Chapter 309 - Eat what you need to replenish (2/2)

“Coach Wang, haha, how are you? How’s your knee joint doing?”

“It’s great! I can even crouch deeply now!” Wang Yongyong exaggeratedly patted his knee.

The two of them chatted a little before Wang Yongyong brought Zhang Fan in front of the group of black men. A short woman was standing next to the black men. She seemed just like a child when standing next to them. Wang Yongyong brought Zhang Fan over to her and did the introductions. “This is Mrs. Wang. She’s the manager. Mrs. Wang, this is Doctor Zhang, who will be the primary surgeon.”

“Hello, Doctor Zhang.” Mrs. Wang had large black-rimmed eyeglasses and light makeup. She was wearing a professional suit and was quite polite.

“Hello, Manager Wang.” Zhang Fan smiled while shaking hands with her. Mrs. Wang then introduced the black basketball player to Zhang Fan. The black basketball player was quite friendly and shook hands with him. Zhang Fan was really astonished because the black basketball player’s hand was really large. Zhang Fan figured that the black basketball player’s hand was at least 33% larger than his own.

Mrs. Wang was the manager as well as the translator. The black men wouldn’t understand a single word of Chinese without her translating for them. Thus, she directly began to discuss business with Zhang Fan, Batu, and Chen Qifa. “Doctor Zhang, can you estimate if he’ll be able to play basketball again after the surgery? If he can still play, how long will he need for recovery?” She had long since checked the surgery fee already. Batu had originally wanted to haggle for the surgery fee, but she immediately brought out Zhang Fan’s hospital’s price chart. It was normal for people like her to be successful.

“That’s difficult to say. Complete checkups must be done first. The specifics will also have to be determined after the surgery. It will depend on the patient’s recovery after the surgery. I truly don’t have any guarantee on when he will be able to start exercising or participate in vigorous activities.” Zhang Fan simply told the truth as it was.

“Is there any possibility that he’ll never be able to play professional basketball again after the surgery?” Mrs. Wang inquired.

“That’s difficult to say.”

“According to your professional analysis, please at least estimate the possibility of this happening. If he really can’t play professional basketball in the future, we definitely won’t blame you for that. Is that alright?” Mrs. Wang needed to report to her higher-ups, so she had to ask Zhang Fan for an estimate of this possibility. Business was business. What they focused on was different from what Zhang Fan focused on.

“Okay! Let’s do this. First, we’ll do all the necessary checkups. After that, I can give you a preliminary estimate.”

“We’ve already finished all the necessary checkups. Here’s the MRIs, and here’s the CT scans.” Mrs. Wang then brought out many checkups’ results.

Zhang Fan didn’t mind. He took the scans and started investigating them together with Chen Qifa and Li Liang. Batu accompanied Mrs. Wang and the black men as they chatted.

“Surgery will be alright! But with his weight, it will likely take him half a year to fully recover,” Zhang Fan estimated after he finished checking the scans and the black basketball player’s condition.

“Okay, we’ll be troubling you then. Let’s start the hospitalization procedures right away.” Mrs. Wang was really happy to hear this. An expert doctor in Raptor City had told her that the black basketball player wouldn’t be able to play professional basketball again after the surgery. She had brought him over here as a last resort. Although Zhang Fan was really young, he was already becoming rather famous in the area.

Mrs. Wang then spoke some words to the black basketball player. Zhang Fan had worked hard at studying English, so he was able to understand some of what she said. Basically, she said something like “This doctor is amazing, and he can help to treat you.” However, Zhang Fan had more difficulty understanding the black basketball player’s response. The black basketball player said something like looking down on Zhang Fan’s hospital for being too small!

Zhang Fan frustratedly thought to himself, ‘Foreigners have dialects just like us Chinese, and also have the same problem of judging by appearance!’

The black basketball player was far too large. Zhang Fan’s hospital’s beds were way too small for him. He was unable to stretch himself flat on the bed. What could be done about this? Batu began to negotiate with Mrs. Wang. “Just look, we’ll have to modify our patient rooms just for him. Not only is the bed not a good fit, we’ll also have to modify many things in the operating room…”

“Haha, we can pay extra to purchase a new bed for his patient room. I think that needing to modify things in the operating room is an exaggeration. I’ve already learned about this subject. At most, you’ll only need to add an extra-large chair. Isn’t that right, Director Batu?” Mrs. Wang asked with a smile.

The two were equals at negotiation! Zhang Fan didn’t need to worry about any of this. He only needed to worry about the surgery. “Li Liang, Song Bing, come over here. Let’s discuss the surgery together.”