"But Dr. Tao and Dr. Chen just saved Zeke. We can't -" Mrs. Zhou was a little embarrassed.
Mr. Zhou said unhappily, "You women are too kind. Now that Zeke is fine, what could they possibly do? I'm not going to let go of this matter."
With this, he directly blocked Daphne's way. He looked at her and the other doctors in the hospital and announced, "Tell me, what is your hospital going to do about this matter?"
The doctors were also shocked by Mr. Zhou's shamelessness, and their faces could not help but sink. They tried to explain nicely, "Mr. Zhou, the truth behind this matter has already been exposed. You are the ones responsible for it, not our hospital."
"Not your hospital? Are you kidding me?" Mr. Zhou's tone rose along with his anger as he retorted, "My son was poisoned in your hospital, and yet you still want to shirk from the responsibility. Well let me tell you, it's not that simple."
"But..." Daphne and the other doctors still wanted to defend themselves.
Yet, Mr. Zhou was being absurd and
unreasonable. He said directly, "Let me get straight to the point. I'm from the Health Bureau, and if you don't handle this matter properly, I'll report it to my superiors, and your hospital will soon be in trouble."
Hearing this, the faces of the principal and the others could not help but darken, and they began to discuss in a low voice.
Although Mr. Zhou was just a small department head of the Health Bureau, if he were to spill the incident and exaggerate the story, there would be probably nothing the City Medical Center could do to clear its name.
Moreover, they had just been promoted and transferred over here not long ago. If such a thing happened to them after they had just started performing their duties, the higher-ups would probably be dissatisfied with them and dismiss them immediately.
At the thought of this, the principal and the other high- level officials were debating on whether they should pay to resolve this matter.
Mr. Zhou looked at the troubled expressions of the principal and his colleagues and felt satisfied. He smiled as he said, "Although your hospital bears the main responsibilities to this matter, we also have a certain responsibility. Therefore, I won't ask much and will be willing to let you off with around 1 million yuan."
His offer left everyone in shock.
One million yuan was an absurd amount. Even if City Medical Center was a rich hospital, it was impossible to directly compensate Zeke Zhou with so much money.
The principal immediately shook his head in disagreement, "This is too much. It's impossible-"
Upon hearing his words, Mr. Zhou's demeanor changed. He took out his mobile phone and said, "Well, if you are unwilling to pay, I guess I have no choice but to make a phone call to the Health Bureau. When the time comes, I'll have the superiors come and talk to you."
The principal's expression soured, as he was now put into a difficult position.
Mr. Zhou was still speaking threateningly, "If you can't make a decision, then I'll call them now."
Seeing this, the principal got anxious and tried to stop him, "No!"
Mr. Zhou sneered and said, "Well, if you don't want me to do it, then you'd better compensate me now. I asked for a million yuan just now, but you hesitated. Now I've raised the price and you have to pay me 1.2 million yuan. If you're not going to compensate me, then I'll see you in court."
"You —" The principal and the others were fuming with anger, but they had no choice but to admit defeat.
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