top student at medical school

"To put it bluntly, the essence of development is insatiable greed!" Fang Ziye said as he sat in the mentor's seat during the group meeting.

Such blatant words made Hu Qingyuan quickly withdraw his hand from reaching for the fruit.

Wang Dali and Xue Duoxin, the "senior brothers" in the group, looked at Fang Ziye with some apprehension and thoughtful expressions.

Next up were Ling Fengguang, Cao He, Shi Xingyao, Fang Haoran, Xiong Yongliang...

"Xingyao, tell me your feelings about this sentence!" Fang Ziye picked a student from the group.

Shi Xingyao's expression immediately froze, but he also knew that he could not escape Fang Ziye's urging: "Master, my understanding is that only by being greedy enough can one have enough motivation to think about breakthroughs and development."

"Otherwise, it would just be a matter of being stuck in the past."

"The reason why China's medical field has developed so rapidly over the years is that we are never satisfied. Another meaning of being greedy is dissatisfaction..."

Fang Ziye nodded: "Is that all you have to say? It's okay, we're talking behind closed doors now, no one else will hear us."

Shi Xingyao thought about it carefully and nodded.

Fang Ziye said, "The level is too high. We are individuals first, and then we are a social group."

"The so-called insatiable greed means starting with oneself."

“Take Dou Yilin for example. He never thought about pursuing a doctorate in the first place, so for the past few years, all he has been thinking about is how to graduate.”

After hearing this, Dou Yilin lowered her head in shame.

He was indeed only thinking about getting a master's degree, learning some skills, and starting work as soon as possible; in fact, his qualifications weren't bad. His current professional abilities were more than enough to meet the standards for doctoral studies, but in terms of research, he believed that research wasn't necessary in a prefecture-level city hospital, so he didn't prioritize it.

Use it for its own purposes.

“I’m not saying that Yilin’s idea is wrong. When you come to study, of course you have to think about graduation first, and you also have to think about finding a job.”

"However, his mindset limited his potential..."

“Take Feng Junfeng for example. He wanted to pursue a doctorate from the very beginning. When he graduated with his master’s degree, he wanted to study under me.”

“I didn’t agree, but he managed to get through it on his own... Although he couldn’t stay in the hospital, he’s doing quite well at work right now.”

"And then there's Dou Yilin, your senior brother Wang Dali. He's only thinking about himself, trying to get closer to the team while also preparing for his own hospital stay."

"Every man for himself!"

"If you haven't even planned out your own future, then no matter how much you say, it's all just empty talk."

"There's something I feel I have to tell you."

"Those who say they are not interested in money, that money is useless, and that wealth belongs to society, are all people who have already achieved financial freedom themselves."

"How many people who are still struggling to make ends meet have you seen say that money is useless? They are risking their lives to earn money!"

"If you don't do it for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth!"

"If you encounter someone who clearly has nothing but pretends to be generous, stay away from them as soon as possible. This is the most profound lesson your master wants to teach you."

"The prerequisite for insatiable greed is that you yourself must be greedy!"

Fang Ziye then changed the subject: "I think Hu Qingyuan has the right to speak on this topic."

“Your senior, Hu Qingyuan, had already achieved basic financial freedom during his undergraduate studies. He could have made a living in the internet industry for the rest of his life and lived a very comfortable life.”

"Ask him why he has devoted himself so wholeheartedly to the study of medicine."

After listening, Hu Qingyuan remained calm and laughed: "It's mainly because the temptation from Master was too strong."

Hu Qingyuan's words were disrespectful to his teacher, and Fang Ziye even raised his hand to slap him.

"You continue," Fang Ziye said.

Hu Qingyuan smacked his lips twice, then quickly composed himself and looked at Dou Yilin first: "Little Dou, I'll use you as a specific example, okay?"

"If you work a normal job and don't take any shortcuts, how long do you think it would take you to earn five million?"

"Twenty years, do you want it?"

Dou Yilin did not reply.

Hu Qingyuan said, "Yes, you need twenty years, and then five million can make you live a comfortable life in a prefecture-level city."

"But your career will last at least thirty years, and the remaining ten years will be a waste of time."

"At least in terms of acquiring wealth, you have no goals, no greed. What you do every day is just following the rules drawn for you by others, the obligations you feel you must fulfill, nothing more, right..."

Dou Yilin hadn't actually thought that far ahead, but if we consider this issue from the perspective of salary, Hu Qingyuan's statement is correct.

If he really earns five million within twenty years, he most likely won't retire...

"Take a different approach. Once you start working at a prefecture-level city hospital, you'll find that one day your professional skills will reach a certain threshold, and you won't be able to climb any higher."

"At this point, you are the worker applying your own technology, the patient who comes to you for treatment is your workbench, and your surgery is simply you applying your own technology to it."

"He needs your help, and a deal is struck."

"By then, you still won't be able to perform surgeries you don't know, but you won't think about learning them. You'll think, 'Everyone does it this way, these aren't things I'm supposed to know, and I'm too lazy to put in the effort to learn them...'"

Hu Qingyuan took a shallow breath: "Going back to myself, I was indeed at the forefront of the times. I made a lot of money through social media and game live streaming before."

"By now, he should have earned the five million that Dou Yilin wanted to earn in twenty years."

"So, for me personally, all I need to do is lie down in a prefecture-level city, and I'll be set for life."

"If this money isn't enough for me to lie down comfortably, then it just means the cost of living there is too high."

"I was confused at that time. I thought, since I have so much money, what can I do? I even considered whether I should just make money instead of going to the residency training program after graduating from university."

"I was aimless, so I went to a temple to meditate, but even there I did not find complete answers."

“Simple meditation can’t actually solve many problems. My understanding of the emptiness and desirelessness in the scriptures is just something written in the scriptures.”

"A person's thoughts are clear and their desires are controlled at will. In fact, true clarity is only achieved when it is linked to their experiences and life."

"For us, we often go to the gym and lift weights to maintain our physical condition; that's fitness."

"But there are jokes online saying that if you open a gym in the countryside, farmers can come and lift weights to exercise after finishing their work in the fields. Do you think that's feasible?"

"That's not the case."

"So to sum it up, the reason I still choose to follow my master is that he has 'extracted' my desires to the point of insatiable greed. I want to become like my master and be a doctor like him."

"How to change? By calming down and focusing on learning."

“Spiritual practice is not limited to the path of becoming a monk or nun. This is my personal understanding over the past few years. Finding the right path that suits one’s personal choices and persevering with a mind free from attachment is one’s own spiritual practice.”

“Like your senior brother Feng Junfeng, I think he has achieved a clear understanding of his thoughts. He thought about it, did it, and worked hard. In the end, he was only hindered by his own qualifications and could not stay in the hospital. He will never have any regrets in his life.”

"Even if there are any, it's just a pity."

“What Master just said about insatiable greed is a good summary, I think. Humans are inherently greedy.” “Those who are not greedy will ultimately have limited achievements.”

"Because you can lie down at every level!"

“After you graduate with your bachelor’s degree and go to residency training, at least 80% of medical students will be crushed by you. Bachelor’s degrees from 985/211 universities are not that common.”

"Being a tenured doctor in a township or county hospital is enough for you to support your family, and you'll live a more comfortable and prosperous life than most migrant workers."

"Every step of the master's and doctoral programs is enough for you to just lie down and relax."

"But the reason why so many teachers still choose to pursue doctoral degrees and stay in the competitive environment of the institute is fundamentally because they are greedy enough, and they are greedy enough to achieve their goals."

"After starting work, there are many other aspirations, such as promotion, becoming a provincial-level renowned doctor, becoming a discipline leader, becoming a nationally renowned expert, or becoming a discipline leader in a certain field, etc."

"Now that we've come this far, do you think it's over?"

"Actually, that's not the case. The real challenges you face are the advantages of the discipline, the barriers to entry, and the hardships of life."

"If you don't go to outpatient clinics and only look at wards, you'll find that all the patients in the world have the same disease."

“If you are just following your mentor to see patients in the orthopedics department of Zhongnan Hospital, then you will only find more patients with spinal cord injuries.”

"It's not true!"

"ALS, osteonecrosis, endocrine-related joint deformities, rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis..."

"There are still far too many patients waiting for salvation."

"Therefore, if you still crave the idea of ​​enlightenment, helping the world, and curing diseases, then learning is the only way for you to cultivate yourselves!"

"Within three years, spinal cord injury will be the only fate of being paralyzed in bed. Within five or six years, functional rehabilitation surgery will simply not exist. For a firefighter, a policeman, or an athlete, once injured, it will be the end of their career."

"With only seven or eight years left, the inevitable fate of those suffering damage is amputation."

"Forty years ago, only a small percentage of people had the opportunity to have joint replacement surgery performed by good doctors. Fifty years ago, bone tumors remained an incurable disease..."

"It was while I was following my master that I gradually discovered that, oh, if you delve deep enough into a profession, it can be such an interesting thing."

"There are at least two things you should be proud of."

"First, it's obviously showing off—I can do it, but he can't."

"For example, if your senior brother were to go down to a prefecture-level city hospital now, my spinal cord injury surgery skills would be enough to make all the spinal surgeons in that prefecture-level city submit to me."

“But I’m not even thirty yet, which would have been almost impossible in the past.”

"Secondly, I have a clear mind and I am worthy of the white coat I wear."

I won't go into that.

"If you do all these things well, then when you look back, you will have everything you need, such as wealth and fame."

"Medicine is essentially a profession where you earn a living through your own abilities. People with connections don't actually get by very easily in this field!"

"Because patients don't care whether you have connections or not."

"What's scary is that your abilities are not as good as those of people with connections, then you will find it very difficult to move forward."

"Master, that's all I'll say for now..." Hu Qingyuan retracted his words.

Fang Ziye knew that Hu Qingyuan was more eloquent than him, but Hu Qingyuan was Hu Qingyuan after all. His understanding of a certain principle was his own and not comprehensive.

After all, their perspectives are different.

Fang Ziye then said, "We all know that a doctor's job is to treat illnesses and save lives."

"But what if I told you that poverty is also a disease, and that you yourselves are human beings?"

Is greed both the first and the last remedy for your own salvation?

"Essentially, the principle is that simple."

"Generally speaking, people who come to study medicine don't come from particularly well-off families. If they were, they wouldn't choose this tough profession unless it was out of personal interest."

"But now that you're here, I hope you can realistically recognize yourselves!"

“When you are studying, you are healing yourselves.”

"Only after you start working will you be able to treat patients and save their lives."

"That's all for today, Ling Fengguang. Please share your current research progress and plans for the next two months."

“Our group meetings are not frequent, but I hope that each one can be effective, rather than just going through the motions of a group meeting.”

"Dou Yilin, you don't need to describe your progress." Fang Ziye specifically called her out again.

Dou Yilin's throat went dry for a moment. After swallowing hard for a while, she said, "Master, I'd better ask to speak up..."

"That's up to you." Fang Ziye nodded.

Feng Junfeng and Tian Yao both left, and Fang Ziye didn't care that his students had to stay in the hospital and stay by his side.

Fang Ziye did not have any particular obsession with this.

Therefore, regardless of whether Dou Yilin wants to pursue a doctorate or not, it will no longer have a significant impact on Fang Ziye.

After the group meeting, Dou Yilin privately approached Fang Ziye, her eyes bulging and bloodshot, and said in a hoarse voice, "Master, my father has suddenly been diagnosed with end-stage renal failure."

“I need to start working as soon as possible so that he can live a few more years; this amount of money is not enough,” Dou Yilin recounted her thoughts.

"So how have you managed to get through these past few years?" Fang Ziye asked after thinking for a moment.

Dou Yilin's father's illness likely didn't begin in the last year.

“Master, my family still has some savings, but I have a younger brother who dropped out of school after graduating from high school. I can’t wait until we’ve squandered all our savings before I start thinking about taking care of my family.”

"This is my fate. If my father were still alive and well, how could I not want to pursue a doctorate?"

“If I weren’t pursuing a doctorate, why would I need you as my mentor? You probably don’t know how much it takes to choose you as my mentor…” Dou Yilin’s tone calmed down.

This was his fate; he had no choice but to accept it.

Just as Dou Yilin was about to leave, Fang Ziye pulled her back as she was about to turn around: "So you're just keeping this from your master like this? You think your master can't help you with anything, right?"

Dou Yilin looked up, her face full of questions.

"Go back and have a good talk with your family about how much money you have left, and also review our research group's introduction to the 'supplementary' functions of the micro-circulatory device."

"You really are being too clever for your own good," Fang Ziye said pointedly.

"Master..."

"Smack!~" Dou Yilin slapped his head hard, the blow ringing out crisply like a watermelon being hit. (End of Chapter)