Chapter 178: Seizing the Opportunity

"Hmm." Wang Daxiao nodded. "It's not good to talk about people behind their backs, but I had a premonition about these things with Bao."

"Why?" Ji Xiang asked curiously.

"Back when Bao was a Resident Chief, his girlfriend was messing around behind his back. I didn't understand it, and I didn't dare ask. They called it 'appointment photography'; he told me she was a female photographer, but it turned out two men showed up."

"The appointment photography circle is very messy," Ji Xiang said.

"You know about it?" Wang Daxiao glanced at Ji Xiang.

It really had to be a young person; he had no idea what that hellish 'appointment photography' was supposed to mean.

"I know a little bit. I liked photography when I was in college, and I did some appointment photography online too," Ji Xiang said. "But after I finished shooting for that girl, she wouldn't pay me and said some weird things."

"..." Wang Daxiao widened his eyes and was silent for a few seconds. "Is photography hard to learn? Why don't you teach me?"

"Hahaha." Ji Xiang laughed. "Teacher Wang, this matter... to be honest, it depends on your looks."

"Tsk tsk." Wang Daxiao was just saying it casually to express his envy. He was old now; if he were in his twenties, how great that would be.

"Back to the point, at the time, Bao felt he'd been cheated on and wanted to break up, but his girlfriend cried, swore up and down that there was nothing to it, and the silly kid actually believed her."

"Later on, there was an even more outrageous incident."

"There was something even more outrageous?" Ji Xiang couldn't quite believe it. "Was this during his time as Resident Chief?"

"Yes," Wang Daxiao said. "The reason I'm telling you this is that you must seize the opportunity and absolutely must not stay at the hospital to be a Resident Chief. This is hellish work; if you have a good opportunity, skip this stage entirely."

"You must remember! If you stay at the hospital and start from the bottom, the chance of being cheated on while serving as Resident Chief is very high!"

"Oh, oh, oh." Ji Xiang nodded repeatedly, pretending to understand.

"Later, there was a time when the old Director Lao Chen gave him a day off—a last-minute one—and he prepared a surprise for his girlfriend, but then!"

"You found a problem?"

"I won't go into the specifics, but later his girlfriend explained to Bao that it was a 'platonic appointment,' just sleeping without any physical intimacy; she just wanted to hear a stranger's heartbeat."

"!!!" Ji Xiang stared in astonishment.

There really are all kinds of people in this world.

But this matter seemed to be primarily due to Professor Bao's personality, and didn't have much to do with the position of Resident Chief.

Wang Daxiao was being unreasonable, but his intention to teach him a lesson was understandable.

"That's why I had predicted what happened last week. The more honest a person is, the more they get bullied to death, and the more extreme their retaliation will be in the end."

"Now look, although he didn't kill anyone subconsciously, it was still a serious injury, and his public position is gone," Wang Daxiao said.

"What about Professor Bao in the future?"

"I don't know. Forget him, I'm just using him as an example." Wang Daxiao stared at Ji Xiang. "Speaking of you, you must not be a Resident Chief. Go be a student for Qin. I don't know for sure, but I've heard that once a big boss's student graduates, if the boss appreciates them, they get to lead a team directly."

"Oh." Ji Xiang gave a lukewarm 'oh'.

Wang Daxiao really wanted to use his hand to crack open Ji Xiang's head to see what was inside.

Damn it, could the filling in Ji Xiang's brain be five-nut paste? Why is he so stubborn?

An Attending Professor—these four words carry varying weight depending on the hospital prefix.

Shanghai Hepatobiliary Hospital is a top-tier specialized hospital nationwide, just like Jishuitan for Orthopedics or Tiantan for Neurosurgery.

"I've said all I'm going to say to you," Wang Daxiao said. "If I say any more, you young people will think this old man is nagging. If you could stay at the Second Affiliated Hospital, I'd be overjoyed; help me and Mo with surgeries, and we'd be at ease."

"Thank you, Teacher Wang."

"As the old saying goes, a young horse finds the road narrow, while a great roc spreads its wings and laments the low sky. You are still a young horse; don't feel like Qin is taking advantage of you." Wang Daxiao said he was afraid of annoying Ji Xiang, but he kept on nagging.

"If you're meant to be taken advantage of, then let them; many people want to be taken advantage of but don't even have the opportunity. As for the rest, wait until you become a great roc one day before talking about it."

"Look at Zhao Yisheng. Although I don't know his background, I can guess a bit." Wang Daxiao couldn't stop talking once he started. "He's probably just a small doctor at a grassroots hospital, very talented, but hasn't made any progress in over ten years. In the hospital, the director guards against him, and the hospital leadership doesn't even see him; he'll likely be a Resident Physician or an old Attending Physician for the rest of his life."

"This kind of person might be great at treating illnesses, but from the perspective of a doctor's career development?"

Ji Xiang nodded vigorously. Similar words had been said by the System NPC in the system, which showed that Zhao Yisheng's future would likely be that of an experienced, moderately famous, but forever unappreciated and stagnant old Attending Physician.

Although such an old Attending Physician has no worries about food or clothing, they have no future, and even the research they've painstakingly prepared for a lifetime cannot be published.

"With a thick skin, I understand you don't want to take Zhao Yisheng's research, but didn't you and Liu Zhuren perform a few surgeries a while ago? Those few surgeries are enough; there's absolutely no need to give Zhao Yisheng a golden path to the heavens."

"It's not that I'm using a villain's heart to measure a gentleman's belly, but you don't want to occupy the magpie's nest, but what if someone else does it in your stead?"

"..." Ji Xiang hadn't expected there to be such tricks.

"You can't not be on guard. Although the probability is very small, in such major life events, no matter how careful you are, it's appropriate."

"Everything I just said, did you remember it?" Wang Daxiao stared at Ji Xiang, his bald head even appearing to shine, as if a third eye were staring at Ji Xiang.

"Thank you, Teacher Wang," Ji Xiang answered sincerely.

"When you get ahead in the future, don't forget to come back and see me and Mo." Wang Daxiao chuckled, threw his sterile cap into the trash can, changed into a new one, and prepared for the next surgery.

"But since different trades are like mountains, it's a pity I can't even take advantage of you." Wang Daxiao laughed and went to scrub in for the next surgery.

A few days later.

Zhao Zhe appeared at the Second Affiliated Hospital, sweating profusely and looking disheveled, dragging three suitcases.

He had washed his hair, but it was still clumped together, and his clothes were crooked. It sounds simple to talk about years of data for over a hundred patients, but when put together, it was quite a lot.

Zhao Zhe didn't know what Ji Xiang needed, and he couldn't explain it clearly over the phone, so he simply brought everything.

"Teacher Zhao, why is there so much stuff?" Ji Xiang came out to greet him and was stunned when he saw Zhao Zhe dragging three suitcases.

In Ji Xiang's mind, a portable hard drive should have been enough for the data. Did one need to bring three suitcases of personal items just to go to Shanghai?

(End of chapter)