's original intentions regarding the future development of his personal career.

In the past few days, when Bian Mu took some time to prepare "study materials" for Gu Yuefeng and others, he suddenly realized that expanding medical entities might not be suitable for him. In such a short period of time, he had already opened three traditional Chinese medicine clinics, which was already an "anomaly" in Lijin.

After privately pondering it repeatedly from a metaphysical perspective, Bian Mu felt that he should indeed consider taking a break for a while.

Without discussing it with anyone in private, Bian Mu constructed several mathematical models and repeatedly deduced them. In the end, he concluded that the path of physical expansion might not be suitable for him. In terms of family background, personality, academic background, financial background, personnel background, etc., Bian Mu has always been at a relatively weak position. The fame and fortune on the surface are all deceiving people. When it comes to the key moment, they are all worthless.

Bian Mu is calm!
After weighing the pros and cons for several days, Bian Mu concluded that he should forge a new path: a new path of academic "expansion".

The trial-and-error cost of clinical testing in the new TCM has always been quite low, which is an inherent advantage of TCM itself. Whether the new theory of "digital medicine" can withstand the test of clinical medicine and whether it can truly be classified into the contemporary new TCM category is a matter of debate. It is not just an old theory with a new cover. In addition to continuous application in clinical practice, it also needs to seek a real test and recognition from the academic community and peers.

This kind of "expansion" is far more significant than opening a certain number of TCM-related medical entities in a certain place!
As personal careers continue to expand, the right path is to prioritize advanced medical theories. In this respect, Lu Yisi is clearly far behind Bian Mu. Bian Mu was previously unaware of this, but as Gu Yuefeng insisted on bringing another branch of the traditional Chinese medicine clinic under his control, Bian Mu gradually realized that the expansion of relatively advanced and avant-garde TCM academic knowledge was actually more important.

Therefore, Bian Mu tries to get up early in the morning, draw up an outline, and sketch out the key logical nodes. After getting off work in the evening, he eats a simple meal and goes into his study to implement the rough framework from the morning, revising it repeatedly until it is correct. He adds some classic cases, and the learning materials for a class are basically completed.

Gu Yuefeng took internal training very seriously. In addition to gathering everyone to study and discuss together, he would organize everyone's questions one by one, and then stay up all night to write a formal learning report and send it to the email address designated by Bian Mu.

After receiving feedback, Bian Mu will make timely adjustments. At the same time, he will go back and list out all the misunderstandings made by Gu Yuefeng and others, and then correct them one by one.

And so, Bian Mu became more and more enthusiastic about writing, and Gu Yuefeng and the others naturally became more and more eager to learn, and their idea of ​​hastily opening a joint clinic gradually faded away...

There was nothing else to it. The more they learned, the more alarmed Gu Yuefeng and the others became. Compared to Bian Mu, they couldn't even pass the most basic "Six Skills of Traditional Chinese Medicine" smoothly! In their shame, the temporary advanced TCM training class became more and more popular. No one dared to be late or leave early anymore, and more and more doctors offered to share the costs of rent, tea, and meal allowances.

Not only that, other colleagues who rushed over upon hearing the news submitted written applications, earnestly requesting Gu Yuefeng to consult with Director Bian about the possibility of adding another new class. Even more interestingly, many practicing doctors from public hospitals also joined in the fun. Initially, they only quietly listened in, but as the crowd grew, it somewhat affected Gu Yuefeng and his colleagues. Unable to do anything else, Gu Yuefeng had to pay for his own lecture passes and access cards to ensure that even the most basic order of their discussion wasn't disrupted.

Before long, this matter had alarmed many people from all walks of life.

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That noon, Bian Mu was drinking water and wondering when to call those two PhDs when she looked up and saw Lu Yisi arrive quietly.

"Oh dear! Your complexion looks a bit dark. Damn! Is it because you've been working night shifts all the time? Please have a seat! I'll get you something to drink." Surprised, Bian Mu quickly prepared a nutritious juice for Lu Yisi.

“A friend recently sent me some top-quality ginseng, have you heard?” Bian Mu said with a smile as she sat down opposite Lu Yisi.

"Ginseng? Or green ginseng? I've never heard of it before!" Lu Yisi asked, puzzled, as he drank.

"The 'qing' in 'qingqingqing' doesn't refer to the 'qinghuang jie' (a period between harvests). It refers to special medicinal plants used exclusively by ginseng farms, which are generally not sold outside the farms as it's against regulations. This is mainly because the quality of this transitional type of ginseng is not very stable, and it's not easy to let it enter the primary market. However... there are always unscrupulous people who occasionally try to pass off inferior ginseng as superior ones, mixing some of the better-growing 'qingqingqing' ginseng with genuine products for sale. Of course, those are just a very small number of people messing around, and if they are caught, they will be punished severely!" Bian Mu explained with a smile.

"Oh...why are you telling me all this?" Lu Yisi asked, puzzled.

During this time, Lu Yisi secretly noticed that her IQ had declined slightly, and she was somewhat worried about it in private!
"The stuff you're drinking now has some ginseng essence mixed in—ginseng essence, the essence of spirits! It's extracted from that kind of pure ginseng," Bian Mu replied with a smile.

"It tastes pretty good. What's wrong? You wouldn't have started thinking about this ginseng already, would you? Opening up another new way to make money?" Well! Lu Yisi had the wrong idea.

"Your Lu family is already incredibly wealthy, so why are you always talking about money? How vulgar! Have you been staying with that patient lately? Not even taking him home at night? You should stay at the hospital instead."

"That's right! At crucial moments, if something goes wrong halfway through, we all know the consequences..."

"That settles it! That ginseng essence is for clearing out internal toxins, so it should be quite effective!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yisi was secretly taken aback.