Chapter 784

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Protagonist:

Fang Ziye

"Yeah, I just finished an early shift. Came over to take a look." Fang Ziye had returned from the animal lab to the department to check on yesterday's postoperative patients when he ran into two people greeting him at the ward doorway, and Fang Ziye replied with a sentence.

The visitors were a man and a woman, both roughly in their thirties. The man's appearance leaned mature and steady; the woman had a fiery figure, heavy makeup, and a thin face.

Fang Ziye thought they might be patients' family members or colleagues from the neighboring department.

"Professor Fang, Professor Fang, wait a moment..." Seeing Fang Ziye about to walk straight into the department, the young man squeezed out a face full of smiles and blocked Fang Ziye once.

"Professor Fang, we came specially to visit you. Wonder if you can spare us a bit of time?"

Fang Ziye paused slightly, turned, and said: "Who are the two of you?"

The middle-aged man said: "Professor Fang, we're from Hua Xia Hospital... it's like this, Professor Fang..."

Hearing this, Fang Ziye's eyes instinctively narrowed. After the two explained clearly, Fang Ziye understood — they were people from a private hospital.

They had come to connect with Fang Ziye, to have him go over for consultation surgeries.

"Wonder if Professor Fang could give us a little time? We can talk in depth about the details of this matter." After the young man finished, he appeared extremely polite.

"Our sincerity to Professor Fang will definitely satisfy Professor Fang."

Hearing this, Fang Ziye smiled and shook his head: "Forget it. My current work schedule is packed; I can't spare the time."

"I have to go do experiments on weekends too. Thanks for your hospital's trust and kindness! ~"

Fang Ziye cupped his hands with both hands, which counted as a fairly polite refusal.

Fang Ziye entered without being stopped, but the two still followed him into the ward. The young woman's voice was very soft and coaxing: "Professor Fang, don't be in a rush to refuse, okay?"

"We came with sincerity. You go to our place for consultation surgeries — just show up and operate. Everything else you don't have to worry about. We'll pay an operating-room fee based on the surgery's difficulty."

The young woman was very calculating; her voice wasn't low, stirring up the other patients in the ward so they could all hear.

She just wanted Fang Ziye to bring them to a place convenient for talking.

Fang Ziye's face hardened. He pointed at the young woman, tone unkind: "Are you going to use this kind of tactic?"

"If you say one more sentence, I'll have someone chase you out right now! ~"

For some famous experts who protect their own feathers, the young woman's words might make the other party step back a little and just bring them to the office.

Fang Ziye's anger weakened the young woman's momentum a few degrees. She lowered her voice: "Professor Fang, we also came bearing a task. Why not listen to our sincerity?"

"If you're really unsatisfied, refusing then won't be late either! ~"

"I didn't do it on purpose either."

Fang Ziye listened, took a deep breath: "Fine, then you speak. You say it right here. How are you going to give it to me?"

"You speak." Fang Ziye saw patients and family members coming out of the ward because of the woman's and Fang Ziye's voices, and instead seized the initiative.

"You speak. How much can your hospital give me per surgery? What's your hospital called anyway! ~"

The other party is an adult. Since they want to play schemes, Fang Ziye doesn't mind them bumping into a wall because of their own schemes.

Adults must be responsible for all their own behaviors. Even if she didn't mean it, she still has to answer for her own actions and words!

"Professor Fang, how is this convenient?" The young woman still carried sincerity. Now that they were being watched, how could she say how much they'd give Fang Ziye?

Fang Ziye akimbo: "You say it right here. I'm not afraid. Speak. How much can you give me?"

"If you don't speak, I'm leaving? If you keep following, that counts as malicious stalking. I have this many witnesses. If I call the police, you'll have to go to the police bureau and explain properly!!!"

A crowd has a crowd's benefits.

Fang Ziye publicly refused to go with them. If you still want to tail, that's ulterior motives.

Not to mention detention — once Fang Ziye calls the police, them being taken away to explain for a while is a certainty.

Even, if Fang Ziye really wants to sue them for involving theft of important national research project data resources, they're in for trouble.

This isn't a joke!

Given the data importance of Fang Ziye's current research group projects, if Fang Ziye's data were lost, never mind alarming provincial leaders — Han City's leaders would be extremely concerned and held responsible for it.

The young man glanced at the young woman, signaling her not to speak further.

Then he approached Fang Ziye and said in a low voice: "Professor Fang, if you come to our hospital to operate, we're willing to give you three thousand yuan an hour, plus a fifteen percent commission on medical expenses, or an operating-room fee of ten thousand yuan per surgery based on difficulty."

Finished, the young man said in a normal tone: "That's the going rate. This rate is the highest in the industry!"

Hearing this, Fang Ziye replied in a normal tone: "Just that little?"

Fang Ziye's sentence left the two of them at a loss.

What's wrong? Professor Fang. Average ten thousand per surgery, three thousand an hour, plus fifteen percent commission — is that still not enough?

But Fang Ziye's playful gaze didn't seem like he was faking. The young man said: "Professor Fang, what we can give is truly a very sincere market price. Our own hospital only earns a hard-earned fee."

Fang Ziye nodded: "I agree with your statement. But I told you earlier — I'm very busy, can't spare the time."

"You insist on playing tricks with me. I thought you'd have more money, offer me how much salary?"

"Didn't you inquire properly before coming?"

"Say something unpleasant — the three melons two dates you're offering, still not as much as I earn lying flat at home for a day."

"Since it's all just for earning money, your little bit more doesn't let me eat any better. Why should I come?"

"Forget it. I stated my position from the start. Don't waste any more thought. I haven't considered outside consultation surgeries for now. You shouldn't waste any more time either."

"I'm going to work. Don't disturb me."

"Sister Yao, if they keep following, please call the police in the department's name! ~" Fang Ziye turned to look at the on-duty nurse Wang Xinyao.

Wang Xinyao had long since come out from the nurse station. She nodded: "Rest assured, Director Fang. With so many of us watching, they definitely won't dare follow anymore."

The young man and woman left in great embarrassment.

……

Once out of the department's scope, the two turned into the stairwell.

The young woman's expression immediately changed: "This Director Fang really knows how to put on an act, doesn't he? What kind of thing is he? He just knows how to do a surgery, acting like he's so rich."

"If he were really that rich, would he still stay at Zhongnan Hospital as a doctor? For just this little bit!"

The young man took a deep breath: "Chen Fang, I told you, don't act rashly, and don't bring your little cleverness into work, but you just wouldn't listen."

"Why did you suddenly have to be so loud just now? Now you've made the situation so stiff? How do we explain things when we go back?"

The young woman's mouth corner curled slightly: "What do you mean I deliberately made such a loud noise?"

"It's clearly that Director Fang himself acting all high and mighty like a 2580, he wouldn't take money even if you gave it to him, looking like a total poor sourpuss!"

"Was the money we offered him not enough? If done well in a day, he could earn twenty or thirty thousand, isn't that more than he earns here?"

"There's a saying online that puts it well: a person can't earn money beyond their cognition, and that's exactly this kind of person……"

"Still complaining it's too little, just dying for face and living in suffering!"

"Maybe he'll take the initiative to call later, after all, it's that much money."

The young man was completely speechless: "Chen Fang, are you crazy? Did Director Fang ask for your phone number? Just call you?"

"He's gonna call you through the air, is he?"

Chen Fang's complexion changed slightly: "Oh right, he didn't leave us his number, but we already told him the hospital, maybe he'll look up our hospital's reception number and contact us?"

The young man completely broke down: "Fine, you're amazing! ~ You're formidable."

"I tm don't deserve to hang around in this hospital anymore, I should just quit! ~"

Regarding this weirdo who had been parachuted in, the young man was powerless to roast.

"You still look down on me? Let me tell you, your usual attitude toward handling things is just wrong, groveling all day long."

"What do you know? Our relationship with other professors is a partnership, we should be in an equal transaction position, each taking what we need."

"Come to think of it, we're the Party A who gives them the money."

"For example, our hospital's profits come from patients, patients are customers, customers are God……"

The young man walked away without looking back.

He felt he couldn't communicate with this person; even if the other party had just gone to a junior college, they wouldn't have such a deformed brain circuit.

Who knows where she picked up a few terms, and then she starts spouting nonsense, Party A and Party B all come out……

The young woman didn't chase either, but said indignantly: "You want to leave then leave, without you here, it's even more convenient for me to talk business."

"……"

Fang Ziye didn't take the matter of the young man and woman appearing in the department to heart; he'd been too busy this week to properly sort out next week's pre-op patients.

Happening to have no special tasks today, he came out early from the animal lab to sort out the basic situation of the newly admitted patients.

After leading the duty doctor on a round of the wards, Fang Ziye asked: "Xiao Dai, have Hu Qingyuan and Lan Tianluo gone running emergency surgeries again?"

Dai Zhusheng said: "Yes, Teacher Fang, recently Senior Brother Tianluo and Xiao Hu have both been soaking in the emergency operating room, seems like it's to practice the basic skills of tendon suturing technique."

"Heard Senior Brother Lan say he's no longer satisfied just being able to perform functional reconstruction surgery, wants to rush for functional rehabilitation surgery; as for Xiao Hu, he's just going along incidentally to learn!"

The difference between functional rehabilitation surgery and functional reconstruction surgery lies in the different tendon suturing techniques applied; although both originate from the basic skill of suturing technique, they still require a certain degree of skill and theoretical mutation.

Fang Ziye learned it from Professor Zhou Yan of Xiangya Hospital, achieving it by adding points; for Lan Tianluo and the others, they need to slowly accumulate in clinical practice, combining the theory Fang Ziye organized.

These two who know how to learn huddling together to practice basic skills, Fang Ziye doesn't need to worry.

Lan Tianluo's suturing technique has already reached Level 4, allowing bottom for common tendon injuries is no problem at all.

Dai Zhusheng added: "As for Senior Brother Tian Yao and Senior Brother Feng Junfeng, they went to the training room; they seem to be almost able to suture water-floating foam boards too……"

"Teacher Zhu Quanlin of Hand Surgery even said the two senior brothers' suturing technique is almost more excellent than Hand Surgery's same-class PhDs."

Fang Ziye understood the meaning of Dai Zhusheng's words.

The so-called suturing technique suturing water-floating foam boards corresponds to a skill level roughly at early-entry Level 3; for an orthopedics PhD, having Level 3 skill is very normal, slight talent can reach it.

But the two are indeed very hardworking!

Progress is a good thing.

"Hard work, everyone; guard the wards well, order whatever fruit you need, what I say I'll do, you don't need to save anything for me." Fang Ziye said politely.

"No no, Teacher Fang, I just personally like eating cucumbers, otherwise cucumbers aren't cheap either. I'll order other fruits." Dai Zhusheng said busily.

Cucumbers are indeed not cheap right now, close to ten yuan a catty.

"Xiao Dai, you're still very good; I've heard Hu Qingyuan and them mention you, work hard, strive to read a PhD later and stay at the hospital, your class, I'm still very optimistic about you." Fang Ziye encouraged.

Dai Zhusheng was slightly bashful, modestly saying: "Teacher Fang, that kind of thing is too far off; I'm only in my first year of master's, and only got in on my second attempt……"

The reason Dai Zhusheng calls Hu Qingyuan Xiao Hu is because they knew each other back in undergrad; Dai Zhusheng is Hu Qingyuan's senior brother, they'd met before.

But at that time, Dai Zhusheng was just an ordinary undergrad, Hu Qingyuan was the next class's academic ace, not much interaction, but still senior brother; although currently in the same class, the Xiao Hu title he didn't easily change, after all it's more intimate……

Only then did Fang Ziye go out the door.

Just as he exited the ward doorway, Fang Ziye saw that young woman.

The young woman's complexion right now was exceptionally ugly; her already foundation-covered face turned even paler: "Professor Fang, I'm sorry! ~"

"I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, please don't call anymore." The young woman's voice was panic-stricken and near tears!

"What call, call what? Who did I call?"

"Get up properly, speak properly!" Fang Ziye stepped back a few steps, not letting the young woman touch him.

The woman, because of Fang Ziye's avoidance, slumped onto the ground.

"Professor Fang, I really know I was wrong, don't let them fire me, I really didn't do it on purpose." The young woman, staggering to her feet, the whole person looked exceptionally pitiful, voice also coquettish and tearful.

Fang Ziye said: "I said, I didn't call; you properly tell me what exactly happened."

The woman told the specific situation: saying Hua Xia Hospital's major shareholder received a call, personally called from Guangzhou, wanting to directly fire her.

The young woman made a round of calls, couldn't figure out what was going on, then called her "boyfriend"!

Only then did she realize she had offended someone, and moreover, her "boyfriend" immediately distanced himself from her.

Fang Ziye turned his head to look toward the ward direction, thoughtful.

Then he said: "I didn't call your hospital; you can tell them clearly that I'm not angry and don't blame you! ~"

"After all, you didn't cause me any harassment or harm; you go back, just tell them that."

"If they don't believe it, you can call me; of course, it's impossible for me to take the initiative to call you."

Fang Ziye had already walked to the elevator side.

"Director Fang! ~ Please help me?" the young woman coquettishly pleaded.

Fang Ziye warned: "If you continue to entangle endlessly, I can't guarantee that when I receive a call later I won't speak nonsense."

"There are cameras everywhere here; don't think about playing any dirty tricks with me! ~"

"Don't come again in the future; I'm really very busy."

"Thank you, Professor Fang! ~" The young woman was somewhat afraid; if she still didn't understand now that Fang Ziye was someone she absolutely could not afford to provoke, she might as well have died long ago.

It was just that her experience was too shallow; she always thought her "boyfriend" carried great weight in Han City, so a doctor from a small hospital, she could disregard.

Before it might have been like that, but today encountering Fang Ziye let her roughly know the depth of this world.

Fang Ziye alone entered the elevator.

Because Fang Ziye let the young woman go first but she refused.

……

"Ah? Really? Song Yi really said that?"

"Teacher Duan, you can't joke with me like this; Elder Brother and I are quite familiar too; he should have directly sent me a message..." Fang Ziye hadn't gotten in the car yet, striding back and forth in the parking lot with big steps.

Expression overjoyed.

Fang Ziye here still hadn't figured out how to ask Professor Duan Hong to bring Song Yi over; unexpectedly, Duan Hong called Fang Ziye at this time, saying Song Yi himself proposed wanting to come over for exchange learning for a while.

As the saying goes, near vermilion one turns red, near ink one turns black; Song Yi hopes to integrate into a higher-quality team, learn better techniques; this is a very normal thing.

It's just that this happiness came too suddenly.

Making Fang Ziye, who always actively sought happiness himself, somewhat unaccustomed.

"Ziye, don't be so exaggerated, okay? How familiar are we?"

"Naturally it's true; if you're unwilling, just treat it as if I never said it."

"Song Yi is too embarrassed to talk to you directly, and only after a very long time of deep consideration did he think to have me intervene, to ask a favor from you!" Duan Hong said.

"After all, today's Professor Fang is not the same as before."

Duan Hong deliberately emphasized the three words "Professor Fang."

"Teacher Duan, if I have any shortcomings, please speak directly; there's no need to be so polite with me, right?"

"From the start, I've held you, Teacher Duan, in high respect; you've also always called me Ziye; is it that I did something not well enough, affecting you, Teacher Duan?" Fang Ziye actively accompanied with a smile.

Fang Ziye's current comprehensive achievements certainly surpass Duan Hong's; in terms of social status, Fang Ziye privately saying he's on par with Duan Hong is no issue.

No one would have special thoughts.

But Duan Hong's so many years of experience, the health blessings brought to so many patients, are what Fang Ziye must respect.

Although the principle of respecting the robe not the person is not good, to a certain extent, those able to wear the robe at least have some financial power.

Duan Hong being able to sit in the position of Hubei Province Trauma Surgery Committee Director proves his virtue is upright, no major faults, and his skills are solid.

Otherwise, he would have been toppled by someone long ago!

Your conduct improper, you still expect to get promotion from the hands of your "competitors"?

Dream on.

Even the current Fang Ziye, if he did "trample human lives" things, Fang Ziye's fellow disciples would probably go report him.

"Fang Ziye, ah, you just don't say such pretty words."

"The principle is that principle, but Professor Fang you now are different; usually can't see you, during holidays also can't see you." Duan Hong hinted, and really pointed it out.

"Teacher Duan, my fault, but this year New Year I really was too busy; not to mention Teacher Duan you, I haven't even been to my two teachers' homes."

"You don't believe you can call and ask yourself; if I lied, let me not sleep for a month! ~" Fang Ziye made a "vow" close to reality!

"Is that so? Then Fang Ziye the things you've been busy with recently aren't small, ah?"

"What can make you so forget sleep and food, it's not a small project, right?" Duan Hong asked further.

Fang Ziye thought carefully for a while, and didn't conceal: "It's functional reconstruction and functional recreation after spinal cord injury."

Duan Hong fell silent.

But his breathing rose and fell heavily!

This continued for at least thirty seconds, perhaps longer.

Only then did Duan Hong say: "I knew it; Fang Ziye your existence is our Hubei Province orthopedic circle's blessing."

"Even if this project isn't our Trauma Surgery's, I'm happy for it, proud of it! ~"

Duan Hong's voice began to tremble, tone determined: "Fang Ziye, our Hubei Province Orthopedics Branch, will certainly rise, even suppress the entire nation!!!"

"In other aspects of fighting for fame and profit, we can be humble, but in academic fighting for fame and profit, you can regard everyone as opponents; even Academician teams, you can step on them! ~"

"Because this is the most proper, most aboveboard means."

"Striving to serve the country through science and technology, even if sacrificing some old comrades' 'empty fame,' it's not a shameful thing! ~"

Every word Duan Hong spoke was solemn and resonant.

Indeed so!

This is a very simple principle.

In Eastern Han, is Yuan Longping's achievement and reputation great or not? Does the world respect him or not?

Of course they respect him.

But if, on the basis of Yuan Lao's prior achievements, you can emerge out of nowhere and suppress its reputation with even more impressive achievements and even more excellent results,

then everyone will speak well of you.

No one will say you disrespect your teachers and the Dao, and no one will feel you disrespect old comrades.

The meaning of scientific research is to push out the old and bring in the new.

The essence of scientific research is constant innovation, constantly creating new peaks!

Your excellence will not completely overshadow others' achievements! ~

"Teacher Duan, when can Big Brother Song Yi come over? If he's convenient and has no important tasks recently, can he come now?" Fang Ziye said with a smile.

The reason Fang Ziye spoke frankly to Duan Hong was precisely for this sentence.

"Come, come tomorrow."

"No, I'll have him come now; if we need to find a house, we'll find a house or something..." Duan Hong said.

Fang Ziye has shown such sincerity, willing to let Song Yi participate in such a major research project.

If he, as a teacher, still doesn't express his stance in time, it would be a bit too hypocritical.

"Okay, Teacher Duan, after you have Elder Brother Song Yi come over, give me a call; I need to treat him to a meal." Fang Ziye said with a smile.

Duan Hong's side was no longer polite: "Then I'll convey this good news to Song Yi."

Duan Hong didn't mention the other members of the team anymore.

Song Yi being able to squeeze in was already Fang Ziye being generous enough; now that Fang Ziye doesn't lack people, forcing more people into Fang Ziye's team would be too shameless.

After hanging up the phone, Fang Ziye's expression finally relaxed.

He lacks people!

Song Yi happens to be one of the main forces Fang Ziye lacks; just as he had this idea, someone came offering a pillow—this feeling was too subtle.

So, after getting in the car, Fang Ziye played music directly while rushing home.

The car phone rang just then, from Luo Tingzhu: "Senior Brother, are you back..."

"On the way back. By the way, let me tell you something interesting..." Fang Ziye then told Luo Tingzhu about the few things that happened today.

Luo Tingzhu seemed not surprised that Chen Guangbai would come, and didn't care about the specific content, but instead analyzed very carefully:

"Senior Brother, you say, those two people you met today, could they be spies arranged by other private hospitals?"

"They plant themselves first to make you feel Hua Xia Hospital is unreliable, and then when they come to invite you, you'll have the prior comparison, and maybe you can succeed."

Fang Ziye replied: "That probably wouldn't be the case? But such a possibility isn't ruled out."

"It's just that this matter today made me realize that in the wards of our new campus, there are still crouching tigers and hidden dragons, with quite a few people having considerable influence."

"Just hearing the other party mention the name of Hua Xia Hospital, they can directly contact the Major Shareholder!"

Private hospitals are for-profit in nature, essentially not much different from companies.

If they want to fire someone, as long as they're willing to pay compensation, you have no choice; if they tell you to leave, you have to leave!

Luo Tingzhu replied: "Isn't it because Senior Brother you carry more and more weight now, so more people are willing to come for surgery under Senior Brother your name?"

"No matter what disease type, they could be people with power and influence."

"They don't care how much money is spent, only whether the treatment quality is good or not."

"Also, Senior Brother you said Professor Duan would send Song Yi to our team? Is that true?"

"We only discussed Song Yi privately a few days ago."

"Could it be that Big Brother Nie Mingxian leaked the news, or made an appointment with Song Yi in advance..."

Luo Tingzhu offered another 'conspiracy' guess.

"No, Tingzhu, what drama have you been watching lately? Why does everything around you have to involve some unknown conspiracy behind the scenes?" Fang Ziye suddenly said with a laugh.

"Spy films, an old movie; I watched three episodes in one breath today." Luo Tingzhu said with a slightly exaggerated tone.

"It's fine, you can watch a few more episodes." Fang Ziye said.

After composing her emotions, Luo Tingzhu asked very cleverly: "Senior Brother, according to the current situation, how do you plan to get along with Teacher Duan's team in the future?"

"Same as before? Or...?"

Luo Tingzhu's words left Fang Ziye a bit silent; Fang Ziye thought calmly for a full minute before saying: "Actually, I haven't decided yet."

"At first, sufficient respect definitely needs to be given."

"Actually, according to my thinking, I hope Professor Duan and them can go deeper into the research project between artificial intelligence and orthopedics."

"But Teacher Duan's team is very mature, their clinical professional capability is more prosperous than our team. It's the 'prosperous' sheng, so I can't give specific suggestions."

"Actually, if there's an opportunity to dig up Teacher Duan's entire team together, that would be perfect."

"But this idea is too greedy!!" Fang Ziye did not hide his true intentions.

If now, the trauma surgery team of Zhongnan Hospital had the ability of Professor Duan Hong's clinical team, Fang Ziye would definitely have advanced far in the field of limb salvage surgery.

It's just a pity that now Fang Ziye still has to play the raising-game.

Actually, even if Professor Duan Hong's team merges in, it would still need a very long adjustment period.

Luo Tingzhu indeed laughed: "Senior Brother, you really dare to think; this kind of thing is impossible to happen."

"Professor Duan Hong, as a professor of trauma surgery at Tongji Hospital and the director of trauma surgery, is impossible to cut off his own potential to fully cooperate with other teams."

"Cooperation is one thing, directly merging with other teams is another."

"Killing the chicken to get the egg; anyone with a bit of ambition wouldn't do such a thing."

"Being controlled by others is not as good as being controlled by oneself!"

Fang Ziye said: "I of course know it's a daydream, so I dare to talk about this kind of thing with you."

"Don't be too greedy; being able to temporarily transfer Song Yi over is already a very good thing."

"Now, Professor Liao Jia is back, Shang Kunpeng is still in the team, another great general has been added; our team's members are becoming more and more three-dimensional."

"The overall framework is roughly complete; next comes the time for vertical development."

"If one day Jie Han can fully walk out, our team will truly become an especially steady six-sided team!"

"Yes, yes!" Luo Tingzhu replied.

"Right, Senior Brother, can we chat in detail about the specific content Doctor Chen Guangbai talked with you about today?" Luo Tingzhu still hadn't let go of this detail.

Fang Ziye naturally agreed, and the two entered quite deeply into this private topic.

It wasn't until roughly eleven o'clock that Fang Ziye received Song Yi's greeting text message.

"Professor Fang, I've already arrived, and I've also arranged my dormitory well. I don't know if Professor Fang is busy today, if you have time to come out together for a late-night snack?"

Fang Ziye showed the message to Luo Tingzhu, saying: "Tingzhu, you rest first, I have to go out and handle human relations, might have to drink a bit of wine! ~"

"I'll send you a message after I come back in the evening."

Toward Song Yi, Fang Ziye truly cherished him.

It's just that before he could never cherish him enough; now this pillow sent over, Fang Ziye absolutely cannot let it go!! (Chapter End)