Chapter 5 Chapter 4 Savior?

After I left the ward, I naturally don't know what Rock and Tao Qiquan talked about. At that time, I was at the door of the ward, waiting for about ten minutes, but before Roque left, I talked to the doctor and asked the doctor to tell Tao Qiquan that I had gone home. If he wanted to see me, he could call me , I left the hospital. Tao Qiquan didn't call me, not that night, nor the next day.I really miss him very much, because every day, his life is one day less, and his life is so limited. The next evening, the phone rang. I picked it up and heard the doctor's voice: "Mr. Wei, Dr. Barnard is here."

I said "Oh", "What did he say?" When I asked "what did he say", I naturally meant what opinion this outstanding surgeon had on Tao Qiquan's condition.But the doctor didn't answer the question: "He said he didn't have any personal representative at all, and he never knew a person named Rock." I was stunned for a while, that Roque, I knew he was a little weird, not a good way, I hurriedly said: "Then Mr. Tao──" The doctor said: "Mr. Tao has already left the hospital." As soon as I heard him say this, I couldn't help crying: "What do you mean you have already left the hospital? I was still with him yesterday."

The doctor hastily explained: "Yesterday, about half an hour after you left, Roque, the fake representative, came out and told me that Mr. Tao would be discharged from the hospital immediately. I told him that was impossible, In terms of Mr. Tao's condition, leaving the hospital is like looking for death, but I heard Mr. Tao's roar immediately, he is going to be discharged from the hospital." When the doctor said this, he paused for a moment: "You should know that when Mr. Tao decides to do something, no one can stop him." My thoughts are very confused.Tao Qiquan was in such a serious condition, but after talking with Rock for about 40 minutes, he was about to be discharged from the hospital immediately. Why?

I can't figure out what that is for at all, but I have a vague feeling that the situation is very serious. I gasped involuntarily: "Where did he go after he was discharged from the hospital? Another hospital?" The doctor said: "I don't know, Vice Chairman Yang personally drove to pick him up. That Rock is always with him." I stayed there for a very short time, couldn't help but muttered a few words in my heart, put down the phone, I was scolding the doctor, why did Tao Qiquan leave the hospital, he didn't tell me right away, and also scolded Tao Qiquan, if he As a friend, I should also tell me.

After I put down the phone, the more I thought about it, the angrier I became, and I couldn't help but reach out and pat the table again. Just at that time, Bai Su passed by the door of my study, she half turned around: "What's the matter?" I said, "It's all bastards!" Bai Su smiled: "What do you mean they are all bastards, you are too, and so am I." I stared, not thinking it was funny at all: "Tao Qiquan left the hospital, and no one told me." Bai Su was taken aback for a moment: "Ah, he died?" I waved my hand: "Who knows whether he is dead or alive."

Bai Su came in and looked at me suspiciously. I tried to persuade Tao Qiquan yesterday when I met him, but halfway through, Roque, who claimed to be Dr. Barnard's representative, came in and told her After reading it again, Bai Su listened attentively. After I finished speaking, she said, "That's weird." I snorted: "It's not really strange. People who are dying will believe that there are some weird ways to prolong their lives. Throughout the ages, not many people are willing to accept the fact that death is inevitable. Who knew that Roque said to him Perhaps, Roque said that the witches in Haiti could cure him with the power of evil gods. Haha."

Bai Su didn't find it funny: "At least, we should know where he went after he left the hospital." To remind Bai Su, I picked up the phone again and dialed his home number.Tao Qiquan was very powerful, and there was an operator at home. When I asked for Tao Qiquan, the operator replied: "I'm sorry, Mr. Tao is not at home." I was a little annoyed: "What do you mean not at home? He is dying. If he is not in the hospital, he must be at home. Put the phone to his bedside. I am Wesley and I want to talk to him." The operator's voice was still very soft, so soft that I was a little ashamed of losing my temper with her just now. She said, "I'm really sorry. Mr. Wei, I can't do what you ordered. He is really not at home."

I said, "So, where is he?" The operator said, "I don't know. Many people have come to him, but they don't know where he is." I put down the phone, Bai Su said: "Call Vice Chairman Yang, he is the one who picked up Tao Qiquan and left the hospital, he must know." I was about to pick up the phone again when it rang, and I answered it right away, but it was Vice Chairman Yang's voice, and when I heard it was him, I got angry and said loudly, "Where did Tao Qiquan go? " Yang's voice seemed urgent, and he said, "I called you just because of his whereabouts. Please wait for me at home, and I will come right away."

I was stunned for a while, not knowing what mystery he was making, but after he finished speaking, he immediately put down the phone, I looked at Bai Su again, Bai Su said: "Then we have to wait until he comes." In fact, within ten minutes, Chairman Yang was already out of breath, ran up the stairs, and entered my study, but during these ten minutes, I waited so anxiously that I made all kinds of assumptions. As soon as I saw him, I waved my hand: "Where did he go?" Yang hurriedly shook his hand: "I don't know." I said loudly, "Nonsense, you were the one who took him out of the hospital, why didn't you know."

Yang was about to cry. It was quite funny for a bank vice chairman to suddenly have such an expression.He said: "I drove him out of the hospital, but now I don't know where he is." When Yang received a call from Tao Qiquan, asking him to drive to the hospital immediately to pick him up and leave the hospital, Yang was filled with surprise and doubt. Tao Qiquan's situation is extremely bad. For the past few days, they have been worried about Tao Qiquan.Because Tao Qiquan has always stubbornly believed that he can live for a long time, so he refuses to make any arrangements for the group's business and property in his hands.

Since Tao Qiquan was so stubborn, the rest of the people, of course, dared not say anything, so they could only secretly worry and think about what would happen to their status in the group once Tao Qiquan died.Especially people with the status of Vice Chairman Yang are even more worried.Because he knew that Tao Qiquan's two sons and one daughter were all sons-in-law who had been spoiled and spoiled since childhood. If Tao Qiquan didn't give an honest account before he died, then the inheritance rights of the entire consortium would naturally belong to Tao Qiquan's children.However, these three heirs, even when Tao Qiquan was already so seriously ill, one was water skiing with a blonde beauty in the Atlantic Ocean, the other was shopping for fashion in Paris, and the other had already had a lot of money in the casino in Monte Carlo. For more than a month, the cash remitted to him by Vice Chairman Yang has exceeded 3 million US dollars. Vice Chairman Yang drove into the hospital. He was thinking: Is Tao Qiquan going to use his limited few days to make a final confession?He even thought that Tao Qiquan didn't need to be discharged from the hospital, as long as he called the closest people and then called the lawyer, he could tell him what to do on the hospital bed, and no one would violate his will. When Vice Chairman Yang saw Tao Qiquan with a tall and thin Westerner, he was startled for a moment, and then he knew that he had guessed wrong. Before Tao Qiquan was discharged from the hospital, several doctors were still trying their best to object, but Tao Qiquan didn't listen, with a strange excitement on his face, and got into the car right away. Vice Chairman Yang drove a big car with soundproof glass between the front and rear seats.Tao Qiquan got into the back seat, and the foreigner got into the back seat to be honest and sat beside Tao Qiquan. Therefore, Yang had no choice but to act as the driver as the vice chairman. This doesn't make Vice Chairman Yang angry. Anyway, whether it's the vice chairman or the general manager, in front of Tao Qiquan, they are all young men and no big shots.What made Yang angry, or rather, made him sad, was that as soon as Tao Qiquan got into the car, he immediately pressed a button to close the glass between the front and rear seats.As a result, Yang became unable to hear what they were talking about. All Yang heard was Tao Qiquan's instructions, saying: "Drive to the Prince's Wharf and drive carefully, I don't want to die yet." Tao Qiquan's voice seemed very happy.The cheerful tone of his voice matched the excited look on his face.In the memory of Vice Chairman Yang, Tao Qiquan seemed to have never been so happy.Only once, a few years ago, when Tao Qiquan almost bankrupted a European consortium after fierce competition, and increased his property by more than ten billion US dollars, did he have such an expression. Vice Chairman Yang didn't know what happened, he just drove the car to the pier, which was about 30 minutes away. Prince's Wharf is a wharf specially designed for yachts to board and disembark.It's not a holiday, and the weather is bad, so it looks quite deserted. Vice Chairman Yang stopped the car when he saw the rear door open, and Tao Qiquan and the tall, thin Westerner got out of the car together. Tao Qiquan waved to him, and Yang quickly got out of the car too. Tao Qiquan handed a tape to him: "You give this tape to Wesley, and go immediately—no, wait until tomorrow, tomorrow evening, before handing it to him, it can't be too early." Yang took the tape and was very anxious: "Mr. Tao, where are you going?" Tao Qiquan said: "I will be away for a few days, about a month, and I will keep in touch with you. All business, you can make the decision for me first, and if you can't make the decision, wait for me to come back." Deputy Dong Tingchang Yang knew about Tao Qiquan's illness, and after hearing about Tao Qiquan's illness, he was stunned for a moment, and said in a broken voice, "Leave for a month?" Tao Qiquan patted Yang on the shoulder: "Yes, at most a month, maybe not that long." Vice Chairman Yang felt that at this moment, he didn't know how much he had to say, but the Westerner—of course it was Rock—had already called a very beautiful yacht over, and the yacht was moored by the pier On the way, Tao Qiquan didn't even need help, he got on the yacht by himself, and Rock followed. Vice Chairman Yang also wanted to get on the boat, Tao Qiquan said: "You go back and do as I ordered." At this moment, Vice Chairman Yang was in a state of confusion. Tao Qiquan's order had no legal effect at all, and no one could testify for him. The extremely beautiful yacht has sailed out. Yang had no choice but to drive back and wait until this evening before contacting me. He said: "So, where Mr. Tao went, I really don't know." I didn't wait for General Yang to finish speaking, and I called out and asked, "Where's the tape?" Yang Lishi was serious and solemn, took out the tape, and looked at me anxiously: "Is the will on the tape legally valid?" I said, "Fuck the will! That's what he's going to tell me!" I found the tape recorder, put in the tape, pressed the button, and immediately heard Tao Qiquan's voice. As Yang said, Tao Qiquan's voice sounded very pleasant.A dying man, no matter how affective, cannot fake such pleasant sounds. The following is what Tao Qiquan said in the tape: "I'm really sorry, Wesley. I can't let you know what happened, at least temporarily. But, you have to believe me one hundred percent, what happened to me, It will only be beneficial to me, it will never be harmful, you must believe this, don't think about it, I know you like to think about it the most. So, you don't have to act smartly, if you do that, it will only hurt me, it will definitely help Not me, we are good friends, you can say that my only friend. If I really die soon, what you said to me in the hospital is very helpful, but now the situation is different, I can definitely be saved, you Wait for my good news, don't do anything for me, don't do anything." These are Tao Qiquan's words on the tape. The words he used, such as "pretending to be smart and thinking wildly", etc., hurt my self-esteem to some extent, but there is no doubt that Tao Qiquan said it himself. I played it again, trying to hear some hidden words in it, because according to Vice Chairman Yang, Rock was with him in the back seat of the car, so it is very possible that he did it under duress. This is recorded. (Thinking of Tao Qiquan's comment of "pretending to be smart", I am quite dumbfounded.) After listening to it again, Bai Su looked at Yang and asked, "Before he got on the boat, he said he would leave for a month?" Yang hurriedly said, "Yes──" Bai Su interrupted him: "He also said that he will contact you as soon as possible?" Yang said again: "Yes, I don't understand what he meant by saying that." Bai Su looked at me, and I frowned: "Looking at it like this, he seems to be going for treatment, hmph, that Rock, who is he? Is he a miracle doctor?" Bai Su was stunned for a moment, before saying: "Rock is a very mysterious person, he must have moved Tao Qiquan with extremely beautiful words──" I interjected, "It's so easy to impress a dying man, all you have to do is tell him there's a way to keep him alive." Bai Su disagreed: "That's not easy, Tao Qiquan is very shrewd." I sneered and said, "Isn't Qin Shihuang smart? Didn't he believe that he can live forever!" Bai Su sighed: "What did Roque say to him?" Bai Su seemed to be asking herself. She didn't have an answer, and I naturally didn't have an answer. After asking a few times, Bai Su said, "Mr. Yang, please arrange for us to meet with Dr. Barnard." Vice Chairman Yang nodded and agreed. It was a pleasant meeting with Dr. Barnard. Barnard arrived, but Tao Qiquan didn't show up, and Dr. Barnard couldn't help but feel a little bitter.However, Vice Chairman Yang still fulfilled all his promises, and Dr. Barnard could get a generous salary beyond his expectations without doing anything, and naturally the degree of worry was reduced to a minimum. The content of the conversation, of course, revolves around human health and heart disease.Halfway through the conversation, I popped my question. I started by asking a few questions about heart transplants.Since I had read a lot of reference books beforehand, the questions I asked were quite pertinent, and Dr. Barnard answered them in detail. When the problem came to the rejection phenomenon after heart transplantation, Dr. Barnard sighed: "This is the most difficult part to solve. The human body has a natural function of rejecting foreign transplants. This function originally plays a protective role, but instead become the biggest obstacle to various transplant operations.” I asked, "Is there no way to remedy this exclusion?" Dr. Barnard spread his hands: "At least, my colleagues and I have exhausted the methods. The rejection phenomenon is very complicated. Even the organ transplantation of close blood relatives sometimes has serious rejection phenomenon." I smiled: "If they are identical twins, can they be used for organ transplantation between each other?" Dr. Barnard also laughed: "Theoretically, it should be possible, but no experiment has been done, and there are no twins. I'm willing to swap my hearts with each other to try." Those who heard Dr. Barnard's words on the side laughed together. Amidst the laughter, Dr. Barnard said again: "Besides, the so-called theoretically possible is just a rough theory. The structure and composition of the human body are really too subtle, and there are many factors that are still unknown to humans today." I know. For example, the twins of the same egg are of course the most typical structure of two people. But the closest does not mean they are completely the same. They come from the development of the same egg, but it must be two different sperm to promote the development. Sperm from the same human body, each has its unique genetic characteristics and is not the same. This is why brothers and sisters can have completely different personalities. Therefore, even if they are born with the same egg, can they be used in organ transplantation? On the other hand, it is not certain that exclusion does not occur at all.” I listened attentively to his words, and then asked again: "So, according to what you mean, is it true that the transplantation of vital organs can never save the life of a person whose organ has been seriously injured?" Dr. Barnard took a breath: "You can say that." I smiled wryly and asked a specific question: "Have you read Mr. Tao's medical records, may I ask, if he undergoes a heart transplant, how long can he survive under the best circumstances?" Dr. Barnard said, "Nobody knows." I said, "Please make a rough estimate." Dr. Barnard frowned, perhaps because my question was unreasonable, which made it difficult for him to answer. He remained silent for a long time before saying: "I still can't answer your question, but so far So far, the heart-changing person in the best condition has lived for another two years." I took a deep breath, remembering Tao Qiquan's mysterious disappearance, and what he said in the tape he left me, and I made a gesture: "Besides you, there is no better heart transplant expert in the world." ?” Dr. Barnard waved his hand vigorously, with a serious expression on his face: "It can't be said that heart transplantation is not a great surgical operation. It can be performed in a hospital with good equipment and good surgeons. There are people all over the world. Examples of successful transplants." I said: "The difficulties they encountered are naturally the same?" Dr. Barnard said, "Of course." My original assumption was that Tao Qiquan might have found a better doctor, so he didn't want Dr. Barnard to operate on him and left quietly.But this assumption obviously cannot be established.I had no choice but to continue to make another hypothesis. Tao Qiquan went to treat his serious heart disease by other means. So, I asked again: "According to Mr. Tao's condition, is there any other treatment method?" Dr. Barnard didn't speak, but just shook his head: "Miracles sometimes happen, but scientists are more realistic, and would rather not wait for miracles to happen, but spend the time waiting to do some real and sure things. " I was ridiculed by him, but of course I didn't take it seriously. I wanted to get an affirmative answer, and asked again: "Is there absolutely no hope for a disease like Mr. Tao's?" Dr. Barnard looked at me for a long while before saying, "I've already said that sometimes, miracles may happen." After he said this, he looked around: "Where is he? Why didn't he show up? Did he not have the courage to face the bad luck he was about to accept?" As soon as he mentioned where Tao Qiquan was, Vice Chairman Yang hurried over and changed the subject.We discussed some other matters, and the interview with Dr. Barnard was over. On the way home, Bai Su and I kept silent at first, but then I couldn't help saying: "If we recognize Dr. Barnard's expert status, then Tao Qiquan is dead." Bai Su sighed: "People are always going to die." I said, "But he disappeared. What the hell is that person who claims to be Dr. Barnard's personal representative?" Bai Su frowned: "No matter what that person is doing, Tao Qiquan will not live long." I said "aha": "Miss Bai, that's quite different. Tao Qiquan is a very important person. He has mastered countless wealth. His every move can affect the lives of many people, and even affect the lives of many people." international situation." Bai Su said: "So what, anyway, he must die." I took a breath: "Why didn't you think that if someone used a job he was willing to believe in to trick him into thinking that he could still live, and if he was asked to agree to certain conditions, he would definitely agree. " Bai Su's expression was impatient: "So what?" I imitated her tone: "So what? It means a lot of money transfers, it means economic chaos, it means a lot of changes, it means—" I wanted to continue, but Bai Su waved his hand and interrupted me: "After all, it is nothing more than money! You should know that the most precious thing for a person is his life, even the most stingy miser At the last moment, he would be willing to use all his money in exchange for his life." I snorted: "If you can really buy your life with money, then the problem is simple." Bai Su said: "I understand what you mean, you mean, Tao Qiquan may be fooled and deceived?" I nodded, and Bai Su laughed: "I still said the same thing, so what? Suppose the other party, using the temptation to save Tao Qiquan's life, cheated Tao Qiquan of a lot of money, and Tao Qiquan believed it again, let him go What's wrong with being happy before you die?" I wanted to refute Bai Su's words, but for a while, I couldn't think of anything to say, so I could only say: "That is also a scam." Bai Su said: "You look so sure and happy when you listen to the voice in Tang Tao Qiquan's tape. Even if it's a scam, you don't need to expose it. Let him enjoy a little happiness in the last moment!" Although I feel that the whole thing is extremely wrong, I have nothing to say.I can't even tell exactly what's wrong with the whole thing. I always feel that there are too many unreasonable and doubtful things in the whole process. I have nothing to do, except wait for Tao Qiquan to take the initiative to contact us. Of course, I didn't do nothing, I went to investigate, investigated Tao Qiquan and the man who called himself Rock, boarded the yacht, and sailed to where. As a result of the investigation, on the voyage to the south, several ships, having seen such a yacht, were heading south at a considerable speed.People who saw it were unanimously surprised by the high speed of this yacht, which shows that it is a yacht with excellent performance. As for where the yacht sailed, no one knew at all.That is to say, no one knows where Tao Qiquan has gone except himself and Roque. Bai Su looked at me for the past two days and felt restless. She advised me: "Aren't you going to investigate the cause of Qiu Lun's death? He is your good friend, and you should do something for him." I smiled wryly: "I'm waiting for Tao Qiquan's message." Bai Su said: "As soon as he has news, I promise to use the fastest method to let you know." Of course it's not an option to stay and wait, so I have no choice but to accept Bai Su's proposal.Because a person as outstanding as Qiu Lun was killed and buried in the jungle without knowing why, as his best friend during his lifetime, he should go and investigate.So, I temporarily put aside the matter of Tao Qiquan, and urged Bai Su to tell me as soon as he had news about him, and then set off for Switzerland.