Masterful Miracle Doctor

Chapter 1039 - 1003: A Fucked-Up Life

"Seal the deal? You make it sound like buying a radish at the market."Lin Jie chuckled and casually asked, "So, how much is Qushui Garden selling for? If not seventy to eighty million, it must be forty to fifty million?"

"The starting bid set by Four Seas Bank is 240 million."

Hearing this figure, Lin Jie was taken aback and said cheerfully, "240 million?"

"Boss Fu, you really think highly of me!"

Fu Xiuyuan's light laughter came through the phone, "Expert Lin, this 240 million seems like a lot but for you, it's really not that difficult."

"Don't forget that starting this year, you'll have a substantial additional income."

"Conservatively speaking, at least thirty to forty million annually."

"With installment payments, acquiring Qushui Garden wouldn't pressure you."

Lin Jie hummed softly, "That money can't be used carelessly. The first two or three years' revenue at Anlin Hospital certainly won't be ideal, it might need funds for emergencies."

"Plus, my medical research needs a significant amount of financial support!"

Fu Xiuyuan advised, "Once Anlin Hospital opens, maintaining operational funds won't be a problem."

"You can get a bank loan. As long as you're there, the bank will approve any application, no matter the amount."

"Regarding research funding?"

"With your level and research standards as Expert Lin, if you still need to pay for your research yourself, I would immediately go abroad and not stay in the country anymore!"

He further tempted, "Expert Lin, the apartment in Xiangtai Building doesn't quite match your status anymore."

Lin Jie laughed softly, "Are you persuading me so earnestly because there's a huge commission to be earned?"

"Of course not!"

Fu Xiuyuan chuckled, saying, "Honestly, I also really like that place, it's very nice. Once you visit, you'll like it too. There's rare spring water there."

"But I currently have no money, really no money."

"My net worth seems high, a few billion, but that's all paper wealth unless I transfer company shares."

"In terms of disposable cash, I genuinely can't compare to you."

"Why don't you buy it first? Then in a few years, when I'm really prosperous, I'll buy it from you?"

Lin Jie scoffed, "Spending two to three billion through bank loans just to buy a pretty courtyard? No matter how I think about it, it's a crazy idea."

"You should focus on running the pharmaceutical company properly; now isn't the time for extravagant enjoyment."

He remembered something and asked, "Will you participate in the matchmaking garden tour at Qushui Garden as this diamond bachelor?"

"We'll see; if I'm not busy then, I'll definitely go to support you!"

As they were about to end the call, Fu Xiuyuan asked again, "Lin Jie, this Friday evening, Four Seas Bank is hosting a quarterly high-end client reception cocktail party."

"Do you want to attend?"

Before Lin Jie could respond, he continued, "At every such cocktail party, Four Seas Bank showcases many pledged items available for clients to purchase."

"It's also a big draw of the cocktail party."

"What kind of pledged items are there? How much cheaper can they be?" Lin Jie was interested in finding a bargain.

Fu Xiuyuan explained over the phone, "Primarily various real estate, jewelry, luxury cars, and collectibles and luxury items like antiques and artworks, are roughly twenty to forty percent cheaper than market prices."

"These are basically items that clients have pledged which have expired, and Four Seas Bank recovers them for auction."

"The auction price just needs to exceed the client's loan and fees, as the excess is returned to the client. The bank naturally isn't that generous, so prices are quite cheap."

"Many banks and financial institutions select premium items among the pledges to reward high-end clients."

"Of course, these pledged items you select at the cocktail party must still go through a public court auction process, but that's just a formality handled by the bank."

With this explanation, Lin Jie understood.

He said happily, "A cocktail party with bargains worth checking out, who knows, I might find something I like."

"Hey, will Qushui Garden be available for purchase at this reception cocktail party?"

"No!"

Fu Xiuyuan explained, "Qushui Garden is too famous and valuable to be handled this way."

"I've heard it will be auctioned soon at a special event co-hosted by several institutions..."

Ending the call, as Lin Jie was tidying up, Chen Shi and Ren Maoshi visited together.

They were straightforward, without much talk, directly handing Lin Jie a medical record.

"Liver cancer with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus invading the right atrium!"

Seeing this diagnosis on the medical record, Lin Jie didn't look at anything else and directly returned the medical record to Chen Shi, saying, "Conservative treatment, let the patient enjoy a peaceful and comfortable period."

Chen Shi remarked curiously, "Lin Jie, this doesn't sound like something you would say. Aren't you planning to take on the challenge?"

Lin Jie chuckled, "Professor Chen, there's no need to provoke me!"

"I can certainly perform this surgery."

"However, you're all well aware of the scale of this surgery, how difficult it is, and the patient's chances of survival. I don't need to spell it out for you, do I?"

The surgical treatment of liver cancer with a cancerous thrombus invading the right atrium through the inferior vena cava is considered a highly risky procedure by most doctors.

In this surgery, the cancerous part of the patient's liver must be removed, the inferior vena cava cut open, the hepatic vein incised, and the right atrium opened to extract the thrombus.

The entire surgical incision on the patient is about one meter long.

This incision length is second only to a thoracoabdominal aortic replacement surgery.

Most importantly, during the surgery, if even one drop of blood from the cancerous tissue falls inside the patient's body, the cancer cells could replant and grow a new tumor.

In such a case, the patient is unlikely to survive the postoperative recovery period.

Even if the surgery goes unexpectedly smoothly, the patient is still suffering from advanced liver cancer.

With the high recurrence rate of liver cancer and the massive surgical trauma, the postoperative outlook for the patient is far from optimistic.

To put it bluntly, this surgery is a gamble, with both the surgeon and the patient taking risks,

Ren Maoshi softly said, "Besides our Bin University Affiliated Hospital, only one hospital in Guangzhou-Shenzhen and three in the Capital City can perform this surgery."

"We can all do it, and for you, Expert Lin, it's surely not a problem."

Lin Jie retorted, "The fact that you can do it implies you've had success."

"Can you tell me, though, what your success rate is? How many years did the postoperative patients survive?"

Ren Maoshi replied sheepishly, "Eighty percent of patients leave the operating room alive."

This wasn't the answer Lin Jie sought, so he pressed further, "What about those who successfully make it through the recovery period?"

Ren Maoshi, a bit embarrassed, said, "Well... about forty to fifty percent!"

He then presented another piece of data, "Only ten to twenty percent of those who make it through the recovery period survive beyond two years."

Lin Jie shrugged and said, "That's the reality. You should persuade that patient to face the facts and not hope to become an exceptionally lucky individual."

"Otherwise, spending so much money and going through so much suffering with a high possibility of dying earlier than with conservative treatment is a decision that leaves one with nothing."

Chen Shi couldn't help but argue, "Lin Jie, despite everything, there are patients who manage to live for more than two years thanks to our efforts, aren't there?"

"If you were to operate, there's a significant chance the patient's life span could be extended even further."

"By then, if your experimental treatment progresses, you could potentially control the recurrence of the patient's liver cancer, significantly prolonging his life."

Lin Jie frankly said, "Professor Chen, Professor Ren, don't try to put me on a pedestal."

"To be honest, I can perform this surgery, but I can't guarantee a high success rate."

"Avoiding the dripping of cancerous tissue cells in the blood and their residual presence requires a degree of luck, and I find it difficult to control this aspect completely."

Ren Maoshi said earnestly, "But still, Expert Lin, your chances of success are higher than ours, and you can't deny that, can you?"

Lin Jie did not answer his question but rather asked calmly, "What's special about this patient?"

Chen Shi sighed and said, "His specialness lies in the fact that, like us, he is also a teacher."

"However, he is a high school teacher, with twenty years of teaching experience."

"He once taught Chen Fanzhi and Ren Jianzhong and is a well-loved teacher, with numerous students visiting him daily in the hospital."

Lin Jie, unfazed, asked again, "Does the patient himself insist on having the surgery?"

Ren Maoshi hesitated momentarily and then said, "After learning about his condition, he thought about giving up at first. But later on, he decided to undergo surgical treatment."

He spoke with a face full of empathy, "The reason he changed his mind and opted for surgery is that he wants to set an example for his son."

"His eighteen-year-old son also has cancer, a bone sarcoma!"

"His son doesn't want to undergo amputation and wants to forgo treatment."

With two cancer cases in one family, Lin Jie couldn't help but feel that this family was terribly unfortunate.

But such is life—unfair and harsh, where sometimes good people die young, and trouble lingers.

Suddenly, Chen Shi asked, "Lin Jie, is there a possibility for these two to join your experimental treatment?"

Observing Chen Shi's expectant gaze, Lin Jie thought this might be their ultimate reason for seeking him out.

He shook his head and explained, "Firstly, at this stage, I don't have the capacity to care for more patients."

"Secondly, the organ location of this high school teacher's cancer is too extensive and unsuitable for my experimental treatment."

"As for his son, my experimental treatment requires a long time to show results, whereas the bone sarcoma's growth speed demands immediate surgical treatment for eradication."

He paused briefly and then stepped back, saying, "I'll talk with this high school teacher first..."