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Chapter 157 Confirmation (Please Subscribe)

Fang Ziye said, "Then, Director Zhang, I'll be going now. I still have to go to the operating room later."

"As for the lab, I'll visit it after my surgeries in the afternoon and during my non-surgical hours, and then I'll exchange ideas and discuss things with my classmates," Fang Ziye said very modestly.

To be honest, Zhang Mingcan almost gave Fang Ziye a reason to break down, and he almost got used by him.

If Fang Ziye had been even slightly irrational, given Zhang Mingcan's wealth and ability, he would have been eager to find out who that senior was, what kind of research he was working on, and then directly sabotage his research, preventing him from completing it and causing him unnecessary trouble.

If you get a grant for a general or youth grant, but you can't finish it, then you're in real trouble, not just with your research group, but also with your department and even the hospital.

However, a research project only has a goal. To break all the goals, you would have to prevent all the pathways in the research direction from being explored before the researcher publishes their paper.

The difficulty is very high.

Moreover, Fang Ziye wasn't that irrational; it was all Zhang Mingcan's one-sided story.

Besides, how to conduct oneself in the relationship between master and senior brother depends on the master's wishes. One should not interfere in the relationship between elders.

Only a fool would do something like that. The right thing to do is to focus on your clinical work, strengthen your own research and the depth of your research group's publications.

"Yes, yes, no rush for lab matters."

"Oh, right, there's one more thing. Ziye, I heard Zhong Xuegao from our department say yesterday that your manual reduction skills are very strong, even stronger than Xue Tao's."

"Here's what we'll do. There are too many fracture patients in the department right now. If you have some free time, come over and help out with some of the relatively simple fractures that can be manually reduced."

"How about it, in the department or the operating room?" Zhang Mingcan finally steered the conversation to the place he wanted to work, which was also closely related to clinical practice.

The department has a large number of patients, not just in Director Wu Guonan's group, but in all groups.

In general, all cases that could be manually reduced have already been reduced. However, Wu Guonan had a natural advantage by bringing in Huang Haitao, which cleared out more than a dozen patients, leaving only twenty-two patients in the group.

Originally, the group led by Director Wu Guonan had the largest number of patients, but the advantage was that there were no critically ill patients; the critically ill patients were all assigned to Director Zhang Mingcan and former Director Hong Du.

Fang Ziye still praised Zhang Mingcan for his task allocation.

While not necessarily absolutely fair, at least everyone is convinced of its fairness.

Although our group has two or three fewer patients, we still have some critically ill patients.

"Director Zhang, that might not be possible. The reason I was able to perform some manual reduction techniques yesterday was naturally due to Director Huang's guidance. Without guidance, it would be impossible..." Fang Ziye quickly explained.

Zhang Mingcan laughed again, pointed in Fang Ziye's direction, and said, "You don't know this, do you? In Minzu University Hospital, there's a very talented person who's about your age, maybe two or three years older than you."

"This can be considered Director Huang Haitao's junior brother, and is the last and most outstanding disciple of the old TCM doctor Chen. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Orthopedics at Tongji Hospital, but he is doing a fixed-point exchange at Minzu University Hospital, similar to your situation, and it is a long-term one."

“I have a good relationship with him. I can invite him over and give you a thorough and comprehensive lecture.”

"Hmm?" Fang Ziye's heart tightened, and his brows furrowed.

“His surname is Wu, and his name is Wu Xuanqi. You can get to know him better,” Zhang Mingcan told Fang Ziye.

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye immediately nodded respectfully and agreed.

But in his heart he was thinking that if his operation was even better than Huang Haitao's, then it must be at least a level 4 manual repositioning technique.

A level 4 manual repositioning technique at around thirty years old is considered quite impressive, a true genius. I'd guess he's at least on par with Song Yi.

Fang Ziye, as a native of Enshi, knew that Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Minzu University Hospital had a good relationship.

It's just like the good relationship between Eun-do Central Hospital and Han-do University.

……

Fang Ziye returned to the ward round team and followed along in a proper and orderly manner.

However, during today's ward rounds, Fang Ziye said a few more words, but didn't go into any particular depth.

The main purpose is to avoid wasting surgical time.

After the ward rounds, there weren't many medical orders that needed to be revised, but they were all handed over to Huang Yunxiao.

Fang Ziye, Xue Tao, and Wang Zhongxing were taken directly into the operating room by Wu Guonan.

This was Fang Ziye's first time entering the operating room, so Wu Guonan personally escorted him, saying to the staff member at the door, "This is Dr. Fang from our orthopedics department. If you forget to bring your name tag in the future, please remember to let him in."

The person in charge of distributing masks and medical caps was a middle-aged man, probably in his fifties. He smiled shyly and said, "No, Director Zhang, don't worry. Dr. Fang, I'll remember. Hehehe."

Wu Guonan gave a thumbs up and explained to Fang Ziye, "Ziye, this is Brother Long. He's one of the guys in our operating room. He has a photographic memory. He remembers all the surgeons and nurses in our hospital clearly, and he can still call them by name next time."

"If you don't believe me, you can try it."

After Uncle Long picked out a suitable outfit for Fang Ziye, he nodded to Fang Ziye and said, "Hello, Dr. Fang."

"Hello, hello." Fang Ziye, wearing blue rubber slippers, ventured deeper inside.

He still had something he wanted to ask Director Wu for advice on.

A few minutes later, in the locker room, Fang Ziye asked, "Director Wu, where did you do your advanced training before? Was it at the Provincial People's Hospital, Central South Hospital, Tongji Hospital, or Union Hospital?"

Wu Guonan was putting on his scrubs at the moment. After sticking his butt out, he pulled up his belt and turned his head: "Most of the people in our hospital did their advanced training at Central South University, including me. When I was doing my advanced training, I chose Professor Dong Yaohui's group."

"At that time, Professor Deng Yong had just started leading the team, and Professor Dong was the director of the ward."

"You're not going to tell your master, are you?" Wu Guonan laughed.

Wu Guonan has a great figure, but the puffiness around his eyes disappeared after a few days of rest; it was just from staying up late.

A capable temperament.

Fang Ziye shook his head: "How could that be? I was just curious. For example, when Brother Tao was doing his advanced studies, my master had already become a chief resident, and he didn't encounter a single one."

"I've had contact with many of the visiting doctors from hospitals in prefecture-level cities like Xian City and Yi City."

"Isn't this just wanting to see people from my hometown?" Fang Ziye made up a casual excuse to get by.

Xue Tao's expression flickered at this moment.

Xue Tao, when you were doing your advanced studies, Yuan Weihong was the chief resident.

After hesitating for a moment, Xue Tao said, "Director Wu, Xiao Fang's master's degree was earned by Yuan Weihong's student. He only got his doctorate with Professor Deng Yong."

Xue Tao's tone suggested that she was reminding Wu Guonan of something.

"Oh!" Wu Guonan suddenly realized.

“A young talent paired with a younger talent is a very good match. When I was pursuing my second degree, Yuan Weihong was only a third-year doctoral student, close to graduation,” Wu Guonan explained.

It's not an exaggeration to say that promotion in a prefecture-level city hospital may require two or three further training sessions.

When Wu Guonan first went for further training, Yuan Weihong wasn't even in the department yet. He didn't mention it.

When Fang Ziye heard that the two of them had mentioned their teachers, and that the time span was around the time their teachers were doing their doctoral studies, he asked, "Was my master particularly amazing back then?"

"I think my master is really amazing. But my master won't tell me."

Xue Tao immediately raised this.

"Brother Wei is awesome. You're lucky to be working with him, Xiao Fang."

Wu Guonan nodded: "I'm not particularly close to Yuan Weihong, but I know him. He's in the same profession and clinical practice, and he was a prominent figure back then."

"Many of the doctoral students in Professor Dong's group were overwhelmed by the pressure back then. Even when Professor Deng Yong later became the ward director, it seems that Yuan Weihong was the one who stayed in the hospital."

“Yes, that’s it.” Wu Guonan said firmly.

Fang Ziye quickly made a blunder and asked, "Director Wu, you should also know about the misunderstanding that happened to my master, right? Could you give me a little more detail?"

“I asked my master directly, but he wouldn’t tell me. But people are curious, after all.”

Fang Ziye cleverly lowered his voice: "I won't tell my master."

The whole outfit exudes a gossipy, eccentric charm, vividly portraying the character.

There are some things I can learn from my junior brother, at least I can pretend to be convincing.

Fang Ziye was not very old, so Xue Tao and Wu Guonan didn't think too much about it. After hesitating for a moment, Wu Guonan figured that since Fang Ziye already knew the general idea, he simply said a few words as they walked.

While Wu Guonan's account wasn't as detailed as Director Zhang Mingcan's, it's true that Professor Chu had only recently passed away, leading to some rumors circulating within the department. Through Wu Guonan's supplementary information, Fang Ziye gained a general understanding of the situation.

That's right. After Professor Chu passed away, Fang Ziye had two senior colleagues who also worked at Zhongnan Hospital. However, due to various reasons, they couldn't get promoted, so the two of them left the hospital the year after Professor Chu's death.

One was an associate chief physician who didn't get promoted to associate professor, while the other even had his promotion to associate chief physician postponed. The result of these two is quite interesting.

As soon as he left, he packed up all the research results from the research group.

But clearly, many of the achievements at that time were made by Yuan Weihong. However, the two senior brothers used these things as the foundation for their development in the next generation.

Wu Guonan had no way of knowing exactly where they went, but he knew that when they left, his two senior brothers urged Yuan Weihong to leave as soon as possible.

As the saying goes, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.

The teachers have all fallen, what's the point of staying? They're just there to be used as props for others.

The two left gracefully, but Yuan Weihong really suffered during that time. Yuan Weihong didn't need to fight his way through the training room to obtain the qualification to stay in the hospital; as long as he published the article, he could still kill indiscriminately.

Like my senior, Sun Shaoqing, it's definitely too late to do any more experiments.

Moreover, Yuan Weihong never thought he would rely on the training room to stay in the hospital, so his abilities in all aspects were not developed in a balanced way, but rather his strengths were strong and his weaknesses were weak.

But eventually, a breakthrough was achieved, which led to the decision to stay in the hospital...

Fang Ziye could almost hear the words his master, Yuan Weihong, had spoken to him long ago—

"Go back and rest early, don't stay in the training room for too long."

"Improving clinical skills requires persistent and meticulous effort."

"The original intention of setting up practice rooms in the hospital was simply to facilitate learning, not for us to overcome obstacles."

"What the professors say is just empty talk; don't take it too seriously."

Fang Ziye initially thought that all of this was being said to him.

Fang Ziye is now finally able to understand the first three sentences, but this is only for the convenience of learning, not for us to skip ahead.

Perhaps, Yuan Weihong's eventual hospitalization had little to do with the training room for breaking through barriers, but rather with his own management of it.

Fang Ziye also felt that there was a hidden meaning in the last sentence, but he couldn't quite figure it out yet.

Fang Ziye couldn't help but wonder whether his teacher Yuan Weihong's so-called "a leaf in the North Sea" was a real drifting, or a deliberate act of madness and foolishness, a persona he had created for himself.

Fang Ziye remained silent.

All the calm and tranquility in this world are not as simple as they seem on the surface.

Just focus on being a good person and, under your master's protection, go with the flow. Since there are no major upheavals, don't create unnecessary trouble for yourself.

……

However, because of this incident, Fang Ziye had absolutely no interest in performing surgeries or earning any knowledge points during the process.

Anyway, the whole process was that Wu Guonan and Xue Tao told Fang Ziye what to do, and Fang Ziye did it.

Let Fang Ziye make a loophole, and Fang Ziye will make a loophole.

If a suture is to be made, then a suture is to be made.

Even though Wu Guonan and others praised Fang Ziye's incision and suturing skills, Fang Ziye still found them somewhat uninteresting.

This situation continued until noon.

When Fang Ziye was having his shift at the surgical canteen, Yuan Weihong called him: "Ziye, were you in surgery earlier?"

Fang Ziye felt as if he were bathed in a spring breeze from his master's voice and tone.

"Like a teacher and a father" is not just Fang Ziye's one-sided statement, nor is it him flattering Yuan Weihong. Rather, it reflects Fang Ziye's genuine experience and understanding of all the ways Yuan Weihong has treated him.

"Master, are you resting? Did Director Zhang call you?" Fang Ziye became lively again, though there was a hint of concern in his voice.

"Yeah! This guy really talks about everything."

"Don't take Director Zhang's words to heart. Every generation has its own relationships."

"Anyway, you have to be a little confused. What's past is past. Your Master Chu's lineage is so small, and those who have connections with your teacher and me are just a few."

"Alright, Master's affairs involve interpersonal relationships and social interactions, you don't need to worry about that. Just focus on doing your own thing, make fewer promises, talk less, and do more." Yuan Weihong was probably lying in the study, speaking to Fang Ziye.

Fang Ziye could still hear Yuan Weihong's somewhat lazy turning of the pages.

"Okay, Master."

“I didn’t ask you directly. I just felt that I didn’t know how to talk about these things, so I just did my best.”

"Oh, right, Master, Jie Han told me yesterday that our bid might not be successful?" Fang Ziye asked again.

"It's highly unlikely that you'll get the award. After all, your senior's research group has done more in-depth and promising research on osteosarcoma and HK2 than we have."

"But it's okay, we have money in our team, we can just keep going."

"It's a promise, don't let it affect your mood or anything like that."

"You haven't reached the level of pressure your teacher is under."

"Just three points: first, study your major; second, accumulate academic knowledge; third, broaden your horizons. Everything else is irrelevant," Yuan Weihong said casually.

Fang Ziye knew that Yuan Weihong's nonchalant attitude was definitely an act.

It's nothing, it's just some previous research findings, we can just do it again.

The academic world is vast as the sea, and there is still much to be done in any direction. Even in the molecular study of HK2 in giant cell tumor of bone, there are still too many directions to explore in depth, which would take a lifetime to exhaust.

Fang Ziye wasn't afraid: "Okay, Master. I'm eating now. After I finish eating, I'll have to go for surgery."

"I made a pledge to Professor Li that if I don't succeed by the end, I'll probably get a lot of criticism, but I'll try my best to avoid being scolded."

"You're overthinking it. How could Professor Li really set such high standards for you? As long as you can further improve your basic skills in trauma surgery, that would be excellent."

"You can learn the rest gradually. You might not be able to learn anything in Enshi."

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye asked again, "Not necessarily, Master."

"Do you know Dr. Shen, who is from the Provincial People's Hospital and is providing counterpart assistance at our Enshi Central Hospital?"

"There's also a trauma surgeon at Minzu University Hospital, Dr. Wu Xuanqi from Tongji Hospital. I heard he's very good at manual reduction techniques. Director Zhang even asked him to come over and give me some pointers."

"Shen Tao?"

"Wow, there are so many Taos in your department!" Yuan Weihong immediately exclaimed in amazement.

Fang Ziye knew that Yuan Weihong probably still remembered Associate Chief Physician Xue Tao, so he was even more surprised to hear that Shen Tao from the Provincial People's Hospital was also here.

Fang Ziye joked, "Master, just two days ago, Associate Chief Physician Huang Haitao came!"

The character "涛" (Tao) is extremely common in the names of Fang Ziye's older brothers from the previous ten years; it's not much different from the character "辉" (Hui).

"Don't joke like that, it's not appropriate for you."

"Shen Tao does swear; he has a very explosive temper."

"As for that PhD you mentioned, I have heard of him. He is the beloved student of the director of Tongji Hospital. He worked in the countryside for a year for various reasons before returning to continue his doctoral studies."

"He's very capable; I have some impression of him. However, you'd better avoid contact with him, as his network of relationships is somewhat complicated. Try to stay away from him."

"That old Dr. Chen who had a close relationship with him, his relationships were so complicated that it was best to keep your distance. But you can't help but respect him."

“Of course, it’s okay to learn, but don’t try to force yourself on others. Understand?” Yuan Weihong reassured Fang Ziye.

"Okay, I understand, Master." Fang Ziye was extremely obedient.

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