Chapter 514: If a dog on the side of the road took one extra look at me, I would have to go up and beat it up

Zhao Jixiang sat upright on the sofa; he had never watched similar animations before. After a few segments, he was deeply shocked by the beautifully produced animation.

The animation was produced quite well, somewhat like a movie. Whether it was an old person or a child, the sense of impending death when choking was portrayed vividly, to the point where faint sweat emerged in Zhao Yuanzhang's palms.

Whether it was interesting or not was one thing, but Zhao Yuanzhang knew deeply how great the effect of this kind of popular science animation was.

Having worked in clinical practice and been exposed to clinical work for so many years, he had seen many regrettable moments.

If everyone were a doctor, if all patients could receive treatment at the first opportunity, perhaps there would be fewer regrets.

But Zhao Jixiang knew a fact—even for the Heimlich Maneuver, many doctors either did not know it or only knew of it but could not apply it in practice.

This is a fact, absurd but true.

"Too arrogant!" After watching the animation, Zhao Tianjiao squeezed a sentence out from between his teeth.

Burning with jealousy, Zhao Tianjiao could no longer contain his emotions and almost lost control.

"If I were in my twenties and could get a senior chief physician from a top-tier hospital to ask me to assist in a surgery, if a dog on the side of the road took one extra look at me, I would have to go up and beat it up," Zhao Yuanzhang said indifferently.

"..." Zhao Tianjiao was stunned.

If a dog on the side of the road took one extra look at me, I would have to go up and beat it up. These words were simply too arrogant; Ji Xiang's gentle, smiling face looked slightly glaring under his father's commentary.

"That person has real skills." Zhao Yuanzhang suppressed the surprise and inexplicable emotions in his heart and continued, "Jealousy is a completely useless psychological emotion. If you envy Ji Xiang for being strong, then work hard yourself."

"Dad, I'm not envying his good technique, I just feel he... feel he..."

Zhao Tianjiao explained stutteringly.

"No need for too much explanation. What you need to do is not simple venting, but to rise to the challenge." Zhao Yuanzhang looked at Zhao Tianjiao earnestly and said with deep meaning, "The difference between people is huge. Your opponent is never others, but yourself. Your own laziness, your own slackness, your own complacency."

Usually, Zhao Tianjiao hated his old man's preaching, but fortunately, the old man rarely preached. He only presented facts and rarely lectured on principles.

Today...

"Ji Xiang is indeed impressive. I just told you that if I had this level when I was young, if a dog on the side of the road took one extra look at me, I would have to go up and beat it up. This is the truth."

"Dad, that's a bit much."

"The novels you read when you were in middle school, you remember them, right?" Zhao Yuanzhang suddenly smiled slightly and spoke of the past.

"I remember." Zhao Tianjiao scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"The people described in them are full of temper no matter how old they are, doing some childish things. But in reality, this is not only a fact, but it is likely even more exaggerated. In reality, there are too many brainless things."

"Uh..."

"I won't tell you too much. The former director of the CT Room in our hospital had an affair with the deputy director of the Nursing Department when he was young, and it was discovered by her husband. The old Dean at the time was very angry and fell out with them on the spot. Guess what happened?"

"They fought?"

"No, the former CT Room director hid directly in the Imperial Capital and had someone bring a message."

"Bring what message?"

"Hahaha." Zhao Jixiang laughed loudly, "Those 'jianghu' things are rarely encountered now, you don't need to know. Anyway, it was quite 'chuunibyou'—is that what you call it?"

"'Chuunibyou' has long been out of fashion."

"It means about the same thing. I'll say it again: jealousy is to be expected, but whether you turn this emotion into anger and keep wanting to find Ji Xiang for boring confrontations, or turn this emotion into motivation, depends on how you choose."

Zhao Tianjiao could understand his father's meaning, and he nodded forcefully.

Zhao Jixiang didn't say much more; the words had been spoken, and as for whether he could do it, it depended on Zhao Tianjiao himself.

Ling Tian watched the variety show silently.

He didn't care at all about the popular science animation that followed; Ling Tian believed those were just gimmicks. What he cared about was Ji Xiang's surgery, that kind of delicate and meticulous surgery!

The level of Director Li Ming was definitely not low; if it were him going up, he might have a chance, but the chance wouldn't be big.

Yet Ji Xiang completed the surgery in a way that was "great skill appearing as clumsiness," which made Ling Tian feel powerless.

He no longer wanted to compare himself with Ji Xiang at all; it was too damaging to his self-esteem.

Ling Tian stopped reminiscing about the past; he had long since regarded Ji Xiang as an equal opponent, and even subconsciously regarded himself as the underdog.

Not to mention anything else, just the removal of that staple was enough to explain everything.

"Knock, knock, knock~"

A knock on the door came.

Ling Tian looked up and glanced at the office door with disgust, silently cursing the person outside who was disturbing him.

The door to the director's office was pushed open, and Qin Chu walked in with big strides.

"Boss." Ling Tian was taken aback.

His boss never knocked when entering the director's office; what was going on today?!

"Watching the show."

"Yes." Ling Tian answered in a low voice.

"I saw Ji Xiang and that old Attending Physician cooperate to remove the staple; the surgery was done very beautifully."

Ling Tian was full of doubts and looked up at his boss.

The boss actually calmly acknowledged Ji Xiang's technical level, and there was no sign of any strange emotions in his expression.

"Boss, please sit."

Ling Tian had nothing to say; he could only say something irrelevant to avoid embarrassment.

"I asked the production crew." After sitting down, Qin Chu looked at the variety show playing on Ling Tian's phone and said indifferently, "The production crew has nothing left to edit; Ji Xiang set the bar too high."

Had his boss changed his personality? Ling Tian couldn't grasp his boss's rhythm and could only remain silent.

"They discussed it for a few days and had no good solution; now they are leaning towards an elimination system."

"Elimination?"

"That female doctor in the same group as Ji Xiang, what a piece of work," Qin Chu scolded. "Just because she has a doctorate in a basic subject, she thinks she can act recklessly in clinical practice. Naive."

"Yes, that girl named Zhao Mengmeng is indeed not very good," Ling Tian laughed, "One look and you can tell she's a clinical rookie; even the most basic tasks like writing medical records and taking patient histories are very unfamiliar to her."

"So the production team's intention is to find someone else to participate in the program," Qin Chu said in a deep voice.

Ling Tian's slender eyes narrowed; he seemed to understand his boss's meaning.

But in a split second, Ling Tian was troubled again.

Ji Xiang is truly strong; having been in contact with interventional surgery for less than half a year, he can already extract staples. That kind of meticulous operation is something I can only achieve by "chance," yet Ji Xiang does it in one go.

"I have contacted an old friend, an old friend at the University of Tokyo Hospital."

Ling Tian's eyes lit up all of a sudden.

Interventional surgery in Japan started very early, their experience is richer than ours domestically, and their level is also very high.

If my boss can bring in someone who is high-level and also suitable...

(End of this chapter)