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Chapter 140: The Small Bonus and the Departure (Bonus Chapter for 4000 Monthly Tickets, Please Subscribe)

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye felt a slight chill run down his spine.

“Master, I have great respect for traditional medicine and Chinese medicine. I had a relative who was cured by Chinese medicine.”

"Although I don't know how to do it, could I at least know why?" Fang Ziye adhered to the principle of asking questions when he didn't understand.

Upon hearing this, Professor Deng Yong took a deep drag on his cigarette.

“There’s an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor in Enshi. He used to be the vice president of the Chinese Medicine Association. I don’t know if he’s still in Enshi. Just don’t talk nonsense, or you’ll really offend him. Even your master won’t know how to plead for you.”

"Of course, under normal circumstances, such a senior figure would definitely not stoop to your level."

“But old man, old man, we can’t fathom the temper of the elderly, we can’t afford to offend them, so we have to be careful with our words and actions. Because a prefecture-level city hospital is different from our hospital. You know?” Deng Yong instructed.

Fang Ziye remembered those words perfectly.

There are people in Enshi whom even Professor Deng Yong cannot afford to offend; if you do, you're finished.

No way.

“There are some other things that Yuan Weihong might not be able to explain to you in such detail.”

"That means after you go to Enshi Central Hospital, you need to be extra careful when interacting with the head of the department, especially the head of orthopedics or the head of trauma surgery."

"Furthermore, pharmaceutical sales representatives should be careful to avoid any special economic disputes or entanglements with them."

"Professor Li and the hospital have applied for a rural allowance for you. It's not much, but it should cover your living expenses and rent."

"Have you found a place yet?" Deng Yong asked with concern.

Fang Ziye quickly nodded: "Master, you've gone to so much trouble. I'm from Ba County, Enshi City. I have a distant relative who owns an apartment in the neighborhood opposite the Enshi Central Hospital."

“They are all still in town, so the house is vacant. I rented it for six months for a symbolic fee of three thousand yuan.”

Five hundred yuan a month, and it's an apartment in the community, a three-bedroom, one-living room place. Fang Ziye himself felt embarrassed.

There was nothing I could do. It was my mother's cousin's house, and my mother was the one who negotiated the price. Out of consideration for her, the other party couldn't ask for a higher price.

Three thousand for half a year, a three-bedroom apartment in a neighborhood near the hospital is a steal.

However, Fang Ziye himself was sensible and familiar with this aunt. This uncle also had a good impression of Fang Ziye. When he heard that Fang Ziye was going to stay in the countryside for exchanges, he basically did not speak in an official tone.

They even said it was free, but it's still unreasonable to say it's free.

If it were Fang Ziye's uncle's vacant house, then it would be reasonable for Fang Ziye to live there for free for six months or a year.

Even among relatives, there are degrees of closeness.

"That's alright. Anyway, after you go there, you'll get 1 from the school, and the hospital will give you 1. Our department can't give you any, but Yuan Weihong and I will give you 1 together, which should be enough."

“But don’t complain that your master gives you too little,” Deng Yong said.

Fang Ziye shook his head vigorously, like a rattle drum.

Just kidding, it would be good enough if they could even afford it; Fang Ziye planned to pay for everything himself.

"Thank you, Master. That's more than enough." Fang Ziye quickly poured Deng Yong another cup of water.

Don't underestimate three thousand yuan; it might be more than many people earn in a month.

That's 18,000 yuan for six months. Rent a place for 3,000 yuan a month, so that's 15,000 yuan for living expenses over six months, and there's definitely still money left over. And that's not all; the hospital also gives Fang Ziye a month's residency training subsidy, and the school gives him a three-month stipend.

The residency training subsidy is 900 yuan per month, and the school's financial aid is 6000 yuan per year, averaging 500 yuan per month.

Fang Ziye's residency training subsidy can only be received until April. He will stop his residency training by then, and he will feel bad about receiving the money.

"Master, is the cured meat to your liking? If so, I'll bring some back with me when I get back." Although Fang Ziye went to Enshi, he would still return to Hanshi if the opportunity presented itself.

I'll give some pointers to my junior classmates this weekend, so they don't end up as unruly as I am.

My two junior brothers helped me a lot; relationships are built through interactions, not through deep-rooted connections.

Deeply ingrained, innate, only blood relatives.

"You shouldn't eat too much of this, don't bother, just focus on your studies."

"Let me tell you about the next point..." Deng Yong talked with Fang Ziye for a full half hour before leaving the office and rushing to the operating room.

However, it took Fang Ziye another ten minutes or so in his office to process what he had learned about the methods that directors and hospital administrators used to attract talent.

Needless to say, the use of beautiful women as a tactic was employed; it's even possible that when Yuan Weihong went to the countryside to provide support, he would be accompanied by attractive nurses.

Even in some prefecture-level city hospitals, there are certain appearance requirements when recruiting nurses. The requirement is that the facial features be regular, and you can't argue with that. It's an implicit rule.

It's not about selling a persona; the fact that we can use the hospital's high-quality resources to help couples find a good match is a good thing in itself.

Secondly, there's the lure of money.

Take Fang Ziye, for example, a young man who has never left his hometown before. If you went there and were offered 30,000 yuan a month during your exchange program, would you be interested?

I don't love it, 40,000.

If you still don't love me, 50,000!

Municipal hospitals are willing to offer an annual salary of around 500,000 to 600,000 yuan to recruit a very outstanding PhD. Do you think you can resist that temptation?

After the lure of money, there are naturally other things, such as team building activities where you are also included. These activities not only involve staff members of the institute, but also high-quality women of the opposite sex who are teachers or civil servants. If your resolve is not firm, you will be unable to resist the temptation of pretty girls.

If you find life in a prefecture-level city hospital to be quite comfortable, do you think you can escape it?
Fang Ziye pondered for a long time before silently letting out a sigh of relief.

Life is a long journey, and the world is vast; our current perspective is insignificant.

To be honest, when Fang Ziye heard about the monthly salary of 50,000, his heart skipped a beat, but fortunately, Yuan Weihong told him about the pressure behind the 50,000 monthly salary, which made Fang Ziye back down.

To earn a monthly salary of 50,000 yuan in a prefecture-level city hospital, you definitely need to secure a major project proposal within a certain timeframe and lead your department to significant progress. This is equivalent to recruiting top-level department heads who are also academic leaders.

You're just a doctor, don't overthink it.

Moreover, Fang Ziye doesn't really know much about what's going on in society. He can only move forward slowly, choose his own goals and direction, and not have any second thoughts.

Nowadays, the overall divorce rate in society is over 40 percent. Moreover, Fang Ziye has heard that someone has calculated that the divorce rate among surgeons is even higher.

Therefore, based on this data, we can infer that once a person has money, all sorts of temptations will naturally come, and whether or not one can stick to their original intentions is the only choice they can make for themselves.

After thinking it over, Fang Ziye checked his remaining knowledge points, which amounted to 1,300, and felt relieved.

After composing himself, Fang Ziye walked into the operating room.

Inside the operating room, the entire team was still lined up in a row.

Even without Sun Shaoqing seizing the opportunity, and without Luo Tingzhu, a genius girl who gained Professor Deng Yong's attention, the number of people who could help was still considerable.

Naturally, Fang Ziye's first surgery came later, but for the second surgery, Professor Deng Yong brought Fang Ziye to the operating table and had him make a simple incision.

Fang Ziye simply exposed the muscle layer and completed the task in a standard and proper manner.

While not particularly striking, Fang Ziye's age certainly makes him look stunning. However, considering the overall impression, calling him striking would be an exaggeration.

Whether it's Yuan Weihong or Xie Jinyuan, their skill level is much higher than Fang Ziye's, at least hovering between 400-500 proficiency at level 3.

Fang Ziye even speculated that Xie Jinyuan had most likely reached level 4 proficiency.

Qin Geluo is slightly worse, but his proficiency should still be between 200 and 400.

It was good enough, but it didn't diminish the solemn respect the other doctoral students had for Fang Ziye's abilities, and the junior students found it shocking.

So, Senior Brother Fang Ziye is this amazing... Even Dong Cheng and Li Yuanhong, the two visiting doctors, had their eyes sparkling when they looked at Fang Ziye.

There's no other reason than that Fang Ziye's operational skills are currently more mature than theirs; they're all destined for promotion to deputy senior positions!
Incision and debridement are the core of trauma surgery.

Incision is just the simplest introductory step; subsequent bone reconstruction and muscle and tendon reconstruction are the biggest battlegrounds for trauma surgeons.

After a day of surgeries.

The time had come for Fang Ziye to leave Han City and briefly go to En City.

Yuan Weihong is a teacher, so he can't see him off; it's the other way around. Therefore, Fang Ziye still has to treat people to dinner today. There aren't many people invited: Li Yuanpei, Jie Han, Lan Tianluo, and Shu Lang, who lives in the same neighborhood as him.

There are too many people; we can't afford to hire them.

After most of the invited people had arrived, Fang Ziye was about to lead the team when, unexpectedly, Yuan Weihong approached him and whispered, "Professor Li Guohua and Professor Deng Yong have each secured research funding of 700,000 and 800,000 yuan for you. This is exclusively yours."

"Professor Deng Yong doesn't like to make empty promises; he can only explain things to you when he has them in his hands."

After Yuan Weihong finished speaking, he patted Fang Ziye on the shoulder and left.

It was as if Fang Ziye had received the most reassuring injection.

Fang Ziye was touched for a moment, because he hadn't felt so valued in so many years. The research funding totaled 1.5 million yuan. Even in the doctoral circle of Zhongnan Hospital, even Associate Professor Hong Zili's team wouldn't give a doctoral student such a generous grant.

Only the top teams in internal medicine and the team led by Dean Wang in urology are likely to provide a PhD with funding of over a million yuan!

Both the master and the advisor did their best.

Master did his best.

Then your choice was worthwhile!

After composing himself and suppressing his emotions, Fang Ziye once again joined in the fun with everyone.

"Come on, come on, we have to have a drink today. Yuanpei, why don't you have one too? It's the weekend tomorrow, and you're not on duty, right?" Fang Ziye invited.

Right now, he and Li Yuanpei are the oldest among them, and everyone else is a younger brother.

"Okay, have a drink, anyway, I'm in a good mood." Li Yuanpei smiled.

Lan Tianluo immediately explained to Fang Ziye, "Senior brother, Brother Pei has mastered the two key basic procedures in trauma surgery: debridement and incision!"

The breakthrough Lan Tianluo mentioned refers to reaching the highest graduation standard for a master's degree in trauma surgery, specifically level 3.

But this is already no easy feat.

Li Yuanpei endured a lot of hardship to achieve this goal.

The workload may not be as heavy as doing experiments yourself, but it's still tough work.

Fang Ziye said, "I knew Pei-ge wouldn't be defeated by these few words."

"You are Yuanpei, the great man who has achieved great success in both scientific research and clinical practice."

Li Yuanpei immediately perked up and said, "Brother Ye, I suspect you're trying to frame me."

Although her tone was somewhat aggrieved, she was no longer as silent as before.

Li Yuanpei caused his master to suffer injustice, or at least in the way he understood it. He felt that only by achieving results could he emerge from that dark period. Now, Li Yuanpei has gone more than halfway and he can see the future.

My master might have been at a disadvantage in choosing me, compared to Song Yi, but considering the difference between who I am now and who I was before, my master's choice was not a mistake.

During the banquet, Fang Ziye and Li Yuanpei mainly set an example for Lan Tianluo, Jie Han, and Shu Lang.

They were shown that there shouldn't be too much resentment among classmates. The relationship might not be as close as that between fellow students, but the friendship and way of getting along among classmates is, to a certain extent, something that fellow students can't match.

Fang Ziye then instructed Li Yuanpei in front of his two junior brothers to mentor his junior brothers and to ask them questions if they had any problems.

Fang Ziye was a little drunk, and in his drunken ramblings, he recounted his "despicable" and "reserved" behavior during his first and second years of graduate school.

In silence and through trial and error, I sought out ways to learn from my senior colleagues, exploring how to get their help in reviewing medical records when they weren't my direct mentors.

“Yuanpei, don’t look at me like that. I’m not here to complain or anything. This is really everything I’ve gone through. It would be a lie to say I’m not heartbroken, and it would be a lie to say I’m not lucky.”

"Let me tell you, do you know how many times Senior Brother Sun Shaoqing has silently guided me?"

Do you know how many medical records my senior brother Sun Shaoqing revised?

"Did you know that Senior Brother Sun Shaoqing took the blame for me?"

“You all don’t know, but I do. Even though I know, I can’t repay my senior brother in any way. He’s three years older than me and three years ahead of me. By the time I’m graduating, he’s already graduated and facing the pressure of finding a job.”

“Even since July of last year, Senior Brother Sun has been under a lot of pressure. He is no longer the spirited, cheerful, and helpful Senior Brother Sun he used to be…” Fang Ziye’s words came from the bottom of his heart, and he had kept them hidden away without ever mentioning them.

Sun Shaoqing could help him because Sun Shaoqing was capable and had accumulated enough experience, but Fang Ziye didn't have the opportunity to help Sun Shaoqing because Fang Ziye himself lacked the ability.

Even the sect doesn't have that many resources...

Li Yuanpei remained silent for a moment, then acknowledged all of Fang Ziye's thoughts and statements, and toasted Fang Ziye with a glass.

"Brother Ye, let's have a drink. The past is the past."

Jie Han and Lan Tianlu, somewhat bewildered, quickly joined in. They didn't need to consider the difficulties Fang Ziye mentioned, because Fang Ziye had already taken care of everything for them along the way, ensuring they didn't experience that kind of loneliness.

Shu Lang, however, was lost in thought.

Once this semester is over, he will no longer be a second-year master's student. He will face the triple pressure of graduation, pursuing a doctorate, and finding a job. Although he does not understand Fang Ziye's suffering without senior students, he is very clear about Fang Ziye's psychological struggle when he had no output...

These days, doctoral admission opportunities are so rare, and the doctoral application and assessment process is so rigorous.

"Have a drink. It's all in the past now. Things will only get better from now on." Fang Ziye opened his voice, letting go of all his emotions in an instant.

Lan Tianluo and Jie Han took Fang Ziye home and made sure he wasn't completely drunk, at least not enough to clearly understand anything. Only then did they realize that Fang Ziye probably hadn't accidentally inhaled anything, and they left with peace of mind.

However, before pushing open the door, the two adorable little ones each gave Fang Ziye a slight nod: "Thank you, Senior Brother."

"Go back and rest. Tomorrow is the weekend, but you still have to do your rounds. I also need to pack my things a bit before leaving tomorrow."

"Also, although I have given instructions to Li Yuanpei, you must not inquire about even the smallest things."

"Don't bother your fellow disciples who aren't in the same group. They have their own things to do, so you don't want to embarrass them. But if there's something you really don't understand, you should ask. Ask your master or your senior brother, you have to ask."

“We come from different families, so it’s impossible for us to be brothers. It’s all about exchanging favors, you know?” Fang Ziye said to the doorway.

Fang Ziye only told them how good Senior Brother Sun Shaoqing was to him, naturally without mentioning what he had done for Senior Brother Sun Shaoqing.

But that's all in the past. Lan Tianluo and Jie Han will have senior brothers in the future.

After the two left, Fang Ziye lay sprawled on the bed, savoring the moment for a while.

After a flurry of emotions, his face and expression shifted, and he quickly jumped up and started packing.

Bring some summer and spring clothes, and buy some more when you get to Enshi, since it's your new workplace.

After tidying up, Fang Ziye sent greeting messages to Yuan Weihong, Deng Yong, Associate Professor Hong Zili, Qian Qiaofeng, Dong Wenqiang, and others before falling asleep.

The next day, at six o'clock in the morning, Fang Ziye had breakfast with Dr. Li Yuanhong, who was on further training. It was hot dry noodles with soy milk. Then they took a taxi to the train station and headed straight for Enshi...

Along the way, Fang Ziye inquired about Enshi Central Hospital from Li Yuanhong again, full of energy and with bright, lively eyes, like an inexhaustible cockroach...

It's almost the end of the month, can everyone still give me some monthly votes?

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