It's not expensive. You're just not worth the price

Every word the woman said was laced with snide mockery.

Jin Xia remained unmoved. She picked up the brochure from the floor, flipped through a few pages, then closed it again.

She said lightly, "Your hospital's prices really aren't high. It's just that you're not worth the price."

"You..."

The patient coordinator flushed scarlet at Jin Xia's mocking words.

Furious, she planted a hand on her hip. "What? I only told the truth. One look at you two and anyone can tell you're broke college students!"

"What do you mean? Even if we don't have money, can't we come here to find out more?"

Zhang Ru rushed forward, ready to argue with the young female patient coordinator.

Jin Xia had brought her here today purely for cosmetic treatments and scar removal, to put an end to any future trouble.

She had never expected to encounter a scene like this.

She stretched out her arm and quietly held Zhang Ru off to one side. "I'll handle this."

Jin Xia took out her phone, glanced at the investment contact number on the wall display, and quickly keyed it into the screen.

A minute later, the call connected.

The person on the other end sounded very enthusiastic. "Hello, this is Hualun Shengmei International Plastic Surgery Hospital. Are you interested in investing?"

"I'm downstairs at your hospital. Let's talk in person."

With that brief statement, Jin Xia decisively hung up.

The two patient coordinators standing before them had no idea whom she had called.

They exchanged a glance, and the woman who had mocked Jin Xia and Zhang Ru shook her head. "Why put on an act? As if you could get Dean Wang to come down."

The elevator doors opened, and Dean Wang and Business Affairs walked out briskly.

Business Affairs looked toward the entrance with a fawning smile, but the smile vanished the moment her gaze landed on Jin Xia.

The call she had just received had been about investing...

The two girls standing at the entrance looked so young. Could they have money to invest?

Despite her doubts, Business Affairs maintained her professionalism and approached them. "Which of you contacted me just now?"

Dean Wang followed behind her, looking in the same direction.

The two patient coordinators, so overbearing moments ago, now reined themselves in considerably.

The woman who had just insulted and mocked Jin Xia clutched the hem of her skirt uneasily. She had never expected Jin Xia to actually get Dean Wang to come down!

Jin Xia stepped forward and explained unhurriedly, "I originally came to assess your hospital today, but after dealing with these two, I think your hospital is rather mediocre."

Calling it "mediocre" was tantamount to questioning both the hospital's standards and Dean Wang's ability.

Dean Wang cast a cold glance at the two patient coordinators. "What's wrong? What happened?"

"Dean Wang, you mustn't listen to her nonsense. They can't even afford skin booster injections. How could they have money to invest?"

The patient coordinator shouted agitatedly, pointing at Jin Xia. "Dean Wang! You should have security throw her out right now! She actually pretended to be an investor and called to get you down here. This is outrageous!"

Jin Xia stood to one side with an intriguing smile on her face.

She looked the woman up and down. "With you here, of course I wouldn't invest. My money doesn't grow on trees."

"You? Invest in our hospital? Do you even know what investing means? It takes at least several million! You can't even afford skin booster injections, yet you're dreaming of investing in our hospital?"

The patient coordinator no longer made the slightest attempt to hide the mockery on her face.

Jin Xia shook her head. "Clearly, a brain is a good thing to have."

"You..."

Dean Wang was momentarily at a loss for words, unsure what to say.

This was her first time encountering anything like this, but judging by the young girl's calm, composed expression, she didn't seem to be joking about investing.

Dean Wang's peripheral gaze gradually settled on the canvas bag Jin Xia was carrying. One look left her stunned.

That seemingly unremarkable little canvas bag, which didn't even have a logo, cost fifty-eight thousand!

It was a new Hermès design released just a week ago.

Dean Wang had even joked that, from picking the cotton to weaving it by hand, the entire process couldn't possibly cost a thousand yuan. Who on earth would spend fifty-eight thousand on a bag like that?

She had never expected to actually see one in person today!

Fifty-eight thousand... for a canvas bag. Was it really necessary to spend over fifty thousand?

Jin Xia seemed to notice Dean Wang's gaze fixed on her bag and took a step forward.

Just as Jin Xia was about to speak, before she could say anything, Dean Wang interrupted her. "We can discuss the investment in detail. I think there's been some misunderstanding today. Why don't we go to the reception room first?"

Dean Wang was smiling so broadly her face could almost split, and she even gestured for them to go ahead.

The sight left both patient coordinators dumbfounded.

Even Zhang Ru had no idea what was going on.

Hadn't those two patient coordinators just been mocking them, even threatening to have security throw them out?

How had things suddenly turned around?

Jin Xia calmly followed Dean Wang into the elevator, glancing back to signal Zhang Ru.

Zhang Ru hurried after them at a jog.

Once they entered the reception room, Dean Wang immediately sent Business Affairs to prepare tea and refreshments.

Business Affairs stopped the two patient coordinators who tried to follow them inside. "Dean Wang hasn't asked you to come in. Go back to work."

Only Dean Wang, Jin Xia, and Zhang Ru remained in the room.

Dean Wang picked up a cup of coffee and handed it to Jin Xia. "May I ask what sort of investment you two have in mind?"

"Your hospital was established last autumn, with registered capital of twenty-five million. If I invest twenty million now, how much equity can you give me?"

Jin Xia asked directly, without beating around the bush.

T-twenty million?

To Zhang Ru, listening beside her, such an enormous figure sounded like something out of a fantasy.

Zhang Ru had never even imagined that she might one day have a million to her name, yet her roommate, who slept in the same dorm room as her, was talking about investing twenty million.

The corner of her mouth twitched. "Jin Xia, are you serious?"

Jin Xia nodded. "My... my family has recently been considering investing in medical aesthetics, but after coming here to assess the place today, I think this hospital's qualifications are rather mediocre."

At the mention of twenty million...

Dean Wang excitedly adjusted her glasses. "May I have your names? I'm the person in charge of this hospital. My name is Wang Ping."

She took out a business card and offered it with both hands.

Jin Xia took a sip of coffee and accepted the card before replying unhurriedly, "Jin Xia."

Zhang Ru quickly spoke up. "I-I'm Zhang Ru."

After speaking, Zhang Ru raised her eyes and stole a cautious glance at Jin Xia, so nervous that her clenched palms were slick with sweat.

Dean Wang hurriedly said, "Jin Xia, dear, if you really invest twenty million, I can guarantee you'll hold no less than fifty percent!"

"I want a seventy-percent controlling stake."

Jin Xia set down her coffee and fixed Wang Ping with an intense gaze.

"A seventy-percent controlling stake?"

Dean Wang froze in surprise.

Jin Xia hadn't even produced the money yet. Even if she really invested twenty million, giving her fifty percent would already be generous! And she wanted a seventy-percent controlling stake?