The career of officialdom is a double-edged sword. In the social concept of China, which is highly official, officials are always at the top of the pyramid, and power can replace anything you want.

But Su Tao is not interested in this because his career will affect his freedom.

Vice Premier Xiao has sharp eyes, so of course he can understand Su Tao's concerns.

Vice Premier Xiao stood up, walked to the window, sighed slightly, and said, "Decades ago, my dream was to be an agricultural scientist. At that time, I was a technician at the Agricultural Technology Station and participated in the actual research on hybrid rice technology. If fate had not turned around, I might be the first expert Yuan, the domestic hybrid rice cultivation technology."

Su Tao also stood up, walked to Vice Premier Xiao, and whispered: "Prime Minister, your current position is more important than Expert Yuan."

Vice Premier Xiao waved his hand and shook his head and smiled: "From the current stage, I may have more power, but from the perspective of human history, experts Yuan are destined to be famous in history. After thousands of years, everyone will forget me, a politician, but they will definitely remember experts Yuan who have made great contributions to mankind. If I guess correctly, you should want to be someone like experts Yuan."

Su Tao was slightly stunned. His thoughts were seen through by Vice Premier Xiao again. He smiled faintly, "As a doctor, of course I want to become a saint like Hua Tuo, Bian Que, Sun Simiao."

Vice Premier Xiao nodded and said, "But the times are different. If you want to practice medicine and become a saint, it is not enough to have a corresponding social status and power. Although you are young, you should also understand that personal power is limited. Now the medical problem in China is not solved by treating difficult and complicated diseases, but first treating poverty. Many people cannot afford to treat diseases and think that they should recover as soon as possible if they are sick. Western medicine takes effect faster than traditional Chinese medicine and is a fast-food service, so traditional Chinese medicine is at a disadvantage. If you want to change this trend, you must first change the living environment of the people, then change the medical system, and finally achieve the goal of revitalizing traditional Chinese medicine."

Su Tao was slightly stunned. Vice Premier Xiao’s perspective was at a higher level, which made him feel a sudden enlightenment.

In fact, what Vice Premier Xiao said is similar to the principle of treating the country with superior medicine.

Su Tao said with a look of teaching: "Your words touched me very much."

Vice Premier Xiao smiled faintly and continued: "Life experiences often do not change according to your own ideas. Just like when I transferred from the Agricultural Technology Station to a school, then slowly changed from a technical post to an administrative post, and finally entered the education line and entered the State Council. It was not about step by step in the direction you set. And so are you! Now many people focus on you because you are young and have potential, and you can explore and help them fulfill your dreams. So your dreams are very important, and others' dreams must be taken into account!"

Su Tao continued to nod and smiled, "I understand what you mean."

When Vice Premier Xiao saw Su Tao, he smiled and said, "There is the kind of strength you have, the kind of responsibilities you should bear. After a while, there will be new tasks to you, which will definitely be challenging. I also believe that you will be able to deliver a perfect answer."

Su Tao hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "But Sanweitang is my ancestral property. If you give up, it will be inappropriate!"

Vice Premier Xiao smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, I will make arrangements to let you take into account both. Sometimes participating in government affairs does not mean you need to be an official, but you can start from other perspectives."

Su Tao didn't know what Vice Premier Xiao intended, but when he saw that he said this, he agreed. The deputy state-level cadres issued instructions that if you firmly refused to accept it, it would be too unreasonable.

Vice Premier Xiao’s arrangement for Su Tao may be similar to the “red-topped businessman”. In layman’s terms, it is an official in the government, and he appears as a businessman, and he has both the role of civil servants and businessmen. Of course, the task attributes arranged for Su Tao will definitely be related to medical care.

After all, Vice Premier Xiao and Su Tao had finished saying anything, he asked Su Tao to leave and then started to receive the deputy governor who had not yet met.

Secretary-General Xue sent Su Tao downstairs and asked with a smile: "No accident, in half a month, there will be a new task for you."

The dialogue between Secretary-General Xue and Su Tao was not so metaphysical, and became very specific and practical.

Su Tao thought about it and heard Secretary-General Xue’s tone. He wanted to reveal the specific content to himself. He asked with a smile: “The Prime Minister just said something about it and didn’t know what the specific task is.”

Secretary-General Xue led Su Tao to the corner of the hall, and the two sat on the sofa and chatted in detail.

Secretary-General Xue whispered: "It is mainly about promoting medical reform. Not long ago, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the Central Organization Department, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the State Health and Family Planning Commission jointly formulated the "Guiding Opinions on Deepening Reform of State-owned Enterprise Educational and Medical Institutions", which made specific plans and paths for the divestiture of thousands of state-owned enterprise hospitals across the country. In short, it is expected that next year, the national state-owned enterprise hospitals will be divestiture, and the state-owned enterprise hospitals will become history."

Enterprise hospitals are medical institutions run by enterprises under specific historical conditions during the planned economy period, mainly providing medical services to employees of enterprises. Now that the reform of state-owned enterprises has been deepened, these employee hospitals are also within the scope of reform.

Su Tao suddenly realized and said, "What do you mean is to let me participate in this project?"

This is indeed a semi-official and semi-business task, which directly involves policies, but in commercial form.

Su Tao felt relieved and became interested in this task.

Secretary-General Xue nodded and said, "At present, the State Council has arranged for many medical groups to participate in the acquisition, but from the initial situation, the effect is not particularly good. Because most state-owned enterprise hospitals are messes and were originally handed over to local governments, but local governments cannot fulfill their investment responsibilities in their own public hospitals. Taking them over is equivalent to falling into a bottomless pit. Even if the plan accepted by local governments is reached, state-owned enterprise hospitals will be more like "adopted sons" after being accepted by local governments. It is not only difficult to become the target of local governments' key construction, but may also be "abandoned". If private capital enters this field, it may bring good results."

Su Tao vaguely guessed that this was a very difficult task, and it was a challenge and an opportunity for the development of his career.

Sanweitang is currently developing chains and faces the main problems, one is talents and the other is the venue. If it can be started from the perspective of state-owned enterprise hospitals, the venue problem can be solved.

Although most state-owned hospitals are in a state of losing money and not being able to make ends meet, and doctor resources are also scarce, the use of Sanweitang injects capital and adopts a brand new model may have miraculous results.

When Su Tao thought of this, he not only sighed at Vice Premier Xiao’s foresight, but he obviously had already figured out the context.

Of course, acquiring so many state-owned hospitals also requires huge funds. Although Sanweitang is now profitable, it is still short of funds. Su Tao quickly remembered that Ni Jingqiu had mentioned to him before that the Ni family and the Ye family were preparing to jointly invest in their own 3 billion US dollars. So a large amount of money was not used in traditional Chinese medicine education at all, but if it was used in mergers and acquisitions of state-owned enterprise hospitals, it was completely used on the edge.

After receiving the reminder from Secretary-General Xue, Su Tao felt relieved that he did not want to enter the officialdom himself, but indirectly entered the medical reform. Although his relationship with the officialdom was closely linked, he was still very free and would not be bound to death by his official identity.

More importantly, Su Tao has the great backer of Vice Premier Xiao, behind him. In the process of implementing this plan, it is equivalent to having the Shangfang Sword.

Of course, from the perspective of Vice Premier Xiao meeting so many deputy governors, he has also been obstructed in the process of promoting this matter. This involves a lot of interests. Although most of the state-owned enterprise hospitals are in losses, some of them are operating well. Now they are giving up people, aren’t they cutting their losses? State-owned enterprises will not cooperate first.

In addition, some hospitals have been making losses for years. Does this involve some people using their power for personal gain and turning state-owned assets into their own private warehouses? Now that you have moved other people's interests, you will of course encounter a counterattack?

Su Tao and Secretary-General Xue sighed: "This time the Prime Minister is preparing to put me on the fire and roast me."

Secretary-General Xue smiled and said, "He treats you as a surprise weapon!"

Su Tao understood what Secretary-General Xue meant that if Su Tao joined the reform of state-owned enterprise hospitals, it would be more concealed because Sanweitang had no trace of state-owned assets. After participating in the competition, it would join the bid in the form of private capital, so that it could better understand the true side of the reform of state-owned enterprise hospitals.

Vice Premier Xiao would not have any rigid requirements for Su Tao to acquire many hospitals. He just wanted to know some situations indirectly, of course, it was also a test for Su Tao.

After watching Su Tao leave, Secretary-General Xue returned to the room above and waited for half an hour. Vice Premier Xiao ended all the conversations before Vice Premier Xiao walked into it.

Vice Premier Xiao said lightly: "I just learned that there are many difficulties in medical reform of state-owned enterprises!"

Secretary-General Xue added hot water to Vice Premier Xiao's cup, covered the lid, and said in a deep voice: "It mainly involves too many chains of interest. Will it be a little too high for Su Tao to wade into this muddy water?"

Vice Premier Xiao shook his head and said, "He has the support of the Shui family, the Ni family and the Ye family. As long as he takes steady steps, there will never be any problems. New forces must appear in the medical field, otherwise it will be a stagnant pool."

Secretary-General Xue nodded, recognized Vice Premier Xiao's view, and said: "I will arrange for someone to follow up on this matter."

"The faster the better!" Vice Premier Xiao ordered. After all, there is only one year left before the originally scheduled time, and there is not much time left. If the medical reform is not in place, it will affect the country's comprehensive deployment of the overall social structure reform.

This is also an assessment of Vice Premier Xiao’s political achievements during his tenure.

When he reached the level of Vice Premier Xiao, the sharp sword hanging on his head not only came from the pressure from superior leading cadres, but more so, he was responsible for the country and society.
Chapter completed!