Chapter 555 Watching You
Get people lining up every day for the Traditional Chinese Medicine department?
You must be joking!
Han Qiuyun would be thrilled to death if there were even just a few people, or a dozen people, showing up at the Traditional Chinese Medicine department every day.
In recent months, the situation at the Traditional Chinese Medicine department has been very grim.
The number of patients has become uncountable by the day.
Because many times, there isn't even a single patient in a whole day.
It can only be counted by the month.
From last month to this month, thirty days in total, the number of patients seen was only twelve.
Which means, on average, it's almost three days before one person comes to the Traditional Chinese Medicine department for treatment.
Where on earth does Su Chen get the confidence to promise Yang Yulin that he can get people lining up for the department every day?
However, since Su Chen dares to boast such a big talk, it means he must have come up with a solution.
"Uh, Qiuyun, if I say I haven't thought of any solution yet, you won't beat me up, right?" Su Chen asked tentatively, looking weakly at Han Qiuyun.
Where had he thought of any solution? He only made that promise to Yang Yulin to let Lin Rou stay in the Traditional Chinese Medicine department.
"..." Han Qiuyun was on the verge of a breakdown.
You dare to brag so big without having any solution?
But then again, solutions are made by people.
Think about it, and there will always be one.
Eventually, Su Chen called Xia Yan over to brainstorm solutions.
Xia Yan is from the design department and is very skilled in that area, but this kind of matter was not her forte.
The biggest difficulty faced by the promotion of Chinese medicine was that it did not have immediate visible results.
But now, this problem is no longer troublesome.
Having obtained Inner Strength, as long as Han Qiuyun learns how to use it, the treatment will immediately show significant effects.
With that problem solved, there's another issue.
That is, Chinese herbal medicine is quite cumbersome to prepare.
Often times, it needs to be decocted for several hours before it can be taken.
But now, people are very busy with work.
Many people can't even afford the time to eat, let alone spend hours decocting Chinese medicine.
And also, because of its bulk, Chinese medicine is not convenient to carry around.
This is also a significant factor why people are reluctant to choose Traditional Chinese Medicine.
"Um, Su Chen, what do you think if we do this? Can we prepare and decoct the medicine ourselves, and then concentrate it into a solid powder that can be taken with boiling water when used? This way, we can save the working class some time," Han Qiuyun, who had grown much closer to Su Chen through these events, suggested, calling him Su Chen directly now.
Su Chen nodded and said, "Qiuyun, that's a great idea."
This way, it wouldn't take up too much time.
Everyone discussed strategies until late at night, all exhausted beyond measure.
Su Chen told them to sleep first, but Han Qiuyun and Lin Rou insisted on not sleeping.
Especially Lin Rou, as this matter was related to whether she could stay in the Traditional Chinese Medicine department and continue her dream.
It was Xia Yan who couldn't hold on first, so Su Chen let her sleep on the sofa.
They needed to come up with a solution to resolve the urgent problem of the Traditional Chinese Medicine department.
The simplest method was advertising.
But advertising requires funds.
Where would the money come from?
The hospital certainly wouldn't waste money on advertising for a department that can't even see one patient a day.
So, the only option left was to pay themselves.
But who would pay?
Han Qiuyun's salary wasn't high to begin with, and with the current state of the Traditional Chinese Medicine department, she was earning just over ten thousand a month.
Needless to say for Lin Rou, she was just a little intern.
And Su Chen?
He had actually been quite short of money recently.
After all, he couldn't approach the brothers of Reverse Dragon for a loan again.
Moreover, Han Qiuyun didn't plan to let Su Chen pay.
After all, it was her own affair, and Su Chen had already helped so much.
She didn't want to trouble Su Chen any further.
They couldn't let Su Chen solve everything the Traditional Chinese Medicine department faced, could they?
What if Su Chen wasn't there anymore?
"I have two hundred thousand here; I don't know if that's enough," Lin Rou said in a quiet voice as Han Qiuyun was feeling somewhat distressed.
"Two hundred thousand!"
Both Han Qiuyun and Su Chen looked at her with surprise.
Han Qiuyun, as an intern, actually had savings of two hundred thousand.
But upon thinking of her rich second-generation status, they understood.
"Lin Rou, thank you so much," said Han Qiuyun, movingly gripping Lin Rou's hand.
She's a very pretty girl.
She has a good family background, and she could just have been her little Princess without any worry.
But she willingly stayed in this small Traditional Chinese Medicine department.
Now that they had the money, the question was where to place the advertisement.
The best advertisement space, of course, was in the subway stations in the city area.
These days, whether for travel or work, people choose to take the subway.
If they could have an advertisement board at a subway station, it would surely be very effective.
Even the design costs could be saved, as Xia Yan could handle it.
However, securing advertisement space at the subway was prime real estate; it was not just about money to get it.
"That advertising space? That's too difficult..." Han Qiuyun learned of Su Chen's idea and sleepily shook her head.
"Why?" Su Chen asked.
"Well, because that advertising space is controlled by Baiyu Advertising Company, and Baiyu Advertising Company does not accept just any advertisements. Their principle is to never produce false or shoddy advertisements. If they think it's not good, no matter how much money you offer, it's useless," Han Qiuyun explained.
"What?" Su Chen's eyes widened, surprised by such an advertising company.
An advertising company that doesn't just chase profits.
Nowadays, advertising agencies are mostly money-oriented; as long as you pay enough, they'll make your product sound incredible.
They could even make gutter oil sound like the elixir of life...
But, there's always a way with human effort.
Su Chen decided to meet with Baiyu Advertising Company, but that would be a task for tomorrow.
At this time, the two women were too sleepy to continue.
They went to rest separately.
"Yan," Su Chen gently tapped on the shoulder of Xia Yan, who was lying on the sofa.
Xia Yan opened her sleepy eyes.
To her surprise, the office was empty except for Su Chen.
"Where are they?"
"They've gone to sleep."
"And us...?" Xia Yan was sleepy, her voice soft like a languid kitten.
Seeing Xia Yan was too tired and didn't seem to want to get up, Su Chen suggested, "Why don't you just sleep on this sofa, Yan?"
Having said that, he turned on the air conditioner.
"What about you?" Xia Yan asked, looking at Su Chen.
"I'll watch over you as you sleep."
"Oh, okay..." Xia Yan said, then closed her eyes.