Chapter 776: 769 Daily Life: The Gold Rushers Heading North, One Year of Changes!

The emergency doctor on night shift quickly took her measurements.

"Blood oxygen 85%, pulse 180, respiratory rate 50, body temperature 34 degrees..."

"Get the ventilator on immediately, give her high-flow oxygen..."

"The temperature is too low, add a blanket for her."

Not long after, Zhang Zhang Yixin arrived.

"Brother Zu~~"

She was a cardiothoracic surgeon, more professional in this area, so she took over the patient.

After understanding the situation, Zhang Zhang Yixin made a preliminary diagnosis: "It is likely a problem with the coronary arteries, leading to insufficient oxygen supply."

"First, do an electrocardiogram for a preliminary confirmation."

"Then do a cardiac ultrasound..."

"If the two corroborate each other and it feels like there is indeed a problem, we will do an angiogram if necessary."

A cardiac angiogram is the "gold standard" for diagnosing coronary heart disease. The specific principle is to inject a contrast agent into the coronary arteries from the inner thigh or carotid artery. Under X-ray fluoroscopy, the morphology of the coronary arteries, whether there is stenosis, and the degree of stenosis can be seen clearly. Although this is an invasive examination, it is the most accurate diagnosis for clarifying the patient's coronary artery lesions.

(Image: Angiogram, the black lines are the blood vessels with contrast agent added)

However... it involves radiation, so it is not used lightly unless necessary, especially for a baby; one must be even more cautious.

Soon,

The electrocardiogram and ultrasound were completed.

Zhang Zhang Yixin had basically determined that it was indeed a coronary artery lesion, though which specific lesion it was remained unclear.

At this moment,

Ruan Mei held Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu's hand tightly, looking at the baby on the hospital bed, feeling very heartbroken.

She herself had congenital heart disease, so seeing the baby like this, she felt empathy and thought the baby was very pitiful.

At this time,

The nurse reminded Zhang Zhang Yixin: "Dr. Zhang, although the patient is on high-flow oxygen, the oxygen saturation has still dropped to 82%..."

Zhang Zhang Yixin looked at the baby and saw that the baby's chest was heaving violently, every inhalation appearing to use all her strength.

Clearly, the hypoxia and dyspnea that high-flow oxygen failed to improve, coupled with the rapidly worsening signs of circulatory failure, all pointed to the same result: the abnormality of the coronary arteries had severely blocked myocardial blood supply, making it difficult to maintain even the most basic oxygenation and circulation.

Finally,

Zhang Zhang Yixin made up her mind: "Let's do an angiogram for her."

Ruan Mei was holding Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu's hand, her eyes looking at the baby with worry.

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu: "Let's go back first."

Ruan Mei shook her head: "No, I want to watch... I hope to see her pull through."

Soon,

The baby was sent for an angiogram.

After more than an hour, the results finally came out.

Zhang Zhang Yixin sighed: "Confirmed, it is congenital heart deformity ALCAPA!"

Then she explained what ALCAPA was.

"In layman's terms, it means the blood vessels are connected wrongly. Deoxygenated blood should have been transported to the lungs for alveolar oxygenation, but because the vessels are connected wrongly, this blood went directly into the left atrium..."

(Image: Unoxygenated venous blood is transported into the left coronary artery, causing the left ventricle to fall into an 'ischemic' predicament.)

At this moment,

The mother cried loudly again: "Finally someone believes me, finally someone believes me."

She had sought medical help time and again, but it was never diagnosed.

In public hospitals, the waiting list was too long, and because the condition was not obvious, she couldn't cut the line and would have to wait 2 years to be seen.

In private hospitals, doctors made hasty judgments without a definitive diagnosis or cure, causing her to have a complete mental breakdown.

After seeking medical help everywhere,

She had finally found the cause at Mingxin Hospital.

The mother asked while crying: "Doctor, how should the baby be treated?"

Zhang Zhang Yixin said: "If this is to be cured, surgery might be needed... but the child is too small, and I am not certain."

The nurse shouted again at this moment: "It's bad, Dr. Zhang, the blood oxygen has dropped to 76%."

Zhang Zhang Yixin was startled.

She looked at the baby's mother.

The baby's mother also looked at her: "Dr. Zhang!"

Zhang Zhang Yixin: "There is no good way now. There are two choices: Option 1, hold on and wait for cardiac compensation, but there is a possibility she won't make it through this time; Option 2, perform heart surgery immediately, but I don't have the certainty that I can cure her. I will try my best to invite experts from the cardiothoracic department to help."

The mother hesitated, but finally chose to have the surgery.

One hour later,

The surgery began.

Outside the operating room,

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu pulled Ruan Mei: "Let's go, it's already 1 o'clock, let's go home first."

Ruan Mei looked at the operating room, feeling low: "I thought of my father. At that time, I watched him enter the operating room, and then he died..."

Tears were welling up in her eyes.

The baby's condition reminded her of her parents and herself.

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu sat beside her, holding her, waiting the whole time.

2 o'clock...

3 o'clock...

During the surgery, there was an accident; the baby's heart was full of scars, hindering blood flow, and in the end, they had to increase the scope of the surgery to remove them.

6 o'clock in the morning...

The surgery finally ended.

Zhang Zhang Yixin walked out of the operating room, exhausted but happy.

"Congratulations, the surgery was successful!"

"Really?"

"That's great!"

The baby's mother was so excited she started crying.

Ruan Mei happily hugged Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu, laughing and crying: "She survived..."

And at this moment,

Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu's system popped up a notification.

"You have saved an infant with congenital heart disease..."

"Obtained the following rewards:"

"Reward 1: 'Congenital Heart Disease Health Card'..."

March 1996,

The weather in Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen, had not yet started to get hot.

Inside the Electronics Building,

Shen Zai stood in front of a piece of glass at the entrance of the "Shenji Trading" shop, looking at his reflection in the glass—a crisp navy blue suit, shiny leather shoes.

A year had passed,

Ever since Shen Zai followed Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu's call to "go north," he had gone north to Shenzhen and Guangzhou to seek his fortune, from the initial sanitary napkins to the current reselling of electronic products...

He had gone from someone who was unfilial, played games at home, hit his sister-in-law, and lived as a homeless person every day... to now, having earned enough with his brother to open a pawn shop and start reselling electronics in Huaqiangbei.

His net worth was already over 1 million Hong Kong dollars.

Thinking back to a year ago, he didn't even have a place to stay.

And now, he had already bought a house in Shenzhen.

The longer he stayed in Shenzhen, the more he felt that Hong Kong was becoming a bit lifeless, lacking that kind of vibrant energy.

If it weren't for Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan and the Five Star Group, perhaps the grassroots citizens would have difficulty even surviving.

And Shenzhen?

It was full of vitality, with everything competing to thrive! Hope was everywhere!

Therefore,

He was determined to build his career in Shenzhen. With the 'advanced' experience from Hong Kong, he knew the potential of the electronics industry, and finally, he chose to 'settle down' in Huaqiangbei.

As early as the preparation period of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, the electronics industry was designated as the leading industry for processing imported materials. And the first high-rise building in Shenzhen, the Electronics Building, started construction in January 1981 and was completed in August 1982, becoming Shenzhen's first landmark.

Its completion also made the electronics manufacturing industry the largest industry in Shenzhen at that time.

At this time, a group of people in suits and leather shoes walked over.

"Brother Shen, Boss Li has arrived!"

The voice of the shop assistant, Ah Ming, interrupted Shen Zai's memories.

Shen Zai quickly collected his thoughts, a confident and calm smile on his face, and walked quickly to greet them.

Outside the door, Boss Li walked in with two assistants.

"Boss Li~~~"

"Boss Chen~~"

As they shook hands, Boss Li looked over the shop; the shelves were neatly stocked with pagers, repeaters, and various imported electronic products, and a small area had been cleared in the corner specifically for daily necessities sourced from the Five Star Supermarket.

"Boss Chen (Shen Zai), I heard your goods are cheaper than others? There wouldn't be any problems with them, would there?"

Boss Li looked Shen Zai up and down, his tone probing.

He was too young.

Although he wore a suit and had a faint beard, he was still very young. But perhaps after a year of experience, he possessed a steady temperament.

Shen Zai calmly handed over a cigarette and said with a confident smile, "Boss Li, don't worry. In my business, the most important thing is 'trust.' My shop has a partnership with the Five Star Group, and all these are channel goods provided by them."

"The Five Star Group—Boss Li is from Guangdong, so it's impossible you haven't heard of them, right?"

Why did the "Five Star Group partnership" appear?

It was all because the Guangdong province mostly watched TVB and ATV; business people all knew the Five Star Group, and even more so its reputation, plus it had been reported on by CCTV many times.

Therefore, the Five Star Group was a brand name in Guangdong province.

When people from Hong Kong Island did business on the mainland, their reputation was a blank slate.

Consequently, many people from Hong Kong Island began to bring the Five Star Group along to do business, which served as a reputation endorsement, acting as a "partnership + supervision" role.

This practice gradually caught on, and now, more than a year later, it had almost become an industry convention.

It was similar to a chamber of commerce.

And the Five Star Group was the leader.

The bosses here in Guangdong also recognized this.

Of course, there had been a few who didn't follow the rules along the way, and they were reported, fined, and forced to pay compensation by the Five Star Group.

This made the bosses doing business in Guangdong trust them even more.

Shen Zai said respectfully, "Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan of the Five Star Group often says that in business, reputation is the foundation. I wouldn't dare break that rule; I would lose even more if I did."

After hearing this, Boss Li nodded: "Good!"

Then he had Ah Ming bring over the purchase order and quality inspection reports; every detail was clear and flawless.

Next, they began to discuss the partnership.

An hour later,

A deal was struck.

After Boss Li left, Shen Zai handed the task of watching the shop to his employee Ah Ming, then quickly took the order and headed to the train station, preparing to take the train back to Hong Kong Island.

Arriving at the train station.

It was bustling with noise, as if it would never stop...

"Who stole my money!"

A thunderous roar exploded in the crowd.

Shen Zai looked toward the sound and saw two young men spinning around in the crowd.

The tall, thin youth in the lead was red-faced with anger: "The money was still there when we got on the train; it must have been swiped by a pickpocket!"

The other youth was stomping his feet in anxiety.

"That was 2,000 Hong Kong dollars my mom gave me!"

"I wanted to come to Shenzhen to find opportunities!"

"What are we going to do without money~~"

Upon hearing this, it was clear these were young people from Hong Kong Island who had come looking for opportunities to get rich.

Seeing this scene, Shen Zai pushed through the crowd: "Hello, my name is Chen Shen, from Sham Shui Po..."

"From Hong Kong Island?"

"Yes, here to do business."

"One of our own..."

The two young men became excited, as if they had grabbed onto a lifeline.

Shen Zai comforted them while taking them to the police station to report the crime, though the chance of recovery was slim because there were truly many pickpockets.

After filing the report, Shen Zai gave each of them 100 Renminbi.

Finally,

Amidst the thanks of the two young men from Hong Kong Island, he boarded the train.

After returning to Hong Kong Island,

He went home immediately to see his parents, his older brother, his sister-in-law, and his niece who was not yet one year old, and they ate together. As the economy improved, the family had moved into a new house, a thousand-square-foot luxury apartment bought with a loan.

However, Shen Zai and his brother were confident that in the future, they could continue to buy a second and third apartment!

After the meal,

He went to the Five Star Charity Foundation and donated 2,000 Hong Kong dollars, hoping it could help more people in need.

Doing good deeds had become a habit for him.

Whether it was saving people at the train station or donating money here, it was just a part of his daily life.

He used to be homeless, living on the streets. It was only because of Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan's charitable acts that he had his achievements today.

For this, he had always been very grateful!

He had no way to repay Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan Zu or the Five Star Group, so he chose to practice the Five Star Group's charitable philosophy, do more good deeds, and pay tribute to Mr. Director Director Director Director Director Director Guan.

Although he was not an employee of the Five Star Group, he possessed the Five Star Group's spirit of kindness toward others!

And Shen Zai was just one of them.

There were many, many more people from Hong Kong Island who had benefited from the Five Star Group's charitable philosophy, and when they became financially well-off, they also joined in, practicing the Five Star Group's spirit of kindness toward others together!

What was this?

Passing the torch?