Siheyuan: The prosperous era starting from being a doctor

Chapter 499 Signs Before Layoff and Thirty Years of Change
Not surprisingly.

Guang'anmen Hospital was eventually rated as a Grade III Special Hospital.

It became the only one of its kind in hospitals nationwide.

Of the branch hospitals, three were rated as Grade A tertiary hospitals, while the other was rated as a Grade B tertiary hospital due to factors such as the availability of doctors, equipment, number of beds, and scale of facilities in Hebei Province.

Wang Mengde didn't care about this.

Wait four years.

If some resources were allocated to that branch hospital in Hebei Province, it would definitely be able to be rated as a top-tier tertiary hospital.

By the time.

The Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine has one Grade III Special Hospital and four Grade III Class A Hospitals.

Moreover, Wang Mengde plans to continue expanding and opening more branch hospitals.

His goal is to have at least eight top-tier hospitals under his jurisdiction by the year 2000.

The main reason is that once the policies tighten in the future, it will not be so easy to build new branch hospitals.

In addition, a large number of talents graduating from TCM colleges in China are constantly emerging.

These are the most elite talents of this era, who have studied diligently for many years.

Decades later, many of them will become the backbone of traditional Chinese medicine.

There is.

Now, the foreign patients who are constantly coming to China for medical treatment are strongly requesting that, like those before them, they also donate some supplies.

In addition to daily necessities, there are also building materials and construction equipment.

Wang Mengde was also aware of their thoughts.

Because they were all suffering from terminal illnesses, Guang'anmen Hospital in China was their last straw.

If I can't get better here, I'll just have to wait to die after I go back to China.

So they thought of spending some money to have Wang Mengde treat their illnesses with all his heart.

Wang Mengde did not intend to stop these patients from having their ideas.

In any case, he has been planning large-scale expansion in recent years.

With the establishment of the branch, the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, together with its affiliated hospitals and various affiliated units, now has more than 8,000 employees.

With so many people, the welfare standards must also be kept consistent.

The first issue is housing.

Fortunately, at that time, there was still a lot of land available in the third and fourth ring roads of Beijing.

Wang Mengde then began constructing family housing next to the branch hospital.

As for the standards, they are the same as those at Guang'anmen Hospital, all of them are 18-story buildings with two elevators serving four households.

Actually, their workplace built these kinds of family housing buildings.

Many organizations and individuals are feeling uncomfortable about this behind the scenes.

Many people even complained to their superiors, saying that this was too wasteful.

But a few words from the higher-ups silenced them:
If you have the ability, you can be like Wang Mengde and Guang'anmen Hospital, able to solve the problem of building materials and construction equipment without relying on the state.

At the same time, it can bring several hundred million US dollars in foreign exchange revenue to the country every year, and even if a 28-story family building is built, it will not be interfered with.

The statement from the higher-ups completely gave Wang Mengde free rein.

He ambitiously planned to expand his territory, aiming to secure prime locations within the Fourth Ring Road of Beijing, in the same areas he had occupied in his previous life.

Besides building branch campuses and affiliated units, the only other thing to do was to build staff housing.

According to his prediction, it would take until twenty years.

There are at least five branch hospitals in Beijing, more than a dozen affiliated research units, and supporting staff housing.

They even plan to expand the school they jointly established with the Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine several times over.

To make it a top-tier medical school in China and a world-class institution in terms of scale, number of students, faculty, and student quality.

At the end of the second year.

The Lunar New Year is just a few days away.

Although the household contract responsibility system has been implemented in some areas for two years, the actual impact has not been significant.

After all, China is too big.

Changes in a few areas have little impact on other places.

However, it is the rural areas surrounding the capital.

Most of the villagers became cheerful.

The implementation of the household contract responsibility system, even if it only lasted for a year and a half, made everyone happy.

This summer's wheat harvest and autumn's corn and soybean harvests are significantly higher than in previous years.

The main difference is that it's their own land, and the effort and time spent on it, as well as the level of care they take, are much better than during the era of the "iron rice bowl" (a system of equal distribution of resources and resources).

Naturally, the yield from the land also increased accordingly.

Although they are still somewhat hungry, they are full of confidence in the future.

I believe we'll definitely be able to eat our fill in the future.

The Wang family of Tiangezhuang.

Wang Jinghui and Wang Tianshi also had smiles on their faces.

In the main room of their house, a circular grain stack was made of bamboo folding, containing more than 3,000 catties of wheat.

Their family has more than ten mu of land, and after deducting the grain they have to hand over to the state, this is all that's left.

Every time the two elderly people entered or left the main room, they would take a few extra glances at the grain stacks.

Then I felt as happy as if I had eaten honey.

They had no choice; they were terrified of being hungry.

Even though Wang Mengde has never been hungry since he transmigrated here.

Especially in recent years, they have been receiving a large amount of supplies and good things every month, which has long since enabled them to enjoy rice and wheat flour freely.

Even pork freedom.

But their deep-seated fear still made them feel that only having a grain stack at home could give them complete peace of mind.

When Wang Mengde visited a couple of days ago, he even held Wang's hand and explained how good the policy was.

Seeing the two elderly people looking happy and full of energy, Wang Mengde felt relieved for the time being.

Judging from their condition, the two elderly people's health can only hold up for a few more years.

Nanluoguxiang.

Courtyard 95.

The home of Sha Zhu, a resident of the Intermediate People's Court.

Wang Mengde and Sha Zhu were sitting at the dining table in the living room, chatting while eating hot pot.

"Shazhu, I heard Li Huaide is no longer the factory director?"

After picking up a piece of mutton with his chopsticks and putting it in his mouth, Wang Mengde asked casually after chewing it a few times.

To be honest, even though Director Li was the head of a steel rolling mill before, and the steel rolling mill was a large factory with tens of thousands of employees, it was still a heavy industry unit.

Li Huaide could be considered a man of some power.

But in his eyes, it was nothing to mention.

Especially after he became the president of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the gap between the two became even greater.

He overheard this incident from a conversation between a patient and their family a couple of days ago while treating another patient.

"You knew all this? You're quite well-informed."

Sha Zhu said in surprise, "That's right, it was just announced the day before yesterday. This bastard has really messed up the steel rolling mill over the past ten years."

A perfectly good factory, not producing anything every day, just messing around with useless things.

Putting aside everything else, the management was extremely chaotic, even resulting in the ridiculous situation of one director and eight deputy directors.

"The higher-ups have long been dissatisfied with him, and now that they have the opportunity, they're naturally going to get rid of him as soon as possible."

Li Huaide rose to power through scheming and maneuvering.

In addition, during the ten years he served as director, he offended quite a few people.

When the situation changed, he was pushed aside by everyone when he was already down.

However, he was quite capable, and in the original series, he caused quite a few troubles later on. Even someone as shrewd as Xu Damao was swindled out of his entire fortune by him.

"So your steel rolling mill has resumed production now, right?"

Wang Mengde asked again.

"Yes, the factory is gradually resuming production now, but many experienced masters have retired over the past ten years."

In addition, the aging equipment has resulted in too many substandard products being produced. Recently, Factory Manager Yang has been so anxious that he's even developed blisters on his lips.

Sha Zhu said, pursing his lips.

Although he works in the canteen of the steel rolling mill.

However, because he had often been assigned to work in the workshop before, he was very familiar with the situation there.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Once an experienced master retires, it's very difficult to hire him again."

After all, each position in the factory is filled by a specific person, and many young people who returned to the city from the countryside have taken up these positions in the factory.

They had no production experience whatsoever; their skills were all mediocre, and many were just coasting along.

"As for the equipment, I also talked to Director Yang. He has been pestering the higher-ups these days, trying to get the equipment upgraded."

It is said that the higher authorities plan to approve some funds to purchase some advanced foreign equipment, but the amount will certainly not be much.

The equipment we can buy is a drop in the ocean compared to what our steel rolling mill can provide; it can only do so much.

When the steel rolling mill was mentioned, Sha Zhu shook his head repeatedly and kept complaining.

Wang Mengde heard this but could only remain silent.

This situation will likely occur in most of China's state-owned enterprises in the coming years.

The loss of talent has resulted in a factory filled with mediocre workers.

The aging of equipment foreshadows its eventual obsolescence.

"Shazhu, your factory's situation is worrying. Do you have any plans?"
The country is gradually opening up and has already allowed individuals to start businesses. With such a good skill, why not open a restaurant?

Wang Mengde offered his suggestion.

Sha Zhu is skilled in several cuisines, including Tan Family Cuisine, Shandong Cuisine, Sichuan Cuisine, and Halal Cuisine.

To be honest, it's such a waste to be stuck in a steel rolling mill.

If he were to open a large restaurant, he would definitely make money with his culinary skills.

Moreover, he has some secret recipes, and he could consider opening factories for things like chili sauce and secret seasonings.

"Yeah, Sha Zhu, you only make a few dozen yuan a month now, you might as well go out and do your own thing."

Even if you don't work for yourself, didn't the owner of a big restaurant invite you the other day, saying he would give you a salary of 1,000 yuan a month?

This month's salary is equivalent to two years' worth of your earnings, so what do you have to worry about?

Beside her, Yu Li also offered words of advice.

In the original drama, she was the kind of person who was willing to do business.

If he hadn't been so short-sighted, he might have become rich.

"Why are you interrupting when the men are talking?"

Perhaps he had drunk a bit too much, or perhaps he wanted to show off his family's status in front of Wang Mengde, Sha Zhu glared at Yu Li, then waved his hand and said.

As he spoke, he turned to look at Wang Mengde:
"Mengde, do you think the wind will change again? I'm worried that if the policies tighten after I quit my job at the factory, my family will have no income."

His concerns are the same as those of most people in this era.

Everyone is watching and waiting, fearing that this opening is only temporary.

"Hey, Sha Zhu, if you trust me, go out and work on your own. I guarantee there won't be any problems."

By the way, if you're worried, you can have your son He Yu take over the job; that way, there'll be some security."

Wang Mengde said firmly.

As someone from a later era, he naturally understood the future direction of events better than anyone else at that time.

Despite some setbacks along the way, we have continued on this path.

"Okay, since you put it that way, I'll ask about it tomorrow and have He Yu take over my job."

Sha Zhu drank a glass of wine, then made up his mind.

Over the past twenty years, everything Wang Mengde said has come true.

In addition, he knows many high-ranking officials, so he may have heard about policies that haven't been issued yet.

Besides, given their relationship, they definitely wouldn't do anything to harm themselves.

I left Sha Zhu's house.

Wang Mengde shook his head, his mind clearing up.

The two of them drank three bottles of baijiu today, and he alone drank 1.8 jin (approximately 500ml).

However, due to my good physical condition, I only felt slightly dizzy.

After standing up and walking for a while, I returned to normal.

He pondered in his mind what Sha Zhu had said at the dinner table.

past life.

He only learned about the difficulties faced by state-owned enterprises after the opening up from some news materials, and he also heard that there would be a wave of layoffs after a while.

But I've never had a direct understanding of it.

Now, he lives in this era, experiencing it firsthand and the things happening around him.

This gave him a deeper understanding.

At the same time, I am also very fortunate.

The medical industry has not been significantly affected due to special circumstances.

It continues to maintain strong competitiveness both domestically and internationally.

In particular, the implementation of 'trusts' has kept every pharmaceutical factory active.

In addition, the country continues to earn a large amount of foreign exchange revenue every year, and the equipment in many factories and units is regularly updated and replaced.

There haven't been many technical staff left either.

This will allow the healthcare industry to remain different during future waves of layoffs.

Go home.

Just then, I saw that my two brothers-in-law had also arrived.

"Brother-in-law, you're back."

He Shengwen and He Shengwu quickly stood up and greeted him politely.

Although the two brothers are already fathers of several children, they are still somewhat reserved in front of their brother-in-law.

There was no way around it; as Wang Mengde became the dean, he inevitably carried the aura of someone in a superior position.

"Shengwen and Shengwu are here. Please have a seat."

"Mengde, have some tea to sober up, and you can chat with them."

Seeing her husband return, He Shengnan helped him put his cotton coat on the hanger, then quickly started making tea, and then brought a hot towel to apply to his face.

After taking a sip of tea, Wang Mengde sat down beside his two brothers-in-law, glanced at them, and then said:
"Shengwen, Shengwu, what brings you here today?"

"Brother-in-law, our supply and marketing cooperative bought a few pheasants and two swans today. We've brought them over for you to try."

He Shengwen spoke up.

He is now the director of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Whenever I come across something good, I'll spend money to save it and bring it over for my brother-in-law's family to try.

"Swan meat is not commonly seen this season."

Wang Mengde paused for a moment, then said.

There are currently no laws protecting animals, and all kinds of animals end up as food for humans.

After the two brothers-in-law left.

Wang Mengde fell into deep thought.

He thought of the saying, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river."

Those jobs that are popular now will not be so popular in another 10 or 20 years.

(End of this chapter)