Chapter 22

"Let's wait and see the results of the software before making any decisions. After all, even if we do decide to sell, Manager Xu will still need to estimate a price based on the results, right?" Zhuo Chuan did not completely refuse, as the other party did offer a solution, but that would mean he would be at a significant financial disadvantage. However, what he urgently needed now was not money, but the convenience of getting close to the endangered individuals.

"Alright, I look forward to it," Xu Yan nodded. Zhuo Chuan's confidence made her even more excited, and she felt this might truly be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The two continued talking for over an hour before Deputy Engineer Xie and Chief Engineer Liu arrived with their laptops.

They handed Zhuo Chuan a USB drive.

"This contains 1GB of ECG data from 160 patients. We have also retrieved the relevant medical records, and only the verification is left."

Zhuo Chuan took the USB drive and plugged it into his laptop. He wasn't worried about any tampering, as it would be impossible to fake such data in such a short time. ECGs cannot be forged.

Zhuo Chuan ran the program on his laptop and then read the ECG data from the USB drive.

The 160 patient samples were a large amount of data, but the program ran very quickly. As the progress bar moved forward, lines of predictive analysis results appeared on the screen, scrolling continuously.

The four people watched the program's progress intently.

Zhuo Chuan was confident, as he had personally tested the complete version, and the predictions of when patients would die were almost perfectly accurate. These results would definitely be fine as well.

Xu Yan's heart was pounding. Although she didn't fully believe it, from a business perspective, she hoped the program would be effective. If Zhuo Chuan wasn't lying, her company, which she inherited from her father, could truly flourish, as many companies have prospered due to leading technologies.

Deputy Engineer Xie was a bit nervous. He had just mocked Zhuo Chuan and naturally didn't want the program to be effective. However, as an engineer, not a hacker, he couldn't think of any shortcuts in such a short time. He had only tried to select examples of patients with more complex conditions.

Chief Engineer Liu was more neutral. At his age, further promotion was unlikely, so he just wanted to work steadily until retirement. However, he also hoped Zhuo Chuan's program would be effective, as that would help the company grow, making his job more stable and reducing the chances of being scolded by the boss.

After more than half an hour, the program finally finished running. During this time, the four people didn't say a word, just watching the program's progress intently.

"Alright, let's randomly select ten patients and see the results," Deputy Engineer Xie said, opening his laptop.

"ID 25, name Wang Jian, age 45, ECG diagnosis time: September 7, 1999, 14:24, died from sudden complications three days later," Xie said.

Zhuo Chuan searched for this patient in the program.

"Name: Wang Jian, gender: male, age: 45, future ten-day health prediction: no life-threatening conditions within ten days."

"Haha, the prediction failed, didn't it?" Deputy Engineer Xie laughed when he saw the result on the program's screen. He had been worried for so long, intimidated by Zhuo Chuan's confidence, but now he felt relieved. The prediction was completely off, just a wild guess.

Zhuo Chuan smiled. This was a result he had intentionally adjusted, and the inaccuracy was within his expectations. He said, "Deputy Engineer Xie, don't you know that even if the software gives false alarms, it will only make doctors and families a bit nervous, not harm the patients. But if it predicts accurately even once, it could save a life. Although the first random sample was wrong, how do you know the rest will all be wrong?"

"Haha, I knew you'd say that," Deputy Engineer Xie felt he had grasped the psychology behind Zhuo Chuan's software design. It relied on random guessing, and as long as it guessed right once, the hospital would see it as saving a life. However, he had already spotted the fatal flaw.

"Have you thought about what would happen if it keeps giving false alarms? The doctors would go crazy, and the patients' families might even smash the equipment!" He suddenly raised his voice.

"If it keeps giving false alarms, would I even bring it out?" Zhuo Chuan countered, "Let's see the accuracy rate first."

Deputy Engineer Xie was speechless. He said, somewhat不服气 (unwillingly), "Fine, let's see how many times you can guess right!"

"ID 145, name Xu Hen, age 35, ECG diagnosis time: September 17, 2009, 21:14, suffered a heart attack six days later, successfully resuscitated, and discharged on September 31," he continued.

Zhuo Chuan searched for this patient in the program.

"Name: Xu Hen, gender: male, age: 35, future ten-day health prediction: first life-threatening condition on the sixth day, moderate severity, no further life-threatening conditions within ten days if survived."

"Isn't that right?" Zhuo Chuan looked at the result, "It even predicted the time accurately. Deputy Engineer Xie, you don't think I got the medical records from you, do you? Remember, all the real medical records of these patients were retrieved by you within an hour, and the outcomes are only saved on your laptop. I had no chance to interfere."

"You don't need to say that, I admit it," Deputy Engineer Xie said, still angry, "Next one."

"Right."

"Next one."

"Wrong."

"Next one."

"Right."

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When they reached the thirtieth patient, Xu Yan interrupted their competition, "Alright, alright, the success rate of this software is clear. With over 50% accuracy, that's half the time it's right. Even if it gives false alarms, predicting correctly once out of two times can save lives. Families can accept it, and doctors can also accept it, as they can seize the opportunity to save a life, gaining not only the patient's gratitude but also prestige."

Xu Yan decisively recognized the value of the software, "Most software only simplifies doctors' workloads. Few truly impact the medical process of curing patients, and those are mostly from foreign companies. We will buy this software for three million. Manager Zhuo, you should be satisfied, right?" Deputy Engineer Xie, who was still competing with Zhuo Chuan, turned red-eyed. Three million! His annual salary was 180,000, and after deductions, he only got 150,000. This software would take him twenty years to earn.

Three million, but this was far from the true value of the software. Zhuo Chuan smiled. This was the value of the knowledge from the new world, the result of Wang Xin's one day of work. It was also one of the reasons he had been working hard for nearly a month, not wanting to be expelled from that new world.

Making money in the modern world, with the knowledge from that new world, was incredibly easy. And there was more than just money; in that new world, he could also obtain longevity, which was priceless. Wasn't Dean Chris over 900 years old?

Zhuo Chuan interrupted his wandering thoughts, came back to his senses, and looked at the envious Deputy Engineer Xie and the shocked Chief Engineer Liu. He said, "If we sell it outright, your company will also bear some risks. How about this: we use a cloud service model. Your ECG monitoring devices and my program can be connected via a network interface. I will make predictions, and each accurate prediction will incur a fee, which can be negotiated with the hospitals. For each accurate prediction, a certain fee can be charged, and for each failure, a certain fee can be deducted."