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Chapter 177 Daring Not to Mention It Again: Methodology (Please Subscribe)

Upon hearing Zhang Mingcan's words, Fang Ziye stood up and walked around the chair towards the director's office outside the laboratory.

Upon entering, Zhang Mingcan was preparing simple tea for Fang Ziye, his expression consisting only of a smile.

This ability to control emotions is unmatched by most people.

"Director Zhang, you're too kind. If my master knew that you poured me tea, he'd be furious. He'd say I don't even have the manners I learned from my teacher," Fang Ziye said quickly as he filled the cup with water.

"Hi."

“We don’t have that many rules here. In the department, regardless of rank, most people treat each other like brothers, including the old director Hongdu. Can you tell he has any airs?” Zhang Mingcan explained.

"Ziye, please sit down."

Fang Ziye sat down first, took a sip of tea, and then slowly placed the teacup on the table.

"Ziye, are you getting used to things in the department?"

"Actually, to a certain extent, the arrangements that Director Hongdu made for you are very scientific, which is very beneficial to our department. After all, since you became the assistant chief resident, Ziye, I've been receiving a lot more calls from colleagues in other hospitals." Zhang Mingcan praised Fang Ziye with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye understood the meaning behind Zhang Mingcan's words.

During the period when Fang Ziye served as the assistant chief resident, he not only handled the rare dislocation without complications at Minzu University Hospital when he first took office as chief resident, but the patient also caused him a minor, painless trouble.

On another occasion, Fang Ziye encountered a very difficult patient who was unwilling to cooperate with the examination, and eventually went to Enshi People's Hospital.

Enshi People's Hospital assumed that the doctors at Enshi Central Hospital were the same ones as before. The on-duty doctor, confident in the strength of his department, performed joint reduction on a patient before the MRI results were available.

Then something went wrong.

Fang Ziye didn't inquire about how the problem was solved. However, during the process of tracking down the patient, he learned that the patient's dislocation was ultimately resolved through open reduction.

After Fang Ziye learned that he had gone to a medical institution, he did not ask any further questions.

But because of this incident, Zhang Mingcan received many more calls from trauma surgery departments of other hospitals. Basically, every patient who left Enshi Central Hospital would call to inquire about it.

Having found out Fang Ziye's contact information, I added him as a friend to avoid being scammed.

Those who couldn't find out or were too embarrassed to ask directly asked Zhang Mingcan or the deputy chief physicians at Enshi Central Hospital, asking them to inquire on their behalf.

"Director Zhang, did you speak with the director of Minzu University Hospital?"

"That patient last time, it really wasn't my intention to manually reduce him. It's just that the MRI had already confirmed that his joint dislocation was a rare type without other symptoms, so I directly performed manual reduction." Fang Ziye thought Zhang Mingcan was hinting at something, so he quickly explained again.

"It wasn't just Director Lin who talked to me, but we didn't discuss whether you were right or wrong. Instead, we hoped that the trauma surgery departments of our three hospitals could share information, especially with the mid-year film review meeting and orthopedic exchange conference approaching."

“Even Dr. Wu from Minzu University Hospital asked me about your information,” Zhang Mingcan explained.

Fang Ziye then asked, "Senior Brother Wu?"

"Doesn't Senior Brother Wu have some good friends of mine?" Fang Ziye said with a smile.

He knew Wu Xuanqi; he was very skilled in his field, but due to some previous accidents, his basic research skills were very weak. Although some of his junior colleagues were currently learning clinical skills with him and helping him with some basic experiments, Wu Xuanqi was still struggling.

But in fact, Wu Xuanqi still hopes to make up for this weak link on his own.

Moreover, he was very proactive. Occasionally, he would ask some crucial questions that his junior brothers might not be able to answer. He would ask casually, hoping to find the answers from Fang Ziye.

Fang Ziye greatly admired and approved of Wu Xuanqi's personality.

Instead of asking questions you don't understand, it's better to accept a difficult question like Han's.

Moreover, Fang Ziye also knew that Wu Xuanqi was currently the senior brother, so as the senior brother, he had to learn to solve problems for his junior brothers. Therefore, it was reasonable for him to personally ask around and use his connections.

Everyone is expected to mentor their junior brothers, and many of them were mentored by their senior brothers.

Fang Ziye also heard that his senior brother Wu Xuanqi, who was also a senior brother of his surnamed Long, personally came from Hanshi to Enshi to teach him clinical skills. That's how he was trained by the top leader.

Faced with such a good thing, Fang Ziye, a graduate student without any direct senior brothers, could only feel envious and had no other choice.

"Well, Xiao Fang, you might not know this, but Dr. Wu's teacher is, after all, an older generation."

“Their generation had relatively weak basic research capabilities. Although Dr. Wu’s senior colleagues have a deep understanding of basic research, they are now full-time employees with their own students to mentor.”

"Moreover, there is pressure from various aspects such as promotion. I even made a special trip to Han City before, but I have already returned. Of course, I can't answer questions all the time."

"Ziye, speaking of which, many people really envy you for having such an excellent teacher," Zhang Mingcan said, adding a compliment to Yuan Weihong.

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye nodded: "Every teacher has their own strengths!"

Yuan Weihong's strengths are unmatched by other senior professors, but his weaknesses are also something he currently has no way to overcome.

Firstly, since the professor is not a doctoral supervisor, the pressure on students pursuing doctoral degrees will be greater than that on others.

Zhang Mingcan nodded, but as he examined Fang Ziye's expression, he knew that Fang Ziye had probably suffered a lot while working with the younger mentor.

"Ziye, actually..."

In the end, Zhang Mingcan still didn't mention his plan to take Fang Ziye to new heights. He didn't even hint at it or use any specific wording.

Fang Ziye naturally couldn't bring it up in that direction anymore.

Of course, Zhang Mingcan no longer even mentioned the idea of ​​telling Fang Ziye to stop following the chief resident.

How could Zhang Mingcan possibly advise or influence Fang Ziye's life trajectory?
Although Fang Ziye is currently just a nobody, ten years from now, even Zhang Mingcan might respectfully address him as Professor Fang.

Simply put, given Fang Ziye's current research output and the number of articles published, if he were to be promoted to associate professor, practically no one would dare to stop him unless they were completely brain-dead.

If such a brain-dead person were to appear at Zhongnan Hospital, which is directly affiliated with Seoul National University, then Seoul National University would have long since fallen to some unknown ranking. Not to mention, Seoul National University is currently increasing its support for its two affiliated hospitals!
Fang Ziye was happy to have some free time.

After leaving the office, Fang Ziye saw that Guan Hongming and Du Hai had started their experimental journey again. Today, their experiment was the quantitative determination of Western blotting.

Fang Ziye had reviewed the experimental procedure beforehand and found no problems. He had also reviewed the operation process many times and found no issues. Therefore, Fang Ziye decided not to interfere further.

It's a pity that we might not be able to get the knowledge points from watching the incorrectly pieced-together experiment today, but it's okay. Being able to see the orthodox one and get a little bit is good enough.

It was only 10:30 in the morning.

Fang Ziye first went to find Luo Tingzhu.

"Have you rested?" Fang Ziye knew that Luo Tingzhu would usually have finished showering by this time.

"Not yet, senior brother."

"Senior, thank you for your previous idea. I mentioned your suggestion to the research group, and it was indeed adopted. Hehe..."

Luo Tingzhu sent a groundhog emoji, as if expressing the joy of being fed.

Fang Ziye was delighted to hear this: "Really? You must have done a lot of research, otherwise it wouldn't be easy to convince the team to adopt my ideas."

"Don't attribute everything to me, or I'll become arrogant."

Fang Ziye thought to himself, "Silly girl, to a certain extent, the reason I'm suggesting some pathways for you is to get involved in your project and then profit from it."

Luo Tingzhu shares so many results every day, yet Fang Ziye still can't gain any knowledge points. How could Fang Ziye not be envious and jealous?
However, Fang Ziye had no idea how to acquire the knowledge points.

After carefully reflecting on his relationship with his senior brother Wu Xuanqi, Fang Ziye found a solution.

The physical analysis of fracture classification that Lan Tianluo and I are currently planning to do comes from Wu Xuanqi. No matter how much I do, I can't avoid the fact that Wu Xuanqi gave me guidance.

This is giving first and taking later.

Moreover, it is a perfectly legitimate and standardized practice of giving first and taking later.

So, what Wu Xuanqi can do, I can do too.

After all, it's for knowledge points, and it won't harm anyone. Even if I don't have any articles or anything credited to me, it's still a lot of knowledge points. Once I have these knowledge points, my rate of gain will increase even further.

Luo Tingzhu only sent another blushing smile.

Then, with a touch of gossip, she asked, "Is your department head still bothering you? Is he still trying to help you get ahead?"

"No, when I was cleaning up my email today, one of his students happened to be right next to me. He saw all my current achievements and even told Director Zhang about them to his face."

"Director Zhang specifically called me in today, but didn't bring up this topic again," Fang Ziye replied.

"You're afraid to mention it again, aren't you?"

After jokingly replying, Luo Tingzhu formally replied, "Senior brother, the amount of work you've produced now, if divided equally, is at least around 120, which is 20% more than before."

"Moreover, the workload of others will not decrease, but will only increase accordingly. This is the benefit of teamwork; everyone benefits."

“That’s right. In the labs here, it’s still difficult for us exchange students to get in touch with the more core areas,” Luo Tingzhu expressed her regret.

"Have you learned how to operate it?" Fang Ziye asked quickly.

Whether someone participates or not, whether they share the workload or not, Fang Ziye doesn't care. He mainly cares about the methodology and whether they have gained anything from it.

Basic cell experiments and basic animal experiments are called basic because they have a wide range of applications. In contrast, some highly sophisticated operating techniques have a limited range of applications and cannot be called basic experimental operations.

“I’ve learned something. The methodology, apart from the core gene pathways, can be shared, senior brother,” Luo Tingzhu said.

"I'll send it to you right away."

The general formula for manufacturing nuclear bombs has been published, but the details have not been published in academic articles.

Similarly, the methods used in experiments are all open and transparent; however, when it comes to core pathways and target genes, others certainly won't give them to you.

"Okay, I'll take this opportunity to learn as well." Fang Ziye said expectantly.

(End of this chapter)