Merchant and doctor

Chapter 2269 The Second Heart
The reception room was decorated in a rather stylish way, with French-style off-white furniture arranged quite realistically, not like a mere imitation. Bian Mu guessed that the woman who had just left must have lived abroad for quite some years, as her appearance, demeanor, speech, clothing, gallery setup... all exuded a certain style from across the ocean, at least not so pretentious.

On the table were small booklets of paintings and advertisements of different sizes. Bian Mu liked to look at oil paintings, so he picked up a thinner one and flipped through a few pages.

"Maybe he's still young. Even when painting oil paintings, shouldn't he adapt to local customs? At least, the main subject matter should be based on a scene from real life. Otherwise, it'll be neither here nor there, how can you create a work with soul?! Techniques can be fully borrowed from overseas, but the theme and soul of the work should at least be localized as much as possible!" While flipping through the pages, Bian Mu was not optimistic about the future business of this gallery at all.

Unlike other painters, Fang's recent works all strive to showcase the resilience, hardship, perseverance, and joy of emerging from a cocoon after recovering from a serious illness. The core of his work actually revolves around the cultural essence of the clinic. At least, Bian Mu, Dr. Gong, and Accountant Yu can understand some of the underlying meaning.

As Bian Mu flipped through the pages, he was reminded of the three clinics he had opened.

“Looking at how the Bi Group, the Zhong family, and the Cao family manage their businesses, each of them places great importance on corporate culture. Otherwise, it would be quite difficult for them to grow and become strong. Should I also pay attention to this aspect?! This gallery looks decent on the surface, but it doesn't have much substance. I usually emphasize the improvement of medical skills too much, and I've done almost nothing in terms of building the culture of the medical clinic. Playing Go and writing prescriptions with calligraphy brushes are inevitably just formalities, and they can't guarantee that the three hospitals have a deep medical soul. In this regard... the various traditional Chinese medicine clinics in the city are actually not doing very well... If this continues, will they become like this gallery, all show and no substance?! Furthermore, apart from Dr. Ning and Dian Shuhua, all my colleagues are almost obsessed with money. If this continues... it's really terrible!” For no reason, this thought flashed through Bian Mu's mind, and a layer of cold sweat suddenly appeared on his back.

Without any prior warning, Bian Mu suddenly became incredibly alert!

What exactly is the core spirit of the "New Concept" Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic?

To be fair, it all revolves around "profit," the only difference being that Bian Mu and others keep it to themselves, while Nurse Ye, Luo Zhanqi, and Dr. Gong just say it out loud. If this continues, the clinic, including Bian Mu, will eventually degenerate into the vulgar level of a street clinic...

For the first time, a sudden, inexplicable fear welled up in Bian Mu's heart...

"I only have coffee here, is that to your liking?" The woman returned carrying a Western-style tea set.

"Thank you! No need for that. Editor-in-Chief Hai and I just wanted to use this space to discuss some matters. Sorry to bother you!"

"Hey! Editor-in-Chief Hai and I are best buddies! You were so engrossed in what you were looking at earlier, do you know anything about art?!" As she spoke, the woman gently placed a cup of milk coffee not far from the bathroom.

"No, no! Just flipping through things! Business is alright, isn't it?"

"Not good at all! Very bland. If it weren't for my brother's help, we would have closed down long ago."

Hearing this, Bian Mu couldn't help but smile knowingly, thinking to himself that if this kind of art style could make you rich, then art would really be devalued.

Just then, Editor-in-Chief Hai hurriedly walked in.

"The people have all been found. Can you give me some video guidance?" Editor-in-Chief Hai asked calmly.

"Okay!" With that, Bian Mu took the phone from Editor-in-Chief Hai and chatted with the female doctor for a few minutes. The female doctor looked pretty on camera, and somehow resembled Dr. Gong. She was sitting by the bedside waiting for Bian Mu to issue the relevant medical orders.

"Time is of the essence, so I won't stand on ceremony. He's usually a bit introverted and not very active. His eating habits are also very irregular, and he's somewhat willful. So, his stomach qi sinks below his knees. Normally, this is a good thing, but he's also a person who carries a lot of worries and isn't good at talking, so his heart qi also sinks somewhat, also below his knees. Over time, his overall qi and blood have sunk quite severely. Moreover, around the age of 14, he suffered an injury to a part of his right calf. Perhaps for some reason, it was delayed, and objectively speaking, it was never fully healed, leaving some lingering problems. As a result, his soleus muscle in his calf has never fully recovered. In addition, he hasn't been able to find suitable work after graduation, which has added to his stress..." "I'm feeling quite down, maybe even a bit depressed. Plus, the Qi is sinking and unable to rise, which directly leads to severe ischemia around the soleus muscle. Note that the 'blood' I'm referring to here is Qi and blood in the traditional Chinese medicine sense. This causes the second heart to be in a state of chronic inactivity. In addition, the trauma I suffered in my youth compressed a lot of the small Qi around the soleus muscle, which directly caused the acupoints on the left and right sides of the middle of his lower leg to shift to varying degrees. So, I'll have to trouble you to try a few acupuncture points first, so that we can re-determine the accurate location of the relevant acupoints based on the corresponding pulse changes. Do you agree with my explanation?" On the other end of the video, Bian Mu explained everything in one go, without any politeness.

In the video, the female doctor calmly replied, "Teacher Bian is right. I've been examining for quite a while and I do have a lot of questions. After your explanation, I understand everything. So, which acupoint should I start with?"

Seeing that the female doctor was very cooperative, Bian Muxin felt much more at ease.

Then, Bian Mu instructed the female doctor to insert five needles in a specific order: one small needle, one medium-long needle, and three long needles...

After the acupuncture test, Bian Mu instructed the female doctor who ran a clinic next to him to take the pulse of Editor-in-Chief Hai's nephew. Bian Mu added that the more natural the better, and that she shouldn't preconceived notions about emergency care; she should perform the pulse-taking procedure as she normally would...

Editor-in-Chief Hai seemed a little nervous, standing to the side and staring intently at his phone screen.

The young woman who ran the gallery stood on the other side, glancing curiously at her phone screen and then at Bian Mu's expression, just like watching a movie, her curiosity running high.

……

Not long after, the initial pulse reading was sent over via mobile phone.

Bian Mu carefully studied it once, found two shortcomings, and promptly instructed the middle-aged female doctor to take a deep pulse again.

……

The pulse reading came through again, and Bian Mu studied it once more. This time, he felt it was alright.

Afterwards, Bian Mu directed the middle-aged female doctor working at the hospital to begin formally performing acupuncture treatment on Editor-in-Chief Hai's nephew...

In a tense atmosphere, in less than 40 minutes, Editor-in-Chief Hai's nephew gradually regained consciousness, and his blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, blood oxygen... all the values ​​gradually reached a satisfactory level...

As Bian Mu said, Editor-in-Chief Hai's nephew was indeed fine.