Chapter 622

「Professor Zhou, I actually have a question, and I wonder if Professor Zhou could tell me? 」He treated me with courtesy, so I must return it with courtesy; Fang Ziye's tone was very respectful.

「Professor Fang, please speak. 」Zhou Gongbo raised his hand, which had been hanging down.

「Professor Zhou's team, I firmly believe you have the ability to develop new disease types, but I looked up some literature related to you, and it seems I didn't see any similar research projects? 」

「I wonder what Professor Zhou thinks about this? 」Fang Ziye asked politely.

Zhou Gongbo said humbly: 「Professor Fang, that may be because you think too highly of me; our team just does some relatively ordinary research. 」

Fang Ziye didn't believe him, and changed his address: 「Teacher Zhou, I hope you can give me your guidance. 」

Zhou Gongbo looked left and right, hesitated for a while, and then said: 「Professor Fang, actually this is related to my teacher's personal philosophy. 」

「My Person of Gratitude once... once went through a rather unpleasant period, but it was also during this time that he went down to the countryside. 」

「So what he saw more of were relatively ordinary common diseases, such as fractures, trauma, and so on. 」

「After my teacher returned, he has always focused on the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases, and then on the existing basis, did some of his own things. 」

The treatment of fractures has been promoted very widely; basically there isn't much left to develop.

But Fang Ziye saw that Professor Zhou Gongbo and Professor Tian Lin had almost spent their entire lives cultivating this direction, and sometimes felt that the return on investment wasn't very high.

「Professor Zhou, I have seen other professors from your unit developing in hot directions such as osteotomy correction and bone defect treatment. 」

「Haven't you thought about it? 」Fang Ziye asked again.

This was truly seeking advice.

「Sometimes I have thought about it, but my teacher said, whether doing research projects or clinical work, those who seek novelty and difference seek fame, while those who seek refinement and precision seek the people. 」

「The more patients a disease type has, the more mature the surgical techniques are relatively; conversely, fame and income aren't that great, and fewer people are willing to cultivate this direction deeply; many people go to chase the hot directions. 」

「That's not wrong; exploring new treatment plans is also the meaning of our medical scientific research. 」

「However, we must also consider that, at least in our country, at least some people, because of various problems, cannot accept surgical treatment and give up treatment. 」

「Professor Fang, my teacher and I, even a few years ago, encountered similar situations, so the direction my teacher and I have always researched has shifted from new projects to medical economics. 」

「Let's see if we can reduce medical expenses through some research, such as using simpler materials and simpler plans, and still achieve relatively good therapeutic effects. 」

「If we can achieve this step, it can be considered not living this life in vain. 」Zhou Gongbo said.

Fang Ziye was stunned upon hearing this: 「Teacher Zhou, shouldn't medical expenses be macro-controlled by them? We are just doctors? Can we still influence this? 」

The prices of medical devices, R&D costs, and surgery costs are all set by hospitals and the government; individuals simply don't have such ability and power, right?

「Direct influence definitely cannot be achieved, but how to simplify surgical plans and treatment plans still has opportunities. 」

「It might be thankless after all, because without benefits there is no investment……」Zhou Gongbo shook his head, his tone becoming quite complex.

……

After seeing Professor Zhou Gongbo off, Fang Ziye stayed where he was and hesitated for a while, then walked toward the Experimental Area thoughtfully.

At the same time, Professor Du Donglin called and reported the situation when the surgery ended.

After hanging up the phone, Fang Ziye felt that the term medical economics proposed by Professor Zhou Gongbo was very interesting.

Fang Ziye also specially searched for it online, and there were very few descriptions of this term—

Medical economics is a science that studies how to solve problems such as saving medical resources (including: shortening treatment time, reducing labor service intensity), reducing medical drug prices, and improving medical work efficiency, in the process of treating diseases, that is, on the premise of effectively reducing patients' physical and mental pain, ensuring medical quality (including medical safety), and striving for maximum rehabilitation, with the government, doctors, patients, and insurance parties jointly following the universal value of "people-oriented".

Professor Zhou Gongbo and Professor Tian Lin researching these things as medical practitioners is in itself a somewhat "foolish" act.

To a certain extent, thankless.

After all, many hospitals currently still implement the "performance system", rather than the annual salary system.

Secondly, the investment return of pharmaceutical companies, labor costs in various links, etc., are all fixed expenditures.

Unless it's some people who can shout this slogan with guaranteed income regardless of drought or flood; for those with differential performance, if you do this thing, others will think you have a few screws loose.

Moreover, in the field of treatment for already mature disease types, even if some new breakthroughs are made, it is difficult to cause shock and resonance among peers.

For example, from Han City to Magic Capital, how much money did you spend taking a flight, others taking a train only need how much money, taking a bus can also arrive for how much money...

What is more scientifically meaningful is how to arrive at Magic Capital in the shortest time, rather than spending the least to arrive at Magic Capital.

Of course, although Fang Ziye didn't approve of Professor Zhou Gongbo's philosophy to a certain extent, from another angle, Fang Ziye was relatively approving.

Medical research needs to pay attention to certain social benefits.

For more common and more widespread disease types, after achieving breakthroughs, the beneficiaries are wider.

For example, Professor Li Yongjun wants to specialize in ALS, and Fang Ziye feels it's a bit of a "waste"!

Because there are originally not many ALS patients; with this money, if invested in other disease types, more patients would benefit.

However, such an idea is also cruel; what about the patients who currently have ALS? Does no one care about them?

And if someone cares, then who exactly pays for this part of the research expenses?

If relying on the patients themselves, can ordinary people afford the treatment costs?

If forcibly reducing medical expenses to treat patients, which pharmaceutical company would spend money thanklessly to shout slogans like that?

This is a very contradictory problem...

「Professor Fang, where are you now? 」April 29th, eleven forty PM, Fang Ziye was in the Laboratory explaining mirna project-related issues to his students when he received Professor Li Yongjun's call.

「I'm in the Laboratory, Professor Li, are you back? 」Fang Ziye answered the phone in front of his students and asked back.

Hu Qingyuan and the others began to loosen their hand joints and started to relax a bit.

「I originally planned to return to Enshi tonight, but I temporarily received a notice telling me not to return first. 」

「And I estimate that Professor Fang will also receive this notice soon, so I called you in advance; send me your ID number, and I'll book a good hotel for you. 」Professor Li Yongjun said.

Professor Li Yongjun said it rather confusingly; what ID number, what hotel...

Fang Ziye went out first, while listening to Professor Li Yongjun slowly explain and clarify the situation.

Fang Ziye was stunned upon hearing this: 「Professor Li, do I also need to go to Jingdu to attend this Medical Academy of Sciences meeting? 」

「Yes, this meeting is jointly organized by the Medical Academy of Sciences and the Medical Department of the Academy of Engineering of Eastern Han; Professor Fang, you are among the invited experts. 」Professor Li Yongjun said.

「I just saw the list. You are attending the meeting as an expert related to the Tumor Department. 」

Fang Ziye felt extremely surprised!

Himself?

A national conference, and a nationally selected "conference," not a place for academic conferences—he could go now?

Why had they chosen him?

"Professor Li, can you say what the reason for this conference is? This shouldn't be something seen on the news." Fang Ziye simply asked more directly.

"The procurement price couldn't be agreed upon! ~" Professor Li Yongjun merely said lightly.

Fang Ziye then understood most of the key points.

Even if Eastern Han's medical technology is excellent, there is one thing you cannot deny: Eastern Han's drug development is very weak, very weak!

No medicine available is no less than cooking without rice.

But we must find a way to solve this problem; we cannot ignore it.

How to solve it: in the short term, negotiate prices; in the medium to long term, find substitutes; in the ultra-long term, overtake on a curve by independently developing new drugs, instruments, and so on.

One thing that must be admitted is that the procurement price of some drugs varies by country.

For example, domestically produced cars are generally cheaper domestically than abroad...

"Professor Li, will accommodation be arranged for this conference?" Fang Ziye asked.

"Accommodation will be arranged, but generally it won't be very comfortable; staying outside would be more comfortable."

"The itinerary for this kind of conference is generally long; I estimate we'll be there for our entire vacation."

"Hotels during the vacation might raise prices, so Professor Fang, send me your ID number, and I'll find you a cheap, cost-effective hotel with decent accommodation conditions." Professor Li Yongjun said.

Fang Ziye sent his ID number in a daze, then received the conference invitation call in a daze, then hung up the phone in a daze, hesitating in place.

This matter was too sudden; mainly, Fang Ziye had no time to react or prepare at all, and he had no similar experience participating.

Conferences of this level differ from ordinary academic conferences; the entry threshold is extremely high, ordinary people don't even know when the meeting is or where it's held, and it's not public.

Even the news definitely won't record or report it!

The invited participants are also kept secret...

It came suddenly, but you yourself cannot casually refuse it! ~

So Fang Ziye had no choice; after entering the conference room again, he said: "That's all for today; I have some business during the May Day holiday, contact me on WeChat if anything comes up."

"Master, didn't you say there were no arrangements for the May Day holiday?" Tian Yao asked.

"There's a temporary arrangement now! ~" Fang Ziye said.

Tian Yao said no more; Fang Ziye was the boss, the supervisor, he couldn't influence Fang Ziye's schedule and plans, and didn't dare question.

It was very late, so Fang Ziye had no time to ask Dean Chen Song for leave.

The next day, Fang Ziye arrived early at the sanatorium's office area, then called Dean Chen Song.

"Ziye, come to my place first! ~" Dean Chen Song said nothing more at first.

"Okay, Dean Chen, I'll come over after checking on the patients." Fang Ziye replied.

Clinical work is still important; patients cannot be neglected.

It's just that Fang Ziye had been thinking about the mysterious conference all along, so even when Elder Zhang came to the sanatorium today, it didn't make Fang Ziye particularly happy; instead, he just smiled along like a tool person...

After the rounds, others noticed Fang Ziye was a bit distracted, and Wu Xuanqi asked: "Group Leader Fang, what are you thinking about?"

"Seems like your soul is drifting away?"

"Ah? Oh, me, I'm thinking about some things." Fang Ziye replied with a calm expression.

Hearing Fang Ziye's words, Fang Zhikuan directly said: "Professor Wu, let's go prepare for surgery first; since Group Leader Fang is thinking about problems, we won't disturb his thoughts."

Fang Zhikuan's tone was very decisive.

You'd better not easily interrupt Fang Ziye's train of thought; otherwise, if he gets angry, not even your teacher can save you.

Some people's trains of thought, you'd better not interrupt!

Hearing this, Wu Xuanqi's mouth corner twitched for a while, and he really didn't dare joke around or smile frivolously anymore.

Watching Fang Zhikuan and the others return to the surgical department office area, Fang Ziye caught up: "Professor Fang, you go ahead and start the operation first; I'll go to Dean Chen's place..."

"Oh, okay, Group Leader Fang, no rush."

"Today's surgery is simple." Professor Yan Huanan turned back and gave a most sincere smile.

Fang Ziye's output in the sanatorium's clinical and research areas was abundant; ordinary people only had words of admiration for him.

Especially as time accumulated, such admiration would only grow deeper and more genuine.

So, it wasn't that Professor Yan Huanan and others were willing to be 'licking dogs' or 'running dogs,' but that they truly didn't dare disturb Fang Ziye's thinking, for fear of affecting his exploration of new research directions.

Fang Ziye could handle so many directions alone—not by thinking, then by relying on people feeding him?

Who would feed him?

"You've worked hard; by the way, Professor Fang, Professor Yan, I'll leave early this afternoon, taking the four o'clock flight. Sorry to trouble you with overtime." Fang Ziye continued to make excessive requests in a 'provocative' manner.

The conference is held at a conference hall in Jingdu tomorrow, but today's task must be completed!

So Fang Ziye would still go to the operating room later, because the surgeries there are immediate, irreplicable, and offer no trial-and-error opportunities.

Some small experiments in the laboratory, even if they fail, can be done again!

Yangyuan, Administrative Building, inside the conference room.

Dean Chen Song, Research Group Group Leader Professor Pang Longshan, and Molecular Oncology Group Dou Jiaoshou Kaigong, as well as Professor Hu Yiqiang of the Drug and Metabolite Analysis Research Center, several people gathered together.

In the Experimental Area, there are multiple directions, each with its own group leader, similar to the setup of the Clinical Group.

Fang Ziye knows all the group leaders: Research Group Group Leader Pang Longshan, in charge of basic research on difficult critical illnesses and rare diseases; Professor Zhao Jing of Cardiovascular Disease, responsible for basic research and development of cardiovascular disease treatment.

Dou Jiaoshou Kaigong of Molecular Oncology, responsible for basic treatment research on the tumor direction at eight o'clock; Professor Xie Dongfang of Medical Molecular Biology, responsible for a segment of basic research in basic research.

Professor Liang Yue of the Natural Drug Active Substances and Function Laboratory is responsible for the reclassification and qualitative research of traditional Chinese medicine, and has the deepest interactions with Dean Chen Song.

Dean Chen Song has always been determined to re-qualify existing wild and cultivated drugs, re-divide drug functions, striving to formulate new prescriptions and let traditional Chinese medicine regain new life.

Professor Song Ding of the Human Disease Animal Model Resource Library walks a field similar to Liao Jia's, but the relative level of their prowess is currently unfathomable.

Professor Hu Yiqiang of the Drug and Metabolite Analysis Research Center is responsible for the re-quantification analysis of drugs, old drugs for new uses, monitoring and analyzing the different treatment principles of drugs at different dosages.

Professor Tian Huaqiang of the Hematological Disease Clinical Medicine Research Center is responsible for leading the team to deeply conduct clinical and basic research on hematological diseases...

Surgery is merely a branch within the sanatorium, a specialty, not everything.

Now, Fang Ziye is the Group Leader of the Surgery Research Group, a research group newly opened up from within these basic research fields, namely the Surgical Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center, currently having only a few people...

However, not everyone has the qualifications to attend the "meeting" Fang Ziye speaks of; Chen Song estimates he invited several professors who received invitations together.

"Dean Chen, Professor Pang, Dou Jiaoshou, Professor Hu!" Fang Ziye entered with a bow.

It was also this time that Fang Ziye came to understand relatively objectively the 'Jianghu Status' of these people in the research area!

Although they came to the sanatorium, not everyone in the sanatorium is an ordinary professor; they also have their own 'confidence', otherwise how would they dare shout slogans!

However, this confidence was something Fang Ziye could not access before.

Facing the questioning gazes of the other three, Chen Song said: "I just received definite news that Professor Fang is indeed an invited participant of the meeting."

"However, this time they actually called me, which is also a bit unexpected! ~"

"One thinks the difficulties encountered this time are even more severe than before."

"I definitely won't go. But Professor Fang is attending this meeting for the first time, so I also hope Professors Pang and the rest of you will take care of Professor Fang, absolutely don't let him easily be issued a Military Order!" Chen Song said cautiously.

Professor Pang Longshan smiled and said: "Dean Chen, you're overthinking it; this kind of meeting generally doesn't issue Military Orders."

Chen Song Ze glanced at Pang Longshan: "Professor Pang, what you speak of is the general situation, not all situations."

The implicit meaning being: when I was in Jingdu, how many times did I attend such meetings? I've seen plenty, more than you too.

"If one gets targeted at this kind of meeting, then even I would find it very difficult to handle."

Chen Song then looked at Fang Ziye and said: "Ziye, you are young, so you can always keep one point in mind."

"I can't, I can't handle it, I have no money, no people, I have nothing! ~ Understand?"

This counts as Chen Song imparting the way of experience to Fang Ziye.

This kind of meeting is generally convened when a major time node is encountered, temporarily drafting people to attend!

Some people wish they could solve the problem immediately; unable to do it themselves, they can only pin things on professionals' heads.

Cannot easily agree; he's just afraid Fang Ziye is young and insensible, gets a chance to speak at the meeting, is respected and valued, and then gets brain fever.

Hearing Chen Song speak so cautiously, Fang Ziye hurriedly nodded: "Okay, Dean Chen, I'll definitely remember!"

"I can't, I can't handle it, I have no money, no people, I have nothing! ~"

"I can't, I can't handle it, I have no money, no people, I have nothing! ~"

To show he truly remembered, Fang Ziye repeated it twice! His voice wasn't low either! ~

If Chen Song didn't care about you, what does your death have to do with him? He's not your dad.

"Medicine is a relatively special industry; generally speaking, it doesn't involve military-related competition."

"But medicine is also a relatively special industry; when it has problems, it's not one bit less than having no food to eat, so I estimate the problem this time may involve a relatively broad scope!"

"Professor Pang, you and Dou Jiaoshou both need to pay attention; one of you is responsible for rare diseases, the other is a practitioner of Molecular Oncology."

"Almost every such meeting will put forward relatively high requirements in this aspect, and pin some tasks; although they may eventually come to nothing, it's best not to return carrying burdens."

"But!!"

Chen Song stated his position again: "Within the scope of your own capabilities, after hearing opinions, if you yourself feel you can strive to step forward half a small step, you also cannot retreat! ~"

"Because if we all don't do it, then no one will do it, and we can only wait to be slaughtered, or wait to die."

"However, even if you agree, you must find a good retreat route."

"A retreat route for failure!!!"

"Opportunity and challenge coexist! ~"

The few including Pang Longshan looked at Chen Song's appearance, were in a trance for a while, then Pang Longshan lowered his voice and cautiously spoke: "Dean Chen, you before? Were you pinned on by others?"

Chen Song is this familiar with the routines inside; he certainly isn't an ordinary attendee, right?

"This isn't important, it's already past; anyway, what I told you, you just remember first."

"Opportunity and challenge coexist."

Chen Song finished speaking, then looked at Fang Ziye: "Fang Ziye, you don't need to think; unless you're lucky and directly kick a piece of gold into your pocket, otherwise, even if you feel it's within reach right before you, you must not take it."

"It's not that easy to get! ~"

"You're young, having this opportunity to relatively comprehensively understand our country's current predicament, to know the current state of our country's medical industry with a relatively high vision, is for Jianghu tempering, to improve your own cognition."

"But you?"

"Originally you shouldn't be in this, it's just a coincidence of fate, understand?"

"Mixing in the Jianghu, the most important thing is caution!"

"The international, overall medical situation is far worse than the domestic environment!!!"

"The most, most, most, most important point: don't speak deeply with shallow acquaintance."

"Otherwise every sentence you say may become the source of you being beaten black and blue later."

"I can very responsibly tell you, the words you speak, some ideas you give, may appear in some foreign research institutions the next day."

Chen Song spoke rather exaggeratedly, and rather severely.

But no one doubted him!

An ordinary research personnel, you spit saliva saying you did it, others won't care about your words of genius.

But a research personnel in a key position, a casual sentence from you, someone will record your words on file.

This world, there is no era that is especially peaceful.

Before you get into that circle, others couldn't be bothered with you! But once you're in that circle, you must watch your words and actions.

After Chen Song finished speaking, Pang Longshan and the others bid farewell and left one after another.

However, Fang Ziye wasn't in a hurry to leave; instead, after the three left, he asked somewhat nervously, "Dean Chen, could you give me a few more words of advice?"

"Generally speaking, at your age you'll only be treated as someone there to broaden their horizons; Professor Li Yongjun also reported back to me that your status for attending is as his assistant."

"So, you won't be targeted."

"But you must be clear: some of your ideas, some of your approaches, are very precious, so don't speak lightly."

"If asked, don't answer; if you must answer, don't elaborate."

"Or you can just push it onto Li Yongjun — say you don't know many things."

"This kind of conference is generally divided into several zones."

"Namely the directions I mentioned to you before: new treatments, new drugs, tumors, difficult and complex diseases, etc."

"Each zone has few participants, generally just a few to a dozen or so, and then there are also plenary sessions..."

Fang Ziye nodded, then asked, "Dean Chen, if I politely decline such an invitation, what would happen?"

Chen Song looked Fang Ziye up and down, directly forgetting to respect his elder: "Are you fucking crazy!"

Fang Ziye then silently added in his heart, so Dean Chen you can not go, you're fucking awesome!

This question fundamentally doesn't need an answer.

After Fang Ziye exited the conference room, he went to the operating room to sit and watch surgery!

Mainly because clinically you can never be too cautious; you cannot be the least bit negligent. No matter what your rank, no matter how formidable your skill, you must be humble and cautious.

"Senior Brother, what kind of meeting are you actually going to this time?" Luo Tingzhu saw Fang Ziye off at the villa area doorway as he got in the car, somewhat reluctant to part.

This time Fang Ziye went to a meeting during the holiday; one, he didn't bring her; two, he didn't explain the situation — she was a bit worried whether Fang Ziye had an "affair" in Jingdu!

He just went to Jingdu last week, and now again for May Day — neither time accompanying her.

Of course, such a thought was just a flash in the pan.

"I have to go, but it's not important! ~" Fang Ziye could only answer vaguely.

Because he himself wasn't clear what the meeting's content would be, what the theme would be, what he would hear.

The domestic public opinion environment is actually relatively conservative, not that open, so some information is actually relatively lagging.

At least for ordinary people like Fang Ziye, it's relatively lagging.

Unless you scale the wall every moment, you might hear some rumors, but definitely not as much as professional personnel know.

"How about I accompany you for the Dragon Boat Festival? This time I really have to go." Fang Ziye took Luo Tingzhu's hand.

Although this time, the two had no travel plans for the holiday.

But the two were about to go take wedding photos; the two had also decided to "rest" for two days during the May Day holiday, just hanging around in Enshi, eating and strolling, enjoying their private world.

One decision from Fang Ziye, and Luo Tingzhu had to guard the lab doing experiments every day.

There would definitely be a sense of loss.

Luo Tingzhu can be independent, but that doesn't mean she doesn't need companionship and comfort; she can find her own hobbies and interests, doesn't mean she doesn't need to be pampered.

"Mm, okay! ~"

"It's fine, Senior Brother; we have endless things to do. In two days I'll invite Fellow Trainee and Senior Brothers over for a banquet." Luo Tingzhu replied.

She can arrange herself well, whether it's research or work, or her own entertainment and pastimes...

"We'll video call every day."

"My car's here; if there's any news I can notify you about later, I'll definitely tell you promptly."

"Be good! ~" Fang Ziye said.

Among the people familiar to Fang Ziye, not a single one could communicate with him about this invitation matter, except Professor Li Yongjun, Nie Mingxian's teacher.

Professor Duan Hong, Wu Xuanqi's teacher, and other professors he knew — none of them knew what meeting Fang Ziye was going to.

So Fang Ziye didn't dare rashly ask his own master, or some familiar leaders at his hospital.

After arriving in Jingdu, Li Yongjun had no leisure time to pick him up at the airport; he went directly to the hotel location Professor Li Yongjun sent.

Contrary to Fang Ziye's imagination, Professor Li Yongjun said: "Very regrettable, Professor Fang, this time I also can't stay outside."

"We're uniformly staying here; this is a certain administrative building's guesthouse, not open to the public."

"Your current identity is my assistant; I've already reported and applied for this to others."

"So you'll stay next door to me; all actions follow me."

As Professor Li Yongjun spoke, others also arrived one after another pushing suitcases, but basically none of them knew each other.

After Fang Ziye nodded, he suddenly saw a person open a room door!

He appeared squarely in the corridor passage, glanced this way, recognized it was Fang Ziye, first widened his eyes in surprise, then immediately suppressed his emotion, coughed once, and shut the door again.

This person was Professor Zhang Limin; Professor Zhang Limin is an Academician.

He probably heard his voice, found it incredible, so he came out to take a look.

"Professor Fang, don't go out randomly tonight; tomorrow morning at 9:30 the meeting formally starts; for meals, you follow me together." Li Yongjun said.

"Okay, Professor Li! ~"

"You can just call me Ziye, otherwise?" Fang Ziye very sensibly directly settled into this assistant position.

"Works too! ~" Li Yongjun also felt this form of address was more suitable.

Fang Ziye video-called with Luo Tingzhu that evening; Luo Tingzhu's expression was a bit resentful; she was at home, not in the lab, propping her chin, gaze deep, as if with endless grievances.

Heartbreaking to behold.

She missed Fang Ziye.

After all, the previous work basically meant only seeing each other in the evening, without much communication, all other time contributed to the experiment.

But?

"Obedient, I'll be back soon, Patient Number Four can return in the evening." Fang Ziye said.

Fang Ziye gained the meeting schedule arrangement, the meeting lasts a total of four days!

"Good, Senior Brother! Then it's fortunate there's still one day of vacation." Luo Tingzhu isn't greedy either, knowing Fang Ziye can still accompany her for one day on the fifth, she smiled brilliantly and generously...

(Chapter End)