Chapter 1968: 1899 What's the Use of This Director

The resection surgery for retroperitoneal paraganglioma is relatively difficult; the Medical University Affiliated Hospital in Sheng Cheng does not perform many such surgeries, and lacks experience.

When they heard Zheng Lao Ban say to close the abdomen, a huge stone finally fell from their hearts.

Irrigation, closing the peritoneal cavity, and simultaneously performing volume expansion.

Finally, correcting hypotension through volume expansion no longer needs Zheng Ren's reminder. If they can't even do this, the Sheng Cheng Medical University Affiliated Hospital might as well close its doors.

After suturing the peritoneum, Su Yun looked up and said, "Director Ma, have someone come up to close the abdomen."

Ma Liang nodded repeatedly; the surgery is done, closing the abdomen is trivial.

Moreover, after finishing the main steps and stepping down directly is one of the privileges of a badass surgeon.

Others, by closing the peritoneal cavity, have already done their utmost.

Some professors remove the tumor and then leave, without even doing the irrigation.

Seeing the person who took over suturing the skin finish scrubbing and start putting on clothes, Zheng Ren turned and stepped down.

"Director Lin, we're leaving now." Zheng Ren had met Director Lin twice before; the mosaic wasn't too heavy, so he could still barely recognize him.

"Zheng... Boss, thank you for your hard work." Director Lin hurriedly said, "Have a bite, have a bite; it's already prepared."

"No thanks, I need to hurry back to my hometown; my time is limited, next time." Zheng Ren said with a smile.

"Don't refuse!" Director Lin suddenly became anxious.

To have helped so much, if they didn't even eat a bite, the Medical University Affiliated Hospital would be extremely rude.

They wouldn't do things like that!

This is a human life; regardless of whether the person on the operating table is the director of the Medical University Affiliated Hospital, even for an ordinary patient, Zheng Lao Ban lending a hand warrants a post-op meal.

Not only is it appropriate, it's necessary.

"Zheng Lao Ban, just a simple meal. Quickly, quickly; otherwise you'd also have to eat something." Director Lin said while giving Gao Shaojie a look.

Gao Shaojie knew Zheng Lao Ban's temper, but could do nothing; he stepped forward to persuade: "Zheng Lao Ban, eat a bite then leave; it won't delay your affairs."

"If you don't eat, Xiao Yi Ren won't eat either?" Su Yun removed her sterile gloves and said to Zheng Ren.

"Oh, then okay, just a bite." Zheng Ren said with a smile: "Thanks."

Su Yun's one sentence hit Zheng Ren's soft spot directly.

"Look at what you're saying." Director Lin breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said, "Zheng Lao Ban, we should be the ones thanking you for this!"

"This way, this way; let's first change clothes, then go to a restaurant for tea and a chat."

Chatting…… Zheng Ren truly felt helpless.

But thinking of Su Yun's words, he couldn't refuse Director Lin's invitation.

He could skip eating himself, but Xiao Yi Ren still needs to eat, right?

Zheng Ren sighed and said, "Then let's go."

Su Yun mysteriously pulled Gao Shaojie behind, lagging back; after watching everyone walk away, he whispered: "Old Gao, the person in the surgery—I recall it was your director, right?"

"Hmm." Gao Shaojie nodded.

"How about it, any ideas?" Su Yun asked in a low voice.

Gao Shaojie gave a bitter smile and said, "The matter is urgent; we only found out a couple of days ago."

"I'm asking you, and you're giving me the runaround." Su Yun said unhappily: "The more you do this, the harder we need to push."

"My qualifications are more than enough; if Director Jin were to move to the second line, the strongest contenders would be me and Old Liu." Gao Shaojie said: "I haven't talked to Old Liu, so I don't know if anyone else has. The surgery was too urgent; even if we had spoken, we'd have to wait for the pathology results."

Su Yun understood what Gao Shaojie meant.

Whether the excised tumor is benign or malignant means different things for Director Jin and for the group of team-leading professors below.

"Malignant—I and the boss personally excised it, definitely malignant." Su Yun said, "We can proceed now; shouldn't we contend at this point?"

Gao Shaojie smiled but gave no stance.

"What? You just lack confidence?"

Gao Shaojie nodded and said, "I... Doctor Su, I used to be full of confidence. But today, with you and Zheng Lao Ban here, I suddenly feel that being director is boring."

"Hmm? Old Gao, are you running a fever?" Su Yun looked at Gao Shaojie doubtfully.

"I'm about to call Old Liu; his resources plus mine would give us a better chance." Gao Shaojie seemed to have figured it out and made a decision quickly.

"Oh, then go ahead and call." Su Yun felt a bit regretful.

He also knew Liu Zewei was indispensable on his side, but Director Jin's condition arose suddenly.

Retroperitoneal paraganglioma is highly occult; once detected, it's hard to treat. Moreover, this tumor is insensitive to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, so a clean surgery is most important.

The surgery poses no problem, but post-op, Director Jin is likely to be demoted to the second line.

Gao Shaojie actually gave up this opportunity to compete for the directorship.

Had I known this would happen, I wouldn't have rushed Old Gao to the capital. Actually, whether staying home as director or going to the capital is better, Su Yun doesn't know either.

"Tell Old Liu: if you want to come back, seize the time. Back home…… it's not that you can't manage without him." Su Yun said.

Gao Shaojie also felt regret, but one must have a sense of measure in life.

At this point, anyone who jumps out has no retreat.

What is the most brutal stage of competition? It's when the directorship is brought up.

Although Director Jin could limp along until retirement, whether it's surgery or anything else, basically there's no room to interfere.

Control over those below will also weaken to a certain extent.

After weighing everything, all calculations vanished like smoke after seeing Zheng Lao Ban perform several surgeries today.

Once his son finishes the college entrance exam, Gao Shaojie has decided to go to the capital.

Su Yun, however, felt a bit regretful.

Old Gao is still a decent person; he looks refined and harbors no ill will. Swapping in Old Liu would also be fine.

Those close to the medical team can advance, and Su Yun also feels happy for them in her heart.

But if it really comes down to personally pitching in and helping, Su Yun just doesn't have the ability yet.

After briefly saying what needed to be said, the group went to change clothes.

Zheng Ren was in the Gengyishi, chatting lightly with the people from the Medical University Affiliated Hospital; it was mostly Professor Zhan and Director Lin saying three or five sentences, with Zheng Ren replying in one.

Su Yun knows his own Boss well enough to realize that this is already giving them face.

Besides patients, his own Boss basically doesn't say a word to people he's not familiar with.

Once inside the Gengyishi, with Su Yun present, the atmosphere wasn't so awkward.

The surgery went fairly smoothly, and since Su Yun deliberately brought up Gao Shaojie and Liu Zewei, there was no antagonism; instead, they spoke amicably.

Upon learning that there was a Team-leading Professor working under Zheng Lao Ban, even Director Lin was stunned.

Really, for such a big matter, I didn't even know about it.

However, this is a good opportunity; getting closer to this Zheng Lao Ban is always beneficial.

Especially today, Director Jin's rescue—that was a human life!

If I had known that Liu Zewei was doing advanced training under Zheng Lao Ban in Di Du, I would have simply asked Zheng Lao Ban to come back and perform the surgery—how great would that have been!

If that were the case, there wouldn't have been so many complications; the surgery would have gone smoothly and been done.