Seeing Zhao Heng looking somewhat happy, Gu Jia was also very pleased at heart.

Gu Jia used her current position as a representative of Eastern Medicine to vigorously strive for the rights to share Engineer Liu's software with Zhao Heng.

Speaking of Gu Jia, her status in the company has been rising significantly, especially now as the competition between Pfizer and Sino has reached a fever pitch, with Eastern Hospital being their largest client.

Adding to that, Pfizer has been particularly aggressive this year, as if determined to secure all orders in one go, which even the people at Sino Company find hard to understand.

It's as if Pfizer has employed all its network resources and connections solely for this year's bidding, giving the impression they're cashing in all at once before leaving.

This leaves the people at Sino Company utterly perplexed, wondering if they can even continue like this in the future!

Soon after the matters in the oncology department were settled, Engineer Liu couldn't wait any longer and immediately returned to work on the software, while Zhao Heng and Gu Jia walked out of the department side by side.

"Old classmate, congratulations! The software you developed with Engineer Liu is highly regarded by the company and has a very promising market outlook; currently, there's virtually no heart pacemaker tuning software like it on the domestic market."

Gu Jia smiled at Zhao Heng and said.

"What does your company say about it? Such a good software, yet it's just me and Liu who get to share it?"

Zhao Heng asked somewhat puzzled.

"Old classmate, what do you take our company for? Liu is just an employee at the company, doing maintenance work. The software he developed himself will, of course, not be seized by the company. Now, we're treating the software you and Liu developed together as a medical-related product for sale, following all proper procedures and divisions as per regulations."

Hearing Zhao Heng's question, Gu Jia explained seriously.

If a company were to pounce and seize anything that's developed by its employees, it would never have grown to this scale.

"Hmm, then your company is really quite good."

Upon hearing Gu Jia's explanation, Zhao Heng felt relieved. He wasn't familiar with software co-development and didn't understand the intricacies involved.

According to what Gu Jia said, it seems Sino is treating the software developed by Liu and him as a kind of investment project.

"The system is quite well established, but the pressure is immense. I almost got fired earlier for not meeting performance targets."

Gu Jia lamented, noting that if it weren't for meeting Zhao Heng, she wouldn't still be at Sino, let alone doing so well.

Soon, while chatting and walking, they arrived at the hospital entrance.

"I have some matters to attend to, so I won't see you off."

Zhao Heng said after glancing at Gu Jia.

"Alright, go ahead."

Gu Jia nodded; she had many things to discuss with Zhao Heng, but since he mentioned being busy, she had to drop it.

Seeing Gu Jia off, Zhao Heng returned to his office.

Upon entering, Xu Man Ni, who was resting, saw Zhao Heng looking in high spirits and couldn't help asking, "What's the good news?"

"Didn't I collaborate with an engineer from Sino Company to develop software about heart pacemaker tuning? The first version is already complete. With some further refining, it can be put to use."

Zhao Heng explained joyfully.

"So soon? The market for heart pacemakers is substantial."

Xu Man Ni replied, surprised and happy.

Her boyfriend had achieved such excellent results, so she was undoubtedly pleased.

It's known that there are around 200,000 patients in our country with heart pacemakers. With such a large number needing surgeries or replacements, the software developed by Zhao Heng and Liu would be essential, generating considerable software usage fees annually from major hospitals.

Moreover, this income is long-term.

"Yeah, Liu just mentioned to me that the initial software usage fee is approximately fifty thousand per year, and by the third year, payments will no longer be necessary."

Zhao Heng commented further.

"Therefore, if dozens or even hundreds of hospitals use this software, wouldn't it generate several million in revenue each year?"

This time, Xu Man Ni was really taken aback. She hadn't realized software development could be so profitable. She knew about Zhao Heng's collaboration with a Sino Company engineer, but she didn't understand the programming aspect, only seeing Zhao Heng tinkering with code and clinical data in his free time.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Heng had launched a significant success, and even if he only received half of the earnings, it would still be a substantial income.

This was just something Zhao Heng did on the side.

"More or less, I feel like a down payment is now within reach."

Zhao Heng said happily.

"Well, the anesthesia assistant you're developing could likely follow a similar collaboration model, right? After all, for this type of medical software, the programming code isn't the most challenging part—the clinical data is."

Xu Man Ni suddenly remembered that Zhao Heng had another project about developing an anesthesia-related software called "Anesthesia Assistant."

Furthermore, the market for anesthesia-related medical software is much larger than that for pacemakers, which means once developed, the annual revenue could be more than just a few million.

In fact, the challenge in developing medical software isn't in the programming but in needing someone like Zhao Heng, who has high clinical expertise and some understanding of programming and data.

Neither pure engineers nor pure doctors can independently develop this sort of medical software easily.

"Yes, actually, much clinical data can be utilized right now; it's just that with the strain on medical resources, everyone is so busy there's no time to venture into other things."

Zhao Heng nodded and said.

"If the anesthesia assistant software is released, then perhaps you won't just be looking at a down payment, but potentially even buying a house."

Xu Man Ni smiled and said.

"Yeah, the clinical data and models for the anesthesia assistant are almost complete. Now I just need to find a software company to collaborate with, letting the company develop the underlying framework and program."

Zhao Heng said.

"Make sure you find a trustworthy partner."

Xu Man Ni reminded Zhao Heng.

"I know."

Zhao Heng replied, though he's still unsure what kind of company to look for.

The Anesthesia Assistant isn't like the small-scale heart pacemaker tuning software; the pacemaker software has a limited market, at best bringing in around four to five million a year, giving Zhao Heng approximately two million.

However, the Anesthesia Assistant is different because every hospital with an anesthesia department can use this software.

Additionally, the pricing for the Anesthesia Assistant is going to be much higher than the pacemaker software. In Zhao Heng's conception, it should be priced at least at a hundred thousand a year.

To be more precise, limiting the usage of this Anesthesia Assistant to tertiary hospitals could net considerable rewards as there are about 1,600 tertiary hospitals nationwide now.

Even if only a small fraction of these hospitals use the Anesthesia Assistant, the return would be very significant indeed.

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