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Chapter 99 Growing Bigger and Stronger, Creating New Glory (First Update, Please Subscribe)
Yuan Weihong was not drunk, as evidenced by the fact that he recognized Fang Ziye refilling his glass with mineral water from the bottle.

As Yuan Weihong spoke, he paused for a moment and beckoned to Fang Ziye: "Go out and call a large bottle of coconut juice. After drinking this much alcohol, water has absolutely no taste."

"Xiao Jie, let me revise your plans for the next year a little. First, you don't need to write any more instrumental articles. You should spend the extra time on professional operations and experiments."

Fang Ziye left halfway through the conversation, went to the waiter outside the private room, and told him what happened. The waiter immediately agreed to let him in.

However, Fang Ziye still personally followed the waiter to the front desk, brought the coconut juice into the private room, filled Yuan Weihong's glass first, and then poured a glass for Jie Han as well.

Only after sitting back down in his seat and listening attentively did he ask, "Why was it arranged this way?"

"The instrumental articles are mainly designed to help you become proficient in using the tools needed for writing articles and conducting statistical analysis. However, purely statistical analysis articles are not very valuable or demanding; you should move on to more fundamental articles."

"Start with basic articles to understand how to conduct basic research, and then you'll have enough qualifications to move on to clinical research. Have you ever seen an associate professor or attending physician who is qualified to conduct clinical research? Basically none; their research depth isn't enough."

“In addition to mastering basic scientific experimental methods and planning, conducting clinical research also requires certain operational technical support to develop and create new surgical techniques and operational details, including Professor Deng Yong’s clinical work on the design of new pedicled bone flaps that can be used in clinical practice.”

"All of these require clinical support."

"And you don't need to aim too high. In the first year, let's focus on mastering the three most basic procedures: incision, debridement, and suturing. We can also practice hemostasis while we're at it..."

"As for research projects, you don't need to take on too many, as this will increase the risk of delaying your graduation. You can finish them first and then consider applying."

"It is extremely difficult for master's students to apply for municipal-level research projects. You have already obtained a school-level research project, and it is impossible for you to obtain another school-level research project in the future. So the main thing is to do a good job on the research projects you have obtained so far, which is the effect between metformin and giant cell tumor of bone, and to prove that metformin affects various aspects of osteosarcoma through the HK2 molecular level."

Upon hearing this, Jie Han sniffed, then glanced at his senior brother Fang Ziye and asked in a low voice, "Master, in this aspect, is there basically nothing left for me to do?"

Jie Han was unsure of the progress of Fang Ziye's preliminary experiments, but he believed that if his group were willing, they could draft an article and complete a high-quality project right now, effectively getting the 20,000 yuan for free.

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye explained, "Junior brother, it's alright. We've got the money back, and there are plenty of experiments we can do."

Jiehan doesn't need to worry about this at all. What Jiehan needs to master and learn now is the basic experimental method, which can be repeated in any direction. The most important thing is to practice until he becomes proficient.

Yuan Weihong nodded: "In this respect, the path your senior brother has paved for you is very good. Jie Han, don't just look at the fact that your project has no work to do. You should see that your current project funding can be used as material funding for your practice experiments without any worries."

Even if you fail, it won't be a big deal, and you can still finish the project. But you can still improve your basic cell experiments skills without any problems.

Upon hearing this, Jie Han immediately replied with a smile, "Master, I know that. With my senior brother paving the way, and given how outstanding he is, I will be able to obtain more resources than others."

"I actually wanted my senior brother to mentor me more."

"What Senior Brother Zhiming said before was right. Even someone as beautiful as Senior Sister Tingzhu is willing to put aside her pride. What do we, who are all big and rough, care about saving face?" Jie Han said, raising a glass of milky white coconut juice to Fang Ziye.

The method was a bit clumsy, but "it's a small gift with great meaning," so Fang Ziye didn't care. What he cared more about was that Yuan Weihong would make some plans for his future arrangements.

This is one of Yuan Weihong's good habits. He helps his students plan in detail every year, and he also makes adjustments and cuts to the goals based on the plan.

Previously, Fang Ziye's plans for Yuan Weihong mainly involved reducing responsibilities rather than increasing them.

"Now let's talk about you, Ziye."

"Based on your current accumulation, I believe that your professional ability is absolutely fine before you graduate with a doctorate, but your research ability and depth are still relatively weak."

"You saw it in this doctoral re-examination: how far have the most outstanding master's students really come in the field of scientific research?"

“Take Zhou Fuyong for example. He has published a total of five articles, all of which are basic articles, mostly with scores of three, four or six. However, one of his papers has a high score of fourteen, which increases his advantage and allows him to participate in the Congyan Program.”

"His background is very attractive to any university or teaching hospital with dreams and a desire to make creative breakthroughs. Even if he doesn't pursue a doctorate, he might still be able to find a job at a place like the Third People's Hospital of the province."

The Third People's Hospital of Hubei Province, also known as Hubei Zhongshan Hospital, was originally a military hospital. It was later renamed the Third People's Hospital of Hubei Province. It is a well-known Grade III Class A hospital in Wuhan and is affiliated with Jianghan University as a teaching hospital.

Fang Ziye nodded solemnly: "Yes, Master, that's what I'm thinking too. My limited research output hasn't really changed the situation!"

"It's even possible that if all the projects in our research group were put on hold and all the articles were published, the final thickness of our articles would only be about the same as that of Zhou Fuyong and Xue Ruiqi."

Fang Ziye had previously had little contact with top-tier combatants, but Xue Ruiqi's top-tier combat ability truly put pressure on him.

Fang Ziye has successfully applied for all the research projects in his preliminary experiments. The final cumulative comprehensive impact factor is estimated to be only 30 to 40 points, including the paper with an impact factor of 8 points in Q1 submitted by Yuan Weihong.

"Well, so you need someone to help you. Your junior brother Jie Han is a good assistant. If Tian Luo can also join the group to help, then you will have a chance to catch up."

“Our group certainly has great potential for development, but your master here is too weak in terms of resources, so the resources I’ve left for you and Jie Han aren’t much.”

“Master’s students like Xue Ruiqi and Zhou Fuyong received a lot of support from professors in their research groups during their master’s studies, which is why they have such a large workload.”

"That's the advantage of the platform. After all, even if you're really bad off, they can throw a million dollars at you to do experiments, and you might do even better than them. It's not a matter of your ability, but rather the economic constraints of the research funding."

"But everything is difficult at the beginning, and we have already taken the most difficult first step."

As Yuan Weihong finished speaking, he took a sip of coconut juice, perhaps because he felt his mouth was a little dry.

After Yuan Weihong finished his drink and continued talking, Fang Ziye stood up and poured him another cup.

Yuan Weihong said, "The second thing is about hospitalization and how to stay in the hospital."

“There are three types of people who stay at the hospital. One type is normal employment. If you meet the standards and have enough research experience, they will give you a job opportunity and a talent introduction fee of 100,000 to 150,000 yuan, and that will be the end of it.”

"This kind of hospitalization is just a regular onboarding hospitalization. Right? The three of us are having a private conversation right now, so I'll just use an analogy, like Qin Geluo from our group."

"Then comes the introduction of outstanding talents."

“You guys are getting more and more competitive. When I started working, it was six years ago. Back then, after graduating with a doctorate, having published a few basic research papers, and having broken through some technical barriers, you could basically get around 300,000 yuan in talent introduction settlement allowance and around 150,000 yuan in research start-up funding.”

"This year, the PhD in joint surgery has not only left the training room, but also published quite a few articles. He has received about the same amount of resources as when I was admitted to the hospital, or even a little less."

"But when you graduate, it will be either three years or two years from now. Nobody knows what the situation will be like then."

"Do you know why Professor Deng Yong granted you the opportunity to graduate early? The earlier you graduate, the earlier you can find a job, and the less competitive the competition will be."

"Otherwise, in your year, the fact that there are only two people, you and Luo Tingzhu, would put Professor Deng Yong in a very difficult position, not to mention that other people from other subspecialties also want to stay in the hospital."

Yuan Weihong spoke in the calmest tone, yet with relatively cruel words.

It was as if Li Yuanpei and Xiong Jinhuan, the two master's and doctoral students in the same year as him, were just there to make up the numbers.

Naturally, Fang Ziye's heart was relatively calm, which was to be expected.

With more applicants than available positions, the hospital can only select the best. "The next level up is the top-tier talent recruitment program, which includes a settlement allowance of 500,000 yuan and a research start-up fund of 800,000 yuan. The target candidates are relatively outstanding full professors, and the hospital's recruitment standards are such that they would rather have none than accept unqualified candidates."

"But this year, our hospital's rheumatology and immunology department has produced such a talent. She only has two articles, one published in the main journal JAMA and the other in a Nature sub-journal. She has no other articles, and there's no need for her to have any!"

"Do you understand what I mean?" Yuan Weihong paused for a moment after saying this.

Fang Ziye nodded solemnly: "Master. Better to have less than to have something of poor quality. It's best to take on all the work and produce the highest quality articles possible."

"A JAMA paper, though it may seem to have an impact factor of less than 30, can actually guarantee this senior female student a comfortable promotion to associate professor or associate senior professional title."

This is not bragging. JAMA is one of the top four medical journals. Apart from prestigious journals like TUMOR, JAMA is a dream that many professors can never achieve in their lifetime. Just one paper in JAMA can take a person on a high pedestal.

Such journals receive countless manuscripts every year, every quarter, and even every day. To stand out from these manuscripts, one must have a sufficient amount of work and make sufficiently novel and impactful discoveries.

"That makes sense. The reason I think this way is based on your practical problems."

"Putting everything else aside, when I bought my house, the price was only a little over 10,000 yuan per square meter. Now it has risen to 30,000 yuan. You can check it out. Unless you buy a house several ring roads away, the price of a property in this area is just that much."

"Therefore, the higher the settlement allowance you receive, the better, because in addition to the settlement allowance, there are also housing subsidies, etc. If you can get subsidies from our hospital or even our school's talent introduction program, then the pressure of buying a house will be much, much less, or even completely eliminated."

"Of course, if your talent and speed in conducting experiments are fast enough and your output is high enough, then there's no need to publish articles directly. If your progress is good enough, we can hold off for a while."

"I've roughly planned it out. If we want to complete the entire chain of pathways—metformin combined with HK2 and then miRNA to hnRNA—the cost should be around 600,000 to 800,000 yuan."

"With the remaining money, I plan to go to the hospital and ask for a pledge! I want the hospital to allocate special funds to our team in exchange for an article with a score of 15 or higher. I've calculated that the workload should be about right."

"If we want to go even further, then we can only take the immune-related route, which our lab does not currently have the necessary conditions for."

"Naturally, I have already been authorized by the research department, the finance department, Professor Du Xinzhan, the head of our orthopedics department, and Professor Deng Yong of our department."

"Your master isn't joking."

“Going to ask for money is something that Master should do.”

"We expect to receive this ledger by March next year. The amount of money is not small, so we need to be careful with our spending and increase our workload."

Upon hearing Yuan Weihong's words, Jie Han asked, "Master, if all of this can be completed before June next year, is it possible to join the 'swindler's gang?"

The "laoqian" that Jie Han mentioned is actually another name for the "Thousand Talents Program" for young people.

Although they're called "Qingqian" (a term referring to young people in China), they're actually not that young anymore...

Yuan Weihong smiled and shook his head at Jie Han: "I guess there's no chance. Your master is getting old after all."

Yuan Weihong, who just turned thirty-five, remarked with such emotion. He graduated with his doctorate at twenty-nine, spent a year as a resident physician, and a year as a general resident physician, which made him thirty-one. Now, he has been working in the attending physician stage for four years and is already thirty-five years old, no longer the thirty-four-year-old youth he once was.

"As for me, I'm only thinking about going to the countryside next year to get some grassroots work experience, applying for associate chief physician, and then applying for associate professor. I can't think about anything else. My resume was too weak back then," Yuan Weihong sighed.

Then he looked at Fang Ziye and Jie Han: "You two can try your best to learn more and acquire more skills during your doctoral studies and while you are young."

Fang Ziye and Jie Han could only force a smile.

If Yuan Weihong couldn't do it, the two of them might not be able to either, but there's nothing they can do, they'll just have to take it one step at a time.

Having discussed this topic, the next step is to arrange Fang Ziye's future plans.

There are two points. The first is scientific research, doing research projects, producing experimental results, and making an effort to spend money on useful things to strengthen the research group.

The second point concerns the public announcement of Fang Ziye's master's thesis defense.

"Jiehan, you must keep detailed records of your senior's dissertation defense announcement, as well as the photos taken during the defense and the revisions made by the defense committee. There must be no mistakes."

"This will affect you for a lifetime." Yuan Weihong slammed his fist on the table to show how serious it was.

Jie Han solemnly replied, "Master, I also invited a few fellow disciples and classmates to help out."

"You invited them?" Yuan Weihong said instinctively, "Inviting people doesn't necessarily mean you can rely on them."

A smile appeared on Jie Han's chubby face, meaning, "Master, your student's connections aren't so bad after all."

Jie Han's writing skills are a guarantee of the depth of his friendships and relationships; indeed, he is very popular within the clinical team.

We chatted, joked, and then asked more about Jie Han's life and relationships. Before we knew it, it was past ten o'clock.

"No matter what, our little sect now has three or four people. We should strive to grow bigger and stronger, create more brilliance, climb up step by step, and broaden our horizons step by step."

“Nationwide, there are many outstanding talents. The group that competes with your teacher are truly formidable. What you are seeing now?” Yuan Weihong shook his head slightly.

"Of course, I'm telling you this not so that you'll hang your heads, but so that you'll transform yourselves into fierce tigers, and once you come down the mountain, you'll be unstoppable."

"Have you all remembered your tasks?" Yuan Weihong asked again as they exited the restaurant.

"Understood, Master," Fang Ziye and Jie Han replied simultaneously.

"Then let's go back. It's already past the 20th, Ziye. There's still a month until your formal defense. During this time, the focus should be on revising your thesis."

"Oh, by the way, the results of your first blind review are in. It passed completely. There are some minor revisions that will be forwarded to Associate Professor Tang by the teachers in the Graduate School, and then forwarded to you."

"You should revise according to the corresponding requirements one by one. If you feel that any opinions are unreasonable, write a document in Word and submit it to the Graduate School and send it to the experts in the blind review, explaining why it is unreasonable."

"Of course, I'll help you take a look."

"Um, if you have the chance this weekend, invite Luo Tingzhu out for a meal. She should be the next member of our group."

"I managed to get some money from the hospital, but since I used Professor Deng's influence, I have to do his bidding. I'll have to cover Luo Tingzhu's graduation and subsequent research projects, but it'll be enough for her." Yuan Weihong rubbed his hair, sighed, and then walked home.

His silhouette was incredibly dashing, not at all lonely.

Jie Han and Fang Ziye exchanged a glance, especially Jie Han, whose eyes were full of unspoken words: "Senior Brother? Senior Sister Luo?"

"Shut up!" Fang Ziye unleashed his senior brother's oppressive power.

"I really didn't know about this."

(End of this chapter)