Chapter 593 Tips for naming hospitals(1/2)
When he heard that the real oil tycoon wanted to donate so much money, Chen Qi stood up immediately, held the chief's hand tightly, and thanked him sincerely:
"Thank you so much, Mr. Chief and Mrs. Chief. In our Chinese words, your sponsorship is nothing more than giving someone timely assistance. In this way, according to international practice, let me think about what I should name our new building.
name?"
There is an unspoken rule for donations abroad and in my country's Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, which is to highlight the name of the donor.
For example, there is a "Shaw Tower" on campuses across the country, which was donated by Hong Kong media tycoon Mr. Run Run Shaw.
Later, there was also a famous Zhejiang No. 3 Hospital "Shao Run Run Hospital" in Haidong Province, which was also built with donations from his elders.
The name "Shaw Tower" or "Restaurus Shaw Hospital" is, on the one hand, to commend the donor's contribution, and on the other hand, it is to allow everyone to remember the donor.
But there is also a problem here. If it is donated by Chinese compatriots, it will be easy to choose a name.
Now that the Arab sheikh wants to donate a hospital, he has to be particular about the name, otherwise he might get into trouble.
If there is a "Chief Abdullah Hospital" or "Prince Aziz Hospital", it sounds like a foreign name. And naming the hospital with this name will offend the sensitive nerves of many people.
I'm afraid that Chen Qi will be scolded by people all over the country as a bitch who worships foreigners and favors foreigners.
If someone gives me some money, you just call me daddy? Do you have any backbone?
Or calling him Chen Qi, is he a "comprador" of the new era? He treats foreigners, does things for foreigners, and even changes the name of the country's hospitals to foreigners. Does Chen Qi forget his ancestors?
Don't think that this kind of public opinion will not happen. Chen Qi can be sure that this kind of rumors will definitely spread.
For example, in later generations, the richest man surnamed Ma in Haidong Province founded an Internet company. At first, 18 brothers worked with him. Later, when the business became too big and the capital chain could not keep up, he begged his grandfather and grandma everywhere for investment.
No matter who the domestic capital is, no one is optimistic about it.
In the end, a wealthy Japanese man surnamed Sun invested in this Internet company and then obtained the equity. This was a very normal capital investment behavior.
What's the final result?
When the market value of this Internet company reached hundreds of billions of dollars, it was attacked by some media and netizens as a Japanese-owned company. The founder of the company, surnamed Ma, was also criticized as serving the Japanese and being a Han woman.
People will first try to smear you morally, and then question you financially. Finally, some capital will directly drive the founder out of the company, or even out of the country, making it difficult for him to return home.
Therefore, sometimes public opinion has a position and is oriented, while the public and the masses are confused and can easily be taken advantage of.
When one day Chen Qi becomes the biggest figure in the domestic medical field and blocks the way of others, then things will definitely happen to throw dirty water on Chen Qi.
Sometimes populism is a very scary thing and can easily destroy a person.
Chen Qi doesn't want to spend the rest of his life wandering around the earth and die in a foreign land, so he must avoid some risks. In Vietnamese, he has to put his pants back out.
So how can we reflect the contribution of the donors and be accepted by the Chinese people? It is difficult to choose this name.
At this time, Chen Qi glanced at the gifts given to his twins by the chief and his wife. Among them were a bunch of fairy tale books, including "The Adventures of the Prince", and he immediately found inspiration.
"Mr. Chief, Mrs. Chief, in order to thank you for your donation, and to express my high personal respect for you, I have decided to name the main building of our endoscopy center the 'Prince Building'. What do you think? Do you think this name is appropriate?"
"Hahaha~~~Okay, let's call it Prince Tower!"
Chief Abdullah readily agreed. He naturally understood that this name was the most appropriate. After all, it was not a donation within the country. In conservative China, being able to obtain the "naming rights" was already a great deal of face.
The reason why the young chief took out such a large sum of money at once was not only to express gratitude to Chen Qi, but also had another important hidden purpose.
That is to show goodwill to a big country.
Donating to a hospital in China is actually donating to China. The top leaders of China have seen the closeness shown by Baotou and believe that certain cooperation between the two countries can proceed smoothly in the future.
Therefore, every move of a political figure has a profound connotation, but Chen Qi cannot see it.
The chief's wife was also very satisfied after hearing about the "Prince Tower". This is equivalent to accruing virtue to her son and finding a big country as a protective umbrella. It also indicates that Chief Aziz's status will become very stable.
Just when everyone was laughing, Chief Abdullah suddenly made another request:
"Dr. Chen, I have another request. I think endoscopy can represent the highest technology in today's medicine. As far as I know, endoscopic surgery has not yet been carried out in Baotou, which makes me very dissatisfied.
So my request is that our country will send some doctors to China and Vietnam, and ask Dr. Chen to teach them. When they become Canadians, our country will also be able to carry out endoscopic surgeries, which can benefit our people.
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Chen Qi nodded repeatedly after hearing this:
"Mr. Chief, your vision of new things and new technologies is so accurate. Your pattern is bigger than everyone else. It's so admirable. Many people are questioning the role of endoscopic surgery, but you can decisively send doctors here.
For further study, just focus on this point, and I will definitely teach them without reservation."
People like to hear good things, especially the praise and admiration from foreigners, which made the young chief's tail get higher and higher, and the smile on his face became more and more.
"No, actually, back then I wanted to be a doctor who could save lives and heal the wounded, but unfortunately I couldn't help myself, so I had to become the chief reluctantly. Alas, so I actually envy you."
Chen Qi was stunned for a moment, thinking that the chief's level of pretentiousness was not inferior to his own.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So the two businesses talked about each other for a long time, and both parties were very happy.
Unfortunately, the only fly in the ointment is that until the chief couple left, Chen Qi did not receive any private donations.
After sending the person away, Chen Qi took the check and sighed, his wallet was not bulging.
But then he was overjoyed. Now he has 6 million yuan and 21 million US dollars in his hands. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the richest president in the Chinese health system.
Then he can carefully plan the new hospital in his mind, and many drawings will need to be redesigned.
It highlights a high-level hospital and is fully in line with international hospitals. Anyway, Chen Qi is not short of money now and no longer has to be timid about spending money.
If you don’t have money, you have the worry of not having money. If you have money, you have the worry of having money.
No, after the news spread that Dean Chen had a huge amount of foreign exchange in his hands, all the princes could not sit still.
During the previous Chinese New Year, the American entertainment tycoon donated US$1 million and caused a sensation in the national health system.
The donation of 20 million yuan almost blinded everyone's eyes. I don't know how many people in the health system slapped the table and scolded Chen Qi, how could this little bastard have such good luck?
People far away can't get it, but people close by are interested in the money.
The person who responded the fastest was President Li Yuhan of Haidong Medical University.
In the office of the president of the Vietnam-China People's Hospital, President Li and the chief of the finance section were sitting there, looking a little embarrassed. Chen Qi and Guo Yuanhang were sitting on the side, looking a little helpless.
"President Li, you said that you are a university, not a factory, and you do not engage in foreign trade. Why do you need foreign exchange?"
"Ahem, that's not what you said. We, Haidong Medical University, are really in trouble. You see, if we want to become a top medical university, we need to have diplomatic exchanges and visit abroad, right? But each person can only exchange 100 US dollars in foreign currency. This is
What can you do with money?”
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, because foreign exchange reserves were in short supply, the state was also very strict in controlling foreign exchange exchanges. Generally, exchanges were not allowed, and exchanges were meaningless. You had to file a report and issue a certificate from your employer.
(Wait a minute, it seems that the control will still be very strict in 2023)
That's why in this era, the black market foreign exchange market is very prosperous. The exchange rate of RMB to US dollars in banks is 1:4 or 1:5, but it can be exchanged at 1:10 in the black market.
The profit doubled in the middle, and I don’t know whether it is the bank or the scalper who is worse.
Even if it's 1:10, there are almost no fools exchanging US dollars for RMB, because US dollars can be exchanged for foreign exchange certificates, and you can go to the Friendship Store and buy whatever you want, making you the envy of everyone.
But people who really need U.S. dollars, such as going abroad or asking relatives and friends who are going abroad to bring home appliances, can only go to the black market to exchange them, and then be brutally slaughtered by scalpers.
Principal Li looked at Chen Qi's face and continued to say shamelessly:
"In addition, our university wants to subscribe to some foreign medical journals or purchase some English textbooks, which will require the use of precious foreign exchange. But you also said that we are a school, not a factory, and we have no place to earn foreign exchange.
Well, aren’t we just targeting you?”
When Lan Lijuan obtained US$2 million in funding for Helicobacter pylori from Sweden, Chen Qi donated US$200,000 to Haidong Medical University, which was regarded as "protection money."
This 200,000 US dollars has indeed helped Haidong Medical University a great favor, and then others have tasted the benefits.
Chen Qi smacked his lips, his teeth hurt:
"Principal Li, you also know the domestic environment. If I open this hole, believe it or not, I will definitely not be able to keep the 20 million US dollars. Look at our superiors, from the ministry to the office to the bureau.
Who is not short of foreign exchange?
If I give it to you, Haidong Medical University, but not to other units? Isn’t that offending someone? Besides, now your Haidong Medical University is not a unit directly under our leadership. If it’s my private life, it doesn’t matter if I lend it to my alma mater, but this is public money.”
Lao Guo also promptly helped and said:
"Yes, Principal Li, you don't know what kind of hospital Chen Qi wants to build. Although 20 million U.S. dollars is a lot, you have to know that a standard endoscopic operating room costs 1 million U.S. dollars. What Chen Qi requires is a
If we just build 20 houses, plus the infrastructure costs, the landlords will really have no food left."
Chen Qi nodded repeatedly: "That's right, I still want Haidong Medical University to invest more."
Principal Li was so angry that he wanted to scold her: "Guawazi, it's not like I want your US dollars for nothing. I'll exchange them with you for RMB."
The old man was so anxious that he even spoke his native dialect.
"Of course I know the domestic environment, so I came here specifically to give you a head start and exchange RMB for U.S. dollars. Then you will have an excuse to refuse others' hands in the future. Even if you can't keep the U.S. dollars, at least you still have RMB in your hand.
, it’s better than losing both people and money, right?”
After working on it for a long time, Principal Li also worked very hard.
Of course, it’s a bit cheaper by the way. After all, the black market exchange ratio of 1:10 is too much. How much is a monthly salary?
Lao Guo rolled his eyes and slapped Chen Qi on the head:
"You little melon, Principal Li is here to help you set the rules, but you wrongly accuse Principal Li of being here to ask for money. Who do you think Principal Li is? Apologize quickly. Such a big man is already the dean.
It’s not stable at all.”
To be continued...