When Will My Childhood Sweetheart Marry Me?-Chapter 256: In a Dilemma

Jiang Shuyao knew that she couldn’t keep the bidding conference a secret from her mother forever. Even if her mother didn’t find out now, she would inevitably learn about it on the day of the bidding.

She had chosen not to say anything, simply to avoid burdening her mother with worry.

Hospital tenders adhered to principles of openness and fairness, and if people found out that the daughter of a department head was involved, it would no doubt raise suspicions.

"Mom, I won’t show up at the tender, Pei Yan will be there alone, don’t worry."

The light from the screen illuminated the girl’s face, revealing her utmost seriousness.

Seeing her daughter so tense, Zhu Yun couldn’t help but smile, "There isn’t a rule that prohibits relatives of medical staff from participating in tenders. If you truly have the capability, I will cast my vote for you, Yaoyao. Go ahead and do it boldly, Mom supports you."

The night grew deep, and Jiang Shuyao decided to close her laptop and continue chatting with her mother.

"Mom, you can’t vote for us."

"Why?"

After a moment’s thought, she said seriously, "Given our current team size, taking on such a large project from Huaren would be a great challenge. Moreover, Pei Yan and I are not aiming to win the bid."

Zhu Yun could understand the first part, but what was the point of participating if they didn’t intend to win?

Of course, there was a reason.

Jiang Shuyao became pensive. The words that she was about to speak to her mother needed to be carefully considered.

In early July, the tender arrived as scheduled.

At nine in the morning, in the administrative conference room on the sixth floor at Huaren, various bidding companies had arrived one after another.

The person sitting in the front row nearest to the presentation stage was none other than the technical director from Yunteng’s development department, Zeng Zhifei.

Yunteng, as the hot company in this bidding, had strong capabilities, abundant medical product experience, and had previously provided Huaren with an equipment connection system. Unless something unexpected happened, their probability of winning the bid was nearly ninety percent today.

However, even with the mentality of being mere contenders, the other companies still planned to give their all. Where they lacked in strength, they tried to make up in price.

One small startup company, with no more than twenty people, had slashed their prices to half of the market rate.

After reviewing it, Zhu Yun couldn’t help but click her tongue. She exchanged a look with the Finance Department’s chief, made a note, and then looked up to see that the presenter on the stage had changed.

Xiyao Technology, represented by Pei Yan. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Zhu Yun smiled warmly; seeing her future son-in-law in such a role gave her a different perspective.

Different from the opening speeches of the companies before him, Pei Yan got straight to the point after a brief self-introduction.

The so-called main point here was not a presentation of dozens of pages of PPT crammed with text and graphics about company background. Instead, it was an honest display of the medical record system’s architecture design, optimization concepts, and sustainable development in post-period phases—all demonstrated through computer simulation, comprehensively and clearly.

Having chaired hospital project tenders for many years, it was the first time the Logistics Department chief experienced such a direct and effective demonstration method. Hundreds of functional processes, large and small, from record creation to maintenance management, had been refined to every detail.

The most surprising feature was the inclusion of a function similar to intelligent case analysis, which was not within Huaren’s tender requirements. However, after the judges present at the venue saw it, their reaction was unanimously positive.

It was truly astonishing.

This system not only met the daily maintenance requirements of the department’s medical records but also went above and beyond, filling many gaps that the hospital wanted to address but couldn’t.

Every year, the Cardiology Department saw a continual influx of patients. The incidence of heart-related diseases was endless, making the entry and management of medical records a headache for many physicians.

That, however, was secondary; more challenging was that during the peak seasons each year, outpatient and inpatient departments were overwhelmed with patients. The attending physicians had to review past medical records time and again, using changes in prior data to formulate the next treatment plan.

This not only delayed time but also unintentionally prolonged the patient’s healing process.

The Cardiology inpatient department had nearly five hundred beds spread across three floors. No matter how strong Huaren’s medical resources were, they couldn’t achieve one-to-one treatment for every patient.

In hospitals, it was not uncommon for medical teams to work overnight. Complaints from patients about doctors shirking their duties during hospital stays also occurred from time to time.

However, such medical-patient disputes were often not due to doctors shirking responsibility but because they were truly overwhelmed.

It’s like in a kindergarten where one teacher has to manage dozens of children. Everyone has their moments of exhaustion, and it’s nearly impossible to provide full, round-the-clock care and attention to every child.

The case analysis feature added by Xiyao Technology integrated an intelligent engine. When a doctor entered a patient’s symptoms and various examination reports, the right-side window would automatically pop up with the number of similar cases from the past five years. Clicking on the number would bring up a list of similar cases, ranked by similarity, providing an immediate reference and comparison for the doctor’s treatment plan.

It might sound like teaching doctors how to take shortcuts, but in the long run of medical technology development, the intelligent automation of large data modules is an inevitable trend for the next ten to several decades.

The presentation was not long, but the richness of the content was something the previous companies couldn’t match.

After viewing the entire project process, Zhu Yun was full of gratification, feeling that to not cast her vote for it would be insincere.

It was clear that not only the judges but also all the companies participating in the bidding, Yunteng included, had undergone a change of heart.

Yunteng’s technical director, Zeng Zhifei, had looked at Pei Yan with an appreciative gaze for some time. The new wave pushes the old in the medical healthcare product field. After more than a decade, he had never imagined that one day, like today, he would be completely engrossed in a competitor’s product design philosophy and prospects regardless of the bidding outcome.

The medical record system from Xiyao Technology, even if not used by Huaren, could shine brightly in the medical field market in the future and become an important contribution to the realization of intelligent diagnosis.

By the luck of the draw, Yunteng was the last to go.

As a well-established local software company, its capability to meet the demands and the design of the overall architecture were flawless.

The price was temporarily kept confidential, known only to a few internal judges of Huaren.

However, as per usual practice, the price was expected to fluctuate around five percent above market value.

After the bidding demonstrations ended, the companies present needed to move to the adjacent room to await the results.

The moment the door to the presentation room closed, Zhu Yun couldn’t help but sigh.

"It seems Director Zhu is in a bit of a dilemma?" The chief of the Finance Department teased with a smile.

Before Zhu Yun could speak, the Logistics Department chimed in, "It is indeed a tough decision. Just in terms of software, Xiyao Technology is clearly a cut above, but from past project experience and company strength, Yunteng is still the most reliable choice."