Merchant and doctor

Chapter 2301 Traditional Chinese Medicine Digital Assets
Spending all his time chatting with Bi Shaoxiong, Bian Mu was quite familiar with "digital assets." However, considering that his "digital medicine" system was still quite immature and his funds were stretched thin, Bian Mu never considered taking out a loan. He had carefully calculated it many times, and the interest rates kept fluctuating, which was really not worthwhile for him.

Having treated all sorts of wealthy patients every day, Bian Mu had witnessed firsthand how Luo Jiaming and his ilk had suffered both overt and covert losses. He knew the lessons of the past were invaluable and that Bian Mu had no intention of repeating their mistakes!
Besides, everyone has their own "roots," so if they fail, they can always make a comeback. But Bian Mu is not an option; he can't afford to gamble!

Bian Mu would remind himself from time to time: no matter what he did, he only had the capital for one-shot deals. If he won, he could move forward a little further; if he lost, there was basically no chance.

He is not completely ignorant about the operation of digital assets in traditional Chinese medicine, but he does not dare to hope for it at the moment.

Bi Shaoxiong had mentioned this matter to him more than once, and had even drawn up a planning outline. Bian Mu was somewhat hesitant about the huge investment he mentioned, and would only give a few perfunctory replies before dropping the topic. Later, Bi Shaoxiong probably gradually realized that Bian Mu came from a humble background, and no matter how skilled he was in medicine, he was just a highly skilled but somewhat unskilled practitioner. The traditional Chinese medicine clinic was already the ceiling for Bian Mu's career—a huge business opportunity! Bian Mu still couldn't grasp this, and eventually, Bi Shaoxiong stopped bringing it up.

Xiao Wei from Beiqi would call Bian Mu from time to time to discuss big health projects, traditional Chinese medicine culture, and the digitalization of comprehensive TCM resources. Bian Mu found it a bit overwhelming and would just give a few perfunctory replies before stopping. Seeing that Bian Mu's attitude was too negative, Xiao Wei called much less often afterward.

Occasionally, Cai Huaixin, the head of Xiaobailou, would specially invite Bian Mu to attend relevant scientific research seminars, which were all high-level forums at least at the provincial level or above. There, Bian Mu often heard people talk about digitizing traditional Chinese medicine resources. However, after sitting there and carefully comparing them one by one, Bian Mu found that those experts were all suspected of talking on paper. After a while, Bian Mu also felt that the digitization of traditional Chinese medicine resources might not be something that a city like Lijin could do.

Surprisingly, the little-known Dean Qiao, a legitimate front-line director of a public hospital, actually had a serious discussion with me about such a high-level project, and it was even directly related to the medical and elderly care center project.

"Does he even know how many logical and technical details are involved?! To implement each item one by one, how much manpower and resources would that require? Moreover, just building the most basic logical framework would take a hundred professional teams a year to work on. Are you kidding me?!" For a moment, Bian Mu felt that he couldn't understand Dean Qiao in front of him.

And what about his spouse?! What profession does she work in?! That sounds quite impressive!

Without making a sound, Bian Mu decided to listen more and speak less.

"Dean Qiao! You and your wife might be getting a little confused. Our 'Digital Medicine' system is not the same concept as their high-end digital assets. Compared to them, ours is child's play! It's just a highly automated information processing system, a very basic attempt at AI technology. It's still a long way from true digital assetization!" Bian Mu replied with a smile. "Oh! You're too kind, Master! Your 'Digital Medicine' system is actually the only living fossil of digital assets in our Lijin local medical system. My wife's R&D team has evaluated it many times. You don't need to doubt that. They are very professional; they didn't just make things up on a whim," Dean Qiao replied with a smile.

"Not at all! Actually, we haven't tried this much. So far, we've only had a simple trial with Elder Cen and General Manager Bi. Dean Qiao, you may not know, but the total cost has far exceeded our initial budget. Ordinary patients definitely can't afford it! Besides, that was just a minimally invasive treatment for frontline clinical use, far from relying on blockchain and cryptographic core technologies! Furthermore, the actual clinical techniques of traditional Chinese medicine and new proprietary Chinese medicines existing in digital form, possessing economic value and being a verifiable and transferable value carrier, is even more unattainable. So... you're trying to connect our 'digital medicine' system with your hospital's medical and elderly care center. I think that's a bit of a joke." Bian Mu was still young and couldn't quite figure out what Dean Qiao was really up to. Out of politeness, and also to subtly hint at his understanding of the true "digital" assets of traditional Chinese medicine, he wasn't a complete novice.

"Hehe... You're overthinking it, Master! My wife and I once went to Beiqi and Nanjin at our own expense to investigate for a period of time. To be honest, in terms of technical strength, financial scale, team size... in every aspect, they are far superior to you and your team. Not to mention anything else, in terms of hardware facilities, they are actually close to godlike level. As for blockchain and such, you are still at zero here! But, there is one thing! No matter how virtualized or digitalized it is, it still needs a living prototype digital asset specimen, right?! Looking at the three major cities of Beiqi, Nanjin, and Lijin, in terms of traditional Chinese medicine technology, mathematical concepts, and new concepts of traditional Chinese medicine preparation... can you find another new technology upstart similar to you?!" Surprisingly, Dean Qiao, who looked unremarkable, suddenly came up with such profound insights.

Quite surprised, Bian Mu couldn't help but stare at Dean Qiao's eyes for a couple of seconds. Although it seemed a bit impolite, the matter was of great importance, and Bian Mu had to use "Heart Seed" to see if Dean Qiao was lying or beating around the bush.

With a composed expression, Dean Qiao met Bian Mu's gaze without flinching.

"Excuse me! Even if what you said is true, after all, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and that's true! No matter how abstract high technology is, if it really needs to be put into practice, it still has to pass the test of front-line clinical and medical entities like us. But... I don't understand, what inherent and necessary logical relationship does this have with your hospital's medical and elderly care center?!" Intentionally or unintentionally, Bian Mu put Dean Qiao in a difficult position.

"To be honest, I made a pledge to my superiors that if I fail to complete the established restructuring tasks within a certain period, I will have to resign! That would be too embarrassing for me. In a few years, I won't have any chance at all. To put it another way, even if I'm a petty person, I could use this project and your growing personal reputation to make some big changes to the personnel relationships within the hospital, right?!" At this point, Dean Qiao's expression suddenly became serious.

Bian Mu has always been good at judging people! It's clear that this Dean Qiao in front of him doesn't seem like the kind of despicable person he claims to be!
"Dean Qiao, you flatter me. I admit that I had some prejudice against you and your institute before I came here. Since we are getting more and more into the discussion, let's be frank and exchange some specific technical details!"

Upon hearing this, Dean Qiao immediately laughed.