In fact, Ariel still underestimated the market price, not at least fifty thousand US dollars, but at least one hundred thousand US dollars. A shady clinic or hospital can even do it for two to three hundred thousand dollars!
When the bill came out, there was no place to cry.
Because there is no medical insurance, the other party can set the price at will, and the lawsuit will not win. Of course, Ariel will not litigate, but will only bring people and submachine guns. But that would cause a lot of trouble, and among other things, it would definitely affect Billie's studies.
Ariel naturally didn't care, but Billie was still a junior high school student.
Zhou Qiao was not polite, so he accepted it. He did not lose money by charging 15,000 US dollars, but he made several thousand dollars by charging 20,000 US dollars. But Ariel has a forthright temperament, so it would be pointless to struggle with her in this regard.
I just suggested that Ariel buy a medical insurance for Billie. After all, Billie's identity is clean and fully operational.
Ariel said that she would consider it. This was her previous negligence and she failed to fulfill her responsibility as a cousin.
Another reason is that Ariel had a relatively low status before, and had not yet been promoted to squad leader, nor had she taken over the laundry. She also had a lot of money to spend, and she had to support Billie, so she was not very well-off.
If Billie had mixed medical insurance, Zhou Qiao could earn tens of thousands of dollars from Medicare and the insurance company for this bill!
The last welcome party was too hasty. In order to celebrate the success of Murphy's first surgery, Zhou Qiao used the weekend to take Murphy, Elena and Ava to Fisherman's Wharf again to eat seafood and watch the sea view. !
People are not machines, so Iris Clinic also has holidays, working six days a week and resting on Sundays, about 8 hours a day.
Of course, if a patient is hospitalized, he may have to work overtime at night or on Sunday, go to ward rounds, change dressings, and deal with emergencies in a timely manner, so this is not included.
In other words, at least 48 hours a week!
This is Zhou Qiao's private clinic. The working hours are considered normal among American counterparts, and the labor intensity is even low, so it is not too oppressive.
If it is a large hospital, there are many doctors and nurses, and there will be shifts.
But doctors are really a busy profession. Even in the United States, working hours are relatively long. Many of them are equivalent to single days off. Some people have to check blood sample results and CT films after work at night. It is no easier than doctors in China!
The United States is actually a relatively untidy country, especially California, which does not support idle people, let alone lazy people.
According to statistics from job survey website Glassdoor, American doctors work an average of 60 to 80 hours per week. Since doctors have to complete their work within six to seven days, they often have to work 12 to 16 hours, often staying up late. This figure is very high, even one or two times more than people in many other industries.
Of course, there are naturally differences among different specialties and different levels of doctors. For example, emergency departments or junior doctors have to work harder.
They went to a seafood restaurant for this team building. The Dungeness crabs are quite big, usually over 2 pounds. Each one costs about 60 dollars. They are grilled on a special iron plate and served with a unique sauce, including lemon butter. , Nanyang flavor, original sauce... you can freely mix and match various flavors, which is a unique experience.
Elena's favorite hot sauce naturally has several kinds, but she was so happy!
Zhou Qiao and the others ordered a total of four large crabs, one for each person. It is estimated that the girls would not be able to finish them all. They also added an extra large seafood platter with crayfish, prawns, clams, oysters...
In addition, one person also got a bowl of oyster chowder.
This kind of thick soup is not served in a bowl. Instead, a piece of Big Mac bread is dug into the "Tianling lid", part of the inside is hollowed out, and turned into a "bread bowl", and then rich soup is poured into the "bread bowl". Fragrant thick soup.
The crust of the bread is golden and crispy, while the inside is soft and crispy. Paired with the slightly salty oyster chowder, the flavor is quite unique and delicious.
And the big crabs are very big and have thick meat. It tastes like a mouthful of crab meat and it feels really good to eat it!
Zhou Qiao had eaten Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs in China before, but he didn't like them anymore. It’s not that it’s not delicious, it’s just that it’s so troublesome!
There are also so-called crab eight pieces, professional crab eating tools.
One time, Zhou Qiao attended a banquet and saw that the hairy crabs were particularly plump, so he took one and gnawed it. When he finished nibbling, he raised his head and said, "I'll go," and everyone else has eaten up the food!
Moreover, hairy crabs have too little meat, especially the delicious crab roe, which is just a small mouthful, and the crab legs are even more tasteless. It takes time to eat them, but it would be a pity to throw them away if you don’t eat them!
Zhou Qiao feels that such a big crab is still enjoyable to eat! Of course, the meat quality is slightly worse than that of hairy crabs, not as delicious and tender.
This time I ordered a little too much, mainly because the crabs were too big and the three girls' fighting abilities were average, so in the end almost half of the crabs were left and passed to Zhou Qiao.
It was stained with the saliva of three beauties, but Zhou Qiao didn't mind and ate it with gusto.
Each pier in Fisherman's Wharf has a number, and there are fishing boats or cruise ships parked there. Zhou Qiao thought that when he got rich in the future, he would also buy a boat and go out to sea on a yacht, and how pleasant it would be to be accompanied by beautiful women in bikinis.
The life of King Zhou was nothing more than this.
But at present, Zhou Qiao can only look forward to it temporarily. The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard!
Walking along the boardwalk next to the pier, you can see a super mini island with exquisite houses and towers, and a sea lion show nearby.
During the day, San Francisco is full of singing and dancing, especially Fisherman's Wharf, which is extremely lively.
Many street artists are holding musical instruments and performing selfless performances.
For example, an old man with an unshaven beard is holding a saxophone, half-squinting his eyes and half-bent, playing an extremely soothing tune immersively.
There is also a white beauty with long straight tawny hair. She has long ears and is dressed as an elf. She is playing a harp and listening to a tune that sounds like Castle in the Sky.
After walking a few dozen steps, a vaguely familiar tune was heard, and Zhou Qiao hurried towards the crowd in front.
What made his eyes light up was that it was indeed a Chinese girl who was playing. She was in her early twenties, dressed in Hanfu, with a thin gauze covering her pretty face. She had a slender figure, graceful curves, and exquisite facial features. She was sitting upright, with a A guzheng was played, and Zheng Su played the song "Swords Like Dreams" with light, graceful and agile hands, and the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes rushed towards him!
Many foreigners were watching, taking photos or videos. Elena and Ava held Zhou Qiao's hands on the left and right, while Murphy followed alone, expressionless.
"Wow, what a nice song!" Elena praised.
"Yes, it has a very special taste, I can't put it into words! We will also play this in the operating room from now on." Ava quickly looked at Zhou Qiao and asked, "Qiao, do you know what song this is?"
Zhou Qiao said: "Of course I know. We are familiar with it in China, swords are like dreams!"
Ava nodded repeatedly: "Yeah, I will choose this next time!"
