Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic-Chapter 133 - 111: Gaining a General, a Grassroots Man Seeking Medical Help (Part 2)

Chapter 133: Chapter 111: Gaining a General, a Grassroots Man Seeking Medical Help (Part 2)

Li Jingsheng couldn’t help but start hoping that Xiaogao could persuade Boss Zhao, as the clinic did indeed need an excellent salesperson.

He was also preparing on two fronts; he didn’t slack off on the medical work, trying to use this wave of interest to boost the clinic’s reputation.

Unfortunately, there were very few patients willing to come to a small clinic for surgery.

It’s been four days without admitting a single trauma patient.

The biggest surgeries he had done were stitching Master Liu’s leg wound and lancing a boil for an old man.

Both of their wounds were healing quickly without any problems, which perhaps was Li Jingsheng’s greatest comfort.

Unfortunately, the time spent learning Bone-setting Skill from Doctor Xu was still very short, and there were many things left to learn.

Currently, he was studying the application of basic Bone Setting techniques like traction, rotation, folding, swinging, lifting, pressing, separating, and flexing in practice, preparing for more advanced Bone Setting techniques.

If not, if the small clinic could list Bone Setting treatment services, it would undoubtedly greatly enhance Sunshine Clinic’s reputation.

Li Jingsheng was rather calm, and all affairs of the clinic were progressing in an orderly manner.

More than seventy thousand yuan had been scraped together for the rent.

The clinic’s drug inventory would also take up a portion of the funds, and he prepared about thirty thousand yuan as liquid funds.

There was no way around it; small business operations couldn’t afford to take too much stock at once.

At most, he could take around twenty thousand yuan worth of stock.

However, selling health and tonic medicine had a perk; when two thousand yuan worth of stock came in, by the time it needed replenishment, there would be at least more than four thousand in hand.

The profit on health medicine could generally maintain over 100%.

Previously selling Litong’s products, the profit margin was even greater. However, its unit price was much lower, and you get what you pay for; cheap goods were of poor quality.

Selling those products from small factories might bring high profits, but the reputation wouldn’t go up, and there could be potential disputes.

Li Jingsheng’s clinic previously had poor business and hardly any sales, so there were no major disputes.

At most, if a customer found no effect after purchasing it or thought there was an issue, they would come back to cause trouble, and he would refund them.

In all his time running the clinic, he had refunded no more than ten orders.

Most customers, even if they felt the effect wasn’t great, as long as there were no health issues, usually just accepted it. Though they wouldn’t cause trouble at his clinic, they wouldn’t come back to buy again next time.

Speaking of this, Boss Zhao must be praised.

He, indeed, was an old hand in operating the clinic for over twenty years, clearly understanding which health medicines were effective when restocking.

Li Jingsheng, at first, didn’t understand these tricks, but later when he wandered into Boss Zhao’s clinic, he found that Boss Zhao sold not many varieties of health medicines, but rather a few. At the time, he wondered, thinking Boss Zhao was stingy, only restocking a little at a time.

He later realized that Boss Zhao was exceptionally shrewd.

All those health medicines with poor effects, and potential for disputes, he simply didn’t purchase.

Quick Recovery Clinic, having been open for over twenty years, always had booming business, aside from having a strong popularity base, there were many places worth learning from for Li Jingsheng.

Since opening his clinic, the losses Li Jingsheng endured were countless.

He had grown considerably.

But compared to Boss Zhao, there was still a significant gap.

Moreover, Boss Zhao’s clinic never encountered major incidents; despite his plump appearance resembling an old wealthy landlord, his medical skills were likely much stronger than anyone imagined.

At least his diagnostic experience, especially in diagnosing some dangerous patients, was absolutely top-notch.

Three days had passed, and Xiaogao hadn’t called.

Li Jingsheng had recently messed up another deal.

Some elderly customers were simply too hard to deal with.

They weren’t just shrewd, but also particularly cautious and extremely picky.

After nearly twenty minutes of reception, talking to the point of dryness, he couldn’t sell the medicine. The old man shook his head and left.

Li Jingsheng felt somewhat frustrated and powerless.

Just then, his phone rang.

Taking it out and looking, the number was somewhat familiar.

After answering, an eager and excited voice came through.

"Boss Li, it’s me, Xiaogao! Last night, I talked with Boss Zhao for half the night, and today for most of the day. Finally, I managed to convince him. He agreed to let me resign and also agreed to let me work at your clinic. But he warned me, if I dare to share Quick Recovery Clinic’s commercial secrets with you, he’ll have someone break my legs."

Xiaogao must have put a lot of effort into persuading Boss Zhao.

He could easily resign.

But trying to switch to Sunshine Clinic, Boss Zhao surely wouldn’t agree easily.

Xiaogao had worked at Quick Recovery Clinic for nearly a year, and he surely had access to a lot of commercial secrets.

Given Boss Zhao’s cunning craftiness, he must fear that Xiaogao would share Quick Recovery Clinic’s profit methods with Li Jingsheng!

Sunshine Clinic had now signed with Best Medicine, having an absolute advantage in the wellness medicine field.

At least, Quick Recovery Clinic had lost to Sunshine Clinic in terms of supply.

If Xiaogao brought the commercial secrets over, how could they compete?

Quick Recovery Clinic could potentially be crushed.

By then, Quick Recovery Clinic would probably only have two options: close and bid farewell, or move away.

Neither option was what Boss Zhao wanted.

"Hmm, that’s great. Once you finish your resignation procedures, just come to my clinic for the onboarding process. Welcome to join us."