Chapter 452: Invitation (Bonus Chapter for the Alliance Leader ×3)

Yang Zhuren listened to the detailed description from Li Zhuren, Li Ming, and nearly burst into tears.

The production team had brought in such a young master, yet he himself had been completely unaware.

However, rationally speaking, Yang Zhuren still had his doubts.

He knew very well just how difficult Interventional Surgery was.

After all, although Interventional Therapy for Liver Cancer was not written in the Hepatobiliary Surgery Department guidelines, its clinical practice results were quite good; Yang Zhuren had also followed up on many Patients and approved of the treatment from Li Zhuren's side.

Having heard and seen so much over these years, Yang Zhuren had an understanding of the role and difficulty of Interventional Surgery.

Ji Xiang, a Standardized Training Doctor just over twenty, could perform Interventional Surgery with such god-like skill?

You must be joking.

"Lao Li, is this for real? This joke is a bit too big."

"It's real. I attended the academic conference and saw it with my own eyes while sitting in the audience." Li Zhuren glanced at the camera, moved a few steps further away from them, and then said, "At the time, Ji Xiang stood on the stage and pointed at Qin's nose to scold him. I was stunned. How should I put it..."

He hesitated for a moment. "It was just like when I was young and watched the director critique a Medical Record; you know that feeling."

Yang Zhuren had also climbed up step by step from being a young Doctor, so how could he not know about such nightmare moments?

"My mind went blank at the time, and I was even worried that Ji Xiang would point at my nose and give me a scolding."

"Why would he scold you?" Yang Zhuren asked subconsciously.

"Don't you catch whoever you can to scold when you're training the young Doctors under you? Besides, if little Ji Yisheng had scolded me for being a lackey back then, what the hell could I have said?" Li Zhuren retorted dismissively.

"..."

"I'm recalling all this after returning; there might be discrepancies, but not many. You didn't see it—the aura Ji Xiang had when he stood on that stage. Qin was so fierce, yet he was scolded like a stray dog and finally fainted dead away."

Yang Zhuren recalled the scene just now where Ji Xiang had clenched his fists, braced them on the desk, and looked down at him.

Indeed, he had felt an extremely strong pressure in that moment as well.

Moreover, Yang Zhuren knew that Ji Xiang was "requesting instructions" from him, not the kind of direct nose-pointing scolding that Li Zhuren described.

Although Ji Xiang had appeared aggressive, it was understandable now that he thought about it.

He hesitated for a moment.

"Lao Li, how about this: let's sit down together tonight."

"Should we call Ji Xiang?" Li Zhuren asked.

Yang Zhuren observed his expression and realized what Li Zhuren was thinking.

"You want to invite Ji Xiang to dinner?"

"Yeah, I've wanted to invite him to dinner for a long time. But the pressure he put on me at the academic conference was too great; I didn't even dare to go to the Medical University to take a look. I was planning to see if there was a chance at the annual meeting at the end of the year. Since we happened to run into the show recording, let's do it together."

Seeing Li Zhuren pushing so hard, Yang Zhuren felt a mix of emotions.

As for whether Ji Xiang was really that capable, Yang Zhuren still harbored doubts. Unless he saw it with his own eyes, he wouldn't believe it no matter what.

"Together, I'll tell Ji Xiang," Yang Zhuren said. "Is it just the two of us, or should we call others?"

"Kong Zhuren from Ultrasound has been nagging about wanting to meet this person; let's call him."

"Why is Kong Zhuren interested in him?" Yang Zhuren asked.

"He has a distant relative with Liver Cancer; it was already late-stage when discovered, and they had the Interventional Surgery done at Shanghai Hepatobiliary Hospital." Li Zhuren lowered his voice by a few decibels again, forcing Yang Zhuren to lean his ear toward him to barely hear clearly.

"Ling Tian performed it, and the surgery was so sloppy. After the surgery, Kong Zhuren regretted it to death; it should have stayed at our place for me to be the lead surgeon."

"Kong Zhuren couldn't have made the call on that side anyway," Yang Zhuren knew the situation perfectly.

"True, but he has always hated that side. Every time we drink, he nags me about it for a long time, so he is particularly interested in this young master who pointed at Qin's nose to scold him." Li Zhuren laughed.

Yang Zhuren was now fifty percent convinced.

After sending off Li Zhuren and the Attending Professor from the Interventional Department, Yang Zhuren returned to the Doctor's Office.

Ji Xiang was standing honestly in the corner; the arrogant guy who had previously clenched his fists and braced them on the desk to confront him had disappeared, effectively turning invisible.

Yang Zhuren glanced at Ji Xiang, then turned back to communicate with Fan Dao, "Fan Dao, you can stop now."

"Sure, sure." Fan Dao made a gesture with lingering reluctance, signaling to stop filming.

One still had to show a certain amount of respect to a Clinical director.

"Ji Xiang, do you know Li Zhuren, Li Ming?"

"I've met him once, but we didn't speak," Ji Xiang admitted frankly.

"Let's go out for a bite to eat tonight," Yang Zhuren said. "It won't be many people. Do you have time?"

"I do."

Fan Dao felt a sense of regret.

In order to film scenes of daily life, the Camera Crew had followed the Interns and filmed many shots, which they were preparing to release in the second episode.

Ji Xiang seemed to have a special fondness for the hospital and had no time of his own, always soaking in the hospital, so there was a lack of footage regarding him.

But the other Interns just ate together and made some harmless complaints, which offered no guarantee for ratings.

That wasn't a highlight.

The stern Yang Zhuren had just issued an invitation; the huge transformation and the natural chasm between a director and an Intern—everything combined to max out the sense of anticipation.

The audience would be so looking forward to what came next.

Unfortunately, Yang Zhuren had actually made him stop filming before talking to Ji Xiang about dinner.

Yang Zhuren smiled slightly, took a deep look at Ji Xiang, and turned to leave.

Although Fan Dao was regretful, there were other Intern groups whose footage needed to be recorded, so he could only take his people and leave.

Before leaving, he specifically left his assistant behind to keep an eye on Ji Xiang.

It would be best to capture the dinner footage; this was Ji Xiang's "daily routine" in the hospital.

"Doctor Ji Xiang, do you know Li Zhuren?" Zhai Yuhan asked once everyone had dispersed.

"I've met him once, I wouldn't say I know him," Ji Xiang answered honestly. "At an academic conference in Shanghai a few months ago, Li Zhuren attended, and we met."

The more honest Ji Xiang sounded, the more Zhai Yuhan felt there was a problem.

The change in her boss's attitude was, to say the least, extremely obvious, and the fact that the boss was going out to eat and actually invited Ji Xiang made Zhai Yuhan think deeply.

However, she did not ask any more questions; time flowed like water, and the day passed in a flurry of busyness.

Just as it was time to get off work, Li Zhuren came to find Ji Xiang in casual clothes.

"Doctor Xiao Ji, still busy?" Li Zhuren was all smiles, as if he had met an old friend of many years, "Are you used to it here? Your Northeast is bitter and cold; why not just take this opportunity to stay?"

Zhai Yuhan was stunned.

"If the production team has someone already picked out, it doesn't matter; you just nod, and I'll go talk to the hospital," Li Zhuren said with a smile, "It comes with a permanent position, and once you have your Intermediate Professional Title, I'll let you lead a team."

"!!!" Zhai Yuhan was so shocked by Li Zhuren's words that she had a knee-jerk reaction.

Her leg hit the table all of a sudden, with a bang.

(End of this chapter)