sjar Chapter 1134 - 1094: Price War
Chapter 1134 - 1094: Price War
At seven in the evening, Lin Jie and Li Ao'ge signed the lease agreement witnessed by over a hundred people on site.Lin Jie also gave a brief speech.
He thanked Li Ao'ge for his support of the medical profession and promised to develop Qushui Garden into an open venue primarily for professional gatherings and medical exchanges among medical professionals.
Following the brief signing ceremony, it was time for everyone to eat, drink, and engage in business exchanges.
Lin Jie took some food from the buffet and gathered with An Weize, An Kexin, Gong Xuepeng, Ling Mengjiao, and Qin Gang.
"Dad, Dean Gong, Jie has a suggestion!"
An Kexin drew the group's attention and softly said, "Jie wants to readjust the hospital's pricing strategy to be more affordable, forcing Phoenix Mountain Hospital into a price war to down them."
An Weize was stunned, looked at Lin Jie, and asked, "Jie, why do you want to do this?"
"A few months ago, I was worried that Phoenix Mountain Hospital, with its strong capital, wanted to bring us down. Now, it's you who want to initiate a malicious price competition."
Lin Jie smiled and said, "Times change."
"Uncle An, before we only had Anlin Hospital, relying on its revenue for continuous operation."
"But now, we have Anlin Garden, Anlin Pharmaceutical, Anlin Intelligent Medical Research Center, Anlin Precision Equipment Research Center, and several related enterprises."
"In this situation, Anlin Hospital's main function is no longer to quickly achieve financial balance, or even profitability, but rather to enhance the hospital's social role, heal and rescue people, serve more patients, and earn a good social reputation."
"Of course, while lowering service prices, the quality of medical services we offer cannot be reduced; it remains high standard."
With Gong Xuepeng present, some reasons were inconvenient to express, so Lin Jie presented a high-sounding excuse like this.
However, saying this, he felt that the reason was genuinely good.
Using this reason to explain to the hospital shareholders and management is acceptable.
After all, the hospital's pricing strategy, which had long been established, was to position itself as a private hospital providing high-quality medical services, and its pricing was quite unfriendly.
Approaching the opening, suddenly changing the pricing strategy requires a reasonable explanation.
An Weize thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and sighed lightly, "Jie, what you said truly reminded me."
"In the past few months, the development of the Anlin Clan has been so rapid that it's beyond my imagination. My thoughts have been stuck in the past, unable to shift."
"With things changing, Anlin Garden, Anlin Pharmaceutical, and other related enterprises, as long as one develops, it can easily support Anlin Hospital."
An Kexin said with a hint of resentment, "Dad, it's not that your thoughts have been stuck in the past; it's just that your focus has shifted to my unborn brother."
Seeing An Weize's awkward expression, Lin Jie cleared his throat, signaling An Kexin not to act up.
"Uncle An, adjusting the medical service prices to be more affordable might not prevent Anlin Hospital from being profitable, because analyzing the current situation, Anlin Hospital lacks no patients once it opens."
Gong Xuepeng agreed, "President An, Anlin Hospital genuinely won't lack patients."
"Previously, I was concerned that once Anlin Hospital opens, because of its remote location, it might take a long time for many patients to show up. Now, I'm not worried at all."
"What I'm worried about now is how to ensure the level of medical service without reducing patient satisfaction while maximizing the number of beds."
He said excitedly, "Now every day, there are several hundred people calling and leaving comments on our website and public account to inquire."
"I am almost certain that once we open, we might encounter a situation where the hospital is overwhelmed with patients."
An Weize asked dubiously, "Is the situation really that good?"
An Kexin snorted, "Dad, the actual situation is even better than you imagine."
"We have three reliable sources of patients."
"The first is the athlete community."
She further explained, "In April, Jie did a physical examination for the national Olympic athletes and the feedback from those athletes wasn't just generally good."
"Among all athletes who can attend the Olympics are a minority elite, while many athletes are not eligible."
"Among these athletes, quite a few have old injuries. They learned about Jie's skills from the national Olympic athletes and knew that Anlin Hospital has a national-level sports injury research center, so inquiries have been continuous."
Gong Xuepeng chimed in, "Because Anlin Hospital hasn't opened yet, and these athletes mostly have old injuries that can wait, we've proceeded to register bookings for them."
"The number of registered bookings has reached two hundred and sixty-three people. When Anlin Hospital opens, we'll notify them to come for examinations and treatment one after another."
An Weize softly said "Ah" and concernedly asked, "Jie, you're busy with research projects and tumor patients, with so many athletes?"
Lin Jie smiled, replied, "Uncle An, don't worry. My students are very clear on which key tests to conduct for athletes in various sports."
"As long as these athletes' injuries are diagnosed clearly through the tests, based on the skills of the chief doctors hired by Anlin Hospital, most should be well handled."
An Kexin continued, "The impact of Jie's experimental therapy paper is enduring."
"Globally, every month, there are so many newly diagnosed tumor patients, even if only a thousandth or ten-thousandth of them focuses on Jie's research results, Anlin Hospital can continually receive tumor patients."
"The third source of patients comes from the military."
"We still carry the banner of the Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Soldiers."
She swung her little fist with a shout, "With these three primary sources of patients, it's sufficient to support the hospital's revenue."
"Especially those overseas tumor patients and professional athletes—their treatment costs are priced in US Dollars, which can offset the loss from domestic patients being priced affordably."
An Kexin then excitedly said, "Dad, Dean Gong, let me tell you some great news: Jie will be receiving a United States tumor patient whose party has promised to fund the construction of a ward building with an investment of no less than twenty million US Dollars."
"It can be expected that some wealthy patients, in order to get a chance for Jie to treat them, will continue to exhibit such money-driven behavior."
"Perhaps Jie alone could support an entire hospital."
Gong Xuepeng looked at Lin Jie with shining eyes, excitedly saying, "President An, in a sense, the current Anlin Hospital is practically being kept afloat by Expert Lin alone."
Lin Jie smiled and said, "Don't flatter me like that. Dean Gong, what exactly is the situation at Phoenix Mountain Hospital?"
Gong Xuepeng calmed himself and said, "After Luo Wantong took over Phoenix Mountain Hospital, he demolished some old buildings and completely renovated the retained ones. He also constructed two new buildings."
"Currently, Phoenix Mountain Hospital has fifteen hundred beds, employs around a thousand medical workers, and is equipped with various medium and large-sized medical equipment that meets international advanced standards."
"They claim externally that Phoenix Mountain Hospital's scale and strength have reached the level of a premier hospital."
Lin Jie scoffed, "Claiming to be a premier hospital level?"
"With such grandiose setup and scale, the operating costs must be hefty. Do you have specific data?"
Gong Xuepeng shook his head and said, "There's only an estimated figure."
"Monthly personnel costs are around 120 million, and various equipment and depreciation along with other operating costs are roughly 30 million monthly."
Lin Jie shook his head and lamented, "1.5 billion in monthly costs—how many patients do they need to treat to earn that back?"
He asked, "Dean Gong, if we lower Anlin Hospital's medical service prices to be more affordable, do you think Phoenix Mountain Hospital will follow suit?"
Gong Xuepeng pondered, "I think they would follow suit."
He analyzed, "Though our Anlin Hospital is smaller, with beds only about a third of Phoenix Mountain Hospital's, our research has shown that most Binhai residents perceive both our hospital's ranking and medical standards as higher than Phoenix Mountain Hospital's, thanks to your reputation, Expert Lin."
"Under these circumstances, if Phoenix Mountain Hospital's medical pricing significantly exceeds ours, their reputation and goodwill would suffer greatly."
"That's perfect!"
Lin Jie eerily said, "Luo Wantong is investing over billions to build that Wantong World Trade Center—I don't believe he has so much money to constantly give Phoenix Mountain Hospital a lifeline."
"We'll play the price war and see how long they can hold out."
At this moment, Li Ao'ge walked over quickly, approached Lin Jie, and said apologetically, "Expert Lin, sorry to interrupt, there's a minor situation, could you come over?"
Lin Jie stood up, anxiously asking, "Has someone's condition flared up?"
"Sort of!" Li Ao'ge felt awkward.
"Alright, let's go!"
Lin Jie was about to leave with Li Ao'ge, while Qin Gang and An Kexin prepared to follow.
Li Ao'ge hurriedly stopped, saying, "Well, the patient's situation is private, it wouldn't be appropriate for others to be present, can Expert Lin go alone?"
Qin Gang sternly said, "Wherever Expert Lin goes, I go!"
An Kexin sat back down, chuckled, "Then I won't go, but Qin Gang needs to follow!"
Upon hearing this, Li Ao'ge understood Qin Gang was responsible for Lin Jie's safety and didn't stop them anymore.
Lin Jie and Qin Gang followed Li Ao'ge quickly to the fourth floor, entering a room resembling a hotel VIP room.
The scene made him understand why Li Ao'ge wanted privacy.
Two people were on the bed, a man and a woman, with the woman laying over the man covered in a blanket, hair disheveled.
The man beneath kept groaning, "It's broken, it's broken, I'm broken there, help me..."
Li Ao'ge covered his face, saying, "Expert Lin, this is so embarrassing."
"This is my nephew; due to poor upbringing, he got reckless and did such a thing, got discovered by her husband who barred the door..."
"They're stuck, can't come apart. Please help separate them, or going to the hospital like this would be the talk of all Binhai!"
Lin Jie knew this was muscular vaginal contraction.
The reason should be the woman was frightened, causing strong muscle contraction there such that the man's part couldn't be withdrawn.
The current situation requires easing the woman's emotions, relaxing her.
Just comforting won't work in this case.
Lin Jie whispered a few words into Qin Gang's ear.
Qin Gang slightly startled, then nodded.
He went to the bed and suddenly chopped the woman's neck with his hand, causing her body to soften onto the man.
Lin Jie also stepped forward and pressed several nerves on the woman's lower back.
After a while of massage, he told the groaning young man, "Try it—see if you can pull out?"
"Ah, it's out, really out."
"Pain, pain..."
The young man, sweating all over from pain, tearfully said, "Expert Lin, could you look to see if I'm really broken there? I got hit earlier, ran around, and suddenly felt great pain."
Lin Jie lifted the blanket to take a look and shook his head.
The situation is serious—it's a severe tear at the base of the corpus cavernosum!