Chapter 1699: 1641 Humility Isn't Due to Old Age

After work, everyone went to the restaurant Lin JiaoJiao had booked for dinner.

Lin JiaoJiao didn't bother changing things up; Zheng Lao Ban had no interest in that, so she simply booked a relatively quiet private room at a nearby restaurant, which was convenient for everyone.

Zheng Ren was still fairly satisfied with this arrangement.

Entering the restaurant, Zheng Ren saw Zhu Liangchen standing in the lobby, hands clasped in front, looking solemn.

"Director Zhu, what's this?" Zheng Ren asked with a smile.

Zhu Liangchen stepped forward, proactively extending his hand and lowering his waist, "Zheng Lao Ban, long time no see."

Liu Zewei stood behind Zheng Ren; although he was already used to Zheng Lao Ban's sideways approach, seeing Zhu Liangchen's demeanor still surprised him a bit.

He had once invited Zhu Liangchen to perform surgery.

In a provincial capital city, it's normal to invite professors from the capital and Modu to perform surgery.

In Liu Zewei's impression, Zhu Liangchen was somewhat domineering and somewhat arrogant.

What left the deepest impression on him was asking Zhu Liangchen to do surgery, picking him up himself in his own Passat; the result was Zhu Liangchen's face dropping immediately, sullen, not saying a word as he went to the hospital for surgery.

During the surgery, Zhu Liangchen kept dropping instruments and was irritable.

Although the surgery went smoothly, not giving any face to the Provincial Medical University Affiliated Hospital also left Liu Zewei with deep psychological scars.

After that surgery, Zhu Liangchen didn't eat anything, went straight back to the hotel, and the next morning refused Liu Zewei's offer to see him off, tossing off that he wouldn't ride in anything below an Audi and went to the airport himself. (Note)

This person…

When Liu Zewei saw the arrogant Director Zhu from his impression become somewhat meek, his first thought was that this person had grown old, lost his drive, and his temper had indeed improved a lot.

But a moment later Liu Zewei realized he was wrong.

It wasn't a matter of age.

It was Zheng Lao Ban using surgery to completely crush Zhu Liangchen's spirit!

To want academic standing, one must kneel.

Sigh, academic standing… Liu Zewei watched Zhu Liangchen put on the airs of a junior professor, enthusiastically seeing off his own group upstairs, feeling moved.

For an ordinary doctor, going to work is merely a means to support the family.

Being able to reach this level counts as moderately above average; if one is content to stay in a corner, the current ability is more than enough.

But aiming higher, someone like Zhu Liangchen would surely be thinking of leaving his name in history; at the very least, he'd want his name recorded in the annals of domestic interventional medicine so that later generations would have some impression of him.

Maslow's hierarchy is still spot on; Liu Zewei felt moved. Too bad he's just a trainee doctor who'll have to go home in a few months, never able to fully integrate into Zheng Lao Ban's team.

This is a regrettable thing.

But for Liu Zewei to abandon everything back home and come out to conquer the world with Zheng Lao Ban would be a bit risky; after pondering this for a long time, he ultimately leaned toward learning TIPS surgery and then returning home.

"Zheng Lao Ban, I heard you went to the Capital Medical University Affiliated Hospital today to do surgery?" Zhu Liangchen, well-informed, smiled and first brought up Zheng Ren's proud accomplishment.

"Oh, yeah." Zheng Ren didn't think much of it, walking and saying lightly.

"The Intervention Department at the Medical University Affiliated Hospital has gone crazy," Zhu Liangchen said. "Cardiac foreign bodies, bullet embolisms—using interventional surgery to remove them, nobody thought of that."

"There have been a few successful cases abroad, and it's not like nobody's done it before," Zheng Ren corrected.

In academia, rigor is essential.

It's definitely not a world first.

Others have done it; if we do it again and even brag at the table that it's a world first, Zheng Ren still feels it's wrong.

Zhu Liangchen didn't see anything wrong with it; he asked about several technical points.

Originally a top-tier domestic expert with extremely high skill, he gave a clear diagnosis, and after the surgery succeeded he worked backward, already mentally outlining what he would need to do if he performed the surgery himself.

Several difficult points were all resolved by Zheng Ren in the System Operating Room.

That's precisely where he takes pride.

In some aspects, only Zheng Ren's peak interventional surgery level could resolve them; if it were someone else, the surgery would probably be troublesome.

"Old Five, let's eat first; if we're going to talk surgery, there's plenty of time." Director Kong, knowing today's main topic, urged Zhu Liangchen.

"After you, Zheng Lao Ban, please go in." Zhu Liangchen let Zheng Ren enter first; Director Kong being his elder brother, it didn't matter if he was a bit slow.

But Zheng Ren cared about it.

After letting Director Kong take the seat of honor, Zheng Ren then sat down.

He glanced around but didn't see Su Yun's shadow.

"Why hasn't Su Yun finished her lecture yet?" Zheng Ren wondered.

"Xiao Cao posted a video in the group saying the Capital Medical University side is already in an uproar," Xie Yiren laughed and said, "After an anatomy lecture ended, the students who didn't squeeze into Classroom 2 didn't leave; they insisted on taking another lesson."

"Uh…" Zheng Ren was speechless.

If all students could be this dedicated, surpassing England and surpassing America would probably have already been achieved.

But it's probably just the female students chasing after Su Yun like idols; Zheng Ren smiled.

"Zheng Lao Ban, today I'm giving you a welcome dinner; you've been too busy lately." Lin JiaoJiao had the dishes served and exchanged pleasantries with Zheng Ren.

"Sister Lin, you handle the patient intake." Zheng Ren didn't say more, directly stating: "I've thought it over; gastric fundus, gastric left artery embolism procedure should be fine."

Having said that, Zheng Ren suddenly realized he'd forgotten something.

"Sister Lin, where are the patients being received?"

"Zheng Lao Ban, you see what you're saying." My cosmetic hospital has qualifications for interventional and radiation surgery." Lin JiaoJiao said.

"……" Zheng Ren was stunned.

A cosmetic hospital, what's with the interventional surgery qualifications?

Saying this, she felt a bit proud. Over a decade ago, when private hospital policies were just released and nobody knew what to do, I took advantage of the chaos to obtain interventional and radiation surgery qualifications.

Saying this, she felt a bit proud.

This is vision, a quality most needed by businesspeople.

"Now I'm just not doing it anymore; this qualification alone could be casually sold for over a hundred million."

Over a hundred million, that's an understatement.

Zheng Ren had heard a little about how strict the approval for interventional radiology is.

Shou Bing is still okay to talk about; I guess Lin JiaoJiao is referring to the nuclear medicine part. Private hospitals that can do PETCT are not many.

Being able to get all these things in hand, Lin JiaoJiao can be considered well-connected.

「How is the radiation protection in the Operating Room? 」 Zheng Ren asked.

「Same as 912, all are large lead plates; there's basically no signal in the Shujian. 」 Lin JiaoJiao said.

Zheng Ren nodded, 「Can patients be admitted anytime? 」

「I've booked many patients, but I've been delaying on my end. If you have time, I'll admit them tomorrow, do various examinations, and the Shou Bing the day after? 」

When Shou Bing was mentioned, Lin JiaoJiao's eyes lit up, her heart slightly nervous.

This is a big step for our private cosmetic hospital; it's up to Zheng Lao Ban.

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Note: I have encountered such a director before.