Chapter 219: Senior Brother's Shock (Asking for Subscriptions)

"So it's settled then! Fine!" Shen Tao wasn't discussing this with Fang Ziye at all.

"Master-Uncle, since you've put it that way, it'll definitely work." Fang Ziye sat opposite Shen Tao, and with Cao Zhen-Zhen Ge "standing by the rules" beside him, Fang Ziye couldn't refuse Shen Tao's request either.

"But Teacher Shen, let's not mention the learning matter — just mutual exchange."

"I'm afraid if I go back, my Master will hit me, saying I can't figure out the truth of things."

"Hah! ~" Shen Tao rolled his eyes at those words.

After settling his own matter, he turned his head to look at Cao Zhen.

Raising an eyebrow, he asked Cao Zhen: "How do you feel now? Is this big shot worth it — are you interested enough?"

Cao Zhen's body stiffened slightly, and hearing this, Fang Ziye also looked at Cao Zhen with some surprise, finding it a bit inexplicable.

Cao Zhen brushed back his long hair again, revealing both eyes, and said with particular sincerity: "Teacher Shen, this... I might not be able to go back now."

"I have a family and kids now, and my work is pretty relaxed, income's not bad either. I personally quite enjoy this kind of lying-flat life."

"So you plan to just muddle through like this for the rest of your life?"

"Treat being a surgeon as a side gig? And your main job is being a streamer online?" Shen Tao tugged at Cao Zhen's hair, clicking his tongue twice.

Cao Zhen just said: "Teacher Shen, to be honest, streaming income is pretty good."

"I stream relying on my own ability to make a living, not earning ill-gotten money."

"Then why did you apply for a PhD that time? After applying, Professor Tong even admitted you, and then you ran off."

"If you hadn't stirred up that whole mess, where would all this have come from?" Shen Tao asked, puzzled.

Cao Zhen only answered with a smile: "..."

Half an hour later, Fang Ziye and Cao Zhen came out of the Deputy Chief Physician Office.

"Zhen Ge, what you said before — is it true or fake? Seems a bit dreamlike." Fang Ziye clicked his tongue in wonder.

Mainly because the things that happened to Cao Zhen were a bit too outrageous.

Cao Zhen — he had a girl he liked, a schoolmate from undergraduate days. When Cao Zhen first pursued her, she looked down on him for not being ambitious enough; she wanted to take the postgraduate exam, go to Three Gorges University.

Cao Zhen followed her there.

After getting in, the two were together for a while, then that girl wanted Cao Zhen to get a PhD so they could develop in Han City — Cao Zhen was planning on it too.

But right at the critical moment, the girl looked down on Cao Zhen for being poor, having no money, said she wasn't willing to waste her youth on him, and decisively got her marriage license with another man from a well-off family during her third year of Master's.

At that time, Cao Zhen had already received the Doctoral Student admission notice.

This time, Cao Zhen felt a bit broken inside...

The idea of doing a PhD was gone; he just wanted to go back to his hometown, keep his parents company, then go on blind dates, get married and have kids.

And in this process, Cao Zhen's income was actually not bad, but he wouldn't accept his fate, so he started developing his so-called "main career" — streaming.

Don't be fooled by how quiet and reserved Cao Zhen usually is in the department — that's because he was traumatized. Back then, his first love girlfriend left because the medical career path was too long and didn't make money.

So in his streaming process, Cao Zhen worked extremely hard, and with good opportunities, he took off instantly. Now even during his Direct PhD period, he spouts smooth talk nonstop and can let go of his pride.

Monthly income directly broke past 300,000 and kept climbing, becoming his main career.

Speaking of it, the reason Cao Zhen still holds a position here is actually just to hang a title for his parents to see. His main income hasn't relied on the hospital's meager salary for a long time.

This kind of tea-type girlfriend trope, Fang Ziye often sees online, but in reality, Fang Ziye usually doesn't pay much attention — anyway, he's never personally encountered it.

Until this time with Cao Zhen.

"Doctor Fang, how could this be fake?"

"Just... Doctor Fang, don't go searching for mine."

"Eh!" Cao Zhen was about to tell Fang Ziye not to search his account, but Fang Ziye had already followed him and even clicked to reserve his livestream.

"Forget it, watch if you want. Anyway, my streaming is for people to watch." Cao Zhen said indifferently.

"Zhen Ge, you're an emotional streamer?" Fang Ziye blinked.

"So what, first love failed, ex-girlfriend left because of no money — I can't be an emotional streamer?"

"Also, correcting you — emotional streamer in my fan group counts as edging. That's thanks to my Master and other teachers' words and deeds. I just utilized the few jokes I had and got today's achievements." Cao Zhen tossed his hair again.

Right now the whole person looked extraordinarily lifelike.

"Going to write medical records." Seeing his true identity laid bare before Fang Ziye, Cao Zhen stopped pretending and openly said his farewells.

Fang Ziye nodded and went to do his own things.

After Cao Zhen left, Fang Ziye secretly got curious about the medical record writing content Cao Zhen was in charge of, and discovered — hey, it actually seemed pretty good, very standard and proper.

And whether it was Shen Tao or Xue Tao, all tasks assigned to him, he took them all.

On-duty shifts in the department were normal shifts too — just a very ordinary surgeon's schedule and routine. However, outside these work hours, he transformed into a big streamer.

On the first working day of May, Xue Tao didn't dare schedule surgeries.

So around 11 AM, Fang Ziye also left the department, but he didn't immediately return to his rental house. Instead he took a taxi to Min Da Hospital first.

These past few days, Fang Ziye already had some ideas about the new animal experiment model's experimental process, so he wanted to ask Senior Brother Wu Xuanqi whether that company he mentioned before was reliable.

If reliable, Fang Ziye planned to make a trip and do more at once, so he wouldn't have to do a bit, prove reliability, then wait a while before starting the next phase.

Level 5 animal experiment basic operations gave Fang Ziye very sufficient confidence.

Wu Xuanqi had already made an appointment with Fang Ziye before. After Fang Ziye arrived at the hospital, Wu Xuanqi was originally on the platform, but after finishing a surgery, he immediately came down, so Fang Ziye didn't wait long in the department before Wu Xuanqi came to the doctor's office again.

Holding two bottles of Dongfang Shuye Oolong Tea, iced, he handed one to Fang Ziye and said: "Ziye, I won't treat you to brewed tea then."

"Drinks are the same, right?"

"Thanks, Senior Brother." Fang Ziye took it with one hand, twisted it open while asking: "Didn't disturb your work, did I?"

"Nope, I already told Director Fu you were coming, so I can come down anytime."

"Mm, not bad, proper and neat!"

"Pity you have a partner, otherwise I'd definitely make Sister-in-law find a good-looking Junior Sister to introduce to you." Wu Xuanqi started joking the moment they met.

"Senior Brother, about that matter of the research project investment at the company where President Chen works, which you mentioned last time?"

"Have you mentioned it to President Chen?" Fang Ziye asked his purpose directly, without too much fawning.

"Mm! ~ I did. The money's been transferred. Three million upfront for the preliminary phase."

"And, Enshi happens to have a fairly large Animal Experiment Center, built on the foundation of the Military Region Yangyuan's former Basic Research Institute."

"There's already a team there doing animal-level rehabilitation research projects. If you have time, you can go take a look." Wu Xuanqi told Fang Ziye a piece of major news.

Fang Ziye was slightly stunned.

"Enshi has a large-scale Animal Experiment Center too?" Fang Ziye was especially surprised. This was an Animal Experiment Center that even Han City only had at Huazhong Ke Da. One had been established in Enshi as well, a platform connected to the most advanced standards?

"Don't you underestimate the Military Region Yangyuan's project. The supporting facilities here are all connected to the most advanced international standards."

"Mainly for the convenience of injured military personnel's rehabilitation training and recuperation."

"It also undertakes a small part of treatment tasks." Wu Xuanqi didn't interpret deeply, but even so, it was enough to make Fang Ziye stop doubting.

The people's sons and brothers in arms deserve the very best, the most generous treatment.

"Then that's wonderful!"

"So, Senior Brother Wu, you've been staying here all along during your PhD period, right?"

"Just for the research platform here?" Fang Ziye hurriedly grasped the key point.

Otherwise, Fang Ziye couldn't think of so many reasons for Wu Xuanqi to still be staying here.

Wu Xuanqi stuck out his tongue, licked around his mouth corner, perhaps also feeling Fang Ziye was too clever. He hadn't mentioned it, yet Fang Ziye could think of the comparatively key content: "Yes, but not entirely."

"Ziye, actually I wanted to find you. It's some projects Doctor Chen allocated to me. I can't operate and host them all by myself. Even with a fellow trainee helping, the difficulty of hosting them isn't small."

"So after hearing you had a relatively high participation rate in large experiments, I hoped you could cooperate with me. We'll take them down together, and both of us can eat our fill."

"But looking at it now, the projects you can secure yourself are already the best, enough to eat until stuffed. I'm in no position to invite you into the group anymore. I'll have to seek help from others."

Wu Xuanqi said this, then added.

"As for that project funding matter, I currently still have no way to fully confirm it. President Chen is absolutely well-intentioned, so I temporarily kept a hand back."

"These funds are actually a sum of money within this big Military Region Yangyuan project, used only for basic research fields, allocated a small part to me. And this is just one-eighth of that small part, yet it's already three million or so..."

"You take it and use it with peace of mind. No problem."

Wu Xuanqi spoke with emotion, telling the truth.

Fang Ziye now, in terms of his own project progress advancement, has pulled the gap between them wide. Don't let it be too big. Even saying the gap between the two is like a vast chasm would not be an overstatement.

Even though his own project funding is more, the projects he has to launch and bid on cannot compare with Fang Ziye at all.

Hearing this, Fang Ziye instantly frowned tightly.

"Senior Brother Wu, this is funding from the Yangyuan project, used for the hk2 animal experiment model. Is that suitable?" Fang Ziye was very cautious, eyes like a hawk's.

"How is it not suitable? It is too."

"Forget it. Many things, if the Rehabilitation Department, Trauma Surgery, and Nutrition Department teams haven't contacted you yet, it's inconvenient for me to leak too many secrets."

"You just need to know, hk2 is a very critical link in energy utilization. This is determined by its biochemical nature. So, research related to it is all encompassed in this big project." Wu Xuanqi explained.

"And you are a comparatively direct team participant. I'm just the team organized by the participants." Wu Xuanqi was a bit sour.

(Chapter End)