Chapter 35: 0034 I

0034 I have finished speaking, who agrees, who opposes?

Director Pan shocked the whole audience.

The agent and Chen Secretary's eyes lit up; on the way here, they heard it could be done this way. However, the General Surgery Department chief who had just been seeing patients didn't mention this procedure; they still wanted to ask about it, but they didn't expect this steady, trustworthy old man to just say it outright.

Director Pan had an upright demeanor, a square face, thick brows and big eyes. If it were about looks, he might lose to pretty boys, but in terms of sense of security, he completely outshone everyone present, including the vice presidents.

The unique stern aura of someone who has been on the battlefield gave Director Pan extra trust.

"This old gentleman is…" the agent, intimidated, asked cautiously.

"Teacher Pan has a significant background; he served on the battlefield, earned second-class merit, and after retiring from the military he became the director of the high‑cadre ward at the military region hospital.

After retiring, he was rehired at the Emergency Department of City First Hospital, and is now working to turn the emergency department into Hai Cheng's emergency center." Chen Secretary and Director Pan are familiar, he overstepped to explain, finally feeling the weight insufficient, he added: "Teacher Pan is really a capable person."

"Using a colonoscope to perform an appendectomy, City First Hospital has never done that." Director Liu jumped up and started to stir up drama and sabotage.

He keenly sensed that Zheng Ren should be able to perform this surgery. Director Liu had long regretted his petty grudge against a low‑rank inpatient chief; the fallout left him unable to back down—what's the point?

Not letting Zheng Ren do this surgery would make him even more passive; this is Director Liu's instinctive reaction.

"Just because you haven't done it doesn't mean others haven't." Director Pan couldn't back down; having decided to support Zheng Ren, he would give full support with no retreat.

"Employ without suspicion, suspect and do not employ"—this is also a tradition passed down in the military.

"I can guarantee Zheng Ren will complete this surgery smoothly." Director Pan didn't give Director Liu a chance to rebut, suddenly standing up: "As an old military doctor, I have my own judgment. If the surgery fails, I'm prepared to pick up the scalpel myself."

Saying that, Director Pan glanced at Director Liu and gave a cold smile.

"As for the appendectomy, my subordinate—Zheng Ren—is the best at City First Hospital." Director Pan said: "He's number one in the city, number one in the province!"

"Oh? Director Pan actually praises him that highly?"

The president, secretary, and agent all showed curious expressions; they had never heard of this person Zheng Ren before. But when they heard Zheng Ren's name, the executive vice president in charge of clinical affairs, Fu Guangshi, changed expression.

"Just yesterday, Zheng Ren performed 49 appendectomies in 16 hours, covering all kinds of high‑difficulty techniques, flawless with no faults to find." Director Pan continued, "So letting Zheng Ren do the surgery—even if laparoscopic surgery fails there are remedial measures—is currently the best solution."

Director Pan paused, looked around, his aura exploding like a mighty lion.

"I've finished speaking; who agrees, who opposes?"

The whole venue fell silent.

A few seconds later, Director Liu said: 'I…'

"You're not qualified!" Director Pan cut off Liu Tianxing's words: "You don't do appendectomies as well as Zheng Ren—shut up!"

Director Liu instantly went quiet, 'Damn, not as good as Zheng Ren, I'm still a department head—I've done over a thousand appendectomies, and you just slap my face like that?'

"Not convinced?" Director Pan glanced at him with a look of disdain: "Then what about those forty‑nine surgery videos—don't you remember?"

The president and others didn't know what the "forty‑nine videos" meme was, but then they saw the so‑called "Number One Blade of Hai Cheng," Director Liu, immediately back down, his face flushed red as he sat down, his head almost slipping under the table.

"Then it's settled—Doctor Zheng Ren will lead the appendectomy, how about that?" President Xiao waved his hand, confirmed it, then turned to ask the patient's agent for opinion.

The agent doesn't understand medicine, but she knows how to read people. Although the lead surgeon was seated in a corner and his skill level unknown, seeing Director Pan rebuke the General Surgery chief gave her enough confidence.

The decision was made, the most difficult step resolved.

The agent refused the surgery livestream and also requested as many female assistants as possible. As for Zheng Ren, there was simply no way around it.

The president, the agent, and Director Pan stayed in the conference room awaiting surgery. The anesthesiology department chief arranged a highly skilled anesthesiologist to administer anesthesia, who also remained here.

After the endoscopy room chief Shi helped Zheng Ren finish all preoperative preparations, he too was pushed out by an assistant in sterile garb.

This is the most pretentious patient Zheng Ren has ever seen, bar none, yet it isn't off‑putting.

Only three people remained in the operating room: a female anesthesiologist, a female assistant, and Zheng Ren himself.

The female assistant, wearing a cap and mask, bowed to Zheng Ren and apologized: 'Doctor Zheng, sorry.'

"Huh?"

"Miss Zhou Jinxi wants to become a star, so she tries to avoid any gossip as much as possible; please understand." the female assistant said.

Only then did Zheng Ren learn the female model's name was Zhou Jinxi. But her future stardom has nothing to do with him. Zheng Ren doesn't chase celebrities; he only cares about whether this surgery succeeds or fails.

Scrub hands, disinfect, lay out sterile sheets—the surgery officially begins.

Until Zheng Ren laid out the surgical drape, inserted the colonoscope, and could no longer see Zhou Jinxi's fair, youthful, collagen‑rich thighs and the unmentionable parts, the livestream in Xinglin Yuan also started at the same moment.

The system is quite intelligent; it seems to know what situations would cause trouble and directly avoids them.

The power of the 404 divine beast is terrifying to this extent.

【The great god is streaming again? Doesn't he need to rest?】

【Huh? This position is wrong—are you doing a laparoscopic appendectomy? It doesn't look like it; seems more like a colonoscopy. Let me check the medical records.】

【Damn, using a colonoscope for an appendectomy—is the great god trying to ascend to heaven?!】

In the Xinglin Yuan livestream room, ten seconds after the broadcast began, numerous onlookers who had cleared up the case immediately started a hot pot.

The vast majority of doctors nationwide don't know what ESD technique is.

Even if a few know it, they've never seen it.

Even if they've seen it, they've never performed it themselves.

Even if they've performed it, they've never done an appendectomy with it.

The number of people nationwide who have used ESD to perform an appendectomy can be counted on one hand.

Doctors holding their phones started notifying friends and colleagues, urging them to quickly log onto Xinglin Yuan to watch the divine‑level surgery—laparoscopic trans‑rectal retrograde appendectomy.

Xinglin Yuan itself is a highly professional niche website with little investment.

Within less than a minute after the livestream began, the surgery broadcast room was packed to capacity, because Xinglin Yuan's technical staff had never imagined a livestream could have 1,000 simultaneous viewers.

【Is the surgeon trying to ascend to heaven? How exactly is this surgery done? Who can share a surgical record for me to see?】

【Don't even think about a surgical record—I just searched and there's none. The people I know who are familiar with ESD are few.】

【Let me give a quick rundown. In 1994, RB scholars invented the IT knife, first beginning mucosal resection procedures—but only for esophageal and gastric mucosa. In 1999, RB experts used ESD to remove early gastrointestinal cancers. In 2010, the endoscopy room of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University tried performing an appendectomy, but to this day it has not become widespread nationwide.】

【How is this supposed to be done?】

【Just watch quietly; the great god is the great god, the surgery is beautifully done, the application of this new technology can also rank among the nation's best—please accept my knee.】

In the operating room, Zheng Ren had already begun to pass the colonoscope through the rectum, following the colonic tract, and began to search for the appendix.