Chapter 735: Jiuze, have you considered staying in the country?

A few days later.

Lin Jiuze persuaded Ji Xiang very easily; Ji Xiang had absolutely no opinion on him wanting to publish an article in *Radiology*.

Lin Jiuze even felt that Ji Xiang was simply uninterested, to the point that he didn't even need his name added.

Ji Xiang gave Lin Jiuze a list containing the doctors and nurses in the department.

As expected, he did not care about *Radiology* at all, merely using a paper to smooth over relationships within the department.

Looking at Ji Xiang's young face, Lin Jiuze felt a bit dazed.

Back when he published his first paper in *Radiology*, he had spent countless efforts.

On the night the paper was published, he had even celebrated a little.

Yet this guy Ji Xiang was so indifferent, which made Lin Jiuze feel unable to accept it.

Giving away a paper in *Radiology* so casually—even as an Expert and professor hired by Massachusetts General Hospital, Lin Jiuze knew he couldn't do that.

The email with the paper was sent to the *Radiology* journal, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, not even causing a ripple.

Lin Jiuze was somewhat confused; he talked on the phone with his teacher Tang Chenghua for a long time before finally discovering where the problem lay.

The article did not have Ji Xiang's name in it.

Lin Jiuze didn't know what to say about this.

He went back and reviewed other papers, discovering a pattern—as long as an article could be published quickly, Ji Xiang's name was on it, regardless of the authorship position.

Could it be related to this?

Lin Jiuze could only search for a point to write a paper on again, and this point couldn't be too sloppy; it needed to interest Ji Xiang.

After figuring all this out, Lin Jiuze felt a bit frantic.

Why would he, a dignified Attending Professor at Massachusetts General Hospital and a top Expert about to have his own professional medical team, do such a thing!

Damn it!

But temper is temper, the work still needed to be done.

Lin Jiuze's ability was superb; during an Achilles Tendon Repair surgery he performed with Ji Xiang, he finally discovered a point and sought Ji Xiang's consent afterward.

And Ji Xiang was quite moved by it.

"Doctor Ji Xiang, I will write the article; this time you will be the first author," Lin Jiuze said.

"Oh, *Radiology*," Ji Xiang just gave an indifferent "oh" when faced with being the first author, which put Lin Jiuze in a difficult position.

"Let's still publish the article in *Radiology*."

Lin Jiuze said, pretending to be casual.

"The impact factor of *Radiology* is a bit low, and time is tight; I'll send an email to ask about which journal to publish in."

"..." Lin Jiuze felt a little bit of anger.

Ji Xiang seemed particularly capable of putting on airs; *Radiology*, the top journal in the Department of Radiology, existed as a titan of the field.

Yet in Ji Xiang's eyes, it had turned into a small fry!

"Doctor Ji Xiang, which journal do you think it should be published in?"

"I don't know either; I'll make a call in a moment to ask."

A call!

Lin Jiuze noted this point.

"How about we publish it there together? I am still very familiar with the *Radiology* side," Lin Jiuze said casually while organizing the data.

"That works too."

Ji Xiang was even more indifferent.

With Ji Xiang's "permission," Lin Jiuze finally seized the opportunity.

He sent the article to *Radiology* at the first opportunity.

Another day later, Lin Jiuze dialed Tang Chenghua's phone number.

"Teacher, two articles; what difference do you think there is?" Lin Jiuze didn't ramble and asked straight to the point.

"Jiuze..."

Tang Chenghua's voice was very soft, and after saying just that, there was no follow-up.

Lin Jiuze thought he had misheard and was slightly stunned.

The teacher must have something major going on; based on Lin Jiuze's understanding of his teacher, he knew clearly that he hadn't misheard, but that something was truly wrong.

This matter was so big that the teacher couldn't even organize his words.

The two were silent for a long time, then Tang Chenghua suddenly asked, "Jiuze, are you interested in staying in the country?"

"???"

Countless question marks appeared above Lin Jiuze's head.

Staying in the country?

When he talked to his teacher on the phone a few days ago, he was still urging him to hurry back, as the appointment letter had already come down, and he was afraid others would covet the position if he stayed in the country too long.

After all, the professor appointment letter from Massachusetts General Hospital had just been issued, and for this matter, the teacher had truly spent a great deal of effort.

Wherever there are people, there is a world of strife; those Anglo and Indian-descendant doctors had long been eyeing it covetously.

He was not even 30 years old; being able to obtain a professor appointment letter from Massachusetts General Hospital was something countless people wouldn't even dare to imagine.

However,

Today!

The teacher was actually tentatively asking if he could stay in the country.

Lin Jiuze knew very well what this meant.

He fell silent all at once; although he didn't say anything, a stormy sea was churning in his heart.

The teacher must have had something specific in mind.

"Jiuze, I'm just throwing out an idea, think about it," Tang Chenghua said softly.

"Alright, teacher. What happened on your end? Is it inconvenient to talk about?"

What awaited Lin Jiuze was a deathly silence.

No answer was an answer; Lin Jiuze understood.

"Alright, teacher, then I will think about it and give you an answer in a week."

"The manuscript where you are the first author will be published in three months; it has already passed. Everyone thinks your perspective is novel, and it is a very excellent paper among this year's submissions."

"What about the most recent one?" Lin Jiuze asked, pressing for an answer.

"Published in the latest issue, the first article."

"!!!"

Lin Jiuze confirmed his own thoughts.

To be able to make the teacher keep his mouth shut, and to be able to make *Radiology* change its original layout, there must be some major event hidden within this.

Although layout does not have statistical data or digitized metrics like impact factors, it represents the attitude of the journal.

For the article where Ji Xiang is the first author, they want to use the layout to show their stance.

Coupled with the teacher's very clear change in attitude, Lin Jiuze smelled something different.

Damn it!

Lin Jiuze thought seriously.

Returning to the office, just as he stepped inside, Lin Jiuze heard Zhao Zhe's voice.

"Xiao Ji, the income at a higher-level hospital is really high! I didn't believe it before, thinking that higher and lower-level hospitals were all about the same."

"Oh, income." Ji Xiang didn't care about this at all.

"Xiao Ji, you really don't lack money at home, so you're not interested in how much you earn. I'm so envious," Zhao Zhe said with a smile.

"Having too much money is very distressing."

"!!!"

"!!!"

"!!!"

Everyone in the office was stunned.

Why wasn't the person who said this shattered by a thunderbolt falling from the sky?

"I have a childhood friend, about 7 or 8 years older than me. After graduating, he didn't go abroad to study, but instead used his family's foundation to start a business. He's been very distressed lately, and he called me a few days ago to complain for a long time."

"Ah? Did the business fail?" Zhao Zhe asked.

For children from wealthy families, they aren't afraid of squandering wealth, only of starting businesses.

Young Master Sicong loses 3 billion at a time, and the son of Qin loses only a few tens of millions when he crashes a car.

It's simply not the same order of magnitude.

It's probably a failed business venture.

(End of chapter)