Chapter 241: Scrambling the Competition Venue (Requesting Subscription)

The next day, morning, six forty!

Fang Ziye was still fast asleep, because there was no competition today, Fang Ziye's alarm clock had been set to eight o'clock.

Fang Ziye had planned to have breakfast with his Master at that time, then slowly make his way back to the Trauma Surgery sub-venue to see how other professors showed off, picking up a trick or two, so that when Fang Ziye reached that level himself, he could apply it flexibly.

But it wasn't even seven o'clock yet when Fang Ziye's mobile phone started flashing wildly.

The first call, Fang Ziye thought was the alarm, and casually hung up, but the phone ringtone immediately rang again.

Fang Ziye rubbed his eyes with one hand.

Who is it?

Picking up the phone to look, the caller turned out to be his own Master Yuan Weihong.

Fang Ziye hurriedly suppressed his displeasure and chose to answer: "Master."

"Still sleeping?"

"Get up quickly. We're going to eat breakfast now, and after breakfast we'll go to the Trauma Surgery competition venue—you still have to compete." Yuan Weihong's voice sounded especially abrupt over the phone.

"???" Fang Ziye's face was full of confusion.

How could he compete? He had already been eliminated—had his Master not woken up yet?

"Master, what's going on?"

"Last night, Professor An Lumming re-adjusted yesterday's competition results, and you're now in third place, so you still have to compete!"

"The competition isn't important, but you can't be absent. I was afraid you'd sleep too soundly."

"I only just got the news myself—Professor Deng called." Yuan Weihong was clearly trying to deliberately conceal it.

"Master, how were the results re-adjusted? There's no cheating at the competition venue, is there?"

"Talk in person!" Yuan Weihong hung up after saying that.

Fang Ziye and Yuan Weihong went to the rice noodle restaurant where they had eaten breakfast yesterday; after ordering, Fang Ziye looked at the message Yuan Weihong had sent him, his brow tightly furrowed.

Originally, after yesterday's afternoon session, the top six were:

Pang Shu, Wu Xuanqi, Ning Jindong, Chen Tai Lin, Fang Ziye, Nie Xue Hua!

But last night, the two favorites for the championship, Pang Shu and Ning Jindong, somehow hooked up and enjoyed the gentleness of Enshi, the Foot-washing Capital, and were caught on the spot.

They are still undergoing interrogation.

Both witness and material evidence are present; although no announcement has been issued yet, Enshi's medical system is frantically pulling strings to get them out.

But now is a critical juncture; wanting to get out first thing this morning, I'm afraid it's still not possible.

"pc?" Fang Ziye contacted Yuan Weihong via short code.

Yuan Weihong withdrew the message.

Nodding: "No talking, no chatting, no gossip—just compete well."

"Those competing today are Wu Xuanqi, Chen Tai Lin, you, and Nie Xue Hua—whoever surges to the front gets the Special Prize."

"The other two will be filled as First Prize—this was a decision made last night by Professor An Lumming, who temporarily pulled several Trauma Surgery professors together."

"Otherwise, the competition's contestants would..."

"Be laughed at by people from other sub-specialties—although it's already a joke." Yuan Weihong's old face turned red.

How unable to resist must one be to go looking for fun at a time like this?

Yuan Weihong was also speechless.

"Master, weren't quite a few people caught yesterday?" Fang Ziye asked.

Actually, Fang Ziye could understand—those attending the conference here were all adults, most of them financially comfortable; let alone three or four figures, if the taste was good, they could afford five figures too.

Fang Ziye himself was poor and had never thought along those lines.

But as a man, to say Fang Ziye had never thought about indulging in carnal pleasures was absolutely impossible—where would such a saint exist?

"One of Chief Physician's lectures was temporarily canceled; this time Enzhou's enforcement is really giving people some face." Yuan Weihong said without denying it.

Fang Ziye: "......"

Then you're joking, Master—recent Enshi is actually quite a busy time.

I'm afraid not many people know that Ancestor Teacher has returned, and now is probably a period of laxity...

Speaking of foot-washing, Fang Ziye thought of Kai Ye, who had said several times he would take Fang Ziye to get a foot wash...

"Osteotomy Level 3: 205/500!"

"Current Knowledge Points Balance: 1354 points!"

Although he hadn't gone to clinical grinding last night, Fang Ziye had picked up a large amount of Knowledge Points from Luo Tingzhu and Associate Professor Hong Zili's team—not many, but over two hundred points.

Now Fang Ziye faced several choices.

First, if he added points to Osteotomy, Osteotomy could reach Level 4 with 1000 points of proficiency, and he could definitely get a high score.

And without the two top contenders Pang Shu and Ning Jindong, the total score gap over the first four rounds between Fang Ziye, Chen Tai Lin, and Wu Xuanqi wasn't very large!

If Fang Ziye remembered correctly, Pang Shu's four-round total score was 320 points; Ning Jindong's was 318.

The two weren't particularly high in Suturing Technique, but the other three items were all high scores in the eighties or nineties.

Chen Tai Lin's and Wu Xuanqi's first four-round scores were 309 and 303 respectively!

Fang Ziye's first four-round scores added up to 300!

Nie Xue Hua, who ranked behind Fang Ziye, later caught up a bit, with 298 points.

After all, Fang Ziye's Debridement Technique and Hemostasis Technique weren't particularly outstanding.

The gap between him and Senior Brothers Chen Tai Lin and Wu Xuanqi was only 3 to 9 points—it was very possible to snatch a Special Prize.

To compete or not?

To waste Knowledge Points recklessly or not?

"What are you thinking?" Seeing Fang Ziye not reply, Yuan Weihong asked like this.

Fang Ziye dared not tell Yuan Weihong his thoughts, but asked: "Master, if I win the Special Prize this year, won't I lose twenty thousand yuan in prize money?"

Fang Ziye changed the subject.

Winning only the First Prize this year and the Special Prize next year means winning the Special Prize one more time.

"Without Ning Jindong and Pang Shu, you think you can do it now, right?" Yuan Weihong asked like this.

Actually, it can be understood.

After all, the score gap between Pang Shu and Fang Ziye is around twenty points, and catching up twenty points in osteotomy is basically impossible.

If Fang Ziye's osteotomy were that good, Teacher Deng would have already taken Fang Ziye back.

If it were two minor levels higher than Pang Shu, then Fang Ziye's operation would probably have to be more awesome than Teacher Deng's.

That cannot be.

But Yuan Weihong estimated that Chen Tai Lin and Wu Xuanqi, who are younger, are ones Fang Ziye can look forward to.

After all, my student's qualification isn't bad either; if he can truly reach Entering the Hall and give it a shot, a gap of only ten points isn't completely impossible.

"Hehe, Master, didn't you tell me before that people should have some dreams?"

"I definitely wouldn't covet something too high, but if it's a down-to-earth dream, it's still worth pursuing." Fang Ziye made a decision.

He just felt that this might be unworthy of 'Kai Ye's' treatment.

It's just over a thousand knowledge points; Fang Ziye can play jungler for a few more days and earn them back.

Huang Kai's rehabilitation treatment is definitely a very long-term matter, not something done in a day or two, even calculated in half-years or years.

As for himself, seeing that the competition was at its most critical moment, with a Special Prize for him to scavenge, then what?

"Since there's hope, go all out and give it a shot!"

"Although we can't participate in the Provincial Youth Physician Skills Competition anymore, isn't there still the national competition?"

"The prize money for the national Special Prize is as high as ten or fifteen 【ten thousand yuan】 for an individual; you might even have to pay twenty thousand in taxes." Yuan Weihong encouraged him like this.

Drink up!

Fang Ziye cleared all his knowledge points at once.

Fifty thousand yuan is still very attractive to Fang Ziye today.

Naturally, Yuan Weihong was unaware of what Fang Ziye had done.

Fang Ziye ate noodles, while Yuan Weihong curiously continued eating rice noodles.

After eating, the two went busy to the Trauma Surgery sub-venue.

To be honest, there weren't many people at today's venue, after all, Peking Union Medical College Hospital and Provincial People's Hospital were missing.

Especially the people from Peking Union Medical College Hospital, not even a single student came.

The competing contestants... how could they dare to come?

Naturally, Tongji Hospital still came because Wu Xuanqi and Chen Tai Lin were participating, and quite a few people came. They came specially to cheer and celebrate.

Provincial People's Hospital was like Zhongnan Hospital yesterday; since there were no participants, they didn't pay attention to this matter.

And even as substitutes, they weren't substituted in for them.

Of the current four contestants, the two leading ones are both from Tongji Hospital. Chen Tai Lin was originally a hot player for the Special Prize, so even Professor Duan Hong and the old professor of Tongji Hospital's Trauma Surgery came to watch the excitement.

Professor Deng Yong and Professor Dong Yaohui of Zhongnan Hospital, etc., didn't come because they already knew the competition results long ago.

But the Associate Professors, attending physicians, and graduate students all came.

Now they were surrounding Nie Xue Hua chatting, and after seeing Fang Ziye and Yuan Weihong, the crowd slightly opened a gap.

After some greetings, today's Yuan Weihong was very low-key: "Hi, Professor Xie, Professor Peng, just scavenged a win."

"Don't put so much pressure on our Ziye; our Ziye is still young, there will be opportunities in the future."

"Brother Hua, it mainly depends on Brother Hua's performance."

Associate Professor Peng Long then said softly: "Originally, according to Dong Dongsheng's words, Pang Shu winning the Special Prize was a sure thing, after all, Pang Shu's osteotomy was personally seen by Dong Dongsheng."

"The current competition is full of unknowns."

Peng Long and Dong Dongsheng are both Deputy Chief Physicians; although Peng Long isn't as awesome as Dong Dongsheng, calling him by name directly is also fine.

Just like Shen Tao and Ceng Tai, seeing Yuan Weihong, they shout "Yuan Weihong," and Yuan Weihong wouldn't mind, saying the other person called wrong.

Peng Long looked at Nie Xue Hua, but Nie Xue Hua was a bit nervous: "Brother Long, don't put pressure on me either; I estimate I can only be an internal competition within Tongji Hospital. You want me to suppress Chen Tai Lin by ten points; you might as well kill me."

"What's there to be afraid of? Anyway, you haven't been exposed to osteotomy that much or for that long, just do it!" Peng Long said with enthusiasm.

(Chapter End)