Practicing business and practicing medicine

Unlike other clinics in the city, in terms of fees, Bian Mu has always insisted on paying a 30 yuan registration fee. Unless he feels that he cannot provide any substantial help to the patient, including consultation, then he will not take any money.

Including Fan Sanqiao, all the friends around him expressed their disbelief.

Bian Mu didn't explain much and just kept going like this, even if he couldn't wait for a patient for a whole day.

After the business man left, the popularity of "Bian's Clinic" gradually recovered, and people started to come and go like this.

Fan Sanqiao was really happy for Bian Mu.

"Looking", "smelling", "asking", "cutting"... All patients follow the formal diagnosis and treatment procedures. Regardless of men, women, old or young, rich or poor, Bian Mu treats them equally. Taking pulse, asking questions, checking... all appear... Meticulous.

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It was more than an hour since the sun went down when the last male patient was sent away.

"Brother Fan! Theoretically speaking, the 30 yuan registration fee has been accepted by the residents in this area. Are you hungry? Let's eat better today and celebrate a little!" Bian Mu said with a smile after stretching a few times. .

"It's time to celebrate, but until now, I haven't figured out why you insist on charging 30 yuan for the registration fee. Sometimes, people just come to your door to ask for a few words, and you also ask them to pay this amount, saying To be honest, sometimes, I think you are going a little too far. Besides, wouldn’t you destroy your customer base by doing this? It would be better for us to directly set up a rejection threshold for customers that cannot be attracted by other peers. What’s going on here? What kind of mystery is hidden?" Fan Sanqiao smiled and asked sincerely.

"Actually, the reason is quite simple. Think about it, in a big city with a population of nearly 20 million, what kind of patients would go to a clinic for treatment?"

"Elderly people? Chronic diseases? Loyal fans of traditional Chinese medicine? Medical treatment in big hospitals is too expensive, and it costs three to five hundred to treat a cold. If you come to your place, maybe a few injections and a few pairs of Chinese medicine will be enough. Are you looking for a bargain?" Fan Sanqiao replied with a smile.

Smiling and nodding lightly, Bian Mu asked, "Brother Fan! Do you know how much it costs to register the most expensive special clinic number at Nie Yixiong's place?"

"Who in Lijin City doesn't know about it? The name 'Nie Sanqian' is not for nothing. I heard that during special times, if you let the street scalpers speculate, you can get a maximum of 5,000 yuan per number! "Blurted out, Fan Sanqiao responded.

Smiling, Bian Mu continued to ask: "In our world of traditional Chinese medicine, Nie Yixiong is considered a ceiling-level master, so let's discuss it! Assuming that Dr. Nie's medical skills can reach the perfect level, which is a perfect score, 100 points, tell me, how many points can I get compared to him?"

Upon hearing this, Fan Sanqiao couldn't help but froze.

Thinking about the problem from this perspective, Fan Sanqiao didn't think twice at all.

Fan Sanqiao is a serious figure in the Ma family. In terms of thinking quality, he has long been accustomed to the way of thinking that must be well-founded, precise description, proficient in calculation... In addition, his character has almost no flaws, from childhood to adulthood. , has always had the character to say the same thing, but Bian Mu suddenly said these few words, and he, who is good at calculation, was confused at that time.

"This... how do you calculate this thing! You stumped me all of a sudden!" Fan Sanqiao told the truth.

"We have been running this clinic together for some time. Use your intuitive feeling and make a rough estimate. Don't be influenced by your professionalism. It has to be very accurate. You don't have to be responsible for the judgment you make. It's just a casual chat. , just speak frankly based on your intuition." Bian Mu said very tolerantly.

"Then... 75 points is definitely possible! I am a typical 'science and engineering man'. Before I met you, I was a die-hard anti-TCM person. From our point of view, the average life span of Chinese people has been the same for thousands of years. It’s not that high. Traditional Chinese medicine is both a cure and a health preserver. What role does it play? How many years has it been since the birth of complete Western medicine? What was the average life span of Westerners during the same period? I don’t have exact data, so I’m going by intuition. , should be higher than that of our country. This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that we are very experimental science. Traditional Chinese medicine seems to be particularly poor in this regard and cannot withstand repeated experiments. For example, the same is For a cold, the prescription you prescribe must be very different from Nie Yixiong's, right?" At this point, Fan Sanqiao asked casually.

"Yes, Nie Yixiong and I belong to completely different schools of traditional Chinese medicine. So far, I have not really seen the true face of Teacher Nie. According to my guess, he should belong to the complete school of all-functional type. As for me, So far, it should belong to the 'Miscellaneous Sect'. The so-called 'Miscellaneous Sect' refers to people who dabble in everything from any sect. They are mixed and messy, and they are all messed up without distinction. To put it nicely, it is all-inclusive, and to put it badly, it is greedy. Not enough. If you take a bite of everything, you will end up with indigestion, haha... Therefore, for the same patient with the same disease, the prescriptions prescribed by Teacher Nie and I must be quite different. Even, he only needs one injection. That’ll be fine, I may just need acupuncture and decoction, you guessed it right.”

"So! I have always thought that Chinese medicine is just like a wizard who fools people. He talks about people and lies about ghosts. In addition, I have also come into contact with other doctors of traditional Chinese medicine. When they treat a doctor, they will still prescribe various laboratory tests for you. When you take X-rays and CT scans, the whole process is very similar to that of a Western medicine physician. In the end, when you prescribe medicines, they prescribe both Chinese and Western medicines. Moreover, when you prescribe a lot of medicines, some of them are not covered by medical insurance, and the patient has to pay part of them out of his own pocket. , and in the end, the disease was cured. Who can say clearly whether it was Chinese medicine or Western medicine that worked?!" At this point, Fan Sanqiao became more energetic, and his tone of voice became a few degrees higher. .

It can be seen that Fan Sanqiao still has quite a deep prejudice against traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.

Bian Mu was also deeply surprised by this.

Normally, Bian Mu always felt that Fan Sanqiao's IQ was absolutely top-notch. He always thought that he had a unique understanding of traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Unexpectedly, he was a standard anti-TCM die-hard person.

Seeing that Bian Mu didn't respond, Fan Sanqiao continued to elaborate: "To tell you the truth, before I met you, I always believed that Chinese medicine was a pseudoscience. When I saw a doctor, I would always go to a Western medicine doctor. I never went to the gate of a Chinese medicine hospital or a Chinese medicine clinic. I didn’t take a serious look at it, haha... However, after getting to know you, I gradually realized that I was completely wrong. Chinese medicine is absolutely amazing. When I was on duty in the store alone, I asked myself, is Chinese medicine fake? Is it scientific? Is Dr. Bian Mu a unique case?! Later, after repeated arguments and repeated comparisons of information found online, I decided that it was not a problem with Chinese medicine or Chinese medicine, but that most Chinese medicine doctors were too mediocre. You and Nie Yixiong are absolutely unique people."

Hearing this, Bian Mu was happy at the time.