Siheyuan: The prosperous era starting from being a doctor

Chapter 496 Decades of Prosperity and 3.3 Billion
End of the year.

Wang Mengde was elected as an academician of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

He was very happy, but in Mr. Pu's office, his face showed a look of regret.

In 57, Professor Pu had already become an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Considering his contributions and reputation in the Chinese medical community, and the fact that he has taught one of the most outstanding students in the world's medical field.

He should be almost certain to be elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering this time.

Unfortunately, there are national regulations that state individuals over eighty years of age are ineligible for re-election.

Then, Professor Pu missed the opportunity to become an academician of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

This also prevented the remarkable story of two academicians from achieving the same goal from becoming a reality.

"Mengde, don't feel sorry for him."

Since there are regulations, then we should follow them.

Besides, at my age, it doesn't matter whether I become an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering or not.

It's a good thing to reserve one spot for other young people.

Seeing that his most prized disciple looked unwell, Master Pu offered words of comfort.

His colleagues and students all felt sorry about the incident, but he himself didn't care.

Just as he said, he was already old and in poor health, and he might pass away any day.

Giving him this spot would at most be icing on the cake, without much real benefit.

In other words, it has a better reputation.

Besides, he doesn't need any fame.

As a renowned traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, he was already famous before the liberation.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been invited to the Chinese Academy of Traditional Medicine in 55 and would not have become the health care physician for the leaders.

and.

He only needs the title of "Wang Mengde's mentor" for now.

This title is even more prestigious than the titles of ten 80-year-old academicians.

"Master, the main thing is that if you become an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, you will be a double academician, and my teacher and I will form a pair of double academicians."

This is something that has never happened before, and it's likely that it will never happen again.

Wei Ming explained from the side.

After graduating with his master's degree, he first interned in the internal medicine department under Wang Mengde for a year, and then trained for another three years.

Later, for better development, Wang Mengde brought him to the new hospital area so that he could continue to learn and grow under the guidance of Professor Pu.

After all, the departments in the old hospital area are full of elite personnel, and although he, as a young person, has opportunities to learn, they are not many.

Things are different when we come to the new hospital campus.

The medical team here is relatively weak, so there will be plenty of opportunities for him to get started.

"Haha, the Academy of Sciences has only been elected for the third time, and the Academy of Engineering is being elected for the first time, which is why dual academicians are so rare."

But as the number of elections increases in the future, we will likely see more and more academicians from both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

It's possible that both the master and apprentice are highly capable, and both succeed in being selected one after the other.

Old Pu said with a smile.

China has a population of several hundred million.

Geniuses are as numerous as carp crossing a river.

He's over eighty years old now, and he's experienced countless things and met countless people, including many geniuses.

Many of these people are pillars of various industries in China and will become academicians sooner or later.

"By the way, there's a chance that my department might produce two dual academicians in the future, and maybe even three or four."

Your teacher, needless to say, has now become a dual academician, and is the first person in Chinese history to achieve this.

"Once you all grow up and develop, and if you maintain this pace of growth, some of you will also achieve the honor of being dual academicians."

Pu Lao glanced at Wang Mengde's students and then suddenly spoke.

I won't talk about the others.

Guang Qiantong and Jiang Lin are geniuses among geniuses.

He was very impressed with these two disciples and grand-disciples.

Although he couldn't compare to his prized disciple Wang Mengde, who learned everything quickly and was good at applying knowledge to new situations.

But among the people in the medical field he knows, his talent ranks among the top ten.

In addition, he was extremely hardworking.

Most importantly, they received formal education from their teens and were mentored by renowned teachers in their twenties.

These two people will most likely inherit some of Wang Mengde's medical skills.

Even Wei Ming, who is standing right in front of us, is actually a genius among geniuses.

However, compared to the two people with money, there is a slight difference.

Whether he can ultimately achieve these successes depends on a certain amount of luck.

of course.

Old Pu also knew a few other young talents who were even more gifted than Qian Tong and Jiang Lin, namely the children of Wang Mengde.

During holidays and festivals, his apprentice would often bring these children to his house to play.

His brief encounter with the man surprised him greatly.

These children are exceptionally talented.

Every person is a piece of beautiful jade.

To be honest, if he hadn't been so old, Wang Yuandi and Wang Yuanxun would never have become Vice Dean Shi's students.

He once had the urge to come out of retirement again and teach the two little ones.

Later, I thought that having Wang Mengde as my apprentice was enough to make my life complete, so I stopped forcing myself to keep going.

However, he was very confident that once these little ones grew up, traditional Chinese medicine in China would remain strong for at least several more decades.

The first day of work after the New Year's Day holiday.

Wang Mengde then received some good news.

The finance department of Guang'anmen Hospital worked overtime to recalculate the hospital's foreign exchange earnings for the entire previous year several times.

Only after confirming that everything was correct was the report sent to him.

"Dean, good news! The hospital's revenue for last year has been calculated, and it's more than 36 million more than last year, reaching 401.92 million US dollars."

Tao Jianshe said excitedly.

As he spoke, he placed a document on the desk with both hands.

His eyes were bloodshot, clearly indicating he hadn't slept all night.

After receiving the accurate figures around 5 or 6 a.m., he, who was initially very tired, became excited again.

So, without taking a break, he waited for Wang Mengde at the door of the dean's office.

"This year's growth is indeed quite significant, Section Chief Tao, you've worked hard too."

"You've stayed up two more nights, haven't you? Don't rush so much next time. A day earlier or later won't make a difference. Leave the materials with me; you should go home and rest."

Wang Mengde said with concern.

Tao Jianshe is the head of the finance department at Guang'anmen Hospital.

The former section chief went to the new hospital campus. He had been promoted by him four years ago and was considered one of his protégés.

Section Chief Tao is extremely conscientious in his work, and he requires his subordinates to verify many financial data multiple times.

In cases of serious matters, verification may be done several times.

Just like taking stock of the year's foreign exchange earnings after New Year's Day.

All income must be recalculated, and the data obtained each time must be exactly the same.

If there is even one inconsistency, it needs to be started all over again.

Because of this, many colleagues in the finance department have expressed their opinions.

However, Wang Mengde greatly admired him, which did not affect his status.

"Dean, I'm not tired. Seeing that we've earned over 400 million US dollars in foreign exchange earnings this year gives me a lot of energy."

Tao Jianshe said excitedly.

"Haha, I'm very happy too. By the way, here are a few packs of cigarettes. Take them and have a taste, and share some with the people below. They've all worked hard these past few days, putting in extra hours with you."

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

Then he took out six packs of specially supplied Little Panda cigarettes from the drawer and tossed them to him.

"Thank you, Dean. This cigarette is too precious."

Tao Jianshe was overjoyed.

Previously, because of his outstanding work, he was praised by Wang Mengde in the dean's office, and Wang Mengde also gave him two packs of these cigarettes.

Those two packs of cigarettes really made him look incredibly good.

Whenever Tao Jianshe gets together with friends or relatives, he will take it out to show off.

Unfortunately, there were only two packs, and they were quickly consumed.

Unexpectedly, I got six more packs this time.

He had already planned it out in his mind: after distributing some to the people in the department, he would probably have two packs left for himself.

He will be able to install it again in the next year.

After Tao Jianshe left.

Wang Mengde picked up the documents on the table and began to examine them carefully.

This document lists the foreign exchange earnings for the entire year.

In recent years, he has expanded the special care ward building and continued his research, and has also overcome more than a dozen difficult and complicated diseases.

This has led to an increasing number of foreign patients coming to China for medical treatment every year.

Now, there is a consensus among patients abroad.

In addition to the fixed consultation fees, we also need to donate some supplies.

Besides food, clothing, and daily necessities, building materials, equipment, and decoration materials for constructing buildings also require crowdfunding.

Then they buy from neighboring countries and ship them over.

This seems to have become a tradition.

Without Wang Mengde even needing to give a hint, someone would organize and arrange everything properly.

of course.

These foreign patients are not at a disadvantage either.

The diseases that drive them to seek medical treatment in China are basically incurable 'terminal illnesses' that cannot be cured by major hospitals abroad.

Wang Mengde and Guang'anmen Hospital gave them a second life.

A little money is nothing.

Apart from a small portion of the middle class, most of these people are politicians, tycoons, and wealthy individuals from various countries.

It took me about ten minutes to read through the document.

Wang Mengde then picked up the phone on his desk and called his superior.

"Boss, I have good news to share with you."

"Yes, yes, it's good news."

"The overall data for Guang'anmen Hospital's foreign exchange earnings last year has been calculated. The finance department worked overtime to calculate it several times, so there will be no errors."

"The final figure is around $401.92 million, which is more than $36 million more than last year."

"Okay, okay, I'll go to the meeting the day after tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Mengde had a smile on his face.

Just now, on the phone, the leader from the higher-level department praised him and the contributions made by Guang'anmen Hospital.

More than four hundred million US dollars, which was equivalent to twice the entire foreign exchange reserves of China more than a decade ago.

This money can bring tremendous help to the country.

Putting aside other things, the daily necessities that the country urgently needs, or industrial equipment and technology, all of these require spending real money to purchase.

In this day and age, not many countries recognize the Renminbi.

Foreign exchange transactions are generally settled in US dollars.

Without US dollars, one can only use precious metals such as gold, or barter with raw materials, agricultural products, etc.

This is under normal circumstances.

Currently, there are still some products in China that can be used as real gold and silver.

Those were some of the medicines developed by Wang Mengde.

Items like 'Imperial Pills', 'Painkillers', and 'Perfume' can all be used as US dollars.

Even things like 'Rejuvenation Pill' are stronger than the US dollar.

Often, when faced with intractable problems or people, simply resorting to the "rejuvenating elixir" usually solves the problem.

This drug is very famous among political figures and wealthy people around the world.

the next morning.

Wang Mengde arrived at the superior department early.

In the conference room.

He had barely sat down when Dean Lu arrived.

Since being transferred to a higher-level department, Dean Lu has always been part of the leadership.

Last year, I took another step forward and am now considered the third-in-command in my unit.

"Mengde, you've arrived. Have you eaten yet?"

Dean Lu greeted him warmly.

"Hello, former leader. I've already eaten. Have you eaten yet?"

Wang Mengde quickly stood up and said respectfully.

This person has been a great help to him, and is now one of his direct superiors.

"I've eaten, haha. I just heard from my secretary that you were also coming to the meeting, so I quickly finished my breakfast and came over."

Thanks to you today, I had braised pork buns and a big bowl of tofu pudding.

"We never dared to dream of such good food before. Ever since you started treating foreign patients more than ten years ago, the food standards in our department have risen dramatically."

Dean Lu patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

If we're talking about which institution in China has the best food, then the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Guang'anmen Hospital are definitely the top choices.

Even if only a small portion of the supplies donated by foreign patients remain there.

Compared to the huge base, this part is also very large.

Even though the number of employees at the Chinese Academy of Traditional Medicine and Guang'anmen Hospital has now increased to more than 5,000, the number per person is still staggering.

These few years.

After Wang Mengde became the dean, the food standards in the canteen were better every year than the previous year.

The employee benefits are also extremely satisfactory to all employees.

Meanwhile, the higher-level departments also benefited greatly.

Even though those supplies were divided up by several departments, there was still a considerable amount left.

In addition to allocating some to subordinate units, the department's canteen also became much more spacious.

After chatting for a few minutes...

The top leaders from higher-level departments also came.

Dean Lu then returned to his seat.

"Comrades, let's begin the meeting."

The main purpose of today's meeting is to inform everyone how much money our department made in the pharmaceutical export business last year.

And let's also discuss what goals we should set for this year.

The superior leader spoke first.

"First of all, that is our annual income. According to the hard work of our colleagues, the total foreign exchange income of the entire department last year was more than 3.374 billion US dollars."

As soon as he finished speaking, many people sitting in the conference room were shocked.

This number is known to no one except the top leader.

Even Wang Mengde could only guess in his mind that it would be around three billion US dollars.

(End of this chapter)