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Chapter 504 'Fangs' (Please Subscribe)
"Are you sure you're free? If you have work to do, you can go ahead. There are other members of your team here, so you don't need to be here." Qiu Zhenghua looked unassuming.

The voice and tone of his voice at this moment were filled with a strange kind of magic.

Two simple rounds of conversation made everyone, including Fang Ziye, nervous.

Fang Ziye was facing Qiu Zhenghua's face, looking at the other man's thick lips, dark skin, short sword, and raised eyebrows...

If he were to wear his father's clothes and sit in the field, it wouldn't look out of place at all.

But at this moment, he was indeed representing the highest achievement in China's scientific and academic field, and was one of the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to talk with Fang Ziye.

Fang Ziye nodded firmly: "Professor Qiu, I've been on duty the whole time. The animal laboratory isn't far from the emergency room."

"The chief resident has also completed all his daily tasks."

Upon hearing Fang Ziye's words, Gu Yuandong turned to him and said, "Director Zu, could you please excuse us for a moment? There's something we're about to discuss that you'd like to avoid."

As Gu Yuandong said this, several elderly professors next door pulled out notebooks, the format of which was somewhat unusual.

This was something even Zu Haiguo, the organizer, hadn't anticipated.

It was clear that even someone as used to grand occasions as him sensed something was amiss, and he quickly said, "Professor Gu, Professor Qiu, I have no special personal relationship with Dr. Fang Ziye or these doctors from Zhongnan Hospital, nor are we related. Why are you avoiding me?"

"Just because Dr. Fang Ziye once saved my life?"

"There is absolutely no such logic in this world."

"Also, Professor Qiu, I'd like to ask, what are you and Professor Gu planning to do?"

Zu Haiguo knew exactly what these two were up to: they wanted to investigate Fang Ziye's team, including but not limited to economic and procedural issues.

Economic issues refer to the application, management, and expenditure of experimental funds...

Procedural issues include, but are not limited to, whether there was any surgery performed outside the scope of medical ethics, and whether there was any approval from a medical ethics association.

But these people, Gu Yuandong and Qiu Zhenghua, whom he brought with him, actually want to interrogate him in front of him?

Are you trying to frame my ancestral homeland to death?

As is well known, only the higher-level regulatory authorities of the medical system, such as the National Health Commission or the medical affairs department of a hospital, have the right to supervise these procedures.

Zu Haiguo is precisely that kind of person.

But Zuhai Kingdom didn't allow them to do these things, did it?

Professor Gu Yuandong smiled and replied, "Director Zu, we are professionals at doing these things. Don't worry, if there are any problems, we can find out immediately."

"I have served as a member of the expert panel for medical malpractice assessments many times, and I will make sure to thoroughly investigate all the team's financial records, accounts, and procedural matters."

"I will live up to your expectations, Director Zu."

Upon hearing this, Zu Haiguo's vision went black, and when he turned his head, he indeed saw the puzzled looks on Fang Ziye's and the others' faces.

His heart was filled with bitterness.

The saying "yellow mud got into your crotch" is inexplicable; this is it.

Zu Haiguo is a member of the National Health Commission, which is a higher-level regulatory body with the power to conduct reviews. He can also organize expert teams to conduct comprehensive investigations of Fang Ziye's team.

But the problem is, Zu Haiguo feels wronged.

Who is he?
The director of a department in the Health Commission may be a high-ranking official, but talents like Gu Yuandong don't care what kind of director you are. What can you do if they overturn the table?
In reality, there are indeed cases of academicians being brought down, but these academicians were generally not brought down by the heads of small departments; rather, they were brought down by their own unstable foundations, rather than being forcibly removed from their positions.

If the matter really escalates to a higher level, such as the National Health Commission, people will value Gu Yuandong more than Zu Haiguo. Unless Zu Haiguo uses all his connections, there is only a slight possibility that the higher-level department will intervene to mediate.

Zu Haiguo was at a loss for words to explain himself. He was angry, but had nowhere to vent his frustration.

He took a deep breath and said coldly, "Professor Qiu, Professor Gu, then you can do as you please!"

He wanted to see what these two academicians were up to. They were just academicians, not higher-level review departments. Without the proper procedures, what right did they have to review them?

If things really escalate, we can frame them for abusing their power and using the authority of the Health Commission to oppress younger generations, which could ruin their reputations online.

After Zu Haiguo finished speaking, Gu Yuandong, Qiu Zhenghua, Zhou Yuan, and others split into two groups.

The three people, led by Qiu Zhenghua, were reviewing the financial settlements and expenditures of the animal testing laboratory.

"Dr. Fang, please don't have any objections. After all, some of the research projects you applied for were not fully funded by our hospital, but were funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China."

"Therefore, we were entrusted to come and take a look at where these funds went." Professor Qiu Zhenghua spoke seemingly harmless words, yet he said the most hurtful ones.

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye and the others felt a chill run down their spines.

The other party wasn't joking; they were serious.

Besides the expert groups from the Discipline Inspection Commission and the Health Commission, another department that can review research groups is the review team from the Provincial Natural Science Foundation Committee or the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

No research group can claim that their research funding can bypass the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Provincial Natural Science Foundation. Therefore, if they investigate economic issues, they will be able to catch them red-handed and there is no way to refuse.

The reason for this regulation is that some brilliant predecessors have tried every possible means to turn research grants into their own pockets.

Ultimately, the project yielded a negative result, or even no result at all.

In recent years, as such cases have become more frequent, the review process for the completion of projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Fund has become more detailed, and there may even be mid-stage reviews.

Actually, this miniature circulation device didn't have any dedicated research funding; it was all transferred from other sources, and part of it came from the research start-up funds that the hospital gave to Fang Ziye!
Of course, Qiu Zhenghua and others did not have the authority to check this part of the research funding, but since they suggested they could see it, Fang Ziye could not refuse.

These senior professors, each with keen eyes, thoroughly examined every procedure prone to corruption.

This includes, but is not limited to, whether invoices exist, and whether expense reports are submitted to the research department and finance department, etc.

For these issues, Fang Ziye could only call Lan Tianluo and Li Yuanpei over, as the two of them were responsible for handling the specific expenditures of the research funds.

Every penny Nie Mingxian used was processed through two people.

Fang Ziye couldn't refuse to pay Nie Mingxian for his work, so some other sources of funding were things Yuan Weihong managed to dig up for Fang Ziye...

Seeing that Li Yuanpei was about to explode, Fang Ziye even muttered a curse under his breath outside the office.

Fang Ziye comforted them, saying, "Tianluo, Yuanpei, don't be so angry. The root cause of this matter may not be as complicated as you think."

"Professor Gu Yuandong reviewed the surgical authorization levels of all the surgeons we performed, and Professor Qiu Zhenghua reviewed our funding application records. This may not necessarily be because they wanted to harm us."

"You should know that none of them have the corresponding review qualifications. If there really were such a problem, the people sitting here now would be our hospital's discipline inspection commission."

"So, without these formal procedures, these old professors probably want to give us a lesson on internal investigation."

Lan Tianluo, slightly impatient, sighed and muttered, "Is he just bored?"

Fang Ziye shook his head again and said, "It's not because I'm bored. If someone asked me to endorse a junior or undergraduate student now, I would thoroughly investigate everything about them to prevent them from getting into trouble later."

"When you go in later, pay attention to the details. The more Professor Qiu asks questions and investigates every little detail, the less malicious he is."

Fang Ziye is not short of money at the moment and has no need to touch the research funding.

With so many published articles, the annual research awards and prize money he receives are higher than his salary. Why would Fang Ziye need to tamper with funding?
Therefore, at this level, Fang Ziye is not afraid.

Qiu Zhenghua and the others knew that Fang Ziye was very young and inexperienced. They came to examine him at this time not to cause trouble, but to find out what was wrong with him.

If they discover any loopholes that Fang Ziye missed, they can help patch them up.

The reason we avoid discussing these topics with Zu Haiguo and previous reporters is because these are things that should be said behind closed doors.

Li Yuanpei thought about it carefully before slowly nodding: "That's true. If these two professors had any ill intentions towards our research group, there would be no need for them to come in person."

"If we directly target them at an academic conference, we'll probably have countless followers, and we'd be too embarrassed to refute them."

"Then, let them investigate?"

“Yes. Let them investigate!” Fang Ziye said.

Although Fang Ziye has made some innovations, what merits does he possess to attract the jealousy of two prominent academicians at the same time?
Fang Ziye is much older than them, and unless they want to protect their younger generation, Fang Ziye will not affect their social status.

Some things just can't be suppressed.

Fang Ziye didn't go in with them; he just let others do the work. Fang Ziye understood that going in at this point would be completely unnecessary.

Although Fang Ziye had some guesses, the waiting time still felt long and tense.

After all, these are all just one-sided guesses.

……

About an hour later, at 5:48 PM, Professor Gu Yuandong and his team returned from the clinic.

With a broad smile, he chatted and laughed with Liu Huanglong and Yuan Weihong as they walked back into the animal testing lab.

He added, "For this new research topic, in addition to the approval of the ethics society, we also need written review materials from the expert group within the institute."

"You rarely do this kind of thing before? Then this is a dereliction of duty on your part."

"The written review materials from the hospital's expert team are unofficial self-certification materials, but they are extremely useful at critical moments. They represent that many professors and department heads in your hospital have already understood this clinical topic and have demonstrated its practicality through theoretical verification."

"The fact that the National Health Commission granted chief physicians the right to develop major and new surgical procedures proves that Professor Liu, your application of these techniques is not yet sufficiently thorough?"

"This is the first key point we need to discuss!"

After Professor Gu Yuandong finished speaking, he glanced at his phone privately. After seeing a certain reply, he looked in Fang Ziye's direction and said, "Dr. Fang, let's go in together."

Fang Ziye nodded in agreement.
But just then, Deng Yong, who had heard the news, finally arrived at the animal laboratory from the operating room of another hospital. As soon as he entered, he immediately began to greet people enthusiastically.

They kept calling him Professor Gu, and then Professor Long...

Fang Ziye quickly introduced Deng Yong to the three: "Professor Gu, Professor Long, Professor Tian, ​​this is my mentor, Professor Deng Yong, who is also the leader of our research group."

"But what about our small research group?"

Deng Yong stepped in before Fang Ziye could finish speaking: "Professor Gu, hello, hello. This is my student. Please forgive me if there is anything I have done inappropriately. Please make an exception!"

On the way here, Deng Yong had mentally prepared himself. Even if he, Deng Yong, were to go in, Fang Ziye would still have to stay at Zhongnan Hospital and continue to develop the Department of Trauma Surgery.

He had to do this because that's what his teacher did, and so far no one has been implicated.

If the water is clear, there will be no fish.

In those days, could you say that no one didn't take a little money?
Who believes?

Deng Yong took it all himself.

That's like saying that in the early 2000s, which organization didn't use public funds for lavish meals? That's pure bullshit!

However, the matter ended abruptly with Professor Li Guohua in the Department of Trauma Surgery at Zhongnan Hospital, and was not investigated further.

……

Deng Yong did not explicitly state what the oversight was because he believed Fang Ziye was definitely innocent.

Deng Yong explained that Fang Ziye was his student and that he wanted to take charge of some things.

Gu Yuandong glanced at Deng Yong, then at Fang Ziye, and felt a chill run down his spine.

This person can't be moved by himself, so you can't dig him away!
With such a mentor, no matter how well you wield your hoe or dig through reinforced concrete, it's purely a lose-lose situation, there's no need for that.

"Professor Deng, no, Xiao Fang did a great job."

"Of course, there are some things that are not detailed enough, which is exactly what I need to talk to Director Liu and Director Yuan about when I get back."

Gu Yuandong didn't keep anyone in suspense any longer.

The most ruthless side has passed, and the coldest hidden arrows have emerged. Since no blood has been drawn, there is no need to continue to maintain the cold and aloof persona for oneself.

Everyone entered the conference room.

Inside the conference room, Professor Qiu Zhenghua slammed his fist on the table, looking utterly exasperated, and yelled, "Are you all ignorant of the law or what?"

"Is this how you borrow funds?"

"Does this mean that as long as the money is yours, you can use it however you want?"

"You think this is the money in your wallet?"

"You even embezzled the funds from the Excellent Young Scientists Fund? Haven't you seen anyone die in the line of duty? Do you think your institution is too small for others to see, huh?"

Li Yuanpei and Lan Tianluo both lowered their proud heads.

Qiu Zhenghua breathed a slight sigh of relief when he saw Fang Ziye and the others enter, and said, "Did you remember what I just told you?"

"Go to the finance department, stop the closing of accounts, and redo the accounts!"

"The previously settled accounts will be returned, and other funds will be used. Some special funds cannot be moved at all!"

"Sigh, forget it!" Qiu Zhenghua was both angry and amused, picking at his hair, but ultimately shook his head and didn't continue cursing.

Gu Yuandong's side found no problems, so he was in a slightly better mood.

After listening, he was able to make a rough estimate and asked, "Professor Qiu, how much funding does their research group have in total? Why are they misappropriating it?"

"It adds up to less than five hundred in total," Qiu Zhenghua said.

Gu Yuandong: "..."

He murmured softly, "This..."

Gu Yuandong looked at a large group of people, but the total budget was less than five million.

This total isn't just existing idle funds, but nearly a year's worth, which is far too tight.

It's worth noting that Gu Yuandong, Qiu Zhenghua, and others primarily received funding for major research projects, easily amounting to tens of millions of yuan.

However, Fang Ziye's team managed to launch both clinical and basic research projects using this funding.

Putting everything else aside, just the research project on simulating animal testing models of damage alone is basically worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Upon hearing that Qiu Zhenghua had discovered the problem, Deng Yong immediately said, "Professor Qiu, can we get this funding back?"

Deng Yong understood the hardship of financial difficulties; sometimes, if you don't use the money, the children will go hungry.

How big is Yuan Weihong? What else can he do if he doesn't do this?
"That's up to you then. Anyway, that's all I can say."

"Professor Gu and I knew you might have problems with the use of funds, because I checked your research group's total natural science funding before I came."

"This includes the total funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Provincial Natural Science Foundation. Then I looked at the number of your research projects and the number of your publications, wow."

"I knew this was a mess."

"Do you know that what you're doing will ultimately ruin Fang Ziye?" Qiu Zhenghua said.

"Does your research group not have any other funding?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye immediately whispered a few words in Qiu Zhenghua's ear, explaining that Yuan Weihong was unwilling to use his project's start-up funds.

Then, Qiu Zhenghua began to mock: "Hey, you don't have the fate of a first-generation rich person, but you have the disease of one."

"This is fucking amazing." Qiu Zhenghua was genuinely furious.

If they don't find out by then, the day Yuan Weihong's research project comes to a close will be the day the research group is thrown into chaos.

Yuan Weihong may know that he will have to rob Peter to pay Paul, but whether others will listen to his explanation will depend on their mood.

If special funds are not used for their designated purposes, problems can easily arise.

Yuan Weihong finally lowered his proud head, showing no temper whatsoever.

After a moment of awkward silence, Zu Haiguo asked, "Professor Qiu, Professor Gu, are you helping with a self-investigation? You're not serious, are you?"

Qiu Zhenghua nodded upon hearing this and sighed softly: "Director Zu, of course I'm not serious."

"Actually, it's a bit funny that when outstanding talents emerge in our field, we need your superiors to recommend us."

"It's as if they're mocking our incompetence."

"Of course, there's a reason for this; Dr. Fang has grown up too quickly!"

"I was wondering why I'd never heard of that name before. Turns out Dr. Fang has never appeared in COA. So how did I hear about her?"

COA is the abbreviation for the National Orthopaedic Congress.

Zu Haiguo breathed a sigh of relief; at least it was a false alarm.

The main reason was the sudden and rapid turn of events between Gu Yuandong and Qiu Zhenghua, which made him believe that the two were truly up to no good.

Then, Qiu Zhenghua said, "Director Zu, now that we're all here and you've assembled so many people, I wonder if we could have a more heart-to-heart talk?"

"As you can see, Fang from our trauma surgery department is indeed a talent. His growth rate is so fast that even the exceptional treatment he received at the Wuhan University Affiliated Zhongnan Hospital can't keep up with it."

"Dr. Fang's surgical and research abilities are demonstrated in these surgeries."

"Therefore, I hope that your organization can consider granting Dr. Fang the special permission to be promoted to associate chief physician with advanced professional status ahead of schedule and grant him surgical authority."

"This registration process ultimately has to be handled by the Health and Family Planning Commission. As for the formation of the expert team for the surgeon's surgical level application form?"

"I think we can sign right now, no problem at all." Qiu Zhenghua knew Fang Ziye's professional ability was exceptional, as he hadn't uttered a single complaint since Gu Yuandong returned.

Upon hearing this, Zu Haiguo frowned slightly: "To grant him an associate professorship without regard to seniority?"

"Correct!"

"Associate senior! Dr. Fang currently only holds an intermediate professional title, which is too restrictive for him."

"Some associate professors are research-level professionals, which are not very meaningful for clinical practice."

"Director Zu, you should know that the more clinical authority Dr. Fang has now, the more patients he can benefit, and the more he can go beyond just fixed diseases and new surgical procedures."

“Dr. Fang needs more authority to broaden his horizons and generate more new ideas,” Qiu Zhenghua’s voice returned to its simple tone.

The fangs he and Gu Yuandong discussed were not aimed at Zhongnan Hospital and Fang Ziye, but at the National Health Commission.

We have to tear a hole in their hands and adorn Fang Ziye with some gold.

"I have no problem with this, but we need your trauma surgery experts to write an application to the National Health Commission. You can refer to what happened a few years ago at Central South University."

“They wrote it to the Ministry of Education.” After examining it carefully, Zu Haiguo said, “I can facilitate this special approval, but I can’t take the lead.”

"The final approval process still needs to be handled in a meeting."

Of course, Zu Haiguo added, "Now I can barely understand why Han City University contacted our unit directly through the Science and Technology Development Institute."

"There's something fishy going on in Han City..."

What Zu Haiguo said was no longer relevant to Fang Ziye and the others, so everyone remained silent.

After a while, Deng Yong finally suppressed his inner turmoil and said with a smile, "Professors, Director Zu, Director Liu, it's getting late, it's lunchtime."

"How about we go out for a casual meal?"

As Deng Yong spoke, he gestured for Yuan Weihong to go out and book a place first.

Yuan Weihong then privately gave Deng Yong an OK sign.

When it comes to ordering food, it's better to order the wrong thing than to miss an opportunity.
Zu Haiguo is visiting in a private capacity, so having a meal is not a problem.

Professor Qiu Zhenghua, however, said playfully, "Professor Deng, are you sure you want to invite us to dinner? Aren't you afraid I'll poach your colleagues right in front of you?"

(End of this chapter)