bookbashuk Chapter 565 Exorbitant Medical Expenses
Chapter 565 Exorbitant Medical Expenses
When they arrived at the hospital, Wang Sanmu and the sorcerer he had recommended had not yet arrived.
I went to see Gambling King Lu first.
After more than a month, Lui has recovered a lot, but he is still unable to get out of bed. His mental state has also improved considerably, but he is currently in a state of severe stroke.
"Boss, don't worry, with Xiao Lin and Shisan around, that guy Wang Sanmu found won't cause any trouble!"
After the examination, Fourth Wife held Lui's hand, squeezed it gently, and briefly explained the situation.
"what!"
Lu the gambling king opened his mouth and made a muffled sound, then nodded his head slightly downwards.
This indicates that you understand.
Right after the surgery, the doctors predicted that even if Lui, the gambling king, woke up, he would be in a vegetative state.
The fact that I was able to recover to this extent in just over a month is certainly due to our continuous acupuncture treatments, but the biggest credit goes to money.
The gambling king Lu was over eighty years old. He suffered a brain hemorrhage and was delayed at home for more than two hours. He underwent three craniotomies within a week. If it were an ordinary person, they would have died eight hundred times over.
The gambling king Lu is not dead; he's surviving because of his money.
I give Lui, the gambling king, a check-up and acupuncture once a day, and his fourth wife gives me 200,000.
In addition, Lui, the gambling king, also needs to take a brain-boosting injection every day to promote brain cell growth. This injection costs 860,000.
These two items alone add up to one million. Add to that the cost of the two private rooms on the 37th floor and the medical facilities, and the daily expenses are around 1.3 million, which adds up to 40 million a month.
The hospital stay of more than a month has already cost more than 70 million yuan.
Lui, the gambling king, had his life saved with money.
Therefore, the fourth wife offered Shi Shi 50 million to get her pregnant as a sacrifice. This amount of money is actually not much, only about the same as the cost of Stanley Ho's hospitalization for one month.
Afterwards, Shi Shi countered with a price of 100 million, and the fourth wife agreed without much hesitation.
Given Stanley Ho's current situation, getting brain-boosting injections is a long-term commitment, costing 300 million a year just for this treatment.
Most wealthy families simply cannot afford this expense.
Of course, with Gambling King Lu's illness, we can also get a piece of the pie, making 200,000 a day – that's a very lucrative business.
Not only that, the fourth wife also promised that once Stanley Ho finished his sacrifice and no longer needed daily acupuncture, the money would be given to us.
In other words, as long as Gambling King Lu doesn't die, we can receive 200,000 yuan a day for his rehabilitation.
By doing this, Fourth Wife has essentially tied us to Gambling King Lui.
For the fourth wife and the gambling king Lui, they truly believed that problems that could be solved with money were not problems at all.
After leaving the ward, we went to the outer room to wait.
"Sister Ling, who is this guy that Wang Sanmu found?"
After sitting down, Fatty Lin didn't stand on ceremony and asked directly.
We are now bound together by interests with Fourth Sister; we share both prosperity and adversity. That's why Fatty Lin speaks very casually.
Actually, we suspect that the idea of giving us 200,000 HKD for every extra day that Gambling King Lu lived was suggested by Zhu Minghua to Fourth Wife.
Although the fourth wife was generous, she didn't quite reach the level of generosity.
The fourth wife made this decision half a month ago, when we started dealing with those several wealthy families' cursed residences.
Zhu Minghua was also present when this decision was made.
I remember one sentence Zhu Minghua said very well: she said that from now on we would be family.
It was this sentence that led us to conclude that the idea came from her.
"The Siamese are of Chinese descent and are very poor!" Fourth Wife said.
"Is it reliable?" I asked.
"Reliable!"
Fourth Wife answered quickly, and she seemed very confident.
"Sister Ling, you're saying it's reliable without even meeting the person?" I asked.
"Thirteen, there are some things you don't know. Wang Sanmu showed me his background. He needs money to go home and take revenge. No one but us can offer such a high price!" Fourth Aunt said.
"Going home for revenge? What do you mean?" I became interested.
"The man recommended by Wang Sanmu has the Siamese surname Songpashan. After being driven out of his family, he gave himself the surname Zhang. It is said that his ancestor, who had Chinese blood, was surnamed Zhang. He also gave himself the name Zhang Chou!" Fourth Aunt slowly recounted the man's background.
"Zhang Chou? Judging from this name, he harbors deep hatred for his family!" Fatty Lin said.
"It's quite profound. The things he went through are unbearable for anyone!" Fourth Wife said.
"Sister Ling, what happened to him?" Fatty Lin asked.
That's what I wanted to ask too. The hatred in his name, Zhang Chou, is clearly visible.
"What happened to you?"
Fourth Wife sighed and said, "This has to do with the inheritance system in Siam!"
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"The inheritance system in large families in Siam is somewhat similar to that in the West. Every child born has the right to inherit, in order of seniority: first heir, second heir, and so on. If the first heir has a problem, the family business will be inherited by the second heir!"
The fourth wife brought up the inheritance system in Siam.
"This way of doing things will easily lead to internal strife. If I were the fifth in line to inherit, wouldn't the family business be mine if I just got rid of the four people above me?" Fatty Lin saw the problem with this inheritance system at a glance.
"You're right!"
Fourth Aunt nodded and said, "Zhang Chou was the second in line to inherit the family business, but he was brought down by his older brother!"
"This is a case of striking first to gain the upper hand!" I said.
"Sister Ling, what did Zhang Chou's brother do to him?" Fatty Lin asked.
"Wang Sanmu said that Zhang Chou was very smart since he was a child, and his brother was afraid that he would take his position, so he did that to him!" Fourth Aunt said.
"What happened?" Fatty Lin pressed.
"Do I really need to spell it out?" Fourth Wife rolled her eyes.
"Sister Ling, it's not what I think it is, is it?" Fatty Lin asked.
"No way, Sister Ling? They're brothers!" I realized something and was shocked.
"Just the kind you're thinking of!"
Fourth Aunt nodded and said, "Only in this way can we break a person down and drive them into despair!"
"Imagine how you would feel if your own brother treated you like that?"
Fourth Aunt glanced at the two of us and said.
I instantly understood what Fourth Wife meant. She meant that if Fatty Lin treated me like that, or I treated Fatty Lin like that, what would happen between us?
Needless to say, I felt like dying.
The thought of that possibility sent a chill down my spine; it was fucking terrifying.
Fatty Lin and I reacted similarly, we both shuddered.
"Damn, that's insane!"
Coming to his senses, Fatty Lin smacked his lips and said, "That Zhang Chou is really pitiful, isn't he?"
"This is just the appetizer, the worst is yet to come!" Fourth Wife continued.