Huolin said with a worried look on his face: "You Chinese don't believe in Western medicine very much. People who believe in Western medicine and are rich all go to large hospitals to see a doctor and rarely visit my small clinic. Mr. Mu, to be honest, my small clinic is barely maintained. The situation in Germany is very bad now, otherwise I would have returned to Germany long ago."

Mu Yaping was a little happy and said, "Mr. Huolin, how many years have you been to China?" Huolin replied, "I came to China after the war in 1919. At that time, Germany's living standards dropped sharply after the war, a large number of workers in China were unemployed, and the economy was in chaos. At that time, I was a military doctor and the troops were stationed in Romania. After Germany was defeated, our troops were disbanded."

Huolin paused and continued: "I only realized when I returned to China that my wife and children were killed during the Soviet bombing. I also had a younger brother who, after many explorations, learned that my younger brother was killed in the war in the east. I had no relatives and my life was very poor at that time. I found an errand in a private clinic, which could only solve the problem of food and clothing."

Huolin paused and continued: "At that time, I was very decadent and lost confidence in my future. That winter, I fell on the street and was rescued by a Chinese man passing by. This Chinese man is the father of my current wife. He was a military officer at the Chinese Embassy at that time. When the military officer learned that I was a doctor, he advised me to come to China for development. It just so happened that the Chinese military officer was due to his post, so I came to China with him."

Huolin continued: "The military officer has been bumpy all the way and died soon after he got home. My current wife is the daughter of the military officer. Her husband is an officer. She became a widow when she was killed during the battle. At that time, I was penniless. Thanks to the help of the military officer's daughter, I set up this small clinic. Maybe we both share the same illness, and soon we became married and live a married life. We have a cute little daughter, and now it has been 5 years since we came to China."

Mu Yaping was not concerned about his ups and downs. What he cared about was how to use the German to achieve his goal. Mu Yaping said: "Mr. Holin, what if you are interested in us working together?" Huolin didn't understand what it means: "Cooperation?" Mu Yaping continued: "You have medical skills and channels to import medicine from Germany, and I have money and business network. How about I want to expand your clinic into a hospital and do medical transactions at the same time?"

Huo Lin was secretly happy when he heard this, saying, "How do you cooperate and how do you share the profits?" Mu Yaping said, "I use the form of investment, I provide funds, we share the profits of the hospital, and we share the profits of the medical business with 50% of the pharmaceutical business?" Huo Lin thought for a while and said, "Mr. Mu, I don't understand, you only have 30% of the profits of the hospital. Obviously, you are not a shrewd businessman. Please give me a reasonable explanation."

Mu Yaping smiled and said, "Mr. Huolin, you have a good question. I only have 30% of the profits of the hospital. "Huolin asked urgently: "What are the conditions?" Mu Yaping said, "I need your hospital to train medical staff on behalf of me. You don't have to consider the salary of the staff. They are learning in the hospital. My condition is that you have to teach them medical skills without reservation."

Dr. Huolin said: "Now I believe in your sincerity, and I can accept your conditions." Mu Yaping said: "Your small clinic has no room for development, and the location is not good. If you agree, I can rent the front of the Prince Li Mansion to you, which will be very convenient to expand in the future."

Dr. Huolin suggested to go to the Li Palace to take a look, but Mu Yaping naturally had no objection. Then Dr. Huolin hung up a sign of closing outside the clinic, and then the two of them took a rickshaw to the Li Palace. After visiting the Li Palace, Dr. Huolin was simply ecstatic. He became interested in the garden buildings and the huge space of the royal palace.

The next day was better than the day. At noon that day, Mu Yaping and Dr. Huolin officially signed a contract at Mingyue Restaurant. The contract was in triplicate, and one copy of Mu Yaping and Dr. Huolin each retained one copy, and the other was sent to a lawyer for reservation. The Germans' serious attitude towards the contract and meticulous dedication left a deep impression on Mu Yaping.

At the dinner table, Mu Yaping asked: "Mr. Huolin, setting up a hospital must recruit people, you must prepare early." Unexpectedly, Huolin said easily: "I will go to Tianjin tomorrow. It is very easy to recruit medical talents. At the same time, I want to buy medical equipment. I want to know how much money Mr. Mu can invest."

Mu Yaping smiled and said, "Doctor Huolin, how many silver dollars do you need?" Huolin thought for a while and said, "It takes at least 200,000 silver dollars to purchase medicines and medical equipment in Tianjin. The hospital needs decoration, and it also costs 50,000 silver dollars to buy other supplies such as beds. Mr. Mu, this is the most conservative amount."

Mu Yaping still smiled and said, "It seems that Mr. Huolin lacks confidence in me. If you go to Tianjin, I will give you 500,000 silver dollars. In addition to purchasing medical devices, I will buy all the remaining medicines. As for the planning of the hospital, you can give me a general plan and I will do it. You can go to Tianjin with confidence!"

Huolin was overjoyed and believed that Mu Yaping had such strong financial resources: "Mr. Mu, it is not appropriate to purchase so many drugs. German pharmaceutical merchants have a pharmaceutical company in Tianjin. We Germans will get special discounts when purchasing goods, and we can get the supply of drugs by taking telegrams, which is very cheap."

What Mu Yaping wanted was the result: "Mr. Mu, do you have a price list for the medicine in your hand?" Huolin nodded and took out a price list for the medicine from his bag. Mu Yaping glanced briefly and said: "Mr. Huolin, I will take this price list for the medicine, and I will strive to complete the first pharmaceutical business before you come back."

In the afternoon of the same day, they came to Prince Li again. Dr. Huolin spent an hour planning the hospital layout and handed it over to Mu Yaping in writing. Then they took action separately. Dr. Huolin returned to the clinic and was about to leave for Tianjin. Mu Yaping went straight to Rongbaozhai. He naturally had to rely on Tong Baosheng for the matters related to the hospital.

"What? Are you opening a hospital with the Germans?" Tong Baosheng said with disbelief. Mu Yaping said, "Master Tong, what's the surprise? The Germans and I have signed a contract. You will immediately send someone to send 500,000 silver dollars to Dr. Huolin. In addition, you put down what you are doing now, follow this planning diagram, and gather people to pack up the front of the Prince Li Mansion to decorate and purchase the necessary items."

When Tong Baosheng was stunned, Mu Yaping left without any explanation. After getting off the bus in front of the army department, he soon saw his second brother Mu Weiping. He asked his second brother to make a list of Western medicine purchased by the army department. Soon Mu Yaping got the list and compared it with the price list given to him by Huolin. He was secretly surprised that there was twice the profit between the two.

Mu Yaping knew that the pharmaceutical business was different from arms. The army had the greatest demand for Western medicine, so he had to rely on the Army to sell the medicines. That night, Director Hu of the Military Control Department of the Army also met Mu Yaping at Mingyue Restaurant. "Haha! Master Mu, the arms were sold out so quickly, what do you want to do this time?"

Mu Yaping smiled and said, "Director Hu, how can you sell so many rifles just say they are sold out? This time I want to do a pharmaceutical business with you." Director Hu was shocked and said in a panic: This kid is too powerful and can actually do pharmaceutical business. He is clear-headed. If ordinary domestic merchants purchase goods from German pharmaceutical merchants, their purchase price and sales profit are too small. If a large number of goods are purchased, their sales will also become a problem and will be exploited by intermediaries. If this kid dares to take Western medicine, it will definitely be a success.

Director Hu said, "Young Master Mu, Western medicine business is not something that anyone can do if they want, and its profit is minimal. I want to know how much profit can be made." Mu Yaping said, "According to the list of Western medicine purchased by the Ministry of Army, I can reduce it by 10%. Even so, how can we still get 50% of the profit?" Mu Yaping snatched an ambush.

Director Hu was surprised when he heard this, "I really didn't expect that the profit would double. Master Mu's path is simply incredible. Recently, the Shandong garrison was going to purchase 200,000 silver dollars of medicines, and most of them were injections?" Mu Yaping said: "Director Hu, there is no problem, it's still the same rule, you and I will share half of the share." Director Hu said happily: "Mr. Mu, as long as this medical transaction is successful, I will leave it to you for 50% of the medical procurement of the Army Department in the future."

That night, Mu Yaping returned home a little drunk. Mu Anxiang, who had already been waiting in his house, asked anxiously: "Brother, Dr. Huolin's clinic has been closed. Have you negotiated with him? I haven't seen you for a day." Mu Yaping joked: "I can't see that our little princess is also anxious." Anxiang said dissatisfied: "Sister-in-law, you see, your brother doesn't take my business seriously at all, I will ignore you." Wan Qiu said to her, "Cousin, see if the girl is anxious, is she annoying?"

Mu Yaping smiled and said, "To be honest, Dr. Huolin and I have officially cooperated. We are about to build a hospital in Prince Li's Mansion. How about it, sister, brother isn't bragging!" Anxiang happily came up and hugged Mu Yaping's arm and said, "Brother, you are really amazing. I will become an angel in white." Mu Yaping said, "Don't be too happy too early. I have a requirement for you?"

Anxiang was still excited and said, "Brother, tell me! I will follow you any request." Mu Yaping said, "You must recruit 30 people among your classmates to work in the hospital. You not only have to be a nurse when you go to the hospital, but also to study medicine with German doctors. In the future, I will also recruit young men who are willing to study medicine, and train a large number of doctors who save lives and heal the wounded. Can you do it?..."

At the end of October, Boai Hospital was officially opened in Liwang Mansion, and the first pharmaceutical business was successfully completed during this period.

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Chapter completed!