Chapter 3107: 2903 Just Gave Up Like That

He forgot, as fast as he could, about Ning Shu needing to go to the award ceremony, and Zheng Ren saw Lin Ge.

Lin Ge came to say something.

With strong support from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the 5G network rollout was completed, with Wi‑Fi and fiber laid together; the first to benefit were 912 and the Di Du liver and gallbladder department.

After debugging the equipment and going online, with everything busy and not even having time to swallow a bite of dinner, Zheng Ren began the surgical operation.

Zheng Ren was also curious, and more so he looked forward to the future.

If it turned out as expected, then there would be something to it.

"Boss, let me whisper to you, it's actually meaningless," Su Yun said with a smiling squint.

"Uh..." Zheng Ren sat in his chair, looking at Su Yun.

"Isn't this just for publicity?" Su Yun laughed, "Actually, just laying a single 4G fiber would do. It's just a coincidence that the robotic arm's appearance coincided with the 5G project."

Zheng Ren didn't understand the difference between 4G fiber and 5G, but what Su Yun said made sense.

"I don't care about that; what's your assessment of the technology?"

"The advantage is that latency is reduced by several orders of magnitude. At first, Lin Chu told me there might be a 50 ms delay, which pissed me off—I slammed the table and cursed. I play games; even 20 ms lag feels choppy, yet he wanted us to perform surgery with a 50 ms delay."

"Uh… it's a bit laggy." Zheng Ren hesitated a moment; although he'd never played games, he knew that feeling. When the network is weak, even turning pages of a novel is a hassle.

"So I said it'd be more practical to just run a fiber instead of using 5G." Su Yun laughed, "Later we switched to fiber, though it was pulled in from a 5G base station."

"Civilian and medical uses differ; wireless operation is only considered in special cases." Zheng Ren smiled.

"But there's also a benefit: normally pulling in a single fiber gives 10 Tbps—guess how much we can reach?"

"20 Tbps?"

"The maximum transmission speed of a single‑mode fiber has already reached 36 Tbps—faster than the speed of the best lab experiments before." Su Yun said cheerfully, "We can do wireless 5G surgery on a 3D dummy; we always need a gimmick."

"Real surgery uses fiber." Zheng Ren laughed; he was still quite willing to play this edge‑ball.

"Actually, 5G speed is much better than 4G; wireless surgery with nanorobots could be realized in less than ten years." Su Yun said, "It's just an idea; I haven't worked out the details—Shuai Ru is handling it."

"Let's give it a try later—what footage should we prepare for the recording?"

"Anything works; once it's out, people will only see the subtitles. Do you think your surgical footage could get much airtime on Hua Shi TV's 30‑minute news? You couldn't really believe they'd livestream your whole surgery, could you?"

"Heh." Zheng Ren chuckled; actually, whether this mattered or not was irrelevant to him. As long as remote surgery could be achieved, the specifics were just means.

The hospital also has no fools who would use wireless signals after laying 5G fiber. Although the improvement is small, any boost helps surgery—even a 1 ms latency reduction.

On the Di Du liver and gallbladder side was a 3D‑printed patient model, while Zheng Ren and Su Yun sat into the operating cabin, preparing for surgery.

Initially they used wireless signals; civilian precision still differs greatly from medical precision. Occasionally there'd be lag—a 20 ms delay is hardly noticeable in civilian use, but Zheng Ren clearly felt it differed from normal robotic‑arm surgery.

A routine liver cancer interventional surgery took him a full hour to finish.

With latency lag, Zheng Ren felt like he was playing an online game. But after getting used to the 20 ms delay, the surgery finally went smoothly.

Su Yun was amazed at the boss's adaptability.

But Zheng Ren didn't think so; afterward the 5G fiber transmitted the signal, latency nearly zero, which greatly improved the surgical experience.

No need to spare part of his attention to fight latency; it almost became direct manipulation of the robotic arm for surgery, feeling quite good.

Even though it was a 3D‑printed dummy, Zheng Ren still did the preoperative prep as if it were a real person. On the Di Du liver and gallbladder side, Zhou Chun Yong and Gao Shaojie stood ready; if any problem arose during surgery, they'd rush in to take over.

But the surgical process went smoothly; the imagined problems didn't appear, and the fiber's speed had become formidable. There's inherent latency between operating the robotic arm and manual control, and adding a bit of weak latency isn't a big deal.

Yet this superimposition can extend the arm's reach to tens of millions of miles away, which is hugely significant.

They worked late into the night; the hospital's 912 administration also attached great importance, with Director Yan and Vice President Yuan following along, waiting for Boss Zheng to clinch the surgery completely.

Emerging from the operating cabin, Zheng Ren let out a long sigh. Back in the evening he still needed to practice more in the system operating room.

"Doctor Zheng, will tomorrow's surgery go just as smoothly?" Director Yan stood behind the operating cabin; seeing Zheng Ren come out, he immediately asked.

This ultra‑futuristic operating cabin gave Director Yan not only shock but also immense pride.

Last year Director Kong lured Boss Zheng from Hai Cheng; now he's blossomed abundantly. One can foresee the fruit being supremely sweet—even Director Yan feels a little drool.

"Looking at it now, there should be no problem—we need to use 5G fiber."

Director Yan doesn't bother with such conceptual matters; he doesn't care whether 5G or 4G fiber differs, as long as it's 5G and useful for publicity.

"Director, I have a favor to ask," Zheng Ren said sheepishly.

"Huh? What is it?" Director Yan's heart tightened; Boss Zheng's request, given the current situation, must be done. Yet his demand is surely extremely hard to meet, and for a moment Director Yan's expression grew very solemn.

"If tomorrow's surgery succeeds, there'll definitely be interviews—I'd rather not go, okay?" Zheng Ren said with an honest smile, "Facing the camera, I truly don't know what to say. Let Director Kong and Su Yun handle the technical interview; you take care of the rest?"

Director Yan was speechless.

He looked at Zheng Ren solemnly; on that honest, simple face he saw not a trace of mockery.

But this request is truly hard to comprehend; even if Boss Zheng asked to become vice president, it would feel more real to Director Yan than this demand.

This is a national‑level big project—it's got to appear on Hua Shi TV's 30‑minute news! Even if there's only a tiny technical difference, being able to fit perfectly into the guide‑policy brings benefits too great to describe.

He just gave up like that?

Yes, he just gave up like that.

Director Yan didn't need to wonder whether he was being polite; his genuine expression said it all. He only wanted to do surgery; other matters had nothing to do with him.