top student at medical school

"Brother, big brother, God, when are you coming back? Nuoye and I really can't handle this anymore!" Qin Geluo called Fang Ziye while he was driving Luo Tingzhu around Han City.

After venting her grievances, Qin Geluo asked, "Your aunt and uncle went back, but they're not here with you, are they?"

Qin Geluo is much older than Fang Ziye, but Fang Ziye's rank has risen quickly, and they still address each other as 'brother'.

"What's wrong, Brother Luo? Did a difficult patient come to the team?" Fang Ziye glanced in Luo Tingzhu's direction.

Luo Tingzhu covered her face with a book, rocking back and forth in the rattan chair. When she heard Qin Geluo's words, she slowly closed her books and listened intently.

Qin Geluo was temporarily transferred from the hospital to help Fang Ziye after he took a "leave". Now, the team is mainly led by Tang Yi, Qin Geluo and Li Nuo.

"It's not that the patients are difficult, it's that leading a team is difficult. Our team is currently struggling with how to admit patients."

“If you say you’re taking in joint surgery patients, then Nuoye and I will both be punished by standing. If you say you’re taking in trauma surgery patients, then Tang Ge feels completely unfamiliar with it.”

"We're hesitant to admit patients with functional impairments, and none of the three of us are hand surgeons, so it's quite an awkward situation."

"You'd better come back quickly next month, brother!" Qin Geluo urged.

Qin Geluo was unaware that Dean Liao Jiayuan had urged Fang Ziye, and therefore assumed that Fang Ziye was going to take a vacation until after May Day.

Before leading a team, everyone looks forward to it, but when you are actually put in charge of everything, the pressure that comes with it is considerable.

Not only is there no one to support you, but you're also afraid that a bunch of people following you will go hungry, and you're also afraid that your clinical work isn't good enough...

"It would be great if it could really be after May Day. Dean Liao called and cut my leave early."

"Brother Luo, I've been busy with my wedding lately, so I haven't been paying much attention to the messages in the group. What kind of patients are in our group right now?" Fang Ziye asked.

"Occasionally there are some patients who need joint replacement surgery, but Tang's outpatient volume is not high."

"Most of the time, it's just emergency surgeries taking up beds."

"In other words, most of the patients currently in bed in our group have severe injuries, and it's just me and Lan Tianluo who are handling the workload of surgeries."

"Li Nuo and I did encounter some difficult patients in the outpatient clinic, but we didn't dare to admit them..."

"By the way, you just said you'd be back before May Day? When exactly?"

"If you can remember, go back quickly. The brothers really need you," Qin Geluo said.

From Qin Geluo's perspective, Fang Ziye's vacation time was quite long.

Which associate professor in the hospital can take a vacation of more than twenty days at a time? Only a special associate professor like Fang Ziye can have such treatment.

"Okay, Brother Luo!"

"You've worked hard these past few days. Tianluo's affairs are still relying on you to cover for him... This is actually my responsibility as well," Fang Ziye said.

"Hey, Ziye, why are you saying all this? If you had come back today, I would have covered for you for a few more days."

"Brother Tang said that without you coming back to maintain our team's current state, it would probably fall apart very soon." Qin Geluo's tone was very certain.

……

After Fang Ziye hung up the phone, Luo Tingzhu had already sat up and said, "Mom just called you. You were on the phone, and they've already arrived in town."

"Oh, that's good."

Fang Ziye nodded and breathed a slight sigh of relief: "Tingzhu, it's clear that my parents are still more used to socializing with their circle of acquaintances."

“Even if I bought them a villa in the suburbs, where they could farm and fish, they still wouldn’t be as happy as they are back in their hometown.”

Fang Nan and Liang Xia arrived in Han City ahead of time and worked with Fang Ziye, Luo Tingzhu, and others to prepare for their wedding.

Fang Ziye got married, and the two of them were naturally happy, but they were even happier when their relatives from their hometown came to Han City. That was when they were completely relaxed and comfortable.

Luo Tingzhu said, "I asked my grandma before why she didn't move out. You know what I mean."

She said that everyone's place in life is different, their experiences are different, and therefore their attachments are different.

"It's not just about being attached to a few people, a flower, a tree, a house, or a stream. Everyone prefers their familiar environment. The main reason why fallen leaves return to their roots is because they have spent most of their time in a certain place, not where they were born..."

Luo Tingzhu seems to be better able to adapt to this "gap" than Fang Ziye, because Luo Tingzhu's parents divorced when she was very young and lived in different places.

Later, when she found out she had two younger siblings who weren't from the same parents, she didn't feel much, because she was already used to it.

"I think it would be good to go out and explore during a vacation, to change the environment and your mindset."

"I'm always so idle, I feel like my body is about to fall apart, and every day is so boring."

"Indeed, freedom is relative. If you are in a state of 'absolute freedom,' you will feel even more empty."

“Senior brother, we all need to find something to do,” Luo Tingzhu said.

She said she would take care of the wedding with Fang Ziye, but in reality, she only needed to pay attention to some details; the rest could be handled by money.

In fact, the total cost for the two of them is not much, and they can hand over many things to each other.

If you want to be even more extravagant and don't mind losing the personal touch, hire a team that can arrange every aspect of your wedding!

"Then what will you do? Go back to work too?" Fang Ziye asked.

"Yeah, I'm going back to work. I've decided to go back to the lab the day after tomorrow, and in two more days, I'll go back to see the two Teletubbies I'm supervising..." Luo Tingzhu felt that she was mature enough, so she had developed a sense of 'disgust' towards her students.

Fang Ziye's talent was far inferior to Luo Tingzhu's, so he went through a phase where he couldn't learn no matter how hard he tried and his progress was slow.

Unlike Ke Luo Ting Zhu, who had a relatively smooth journey, it was hard for them to imagine that they would forget some basic things.

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye advised, "Tingzhu, you can't use yourself as a model to demand things of others. If you want to pursue a teaching career, you should learn more about the average level of everyone."

"Comparing their current progress to that of people of similar age, identify where they lag behind, pinpoint areas for improvement, and offer appropriate praise..."

Teaching and learning for yourself are two completely different things.

"That's just how it is. Now I finally understand why my high school classmate who is a teacher always says, 'He was a pig butcher in his past life, and he's a teacher in this life.'"

Luo Tingzhu waved her hand: "It's too difficult."

Fang Ziye replied, "Tingzhu, is it possible that the students you've been training at the sanatorium are actually quite talented?"

“Sanatoriums are the most snobbish places. If they really had no talent, they would have been kicked out by the logistics department long ago without you even having to kick them out.”

The sanatorium does not have a dedicated personnel department; administrative duties are handled by the logistics and medical management departments on a part-time basis.

These people judge whether someone is good enough by their workload; if it exceeds the standard, they keep them.

A warning will be issued if the service level falls below the standard once, and the service will be directly cleaned up if it falls below the standard three times or before the service period expires.

Even if you meet the standards, if you are not outstanding enough, you will be dismissed after a period of about six months or two years.

Only a very few talents are evergreen, such as top talents like Professor Gong Jiahe, Fang Ziye, and Professor Li Yongjun, who are the special talents that the sanatorium hopes to retain.

"No matter what, Tingzhu, you have to learn how to do research, how to conduct clinical work, and how to build your own team all at the same time."

“This is something that must be done. Look at my two mentors. Teacher Deng knows that his abilities are limited, so he completely lets go.”

“Master Yuan Weihong only built a framework.”

"The others, such as Nie Mingxian, Liao Jia, and Shang Kunpeng, were all people I found myself."

Fang Ziye mentioned Shang Kunpeng, then touched the corner of his eye and asked, "Has Shang Kunpeng been bothering Han Jingyi recently?"

Han Jingyi is Fang Ziye's research assistant. She no longer plans to pursue postgraduate studies but instead intends to continue working on research with Fang Ziye.

They have now moved to Seoul along with the surgical department.

Shang Kunpeng replaced Liao Jia in animal experiments and is a talent in the basic laboratory. He is currently still in Enshi.

“I won’t bother you anymore. I heard from Han Jingyi that Shang Kunpeng only made a few verbal requests.” “That’s not harassment, is it? If you give up after being rejected once or twice, it would be a bit too frivolous.” After Luo Tingzhu finished speaking, her eyes suddenly darted around a little.

"Although Han Jingyi's qualifications are average, she is diligent. She is currently working on a small sub-project and wants to get a position in the sanatorium's laboratory, so she signed a performance-based agreement and has started doing experiments."

"I'm currently following up on this."

"There's one more thing, Han Jingyi seems to have a good impression of Hu Qingyuan..."

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye rolled his eyes: "What good is having a good impression? Hu Qingyuan has a very clear understanding of himself; there's no way he wouldn't sense it."

"Since you're still pretending to be confused, that means you're refusing."

"Hu Qingyuan used to have feelings for Chen Xixian, but he has completely lost those feelings now. They are not on the same path at all."

“Hu Qingyuan is sometimes too clear-headed. Ordinary girls simply can’t handle him. Don’t settle for him and ruin Han Jingyi’s life.”

"As for her wanting to get a position at the nursing home, I can't help her. It's her own choice. If she's capable of getting paid, she can take it; if she's not, she can only earn a salary through hard work."

Fang Ziye is a bit ruthless and speaks without much consideration for others.

But after spending a long time in the scientific research circle, Fang Ziye realized more and more that there is no such thing as hard work in the scientific research field, only merit.

What a load of rubbish! If hard work could produce enough output, the Chinese people could probably conquer everything!
Luo Tingzhu nodded: "That's what I think too. If you can't squeeze into a circle, even if you force your way in, you'll still feel uncomfortable."

“A nursing home is not a charity. We can help her once, but we certainly can’t help her for a lifetime.”

"Senior, if Han Jingyi is completely rejected by the sanatorium, should you consider finding a different research assistant?" Luo Tingzhu asked.

Fang Ziye said, "It depends on what she thinks. After all, she's just a research assistant, not the research director of the research group. The assistant's main task is to help me process some information and record the itinerary."

"The more familiar you are with it, the better it will be to use. If you switch to another one, you will need a certain amount of time to get used to it."

Just as Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu were chatting, Fang Ziye received a call from Han Jingyi.

Fang Ziye hesitated for two seconds before answering the call.

"Professor Fang, I'm sorry..." Han Jingyi's desolate sobbing came from the other end of the phone.

Today, she was summoned for a talk by the supervisor in charge of the Wuhan Sanatorium Branch, who told her that there was no longer any chance for her to enter the sanatorium.

Her resume, her own work ability, and her accumulated experience are still insufficient, and she still lacks the ability to manage her own projects.

The betting agreement she had previously signed with the nursing home had completely failed. The nursing home did not ask her for any compensation, but simply suggested that she give up for now, as the nursing home could not spare so much energy to continue monitoring her.

Let her learn more from Fang Ziye so that she may have another opportunity to advance in the future.

Han Jingyi is really unlucky. Perhaps she is just not qualified. She failed the postgraduate entrance exam several times and has now given up on it. She even tried to get into a sanatorium, but was directly rejected.

"Han Jingyi, what do you think?"

"Do you want to continue with postgraduate studies, or do you want to go for standardized residency training..." Fang Ziye asked.

Fang Ziye couldn't possibly give Han Jingyi a lot of experience, but he gave her a few short articles, which gave her the opportunity to enter the sanatorium. She herself couldn't seize the opportunity, so she can't blame Fang Ziye.

She was kept in the dark about many things and processes within the research group, including everyone's operations. She could see what she wanted, learn what she wanted, and ask what she wanted.

If you can't learn it yourself, then Fang Ziye really can't help you.

"Professor Fang, I'm really quite useless. I'm the research assistant who's been with you the longest, so I have the most accumulated knowledge, but..."

"Professor Fang, what should I do?" Han Jingyi was truly at her wit's end.

Back then, she went to Enshi, rented a place that was very far from the sanatorium, and stayed in Hu Qingyuan's dormitory during the day. It was really not easy for her...

"That depends on your choice. You can choose to continue your postgraduate studies or go for residency training and become a doctor in a regular place."

"Or we can just endure it," Fang Ziye said.

Fang Ziye felt that Han Jingyi's original qualifications were even worse than his, so her current predicament was not particularly unexpected.

Since you're hiring research assistants yourself, not team members, you can't have too high expectations.

“You’re still young, it’s not too late to give up now,” Fang Ziye said.

Han Jingyi remained silent for a long time, as did Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu. Even Luo Tingzhu was somewhat moved.

Han Jingyi then said, "Professor Fang, I want to continue working under you, and I will work even harder..."

Fang Ziye took a breath and said in a slightly cold tone, "Han Jingyi, I advised you before not to set your sights too high. You can't think about repeating the projects we did. You have to start with small projects."

“I previously suggested that you communicate more with Li Yuanpei and the others, starting with small projects, but you yourself were unwilling, you know?”

Han Jingyi is a bit too big-headed!

After working on Fang Ziye's research project for a long time, I started to look down on smaller projects.

But actually, your foundation isn't even stable!
Fang Ziye started with small projects; it wasn't an overnight success. Han Jingyi didn't grow up alongside Fang Ziye either, missing the foundational stage.

If you just plunge headfirst into studying Fang Ziye's major research project, you'll learn absolutely nothing. If you could learn anything, you would have passed the postgraduate entrance exam long ago...

Currently, the difficulty of postgraduate entrance exams in China is not that high!
"Methods are techniques, applications; the foundation is the essence!"

"Skills lacking in substance are nothing but gimmicks and tricks!" Fang Ziye said something rather harsh this time; he had to tear away the fig leaf covering Han Jingyi's face.

Since she has already decided to grow, she must endure the pain and see clearly the reality of her being "ambitious but incompetent"!
Han Jingyi said in a rather weak voice, "Okay, Professor Fang, I understand. I will definitely start from the very, very basics from now on."

"Even starting with cell culture is fine!"

Fang Ziye shook his head: "Then you're wrong again. People need to know their own limitations. Knowing your own limitations doesn't mean you have to manage downwards, but rather that you have to do what suits you."

"It's not admitting defeat."

……

"Senior brother, is it really okay for you to say such harsh things?" Luo Tingzhu felt sorry for Han Jingyi.

There are two main reasons: one is that Han Jingyi is the same age as her, and the other is that Han Jingyi has been in contact with her for a long time and they can be considered to have a personal relationship.

"What else can we do? Listen to advice and you'll have a full meal."

"She's just drifting along with our research topic, so she'll never be grounded, won't be able to recognize her true abilities, and won't be able to fill in the gaps in her knowledge."

Why couldn't she complete the research project this time?

"Because she lacks the ability to execute, no one is doing things for her. She doesn't even have a solid foundation herself, so how can she command others?"

"She relayed my message to Lan Tianluo to do things because I can do things above the standard. If she asked Lan Tianluo to do things herself, Lan Tianluo would be unwilling because she can't even meet the most basic data statistics standards."

"Actually!" Fang Ziye said, letting out a sigh of relief.

"The situation in our department is the same right now. Brothers Qin Geluo and Li Nuo have seen too much, and their own capacity to bear it is very shallow. So when they lead a group alone, they feel overwhelmed."

"What Qin Geluo and Li Nuo did better than Han Jingyi was their better self-awareness. They kept learning and kept learning at their own pace."

“They learn what they don’t know, instead of treating my surgical skills as part of their skills.”

Upon hearing this, Luo Tingzhu blinked and asked, "Senior brother, do you mean that if someone's actual ability is lower than the platform and position's ability to support them, then once they leave that position, they are nothing?"

"But if an individual's actual ability is slightly higher than their capacity to support them, then they can still make a comeback by changing platforms?"

Fang Ziye nodded: "More or less. For capable people, what they lack is luck."

"But for most people, it's a lack of both."

"Don't underestimate your abilities, nor overestimate your worth; that's self-awareness."

Luo Tingzhu's eyes continued to roll, clearly pondering the "moral lessons" Fang Ziye had given her!
After all, she also had to lead a team and be a source of reassurance for others. (End of Chapter)