Chapter 653

"Mom, Dad, why don't you help us look after things for a bit? Tingzhu and I are planning to go on a trip, and take our wedding photos while we're at it."

"Buying a house isn't urgent either; buying a house isn't something that has to be decided in a day or two, or we can just take our time looking later. Anyway, Tingzhu has already bought a house, so if we buy another one next time, we'll just pay in full..." Fang Ziye said with a smile.

"It seems like they're going to fully lift home purchase qualifications now."

Fang Ziye also kept an eye on housing market trends; word was that purchase restrictions would be cancelled later, encouraging home buying and such.

"That works too. Where are you going to take the wedding photos?" Fang Nan asked.

"Ya City, following the trend." Fang Ziye said with a smile.

Although everyone online says it's a total trap, neither Fang Ziye nor Luo Tingzhu had ever been there, and destination shoots seemed quite photogenic, so the two of them also planned to give it a try.

After all, at the two of their current economic level, going out for a little fun and spending twenty or thirty thousand wasn't heartbreaking...

"Dad, Mom, why don't you come with us? We only need one day for the shoot; the rest of the time we can hang out together, and we can go to the duty-free shops too." Fang Ziye suggested.

Luo Tingzhu's eyes lit up instantly at those words, and she nodded repeatedly.

"No no no, we're not going. We've got all this livestock at home, how can we get away?"

"You young people go have fun yourselves." Fang Nan waved his hand, shaking his head out of habit.

Liang Xia also said: "What would we go out for? Mountains and waters — could they possibly be better-looking than the mountains and waters we have here?"

Ba County's mountains and waters — lofty mountains and steep ridges.

Kids who walk out of here would absolutely never think of going to look at some other place's mountain scenery.

"Mom, you and Dad haven't seen the ocean, right? Let's go eat seafood together?"

"You guys just go. I'm making money now too, so you don't have to worry about retirement money, right?" Fang Ziye winked at Fang Nan and Liang Xia, the meaning crystal clear.

Dad, Mom, the two of you are people who have pensions.

The sanatorium gave you a lump-sum back-payment of nearly twenty-five years of pension contributions.

The money you'll get after retirement is quite a lot.

Hearing this, Liang Xia's expression held a touch of pride and also some temptation; she suggested: "How about we drive the chickens and ducks to Mom and Dad's place, let Big Brother help us feed the pigs for a few days, and we go to Yi City for a spin?"

Yi City — that was Liang Xia's dream travel destination; going any farther, she felt, would be a bit of a waste of money.

Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu exchanged a glance and didn't argue much more.

Everything is hard at the start; as long as the old couple take that first step, there's no fear they won't go out again later.

Old people, actually have a lot of concerns, but the concerns aren't that many either.

Besides especially introverted personalities, if a person has children who don't need to be worried about, money that doesn't need to be worried about, and also has a pension and savings, there's still quite a portion of people willing to go out and spend some money.

Not many people are born 'scoundrels' and misers.

Fang Ziye knew Fang Nan and Liang Xia had prepared at least a million or so for him, but compared to the card he gave them, this bit of money was just a token of sincerity.

Fang Ziye's income is legitimate — provident fund, various subsidies, all there; stable job, considerable income.

No pressure buying a house or getting married, so them using a bit of their own money isn't so heartbreaking either.

Upstairs, Fang Ziye's room.

"Senior Brother, do we really have to go to Sha City first, to my mom's place, and then fly from Sha City to Ya City?"

"I actually haven't prepared all that well." Luo Tingzhu said.

Fang Ziye said: "Actually, some of what my parents said is right too. You're just going to see her unilaterally; she's your mother, you're her daughter."

"You going to see her is only right and proper, isn't it?"

"She just pursued her own happiness, never thought about giving you a perfect youth, but she didn't abandon you either, never unwilling to care for you, never neglecting you."

"Besides, an ugly husband still has to see his mother-in-law; no matter what, I have to go see your mother too." Fang Ziye put his arm around Luo Tingzhu; his hands hadn't been honest for a while.

Luo Tingzhu's mind right now was entirely on nervousness, so she didn't pay attention to Fang Ziye's wandering hands.

Fang Ziye is just this kind of person — proper as can be outside, but when alone, as long as he's not reading, as long as he's being affectionate, his 'hands' aren't honest.

Luo Tingzhu had said something about it, but it was useless.

"Your dad and your mom separated amicably; the feelings between the two of them ruptured. If they forced themselves to stay together because of you, and waited until you were an adult to separate, that would be too cruel for them."

"You have to know, they received higher education, so they would refuse so-called 'emotional coercion', and moreover, they also loved you in the best way within their scope of understanding."

"However?" Fang Ziye didn't unilaterally persuade Luo Tingzhu either.

Luo Tingzhu nodded lightly: "Actually I can figure out all these things, but actually facing it, I still feel a bit wronged."

"If you feel wronged, say it out loud. Say it to the person you most want to tell, say it to your mother, let her know you're not doing so well."

"You have a mother you can confide in, don't you?"

"She's not ignoring you, not not loving you; she's still sending you snack packs right now, big bags and small bags, I can tell Auntie puts a lot of thought into it..."

"Because these few months you've been in Enshi, the snack varieties basically haven't repeated once!" Fang Ziye said.

Luo Tingzhu nodded again: "Senior Brother, how exactly was your Category A talent introduction evaluated? Can you help me ask around about it too?"

Right, Luo Tingzhu's competitive streak flared up again.

Fang Ziye pushed Luo Tingzhu back slightly, looked her up and down for a moment, then pulled her back into his embrace: "Fine, I'll go ask around!! ~"

Luo Tingzhu hurriedly explained, dead serious: "Senior Brother, I'm not trying to compete with you..."

"Fine, I know." Fang Ziye replied.

Thought to himself: Your thoughts are practically written on your mouth, and you still say no.

But it's nothing; wanting to improve is a good thing.

If Luo Tingzhu really were that kind of cute, brainless type, Fang Ziye would instead find it a headache when explaining some things...

"Senior Brother, if you want to buy a house, I've still got a bit of money here — a bit of research bonus split with my teacher." Luo Tingzhu sneakily fished out a bank card from her pajama pocket.

"Just not much, only four hundred thousand or so."

Hearing this, Fang Ziye glanced at the doorway and said in a low, secretive voice: "Tingzhu, you should know, the money in that card I gave my parents all came from Boss Chen's company."

"Our Hospital's research bonus is on another card..."

Upon hearing this, Luo Tingzhu's charming eyes instantly narrowed, transforming into a money-grubber: "Five million is all patent sharing? Then what about last year's research reward?"

Last year's Fang Ziye could be called a super bumper year; relying on Mangled Extremity Limb Salvage Surgery, Functional Reconstruction Surgery, and the Microcirculation Instrument, he published nearly thirty to forty high-score papers.

Luo Tingzhu had thought that five million was Fang Ziye's patent sharing money and research reward money together.

The year before last, Fang Ziye merely 'made a small fuss', yet received three to four hundred thousand.

Fang Ziye took out his Mobile Phone, then sat down together with Luo Tingzhu, saying: "Last year our published papers had slightly more cooperation partners, so there were quite a few sources for the research bonus sharing."

"We also published quite a few papers; the Hospital and School really felt it was too many, so in the end they only gave a reward of ten thousand per point, and did not follow the tradition of however many hundred thousand for exceeding fifteen points, publishing in Cell and such journals being however many hundred thousand."

"These are the more Detailed lists..." Fang Ziye presented one by one to Luo Tingzhu the corresponding tables sent to him by Liu Huanglong, Yuan Weihong, Deng Yong, Wu Xuanqi, Duan Hong, Han Yuanxiao, Qin Geluo, and others.

Among them were also more Detailed sharing coefficients; these were negotiated individually by Fang Ziye with each of the others.

Luo Tingzhu held a calculator in one hand while recording each item on her Mobile Phone.

"Three million nine hundred sixty-eight thousand two hundred plus?" The final calculation result made Luo Tingzhu exclaim in a Low Voice! ~

If calculated according to Fang Ziye having only a forty percent sharing coefficient per paper, then Fang Ziye's paper rewards last year reached over nine million.

This is still under the ten thousand per point reward system; no wonder the Hospital and School specially discussed with Fang Ziye not to follow the Rules too strictly, otherwise they couldn't afford to pay.

"I didn't calculate specifically; anyway, figuring it out carefully, last year my take-home income reached over eight million after tax."

"It's just that part of it I only received this year; I also don't know how much more tax I'll have to pay next year! ~"

"Anyway, when individual tax was calculated this year, I paid several extra; I estimate next year I'll have to pay several tens more." Fang Ziye said, feeling a bit of Heartache himself.

But there was No Way; last year Fang Ziye's full-year income wasn't high to that extent, so the supplementary tax amount wasn't very high when individual tax was calculated.

Last year's bonuses all concentrated into this year for distribution; the systems that should be followed still have to be followed.

Fang Ziye definitely doesn't want to encounter another big 'storm' like the one he met this year...

"Tax still has to be paid." After her shock, Luo Tingzhu hurriedly found an emotional Entrust/Depend, voice Decisive.

Tax evasion is a Bottom Line issue of the system, with stricter scrutiny than corruption.

"I of course know; I'm not someone who fell into a money pit!" Fang Ziye said, taking the Mobile Phone from Luo Tingzhu's hand and pulling her into his arms.

Luo Tingzhu shifted her body slightly, then became quiet like a rabbit after Anesthesia, letting Fang Ziye find where to put his hands.

"Senior Brother, calculating like this, will the salary the Yangyuan and Zhongnan Hospital give you this year all be subject to supplementary tax?" Luo Tingzhu asked.

Fang Ziye nodded: "According to the supplementary tax policy I checked, it is exactly like this."

"It looks quite glorious, but actually it's being taken for a Free Ride."

"If I give up Clinical Work now and honestly enter the Laboratory, I'd definitely Earn Money more than being a doctor."

Luo Tingzhu gently turned sideways: "Then do you want that?"

"Although Associate Professor Liao Jia is very Annoyed by his own situation, I actually quite Envy him."

Fang Ziye's technical level is of course super good; if he works in Clinical, he would bring benefit to more Patients.

However, the current Fang Ziye can already not rely on Clinical Work to Earn Money; instead, that little money paid by Clinical all gets paid out as supplementary tax.

Luo Tingzhu became somewhat Selfish regarding Fang Ziye's future Planning.

Not in Clinical means no night shifts, can have weekends off, and don't have to go on-site to Participate in any emergency rescue; just need to do one's own research work well.

"Then forget it." Fang Ziye shook his head.

"Although the feeling of leading a research team is also quite good, but if I don't do Surgery for a long time, these Two Hands will get too itchy..."

"Last year we didn't travel for Two Months? I felt like I was about to suffocate; I was born with a hard-working fate." Fang Ziye said.

"Moreover, even if I don't Participate in Clinical Work, the taxes that should be paid still have to be paid."

"At that time I'd only be able to take it out of my Private Savings, and I'd be even more Reluctant."

Before Fang Ziye reached this step of supplementary tax, he dreamed of being able to pay supplementary tax in this life; after all, it means Earning a lot.

But truly reaching this step, he still feels the Meat hurts.

"Medical research cannot be separated from Clinical! ~" Fang Ziye said.

"Moreover..."

"Actually, we aren't particularly safe right now either."

Luo Tingzhu understood Fang Ziye's meaning; professional technical personnel, as long as they haven't reached the Summit yet, can be trapped to death by various pits, can be dragged into various storms.

You have a bit of technique, a bit of money; you're just the perfect bait for others to trap you.

To not become prey, you can only have an absolutely reliable background to Endorse you.

In Eastern Han, professors falling from grace due to various Accidents are a dime a dozen.

Not to mention far ones; just the previous few Group Leader Professors of Zhongnan Hospital Hand Surgery like Ni Yaoping, Zhou Ziyu, etc., were all swept up in one pot...

This kind of thing Fang Ziye certainly won't forget.

"Senior Brother, this world might not be that good, but it probably isn't as bad as we imagine either."

"After I went to the Anesthesiology Department for teaching once, I slightly understood a little bit about the Yangyuan's inside stories; I feel that many of the professors staying in the Yangyuan still have a lot of sentiment."

"Put down fighting for fame and profit, put down Jianghu titles, steadily do work for researching Disease treatment; that's pretty good." Luo Tingzhu said in a Soft Voice.

Only Luo Tingzhu's voice seemed slightly bewildered.

Standing in her position, even an Associate Senior Title is still far out of reach; the Yangyuan's ultimate goal coincides with hers without prior consultation, but her sense of Participation is actually extremely, extremely little.

"Take it Slowly; strength improves bit by bit, Vision also opens up bit by bit."

"Knowing the big framework too early is Not Necessarily a Good Thing; I also had a Long Period of bewilderment before, but we're still young."

"Tingzhu, you're not even Twenty-seven Years Old yet; I'm not even thirty yet."

"According to the years of development in Surgical Glove, we haven't even started yet."

Hearing Fang Ziye say this, Luo Tingzhu said again: "Senior Brother, your current technique and Research Accumulation are much deeper than a typical Professor's."

"But, Teacher Deng and them plan for your future to not allow further exceptional promotion, right?"

Fang Ziye's current capabilities and accumulation fully warrant a professorship and chief physician position.

"Actually, once you've crossed into Deputy Chief Physician, whether you reach Chief Physician doesn't matter. I can do what a Chief Physician can do, and I have permission to do some things a Chief Physician cannot." Fang Ziye wasn't particularly concerned about this.

"But Senior Brother, if you want to lead a group, your title still isn't proper."

"Dean Chen said the reason he won't let you be Surgical Group Leader is, one, your accumulation isn't enough, and two, your professional rank is also slightly insufficient." Luo Tingzhu said.

"It seems Dean Chen also had the idea of letting you…"

Fang Ziye shook his head lightly: "The sanatorium shouldn't be my final destination. I won't work here for a lifetime. Even if I really work in the future, it'll be moonlighting."

"Unless when I'm very old, I might consider coming back here to work peacefully without worries."

Fang Ziye is currently still a mundane person.

A mundane person has seven emotions and six desires, and also has some debts of gratitude to repay.

Regardless, Zhongnan Hospital, Deng Yong, Yuan Weihong are all Fang Ziye's origins. Fang Ziye cannot only know to be good to his own parents while forgetting the place that cultivated him.

"Senior Brother, I'll accompany you. But by then we'll definitely have earned lots and lots of money. Maybe we can live off interest and buy a house a year…" Luo Tingzhu laughed, looking forward to the future.

First secure a livelihood, then establish a life.

If they can't even eat their fill, asking Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu to talk about sentiment is impossible.

…

In the evening, Luo Tingzhu "reluctantly" left Fang Ziye's room.

Luo Tingzhu knew Fang Ziye's parents were conservative, so she couldn't very well come to the door on her own initiative. She went to the room prepared for her.

Being in the same house, Luo Tingzhu also returned very late, so there was no need to start a video call.

Fang Ziye picked up his mobile phone, first glanced at his memo, circling and marking the tasks already finished.

After finishing these, Fang Ziye then looked at his panel.

"Current Knowledge Points Balance: 225623.1!"

Ten seconds later.

"Current Knowledge Points Balance: 225626.8!"

The increase rate per second is roughly 0.34 points. One hour is 1250 points. One day is a huge income of over thirty thousand Knowledge Points! ~

The panel has been played almost crazy these past five or six days!

Of the 220,000 Knowledge Points, 160,000 were Knowledge Points income earned in less than five days.

Ever since Wu Xuanqi's paper was published, the data on Fang Ziye's panel has been constantly pushed up and up…

This is the massive potential that burst forth after Fang Ziye newly developed an experimental method for tumor invasion and metastasis!

No way around it. Before, Fang Ziye's one paper not only halted Wu Xuanqi's research project, it basically shut down all tumor-related research projects!

There must be people doing experiments.

At least, others dare not publish papers anymore!

Publish another paper, isn't that just a live target, sending "letter" and "ment" to others?

Now, after Wu Xuanqi's paper was published, the various research groups that had been temporarily shelved all restarted their projects! ~

How many teams worldwide engage in tumor research across all fields? Fang Ziye cannot estimate. Definitely no fewer than ten thousand teams.

Calculated this finely, it's equivalent to one team only adding three Knowledge Points to Fang Ziye per day…

This split rate is too little.

But a mosquito, no matter how small, is still meat. Fang Ziye won't forget the scene and memory of himself persisting in the training room for one hour just for 0.1 Knowledge Points back then.

Fang Ziye pillowed his head with both hands, looking at the ceiling with a subtle expression at the corner of his mouth.

"Knowledge Points are truly good. Original innovation is truly good! ~" Fang Ziye murmured in a low voice.

One can say this: the reason Fang Ziye has his current achievements, Knowledge Points are absolutely the main driving force.

Getting Knowledge Points isn't that easy.

In clinical work, diagnosis is faster than reading books, faster than in the training room. Experiments are faster than clinical work. And once a new breakthrough is made, that's the fastest.

But even faster, undoubtedly, are things that shake the foundation.

Because the more fundamental something is, the wider its scope of influence.

Projects accumulated for several months, in a short time everyone continued them following Fang Ziye's experimental method. How could this not burst forth in a short time?

Of course, Fang Ziye also knows that later it's impossible to have this many every day. Once this wave passes, the speed will definitely drop. Even to only one-sixth of the current rate.

But this is still terrifying, okay.

If later he harvests 5000 Knowledge Points daily, ten days fifty thousand, one hundred days five hundred thousand…

Rich! ~

And this "money" is far more useful than real-world money.

Five thousand Knowledge Points can add a National Treasure Doctor-level skill, letting Fang Ziye rapidly leap in a specialty.

One hundred? One thousand?

The current Fang Ziye has experienced the benefits of having many Premium skills.

Fang Ziye's skills were not achieved overnight.

Of course, Fang Ziye long ago passed the time when he needed to explain to others how he improved.

Before, Fang Ziye's every step of growth was watched by his own teachers. With their recognition, when he stepped out of Zhongnan Hospital Station, he didn't need to explain to anyone else.

Now with a "genius" halo, the current Fang Ziye doesn't need to explain to anyone.

And no one dares to ask Fang Ziye why you're so excellent?

Who are you? Are you qualified to ask?

Why don't you reflect on whether you've worked hard, whether your talent is enough?

With Knowledge Points at home, the heart doesn't panic.

With this wave of Knowledge Points supply, Fang Ziye didn't need to worry about Knowledge Point shortage in the short term.

"Then?"

Fang Ziye glanced at a column in his Panel.

【Medical Basic Cell Experiment Technique Level 6 0/500000】

【Incision Technique Level 6 0/500000】

This can still be added?

After adding this, could he Take Off right where he stood? Stand Firm and become an immortal?

However, five hundred thousand Knowledge Points is ten Level 6 Skills, roughly enough to let him raise the skills of ten Disciplines all to Level 4.

Breadth and Depth, how exactly should he choose?

Fang Ziye started Struggling again.

Forget it, wait until the day he saves up five hundred thousand then talk about it...

Sleep first then talk!

However, Fang Ziye wanting to sleep was merely his wishful thinking; not even Half Hour passed before a phone call shocked him awake.

Picked it up to look, it was from Deputy Professor Zhou Yan.

"Professor Zhou." Fang Ziye rubbed his eyes, cleared his throat.

"Professor Fang, thank you, I Just Arrived at the Laboratory, already saw Positive Result."

"Currently, Based On the data your team provided, Professor Fang, what can be affirmed is that the water sample environment where Local is located has Carcinogenic Tendency."

"Just that Based On sample analysis Benchmark National Standard, still cannot find specific Carcinogen, but As long as there is one Positive Result, our team must Carry Out next step actions..."

"Still hope Professor Fang can spend more thought, if can find out specifically which substance or Sample Size exceeding standard causes cancerous tendency, that would be Merit/Virtue immeasurable."

"Professor Fang, Prevention is Better than Cure!"

"Preventing trouble before it arises although won't concretely reflect on Patient, its Meaning, More Than all Treatment Effect."

"Treating the Undiseased is medicine's ultimate core! ~" Professor Zhou Yan spoke with resounding force.

(Chapter End)