Chapter 811

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Protagonist:

Fang Ziye

No matter what kind of research, the primary condition that must be met is having money to burn.

Burning money may not necessarily produce new drugs, but not burning money definitely means no chance.

Dong Ning also reckoned Fang Ziye had no need to toy with him, so he asked a few more details, and after confirming Fang Ziye truly had plans in this area, he agreed to come aboard.

He and Fang Ziye confirmed the transfer date into the research group would be in half a month!

Dong Ning then asked somewhat ingratiatingly, "Professor Fang, I wonder what projects you've been busy with lately? Is your main focus still on spinal cord injury?"

Fang Ziye's clinical treatment of spinal cord injury in the department was no secret, and since Dong Ning had been deliberately inquiring, it naturally couldn't be hidden.

Fang Ziye nodded: "Main focus is on this area, then there's basic research on drug dosage and carcinogenicity with a professor from Jingdu University, and also collaborating with Huaxi Hospital to refine new materials..."

Fang Ziye merely took stock of what he was doing, and Dong Ning sitting opposite immediately gaped in astonishment.

Fang Ziye connects with Jingdu University to the north, collaborates with Huaxi Hospital professors to the west, heads south and still has contact and cooperation with the academician from Otolaryngology who previously co-published a CAA journal paper with him.

This experience is simply too fantastical, and his energy is truly remarkable.

Of course, for an associate professor to span so many research groups, he must have his own unique strengths; otherwise how could other professors let you be a "scumbag"?

Dong Ning isn't Fang Ziye's friend, so he can't understand Fang Ziye's past growth trajectory; he can only understand Fang Ziye's inherent dynamics through official research accumulation.

He also cannot know for certain what projects Fang Ziye has been doing recently.

Dong Ning's tone became steady: "Professor Fang, so you're participating in quite a few projects?"

Fang Ziye shook his head: "Participating and leading are two different things; more of my energy will still be placed in my own group."

"Mainly concentrated in three aspects: one clinical project, one basic research project, one translational project."

"The generic drug project is the translational project."

Although Fang Ziye can take on more, he can't overdo it, otherwise he'd also feel strength not matching heart.

Dong Ning replied respectfully: "Professor Fang, the capable bear more labor; not to mention the projects you propose all have significant influence, being able to simultaneously split so many project ideas without chaos — this isn't something ordinary people can do."

"I hope I can share more of your burden in the future, and truly integrate into Professor Fang's core team as soon as possible."

"One can see, Professor Fang, you possess a very high-quality team..."

Dong Ning understands research, knows the power and benefits of a team.

Behind Fang Ziye's high productivity, there must be a cohesive team.

"Professor Dong, I do have some friends, but they're currently rather scattered; when the opportunity is suitable, after you join the group, we'll get to know each other slowly; for now..." Fang Ziye wasn't particularly cold to Dong Ning either.

Actually, hearing a hundred times is not as good as seeing once, seeing a hundred times is not as good as observing once.

Whether Dong Ning truly possesses the capabilities he claims, take him out for a spin and you'll know the result; no need to waste time guessing.

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Dong Ning politely declined Fang Ziye's invitation to eat together, instead rushing back immediately, saying he needed to find time recently to produce a preliminary project proposal for Fang Ziye's review as a pledge of loyalty.

After Dong Ning left, Fang Ziye immediately called his master Deng Yong.

After all, this involved the director of our hospital's Pharmacy Department, who is also a big professor; if not necessary, Fang Ziye didn't want to confront him head-on.

No matter what, knowing what exactly Dong Ning did would be reasonable and fair.

Unexpectedly, Deng Yong really knew the dirt on Dong Ning.

Fang Ziye listened, extremely surprised: "Ah? Dong Ning reported Qi Professor's daughter? Even got her doctorate revoked? When did this happen?"

The Pharmacy Department director is named Qi Yuandong; Fang Ziye had met him several times before.

"Been a few years..."

"This Dong Ning, hard to say if he's a hothead or just bad-tempered. Why are you asking?" Deng Yong asked with a chuckle.

Fang Ziye told Deng Yong the whole story of Dong Ning coming over to proactively pledge loyalty.

Hearing this, Deng Yong frowned tightly: "Hiss~~~"

"Dong Ning wants to join your research group? Then you must carefully consider; this Dong Ning was previously quite trusted by Director Qi Yuandong, yet still pulled something like this."

"Admittedly, behind the scenes Director Qi Professor might have some shady operations, but for him to do this kind of thing, his temperament is unpredictable."

Deng Yong isn't Qi Yuandong, so he can't guarantee Qi Yuandong stands on the moral high ground, nor can he rule out that Dong Ning's intentions aren't proper.

Fang Ziye is now a leader big or small; pulling his own small team closer is inevitably something he must do, so Deng Yong couldn't make Fang Ziye absolutely shut Dong Ning out.

Lay out the stakes clearly in advance.

"Master, everyone has their own secrets; if Dong Ning doesn't want to speak, I won't pry further."

"I actually think, under these circumstances, Dong Ning still staying at our hospital proves things might not be that simple." Fang Ziye speculated.

"Mm... okay." Deng Yong replied.

Fang Ziye called again to wish Deng Yong a happy holiday, and agreed to go to his home for a meal the day after tomorrow, then actively hung up.

It was at this moment that Fang Ziye truly understood, talent is really hard to find; no wonder so many people thirst for talent.

Moreover, when recruiting, perhaps qualifications aren't the first priority; character is the key.

Thinking a bit more, Fang Ziye stopped struggling over this matter.

Just then Luo Tingzhu also sent a message saying she'd come out of the laboratory; Fang Ziye drove to pick her up, and after picking up Luo Tingzhu, the two headed straight to a villa district in Han City.

Entering a certain villa and parking the car, Chen Xixian and another girl roughly twenty-four or twenty-five years old came downstairs to receive them.

Chen Xixian jogged toward Luo Tingzhu, and then the two linked arms and started chatting animatedly.

Chen Xixian and Fang Ziye are considered fairly familiar, so there was no excessive formality; she brought the two upstairs into the living room.

The living room had been prepared in advance with Luo Tingzhu's favorite snacks, melons and fruits, tea, and spicy strips.

After settling in, the three young girls each gnawed through a pack of spicy strips, and Chen Xixian said, "Tingzhu, today it's only because Aunt Shen is here; if it were any other aunt, they'd definitely go tell on me to my mom."

"My mom has never supported me eating spicy strips, but I just think they taste good."

Luo Tingzhu glanced at Fang Ziye, her tone weak: "I also rarely eat spicy strips."

"Right, Chen Xixian, who is this younger sister? Li Qixi?"

When they were downstairs, Li Qixi had already introduced herself on her own initiative, but at that time Chen Xixian hadn't clarified her identity.

Chen Xixian hurriedly said, "Yes, Sister Tingzhu, her name is Li Qixi."

"A while ago, I specially went to sponsor a student, and happened to run into Li Qixi..."

This Li Qixi, her family background isn't particularly good, but not too bad either; she's currently a Zhejiang University undergraduate graduate who's already been admitted to a master's program.

But a master's requires too much money, so her family refused to support her further, and made her sign a "talent recruitment" agreement with her hometown county hospital; the county hospital would send her out for standardized training, and after training she'd have to work at a designated post in that county hospital.

Li Qixi wasn't happy about it, but there was no way!

During clinical medicine undergraduate years one can work-study, but if one still work-studies during a master's combined with standardized training, there's only a dead end.

And doing that would mean a complete "break" with her family!

Li Qixi's undergraduate record was good, so instead of relying on her hometown county hospital to find a training unit, she tested into Zhejiang University Second Hospital Imaging Department's standardized training on her own.

When Chen Xixian went wandering around Zhejiang University Second Hospital, Li Qixi heard Chen Xixian's intention and immediately stated her own wishes.

Chen Xixian naturally wasn't easily fooled; she first brought Li Qixi back from Hangzhou to Enshi, had the professors at the sanatorium test and teach her, they all said she had quite good aptitude, and only then did Chen Xixian "redeem" her!

Of course, the reasons and process weren't that smooth sailing; Chen Xixian also threw Li Qixi into Enshi Municipal People's Hospital's Medical Imaging Department to shadow and learn for a month, Li Qixi confirmed she had some talent and really wanted to continue studying, and only then did Chen Xixian bring her to Han City.

After Chen Xixian finished speaking, she added, "Tingzhu, you're also a master's supervisor, right? If there's a suitable opportunity, you can take Li Qixi under your wing too."

"She only tested into Medical Imaging, but she's actually a clinical medicine student too."

"I think it's a pity, so I'm recommending her to you."

"Of course, if you think she's pretty average, you can also choose not to take her; I'll have her retake the postgraduate entrance exam, or find a way to get her into the sanatorium to start learning from scratch..." Chen Xixian said.

Li Qixi wasn't young anymore, but due to family circumstances her temperament was rather weak; during Chen Xixian's introduction, she hadn't spoken at all.

After Chen Xixian finished, Li Qixi only then looked at Luo Tingzhu somewhat nervously.

Right now, she had already burned her bridges, quit standardized training, breached her contract with her hometown county hospital, paid the penalty money, and her relationship with her parents had become somewhat stiff. If Chen Xixian gave up on her now, or said she couldn't continue her master's, everything she'd given up before would go up in smoke!

It could be seen that if Li Qixi didn't have a certain confidence in her own talent, she wouldn't be this "crazy"!

Fang Ziye immediately pointed out the crux: "Li Qixi, since your aptitude is good, why didn't you stay at Zhejiang University Second Hospital for your master's?"

Li Qixi was tall and slender, with a high nose bridge, regular features but slightly rough skin, yet still looked like a beauty in the making: "Teacher Fang, even if I were to do a master's, I wouldn't stay in Hangzhou. Because I offended someone."

"Offended someone?" Fang Ziye's eye corner tightened.

"Mm, because of some things before, I injured someone."

"Although it was ultimately ruled as self-defense, I didn't dare stay and continue studying." Li Qixi bit her lip.

"Why did you hit someone?" Fang Ziye asked.

"He was stalking me! ~" Li Qixi said without hesitation.

Fang Ziye was stunned upon hearing this.

Indeed, with Li Qixi's looks, if she encountered someone with ill intentions wanting to force themselves on her, it would be understandable.

Her looks and figure definitely weren't as good as Luo Tingzhu's, but she was still a very pretty and fresh young girl.

"Then do you have your own preferences?" Fang Ziye asked.

Li Qixi shook her head, saying: "I originally thought I did; I was a recommended-admission student before. I chose my favorite Breast and Thyroid Surgery."

"But later, I didn't think Breast and Thyroid Surgery was good either."

If a girl wants to pursue a surgical specialty, Sports Medicine and Breast and Thyroid Surgery are the top choices.

"Since you were a recommended-admission student, you should have a scholarship, right?" Fang Ziye asked.

Chen Xixian said: "I asked this too; her scholarship, aside from living expenses, was all handed over to her parents."

"She thought her parents would save it for her, never imagining they wouldn't allow her to continue studying, hoping she'd work early to help support the family."

"At least not be a burden to the family!"

Fang Ziye nodded upon hearing this: "So that means you don't have any particularly favored subspecialty now, anything works?"

"Yes. Orthopedics works too." Li Qixi nodded.

"Then what are you slightly better at now? Since you don't have any special interest, finding something you're more skilled at should make it easier to get started." Fang Ziye asked again.

Li Qixi replied: "When I was at Zhejiang University Second Hospital before, the Professor Duan I followed did nuclear medicine; I know a bit about simple operations in precision radiotherapy and nuclear medicine."

"If it weren't for that person causing trouble, I most likely could have done his master's last year; I was preparing to tell my family I failed standardized training."

"But that person is a bit disgusting; he has some connections at home, comes to the department to harass me every day, and Professor Duan doesn't dare do anything to him."

Being "harassed" is quite annoying.

Luo Tingzhu had encountered this kind of trouble before too.

But unlike Li Qixi, Luo Tingzhu had entered Trauma Surgery, and moreover, Luo Tingzhu had Lan Tianluo as a younger brother.

Back then, even without fellow disciples helping, Lan Tianluo would definitely find a way to "get rid of" the person!

"Nuclear medicine, radiotherapy — this is indeed material we're relatively unfamiliar with. But in our research group, there's temporarily no need to apply radiotherapy and nuclear medicine." Fang Ziye said.

Li Qixi shook her head upon hearing this: "No, Teacher Fang, nuclear medicine has natural advantages in tumor diagnosis and staging, nervous system disease assessment, and other aspects."

"Orthopedics' spine, hand surgery, neurosurgery — many teachers prefer using PET/CT and other methods to discover lesions and actively intervene!"

Fang Ziye glanced at Luo Tingzhu upon hearing this: "Tingzhu, if I remember correctly, a PET/CT startup costs five?"

"Zhejiang Province lives up to being Zhejiang Province."

At Zhongnan Hospital, for non-tumor-related patients, who would be willing to do a PET/CT? Doctors don't even dare think about it.

But one land raises one people; as far as Zhejiang Province goes, most families probably don't lack these few thousand yuan.

Li Qixi remained silent upon hearing this.

Although she often performed PET scans with her teachers for patients, she herself was very poor; if she had those five or six thousand yuan, she could live for several months or even half a year.

Family opposition to one's studies, like a marriage without parental blessing, is unhappy.

But Li Qixi did not want to be completely constrained and manipulated by her parents.

After a while, Li Qixi gritted her teeth and said: "During university, I won the National Scholarship, the school's First Prize Scholarship, and did work-study."

"During the two years of standardized training, the subsidy Professor Duan gave me and the standardized training subsidy — I gave most of it to my family, although it's not enough to repay my parents' nurturing grace."

"It also barely counts as paying them back a not-insignificant sum of money."

"This time, being able to meet Sister Chen Xixian is my luck; I'm already not young anymore, if I continue to waste time like this, even if I studied it would be useless."

"Teacher Fang, Teacher Luo, I can endure hardship very well; no matter what direction, I can learn it; I may not necessarily learn it especially well, but I will definitely do my best, and I shouldn't drag things down!"

Fang Ziye thought to himself: You can learn, but the talent our team needs most right now actually isn't high-qualification talent?

Our group has no shortage of geniuses who need to learn; Hu Qingyuan needs to learn, Lan Tianluo and Jie Han are both in their growth period.

What we need more are mature talents like Nie Mingxian and Liao Jia who have already been trained up.

Luo Tingzhu said: "Senior Brother, my side is already full; currently I have no extra energy to take on more."

"Her standardized training direction is far removed from Anesthesiology, and she was strongly recommended by Chen Xixian; why not let her follow you for now."

"Later, when there's a suitable supervisor, we can recommend her out."

Hearing this, Chen Xixian said: "Fang Ziye, Li Qixi's talent is truly extremely good; I'm also worried that an ordinary teacher would lead her astray, so that's why I came to find you."

"Although you're very busy, you still need to put in a bit of effort; otherwise, I'd rather go find her a good teacher again."

"Just like that younger brother before; I also spent nearly three months finding him a suitable supervisor."

Hearing this, Luo Tingzhu's gossip curiosity stirred, and she hummed in acknowledgment.

"Just a little brat, no contact anymore!" Chen Xixian explained.

Fang Ziye thought for a moment, then said: "Chen Xixian, how about this then: let her follow Hu Qingyuan first."

"You know Hu Qingyuan; he's my student, kept by my side from the very beginning, exposed to the most core, most orthodox basic research projects in my research group."

"His talent is also good!"

Chen Xixian did know Hu Qingyuan, but her impression wasn't particularly deep; she also didn't know that Hu Qingyuan had once favored her, that Hu Qingyuan would like her "direct" disposition.

"That works too!"

Chen Xixian said to Li Qixi: "Hu Qingyuan is Professor Fang's beloved disciple, kept by his side from the start; I hear he's also extremely excellent."

"He's not old either; this year he's only a first-year graduate student; he should be a year younger than you."

"You go follow him for now; we'll slowly look more; I'll definitely find you a suitable supervisor."

"Thank you, Xian Sister; I'm actually very easily satisfied. As long as I find a foothold, once I slowly get started, I won't want to move anymore."

"Learning is mainly about grasping a foothold, not drifting aimlessly looking for direction."

"I've been to the County Hospital, and I've also interned at Zhejiang University Second Hospital; compared to the internship stage, I feel staying at the County Hospital is too much of a waste..."

Chen Xixian clapped her hands: "Then it's decided; today at noon I'll treat you all to a meal at home; in a bit you'll take me out to eat."

"Because only if you guys came did my parents agree to let me go out for a feast."

Listening to Chen Xixian's words, Li Qixi's expression was clearly very unnatural.

Perhaps in her view, all the dishes available outside might not compare to the flavor of the chef at Chen Xixian's home?

Where exactly would count as a feast?

Luo Tingzhu is a girl, and not especially old either; therefore she chatted more easily with Li Qixi, and Luo Tingzhu is very good at chatting; in a few words, she became very close with Li Qixi.

In this process, Luo Tingzhu also tested Li Qixi's literature reading ability and research thinking; her eyes instantly brightened.

This isn't a simple bookworm, nor an autistic, arrogant 'low-ability' person; she truly has some substance. (Chapter End)