Chapter 507: A Vivid Lesson and Unpolished Jade (Seeking Subscriptions)

Deng Yong's face stiffened at these words, the flesh mole on his chin twitching slightly a few times.

Only then did he force a smile and say, "Professor Qiu, you worry too much. If Ziye were willing to go with you, he would surely have a better future."

"How could I be afraid?"

Deng Yong had absolute confidence that Fang Ziye would not leave Zhongnan Hospital.

If Fang Ziye wanted to leave, he would have left long ago; his accumulation and reserves were already enough to serve as a credential to join any academician's team.

As early as a year ago, there was basically no research group in the country that would refuse a talent like Fang Ziye joining.

Qiu Zhenghua and Gu Yuandong and others exchanged knowing smiles.

The group then proceeded toward the Laboratory Building, chatting and laughing.

When taking the elevator down, Deng Yong and Liu Huanglong personally cleared the way for several old professors, their faces full of smiles.

Fang Ziye only saw Gu Yuandong whisper a few words in Old Professor Qiu Zhenghua's ear, then walk out of the elevator first and begin chatting with Deng Yong and Liu Huanglong.

Yuan Weihong and Lan Tianluo and others inserted themselves among Professor Zhou Yuan and others, ensuring no old professor felt isolated, or felt that Zhongnan Hospital looked down on people.

When the group had almost walked out of the Experimental Building, Qiu Zhenghua suddenly said, "Ziye, are you coming with us too?"

Fang Ziye smiled shyly at these words: "Teacher Qiu, you came specially for me, of course I will try my best to make time to accompany you."

"Thank you, Teacher Qiu, for your guidance! ~"

Fang Ziye had a beaming face, trying his best to suppress the joy in his heart, his voice low and calm.

However, Qiu Zhenghua across from Fang Ziye suddenly changed his expression, his voice stern, a cold glint in his eyes: "If I were really leading a team to inspect your unit's administrative system!"

"You won't think about promotion again within five years, including your ward director, who will also have to shed a layer of skin! ~"

"Talking nonsense! ~"

"When Director Zu Haiguo first called you, you should have politely refused. Who are you?"

"A direct relative of some leader? Whom can you suppress?"

Qiu Zhenghua's attire and appearance were especially casual, looking like an ordinary old farmer, but suddenly attacking again with a voice like cold cicadas, leaving Fang Ziye and others all stunned!

Gu Yuandong and others were attracted by Qiu Zhenghua's voice and turned back, their eyes carrying a half-smile expression.

As if watching a good show, and as if sighing, that someone like Fang Ziye appeared in a small workshop, yet there wasn't a single person around who understood the rules.

Fang Ziye lowered his head at these words, his mouth moving for a while, but he couldn't utter a single word of explanation.

What guest is a guest, what person is an academician needing reception.

Does the matter of reception have anything to do with you, Fang Ziye?

As Qiu Zhenghua said, how wide could Fang Ziye's network of relatives be?

Fang Ziye was just an ordinary employee of Zhongnan Hospital, absolutely restricted by the hospital's internal management system.

According to the Chief Resident system of top-tier Grade-A hospitals in the country, the Chief Resident should be on duty in the department, and in principle cannot leave the hospital too far.

Even if there is an emergency and you need to take leave, you must go through the relevant departments of the Medical Affairs Office, let the relevant departments coordinate with the department, and only after the duty roster is publicly announced can you hand over work.

Qiu Zhenghua continued: "I won't say more about the misuse of project funds, but I still feel it necessary to give you a very vivid lesson."

"For a long time to come, you can first experience the feeling of your hard-earned achievements being taken by others."

"Not only me, but also Old Professor Gu Yuandong, will spare no effort to turn the microcirculation instrument developed by your research group into our own patents."

"Let's see if you can guard it! ~"

"Completely casual, no sense of rules at all, no sound rules and regulations."

"We asked you to take us to your laboratory, and you took us there."

"We asked you to share your project results with us, and then you told us everything in detail?"

"Who taught you? Your two Masters?"

"Fine, okay, I want to see how great their abilities are, and how much backing they can provide for you! ~"

After Qiu Zhenghua finished speaking, he looked at Deng Yong and Yuan Weihong with great disdain; what was revealed in his gaze was not exactly contempt, but also a sense of looking down on them.

Failure to educate is the father's fault; failure to teach strictly is the teacher's laziness!

Someone as excellent as Fang Ziye, under the guidance of these two people, has completely become like an outsider to the profession, simply messing around!

Old Professor Qiu Zhenghua's words made Deng Yong, Liu Huanglong, and others' expressions all sink slightly.

Then they looked somewhat surprisedly at Old Professor Gu Yuandong and Old Professor Zhou Yuan and others.

However, Gu Yuandong's expression also stiffened slightly at this moment, and he said: "Two professors, don't be nervous, this is just a drill, and also a lesson for Ziye."

"After all, some things cannot be deeply understood unless he experiences them personally."

"I believe that many rules and regulations, written in documents or on paper, are far less profound than remembering them in one's heart."

"Truly taking your things away is impossible."

"We are all people of a certain age, and Director Zu is here; can we not care about face?"

"However, even if it is a drill, even if we held back, I think you will still fall into a predicament! ~"

Gu Yuandong continued: "To criticize without teaching is also to mislead the students."

"Ziye, you should not appear at the dinner party later."

"Remember, from now on, no matter if it's a big or small inspection, when you face an inspection you are not serious, and you don't even go along with making a show of it; why would others believe you have professional ethics?"

"When there is no inspection, do you still stick to your post?"

"For other professions, dereliction of duty at most only seeks money; for our profession, if we leave our posts without authorization, it is taking lives!"

"Economic issues are not fine just because you don't put money in your own pocket."

"Moral issues are not fine just because you haven't had an incident and your surgeries went well; you can't be safe and sound."

"Public opinion is fearsome! ~"

Hearing this, Fang Ziye bowed deeply to the two professors with great solemnity.

Honest advice is grating to the ear but beneficial for action!

The two Academicians were not Fang Ziye's teachers; in fact, they had no obligation to explain these principles to Fang Ziye.

Even if Fang Ziye fell, their disciples and disciples' disciples would have one less formidable enemy!

During clinical surgery, surgical technique is naturally the first priority.

However, in daily work, adhering to proper procedure is what guarantees a proper outcome.

One phone call can summon your hospital's Chief Resident to dine; can another phone call not summon him out for drinks?

Is this something that ceases to exist just because you say it doesn't?

Thereafter, Fang Ziye left silently, slinking toward the Orthopedics Building, ashamed and dejected, his back view lonely.

Regardless of whether Professor Gu and Old Professor Jiu raised it, Fang Ziye himself knew very clearly that after receiving Teacher Zu Hai's call, he had become somewhat unrestrained and dissolute.

Upon hearing that two Academicians had come to visit him, he felt awesome, felt he had some prestige, and felt he ought to personally go out and accompany them.

At that moment, Fang Ziye thought only of throwing his work aside, and did not think about his identity, about whether he was suitable to go out.

In most situations, Fang Ziye could still hold to his original intent; for instance, when his Master previously took him out to eat, it was merely fast food, and then they went off to eat a big meal.

But this time, the moment Fang Ziye heard it was two Academicians, he completely lost himself a little.

Forging iron still requires one's own hardness; a teacher once told Fang Ziye: being a doctor, besides competing on ability, one must also compete on character.

Professional ethics is one form of character.

Fang Ziye also heard his two teachers, including Professor Liu Huanglong, apologizing to the two old professors, yet he still did not turn back.

These two old professors were not targeting him personally, but were genuinely pointing out some problems with his research group...

Perhaps, great joy and great sorrow are truly just a single thought apart.

For a very long period, Fang Ziye had walked too smoothly; encountering a few good teachers, and happening to receive the Dean's appreciation, he neglected some trivial details.

In Fang Ziye's view, how could the two Academicians possibly steal his credit?

The other party's character was naturally trustworthy.

But now, these two people, as Academicians, were telling Fang Ziye that not everyone can be trusted unconditionally, including them.

Fang Ziye could not currently imagine how the two old Academicians would operate to seize his research group's 'output'.

But Fang Ziye did not doubt the two old professors' influence in the slightest!

Afternoon, 5:52 PM, Fang Ziye arrived at the Department.

The Braised Chicken with Rice ordered at noon was still in the stairwell corridor; no one had taken it, because it was cheap and not particularly healthy, so others might look down on it.

Fang Ziye did not think of finishing it off either this time; he directly twisted it up and threw it into the trash can.

Thereafter, Fang Ziye immediately sent a message to Luo Tingzhu.

Fang Ziye's message had just been sent when Luo Tingzhu had already replied: "Senior Brother, I didn't go eat either; I'm currently rushing toward the Orthopedics Building."

"Don't be anxious either; after you left, the two old Academicians' attitudes were still quite amiable; he did it to teach you, not to make things difficult for you!"

"Lan Tianluo and Senior Brother Li Yuanpei both went to the dinner; if there's any important talk at the banquet, they'll record it and relay it to you later!"

Fang Ziye finished reading the message and did not reply, but pushed open the Chief Resident's door!

Inside, Senior Brother Wang Yuanqi rose from lying flat; until Fang Ziye, the one favored by the Academician bigwigs, his face full of envy and jealousy, flipped up and directly gave Fang Ziye a few punches:

"Ziye, after you take off, don't forget about Senior Brother, alright?"

Fang Ziye smiled upon hearing this: "Senior Brother, you've worked hard; you go rest first; the rest I'll handle."

"Have you eaten? Want to order takeout together?"

"Forget eating." Wang Yuanqi shook his head.

Asking more curiously: "Ziye, what did you and the two big Academicians talk about today? Did they praise you fiercely?"

"Any poaching?"

Deng Yong and Liu Huanglong, when facing the Academician level, would be cautious, feeling the rank difference.

Wang Yuanqi is currently only a Resident Physician, still at the bottom rung of the physician industry, so naturally he is very curious about such figures.

"They praised, but also scolded."

"More was mocking and sarcasm; poaching was mentioned a few sentences too." Fang Ziye's gaze was calm, his tone gradually returning to normal.

After letting out a long breath of relief, his Divine Sense instead cleared up.

None of this is a calamity, much less a predicament; it's merely being scolded until blood flows.

Someone scolding you means someone still cares about you.

It's not that his two teachers don't care about him, but their cognition of these matters is slightly limited.

Or rather, Deng Yong and Yuan Weihong's experience is too little, so sometimes they don't treat certain rules as swords hanging over their heads, giving a small workshop feel!

Wang Yuanqi was slightly surprised upon hearing this, tone incredulous: "No way?"

"Even you got scolded? Then wouldn't others be scolded into shutting down?"

Fang Ziye smiled upon hearing this: "I estimate it's like this; for instance, my two Masters right now are definitely being lectured!"

Fang Ziye could figure it out with his toes: the two Masters went into the banquet, door closed, and mockery was inevitable.

"A figure emerges from a mountain backwater, and you lot mess around blindly, self-righteous, no rule awareness whatsoever."

Forget it; these things Fang Ziye can't control anymore.

If you do wrong, you must admit it!

At least, today the two old men's admonition to him is worth a thousand gold!

Rules are not child's play!

Secrets also cannot be shown to just anyone!

Wang Yuanqi clicked his tongue for a while, shaking his head as he walked out of the Office: "Serving a ruler is like serving a tiger; perhaps such bigwigs really have a completely different horizon from ordinary people?"

"Forget it, I won't poke your sore spot anymore."

Fang Ziye's mood was not high; this represented that even if Fang Ziye was praised, he might truly have been reprimanded.

If they still wanted to gossip at this point, it would simply be making Fang Ziye miserable.

Not long after Wang Yuanqi left, Luo Tingzhu pushed the door open and walked in; her movement of pushing the door was somewhat hesitant at first, but after entering and seeing that Fang Ziye was actually smiling, her pace quickened a bit.

"Senior Brother, I thought you were still feeling terrible! ~" Luo Tingzhu had come to comfort Fang Ziye.

Fang Ziye examined his phone and said: "Tingzhu, what do you want to eat?"

"Anything is fine with me." Luo Tingzhu did not make suggestions today, and was not picky about food either.

After entering, Luo Tingzhu found a chair and sat down first, then looked at Fang Ziye while also taking out her phone to check the message replies from Li Yuanpei and Lan Tianluo.

"Master and Teacher Yuan were scolded miserably." Luo Tingzhu said.

"Then I'll order barbecue rice." Fang Ziye seemed to brush the matter aside in a completely carefree manner.

Luo Tingzhu nodded obediently: "Barbecue rice is fine too. Master and Teacher Yuan were both scolded miserably, and you don't have the slightest reaction? Senior Brother?"

Fang Ziye shook his head: "Of course not, it's just that I don't have any particularly good solution either. The two old professors are like invincible existences right now."

"We ourselves have many loopholes; being scolded miserably is unavoidable. We can only slowly make up for them in the future."

"Besides, my two masters won't take out their anger on me just because they were scolded."

"Is that so?"

By looking back, Fang Ziye very easily discovered that people at every level understand completely different things and look from completely different angles.

Compared to Zhongnan Hospital's Deng Yong and Yuan Weihong, the people and events encountered earlier at Enshi Central Hospital were even more laughable.

So there's no need to feel one's masters aren't good enough; they aren't that many years older, nor are they thousand-year-old foxes — they still have blind spots in their vision.

Everyone needs to learn.

"Senior Brother, I discovered that after you were scolded today, you've actually changed a bit, becoming more steady than before."

Luo Tingzhu followed up by tilting her chin: "Not just a bit — a lot. It's as if you were scolded awake."

Fang Ziye nodded: "Perhaps. I feel my mindset is somewhat different now myself."

"Discarding everything else, we're all just ordinary people."

"The old me, on the contrary, because I had some achievements, slowly felt I might be different from others, would be valued by teachers, valued by leaders, could bring many things to fellow disciples."

"But actually it's not so. The reason I have all this is still because my accumulation is a bit thicker, not because I as a person am particularly special."

"Accumulation, achievements — these external things show the gap between oneself and others, but discarding them, we're all just ordinary people."

"Any profession, when competed to the end, besides external things, competes on personal character! ~"

"If the two old professors hadn't enlightened me today, I'd probably still take a huge fall on this road."

Luo Tingzhu did hear some unusual meaning: "Senior Brother, then according to your understanding, the two old professors today are also ordinary people?"

"Yes!"

"Old Professor Qiu Zhenghua and Old Professor Gu Yuandong don't have three heads and six arms, nor were they born Academicians. All their achievements were walked step by step."

"Old Professor Zhou Yuan, and the other old professors, are likewise all walking step by step. It's not necessarily that Professors Qiu and Gu are far ahead; rather, the two of them happened to take one more step forward."

"Perhaps, it could be reasons in other aspects."

"Just like a celebrity's scandal!"

"So, in the future I also won't think about things like exceptional promotion anymore. Just be a doctor honestly, be a researcher properly."

"Perhaps precisely because of this, the things others dream of, I'll just ascend to them."

"Retreat to advance, gain without contending! ~" Fang Ziye said.

The conversation having reached here, it actually touched a bit on the philosophical realm.

Luo Tingzhu did not pursue this topic deeper; actually she had also learned quite a lot.

In Luo Tingzhu's vision — no, in many people's vision — Fang Ziye's current achievements, even if he were a bit arrogant, no one would dare say anything.

Under thirty years old, National Treasure Doctor level strength!

Competing in specialty, even among peers, how many can surpass Fang Ziye?

But if Fang Ziye becomes arrogant because of this, and ends up overlooking some details — if any link has a problem, Fang Ziye might leave loopholes, and ultimately become a controversial figure.

Rather than that, better to be proper and honest, return to how it was in student days, and do things earnestly and seriously.

Luo Tingzhu also felt she should be like that in the future.

"Can tell the two old professors quite like you. During their chat, they gave you many hints, hoping you'd join their research groups."

"But you refused them all, so they could only use this rather forceful way to give you some guidance! ~"

"It's possible that the team Master leads indeed isn't high enough level, so many things haven't encountered tempering, so they haven't paid much attention to details."

Luo Tingzhu continued: "Back when Associate Professor Hong Zili was still in Master's big research group, one could discover that their group's fellow disciples were more academic-style than Professor Deng's group's fellow disciples."

"..."

After Luo Tingzhu accompanied Fang Ziye for a meal and chatted for a long time, she didn't leave until past nine in the evening.

After Luo Tingzhu left, Fang Ziye first emptied himself.

It was a serious kind of emptying — not thinking of anything, not pondering anything.

Roughly around ten forty, Fang Ziye had already finished emptying himself and was just preparing to open his computer to continue reading literature for a while when the Inpatient General Office door was pushed open.

Then two long dark faces walked in one after another —

Deng Yong and Yuan Weihong.

After entering, Yuan Weihong actively took two bottles of drinks from the refrigerator, handed one to Deng Yong, one to Fang Ziye.

Yuan Weihong took another bottle for himself, then wore a mournful face.

Deng Yong usually doesn't like drinking beverages, but this time he twisted off the cap and gulped down several mouthfuls: "Ziye, have to say, an Academician is an Academician alright. The fucking angle they look at things is truly fucking tricky."

"After you left, they actually found a full fifteen problems, saying it so much I nearly wanted to bury myself on the spot."

"Never mind me, even Liu Huanglong, this young talent with an Academician old Mount Tai, is probably autistic with shame right now."

Only now did a few more traces of surprise appear on Fang Ziye, his tone slightly incredulous: "There were still fifteen problems?"

"Right! ~"

"These include but are not limited to imperfect management systems in the laboratory, and incomplete management and operational systems in the departments."

"Of course, after several Old Professors raised these points, I realized that Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Jingdu Third Hospital, and Huashan Hospital are famous hospitals not simply because they have more Experts."

"The path we must take is still very long! ~"

"Talent comes first, but talent is not only first; first, we may still need to adjust and optimize our internal staffing! ~"

"For example, expand and establish a Trauma Center, establish a professional Trauma Center Ward, and hand over all Hand Surgery disease types to Hand Surgery professionals."

"Several Old Professors also said that our Hospital's Orthopedics Department now has the raw jade, but whether what is ultimately carved is gold and jade or a shit-yellow lump depends entirely on our own performance."

"They cannot keep coming forever! Other problems will not fail to appear in the future!"

"Really fucking hard!" Deng Yong actually disregarded his teacher's identity and began vomiting flowers.

(Chapter End)