A doctor who travels through two eras

Chapter 319: Exchange Jade for X-ray Machine

Fortunately, the office was only 50 meters away from the ward, and I got there in a blink of an eye.

After arriving at the ward, Mr. Ramiz was not unconscious or in pain as expected. Instead, he greeted everyone with a smile:
"Hey, Lin, I feel great right now."

Lin Sanqi really thought that this was the patient's last breath, and thought to himself that it was impossible. The patient was obviously not terminally ill, so how could he suddenly bleed profusely?

Then all I could think about was that I should put on an ECG monitor, take emergency biochemistry and blood tests, do emergency B-ultrasound and CT scans. In short, I should do a lot of tests, and if necessary, send him to the ICU to see what the problem was.

After Dean Shen and Lin Kucan ran to the ward, they observed that the patient's complexion was normal, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.

It is very easy for Chinese medicine to distinguish between a dying face, an acute illness face, and a normal face.

The death face, also known as the "death look", is characterized by sunken eye sockets, dull eyes, dilated and dull pupils, pointed nose tip, flaring nostrils, lead gray face, and almost expressionless face. It is often a sign of death for critically ill patients.

If it is an acute illness, manifested as flushed face, restlessness, flaring nostrils, and painful expression, Chinese medicine diagnosis mostly belongs to heat syndrome and excess syndrome.

If it is a chronic disease, it will manifest as pale face, pale gums and tongue, haggard appearance, fatigue, shortness of breath, and Chinese medicine diagnosis is mostly deficiency syndrome due to insufficient Qi and blood.

Therefore, Chinese medicine practitioners can easily identify the patient's condition from their facial features.

Of course, Western doctors can also see it, but Western doctors trust auxiliary examination data more, and they just need to look at the patient's face to see if there is shock.

When Dean Shen and Lin Kucan saw Ramiz's face, they thought that this little face was even more flushed than in the morning, and it didn't look like she was dying.

So the two of them started to take the patient's pulse, one on the left and one on the right.

Lin Sanqi, Bi Xinglong and Ma Zhongli began to measure blood pressure, body temperature, and listen to heart and lung sounds in a hurry.

"How about we go and make another movie?"

Dean Shen put down the patient's wrist and smiled:
"Don't be nervous. It's a good thing that the patient coughed up blood. It was because the blood clots in the trachea were coughed out. If you don't believe me, go to the toilet and check. It shouldn't be fresh blood, but dark red or black old blood."

Lin Sanqi nodded. The color of blood can often determine its source, which is an important reference standard for determining whether the disease is serious.

Doctors Lin Sanqi and Bi Ma did not mind the stench in the toilet and ran over to take a look. Sure enough, they saw a pool of dark blood.

But as a Western doctor, in order to "obtain evidence", Mr. Ramiz was pushed to the temporary radiology department, and Lin Sanqi took out the bedside CT...

The results came out quickly, and sure enough, the blocked bronchus of the plaintiff Ramiz was completely unblocked, and it was a false alarm.

A week later, the Nordic Snow Country ambassador was cured and discharged from the hospital.

When they were discharged from the hospital, the enthusiastic Ambassador Ramiz and his wife gave each attending physician a precious high-end Swedish "radio" to express their gratitude.

Lin Sanqi was holding the radio in his hand and was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He had a lot of these things in his channel space, so what was the use of using it?

Leader Jing came over in person and gave Lin Sanqi a thumbs up:
"Comrade Lin Sanqi, you have done a great job and brought honor to the country. The superiors are very satisfied with this. Don't worry, the awards for your hospital and you will come soon. But I came here this time to talk to you about the X-ray machine.

This was the second time that Leader Jing met Lin Sanqi face to face.

The first time the two met was at Fengtai Railway Station. At that time, in order to grab the food in the warehouse, the Chinese Medicine Hospital and the Digital Hospital directly fought, and then Jing Qisheng rushed to calm the situation.

However, Jing Qisheng did not speak to Lin Sanqi at that time, and Lin Sanqi was not qualified to get close to his boss's boss.

As a result, after a few months, Lin Sanqi became the biggest "smuggler" in the health system and was qualified to be the focus of attention of higher authorities.

In the dean's office.

Jing Qisheng, with a head full of white hair, sat behind the desk, smoking and tapping the table with his fingers. If you didn't know, you would think he was the owner.

The real owner, Dean Shen, and Lin Sanqi sat obediently on the wooden chairs opposite.

Dean Shen sat halfway down, and seeing Lin Sanqi leaning on the back of the chair next to him, he quickly kicked him and whispered a reminder:
"Pay attention to your image in front of your leader and sit properly."

Lin Sanqi felt quite aggrieved, thinking to himself, I was just sitting quietly, at most I was leaning against the back of the chair, I didn't shake my legs or cross them on the table, how could I lose my image?

When Leader Jing saw Lin Sanqi's angry but unconvinced look, he made his first evaluation of Lin Sanqi in his heart:
This is a young man who is not very scheming.

"Comrade Lin Sanqi, right? You don't have to be so reserved in front of me. Today we are just chatting casually. Don't feel any psychological burden, haha."

Lin Sanqi thought, leaders like to pretend to be friendly, but if you really want to be friendly with them, you will definitely be regarded as frivolous and disrespectful to your boss.

So he quickly stood up and saluted: "Yes, Chief!"

Leader Jing's eyes lit up and he said happily, "Oh, it seems that you see yourself as a soldier? Rather than an ordinary medical worker?"

Lin Sanqi flattered:

"I always hold myself to the standards of a soldier. As long as the motherland needs me, I can devote everything I have. When the motherland gives an order, I will go to the ends of the earth without hesitation."

Dean Shen curled his lips and thought to himself, if I hadn't known that you were planning to escape to Hong Kong in a few years, I would have believed your lies.

Upon hearing this, Leader Jing laughed heartily again:

"Okay, that's straightforward. We soldiers should speak directly, unlike those intellectuals who have to beat around the bush. Isn't that tiring? In that case, I won't be polite. Comrade Lin Sanqi, do you know why I'm looking for you?"

"Report, the leader has already told me about the X-ray machine."

Leader Jing nodded and confirmed again: "A total of 200 750 mAh large X-ray machines, can they complete the task?"

Lin Sanqi replied firmly: "Yes!"

Then Lin Sanqi scratched his head again: "But leader, the premise for me to complete the task is that you can provide me with sufficient bullets, otherwise I can't do anything, after all, I am not the maker of the machine."

Leader Jing pushed a piece of letter paper in front of him to Lin Sanqi:
"This is the list. The transaction amount this time is very large. We have temporarily collected 500 kilograms of musk, 800 kilograms of bezoar, and 6000 Northeast wild ginseng, in addition to 50 tons of various common medicinal materials.

As for the remaining shortage, we urgently used military aircraft to re-allocate Hetian jade according to your request. The grade is top grade white jade - 5 tons of mutton-fat jade. Now all these medicinal materials and jade are stored in Tianjin Port, and you can take them away at any time. "

When Lin Sanqi got the list, he shouted in his heart that he was going to get rich again.

The value of wild musk and wild ginseng has been repeatedly emphasized. The transaction volume today alone would be worth billions in 2013.

Another valuable item in this transaction is the 5 tons of mutton-fat white jade.

In 1960, almost no one was interested in mutton-fat jade. It could not be eaten, nor could it be exported to earn foreign exchange. The local people in Hotan picked it up in piles and put it in warehouses to gather dust.

But in 2013, one gram of mutton-fat jade could be sold for at least 1 yuan. If it was top-grade mutton-fat jade, or yuan per gram would be no problem.

Yes, you read it right, the seed material is sold by the gram and is much more valuable than gold.

So even though 5 tons of mutton-fat jade doesn't sound like a lot, it can be transported in one go using the C-46 transport plane seized from the Guo army.

But if you take it as of 2013, the value of 5 tons of mutton-fat jade is to small goals.

Of course, if so much mutton-fat jade is sold at once, the entire jade market will collapse directly. But it can be released slowly, just like ginseng. Then wealth will flow into Lin Sanqi's bank account every day like tap water.

When others open their eyes every morning, they think about having to pay back hundreds of dollars in mortgage or car loans.

When Lin Sanqi opened his eyes, all he could think about was that he had made millions again today. Is there anything more satisfying than this?
Leader Jing had been observing Lin Sanqi's expression. Seeing Lin Sanqi staring blankly at the list, he thought that he was dissatisfied with the number, so he explained:
"Comrade Sanqi, ahem, you know that the current situation in our country is not very good. We don't have many good things to offer. These are the best we can do in a short period of time."

Lin Sanqi came back to his senses and immediately realized that he must not appear too happy.

Although he was still too green in front of the old foxes, he knew that if he acted elated, it would be telling others that he had made a fortune.

Then the other party will definitely lower the price next time and doubt your sincerity in the transaction. By then, Lin Sanqi will not even receive gratitude from the country.

So you must cry poor and pretend to be wronged to maximize your benefits. Hold back and act extremely regretful and entangled...

"Leader, this number is indeed a little less... Alas, you also know that I am just a patriotic smuggler, ah, a patriotic young man... Then I will try my best to collude with the upper house."

Leader Jing laughed:
"It's not about trying your best, but completing the mission. Just like when you signed the military order at the Union Hospital, you promised to cure Ambassador Ramiz's illness. Be decisive, brave, and leave no room for retreat!"

Lin Sanqi thought to himself that leaders are too cunning and like to play with people's hearts.

But as a subordinate, Lin Sanqi couldn't be passive now. It was time to perform:

"Okay! Please rest assured, Chief, I promise to complete the task and get 200 of the most advanced X-ray machines for our country."

Leader Jing nodded with satisfaction. Now it was time to give him a carrot:

"I won't let you suffer any loss. Although I can't reward you materially, I know you don't lack food. So, if you can help the country complete another task, I promise to make you a two-bar two-star rank."

Lin Sanqi rolled his eyes in his heart. Leader, huh, you’re a genius at making big promises.

But he still had to pretend to be excited: "Ah, what mission?"

Leader Jing waved his hand and said, "Let's go to the X-ray room."

Dean Shen and Lin Sanqi didn't understand what was going on, so they could only follow Leader Jing toward the X-ray room.

Leader Jing was just about to go to the toilet to pee, and Dean Shen pulled Lin Sanqi over and whispered:
"If your boss asks you something, answer it if you can help. If it's difficult, don't agree. The tasks that your boss easily promises you to get promoted are usually not easy. Don't agree to them just because you're excited."

Lin Sanqi nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, Uncle Shen, I will do what I can. You know, I am not very interested in being an official or making money."

"Okay, just know it yourself."

Dean Shen is still very worried. If it is a trouble in the hospital, he has the ability to help.

But now Lin Sanqi is involved in higher and higher levels, and has even made deals with relevant departments. This is too scary. He is afraid that if things go wrong he will be taken advantage of, and then Shen Guoming will be powerless to do anything.

In the X-ray room, Leader Jing walked around the new X-ray machine several times, and was extremely happy.

"Lin Sanqi, how much did you pay for this X-ray machine when you bought it?"

Lin Sanqi said with a guilty conscience: "15 yuan per unit. This may be considered a bit expensive in China. After all, this is not imported through normal channels..."

“Not expensive!”

"what?"

"15 yuan a piece, not expensive at all."

Leader Jing smiled as he took a picture of the X-ray machine:

"These 750 mAh X-ray machines can be used not only in medicine but also in the military industry, so foreign countries are currently embargoing them to us. Without your help, Lin Sanqi, we wouldn't be able to buy them even if we had the money. 15 is really not expensive."

In fact, there is another important reason why Leader Jing said it is not expensive.

Because Lin Sanqi did not ask for cash or gold, he simply used medicinal materials and jade as a substitute, and he still charged the market price instead of the wholesale price.

So it is said that the price is 15 yuan per unit, but for China, it is just a matter of a few herbs and a few pieces of jade, and there is a little transportation fee. What is the difference between this and buying it for free?
Is there any cheaper and more cost-effective deal in the world than this?
Since Lin Sanqi could get such a cheap machine, the leaders came up with a good idea to export and earn foreign exchange for our country as soon as they met. This is also what Leader Jing wanted to ask Lin Sanqi to do this time.

Leaders have their own calculations, and Lin Sanqi has his own calculations. An X-ray machine costs 15 yuan, but in fact the value it creates for him is more than 1.5 million yuan. He has made a fortune.

Again, the leader felt that he did not lose anything, but Lin Sanqi definitely made a huge profit. This is called a win-win situation! He won twice.

"Oh, haha, as long as the boss thinks it's not expensive, then I'm relieved. Everyone knows that I'm not interested in money, haha~~~"

If psychologists were here, they would definitely know that the more some people lack something, the more they like to shout about it...

Leader Jing suddenly lowered his head at this time, looked around the corner of the X-ray, and then asked in confusion:

"Comrade Lin Sanqi, why don't I see the machine nameplate? Which country is your machine from?"

Lin Sanqi was extremely brave at this time, not afraid of being shot at, so he stiffened his neck and said:

"Boss, you don't know that I customized this machine. I specifically requested that it not have any trademarks or places of origin. I even requested that each button be labeled in Chinese, not foreign languages."

It was then that Leader Jing noticed that on the X-ray console were words like "on", "off", "rotate up", "rotate down", "move left"...

Lin Sanqi's machines are all custom-made from underground factories in Dongguan, and of course they only have Chinese characters and no foreign languages.

It doesn't stop him from bragging and playing the patriotism card.

Everyone was chatting casually, when Leader Jing suddenly asked another inexplicable question:

"Comrade Sanqi, do you know the current status of our country's localization of medical equipment, especially X-rays?"

Lin Sanqi nodded:

"I heard from Dean Tu of Union Hospital and Dean Liu of Digital Hospital that we invented a 400 mAh X-ray machine just last year, but we only made a few experimental machines and did not mass-produce them. Even Union Hospital could not get a 400 mAh domestic model."

"Then do you know why we didn't mass produce it?"

"This, this..."

Lin Sanqi could guess some of the reasons, but it would be too embarrassing to directly tell the big boss that you are not strong enough and not capable enough, so he had to pretend that he didn't know.
"Is there a component that we haven't completely mastered that prevents us from mass production?"

Leader Jing found a chair and a group of people sat on it:
"I'm too old to stand. You two should sit down. Comrade Sanqi, you don't know much about this, but Xiao Shen should know something about it."

Dean Shen nodded slightly, but thought to himself, what do I know? I work at the Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

"In fact, in 1952, the Shanghai Precision Medical Equipment Factory manufactured the first X-ray machine in China. Although it only had 200 mAh, it filled a gap in China.

Of course, let's be honest now, 90% of the parts for this batch of X-ray machines were imported from the Russians, and the remaining 10% were manually filed by our eighth-level fitters, which was not easy.

At that time, we had just founded our country and the conditions were difficult, but everyone believed that as long as we overcame the first difficulty, imitated the Soviet-made machines, and then achieved localization, this goal should be achieved soon.

As a result, there have been constant conflicts between China and the Russians in recent years. It took us eight years to upgrade from 200 mAh to 400 mAh. Damn it, we even defeated the Japanese in the eight-year war of resistance. It is so difficult to build a machine.

In the second half of last year, in November 59, Shanghai Precision Medical Machinery Factory finally succeeded in trial-producing a 11 mAh large X-ray machine. Unfortunately, it was too late. Foreign countries were using 400 mAh models. How could we announce our 750 mAh model to the outside world and win glory?

Lin Sanqi thought so too. It's like you finally invented the pager, but then you find out that everyone in foreign countries already has a smartphone. What's the point of bragging then? All your previous investment has been wasted.

Technology is changing so rapidly.

Leader Jing was still telling some things about the past:

“Even if we successfully develop the 400 mAh model, it is a shame that our core components, such as detectors, X-ray tubes, high-voltage generators, etc., are all imported and we cannot make them ourselves.

As a result, Europe and the United States have imposed an embargo on us, and our northern neighbors are probably going to turn hostile too. Anyway, they won’t sell us anything now. Lacking key core components, how can we mass-produce this X-machine?..."

At this point, Dean Shen already understood what Leader Jing was up to.

Lin Sanqi didn't understand what was going on, and pretended to be a good student listening to the teacher's lecture:

"Hmm... Hmm... Hmm?" (End of this chapter)

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