Chapter 807

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Protagonist:

Fang Ziye

"Brother, Big Brother, God, when are you coming back? Master Nuo and I really can't hold things together on our own?" Qin Geluo called while Fang Ziye was driving Luo Tingzhu on a self-driving tour around Han City.

After venting, Qin Geluo asked: "Uncle and Aunt are back, they're not with you, right?"

Qin Geluo was quite a bit older than Fang Ziye, but Fang Ziye's rank had risen fast, so they had always addressed each other as 'brothers' ever since.

"What's wrong, Brother Luo? Did a difficult patient come to the group?" Fang Ziye glanced toward Luo Tingzhu.

Luo Tingzhu covered her face with a book, lying on a rattan chair rocking back and forth; hearing Qin Geluo's words, she slowly closed her eyes and perked up her ears to listen.

Qin Geluo was an attending physician temporarily transferred from the Ben Yuan hospital area to help after Fang Ziye's "leave"; currently, the group was mainly propped up by Tang Sai, Qin Geluo, and Li Nuo, the three of them.

"It's not that the patients are difficult; it's that leading the group is hard to lead. Our group currently collects patients with quite a struggle."

"If you say collect Joint Surgery patients, Master Nuo and I would just get punished standing; if you say collect Trauma Surgery patients, Big Brother Tang feels extra unfamiliar."

"We don't even dare collect patients with functional impairment; the three of us aren't Hand Surgery Specialty, so it's really awkward right now."

"You'd better hurry back next month. Brother!" Qin Geluo urged.

Qin Geluo didn't know Dean Liao Jiayuan had urged Fang Ziye, so he still thought Fang Ziye was planning to take leave until after May 1st.

Before leading a group, everyone looks forward to leading one, but when you truly have to be Principal Investigator for everything, the incidental pressure that comes with it is not small.

Not only is there no one to allow bottom for you, you're more afraid a bunch of people following you won't have a meal to eat, and also afraid your own clinical work won't be done well enough...

"If I could really stay until after May 1st that'd be great, but Dean Liao called and cut my leave short early."

"Brother Luo, recently the wedding's been busy, so I haven't paid extra attention to the group chat messages; what kind of patients are in our group right now?" Fang Ziye asked.

"Occasionally there are some joint replacement patients, but Big Brother Tang's outpatient volume isn't much either."

"Most are emergency surgeries pressing beds."

"Equivalent to: our group's current inpatients are mostly mangled extremity, and it's me and Lan Tianluo two people topping the surgery volume."

"Me and Li Nuo have encountered some tricky patients in outpatient, but we don't dare collect them either..."

"Right, you just said you're coming back before May 1st? Specifically when?"

"If you can come back, hurry back; the brothers really need you." Qin Geluo said.

From Qin Geluo's perspective, Fang Ziye's leave time was really not short.

Which hospital Associate Professor can casually take twenty-odd days off? Only a special Deputy Chief Physician like Fang Ziye could have such treatment.

"Okay, Brother Luo!"

"These days have been hard work for you; Tianluo's matters still rely on you to cover for him... this is actually my matter too." Fang Ziye thanked.

"Hah, Ziye why say these things; if you come back today, I'll cover a few more days of shifts no problem."

"Big Brother Tang said it too: our group's current state, without you coming back to maintain it, estimates it'll fall apart soon." Qin Geluo's tone was very certain.

After Fang Ziye hung up, Luo Tingzhu didn't know when she had already sat up and said: "Just now Mom gave you a call; you were on a call, they've already arrived in town."

"Oh, good they've arrived."

Fang Ziye nodded, let out a slight breath of relief: "Tingzhu, you can tell, my dad and mom are still more used to socializing with their familiar circle."

"Even if I bought them a suburban villa here, with land to plant and fish, they wouldn't be as happy as in their hometown."

Fang Nan and Liang Xia came to Han City early, and together with Fang Ziye, Luo Tingzhu and others prepared the wedding matters for a long time.

Fang Ziye got married; the two were certainly happy, but they were happiest when hometown relatives came to Han City — that was a completely open, comfortable state.

Luo Tingzhu said: "I asked Grandma before too, why she wouldn't move out to live; you understand my meaning, right."

"She said, everyone's lifetime belonging place is different, experiences differ, so what they're attached to also differs."

"Not just attached to a few people; every flower and tree, every house and water — everyone prefers their own familiar environment; the main reason for fallen leaves returning to roots is that most of their life's experiences were in a certain place, not where they were born..."

Luo Tingzhu seemed to adapt to this "gap" better than Fang Ziye, because when Luo Tingzhu was very young, her parents divorced and lived in different places.

Later learning she had two more 'non-same-father-same-mother' younger brother and younger sister, she didn't have much feeling either, because she was already used to it.

"I feel that during the leave, if you can go out for a walk and stroll it's pretty good; change the environment, change the mood."

"Always idling like this, feels like my body and bones are about to fall apart; every day is very dull."

"Sure enough freedom is relative; if in a state of 'absolute freedom', one would feel even more empty."

"Senior Brother, we all need to find some of our own things to do." Luo Tingzhu said.

Her wedding with Fang Ziye, said to be managed, was actually just paying attention to some details; the rest could be handed over to money.

Actually overall spending, for the two of them, wasn't that much money either, and could hand off a lot of things.

If a bit more extravagant and not afraid of losing human touch, hire a team; they could even arrange every aspect of your wedding properly!

"Then what about you? Also go back to work?" Fang Ziye asked.

"Mm-hmm, go back to work; I decided the day after tomorrow I'll return to the laboratory, and in two more days, go check on those two Teletubbies I supervise..." Luo Tingzhu felt she was mature enough now, so she had a 'disdain' mentality toward her own students.

Fang Ziye's talent was much worse than Luo Tingzhu's, so he had experienced the stage of not learning no matter how he studied, slow progress.

But Luo Tingzhu was different; she had basically sailed smoothly all the way, so it was very hard to imagine that some basic things, they actually couldn't remember.

Hearing this, Fang Ziye advised: "Tingzhu, you can't use yourself as a template to demand others; if you want to take the teaching route, you should go understand everyone's average level more."

"Compared to people of their age, their current progress, compared to their current progress now, where the gap lies, plug the leaks and fill the gaps, and also appropriately praise..."

Doing teaching and learning yourself are truly two different matters.

"Can only do it this way; I finally understand why my high school classmate who became a teacher always says: last life slaughtered pigs, this life teaches."

Luo Tingzhu waved her hand: "Too hard."

Fang Ziye replied: "Tingzhu, is it possible that those who can enter the sanatorium and be cultivated by you actually have pretty decent talent?"

"A place like the sanatorium is the most snobbish; if they truly had no talent, they would have been cleared out by the Logistics Department long before you could drive them away."

The sanatorium has no professional Personnel Department; administrative matters are all handled part-time by the Logistics Department and the Medical Administration Office.

And these people determine whether a person is excellent enough solely by looking at your workload; exceed the standard, stay.

Fall below standard once, a warning; fall below three times, cleared out directly even before the service period ends.

After meeting the standard, if not outstanding enough, after the half-year or two-year term is up, they will also talk you into leaving.

Only very few talents are evergreens, such as Professor Gong Jiahe, Fang Ziye, Professor Li Yongjun — such top-tier talents are the special talents the sanatorium hopes to retain.

"No matter what, Tingzhu you also have to learn to do research projects while learning clinical work, and also learn to build your own team."

"This is something that must be done; look at my two masters, Teacher Deng knows his capabilities are limited, completely hands off."

"Master Yuan Weihong, also only set up a framework."

"The rest, Nie Mingxian, Liao Jia, Shang Kunpeng and others, were all found by me myself."

Fang Ziye mentioned Shang Kunpeng, then touched the corner of his eye and asked: "Recently, does that Shang Kunpeng still have any intention of pestering Han Jingyi?"

Han Jingyi is Fang Ziye's Research Assistant, currently no longer planning to continue postgraduate exams, but planning to keep following Fang Ziye doing research.

Currently also followed the surgery department relocation to Han City.

Shang Kunpeng is the substitute for Liao Jia's animal experiments, belongs to the Basic Laboratory talent, currently still in Enshi.

"No more pestering; I heard Han Jingyi say, Shang Kunpeng only verbally agreed a few times." "That doesn't count as harassment, right? If he gives up after one or two rejections, that's rather too frivolous." Luo Tingzhu finished speaking, suddenly her eyeballs rolled a small circle.

"Han Jingyi's qualifications are average, but she wins in diligence; currently also doing a small branch project, wants to mix a position in the sanatorium's laboratory, so signed a betting agreement, also started doing experiments."

"Currently I'm following along."

"There's one more thing, Han Jingyi seems to have quite a favorable impression of Hu Qingyuan……"

Fang Ziye heard this, rolled his eyes: "What use is a favorable impression? Hu Qingyuan has a very clear cognition of himself; it's impossible for him not to feel it."

"Since he's still pretending to be oblivious now, that is a refusal."

"Hu Qingyuan also once had a favorable impression of Chen Xixian, but currently that thought is completely gone; fundamentally not the same kind of people."

"Hu Qingyuan sometimes is too awake; ordinary girls fundamentally can't hold him; don't just make do, or you'll harm Han Jingyi."

"As for her wanting to mix a position in the sanatorium, I also can't help her; this is her own choice; if capable, take the money; if not capable, can only rely on her own diligence to mix some salary."

Fang Ziye's heart is a bit ruthless, words also somewhat disregard personal feelings.

But after mixing in the research circle for long, Fang Ziye increasingly realizes, in the research field there is no such thing as hard work credit, only merit credit.

Hard work my ass; if hard work could produce enough output, Eastern Han people would pretty much beat everything!

Luo Tingzhu nodded: "I think so too; a circle you can't squeeze into, even if you force your way in, your feet will feel uncomfortable."

"The sanatorium is not a charity; we can help her once, definitely can't help her for a lifetime."

"Senior Brother, if Han Jingyi is completely rejected by the sanatorium, do you have to consider changing a Research Assistant?" Luo Tingzhu asked.

Fang Ziye said: "Depends on her thoughts; after all, just a Research Assistant, not the Research Group's Research Director; the assistant's main task is to assist me in handling some information, recording the schedule well."

"The more familiar, the easier to use; changing another still needs a certain running-in time."

When Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu chatted to here, Fang Ziye just happened to receive a call from Han Jingyi.

Fang Ziye hesitated two seconds, chose to answer.

"Teacher Fang, Professor Fang, sorry……" From the phone other end came Han Jingyi's desolate crying voice.

Today, she was talked to by the Han City Yangyuan Branch's division leader, saying her matter of entering the sanatorium already has no opportunity at all.

Her resume, her own work ability, accumulation still not enough, her ability to manage projects still lacking.

The betting agreement she previously signed with the sanatorium has completely failed; the sanatorium did not ask her to compensate anything, just suggested she give up first; the sanatorium cannot spare so much energy to keep watching her.

Let her learn more from Fang Ziye, hoping for a chance to enter again in the future.

Han Jingyi is really quite unlucky; perhaps her talent is truly limited, failed postgraduate exams several times, now gave up postgraduate exams, wanted to enter the sanatorium to rub an "edge" but also directly rejected.

"Han Jingyi, then what do you yourself think?"

"Want to continue postgraduate exams, or go to standardized training……" Fang Ziye asked.

Fang Ziye cannot give Han Jingyi especially much resume; gave a few small papers, let her gain the opportunity to enter the sanatorium, she herself couldn't grasp it, also can't blame Fang Ziye.

Many things and processes within the project group, including everyone's operations, nothing was hidden from her; she wants to watch she watches, wants to learn she learns, wants to ask she asks.

Can't learn it herself, then Fang Ziye really has no way.

"Professor Fang, I'm really quite useless; I'm the one among our research assistants who has followed you the longest, so my accumulation is the thickest, but?"

"Professor Fang, what should I do?" Han Jingyi is truly out of options.

Back then she ran to Enshi, rented a house super far to run back and forth to the sanatorium, daytime stayed in Hu Qingyuan's dormitory, actually also quite not easy……

"That depends on your own choice; you can choose to continue postgraduate exams, or go to standardized training, go to an ordinary place to be a doctor."

"Or just endure." Fang Ziye said.

Fang Ziye feels this Han Jingyi's original talent is even worse than his, so having these encounters is not particularly unexpected.

Hiring a research assistant is not hiring a team member, also can't demand too high.

"You're still young; giving up now is still in time." Fang Ziye said.

Han Jingyi's side was silent for a long time; Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu also silent for a long time; even Luo Tingzhu was somewhat moved.

Han Jingyi then said: "Professor Fang, I want to continue following you, I will work even harder……"

Fang Ziye took a breath, tone slightly cold: "Han Jingyi ah, I advised you before, don't set your starting point too high; you can't think of repeating the projects we do; you must start from small projects."

"I previously suggested you communicate more with Li Yuanpei and them, start from small projects; you yourself were unwilling, you know?"

Han Jingyi is also a bit too confident!

Followed Fang Ziye's projects long, small projects she looks down on.

But actually, your foundation hasn't even stabilized yet!

Fang Ziye also started out doing small projects; it was not achieved overnight, and Han Jingyi did not grow up alongside Fang Ziye — she missed the foundation-building stage.

She directly plunged into the large project Fang Ziye was carrying out to learn; what chicken feather could you learn? If you could learn it, you would have succeeded in the postgraduate entrance exam long ago……

Currently, Eastern Han's postgraduate entrance exam difficulty has not become that difficult yet!

"Method is technique, is application; foundation is foundation!!"

"Technique without sufficient foundation is all crooked tricks!" Fang Ziye spoke rather harshly this time; he had to tear off the fig leaf covering Han Jingyi.

Since she already wanted to grow, she must endure the pain and see clearly her own 'high-eyed low-handed' reality!

Han Jingyi said in a rather weak voice: "Okay, Professor Fang, I understand. I will definitely start from the most, most, most basic from now on."

"Even starting from cell culture is fine!"

Fang Ziye shook his head: "Then you are wrong again. A person must have self-awareness; self-awareness is not letting you engage in downward management, but doing things suitable for yourself."

"It is not admitting defeat."

……

"Senior Brother, you speak so harshly — is that really okay?" Luo Tingzhu felt some heartache for Han Jingyi.

Mainly based on two reasons: one, Han Jingyi was the same age as her; another, Han Jingyi had interacted with her for quite a long time, and could be considered to have a private friendship.

"Then what else can be done? Listen to advice, eat your fill."

"She just keeps floating along following our project, then she will never land, never recognize her own true strength, and also do gap-filling poorly."

"Why couldn't she produce the project this time?"

"Because she lacks execution, no one replaced her to do things anymore, her own foundation is insufficient, how can she go on to command others?"

"Her passing my words to have Lan Tianluo do things was because I can achieve above standard; she herself having Lan Tianluo do things, Lan Tianluo is unwilling, because she cannot even reach the basic standard line of data statistics."

"Actually!" Fang Ziye said up to here and let out a breath of relief.

"Currently our department's situation is also like this: Qin Geluo, Big Brother Li Nuo, they have seen a lot, their own carrying capacity is very shallow, so when leading a group alone, they feel pressed until they can't breathe."

"But Qin Geluo and Big Brother Li Nuo do better than Han Jingyi in having more suitable self-awareness; they keep learning, and it is learning at their own pace."

"Wherever they don't understand, they learn there, rather than treating my surgical capability as part of their capability."

Hearing this, Luo Tingzhu's eyelids flickered as she asked: "Senior Brother, your meaning is equivalent to: if some people's actual capability is lower than the capability propped up by the platform and position, then leaving that position, they become nothing."

"And if an individual's actual capability slightly exceeds the propping force, then changing a platform, they can still stage a comeback?"

Fang Ziye nodded: "About right. For capable people, what they lack is luck."

"But for more people, both are lacking."

"Don't excessively belittle your own capability, nor excessively raise your own weight — that is self-awareness."

Luo Tingzhu's eyeballs kept turning, very obviously thinking about the "principle teaching" Fang Ziye gave her!

After all, she also has to lead a team, and become others' reassuring needle. (Chapter End)