Merchant and doctor

Chapter 2201 Emotions Permeate Everywhere

Professor Mi picked up his teacup and took two sips.

"Originally... I thought I could hold on for another year or two. You're too young, and entering academia so early might not be a good thing. But unfortunately, I have to vacate all my offices in the next couple of days, and two of them will be occupied by those two PhDs." Professor Mi explained his current situation with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Bian Mu was taken aback, and a strange feeling welled up in his heart. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he just felt uneasy.

Not knowing what to say, Bian Mu could only remain silent.

“Meng Shulan’s path might be the most suitable for you right now. Compared to her, you are almost a blank slate academically. Times have changed. Linking academics with seniority is outdated. Don’t misunderstand! By ‘blank slate,’ I mean things like seniority and academic status. In the future, those things will still be indispensable. After I officially retire, no matter how cold Dr. Fang and Dr. Zhang treat you, you still have to keep going over there to clock in from time to time. Remember that!”

"understand!"

"It's not entirely for me, and it's not entirely for your future either. To put it more noblely, it's for the future of new Chinese medicine, or even the future of traditional Chinese medicine. Persist for a year or two. Things should change along the way. Also, you're too thin-skinned. I won't go into the past, but you'll have to be a little more rough around the edges in the future. For some procedural qualifications, besides going through the proper channels and getting them through your own abilities, you'll occasionally have to take the initiative to ask people for them, understand?"

“Sigh! I’ve started to understand this a bit lately. Don’t worry! Even if the ‘digital medicine’ theory is eventually fully recognized by the academic, professional, and public communities, there are still some things… I will learn them slowly.” Bian Mu replied sincerely.

"You're a smart person, so I won't say any more. My blurred vision and tinnitus shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Upon hearing this, Bian Mu quickly shook his head gently.

"Oh! I was thinking that it would heal itself once I was completely at home, but alas! I'm getting old after all, and my strength is failing me..."

“It’s not really related to aging…” Bian Mu retorted tactfully.

"Oh...how so?"

"A few days ago, I saw two patients, a young female worker and a male boss on the verge of bankruptcy. Coincidentally, they both worked in the same industry, electronics, the kind that provides heat dissipation systems for smartphones. They were employed by two different companies. The woman was a general worker, doing precision soldering. She was not only responsible for the specific operations but also knew a lot about technical design. The man was his own boss, providing some component processing services to a large upstream company. The two companies happened to be competitors. The woman's company was better in management and operation and was doing alright for the time being. However, the woman was earning a mediocre salary but she fell ill. The male boss was very hardworking, but he couldn't withstand the increasingly fierce market competition and couldn't hold on in any aspect. He collapsed! He also fell ill, suffering from severe depression and attempted suicide several times but failed!" For some reason, Bian Mu first cited two cases, as if to lay the groundwork for a technical explanation. Professor Mi has lost his former brilliance recently, and given his advanced age, the old lady simply didn't understand Bian Mu's earnest words.

"What kind of setup is this? You're really getting old, you don't understand anything anymore..." Professor Mi said, sounding slightly sad.

"Emotional infiltration! What I want to talk about is emotional infiltration. Just these past two days, I treated a special female patient. She had what's called energy leakage, a kind of infiltrative damage, the very difficult kind to treat. Ultimately, you and she should belong to the same subspecies, so..."

"To be more specific, this sounds a bit vague to me!" Professor Mi replied with a smile.

"That young female worker was the type who took everything very seriously, partly due to natural talent, but mostly due to her upbringing! She was very intelligent, but in daily life, she was rather reserved, lacking ambition, and hesitant to easily change the course of her life. She worked long hours, often overtime, and while her income seemed decent on the surface, she also did technical design work, and the boss would occasionally give her bonuses. However, as she worked longer, she began to grow weary of her job. Her emotional state, channeled through her hands and the high-precision equipment, seeped into the core circuit boards, and over time..." The core circuit components that were so popular had actually evolved into something else entirely. However, the testing equipment couldn't detect them, and they were all shipped to another company as "good" products. The male boss, who suffered from severe depression, was the founder of that company. Despite passing all testing standards, about a year after the goods were shipped to the downstream supply chain, the core chip, along with the motherboard, burned out. Moreover, the burning was so subtle—no discoloration, no smoke, and no detectable solder joint defects—it simply wouldn't power on. Eventually, both upstream and downstream companies came after him, almost driving him insane.

After carefully listening to every word Bian Mu said, Professor Mi seemed to have gained some insight.

"One of the core theoretical foundations of your 'Digital Medicine' theory is to continuously investigate all possible logical links and details. The ideal state is to restore them one by one as much as possible, and then seek further expansion of traditional Chinese medicine, and then seek to absorb new medical concepts, and finally form a relatively complete new theory of Chinese medicine. Since almost all logical details are not omitted, it naturally has a strong inherent rationality. When applied to the front line of clinical practice, it will naturally have a much more immediate effect... Based on this line of thinking, you are able to pursue the truth of things that are only talked about in general terms... Finally, you also have some insights into related industries, so that you can thoroughly find out the real root cause of those two patients' illnesses, is that what you mean?!" Professor Mi's speaking speed suddenly increased a lot, and the logic of his words was obviously several times stronger.

At first glance, Bian Mu was quite startled.

"Please don't get agitated, sir. They have the same underlying problem as you, but they are definitely not the same thing. I'm just using this example to clarify the specific logical details. You might be overthinking it..." Bian Mu quickly explained.

"Hehe... I know what you mean. Over the years, Qi Shangqi, Meng Shulan, and I have unconsciously acquired a lot of business management skills in addition to our academic and medical backgrounds. As we get older, if we don't handle things properly, those administrative tasks will naturally leave a lot of negative marks on us. Is that what you mean?" Professor Mi's mind suddenly turned to the direction Bian Mu hoped to point out, and he made a logical guess.

Hearing this, Bian Mu quickly nodded slightly. There were some things he still couldn't say directly.

Seeing Bian Mu's cautious demeanor, Professor Mi chuckled a few times, feeling much more at ease.