Chapter 678: Could You Please Take Me Flying?

Ji Xiang, who was in the midst of a whirlwind, was unaware of Bai Chuzhang's concerns; he was currently working.

The benefit of appearing on variety shows lies in building a reputation; with one show and a few brilliant performances, people deeply remembered this doctor from the Second Affiliated Hospital.

Therefore, there were many more patients than before, and Ji Xiang's goal for participating in the variety show could be considered achieved.

Coupled with the temporary addition of Lin Jiuze, the entire medical team suddenly appeared well-staffed and well-equipped.

Lin Jiuze was, after all, an Expert hired by Massachusetts General Hospital; although his own medical team had not yet been established, no one could deny his level of skill.

Not to mention diagnosis, speaking only of surgical technique, in the entire Provincial Hospital, apart from Ji Xiang, all other interventional surgeries were a level below Lin Jiuze.

A cliff-like difference.

Even Ji Xiang felt that with Lin Jiuze there, his own surgery speed was flying.

No wonder the System NPC always said to him—surgery is not something done by one person alone.

With Lin Jiuze and Zhao Zhe, Ji Xiang's work went smoothly.

"Doctor Lin, thank you for your hard work." Ji Xiang scrubbed in and stepped up to the table; Lin Jiuze had already inserted the Arterial Sheath and finished placing the Catheter.

Everything was comfortable.

The Airtight Lead Door closed, and the Head Nurse of the Interventional Catheter Room watched the two performing surgery inside and sighed.

"Xiao Ji has truly become a dragon; in all my years of working, I've never seen a young doctor receive this kind of treatment."

"At the very least, one must be an Attending Professor; some Attending Professors don't even have that level of skill, yet they try to throw their weight around by finding an Intern or a Clinical junior doctor, and in the end, the surgery doesn't go well, leaving them looking disgraced."

Someone played the straight man, perfecting the Head Nurse's statement.

Being able to have a professor from Massachusetts General Hospital act as an assistant—this kind of doctor was unique in the Second Affiliated Hospital, and Ji Xiang was the first.

The intercom was pressed.

Inside, Lin Jiuze began to let the technician help operate and switch screens.

Although it could be completed inside the operating room, having an extra person to help would make the surgery a bit faster.

The surgical progress was fast; the artery that needed Super-selection was entered almost instantly, with no need for repeated Super-selection that would waste time.

The Head Nurse of the Catheter Room had seen countless people... and countless tables; although she couldn't perform surgery, she saw it clearly, and whose level was higher was obvious at a glance.

"When Xiao Ji participated in the show, I thought of someone; can you guess who?"

"Super Brain, Shui Ge," Tang Yan said.

"Right! I always feel that Xiao Ji's field of vision is different from other doctors'," the Head Nurse said. "For such a fine blood vessel, he can complete the Super-selection in one go; this is just as magical as Shui Ge picking out one cup of water from 520 cups."

"That should be fake."

Lin Jiuze's slightly stiff voice came through the microphone.

He hadn't been back in the country long; although his Mandarin was standard, casual conversation always felt a bit strange.

Moreover, Lin Jiuze was basically in a state of invisibility; whenever he spoke, he would startle others, making his speech seem even stranger.

"Uh... it should be real; the person has special abilities." The Head Nurse was a fan of Shui Ge and was the first to speak up for him.

"After the show aired, a domestic postdoctoral fellow in imaging performed an experiment at the imaging center at North Carolina."

Lin Jiuze started right off with North Carolina.

This school wasn't originally that famous, but because it produced the God of Basketball, Jordan, it was a household name in the country.

"He placed 10 cups of water on a table and took a photo, then took one of the cups to another place to take a photo, put it back on the original table, and shuffled the order before taking another photo."

"Finally, he converted the images into digital format and compared the differences before and after."

"The conclusion was—the similarity between the three photos of the chosen cup of water before and after had no statistical advantage compared to the similarity between this cup and the other cups during the first and second imaging."

"Especially the similarity between the second and third imaging of the chosen cup, which was lower than the similarity between the second imaging of four other cups and the second imaging of the chosen cup."

"Uh... what do you mean? Keep it simple." The Head Nurse didn't understand Lin Jiuze's roundabout explanation.

"Simply put, the machine couldn't identify it." Lin Jiuze realized communication was impossible and just gave the answer directly.

"That doesn't mean Shui Ge couldn't identify it." The Head Nurse immediately found the loophole in Lin Jiuze's statement.

"The imaging equipment at North Carolina is very advanced; high-pixel cameras combined with their specialized optical equipment have pixels that far exceed the human retina by several orders of magnitude; it is basically impossible for there to be imaging that humans can see more finely."

Lin Jiuze stated the facts calmly.

The Head Nurse was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to respond to Lin Jiuze's skepticism.

The conclusion came from a top university laboratory; although it sounded annoying, it was more solid than her own guesses.

"Angiography." Ji Xiang interrupted their conversation.

The high-pressure Syringe injected the Contrast Agent, then the Super-selection ended, and Embolization began.

A surgery ended cleanly and efficiently.

Ji Xiang turned to step down from the table, the Patient was pushed out, Zhao Zhe applied pressure to stop the bleeding in the corridor outside the operating room, and Lin Jiuze brought the second Patient up to the table.

"Doctor Ji Xiang, are all elective surgeries in the country this fast?"

Lin Jiuze asked with a hint of emotion while he was busy.

"This is already slow; it took 3 days after the Patient was admitted to get to surgery," Ji Xiang said. "Our hospital still has too few DSA Machines; if there were two more, we could complete the relevant examinations on the second day after admission and operate as soon as the results came out."

Lin Jiuze paused, as if remembering something.

"A few years ago, the Japanese medical community had data showing that the time from a Tumor patient's admission to surgery was less than 2 months, far exceeding the data from Europe and the US for the same period."

"Oh, that's abroad; the situation is different." Ji Xiang didn't think he was doing particularly well, nor did he ever think he was working hard.

Lin Jiuze disinfected the Patient and placed the Catheter with nimble hands and feet.

The next surgery began immediately.

Surgery after surgery, it seemed endless, but Ji Xiang enjoyed it.

After today's surgeries were finished, Ji Xiang suddenly asked, "Doctor Lin, do you not need papers on your side?"

Lin Jiuze's heart stirred.

"It should be very convenient to publish papers at Massachusetts General Hospital; if you don't need them, I won't include your name."

"Don't!" Lin Jiuze blurted out his most genuine thought.

"Hm?"

"Doctor Ji Xiang, I... I... I actually need it too." Lin Jiuze felt a bit embarrassed, but as he gradually understood Ji Xiang's temperament, he suppressed those negative emotions and spoke directly.

"Oh, I saw you hadn't been speaking and thought you had plenty of papers on your end, so you didn't need it."

"The number of papers is related to securing funding. Even Nobel laureates turn a blind eye to students faking papers to pad their counts, and I'm just a team leader." Lin Jiuze said his honest thoughts, feeling quite distressed.

"Besides, the contract is renewed every three years, and they look at the paper count each time. If it's convenient for you, please take me along."

(End of chapter)