Chapter 2586: with translation of chapter title

title: 2592.2493 major shareholder – not a named entity.

The next day, after Zheng Ren finished his surgery, he sat in his familiar spot pondering Xiao Shitou's condition.

Xiao Shitou's surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning, the entire medical team is on duty, and Zheng Ren is still refining the surgical technique.

Compared to when he was chatting with Xiao Shitou, the confidence in the surgery's success had increased greatly, but Zheng Ren remained dissatisfied. He diligently simulated the surgery, recalling the details of performing operations in the system operating room, striving for further improvement.

Meanwhile, the other members of the medical team were each busy with their own tasks, the work proceeding in a tense yet orderly manner day after day.

"Boss Zheng!" Director Kong's voice came from the doorway.

"Director." Zheng Ren immediately stood up and walked out with a smile.

However, Director Kong's complexion looked somewhat off, and he said, "My spouse is feeling unwell; I'll go check on them."

Zheng Ren immediately understood and said, "I'll come along to see what's wrong with sister-in-law."

Director Kong nodded slightly and strode out.

Su Yun followed behind Zheng Ren and curiously asked, "Director, what's wrong with your spouse?"

"She had a slight cold a couple of days ago; this morning when she went out she was still lying down. I felt her and she had no fever. But just now when I called, she said she felt weak all over, even squeezing a glass of fruit juice took effort. Walking to the bathroom she almost fainted, but once she lay down she felt fine, and I can hear her speaking normally."

She even knew how to squeeze fruit juice for herself, so Zheng Ren and Su Yun thought it probably wasn't a serious issue.

"She says walking is now difficult, her whole body aches, and any movement makes it worse." Director Kong added.

"Let's go take a look." Zheng Ren said, "Director, can you drive?"

"It's fine, I haven't panicked to that extent." Director Kong said with a solemn face.

Arriving at the underground parking lot, Director Kong drove.

"Boss Zheng, what do you think of Doctor Liu Xu zhi?" Director Kong suddenly asked.

"Director, you're just joking." Su Yun interjected, "You don't even know whether the surgery was good or not."

"I think his surgery was decent, but that's not what I'm asking about." Director Kong said, "I mean, what's his character like? Does he have management ability?"

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Zheng Ren and Su Yun were both taken aback; Su Yun reacted faster in this regard, immediately lowering his voice to ask, "Director, do you have shares in Yimei? Impressive—that's a real money‑maker!"

Working in a public hospital while having a private clinic outside is quite common; otherwise the meager salary from the hospital would make supporting a family difficult.

The capital is relatively okay, but Zheng Ren in Hai Cheng earns only over three thousand a month—marrying is out of the question, and it will remain so for his whole life.

Unless he meets someone like Xie Yiren, he could just marry into the family.

Those who run outside clinics are mainly doctors from minor departments, especially dentists—who wouldn't do some private work on the side? They have little presence in the hospital, but they quietly earn big money.

Director Kong having shares in Yimei isn't surprising; his usual attitude toward Lin JiaoJiao makes it clear.

"Well, I'm not hiding it from you—I'm the major shareholder." Director Kong said.

Zheng Ren felt a bit embarrassed, especially since Lin JiaoJiao had funded the renovation of his community hospital, and it turned out much of that money came from Director Kong.

"Director, why bother with this? You're not in cosmetic surgery." Su Yun said with a chuckle.

"That happened over ten years ago—JiaoJiao was beaten by a patient's family member, quite seriously." Director Kong said solemnly, "She absolutely didn't want to work anymore and said she wanted to quit. I feel quite guilty, after all she was my patient, and I am still the director."

Zheng Ren and Su Yun listened quietly.

"Later I thought, not working is fine too; in medicine, especially nursing, it's just about scraping by." Director Kong said, "Working hard for a bowl of youth‑food, when you get older and can't keep working, what then? At that time she wasn't even a formal staff member."

Nurses on night shifts indeed suffer greatly; after age 35, night shifts become an ordeal, and few people at that age can endure the emergency rescues of clinical night shifts.

Even one or two times wouldn't matter; the key is day after day, year after year—life basically has no hope.

"I gave her some money as startup capital and also contacted the old consultant from the Kongzong Plastic Surgery Department to have her do consultations."

"Tsk tsk, Director, you're really thinking ahead." Su Yun laughed.

"That's not much—it's JiaoJiao's ability. In over ten years she's built Yimei to its current scale; yearly dividends alone are at least five million." Director Kong shifted tone and said, "Before the Nobel Prize, I heard JiaoJiao say that you young man suggested giving Doctor Liu more benefits."

Su Yun gave a hehe laugh and didn't continue speaking.

"Raise the wages, increase the operating table fees—that's reasonable. But as for shares, I haven't made up my mind yet."

"Have you decided now?" Su Yun asked.

Zheng Ren suddenly said, "Director, Doctor Liu used to be just a small doctor in the radiology department of Xilin Town, with no management experience—he's not suited to be hospital director."

"Boss, you're so blunt you have no friends."

"Frankly speaking, if we dump Old Liu into the director's position, he won't be able to handle it and it'll be bad for everyone."

Zheng Ren said seriously.

This time Director Kong summoned him and Su Yun out, not in his office, putting himself on an equal footing. His words were not a request for opinion but a negotiation.

"Hmm." Director Kong nodded noncommittally.

"Director, speaking frankly, what do you think?" Su Yun asked, "Old Liu is an honest man; when we went to Xilin Town to fly knives, his wife chased after him to the hospital carrying a rolling pin just for a few thousand dollars."

"There's more?"

"That cowardly wimp, you guys better not bully him." Su Yun continued muttering.

Director Kong laughed and cried at the same time; the originally serious matter, after Su Yun's interference, turned into a joke.

He gave a bitter smile, then glared at Su Yun.

"It's not you!"

"What's it to me, Director? We ought to say something fair." Su Yun protested, "Old Liu is unpolished jade; just watching surgery livestreams he could start figuring out TIPS surgery. You say he's been held back in Xilin Town all these years—with a different work environment he'd have already taken off."

Su Yun knew that Director Kong was referring to the article in The Lancet.

This article is packed with value, directly defeating the research findings of the Johns Hopkins research group.

This article put tremendous pressure on Director Kong and Lin JiaoJiao.

There may be some interventional doctors who can perform TIPS Surgery, but those who can publish an article in Willow Leaf Blade are top-notch doctors.