godfather of surgery

Chapter 1239 Just don't scold me anymore
Yang Ping's office.

Yang Ping glanced at the list Tang Shun had given him. This was not the final list, but only a preliminary one.

Because the progress of existing research projects cannot be affected, Yang Ping requires Tang Shun to provide new personnel.

These five new recruits do not yet have specific tasks and are still in the process of adapting to the work environment, so they were all assigned to the new research group.

"Professor, I think five people are a bit too few. Actually, I can allocate a few more people to you. Besides, many of the PhDs who were rejected in this recruitment are quite excellent. We can select some of them to recruit, which can be considered as expanding the recruitment quota for this time," Tang Shun suggested.

Yang Ping's gaze lingered on the list, and he waved his hand: "Five people are enough."

He put down the list and continued, "I know the staffing situation in our institute's lab. Right now, there are multiple people in multiple positions, and many people are juggling two research projects and simply can't keep up. If we recruit more people from those projects, their workload will be too heavy. As for the expansion you just mentioned, when it comes to hiring, it's better to have fewer people than to hire the wrong ones. Don't lower your standards too easily."

"I'm worried about whether these people can handle the job. They're all newcomers and haven't had any experience with major projects." Tang Shun still wanted to persuade them to take the job.

Yang Ping shook his head: "Everyone starts as a newbie. In a few months, everyone will be an expert. Don't worry, for now, we only have these few people. If I feel that we are short-handed later, I will let you know."

"Okay, but you have to let me know whenever you want." Tang Shun had no choice but to give up. It seemed that the professor had decided that the research group would remain at this size.

"Go and do your work."

"Alright, I'll go back and confirm with them one by one. I'll give you the final confirmed list within three days."

Tang Shun came out of Yang Ping's office.

These five newcomers clearly lack research experience. They only helped their supervisor with some projects during their student years, and those projects were certainly inferior to Yang Ping's in terms of both scale and advancement.

But it doesn't matter. Yang Ping has decided to personally mentor these people, teaching them some of the most advanced scientific research thinking and methods so that they can master world-class scientific research methods as soon as possible.

In the early stages of the research, Yang Ping planned to guide them step by step, while in the later stages, he planned to let them complete the task on their own, and he would only make strategic plans.

It's not that Yang Ping was lazy. No top scientist can personally do every step of the experiment. Just like a general doesn't need to pick up a gun and charge into battle, he only needs to strategize and deploy his troops.

Generals who fight wars like to hang a map in their rooms so they can easily refer to it to grasp the overall situation of the war.

Yang Ping likes to set up a whiteboard in his office. He will draw his experimental ideas on the whiteboard, which makes it easy for him to modify them at any time and keep abreast of the entire experiment.

The experiment involves designing a protein molecule that can enhance an antigen using gene recombination technology, and then attaching this protein molecule to a vaccine using loading technology. This experiment can be divided into two technical parts, both of which are very important. Moreover, the protein molecule and loading technology are designed to be universal, just like vaccine adjuvants. One type of loaded protein can be used in many vaccines. This high degree of universality and modularity can reduce costs and make it easier to develop new proteins in the future.

It would be much better if there were a senior researcher, but any senior researcher is currently undertaking multiple tasks and finds it difficult to detach themselves from their original research. Yang Ping thought that if there were a senior researcher, he could delegate many things to the senior researcher, and the senior researcher could mentor the newcomers, which would make Yang Ping's life much easier.

However, it is inappropriate to suddenly establish a new research project and disrupt the existing research group's personnel structure. Besides, people are prone to laziness. The original research group members are already used to the current research project. Suddenly asking them to start from scratch to do pioneering work will make the work much more difficult.

Moreover, this research group is different from other research groups. There are only five people, and the workload is much heavier. Other research groups have Tang Shun and Lu Xiaolu as leaders and supervisors, as well as several experienced and highly capable PhDs as core members. However, this research group has no core members. These five people are the core members. Apart from Yang Ping, they are the entire group.

Dean Xia called to inquire whether Yang Pingxin needed any assistance with his new research project. Dean Xia felt a little guilty, realizing it was his oversight that he hadn't promptly declined the task in front of his superiors.

Actually, he had tried to turn it down, but Yang Ping took the initiative to accept the task and was very persistent.

Dean Xia even used the tactic of giving meaningful glances, but Yang Ping didn't get it at the time and didn't pay any attention to his constant winks. This guy's mind is usually full of surgery and scientific research, and he has no sense of human relationships at all.

The technology of vaccine adjuvants has been around for over a hundred years, and so many companies have only managed to develop a few. Dean Xia is very clear about the capabilities of those companies.

Those pharmaceutical giants are no pushovers; some of them have produced Nobel laureates, and more than one.

With such research and development capabilities, coupled with resources accumulated over a century and world-class investment, so many companies have only managed to develop a handful of adjuvants.

It is evident that adjuvants themselves are scarce resources and their research and development are extremely difficult.

"Dean, you don't need to worry about me. You don't understand scientific research, you're just worrying unnecessarily." Yang Ping hung up the phone.

Even if a young person gets impatient and hangs up the phone when faced with their elderly mother's nagging.

Yo yo yo!
This guy, I talked to him for a few minutes and then hung up.

Dean Xia said a few words to him on the phone, but there was no response.

To say I don't understand scientific research is ridiculous. When the institute was founded, I was one of the three founding PhDs.

I don't understand scientific research?
Back in the day—
Dean Xia paced back and forth in his office, muttering to himself in anger.

He paced back and forth a few times, then picked up his teacup and took a sip to clear the heat from his chest.

It seems I really don't understand scientific research. I haven't touched scientific research for more than ten years. I don't know anything about the new methods, equipment and concepts in scientific research now.
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"Dr. Tang, my knowledge of immunology is weak. I want to catch up on my immunology knowledge, but it's not something I can do in a short time. I'm worried that if I join this research group, I'll be a burden to the professor. Could you help me find someone more capable and suitable? Would you be willing to join?"

Ji Ning poured out her grievances in Tang Shun's office, explaining for a long time that she didn't want to go to the new research group, and gave a whole host of reasons.

Tang Shun knew perfectly well that he was worried that this small research group wouldn't produce any results and would waste several years in the end. By then, others would be publishing a bunch of papers while he would have nothing and be stuck on the sidelines for years.

When it comes to scientific research, one must be willing to do it. If one is not willing and has no interest in the topic, one will definitely feel very depressed and passive while working, and it will be difficult to achieve results in this state of mind.

Tang Shun thought for a moment, wondering who should go instead, as manpower was already quite tight. Just then, someone knocked on the door. Tang Shun was in the middle of a conversation, so he said to the door, "Wait a moment."

Perhaps the person outside didn't hear Tang Shun's voice, as they continued banging on the door. What was going on? Tang Shun got up and opened the door. Standing outside was Jiang Jitong, who greeted him with a forced smile: "Director..."

"I'm busy right now, wait for me outside." Tang Shun gestured with his chin to the chair next to him.

Jiang Jitong chuckled: "Director, I'll just say a few words, it won't take up your time. I heard that our institute is going to start a new research project on immunology. I'm very interested in immunology and have always wanted to do research on it. Do you know if you have any chance to recommend me?"

"You like immunology?" Tang Shun was quite surprised. "Didn't you say you were into stem cells?"

"I also like stem cells, but I like immunology the most. Actually, I like all these topics, but there's always one I like the most. My favorite is immunology." Jiang Jitong nodded after saying this, indicating that he was telling the truth.

Tang Shun sized him up for a moment, then said, "Come in."

“I’ll wait for you outside, so as not to interrupt your conversation.” Jiang Jitong pointed to Ji Ning inside.

Tang Shun said impatiently, "Just come in when I tell you to. What are you dawdling about?"

Jiang Jitong came in, and Tang Shun closed the office door, sat back in his chair, and Jiang Jitong and Ji Ning sat opposite him.

"Jiang Jitong, do you really like immunology?" Tang Shun asked again, as this guy's words were unreliable.

Jiang Jitong nodded: "We can't say things like that, it's a matter of the future of scientific research."

"Alright, the junior brother next to you is new here, his name is Ji Ning, do you know him?" Tang Shun asked.

Jiang Jitong nodded: "There are no colleagues in the same laboratory who don't know each other, it's just that we're not familiar with each other yet."

“Okay, that’s right. Our lab has just established a new research group, mainly focusing on immunology. Professor Yang will personally lead this group. Since all the existing researchers in our lab have their own projects, we can only select five new people to form the group. However, my junior brother Ji Ning just told me that he has a problem. His knowledge of immunology is very weak, and he is afraid that he will hold back the project. If you are willing to switch, you can switch with him. He will take over your original work, and you can go to the new research group. Is that okay?” Tang Shun didn’t say anything unnecessary.

"Okay!" Jiang Jitong replied readily.

"What about you?"

“Okay!” Ji Ning readily agreed; he really didn’t want to stay in a group that only did perfunctory work.

"That's settled then. Think it over carefully. Once I've finalized the list, don't come back to me for changes. This is your own selection, so no matter what happens, don't come back to me to argue, understand? I don't have time to argue with you." Tang Shun made it clear from the outset.

The entire research institute is extremely busy right now and is severely understaffed. If people keep coming in to argue about this every few days, it will seriously affect work efficiency. Any problems should be discussed in advance.

"No problem, please don't worry," they replied in unison.

Tang Shun nodded and immediately crossed out Ji Ning's name on the list and replaced it with Jiang Jitong's name. Then he put the list away and said, "I'll give you a week to complete the handover. Ji Ning is a newcomer, so Jiang Jitong, please be as careful as possible during the handover. It would be best to arrange for an experienced colleague to mentor him for a month so that he can integrate into the work as quickly as possible."

Jiang Jitong was always so straightforward: "Leave it to me."

The news about setting up a new research group was actually deliberately leaked by Tang Shun. He wanted to see how things would develop, whether any newcomers were unwilling, and whether any senior researchers wanted to join the new research group. If so, they would definitely communicate privately.

Unexpectedly, this situation actually happened. Tang Shun had already seen through the tricks of these two. They didn't just bump into each other; they had planned it beforehand. There's no such thing as a coincidence. Something abnormal must be amiss.

Tang Shun was merely going along with the flow to facilitate this matter, which was fine, as it saved him the trouble of doing the work.

Tang Shun had been pondering this for a while. Although Professor Yang had made it clear that new people were necessary to ensure the progress of the existing project wouldn't be affected, having all five members as newcomers would be very inconvenient for the work, and Professor Yang would have to worry about many things, which was definitely not suitable.

Therefore, Tang Shun kept thinking about how to bring in a senior PhD so that Professor Yang's work would be much easier with the mentorship of the newcomer.

Since the two have already privately agreed that Ji Ning doesn't want to stay in the new research group, forcing him to stay would make him an unstable factor in the future. On the other hand, Jiang Jitong has rich research experience, has participated in the entire process of major projects in the laboratory, and has a well-rounded knowledge base with no obvious weaknesses, making him the most suitable person to mentor newcomers in the new research group.

As for the claim that he likes immunology the most, that's all nonsense. This guy is a shrewd individual; he just happened to catch a great opportunity. Sometimes, choice is more important than effort.

"Thank you, senior brother!"

As Ji Ning left Tang Shun's office, he was deeply grateful to Jiang Jitong. If Jiang Jitong hadn't offered to exchange, even if he wanted to refuse, no one would have been willing to replace him.

"Don't be so polite. We're colleagues. Besides, I like immunology, and you're not very knowledgeable in it. We can exchange ideas, which will benefit our future development." Jiang Jitong said a few polite words, but in his heart he was thinking: Just don't scold me in the future.

The list of personnel for the new research group was finally finalized. Tang Shun spoke with the people on the list individually again, and everyone had no objections and was completely willing to accept it.

Tang Shun then spoke privately with Jiang Jitong, instructing him to take on the responsibilities of the group leader after joining the new research group, to be a good assistant to Professor Yang, and to quickly train the newcomers. He also reminded Jiang that Professor Yang is usually very busy and that he should not let Professor Yang worry too much about trivial matters.

"Leave it to me. After I got there, I developed a real passion for immunology. Professor Yang just gave us the project proposal, and we handled all the other work." Jiang Jitong was now bursting with enthusiasm, almost ready to raise his fist and shout slogans.

Tang Shun thought for a moment and then said, "If you have any difficulties, tell me privately as soon as possible. We need to stay in close contact."

"Don't worry, I've got it covered," Jiang Jitong said confidently once again.

Five people were indeed a bit few, but Professor Yang disagreed with transferring other staff. Tang Shun had also told Professor Yang that five people weren't enough, and they could transfer more, or even urgently recruit a new batch if necessary. Professor Yang rejected this suggestion, saying that five people were sufficient.

Tang Shun pondered for a long time and felt that he had already confessed what needed to be confessed, and he could give Jiang Jitong an explanation at any time in the future.