"Huh! What?" Lin Yao pretended to have been lost in thought. "I was thinking about how to deal with this bat. Should I steam it or fry it? I heard that roasted bat wings taste good, but unfortunately this bat is too small. The bones in its wings are only good for toothpicks."
Yi Fei clearly didn't understand what Lin Yao was saying. He had never read any online novels, let alone knew what "XX Boiling Point" was.
Although he didn't understand, he knew that Lin Yao was unwilling to express his opinion at this time, which meant that he wouldn't admit it.
"Oh~~~" Yi Fei felt very defeated. "Sir, that cactus meat is very good. The quality of all the officers and soldiers has been greatly improved. I came here this time specifically to get some more to take back so that the soldiers who performed well when they took it the first time can further strengthen their physique."
"Oh, then you can stay here for now. We haven't chatted in a long time. You can leave tomorrow morning. I'll prepare something for you tonight."
Lin Yao smiled, thinking to himself, "Guess whatever you want, I'm not going to admit it, so as not to cause too much of a stir."
In fact, Lin Yao's complete silence about the peony flower incident was an implicit admission that the astonishing phenomenon was his doing.
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"Wenwen, you've worked hard."
Xia Yuwen wore a plain-colored office lady outfit, which gave her a crisp and neat demeanor, quite different from her usual gentle and docile style.
Hearing Lin Yao's greeting, she turned around and smiled, "You're here! Sit over there and wait a moment, I'll be right there."
Lin Yao agreed and obediently sat on the hard plastic chair in the lobby, observing the bustling hall.
In Beijing, where land is extremely valuable, Minhong did not purchase a hospital with full ownership rights in order to expand its network across the country. Instead, it merely leased a small, poorly performing community hospital, which was nominally a private contract.
These procedures were handled by the Yi family back then. Even though the Yi family had good financial resources, they couldn't afford real estate investments of hundreds of millions or even billions of yuan. So, with Lin Yao's approval, they only contracted this community hospital located outside the Fifth Ring Road in Beijing.
The three-story building still bears the sign "Beijing Haorenjie Community Health Center," next to which hangs a sign for "Beijing Shiminhong Hospital." This additional sign, however, is far inferior to the original sign in terms of font size and visibility, yet it still cannot stop patients, or rather customers, from coming and going like a bustling market.
The hall was small, with three long lines of people waiting to pay. The lines stretched all the way outside the hall, where a blue PVC canopy had been erected in the courtyard to provide shade and shelter from the rain for those queuing.
Last chance to verify the information!
If you are dishonest, you will permanently lose your Minhong membership!
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Numerous stickers, pull-out banners, POP displays, and other promotional posters and flyers transformed the hospital into a supermarket with a year-end sales promotion. It was just a bit small and had a lot of people queuing, otherwise Lin Yao would have thought he had gone to the wrong place.
Originally a layout of small office rooms, except for a small hall, all the offices on both sides of the corridor have been opened up to form two real halls on the left and right of the first floor, each with an area of more than 200 square meters.
The hall on the left is where members apply for membership and sign agreements. There are more than 30 staff members sitting in front of a long row of service counters, most of whom are young and decent girls. They are busy serving those applying for membership, supervising the signing and fingerprinting, taking photos for storage, and entering the information into the computer after signing themselves. After collecting the agreements, they explain to customers that the company will notify them to pick up the stamped agreement within three working days.
The whole scene was filled with a lively atmosphere, which seemed completely out of place in a hospital.
"Boss, you're here?"
The long-absent Banan appeared before Lin Yao, looking even more sharp than before, with a faint aura of a superior.
Following the unauthorized sale of unlimited memberships, the status of security team members outside Chengdu skyrocketed. Major decisions and documents everywhere now require the signature of the security team leader before they can be implemented, effectively creating a supervisory system independent of the existing management structure.
"Banan, long time no see." Lin Yao smiled and, following the old soldiers' custom, punched Banan in the chest. He was genuinely happy; he had spent a long time with Ge Yong and Banan every day, and seeing them again now brought him a warm feeling.
"I heard from the captain that the boss had important business in Beijing, so I didn't dare to disturb him." Banan chuckled. "The boss is even more handsome now."
With a choking sound, Lin Yao almost choked on his saliva. He coughed repeatedly.
"Ahem, when did you learn to flatter? Such vivid words coming from your mouth have no beauty at all, they're too stiff!"
Lin Yao was very familiar with Banan, and he had no reservations. The two were as casual as old friends who had been separated for a long time.
He led Lin Yao to his office and made tea before Banan sat down on the wooden stool opposite Lin Yao.
"Boss, this boss's wife is amazing! She solved the most difficult problem as soon as she arrived."
"oh?"
Lin Yao became interested. He was also very curious about the scene before him. It was like a shopping mall having a big New Year sale. The people on site were the kind of customers who didn't even look at the prices when they bought New Year's goods. He had never encountered the phenomenon of constant lawsuits and disputes in various places that his mother had complained about in Chengdu.
“Yes, that’s how it is.” Banan nodded heavily. “Boss, you don’t know, before the boss’s wife came, this place was never this lively. There were always people causing trouble, and waves of women would come to argue and throw tantrums. Sometimes there were seven or eight women throwing tantrums, and no one could do their work.”
"So... um... how did your boss's wife resolve it?" Lin Yao wasn't used to explicitly calling Xia Yuwen "boss's wife," and he managed to squeeze out the title with difficulty.
"I don't know either. We just printed some posters and sent people all over Beijing to distribute flyers and stuff, and then it turned out like this. It's only been a few days, and I don't even know what happened."
Banan found it difficult to answer Lin Yao's question, as he was not an expert in this area.
“Even those who came in all high and mighty, ready to cause trouble, lost their temper once they got inside. Most of them obediently filled out the forms and signed the agreements again,” Banan said with admiration. “By the way, those who filled out the forms again had to pay a compensation fee of 500 yuan. They got an invoice and signed a settlement agreement.”
As they were talking, Xia Yuwen knocked on the door and entered Banan's office.
"Ah Yao, when did you get back to Beijing? You didn't even tell me to pick you up at the airport."
"I just got back today, and I'm here right away." Lin Yao smiled and stood up to let Xia Yuwen sit in the only rattan chair with armrests. "I was just listening to Brother Banan tell you about your glorious deeds."
Xia Yuwen smiled shyly, her expression one of contentment; she loved hearing her lover's praise.
"By the way, Wenwen, how do you handle these things?"
"It's very simple. By taking advantage of people's psychology and combining it with some business tactics, we can make them see us as consumers and guide their thoughts and behaviors, making them believe that Minhong's membership is very rare and that they will definitely regret it if they miss it."
Xia Yuwen spoke eloquently and confidently, “By creating a certain atmosphere, even troublemakers will back down and obediently pay the compensation and re-sign their membership application.”
"Is it really that simple?" Lin Yao asked, puzzled.
"Yes, it's that simple." Xia Yuwen smiled. "Do you think things in the business world are that complicated? Everyone knows many of the rules and principles. You can learn these things by buying any book. The most important thing is execution."
Lin Yao found it even more strange. He didn't understand business at all. He had read a few books, but his theoretical knowledge was only half-baked, let alone practical experience.