top student at medical school

"Director Zhang, is that really you? I thought I had mistaken you for someone else." At Donghu, near the main campus of Zhongnan Hospital, Fang Ziye saw a familiar bald head while taking a walk.

He was playing with a lure fishing rod, and only after getting closer did Fang Ziye realize that the other person was indeed an old acquaintance, Zhang Mingcan.

Zhang Mingcan was the former administrative director of the Department of Trauma Surgery at Enshi Central Hospital, but he later resigned.

The last time I saw him was when Fang Ziye was the chief resident. Zhang Mingcan accidentally fractured his bone when he returned to Wuhan and came to Fang Ziye for manual reduction.

Five years passed after that farewell.

Zhang Mingcan was already quite old, nearing sixty, and the wrinkles on his face were getting deeper: "Professor Fang, I went back to my hometown and stopped by to see Professor Xue. Professor Xue was in surgery, so I came over to play a few rounds."

The Professor Xue that Zhang Mingcan mentioned is Xue Tao, who is also one of Yuan Weihong's good brothers and Fang Ziye's nominal senior brother. Back when Fang Ziye went to "level up," Xue Tao happened to be in Enshi Central Hospital, supporting the rural areas in preparation for a promotion.

He is now an associate professor and associate chief physician.

Xue Tao is clearly closer to Zhang Mingcan and others.

After all, it was Xue Tao who brought that matter back to Han City, and Xue Tao even went to "Judu" for a period of time because of it.

As the saying goes, true friendship is revealed in times of trouble. At that time, Fang Ziye did not help much; he was just a bystander.

Zhang Mingcan, Xue Tao, and the others were all in the same boat, and they all had a strong sense of participation.

"Director Zhang, you promised to call me when you came to Wuhan, but you didn't keep your promise this time."

"How many fish did you catch?" Fang Ziye asked, leaning closer.

While retrieving the VIB, Zhang Mingcan laughed and said, "We're still fighting the turtle; the fish basket hasn't even been put in yet."

"Professor Fang, are you off work?"

He could choose not to contact Fang Ziye if he didn't run into him, since Fang Ziye's current status was extraordinary and Zhang Mingcan didn't want to bother him rashly. But if he did run into him, Zhang Mingcan dared not ignore him.

"Director Zhang, please just call me Ziye."

"I came here to take care of some business, and I'll take a stroll after I'm done."

"Director Zhang, are you still working in Henan Province?" Fang Ziye asked.

"Yes, it's still in the same old place. I'm too old to move anymore. Besides, I don't have the technology and research capabilities of Professor Fang."

“My student is the same age as you, Professor Fang, but the difference between them is huge.”

"By the way, Professor Fang, Guan Hongming asked me to pass on a message to you, to say thank you for your meticulous guidance over the years, which enabled him to graduate smoothly." Zhang Mingcan said very politely.

After Zhang Mingcan resigned, his students became a group of unconventional, independent individuals. Later, they asked Fang Ziye to look after them.

At that time, Fang Ziye didn't have much time, so he could only help the other student graduate smoothly, and there was no way he could give any careful guidance.

The faces of Guan Hongming and Du Hai had almost completely faded from Fang Ziye's memory.

"Director Zhang, where are Guan Hongming and Du Hai working now?" Fang Ziye asked.
"Teacher Xue said he's free later and we can have dinner together. Director Zhang, you don't mind if I interrupt your enjoyment, do you?"

"No, Professor Xue said that Professor Fang is a highly respected professor who is impossible to meet with."

"I reckon Professor Fang, you're probably going to have 'three highs' (high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol) by now, right?"

After asking, Zhang Mingcan said, "Du Hai is hospitalized. He's at Enshi Central Hospital now and is an attending physician. Guan Hongming is now with me, leaving our hometown."

The "three highs" that Zhang Mingcan mentioned are not the three highs in terms of disease, but rather the three parallel senior professional titles in scientific research, clinical practice, and teaching.

"Yes, it should be promoted in September of this year."

"This time, it was proposed by the hospital and the Health Commission themselves! We've learned our lesson before," Fang Ziye said with a smile.

Fang Ziye had only been promoted to associate professor for five years, which was exactly the time limit for promotion, so everything happened naturally.

This time, Fang Ziye didn't think about anything extraordinary.

He had learned his lesson the hard way before, and his early graduation left Deng Yong still stuck in the hand surgery department.

"Tsk tsk tsk, a 34-year-old senior professional! Professor Fang, if word got out about your resume, it would scare a lot of people to death."

"And he's a full professor in clinical practice, and that's after 28 years." Zhang Mingcan said with envy.

Although he is also a senior physician and a chief physician, he is no match for Fang Ziye.

"Director Zhang, cast a few more times, there's no rush..."

……

At a fish restaurant near the People's Hospital of Wuhan, Xue Tao ordered two fish: one cooked in a stone pot and the other grilled.

Xue Tao's large nose remained prominent, its size unchanged with age. After looking Fang Ziye up and down, she raised her thick eyebrows and asked, "Professor Fang, should I call you 'leader' or 'Director Fang' from now on?"

The title "Associate Chief Physician" is used to refer to a "Director," while "Chief Physician" is the true top-level clinical title and is the very natural title of "Director" in any setting.

"Teacher Xue, you're just making fun of me."

"I wouldn't be where I am today without your guidance, Teacher Xue. Without your meticulous instruction back then, how could I have achieved what I have today?"

"Of course, if you really want to ridicule me, Professor Xue, I'll just have to accept it."

"After all, he's my martial uncle, I can even beat him." Fang Ziye's tone was casual, not nervous at all.

"By the way, Director Zhang, how well did you recover from that fracture?" Fang Ziye asked about the past.

Zhang Mingcan nodded and pulled up his trouser leg: "Professor Fang, take a look, where can you see any signs of a fracture?"

"Dr. Chen praised your manual reduction technique highly, how could there be a problem?"

"It's a pity that Dr. Chen passed away several years ago. This manual reduction technique has found its home, and it's hard for anyone to remember where it came from."

As times have changed, when Zhang Mingcan was still working in Enshi, the manual repositioning technique of the old Chinese medicine doctor Chen was a signature technique of Enshi, and a technique that Zhang Mingcan admired but could not obtain.

Zhang Mingcan still remembers that Dr. Hongdu, who had a good relationship with Dr. Chen, relied on his top-notch manual reduction technique to make a living.

Of course, this situation only changed after Fang Ziye arrived in Enshi.

With his absolute talent, Fang Ziye not only left Dr. Chen, the direct inheritor of the manual repositioning technique, dumbfounded, but even Dr. Chen, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, admitted his inferiority.

"I will definitely remember."

“Teacher Xue remembers, Director Zhang you remember, I remember, and my students remember too.”

"But I guess when we get old, we might really forget it..."

"Teacher Xue, would you like to come and see my master? My master often talks about you..." Fang Ziye said with emotion, and then immediately transformed into a pimp.

With Chen Fang gone, the department lost another key associate professor.

Fang Ziye's first thought was Xue Tao. Although it would be better to poach people from Professor Duan Hong's side, that was Professor Duan's team, and Fang Ziye dared not make any rash moves.

After poaching Song Yi, Wu Xuanqi and the others are now extremely wary of him, and their interactions have decreased significantly. "Do you dare to take him?" Xue Tao didn't directly refuse.

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye exclaimed, "You dare to take it?!"

"As long as you dare to come, Professor Xue, I'll accept it even if Professor An comes to my door and points his finger at me and curses me. I have no shame anyway."

"Teacher Xue, I don't know if you're serious or just joking with me?"

Fang Ziye corrected his tone.

The top young talents in trauma surgery back then are now all middle-aged.

For example, Pang Shu, Xing Fang, Zhang Zixi, Nie Xuehua, Chen Tailin, Guo Haichao, Wu Xuanqi, Zeng Tai...

But these people all have their own destinies. Among Yuan Weihong's generation, Xue Tao and Zhang Wenshang from the Provincial People's Hospital, Yuan Weihong from Zhongnan Hospital, Dong Dongsheng from Union Hospital, and Zhong Wenyuan and Long Yuan from Tongji Hospital were all prominent figures in their time.

Dong Dongsheng, who works at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, has been promoted to professor and will be appointed as the director of the Department of Trauma Surgery at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. His future looks very promising.

Zhong Wenyuan and Long Yuan from Tongji Hospital followed Professor Duan Hong closely, keeping a tight watch on everything.

Fang Ziye had only heard that Xue Tao was doing relatively poorly at the Provincial People's Hospital.

"I am considering changing jobs, but Ziye, have you thought this through? Your uncle here is a pragmatic person too."

"You can't just ignore me after I arrive," Xue Tao said meaningfully.

Fang Ziye thought about it carefully and asked, "Teacher Xue, you can choose for yourself."

"You can go to our campus or come to my place; you can lead a group alongside Professor Tang."

"Qin Geluo and Li Nuo, the two brothers in our group, are completely under your control. They dare not have any objections."

Zhang Mingcan's gaze swept between Fang Ziye and Xue Tao: "Professor Xue has been suppressed ever since that incident back then."

"Professor Fang, are you aware of this matter?"

Xue Tao immediately interrupted Zhang Mingcan: "Director Zhang, why are you bringing this up with Fang Ziye?"

"The decision was made by people from our hospital, not Fang Ziye."

Zhang Mingcan was no longer as fierce as he used to be. He sighed and said, "I just feel sorry for you, Professor Xue. It's just that our hospital's decline has affected your future."

"Huang Kai and I are both sorry to you."

The matter of Xue Tao being suppressed at the Provincial People's Hospital was an internal affair of the hospital, and Fang Ziye did not want to delve into the real reasons.

Fang Ziye felt lucky to be able to maintain his freedom, but he never thought about bringing peace and order to the world.

Xue Tao didn't dwell on the topic; since it had already happened, she said, "Ziye, I can come, but I have one condition: I must bring my students with me."

"If you can handle this, then I won't have any problems on my end."

The master's students at Seoul National University People's Hospital are also master's students from Seoul National University; they just follow their advisors within the university, which is easily arranged.

Xue Tao didn't give Fang Ziye any difficult questions, and Fang Ziye smiled and said, "Teacher Xue, is there anything else?"

"And you'd better send me a few JAMA papers, maybe help me get promoted to academician or something." Xue Tao smiled with a hint of slyness.

Fang Ziye's pupils contracted instantly, and he cupped his hands in farewell: "Teacher Xue, farewell! I cannot afford to invite such a great person as you."

Isn't this a ridiculous international joke?
Even Fang Ziye couldn't reach the level of an academician, so he had to bring Xue Tao with him.

"Then you can leave." Xue Tao didn't indulge Fang Ziye.

"Eat before you leave. Teacher Xue, you don't mind, do you? We can't finish it anyway," Fang Ziye said shamelessly.

She's 34 years old, what does she need to save face for?

Fang Ziye has already earned all the respect and benefits he deserves; all that's left is life. Life is more complex and nuanced than one's profession, and it requires careful observation and understanding.

Applying one's work attitude to life is practically a joke.

After that, Fang Ziye did not discuss the specific details of Xue Tao's job appointment with her again.

Fang Ziye simply kept Xue Tao and Zhang Mingcan company, talking about stories, past events, and interesting things.

The homeowners need to listen, listen to Zhang Mingcan's complaints, listen to Xue Tao's complaints.

Zhang Mingcan complained about interpersonal relationships, while Xue Tao complained about the unfairness of the world, saying that every choice in life can affect one's entire life.

Xue Tao also said that if a person's abilities cannot transcend worldly concerns, they will inevitably be flattened by the rules, either slightly flattened or completely deformed...

Fang Ziye listened quietly to their conversation, appearing completely harmless.

Of course, this only happened during a dinner party.

After saying goodbye to Zhang Mingcan and the other person, Fang Ziye immediately took action and made his first call to his master, Yuan Weihong: "Master... I just had dinner with Teacher Xue Tao."

"He wanted to leave from the People's Hospital."

Fang Ziye was a ruthless man who didn't talk much. Yuan Weihong immediately understood: "I'll hang up first and go ask this bastard what he wants?"

"It's been over ten years, and finally this day has come! I've finally caught him!" Yuan Weihong was overjoyed.

It seems that the friendship between Yuan Weihong and Xue Tao is the kind of healthy competition between 'brothers'. They are friends, but neither of them is willing to admit defeat. Behind the scenes, they both want to 'kill', 'subdue', and 'make the other call them godfather'!
Xue Tao can't even stay at her workplace anymore, so Yuan Weihong naturally wins on instinct.

Even though they won, they still had to help where needed. If Xue Tao were willing to come to Zhongnan Hospital, Yuan Weihong could use his entire network of connections to get her there!
"Master, should we call Professor Deng?" Fang Ziye asked.

"I'll do it."

"How did you run into Xue Tao? And what bait did you use?" Yuan Weihong's voice was very excited.

"I ran into Director Zhang Mingcan fishing in East Lake when I went for a walk after the interview, and then..." Fang Ziye recounted the events of the day in detail.

"Fisherman, that's a good word."

"Ziye, your fishing skills are truly superb!"

"They failed to defeat the turtle on their first attempt!!!"

"Xue Tao is still worth paying attention to," Yuan Weihong said, adding weight to his friend's position.

Fang Ziye said, "Master, putting everything else aside, just the fact that Professor Xue was willing to send students to help you with your research when I was at the Enshi Sanatorium makes him practically one of our own."

"Please discuss specific issues such as salary and promotion with Teacher Xue in detail."

“I’ll call Principal Yuan Yufeng. Teacher Xue wants to bring all her students over, so the school will need to step in to mediate.”

"However, it's not very difficult."

Yuan Weihong nodded: "If you made the call, the procedure should be straightforward, and Director An of the Provincial People's Hospital will likely give you some face." (End of Chapter)