Chapter 142 It Works (Part 2)

The old bank converted into the Arkham Sanatorium is located in the southern financial district of downtown Manhattan, but not on Wall Street, but on the east corner of an intersection on 14th Street.

It was built by a British businessman who came here to invest in the 1930s, so the exterior looks a bit like the Gringotts Bank in "Harry Potter", with white walls and complicated window decorations.

As Nick Fury said, the building is well maintained, both the exterior and the interior.

Its interior is mostly made of wooden furniture, and the hall has very good lighting due to the presence of multiple floor-to-ceiling windows.

The revolving door with a style of the last century has also been retained. After entering the door, you are facing the main counter, and on both sides are two huge staircases with crystal chandeliers hanging overhead. The wooden floor under your feet is a mature honey color, which can see some traces of history, but it does not look old.

The overall building is not symmetrical. The east side is the main building, so most of the convalescent rooms are on the east side, while the west side is the outpatient clinic and functional buildings.

Because this old bank is not on Wall Street, the land was not expensive when it was bought, and the space is relatively spacious, with 7 floors, about 60 available rooms on the east side, about 30 on the west side, and a sky garden on the 3rd floor behind the 2nd floor on the west side.

The people who built this bank were also willing to spend money, the interior is very luxurious, the style is extravagant and comfortable, this is a building that is very in line with the aesthetics of old money at that time, so there is no need for too much decoration, and it directly meets the aesthetics and practicality of a sanatorium.

Strange walked through the corridor on the third floor of the hospital. A nurse behind him flipped through the notebook in her hand and said, "Mr. Eisen on the second floor wants to drink special drinking water, and Mrs. Harris on the third floor hopes that we can prescribe eye drops containing immortality factor ingredients for him and her..."

"I have to go to a meeting with the dean now. I will talk about these things after the meeting."

Strange went upstairs and turned left to the dean's office on the easternmost side of the fourth floor. When he went in, Schiller was opening champagne. Strange said unhappily, "Isn't it too early for you to open champagne now? There are a lot of messes waiting for people to clean up."

He threw a pile of information on the table in front of Schiller and said, "You are busy accepting so many scheduled patients. The office system of this nursing home is not perfect. Fifty or sixty patients came in all of a sudden. The doctors and nurses are almost crazy."

"Don't worry." Schiller slowly took out two wine glasses from the cabinet, then pointed to the chair, motioning for Scrange to sit down, and he first gave himself He poured a glass of wine, then poured it for Strange, and then said: "The agents of SHIELD are already in training, and a batch of them will probably be sent this afternoon."

"Agents? The medical staff you told me about this morning, who were urgently transferred here, are agents???"

"Of course, and not only do they not have to pay me, Nick has to pay me."

Strange opened his mouth. He was not stupid, and of course he knew what the agents were here for. He said: "You sold the patient's private information to the agent organization???"

"Stephen, look up, where are the patients here? They are taking the most expensive skin care products in the world, and even if they have a little skin abrasion, they have the best private doctors to see them."

Schiller put one hand in his pocket, picked up the wine glass with the other hand, took a sip of the wine and said: "They are not here to treat diseases."

"Of course I know, they are here for the immortality factor theory you made up, and want to use it to make themselves immortal." Strange said with a "sneer".

Schiller shook his head, put down his glass, and said, "This is just one aspect. Have you heard of Noah's Ark?"

"God wanted to destroy the world with a flood, so he built an ark. The number of people that the ark can accommodate is limited, and only a very small number of people can survive."

"When things have evolved to this point, what happens after boarding the ship is no longer important. What is important is that they are willing to spend a lot of money to buy tickets to prove that they are God's favorites in front of people all over the world."

"If you are the captain of Noah's Ark, no matter how well the ship is driven, God will not let you, a vampire, in." Strange also picked up the glass and took a sip.

"How many more medical staff do you need?"

Strange thought for a moment, then said, "At least 50 are needed. There are almost no people accompanying people on the 3rd and 4th floors, and they are all clamoring for private nurses."

"I'm not asking for the least, but the most."

"The most? How many people can fit into a 7-story sanatorium at most? I'm afraid 1,000 medical staff will be full, right?"

"You don't get the money for arranging agents to enter the sanatorium. That's my reward, but you can raise the reimbursement share of the false number of people by 5 points."

"It's absolutely impossible without 5,000 people." Strange said firmly: "The patient has spent a lot of money, and one person needs a medical team of at least 200 people to accompany him 24 hours a day."

"Is there still room for improvement?"

Strange rested his elbows on the table, rested his hand on his chin and said, "That depends on whether you can get the qualification of a medical or pharmaceutical research institute. There is no upper limit on the number of people in such an institution. Even if I apply for 20,000 people, it's fine."

"20,000 people? Two researchers and 19,998 assistants?"

"Internships." Strange emphasized, "How many people are there at Columbia University? What about New York University? We will approve internships for them. Let alone 20,000 people, if there are more universities in New York, 100,000 people would be reasonable."

" Wait. "Strange suddenly realized that he seemed to be led into a ditch by Schiller. He said, "Even if you collect money from many parties, you don't have to be so ruthless, right?"

"You took the money from these customers, fooled them with health products that you don't know if they have any effect, and even took the money from the agent organization to let them send people in to collect intelligence? ? You..."

Strange didn't know how to describe Schiller. If he said he was a vampire, the vampire would burst into tears. If the vampire was half as vicious as him, he would not be mixed into the raw materials of health products.

While Strange was thinking, the door of the dean's office was knocked, and a man in a windbreaker and a hood walked in. Schiller took out a glass from the wine cabinet and poured a glass of champagne. The man took off his hood and turned out to be Blade.

"I didn't understand what you said on the phone." Blade Warrior said a little confused: "But are you sure what I did will work?"

"Of course, of course." Schiller moved a chair for him and motioned him to sit down. After Blade sat down, Schiller said: "What else is more favorable than the vampires themselves standing up and proving that the immortality factor in vampires is useful?"

"But I'm not a vampire, I haven't even been bitten, but my mother..."

"That's it. When you tell the story later, you must emphasize that after your mother was bitten, you became a vampire when you were born. What does this prove?"

Schiller looked at Strange, who was also a little confused. He said: "What does it prove? It proves that vampires are vicious , even pregnant women?"

"No! This proves that a substance in vampire blood can be transmitted from mother to child, which will be welcomed by the high-end mother and baby market."

"Next question, Eric, how old are you this year?"

"Well, I forgot, but I should be in my 30s, right?"

"No, no, no, you are almost 230 years old this year, which is about the same year as the founding of the United States. You were born with the Federation."

"But I'm not that old..."

"That's not old, you are young among vampires, and there should be no 3,000 or 4,000-year-old guys in your tribe, right?"

"As far as I know, except for Dracula, there seems to be no..."

"By the way, Dracula, is he the oldest? Do you have his contact information?"

"You want What to do? "The Blade Warrior looked at Schiller, and Schiller said, "If he is willing to record a promotional video for us, he can name the price."

"Let the vampire promote the potion made with himself as the raw material? What are you thinking? How could he agree to it?"

"But haven't you come here?"

"My situation is special. I hate these rats. They are my enemies. I wish humans would kill them all."

"Then how do you know that you are the only one in a special situation?"

Schiller said very sincerely: "Eric, you have to know that your strength alone is not enough."

"I heard that you have contact with the tribe. You can ask the moderates how they plan to deal with the radicals next? If you don't mind, I can talk to him. Let's talk about a business deal."

"Talk about business? What are you going to talk about?"

"Let me deal with their political enemies. I can give them 20% of the income from the sale of potions. This is already very high. Nick can only take 30%. "

The Blade Warrior opened his mouth, paused, and then said: "This is ridiculous, but..." The Blade Warrior said puzzledly: "It is indeed a bit strange. Humans are promoting potions made from vampires on a large scale. I thought that the moderates would start to protest in turns."

"Perhaps you have never thought that those vampires who have the ability to speak don't care if their own kind are made into medicine, as long as they are not made into medicine. "

"On this basis, if it is their enemies who are made into medicine, it would be even better."

"And if the whole process does not even require them to take action, and they only need to provide humans with a little insignificant intelligence and information, they can comprehensively strike their political enemies, making their enemies exhausted or even completely eliminated, then why not do it? "

"If they don't have to pay anything in the process, but can gain a lot of money and resources, then why wouldn't they be tempted?"

"In the final analysis..." Schiller concluded: "The moderate vampires are just greedy for enjoyment, and they want to enjoy it in human society. They need status and money. They want these, so we provide them with these and exchange them with their own enemies."

"When they get used to this luxurious life and the radicals are all eliminated, they will spontaneously select a part of the group and send them to us in exchange for the capital needed to continue to maintain this luxurious life."

"Under the rule of pure blood theory, their society will be gradually sacrificed to humans from the bottom up."

"Perhaps..." Schiller sighed and said: "In this world, at the beginning and in the end, there will only be one vampire, and that is the immortal Dracula."

Strange and Blade were silent, and after a while Yes, Strange said, "I don't care about these big things. I'm just an ordinary doctor. I want to know, what benefits can this bring to me?"

"You have become the attending physician of this sanatorium. Next, no matter how it is divided, you will not be left out. This is the benefit that the entire race can bring."

"What you need to do now is to think about how big a villa you can lie in to count money, which will be more comfortable."

Strange swallowed his saliva. He couldn't even imagine this kind of life, but he still said reservedly, "I don't love money that much. I am a person with pursuits."

Blade shook his head and said, "Money?... Money is a terrible thing."

"But it is useful." Schiller picked up the wine glass, and the golden wine reflected on the lenses of his eyes, making it difficult to see his eyes.

"It is very useful, and it will always be useful."