After a simple pre-operative discussion, Carvey decided on a series of strange things, including five wide-mouth bottles, more than ten rubber tubes, and several natural sponges that cost hundreds of francs each.
The bottle is easy to get, there is it in the warehouse. The material for the rubber tube is not cheap, and it is a little more difficult, but you only need to go to the rubber factory and drop a hundred or two hundred francs, and someone will take a carriage to the hospital tomorrow.
The key is natural sponge.
There are no modern artificial sponges. In the 19th century, only natural sponges that existed in the sea were available. There were only a few types of natural sponges that could be used. The European nobles used high-quality sponges produced on several Greek islands.
This kind of sponge requires divers to wear heavy diving suits on the boat and dive into the seabed to pick it slowly. After landing, it is repeatedly filtered and washed to remove seaweed, sand, finely crushed shells and other marine impurities, and then undergoes a certain amount of pruning, bleaching, and dozens of other steps.
The process is completed.
Every sponge is precious.
Cediyo knew that Carvey wanted to use the sponge on the patient, most likely the incision, but he didn't know why. Moreover, it was inappropriate to put such a luxury product on the butt of an ordinary worker.
Contribution Golf allowed him to see useful filling techniques, but what could Contribution Sponge see?
The hospital has provided free medical treatment to civilians. Why do you have to take out the things you use when you are a doctor? Just to clean the pus on your butt?
Serdieu is a surgeon who saves lives, but he is also a high-ranking nobleman. Even though the nobleman has declined, he still owns his own small manor and several apartments, with an annual income of nearly two hundred thousand francs.
The huge class difference prevented him from overcoming this obstacle.
"I don't know what this guy is thinking, but he has to use so many good things just for a patient with pus." Cedillo roughly estimated the price of these things, "Not counting sponges, just those rubber tubes.
It's more than a hundred francs better. If everyone uses it like this, how can the hospital afford it?"
"What should we do now?" the assistant said, holding a list of items in his hand, "He asked for five yuan for a natural sponge. It's too expensive. The hospital doesn't have this thing... Should I refuse him and forget it?"
"Reject? Haha..."
It is obviously impossible to refuse. The complaint just now is also Sediyo's personal opinion. In the end, it was the hospital that spent the money, not him: "The other party came to demonstrate the surgery. Since they made the request, it is not too excessive. I will be satisfied if it can be met."
Well, otherwise that Edward will start barking again."
"Natural sponges can only be bought." Sedillo sighed, dug into his pockets, and took out a few bills to his assistant. "Go to the nearest dock of the Canal Saint Martin. There should be high-quality sponges shipped from Greece."
"knew."
"Just choose the most expensive and most absorbent one."
"Okay...then..." the assistant wrote down the address with his pen, and the topic finally came to the last item, "What about the more than a hundred cockroaches that Dr. Kawei wants?"
"You ask me? You come to ask me this kind of question?" Cediyo felt disgusted when he heard it. He frowned and asked, "Do you want me to help you catch cockroaches, or do you think I can help you find them?
The location of the cockroach nest, and then I’ll catch it with you?”
"No, no, no, I just think..."
"Don't worry about it. He wants it tomorrow, why don't you hurry up and get it?" Cediyo thought more and more strangely, but there was nothing he could do. "Do you still expect those little things to go into bottles and jars on their own?
, say ‘I’m here’, and then wait for them to close the lid on their own?”
"sorry Sorry!"
The assistant bowed deeply to apologize, then trotted out of the director's office with his notebook.
...
What Kawei wanted was so strange that doctors who had always followed the traditional route were confused. If there was a clue to choosing a natural sponge, then asking for a bunch of cockroaches would be too unrestrained.
What can you do with limp sponges and dirty bugs?
But people who have seen his skills will only feel confused and will not voice any doubts, because they know that this young man always has his own reasons for wanting these things, and they are often right.
No one knows why Kawei has so many surgeries, and no one knows why he is willing to spend so much money to prepare an abscess incision machine that depends entirely on luck. But in Kawei's eyes, this kind of surgery can be set according to personal wishes.
The independent treatment plan regardless of economic benefits made him very happy.
Having no interest in money, he once again lamented that money is really a good thing, but he just didn't know what the results would be after spending such a large amount of money.
Logically speaking, homemade products are definitely not as useful as modern high-end products costing thousands of dollars. As long as they can drain traffic stably, it can be considered a good thing. If it is really effective, it can be used to promote it.
"Dr. Kavi...Dr. Kavi..."
"Hmm? Well, I'm sorry, I was a little distracted after a long day." Kawei looked at the middle-aged man lying on the bed in front of him in a daze. "I looked at the wound. It was indeed caused by lying down for too long. It needs to be
Turn over more often.”
"I have followed your instructions."
"As long as he is uncomfortable sleeping, help him turn over and pat his back three times a day." Kawei made a hollow palm gesture, "I taught you before, pat slowly from bottom to top."
"Yeah, I remember it all."
"As for these wounds?" Kawei looked at the ointment and gauze on the table, nodded and said, "Just use these from the surgeon first, remember not to touch the water."
"OK."
"When there is a new potion in a few days, I will bring it over for you to try."
"Okay, okay."
After a simple home visit, Kawei got on the carriage and went to a cafe near the Drouot auction house, where Gustav, an apprentice who had been suffering from not seeing Kawei until now, was waiting for him.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! From the moment Gustave met Kavin, this peer gave him the feeling of being with his teacher Bernard.
It's not that the atmosphere is too depressing or the pressure is too high, it's just a very simple personal temperament, and it doesn't even have anything to do with conversation or behavior. Because from the way he drinks coffee, it can be seen that he has a mud-legged background, and the so-called noble title must have come later.
added.
One is in his forties or fifties, and the other is not yet twenty. How do they look alike?
This question ran throughout the entire conversation.
"I'm sorry for being late. There are so many patients today."
"It doesn't matter, I have plenty of time at night anyway."
In addition to wanting to get to know Kavi, Gustave also had to complete the auction follow-up business assigned by his teacher. After all, the buyer had to pay an extra 5-8% commission. After-sales service directly determines the influence of the brand, so there must be no problems.
:
"I have just given several transportation options, but they require a specialist to connect at the Vienna Railway Station, and then transport them to your personal warehouse by horse-drawn carriage. If you think there is no problem, just sign this list."
Kawei took the pen and looked at the document: "There is no problem with the response, the problem lies in the warehouse..."
"No warehouse?"
"kindness."
In fact, it is not difficult to open a warehouse in Vienna, but Kawei still does not want to be too public, and at the same time, he does not have 100% trust in Laszlo. Capitalists like that who engage in monopoly do not have too strict bottom lines.
, and it is so deeply tied to the empire that at least 1/3 of Vienna’s infrastructure is related to him.
This is not a question of whether Laszlo will betray him, but that he can betray him anytime and anywhere he wants, and he can chew up Kavi until there is no bone left.
Kawei doesn't like this situation of having to ask Laszlo for help in everything. He doesn't feel safe. Of course, he can't completely disconnect from him. The pharmaceutical factory and the subsequent equipment factory must maintain it. When the laboratory grows in the future,
Maybe there is a deeper level of cooperation.
Of course, these are all things for later, Kawei has no plans in this regard yet.
"Can you find someone here to help?" He put down his pen, picked up a piece of cake and put it in his mouth. He looked at Gustav and said with a smile, "I think you are quite good and you understand German. How about you help me?"
Shall I take a trip?"
Faced with the sudden trust, Gustave was a little surprised: "Me? I still need to study with Teacher Bernard for a while. I'm afraid I won't be able to leave for a few months."
"As long as you place these collections in a low-key manner, you can come back and continue your studies after I arrive in Vienna." Kawei said with a smile, "The commission is not a problem. The key is that you are Drouot's apprentice, so your credibility should be guaranteed.
"
"It's not about money."
Gustav wanted to help make this rare friend, but being responsible for transporting the auction items was inherently risky, and he was somewhat self-aware: "I am an apprentice, and I am not familiar with the place in Vienna, so I can easily make mistakes. This is worth it.
With more than 100,000 francs, I can’t afford anything to go wrong.”
"Can't leave..."
Kawei had a bit of a headache and admitted that he was really anxious when he attended the auction and was not well prepared. Now he is just trying to make ends meet, and he can only accept it and solve it slowly if he encounters any trouble: "Leave all the things in the auction house's warehouse.
How much does it cost?”
"We will keep it for free until the 15th of next month, which is one month."
"Do you have to pay rent every day from now on?"
"Well, the storage fee is 2-5 francs per item per day. It is priced based on the occupied area and the auction price of the item itself. If it takes too long, the storage fee will increase further."
If it were just a single item, this amount of money would be nothing, but now the number of items is obviously a bit too much. When a small sum adds up, even Kawei feels sick, mainly because these are completely unnecessary waste.
"What if we find an apartment in Paris to use as a warehouse?"
"The rent is not cheap either. The key is how to ensure their safety." Gustav has been studying for several months and has some experience in this area. "For this reason, you have to hire people to watch them, and you have to protect the hired people."
He is reliable enough and will not engage in petty theft."
At this point, Kawei finally understood. He had only two options, either transport the things away or let Drouot Auction House keep them on his behalf.
If you choose to hand it over to the auction house for safekeeping, Kawei will have to pay at least a hundred francs in storage fees every day. Even if he returns to Vienna at the end of the month, he will still need to spend time solving the warehouse and guarding problems. Once these are taken care of, including the round trip.
Telegraph time, at least, costs more than a thousand francs.
If he left Paris halfway, the several-day round trip would also attract the attention of many people. Those assistants were also indispensable, and Carvey was not close enough to share private matters with them.
"If it doesn't work, we can only keep it in the warehouse for a while."
Gustav nodded and changed a custody receipt: "In that case, you need to sign this. Because some items may require maintenance by experts, which is not the responsibility of our auction house. If there is any loss,
It has nothing to do with Drouot."
After hearing this, Kawei was thinking: It is indeed troublesome to cross the line.
The choice was put on hold again. He couldn't think of any good way to avoid this expense for a while, and Gustave couldn't give him any good advice.
The two of them just sat there, drinking coffee and chatting wordlessly.
At first, it was just about Kawei’s career and interest in oriental art. Kawei also made it clear that the art was more for investment. Then they talked about Gustav’s ideals, but as the chat became more and more
Going deeper and deeper, Kawei found that he seemed to have missed some key information...
"Is your home in Switzerland?"
"Yes, my grandfather opened a small bank in Winterthur and has been running it to this day."
"A small bank... that's really nice."
"It's pretty good. If I hadn't been unable to stay, I might have been working in a bank now. I can live a comfortable life and don't have to look at other people's faces." Gustav said with a wry smile, "But when I think about the future, I can only stay.
I am not willing to live a simple life day after day in this bank."
"The bank will definitely become bigger in the future."
"Actually, it can no longer be called a small bank. After all, it is a neutral country. Before the Austro-Prussian War, our family received deposits from several wealthy people."
After all, it is his family's business. Even if Gustav is not interested, he still knows something about it: "By the way, if Dr. Kawei is interested, you can open an account there. Even if the whole of Europe is destroyed, our security will be absolutely guaranteed."
There won’t be any problems.”
At this time, Swiss banks could not compare with those during World War II, but the name of a neutral country was already being called out.
As far as Kawei knows, Switzerland was safe during World War I and World War II, otherwise it would not have attracted so much foreign capital after World War II.
Compared to small Switzerland, Joseph's ambitions were very great. Unfortunately, the internal affairs of the empire were quite bad, and the future of the entire country was uncertain.
His work is closely connected with the top management, and he will not leave Vienna easily unless he has to. But after experiencing the war, he also needs to find a way out of Vienna.
Now seems like a good opportunity.
"If you have a safe business, for example, to store my collections and ensure their safety, I would be interested in opening an account in Switzerland."