Blooming America

Chapter 273

Just after Gates got the hardcover version of "Popular Software" ordered, the magazine began to be sold on the market the next day.

Although it is a very professional magazine, there are unexpectedly many people who bought this magazine, which surprised Catherine a little. This is a big success.

At this time, Catherine's c language was started, and it began to be officially sold to the market. Using IBm's mB hard drive, the retail price is $80,000, and it enjoys five years of after-sales service.

Such a price is not high. If it is used for ten years, the average cost is only eight thousand dollars. As long as the games and software that can be produced using such a machine are not too bad, the money that can be made is more than eight thousand?

Now that the inaugural issue has been successful, Catherine is naturally relieved, and the originally tense atmosphere in the company has suddenly relaxed.

But it didn’t take long before they were put into their intense work again-they had to give out the next month’s magazine before Christmas, and after Christmas, it was a legal holiday, even if they paid ten. I’m afraid there are very few people staying to work overtime at double the wages.

So if you want to have a happy Christmas, you can only finish your work before Christmas.

Although the inaugural issue was a success, Catherine felt that her magazine still needed improvement. The first is the layout of "Popular Software".

Catherine simply separated the software version and the game version. Let "Popular Software" have two covers, but no back cover. In this case, the game version and the software version are effectively separated.

At the same time, Catherine also turned the magazine into two groups, the software group and the game group, and asked them to write the magazine separately. At the same time, the atmosphere in the two versions is also different.

In the software version, the articles are more rigorous, and every word and sentence has been repeatedly pondered. In the game version, Catherine requires a humorous language, as easy as possible. At the same time, some fan stories and comics need to be published in the game version.

In addition, at the end, there are some interesting facts about the editors playing the game-this is also what Catherine requested.

For example, when an editor was playing a game, his brain suddenly became disconnected, and then he couldn't get through a certain level, and he gave birth to some weird things, and then wrote a bunch of embarrassing words and the like-Catherine is also in this respect. It also draws on some later experiences.

Everything went out, and Catherine herself was free. Time entered December, and the heart that Catherine mentioned finally settled down.

"Huh." Catherine fell on the sand, and then yín with unknown meaning.

"Lerela, help me get another massage today..."

Catherine suddenly spoke to Larryla again.

"No problem." Lerila also smiled.

After continuous work, Catherine always wants to relax for a period of time. If there is a massage by Leroy at this time, it will be a real pleasure.

"I'll get something first...well, Kate, do you want to use essential oils or Chinese?"

"Mid it"

The essential oil will provoke Catherine's hope, which will make her very embarrassed.

Then, Catherine went to take a shower, and Leroy also took out the tools.

Put on the eye mask, and then apply the object to Catherine's body, and then Larryla's massage to Catherine begins.

"This is really weird..."

Elsa asked about the taste of Zhong, and finally couldn't help but speak out.

"Do you want to try it too?" Lerila seemed to like to massage others.

"No, no, I..."

"Elsa is not used to violating her body in front of others." Although Catherine wears a blindfold, she can imagine Elsa's expression at the moment.

Elsa's face turned red, and she was about to change the subject: "That...Lerela, how did you get into these?"

"Of course I was looking for someone in Chinatown. I seemed to have said it last time... In fact, it's not just this." Lerila shook her hand. "When I was seeing a doctor, it was in Chinatown."

"See a doctor? How do I get to Chinatown?"

Elsa asked strangely. She looks very curious.

"Of course it's cheaper to see a doctor here"

Lerila said of course.

"Go to the hospital in Chinatown?" Catherine also took off her blindfold.

"Well, my father has a good friend of Chinese people, he is a Chinese medicine doctor. I see all the diseases over there."

"That's it."

Catherine nodded.

Medical insurance in the United States is much more cheating than in China. All medical insurance in the United States is done by sī-operated commercial companies. There is no government subsidy. Companies, universities and other units and individuals each provide part of it, but the level of insurance to buy depends on the boss Conscience (generally unreliable).

The less conscientious boss is covered by insurance-but even if it is, the medical expenses that patients need to bear are still very high. Take appendicitis surgery. Generally speaking, such an operation costs about 50,000 US dollars. Even if you pay for it yourself, you need to pay 10,000 US dollars. But for Americans who don’t have the habit of saving, they want to get it all at once. Spending so much money...it's difficult.

This is also the reason why many Chinese people in history always flew back to China when they came to the United States to see a doctor—the round-trip air ticket plus the money for the doctor’s treatment is sometimes even cheaper than after reimbursement of medical insurance.

In this way, it is understandable for Lerela to go to a Chinese medicine doctor-at least it is much cheaper to hurt a finger in a US hospital, which requires US dollars.

But... there is still Chinese medicine in the United States?

"Did you see Chinese medicine?"

Catherine asked again.

"When I was always dizzy and burned, in fact this was caused by incomplete cerebral vascular development." Lerela pointed to his head, "but I couldn't get well in the hospital. Then my father heard that' "Chinese medicine" seems to be very useful, so I just brought me to Chinatown, and then after a few twists and turns, then let the "doctor"-uh, what they said. Well, they asked the doctor to help me get the pulse. The pulse is taken by hand. Put it in your hand... In short, it is a very strange thing. Then the doctor gave me some strange and unpleasant water for me to drink, and then my illness was cured somehow."

It's no wonder that Leroy will go to Chinatown to get the materials for pushing oil.

"There is such a magical person?" Elsa obviously thought it was magical.

"Yes, but most people can't find them. They seldom treat us white people. They are always very closed. If it weren't because my father had a good Chinese friend, there would be no way to find the'doctor'."

Catherine nodded. She knew what was going on. The other party is practising medicine illegally. There is no Chinese medicine in the United States. If they are caught, the crime of "illegal medical practice" will make them unable to eat. It's no wonder they are so cautious.

"They said, I need to exercise, I need a strong physique. So since then, I have been exercising every day, and then my brother taught me some Sanshou skills, and then I have come here all the time..."

"That's why you stretched out so hard because of your own body?" Catherine asked.

"It's almost like that. But my body has been healed a long time ago, and I just like it now."

"If we want to find that...that ‘Doctor’, is that okay?"

"The doctor is the doctor." Catherine couldn't help adding.

"That's the case." Hearing Catherine's addition, Larryla seemed to have a sudden realization: "If you want to go, they probably won't treat you, because the Chinatown in San Francisco was caught by the police the other day. Two doctors were arrested for illegally practicing medicine. They are now very cautious."

The gdp of the medical station in the United States is as high as 15~ all the year round. It is strange that they don't care about it.

Many US presidents in history have taken the change of medical insurance as their mission, but none of them succeeded because of the entanglement of interest groups. This is definitely a huge profit among huge profits. In "Resident Evil", Umbrella will be the world. The black hand behind the scenes is not blowing.

Of course, medical treatment in the United States is not useless. Hospitals cannot refuse patients. They must also accept them when they go to see a doctor. If the hospital does not receive money, they can only accept compensation. After emergency patients are admitted to the hospital, they will hug them as much as possible. The patient’s life-of course, it is just "keep it", they will not rush the patient to pay-of course, after the patient is discharged from the hospital, he will inevitably receive a medical bill that will allow him to recover from his heart attack. (Even if he does not have a heart attack).

But if some people without medical insurance declare bankruptcy because they can’t pay the medical bills, and the hospital can’t receive the money, these costs will be added to those with medical insurance. As a result, medical insurance premiums will rise again and again, and more people will buy it. Can't afford medical insurance~www.wuxiaspot.com~ has formed an evil cycle.

So far, the health insurance situation has not deteriorated to that point. Now is the golden age of the United States. The unemployment rate can be said to be a rare low in history. Everyone has a job and has surplus money. This contradiction is just- Of course, migrant workers do not have medical insurance, only regular employees have it.

"Maybe we can still go to Chinatown before Christmas?"

Catherine seldom goes to Chinatown. Although she was a Chinese in her previous life, many Chinese now speak Cantonese. Even if she does, Catherine still cannot speak the language. However, occasionally when shopping, she would also go to play, but that was only in New York. As for Chinatown in San Francisco... Catherine really hasn't been here.

Even if she had never been, Catherine knew that Chinatown in San Francisco was much larger than that in New York. This is one of the gathering places of Chinese, they call it San Francisco.

"This is a good idea." Lerila smiled.

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