Chapter 1505: 1458 Winning People Over with Virtue

Talking about Fan Tian Shui, Su Yun recalled how that guy used a straw to puncture a patient last night; to this day he still finds it unbelievable.

"And then?" Director Kong fully immersed himself in the role of listener.

One minute later, an acute allergic reaction erupted; the patient almost couldn't be saved. Su Yun said: "If it weren't for the tube, using a ventilator to assist breathing, the rescue would surely have failed."

"It's good that it succeeded; I also heard that the doctor who got beaten, Dr. Ho, seems a bit unhappy. Last night, after the patient woke up, he said a few words to him, and he resigned."

"So the friend from Harmony Nurture Hospital called me to ask what kind of person I am." Director Kong, with the air of an old man indulging in youthful fantasies, said: "I told him I'm a doctor I picked up from a place where birds don't shit, and then he fell silent."

Zheng Ren concluded.

What does "place where birds don't shit" mean… or rather, picked up…

But Director Kong is the biggest; whatever he says goes, as long as he's happy, anything is fine.

"Not bad, but now that you're back, don't hit people. When opinions differ, you should convince with reason and virtue." Director Kong said with a smile.

"Sure, sure." Zheng Ren hurriedly said.

"Director, rest assured, I definitely won't do that again when I'm back. We see each other every day—I haven't even hit Zhao Wenhua. You know, I find that old brat unpleasant."

Director Kong shook his head slightly and said, "Zheng Lao Ban, what do you need?"

"Director, this isn't just a strange thing I bumped into this morning; I should report it to you right away." Zheng Ren hurriedly recounted his encounter with Professor Yang of the Hepatobiliary Department.

While speaking, he observed Director Kong's expression.

Director Kong's expression didn't change at all, as if he had long known this would happen.

After Zheng Ren finished speaking, Director Kong asked with a smile, "What do you think?"

Zheng Ren felt Director Kong's smile was off, so he said directly: "It's not that I'm afraid you'll be unhappy and think I'm betraying you; I just wanted to report this promptly."

"Betraying from within, betraying from within." Director Kong muttered the phrase.

Zheng Ren felt a bit uneasy.

He's fairly skilled at treating patients and saving lives.

He can figure out people's minds, but Zheng Ren is rather lazy; if he can avoid thinking about it, he will.

With that energy, wouldn't it be better to see a few more patients?

"Let me just say it straight." Seeing Zheng Ren's expression shift slightly, Director Kong smiled and said, "This matter is a favor I'm leaving for you."

"Huh?" Zheng Ren and Su Yun both froze for a moment, having some guesses, but neither spoke out of tact.

"Not long ago, Director Li of the Hepatobiliary Department came to me, proposing we collaborate on research—first we do the embolization, then they handle the resection." Director Kong said calmly.

Zheng Ren and Su Yun listened quietly; no one spoke.

"The project is a good project, but you know how these things go..." Director Kong said, glancing at Zheng Ren, then lowered his head to drink water.

Zheng Ren's mind raced; what did Director Kong mean?

Suddenly, Zheng Ren realized that if this were a project, there would definitely be wrangling between departments.

Although it's normal friction, it will inevitably affect the project's progress, and could even cause the two departments to become hostile.

"Boss, if a project has no one taking the lead, or too many people doing so, that's a big deal." Su Yun said with a smile.

Zheng Ren nodded; Director Kong seemed already prepared, just waiting for the Hepatobiliary side to come forward.

This is a big project, because the Hepatobiliary Department has no habit of performing interventional surgery before removing liver cancer.

But why is Professor Yang so keen about this?

Zheng Ren had some doubts, but felt much better.

"What I mean is, you take the lead and shoulder this project. Whether it's the Intervention Department or the Hepatobiliary Department, as long as everyone contributes personnel and effort, when it's time to divide the fruits, you just oversee the distribution." Director Kong said, looking at Zheng Ren with a smile.

"……"

Zheng Ren and Su Yun fell silent once again.

Although I'm the most suitable candidate, and the Medical Team is the most suitable team, but these conditions are excessive.

When both departments contribute manpower and effort, the benefits depend on Zheng Lao Ban's favor.

Is this for research?

"Director Kong, this……"

"There's nothing special about this; I've seen plenty of similar research projects." Director Kong held his water cup, took a sip, and said, "These days I even have to steep goji berries in my thermos."

Zheng Ren froze, not knowing what Director Kong meant by that.

"When I first got involved in multi-departmental cooperation projects, I was still young and vigorous." Director Kong laughed: "Anything involving multi-departmental cooperation rarely gets done."

Zheng Ren nodded.

Things are usually like this—peer-level departments, so who leads the whole project team?

When medical work runs into trouble, who takes responsibility?! Who gets blamed?!

Back then, Chang Yue took the blame, as did Bu Ruotian's surgery; Zheng Ren also bears half the blame.

As long as there's mutual wrangling, the project surely can't continue.

Unlike being responsible for it myself, doing the embolization first and then the resection, with everything done by me from start to finish.

Zheng Ren saw Director Kong smiling oddly and knew he was still thinking about whether this side could do a live broadcast.

A surgery live broadcast can maximally promote interventional surgery.

Interventional surgery has been carried out for nearly 20 years, but who among ordinary people knows about it?

Only cardiac intervention has done well; other interventional procedures are not only late but also have low popularity.

Zheng Ren thought it over, nodded, and said, "Director, do you think this can work?"

Director Kong heard Zheng Ren call him "director" for the first time instead of the usual "Director Kong," and the corner of his smile softened a bit.

"Go contact that side; the leadership must be yours! This matter does not allow compromise." Director Kong finally gave the go-ahead.

"Good." Zheng Ren stood up, bowed slightly, and said, "Director, I'm going to report to Vice President Yuan; could you back me up?"

Director Kong put down his cup and stood up with a smile.

This wild horse finally shows a little sign of being tamed, but it runs too fast—I definitely can't follow and gain much advantage.

Director Kong was calculating in his mind, and he walked out of the office with Zheng Ren.

"Director, what do you think Li Wei Zhuren of the General Surgery Department will ask for?" Zheng Ren asked while walking.

"He's an old hand, what could he possibly ask for?" Director Kong said: "You don't lack research funding, so don't dwell on this. If you can get published in Willow Leaf Blade or Xin Ying Ge Lan, making him a second author would be quite an achievement."

Just that?

Zheng Ren remembered there was also Professor Yang.

The older director probably has no desires, caring only about academic standing, but Professor Yang's side surely has other matters.

Better to ask first.