Chapter 700 Visiting the Sick
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong at home?" Song Yuanchao asked with concern: "What happened? Do you need help ?"
"It's not about my family, it's just a personal matter." Lu Baogang hurriedly explained. At this time, Song Yuanchao took the initiative to light a cigarette and came over. Lu Baogang hurriedly picked up the cigarette, lit it and said thank you.
"You are the vice president of the sales company. You can make the decision on your own for such a small matter as asking for leave. Why do you have to come to me and tell me? Lao Lu, Lao Lu, you are really something." Song Yuanchao said half-jokingly.
Lu Baogang smiled and shook his head: "You can't say that. There is no order without rules. I can't approve my own leave. Besides, Mr. Sun is too busy these days. I don't want to trouble him. So I just come to you directly."
"Hahaha." Song Yuanchao laughed and shook his head. Lu Baogang laughed along and continued to ask about the vacation.
Song Yuanchao agreed with a wave of his hand, but he was also curious about what Lu Baogang wanted to take leave for and how many days he would need.
Speaking of this, Lu Baogang looked a little hesitant, and seemed to be hesitant to speak. After a while, he sighed and said, "I can't say exactly how long it will take, but it will take at least a week. As for why I asked for leave, well..."
"So long?" Song Yuanchao originally thought that Lu Baogang would only take two or three days off, but who would have thought that he would ask for a week. He was stunned and started to ask.
Faced with Song Yuanchao's questioning , Lu Baogang finally told the truth. He told Song Yuanchao that he was not asking for leave because of his own affairs, but because of Gu Changjun.
"Gu Changjun? Secretary Gu?"
When he heard Gu Changjun's name, Song Yuanchao became restless and asked hurriedly what was going on.
Lu Baogang told Song Yuanchao that Gu Changjun was ill and very ill. As an old friend for many years, Lu Baogang planned to go to the mountain city to see Gu Changjun.
This was the first time Song Yuanchao had heard of this. Since Gu Changjun left Jinling and went to the mountain city, they were still in contact, but due to the inconvenience of communication in this era, the most they could do was to make a phone call from time to time and say a few words to each other.
The last time we called was before the Spring Festival, and it has been a month since then. After the Spring Festival, because of the overseas gold award, Song Yuanchao has been busy dealing with follow-up publicity and other work, and has never contacted Gu Changjun again.
But today he suddenly heard from Lu Baogang that Gu Changjun was seriously ill, so how could he sit still? He kept asking about Gu Changjun's condition.
Lu Baogang knew only a little more than Song Yuanchao. He and Gu Changjun had known each other for much longer than Song Yuanchao, and they had a very good personal relationship. Moreover, this time he did not hear about Gu Changjun's serious illness from Gu Changjun himself, but from Gu Changjun's eldest son. According to his eldest son and Lu Baogang, Gu Changjun's illness was very serious, but he had a strong personality and refused to tell outsiders. He was admitted to the hospital before the Spring Festival was over, and now the doctor's diagnosis was not optimistic.
Upon hearing the news, Lu Baogang was worried about his old friend, so he came to Song Yuanchao to apply for leave.
He planned to go there by train. The round trip would take at least three or four days, plus the time for visiting, so it would take at least a week. Moreover, his eldest son did not elaborate on what disease Gu Changjun had, which made Lu Baogang even more anxious.
After listening to Lu Baogang's explanation, Song Yuanchao immediately approved his vacation. Not only that, Song Yuanchao also told Lu Baogang that he didn't need to take the train, and he should go back and pack up immediately. They would meet directly at the airport early tomorrow morning, and it would be more convenient to go there by plane.
Song Yuanchao and Gu Changjun can be considered as friends regardless of age difference. Although the two had little interaction at first, Gu Changjun took the initiative to contact Song Yuanchao before he was about to leave Nandu. It was during that contact that Song Yuanchao truly understood that Gu Changjun was a very principled cadre with considerable means and abilities. It was a pity that Gu Changjun did not have the opportunity to display his talents in Nandu, so he placed his hopes on Song Yuanchao.
At that time, because of the cooperation between Jiang Dahai and Gu Ping, Song Yuanchao almost lost control of the sales company under Jiang Dahai's calculation. Fortunately, Gu Changjun helped him at that time, which saved his reform achievements in the first branch.
Moreover, without Gu Changjun's help and previous arrangements, Song Yuanchao would never have been able to defeat Jiang Dahai in Nandu, let alone the subsequent joint venture and today's Sit Company.
Song Yuanchao has always respected and been grateful to Gu Changjun. Now that he suddenly heard that Gu Changjun was seriously ill, how could Song Yuanchao turn a blind eye?
That night, two plane tickets bought by Lin Daoyuan's secretary were delivered to Song Yuanchao's home. Song Yuanchao simply packed his luggage, then called Lin Yan who had already returned to Shanghai, and told her about Gu Changjun. He said that he would have to go to Shancheng on a temporary business trip for a few days, so he would not be able to send Lin Yan and the child to Hong Kong in a few days. He entrusted Luo Yang and Li Xiaoyun to send Lin Yan and the child to the airport on his behalf.
After listening to this, Lin Yan told Song Yuanchao not to worry, as Qin Zhengguo and his wife from Hong Kong would go to pick them up at the airport. Secretary Gu's matter was a big deal and could not be delayed, so she didn't need to worry about it.
The next morning, Song Yuanchao and Lu Baogang met at the airport and then left Jinling on a flight to the mountain city.
After arriving in Shancheng, the people sent by the Shancheng branch were already waiting at the airport gate. Song Yuanchao took Lu Baogang into the car and without saying a word, he asked the people from the branch to drive to the hospital. At the same time, he asked whether the nutritional supplements and fruits that he had asked the branch to prepare were ready.
The driver turned around and said that everything was ready and in the trunk.
Song Yuanchao nodded and said nothing more. He sat with his eyes slightly closed, patiently waiting for the arrival of the destination.
Gu Changjun was staying in a military hospital, and they arrived at the hospital at noon.
Song Yuanchao and Lu Baogang got out of the car. The driver had already opened the trunk in advance. Song Yuanchao was very satisfied when he saw the prepared nutritional supplements and fruits. He and Lu Baogang each picked up two items and walked towards the hospital.
After asking someone, it took some time to finally arrive at the ward on the fifth floor.
Gu Changjun's rank was not low, and after he arrived in Shancheng, he worked in a military-industrial enterprise, so he lived in a single room.
After finding the ward number, Song Yuanchao found the door was closed. He knocked on it first and then pushed it open.
The ward is not big. There is the bathroom on the right hand side of the door, and inside is the ward. The room is about ten square meters. There is a bed in the middle of the right wall. On the left side of the bed, near the window, there is a pair of single sofas and a small coffee table. If it were not for the smell of disinfectant and some medical equipment in the room, it could be said to be a hotel room.
"Who...who is it?" When I went in, Gu Changjun was sitting on the hospital bed with the bed support propped up. He was wearing a hospital gown and lying on the board of the support, sleeping.
Hearing the noise, he raised his head slightly and asked weakly.
"Gu... Secretary Gu... you... you..." When Song Yuanchao saw Gu Changjun's appearance clearly, he could not believe his eyes.
Is this still the Gu Changjun he knew? The current Gu Changjun is much thinner than he remembered. He is almost out of shape. His hair is also much thinner and still an unhealthy yellowish color.
He was wearing a wrinkled hospital gown, with an oxygen tube inserted in his nostrils. There was a large oxygen cylinder beside the bed. The tube extended from the cylinder and was connected to an oxygen filter. The water in the oxygen filter was tumbling, making a slight sound .
When he saw that the people coming were Song Yuanchao and Lu Baogang, Gu Changjun showed an expression of surprise on his face, but this expression passed in a flash and soon turned into calmness.
"You...you guys...cough cough cough...why are you here?"
"Secretary Gu, you didn't even tell us that you were in the hospital. This is wrong, this is wrong!" Lu Baogang took a quick step forward and held Gu Changjun's hand, tears in his eyes.
"Lao Lu, I'm not dead yet, why are you crying?" Gu Changjun frowned and said, "Did it be the eldest or the second eldest who told you that? These two brats! I took care of them, but they ignored my words!"
Just after he finished speaking, Gu Changjun started to cough violently again, and pointed to one side. Song Yuanchao quickly put down the things in his hand, helped Gu Changjun get the tea on the cabinet on the right, and then helped Gu Changjun drink two sips of water.
After drinking the water, Gu Changjun finally relaxed a little. He took a deep breath and sighed, "You are all busy people. There is no need to come all the way to see me. I don't want them to say it because..."
"Secretary Gu, you are so ill and you are hiding it from us, it's wrong!" Song Yuanchao interrupted him and said, "I called you before the New Year, and you were coughing at that time. You even lied to me on the phone and said you had a cold. If Lao Lu hadn't told me that you were in the hospital, I still wouldn't know about your hospitalization until now."
Gu Changjun smiled and wanted to say something, but he started coughing again. Song Yuanchao and Lu Baogang hurriedly helped, one patted his back while the other continued to feed him water, and after a while the coughing gradually subsided.
"Lao Gu, what's wrong with you...?" Lu Baogang couldn't help but ask.
"It's no big deal. At least you won't die immediately." Gu Changjun waved his hand and gave them a forced smile.
Although Gu Changjun said so, Song Yuanchao and Lu Baogang were not blind and they could see that Gu Changjun's situation was very bad.
Just at this moment, a nurse came in with a bottle of medicine. Seeing the two people in the ward, she frowned slightly and said that the patient needed medicine, and asked Song Yuanchao and Lu Baogang to leave first.
Song Yuanchao and Lu Baogang exchanged glances and left the ward temporarily. Standing in the corridor, their faces looked very ugly. They never thought that Gu Changjun would be so seriously ill.
After thinking about it, Song Yuanchao and Lu Baogang discussed a few words and then went to the doctor's office.
When they arrived there and knocked on the door, Lu Baogang, because of his old age, communicated with the doctor on his own behalf. He called in the name of Gu Changjun's unit to inquire about Gu Changjun's condition.
When the doctor learned that they were leaders and colleagues of Gu Changjun's unit, he did not hide anything from them and told them directly about Gu Changjun's situation.
After hearing the doctor 's words, Song Yuanchao and Lu Baogang were silent. They never thought that Gu Changjun was now in the advanced stage of lung cancer, and he probably didn't have much time left.
