Chapter 656: Strong Old Wine Flavor (Requesting Subscription)

Xiangya Third Hospital, Spine Surgery Senior Professional Title Office, after Deng Dongkai pushed open the office door, he turned back and said: "Chang Hao, you close the door behind you."

Deng Dongkai is one of the Spine Surgery Group Leader Professors at the Third Hospital, Chang Hao is the Associate Professor following him.

Chang Hao conveniently turned and closed the door; he was slightly plump in build, his jawbone propping his face plate up slightly large, flat nose inhaling and moving: "Professor Deng, how come this Liu Gaobo has processed discharge again?"

"Originally he was to have surgery this Thursday, he himself applied to postpone to next week, now he wants to discharge again."

"If I remember correctly, Liu Gaobo is Chen Jiarui's relative, right?"

"I'll make a phone call to ask Chen Jiarui."

Chen Jiarui is the Spine Surgery Attending Physician, also following Professor Deng Dongkai.

"Chang Hao, you don't need to call Chen Jiarui, this Liu Gaobo's discharge was suggested by me." Deng Dongkai stretched out his hand, pressing down on Chang Hao's movement.

Hearing this, Chang Hao's hand that had reached into his pocket withdrew again, turning annoyance into a smile: "Professor Deng, then for our surgery schedule next Tuesday, which bed number do we add in?"

The group doesn't lack this one surgery slot; the department has plenty of patients awaiting surgery.

Chang Hao merely felt Liu Gaobo changing his mind again and again was somewhat wasting everyone's time and feelings, not that he absolutely had to do this one surgery.

Deng Dongkai, however, didn't answer this question, but instead countered: "Chang Hao, do you know a doctor named Fang Ziye in Hubei Province Zhongnan Hospital Orthopedics?"

Chang Hao first froze, narrowed his eyes: "Professor Deng, seems like I've heard it somewhere, not very familiar."

Chang Hao is only a Spine Surgery Associate Professor; Hunan Province's Spine Surgery barriers haven't been broken through yet, even if he wanted to know professors outside the province, he still had to see if other professors were in a good mood.

Orthopedics doctors, Chang Hao currently only knows those in this hospital.

Each position has each position's vision; Chang Hao currently must devote more time to learning surgical techniques and carrying out research projects, preparing for promotion.

"Knife sound—!" Just then, the Senior Office door was knocked.

A pretty voice immediately followed: "Professor Deng, Professor Chang, I am Xie Xin."

"Come in." Deng Dongkai replied.

The door opened, Xie Xin in a floral long skirt with a white coat over it walked in, hair tied in a bun, looking especially sharp.

After Xie Xin entered, she said: "Professor Deng, I just sent a message to Professor Fang Ziye, but the other party hasn't replied yet."

"However, I should be able to strive for it." Xie Xin lightly bit her red lip.

Hearing this, Chang Hao slowly reacted: "Oh, Xie Xin, the one you were chatting with Lin Chuan about before, Liu Gaobo's son-in-law, is also our Orthopedics practitioner?"

"Was Liu Gaobo led away by his son-in-law? Where does he plan to transfer to?"

"Hubei's Zhongnan Hospital?"

Chang Hao may not know a certain doctor in Hubei Zhongnan Hospital, but some relatively well-known hospital names in Central China, he must remember; during usual academic exchanges, Zhongnan Hospital's name also often appears...

Deng Dongkai stood before the chair, propping his chin and not sitting down, pondered a moment before saying: "Chang Hao, you really don't pay enough meticulous attention to Orthopedics research progress in recent years."

"This Professor Fang Ziye of Zhongnan Hospital is the Orthopedics professor who developed and improved the Microcirculation Instrument..."

"Alright, you listen first; in the future when you have time you still need to appropriately read more information posted on official accounts, don't be too careless and rash."

Chang Hao felt he was inexplicably scolded, but still obediently shifted to the side, pricking up his ears.

Even if Fang Ziye is a Zhongnan Hospital professor, that's not the absolute reason Deng Dongkai actively persuaded Liu Gaobo to discharge.

"Xie Xin, you yourself are from Tumor Department; what insights do you have on Professor Fang's recently researched Microcirculation Instrument combined with Orthopedics Tumor chemotherapy regimen project?"

"Last time there seemed to be an academic report; did you go?" Deng Dongkai asked.

Xie Xin shook her head: "Professor Deng, I wanted to go, but simply wasn't qualified enough."

"That academic report was invitation-only; people without invitation letters couldn't attend; Zhongnan Hospital also didn't send me an invitation letter."

"Nor did they send one to my teacher."

"I later heard, more attendees were still Bone Tumor specialty professors; our Third Hospital Bone Tumor specialty's Chi Professor went."

"Yesterday I called Chi Professor; he also expressed that if we really can strive for Spine Surgery or Bone Tumor specialty clinical pilot, he would spare no effort to cooperate with us, sharing resources."

Chang Hao was slightly confused, wanted to speak, but seeing Deng Dongkai raise his hand to cut off his throat: "Chang Hao you listen first, don't speak."

"Last night, Qiao Yongjian also called me. Roughly reported this Professor Fang's resume; he is an extremely extremely excellent person."

"Strong strength, research thinking tricky and sharp."

"Our Third Hospital Spine Surgery, in Hunan Province has always been in a wavering position; to say something we can only say behind closed doors, those two brothers ahead simply never treated us as human."

"Occasionally Provincial People's Hospital would also privately step on us..."

"So, this time might be an opportunity."

"Liu Gaobo is a Sha City local; he was willing to choose our hospital for hospitalization treatment, rather than go to Xiangya and Xiangya Second, mainly because of Chen Jiarui's connection; familiar people are easy to handle."

"So, if we can keep Liu Gaobo here, maybe we really can strive for a clinical pilot opportunity."

"After all?" Deng Dongkai didn't finish his words.

But Xie Xin and Chang Hao both understood Deng Dongkai's meaning; this Liu Gaobo happens to be Fang Ziye's 'father-in-law'; if the other party is unwilling to go to Hubei for treatment, then most likely he would still stay at Xiangya Third for hospitalization treatment.

With this pivot layer, that's naturally a few points more intimate relationship than others.

Xie Xin at this moment didn't hide it either: "Professor Deng, I and Professor Fang and Professor Fang's girlfriend were previously quite familiar; I will do my utmost to strive for it!"

"Need Director Xie to make an appearance? That would appear more formal." Deng Dongkai suggested.

Deng Dongkai is a Third Hospital professor; other specialties he can't be responsible for, but how much Deng Dongkai hopes his own Spine Surgery can stand on equal footing with the other two brothers, dividing 'Hunan Province' three ways!

This needs an opportunity; original innovation is absolutely the only chance to overtake on a curve.

The reason Xie Xin could come from Tumor Department to Spine Surgery to 'practice' is not only because she is a Tumor Department Doctor, but because Xie Youwen is Xie Xin's biological uncle.

So, Xie Xin very naturally chose Spine Surgery Tumor as her first station for Tumor Department chemotherapy regimen 'establishing herself'.

"Teacher Deng, my meaning is, I'll privately contact first, ask Professor Fang's attitude; if he has this intention, I'll then have Director Xie go invite."

"This way there's a way both advancing and retreating."

"Only a pity, previously I used up the favor..." Xie Xin at this moment was quite regretful.

If the previous favor hadn't been used up, then now, Xie Xin could completely use the favor on this clinical pilot.

But last time, when Xiangya Hospital Anesthesiology Department's professor invited her to go to Zhongnan Hospital together, it had already been used up.

Now recalling it, Xie Xin regretted it to death.

Compared to the original harvest, the favors expended were "not quite equivalent."

"Alright then, Xie Xin, the follow-up on this Liu Gaobo will be handled by you for coordination and communication! ~"

"But remember one thing: absolutely do not induce him, or it will backfire. Ask more, ask about his own thoughts."

"Also, regarding Professor Chi from the Bone Tumor Department, I'll also go coordinate with him..." Deng Dongkai said.

The treatment of tumors, at least the treatment of orthopedic tumors, within the next twenty years, is very likely to see revolutionary changes. If this time I fail to seize the opportunity to be at the forefront, I will lose the best chance to sprint ahead.

It was also because Xie Xin was more meticulous that, while bringing Lin Chuan on ward rounds, she overheard Liu Gaobo chatting with other patient friends...

After Deng Dongkai left the senior office, Chang Hao chatted with Xie Xin in detail for a while longer.

Only then did he press: "Xie Xin, this Liu Gaobo, and this Fang Ziye, what exactly is their relationship? Why do I still feel a bit muddled listening to it?"

"According to what you say, Liu Gaobo is surnamed Liu, while Professor Fang Ziye's spouse is surnamed Luo."

"Son-in-law? Name change? Adoption?"

Xie Xin shook her head: "Not a name change, not adoption. Liu Gaobo's current wife is Luo Tingzhu's birth mother."

"However, from the process of Liu Gaobo's exchanges with other patient friends, it should be inferable that Liu Gaobo's relationship with Luo Tingzhu is quite good, at least without too many conflicts."

"This point can be inferred from the fact that after I called Professor Fang Ziye, Liu Gaobo immediately requested discharge."

"If Liu Gaobo's relationship with his stepdaughter was very stiff, or very bad, then Liu Gaobo wouldn't necessarily mention Fang Ziye while chatting with strangers."

"Professor Fang Ziye also wouldn't have intervened across the board for this matter."

Xie Xin's logical thinking was extremely meticulous.

No other reason: it just so happened she was fairly familiar with Fang Ziye, and in recent years, Fang Ziye's moves had all been very large-scale, and Xie Xin had been keeping an eye on him all along.

So actually she'd had the idea of collaborating with Fang Ziye for a long time; once the opportunity arrived, she could seize it immediately.

After Xie Xin finished speaking, in her heart she was thinking: back then those two junior brothers and sisters, they were just young men and women fresh out of the thatched cottage, unable to even afford a cell line, having to trade for one online.

Now in merely a few years, they've actually already reached this step.

"Xie Xin, this Professor Fang, is really not yet thirty?" Chang Hao's expression was somewhat exaggerated; at thirty-five, his brow wrinkles were at least deeply furrowed to fifty years old.

"Three years ago, this Professor Fang was just a master's student about to graduate, a PhD candidate! ~"

"You say how old he could be?" Xie Xin finished, sighed a breath, hands in pockets, and sighed a long breath again.

"The thing I regret most now is actually not that I used up Professor Fang's favor, but that at the first time I met him, I didn't think to poach him to our Xiangya department."

"If one had known earlier?"

Listening to Xie Xin's lament, Chang Hao's expression twitched repeatedly, then he decisively shook his head: "If everyone had known earlier, where would there be our hospital's share?"

"According to what you say, Xie Xin, PUMCH, Beijing Third Hospital, Jishuitan, Huashan Hospital, West China Hospital, etc., would have long since smashed him dizzy with money, let alone other conveniences?"

"This is truly ruthless! ~"

"No wonder Professor Deng, upon hearing Liu Gaobo was Professor Fang's 'father-in-law,' became so cautious; one should indeed be more cautious." Chang Hao had by now read through most of Fang Ziye's resume.

These resumes didn't come from encyclopedias, but from Xie Xin's 'collection'!

A professor developing an improvement to a microcirculation instrument is enough to make a run at Young Thousand Talents; Fang Ziye developed a whole series.

There's also a whole series of mangled extremity limb salvage surgeries.

With this kind of accumulation, if it weren't for Fang Ziye being too young, the Young Thousand Talents hat and Changjiang Scholar title would have long been equipped down to the soles of his feet.

After Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu's plane landed, Ruan Qiutao called, first confirming both had arrived safely.

Only then did Ruan Qiutao say softly: "Tingzhu, Mom owes you an apology, but Mom knows you're a good daughter. Even if your dad and I owe you, you won't take it out on your Uncle Liu and Liu Xia."

"Your Uncle Liu and I, after several days of cautious consideration, still decided to follow your suggestion and wait a bit."

"But Mom still wants to explain a few sentences: before we made this decision, we already asked connections to inquire about Fang Ziye..."

"Mom doesn't want you to misunderstand either; just wants to be a bit more assured."

Listening to Ruan Qiutao's exceptionally careful tone, Luo Tingzhu had a moment where she wanted to cry, but she quickly held it back.

She had already grown up, also matured, so she could quickly regulate her emotions: "It's okay, Mom. For Uncle Liu this is a big deal, and it's something one encounters only once in a lifetime."

"Naturally one must be more cautious."

"This time Senior Brother Fang was also rather bold to make this suggestion; Uncle Liu also has to take a certain risk."

"But if the clinical trial gets approved, according to our research group's current projections, in subsequent treatment Uncle Liu will have much, much less suffering."

"Including but not limited to money spent, and personal experience." Luo Tingzhu tried her best not to talk about emotional matters.

She could come to Sha City for a trip, calmly go to Ruan Qiutao and Liu Gaobo's home — actually it was Fang Ziye who gave her quite a lot of bottom-line confidence.

Loneliness is a kind of illness, at least Luo Tingzhu believes so.

"Tingzhu, Mom wishes you have fun, and also wishes you a happy new marriage." Ruan Qiutao suddenly said.

Luo Tingzhu had only told Ruan Qiutao about her getting married and starting a family, but didn't invite her to the wedding scene; she herself understood.

"Thanks, Mom." Luo Tingzhu said.

Ruan Qiutao immediately followed up with a bit more boldness: "Tingzhu, your Uncle Liu said he wants to attend your wedding. What's your own thought?"

Some things must have someone bring them up first; if Luo Tingzhu couldn't open this mouth, then she would open it.

Luo Tingzhu listened, somewhat surprised, yet also as if she didn't find it that scary. Nor was it that maladaptive.

When you have an emotional anchor, you instead feel that all the previous disgust and "hatred" aren't that important anymore, because life walks forward.

Fang Ziye nodded at Luo Tingzhu.

"Sure, Senior Brother Fang and I will send Mom the invitation letter."

"However, I already greeted my teachers in advance; at that time let them walk me through the ceremonial gate." Luo Tingzhu hurriedly explained.

"Mm, Heaven Earth Monarch Parent Teacher! ~"

"Teachers can stand in." Ruan Qiutao said.

……

After hanging up the phone, Luo Tingzhu's mood relaxed considerably, her posture straightened, and even her walk became more confident.

Fang Ziye didn't speak, just pushed the suitcase and walked side by side with Luo Tingzhu! ~

After the two got out of the car, they each hailed a taxi to the hotel.

Because their pre-wedding photoshoot was the day after tomorrow, they arrived at noon on Sunday; the photography company would only pick them up at the airport one day in advance.

After winding their way to the taxi stand, the two got in a taxi; sitting in the taxi, Luo Tingzhu said: "My parents separated when I was very young."

"I haven't seen them for nearly twenty years, so I'm very nervous."

Luo Tingzhu is only twenty-seven this year; nearly twenty years without seeing them means that in Luo Tingzhu's growing-up memories, there is probably only the label of parents.

In the first half of Luo Tingzhu's life, the two of them had zero participation.

Feeling that Luo Tingzhu had more or less moved past her knot, Fang Ziye changed the subject, guiding by the matter at hand: "Tingzhu, you're quite close with Senior Sister Xie Xin in private."

"She just sent me a message; why don't you decide?"

"There will be many hospitals and teams for our team to conduct clinical trials with; I can't possibly position each one in detail! ~"

"Each core member of our team will then be responsible for docking with at least three to five hospitals to carry out clinical trials."

"I'll just slack off a bit and only take charge of Hubei Province's hospitals then." Fang Ziye said.

To launch new tumor-related clinical treatment, clinical trials must go through at least three or four phases, and each phase must have sufficient samples to support such a treatment plan making it into guidelines or publications.

The process will inevitably be tortuous and will consume a lot of time.

This kind of new plan reform is different from the previous mangled extremity limb-salvage surgery.

Mangled extremity limb-salvage surgery, strictly speaking, is merely a fine-tuning of operative technique; senior professional titles qualify one to make subtle adjustments to any surgery based on one's own experience and level, seeking the same destination by different paths.

But new chemotherapy regimens, or even clinical projects on radiotherapy drug delivery methods, cannot be so arbitrary.

Hearing this, Luo Tingzhu narrowed her eyes: "Senior Brother, my suggestion is to agree; Xiangya Third Hospital is also one of Hunan Province's very good hospitals, with a large patient volume, making it a very good clinical project cooperation unit."

"This isn't just because of Uncle Liu's connection; rather, if we were to cooperate with Xiangya Hospital or Xiangya Second Hospital, the other party might instead be even more greedy."

Cooperation is bargaining.

The stronger the cooperation counterpart, the more you can only stand in a relatively passive position, with many scruples.

Conversely, hospitals that aren't that famous but still have strong strength are less complicated when handling relationships.

"Senior Brother, our this project, after nearly two-plus months of fermentation, has finally started to slowly waft fragrance! ~" Luo Tingzhu was somewhat happy.

Everyone invested a lot of energy, manpower, and material resources for this project; now watching it mature, finally able to harvest the fruit, Luo Tingzhu was naturally excited.

"Mm, yes, from our project initiation idea to now, counting fully it's already been nearly four months."

"Four months is actually very short, not even one-tenth of the way, but the road ahead won't be that difficult, because we don't create original chemotherapy regimens, we only change the form of chemotherapy."

"Tingzhu, watch; although we're holed up in Enshi, all the projects we're researching will one day ferment, and the more they ferment, the wider the scope of influence."

"Scientific research is a relatively fair track; it doesn't depend on where you start, only on how far you've run, how fast your speed, and where the finish line is..." Fang Ziye's tone was somewhat old-fashioned.

But this can't be blamed on Fang Ziye, because this thing called research accumulation is like wine, needing slow precipitation.

The longer the more fragrant, the longer the richer; it's always right there, neither increasing nor decreasing, but needs years and time to witness...

This is confidence, and also foundation.

"Senior Brother, are there a lot of professors sending emails requesting cooperation now?" Luo Tingzhu asked again.

"I'm talking about professors, oh?"

Immediately after, Luo Tingzhu mouthed to Fang Ziye: "Quasi-Academician Treatment..."

Generally speaking, domestically there will be many professors requesting cooperation with you; most likely it won't be another professor, but Academicians who exist transcendentally in the academic circle.

Academicians represent a country's scientific research ceiling, are the topmost representatives, are a national gate's gatekeepers.

It's not because the Academician title gave them transcendent ability, but because they originally already accumulated transcendent ability, and only then entered the Academician threshold.

"Mm, there are quite a few."

"This time, we decide for ourselves, no need to depend on others, borrowing a tiger's might."

"Our team has the capability to guard everything, withstand all attacks." Fang Ziye said.

"Professor Liu Huanglong, Professor Duan Hong." Luo Tingzhu muttered in a low voice.

Previously, the several projects Fang Ziye launched in Zhongnan Hospital, because Fang Ziye was low-ranking and lightly regarded, and because Deng Yong himself wasn't too good at gatekeeping, there inevitably had to be someone who could guard the project gate.

Fang Ziye chose Liu Huanglong, and then pulled Duan Hong in as well.

No way around it.

Carrying a jade brings crime; a child carrying gold through a busy market?

Hehe.

"No gain without loss; you think, Professor Liu Huanglong also suffered before becoming a professor, suffered a lot of grievances."

"What we can do is let our students suffer fewer grievances." Fang Ziye said.

"Mm."

After Luo Tingzhu hmphed, she said in a low voice: "Senior Brother, besides this project, I also separately started a small project, which is about degenerative disease cell line construction."

Luo Tingzhu immediately raised her voice: "Senior Brother, although my steps aren't as fast as yours, I've still been walking all along."

"Just spanning three directions at once is already my limit."

"Silly, is being with you only caring about how excellent you are?" Fang Ziye touched Luo Tingzhu's hair.

"Then what else?" Luo Tingzhu asked.

"Love at first sight." Fang Ziye answered.

The driver uncle suddenly slammed the brakes, turned his head to look twice, his Adam's apple bobbed twice, then sighed leisurely: "You young people nowadays... morals declining daily."

Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu both flushed red with embarrassment.

(Chapter End)