dtnovels Chapter 561 - 254: Confrontation
Chapter 561 - 254: Confrontation
Gu Ji was well aware of what Li Minfu was plotting in his mind.
As the top-tier large-scale comprehensive hospital in South Korea, the daily cash flow and income of Seoul Shansang Hospital were exceptionally high. Take Xia Country Jingzhou Xiehe Hospital as an example, its annual income was close to 10 billion, a profitability level that surpassed many large listed companies, showcasing the healthcare industry’s ability to generate revenue.
And as an institution of similar standing, the income of Seoul Shansang Hospital should not be much different.
Therefore, once the emergency room was closed, and news of "patients infected with MERS inside the hospital" spread, it would scare away many patients seeking treatment. After all, with so many hospitals in Seoul, no one would want to risk getting infected by a deadly virus with a 38% mortality rate just for treatment.
This would lead to a severe decrease in the hospital’s revenue, with an average daily loss of nearly thirty million!
But at this moment, Gu Ji found it useless to stay in the hospital.
As long as Li Minfu was around, he couldn’t direct the medical staff inside and might as well find another way.
"Since you all aren’t afraid of death, let the patients continue flowing, but let me remind you, Mr. Li, MERS has a mortality rate of 60% for older or patients with underlying conditions, I hope you live a few more days!"
"You, you... Damn it, are you cursing me? Is this the quality of prosecutors in the Republic of Korea, huh! Don’t leave if you dare!"
The last words uttered by Gu Ji left Li Minfu fuming, his furious shouts echoing down the corridor.
But Gu Ji had already left the emergency room.
Just as he was about to buy some medical protective gear and disinfectant tools, the phone rang again. It was an investigator named Jang Siyun, probably his subordinate.
"Senior, Mr. Sun instructed me to bring you back to the district prosecution immediately, saying there’s an important matter to discuss with you. I’m already near Shansang Hospital. Where are you now?"
"At the entrance."
Gu Ji raised an eyebrow slightly.
The power of Shansang Hospital, or rather the Shansang Conglomerate, far exceeded what he had imagined. Just a phone call could mobilize a Central District Prosecution chief to apply pressure on him.
This was somewhat discomforting for Gu Ji, who was accustomed to "straightforward action and results."
Soon after hanging up, a black sedan pulled up in front of the public parking area outside the emergency room. A tall, slender, single-eyelid young man, who looked like a handsome actor from a Korean drama, emerged from the driver’s seat, dressed in a black suit.
"Senior, please get in."
Jang Siyun grinned, quickly running to the backseat to open the door for Gu Ji.
Ironically, even the car he was riding was a Shansang brand, a joint production of Shansang and Renault, the SM5.
"Stay away from me."
"Huh?"
Jang Siyun was momentarily stunned, thinking Gu Ji had been reprimanded by the chief prosecutor and was boiling with anger.
In reality, Gu Ji was merely worried about carrying the MERS virus and infecting the other person.
A private vehicle was more convenient.
Otherwise, if he took public transportation, it would more easily accelerate the spread of the virus.
Once in the car, Gu Ji sat in the back, opened all the car windows for ventilation, and asked Jang Siyun to head to a nearby pharmacy to purchase protective suits, masks, gloves, and disinfectant alcohol.
While waiting on the road, he opened his briefcase.
As expected, it contained the "Poison Needle Trap" mine, the "ERC Information Interference Device," along with some official documents and files.
Recalling the "Wushan Base Laboratory Explosion," Gu Ji pulled out the file to browse through it.
It turned out, just a month ago, in April.
The Edgewood Chemical Biological Center in the United States was exposed for a leakage accident while transporting samples of Activated Anthrax Bacteria to Korea Osan Air Base.
Gu Ji vaguely remembered this incident, as it stirred up quite a storm in Korea in 2019 and 2020, eventually forcing the U.S. military to admit fault and apologize.
Of course, in 2015, it was still slowly brewing in the United States, not yet transmitted to Korea.
According to the internal intelligence of the prosecution, US troops stationed in South Korea had secretly set up biochemical weapons laboratories within the US Military Bases in South Korea, with locations in Seoul Longshan, Gunsan, Busan, and Pyeongtaek Wusam. Until now, these four laboratories had conducted at least 15 weapon-grade anthrax bacteria experiments.
Anyone with public health education, or an understanding of biochemical war history, knew what "weapon-grade anthrax" entailed.
Moreover, shortly after the incident, an explosion occurred at the laboratory within the Wushan Base, prompting military control and lockdown around the laboratory.
Considering the potential leakage of bacteriological weapons and anthrax virus from the lab, threatening the safety of civilians in Pyeongtaek and Seoul, the superior assigned Gu Ji, in the guise of "Jin Zhijiu," to investigate this case.
"Thinking of civilian safety now, but when it comes to the MERS virus, it’s quite a different attitude. What glaring double standards..." Gu Ji couldn’t help but find it a little amusing.
He knew very well that the Seoul Central Prosecutor’s Office’s vigorous investigation of the Wushan Base laboratory explosion was not just for civilians’ sake. More profound reasons could include message control to prevent panic or... capturing leverage against the military, particularly the U.S. military.
The depths of this situation were immense.
The report described the sudden occurrence of the research lab explosion, with the U.S. military claiming it was a personnel operation error. However, the prosecution, through intelligence analysis, suspected an attack.
Few researchers survived the scene, and the sole eyewitness ended up severely injured, currently hospitalized in the critical care unit at Shansang Hospital under police protection. "Jin Zhijiu" appearing in the emergency room this weekend was precisely to check on the witness’s injuries.