Before five o'clock, it was getting dark in New York.

Although ordinary workers often work more than a dozen hours a day during the year, for the rich and middle class, it is time to rest. So on the streets of Manhattan, many people hurried to their homes. In such cold weather, no one wants to spend an extra minute on the street.

For Mr. Crawford, of course, the same.

"Oops!"

But just as he was about to board the carriage, Mr. Crawford suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, as if he had been punched so violently, and the pain came so suddenly and so violently that he snorted and slammed his head against the car door before he could even react!

"What's wrong with you, sir?"

Seeing this, the coachman waiting next to him immediately stepped forward to help his master and asked urgently.

"Belly...... My stomach hurts again! ”

After standing on his feet with the help of the coachman, Crawford said in a trembling voice.

In just a few seconds, his face became extremely pale like the noble ladies smeared with white powder, his body was arched like a lobster, and the same beads of sweat the size of beans were rolling down, just like taking a sauna on a dog day!

"It hurts so badly this time?"

Hearing Crawford say this, the coachman immediately panicked.

Mr. Crawford was already feeling unwell when he went out in the carriage this morning, and he had a constant pain in his abdomen, but as a successful businessman, he had a very important meeting today that decided the company's major events in the new year, and it was simply impossible to be absent. So Crawford endured the pain and was busy all day. I didn't expect that it was time to go home now, and the pain had worsened so much, even to the point that Crawford himself could not bear it!

The coachman, who has served Mr. Crawford for more than ten years, is well aware of the character of his master.

If it weren't for the unbearable pain, he would definitely not have been able to make such a gaffe in public, especially now that the two of them were still in front of Crawford's own company!

"Sir. I'll take you to Dr. Doug at once. ”

That is, after being stunned for two or three seconds, the coachman immediately opened his mouth to build a road.

In Mr. Crawford's honorable status, it was naturally impossible to go to the doctor when he was sick, and in fact, like many wealthy people in New York, he had his own personal physician, and he had to pay a fixed fee of three hundred dollars a year, and if there was a large overhead on the medication, it would be necessary to increase the expenditure.

With such a high fee, Crawford's personal physician, Doug, is naturally quite famous in New York. In addition to his medical skills, he is also an associate professor at Columbia College, so the coachman immediately thought of the gentleman.

"Good ......"

His lips began to tremble, and Crawford's voice trembled as he spat out a word, and was helped into the carriage by the coachman.

"Drive!"

After closing the door, he quickly jumped into the car, and the coachman shouted loudly, and the carriage drove forward quickly......

……

“…… Yesterday day, we had a total of three patients. ”

In Mr. Huntelaar's office, Thomas said helplessly: "The advertisement for our hospital has been published. But only three patients came to the clinic......"

"Uh......"

After listening to Thomas's words, John was speechless.

Such a big hospital. Even if there was an advertisement in the newspaper, only three patients came to the clinic in one day, so you can imagine what a blow yesterday's situation caused him!

John sighed softly, feeling helpless.

After a moment's hesitation, Thomas spoke, "John, did you buy the land to the west as well...... Not. I mean, there's a two-story building just west of our hospital, and now it's yours, right? ”

"Well, I guess so."

Glancing at Thomas a little strangely, John nodded.

In fact, it's not just the west, except that the south side is the road. John commissioned Steve to buy land in all three other directions, and won more than five acres of land in one go! You know, Heinz General Hospital itself covers only 3.6 acres.

Such a large piece of land means another huge expense!

Fortunately, the elder Huntelaar also knows that the future development of New York City is limitless, especially in Manhattan, which is in the center, and the land will naturally rise all the way, so he also supports John's investment behavior. It's just that even in the 80s of the 19th century, the price of land in Manhattan was already very expensive, and in order to be able to buy the 20 acres of land, the Huntelaar family's funds were instantly reduced by a large amount.

Of course, this money still can't break their bones.

Except for the New East Electric Power Company, which currently does not have any output, and General Motors does not want to make a profit until the end of next year, other industries in the United States and Europe have begun to make profits, and the numbers are extremely impressive, and every day the assets of the Huntelaar family are growing, so spend some funds, even if this money is huge for ordinary people, the two gentlemen of Little Huntelaar and Old Huntelaar will not care.

After getting John's confirmation, Thomas's eyes lit up, but he hesitated for a moment before he continued: "John, I'm thinking...... Can we try to work in that small building for a while? In that case, the cost of hospitalization and other expenses will be much lower......"

"Thomas, I see what you mean!"

Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, John frowned and smiled bitterly: "But have you ever thought about what is the difference between that environment and other hospitals?" Are our hygiene and disinfection practices enforceable? Is it possible to ensure the safety of the patient if the surgery is performed there? ”

"Uh, but ......"

After listening to John's words, Thomas was speechless.

Of course, he knew that if the hospital was to really implement John's hygiene regulations without discounts, it would have to have the hardware conditions it has now, but when he thought that the hospital had only three patients in the first few days of opening, he had a lot of opinions about the hospital's charging standards. So he still couldn't accept it after all, and this kind of ambivalence made Thomas very entangled in his heart.

Of course, John understood this mood, and after a while, he sighed with a wry smile: "Thomas, let's wait and see the effect of the advertisement, in fact, I don't care if the hospital can make money, more importantly, we can implement our own standard of diagnosis and treatment......"

"Gotcha! Get!! ”

Before John could finish his sentence, there was a sudden knock on the office door.

"Please come in."

With a raised brow, John could only stop talking for a while.

"Gentlemen, you'd better come and have a look."

When the door opened, a young surgeon stood in the doorway, and said in a hurried voice with a hint of joy; "A patient with abdominal pain just came, and we did a preliminary examination on him, and it looked like an acute appendicitis ......" (To be continued......