Elon Musk hesitated for a moment and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Mr Xia, I'm really willing to provide you with a Dragon Spaceship and an expansion cabin for free. But … if Mr Xia can agree to a small request of mine, that would be even better. "
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Tell me about it first."
The more tactful Elon Musk was, the more Xia Ruofei felt that this "small request" might not be so simple, so he was very cautious.
Elon Musk said, "I want to hire Mr Xia as my personal medical consultant. Of course … I have a specialized medical team, so you don't have to stay in America all the time. But if I or my family encounter a more troublesome health problem, I hope to get your help. The salary will definitely satisfy you. You can make your own salary request, and I will definitely satisfy it! "
Elon Musk began to have this idea after witnessing Xia Ruofei's treatment of Little X with his own eyes.
He was undoubtedly a rich man, richer than the vast majority of people on Earth. His wealth could be squandered for a few lifetimes, and it could be said that he could enjoy any kind of material conditions that he wanted to.
However, when it came to the issue of birth, old age, sickness, and death, it was fair to everyone. If there really was a terminal illness, the use of money was actually not that big.
Boss Qiao was much richer than Elon Musk, but in the face of a dangerous malignant tumor like pancreatic cancer, his money could only help him extend his life for a few years. In the end, it was still useless.
Therefore, Xia Ruofei's miraculous medical skills appeared to be very precious.
Elon Musk quickly realized Xia Ruofei's value, so he changed his previous cautious attitude and even offered to give Xia Ruofei a Dragon Spaceship for free, plus a few expansion cabins. To put it bluntly, he had taken a fancy to Xia Ruofei's miraculous skills.
If he could make Xia Ruofei his personal medical consultant, it would be equivalent to adding another layer of insurance to his little life!
Xia Ruofei naturally wouldn't easily agree to Elon Musk's "small request". Wasn't it a joke for a dignified Aurous Core stage cultivator to act as a medical consultant for an ordinary person? What's more, it was foreseeable that he would spend more and more time on cultivation in the future. How could he fly to the United States just for Elon Musk's health?
Xia Ruofei thought for a while and said, "Mr. Elon, I'm afraid I can't agree to this … I think we should talk about business normally! We can spend money to buy your company's spaceship and expansion module, and we will definitely give you enough profit margin! This seemed to be more convenient! Of course, if Mr. Musk is unwilling to sell the Dragon Spaceship, then we won't force you … "
Elon Musk hurriedly said, "Mr Xia, you misunderstood. I have no intention of using the spaceship to threaten you. I said that it was just a small request of mine. If Mr. Xia can't do it, then just pretend that I didn't say anything! However, I can still give you the spaceship and the expansion module for free. Consider it my gratitude to Mr. Xia! You saved Little X, so this isn't just business! "
Elon Musk was still clear about the basic situation. He was very clear that Xia Ruofei's medical skills were equivalent to the power to bring the dead back to life. What's more, Little X's treatment was still in progress. How could he easily offend Xia Ruofei? Even if he couldn't hire Xia Ruofei as his personal medical consultant, the benefits of having a good relationship with an awesome person like Xia Ruofei were obvious. If he really contracted a terminal illness in the future, he could ask Xia Ruofei for help. Maybe Xia Ruofei would be willing to save him because he gave him the spaceship for free today.
Of course, Elon Musk didn't want to have a terminal illness in the future, but he still had the awareness to prepare for a rainy day.
If that day really came, as long as Xia Ruofei cared a little about today's friendship, then the spaceship wouldn't have been given in vain.
Xia Ruofei saw that Elon Musk was so tactful and had already said so much, so he didn't want to reject him too thoroughly.
After pondering for a moment, Xia Ruofei said, "I can help three times."
Elon Musk was stunned for a moment and didn't come back to his senses. "What?"
"I'll accept the spaceship. In the future, you'll have three chances to ask me for help." Xia Ruofei said, "Of course, it's only limited to health issues! You can use the three chances on yourself, your family, or even unrelated people. However, I can only help you three times. After that, we're even. "
Elon Musk finally understood. He was both surprised and happy as he said, "That's great! Thank you! Thank you, Mr. Xia! You're such a generous gentleman! "
Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Mr. Musk, you don't have to be so polite. We're just taking what we need. By the way, I need to remind you of something. "
"Please say it!"
"I believe that you won't use up all three chances in a short period of time." Xia Ruofei said, "So, I can't guarantee that I'll be free when you need my help in the future. I can leave you with a way to contact me. If I can't come because of unforeseen circumstances, I'll make the appropriate arrangements in advance. I hope you can understand."
A cultivator's promise wasn't something that could be casually made. If Xia Ruofei didn't come out from her closed-door training for a few years, and Elon Musk happened to ask her for help, she would probably be in despair. Therefore, Xia Ruofei had made things clear to Elon Musk in advance, so as to avoid problems in the future.
Of course, if Xia Ruofei really had to go into seclusion for a long time or couldn't contact the outside world, he would make some arrangements in advance, such as leaving a few petals of the Spirit Heart Flower. After all, a promise meant karma. If he couldn't fulfill a promise, it might affect his mind at some point in the future.
"No problem! No problem! "Elon Musk quickly said," Mr. Xia, I'll go arrange the spaceship! This should be faster. The spaceship and cabin are ready-made. We just need to remove the useless systems and make some adjustments to the internal design. After that, we can assemble the spaceship. It won't take too long. "
"That's great!" Xia Ruofei said, "In other words, the spaceship and the expansion module should be assembled before the extravehicular spacesuit?"
"Of course!" Elon Musk said without hesitation. "If you need it, it can be completed in two weeks at the latest! Do you think … it should be delivered together with the extravehicular spacesuit, or the spaceship part in advance? "
Xia Ruofei thought for a moment, then asked, "If it's two weeks later … then we should be able to provide part of the extravehicular spacesuit and oxygen supply module, right?"
"Theoretically, yes!" Elon Musk hesitated for a moment, then said, "But we need to make some adjustments to the work process. Originally, I was going to assemble the extravehicular spacesuit after all the parts have been produced. "
"Then I'll have to trouble you to make some adjustments. If you can give us a few sets of extravehicular spacesuits and a certain number of oxygen supply modules when you deliver the spaceship in two weeks, that would be perfect!" Xia Ruofei said.
Elon Musk thought for a moment, then said, "It shouldn't be a problem! I think … it should be possible to provide five sets of extravehicular spacesuits and a few hundred oxygen supply modules by then! "
"Then it's settled!" Xia Ruofei said, "Mr. Musk, I'll leave it to you!"
"You're too kind!" Elon Musk said, "Mr. Xia, I'll take my leave first! I have to hurry up and arrange the spaceship modification … "
Elon Musk, who had just received three life-saving promises from Xia Ruofei, was now full of energy.
"Go ahead!" Xia Ruofei also stood up and said, "I'll go check on Little X's situation."
...
For the next three to four days, Xia Ruofei still stayed in Elon Musk's mansion, performing acupuncture on Little X step by step and providing Chinese medicine on time.
Although Little X did not undergo a full body examination, Elon Musk and Grimes could still see that Little X's condition was improving day by day. The two of them were naturally very happy. Little X was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma not long after she was born. This huge haze had always lingered in their hearts, and now this haze was finally dispelled.
In the blink of an eye, Xia Ruofei stayed in Elon Musk's house for a week.
According to his treatment plan, the acupuncture was basically over, and the process of taking the medicine would continue for about three weeks.
Xia Ruofei did not need to continue staying here — he could not really stay here for a month.
Of course, before leaving, Xia Ruofei left Elon Musk with enough Chinese medicine.
These Chinese medicine were all brewed by Xia Ruofei in advance, and were divided into small portions according to the dosage of Little X's medicine.
In order to facilitate storage, Elon Musk also specially bought a set of small vacuum packaging equipment for Chinese medicine. This way, Xia Ruofei could easily divide all these Chinese medicine into small portions.
Take three times a day, and continue to take for 21 days, so there were a total of 63 bags of Chinese medicine.
Elon Musk had someone put a label on each bag of Chinese medicine, stating the date of consumption, and then specially bought a refrigerator to store these medicines separately, and sent someone to watch over it 24 hours a day.
After giving out all the instructions, Xia Ruofei took Elon Musk's exclusive car — the world's only pure electric Tesla car, and left the mansion.
Elon Musk and Grimes naturally sent him off personally.
Even Little X, who had not left the room for a long time, was carried out by Grimes to send Xia Ruofei, his savior.
Of course, this was also because Little X's condition had greatly improved. Otherwise, even if Grimes wanted to do this, Manuel's medical team would not allow it.
Back at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, Xia Ruofei gathered everyone together at the first moment.
Song Wei and the others had already stayed here for a week, and it could be said that they had nothing to do. Fortunately, Li Yifu, the host, was very meticulous in his arrangements. This week, everyone did not idle in the hotel, and basically went out to play with Li Yifu, enjoying the super VIP treatment.
In this group, Song Wei and Ling Qingxue were Xia Ruofei's Dao companions, and in terms of seniority, they were at the level of Li Yifu's grandmother. Needless to say, Chen Xuan and Yu Xin 'er were both from famous sects, and their status in the cultivation world was very high, especially Chen Xuan who not only had a good father, but was also an expert at the Golden Core stage. If any of these four people came over, Li Yifu would definitely have to serve them carefully.
The wealth, status, and reputation of the secular world were not worth mentioning in the cultivation world.
Everyone gathered in Xia Ruofei's room.
Chen Xuan said with a smile, "Brother Xia, this week has been really hard on you! We followed you to the United States, but we didn't help much. It was all thanks to you! "
Yu Xin 'er also said with a smile, "Yes! We all heard from Brother Li that it was all thanks to Brother Xia that we were able to successfully buy the equipment we wanted this time! "
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "You don't have to be so polite, we're all on the same team! Besides, I'm the first one who doesn't advocate the use of force easily. Since my medical skills can be used to allow us to obtain what we want through relatively peaceful means, I will definitely not shirk my responsibility. "
Then, Xia Ruofei said, "By the way, we originally said that we would return to China first, but now the plan has changed."
"Oh? Did that American go back on his word? "Chen Xuan said with a slight frown.
"How is that possible?" Xia Ruofei laughed and said, "Originally, it would take about a month to get all the spacesuits ready, so I didn't want to wait in the United States all the time. I said that we would return to China first after the treatment there was over. But now it's different. We only need to wait for another week, and we can get five spacesuits first, plus a few hundred oxygen supply modules! Of course, the most important thing is that Elon Musk promised to give us a spaceship for free, and he also took the initiative to add a few expansion modules to the spaceship. This way, it will be more than enough to accommodate the nine of us! The modified spaceship and expansion modules will also be delivered in a week, so … I think we might as well just wait in the United States! Anyway, there's nothing important to deal with in China now, so we can just treat it as a vacation to relax! "
Xia Ruofei didn't tell Chen Xuan and the others about the details that he discussed with Elon Musk for the second time.
On one hand, he wanted to give everyone a surprise. On the other hand, Xia Ruofei also considered the pervasive monitoring of the American Intelligence Department, so he didn't want to talk about these things over the phone.
Therefore, it was only then that everyone realized that things had gone much smoother than they had expected.
Song Wei said with surprise, "So, you don't need to wear bulky spacesuits and drift in space for a month or two?"
Xia Ruofei nodded with a smile and said, "Relatively speaking, with such a spaceship, everyone's journey will be much more comfortable. But the spacesuits are still indispensable, and we should prepare as many as we can! After all, we don't know when we'll need it. In space, it's a life-saving thing! "
Chen Xuan said with a smile, "It seems that Brother Xia's medical skills have completely convinced this American! This is a good thing! Let's pass this good news back as soon as possible and let the seniors be happy! "
Xia Ruofei smiled and waved his hand and said, "Let's wait first! We'll take the spaceship and spacesuits and go straight back to China. Isn't it good to give them a surprise? Besides, we're in the United States. Even if we use a satellite phone, I'm afraid the possibility of being monitored can't be ruled out. So, try not to talk about these details over the phone! "
"That's true …" Chen Xuan muttered.
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Originally, the spacesuits were assembled together after the spare parts were produced. I asked Musk to adjust the process and give us five sets first. We'll deliver them together with the spaceship so that we can test the method we designed and see if it's feasible. At the same time, we can also test whether the spaceship is stable in space. Just treat it as a rehearsal before the official moon landing!"
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