This Doctor Is Too Wealthy

”You’re the one who’s blind.”

Wu Shengnan responded cheerfully to Du Heng, but after she finished speaking, she seemed to realize that the sentence was not quite right. Wait, did I just insult myself?

Realizing this, she glared at Du Heng again.

However, Wu Shengnan was a very independent and opinionated woman. She was very happy to hear Du Heng’s confession, but she also had her own principles and wasn’t a hot-headed, love-struck fool.

For this reason, she pondered for a moment and said, ”Du, I don’t want to leave the front-line team.”

Du Heng’s expression immediately soured.

”But I’ll listen to you. I won’t go out on fieldwork anymore. I’ll just do some clerical work in the team, help my colleagues organize personnel files and case files, is that okay?”

After speaking, she looked expectantly at Du Heng, hoping for his affirmation.

Du Heng sighed. This kind of compromise should be acceptable to both of them.

After staying home with Wu Shengnan for two days, Du Heng packed his things and went back to work. The hospital’s affairs now had to be put on the agenda.

「Hospital conference room.」

”Everyone has witnessed the current situation of the hospital. If you have any good suggestions or ideas, please bring them forward so we can discuss them together.”

This was the first time Du Heng had called a meeting of all the hospital cadres. Anyone with any sort of title had been summoned by Du Heng.

However, the people present didn’t seem very enthusiastic; no one volunteered to stand up and speak.

The atmosphere in the room was a bit tense for a moment, and Du Heng felt somewhat like he’d been left hanging.

But Du Heng didn’t seem surprised. He just quietly watched everyone, without calling anyone out by name.

After waiting for two minutes without anyone speaking, Du Heng coughed and straightened up. ”Alright, since no one has any good suggestions, then you’ll all listen to mine.”

Du Heng smiled faintly and continued, ”First of all, our people are too idle, spending their days in the office watching videos and catching up on TV dramas. Walking through the corridors, one frequently hears staff members calling each other ’Empress,’ ’CEO,’ and the like.

”Also, I’ve heard that because they’re so idle, some people take on 8-hour day jobs part-time outside, and it supposedly doesn’t even affect their regular work.”

Instantly, many people present glanced back and forth, with most eyes focusing on Gao Qin and the Director of the Pediatric Care Department.

Du Heng hadn’t named names, but everyone knew who he was talking about.

They never expected Du Heng to bring the matter up so openly, exposing it to everyone.

Du Heng glanced around but didn’t dwell on the issue. ”Since everyone is so idle, I’ll find something for you to do.

”We are a hospital, a public hospital. Half of our salaries come from municipal government allocations. To ensure everyone feels justified in taking the ordinary people’s money, we’ll start organizing something next week. Each department will send teams into communities and villages for a ’Warmth to the Grassroots’ event, with Department Directors personally leading them.

”The Department Directors should arrange personnel and select locations within this week. Once done, submit your plans to Director Qiu; he will compile and coordinate them.”

WHOOSH.

All eyes turned to Qiu Pingzhen. They never imagined that the first one to seemingly align with Du Heng would be the old fox, Qiu Pingzhen.

Qiu Pingzhen calmly met everyone’s scrutinizing gaze. He was incredibly bitter inside, but he couldn’t let it show, he thought.

Finally, someone stood up and spoke. ”Dean, how long will this ’Warmth to the Grassroots’ event last?”

”That’s not fixed. Whichever department finds its hospital workload becoming too heavy can cease its participation in the event.”

In an instant, everyone’s expression changed. That was ruthless.

Then someone else said, ”Dean, if we do this, the doctors and nurses under us might complain.”

Du Heng glanced at the speaker, who was the Director of the Pediatric Care Department. ”Complaints about serving the ordinary people? Then why don’t they complain when they receive their salaries?”

The Director of the Pediatric Care Department was momentarily speechless.

”Serving the ordinary people” was too grand a justification; she found it hard to argue against such a righteous-sounding mandate.

Du Heng continued, ”If there are complaints, if they don’t want to do it, then for those under hospital or section employment, we’ll directly terminate their contracts. We are a public hospital. If they’re unwilling to do a little something for the ordinary people, what use are they?”

The Director of the Pediatric Care Department stammered, ”But what about those with an authorized job?” She was essentially asking for herself.

Du Heng looked at the Director of the Pediatric Care Department with a half-smile, then swept his gaze over everyone else present. ”Simple. I’ll personally help them write a transfer application. I’ll help them apply for a very cushy workplace and position.

”By the way, you can all rest assured on this matter. I’ve already coordinated with the Human Resources Department at the Municipal Bureau. As long as I submit an application from my end, they will process the transfer procedures for everyone with the utmost speed.”

A maneuver to crush their spirits and pull the rug out from under them. Yes, that’s precisely what this was, Du Heng mused.

Seeing the entire room silent, Du Heng continued with his plans.

”All the Vice Deans in our hospital were once Department Directors, possessing exceptionally high levels of experience and skill. For them to be idle all day in their current state is the greatest waste of resources, and it’s a disservice to the decades the country has invested in their training.

”Therefore, I’ve decided that the deans who came from the departments will return to front-line work, serving as role models and mentoring the newer staff. This way, we won’t waste your talents, we can accelerate department development, and we can help our new doctors progress more quickly. It’s a win-win situation.

”In the mornings, all you leaders will work in outpatient service. In the afternoons, you can focus on your primary duties.”

Du Heng’s lips curled up slightly. ”At the same time, to incentivize everyone, I’ve asked the Medical Affairs Office to draft an incentive plan. Director Qiu, please distribute the plan to everyone.”

Qiu Pingzhen forced another smile but still rose and handed out the documents.

No one needed to look closely. Despite Du Heng calling it an ”incentive,” it was clearly a performance and attendance assessment chart designed to monitor them.

At this point, Lu Guangying, sitting beside Du Heng, could no longer hold back. With a dark expression, she said, ”President Du, for such a major decision, shouldn’t it be discussed by the Hospital Committee? What you’re doing doesn’t seem to conform to regulations.”

Du Heng laughed, quite genuinely.

He had actually spoken with Lu Guangying last time, thinking she would show some restraint. He hadn’t expected her to carry on as usual, doing whatever she pleased, her attendance hours at the hospital rigidly fixed.

”Deputy Dean Lu is right; it should be discussed with everyone. But when I wanted to discuss it with you, where were you?

”Speaking of which, I must ask Deputy Dean Lu: last week, for seven whole days, apart from when I saw you clocking in, what were you doing the rest of the time?

”And where is your clock-out record?

”Also, if I recall correctly, you were the leader on duty last week, weren’t you? Why was there no sign of you during the night shift?

”Shouldn’t we perhaps discuss this matter thoroughly?”

Du Heng’s voice was calm, but the smile had vanished from his face. He stared intently at Lu Guangying.

Lu Guangying swallowed hard, yet her mouth still felt incredibly dry, her tongue almost refusing to move.

Other things could be explained away, but being absent from post during a leader’s night shift—if investigated closely, that was a major violation. It could even get her dismissed.

Seeing Lu Guangying remain silent, Du Heng shifted his gaze to the other Vice Deans and cadres. If anyone dared to voice an objection, they shouldn’t blame him for putting them in an untenable position.

And as Du Heng’s gaze swept over them, those with guilty consciences, upon meeting his eyes, all looked away, pretending as if nothing was amiss.

Du Heng sneered inwardly. ”Since no one has any objections, the Medical Affairs Office shall proceed according to this plan,” he declared.

After he said this, still no one in the room raised any objections.

Qiu Pingzhen sighed. Ah, these people, he thought. They’ve resorted to shady dealings for so long, they’ve got no real backbone left.

And just like that, Du Heng had achieved his objective with ease.