Chinese medicine: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 126 'The Prodigal Son' (Subscription Request)
"Master..." Zhou Yanqing's voice paused as he walked into Professor Tan Zhongyu's office, and then he walked towards the kettle.

It was obvious that Tan Zhongyu had rushed to the hospital specifically for him and had just put down his computer bag.

"Come, sit down for a while, there's no need to boil water."

"I have a small academic meeting tonight, so I need to go there. I just happened to be passing by..."

Tan Zhongyu looked at the time: "It starts at six o'clock, there is still enough time."

Then he looked up at Zhou Yanqing who was approaching and smiled: "Yanqing, you are quite aggressive with your money, right?"

"Two months, three days, one hundred thousand!!!"

"I can't make 100,000 in two months."

"Fortunately, Master didn't use his own salary to support you."

Although Tan Zhongyu's conversation content was serious, he was actually smiling like a flower, and his eyes were kind and friendly when he looked at Zhou Yanqing.

Zhou Yanqing raised his head and said quietly, "Master... then it should be possible, right?"

After saying this, he forced a smile and thought to himself.

So, meeting a good teacher is like meeting a mentor.

We will give you the funds from the public platform to do experiments and publish articles, giving you a broader future.

But if you meet a bad teacher, that is a devil.

You are just the cheapest worker.

"Tell me... where are they used?"

"It's not that the master doesn't want to trust you, it's mainly because you spend money a little too quickly. The master is the person in charge of the project. If you make a mistake, your master will be punished as well." After saying this, Tan Zhongyu subconsciously reached for the teacup, but it was empty.

He had no choice but to take out the cigarette box from his pocket and light up a cigarette.

"Master, they are all used in cell experiments and various test kits are purchased..." Zhou Yanqing said.

"How can you spend so much money on the test kit? How much have you done?" Tan Zhongyu was surrounded by smoke and his expression looked hazy.

Zhou Yanqing sorted out his thoughts and waited until Tan Zhongyu's figure and face gradually became clear before he slowly said, "Master, the metabolic measurement of tumor cells is the most basic."

"CCK, migration assay, invasion assay, WB, flow cytometry, etc., and then another round of mRNA, and that's it. I've used up most of it. Now I only have over 8,000 yuan left..."

Tan Zhongyu was stunned when he heard this, then he stretched out his right hand and put down his crossed legs: "You made mRNA with 100,000 yuan?"

Zhou Yanqing nodded.

Tan Zhongyu was silent for a long time before he said, "Okay, then go find Liu Wanqing and ask him to give you another 100,000."

“You have to use it until the end of this year!”

"I can't exceed it anymore. You have a lot of brothers and sisters, so I have to leave some for them."

Zhou Yanqing immediately thanked him: "Thank you, Master."

Zhou Yanqing didn't dare to say anything like "If it's not enough, I don't want it."

The master is willing to give, and Zhou Yanqing can also spend money, so of course he has to do the work for the money.

"How much accumulation do you plan to have before publishing an article?" Tan Zhongyu asked again.

After doing an experiment, in fact, you can publish a small article by doing a simple round of experiments.

Of course, you can also accumulate it and publish it after you have accumulated a certain amount of work. It will definitely be published in better journals.

"Master, this article is expected to be published by the end of next year. I will do as much as I can. I don't have any expectations yet."

"I should be able to publish an article of about ten points in the end. After that, the project funds will be almost used up, and then I will go to the laboratory to help." Zhou Yanqing made plans for his future.

Tan Zhongyu heard this and said, "So, you chose to start your own business just to show me that you can develop research routes?"

Zhou Yanqing said: "No, Master, I explained it to you before. When I was in Heng City, I had already made some things. If these things are not used, it will be a waste."

"I also want to prove my ability."

"Master, I don't mean to show off..."

Tan Zhongyu said, "Okay, okay, go ahead. I'll call Liu Wanqing later and ask him to cooperate with you."

"The funds for this time will not be disclosed. You can directly report to Liu Wanqing. Tell him what you want to buy."

"Okay, thank you, Master." Zhou Yanqing was overjoyed.

When I was in Heng City, I only earned 100,000 in three years.

Now, after coming to Shashi, I have 200,000 yuan to use in less than half a year. This is the difference.

If I can come here during my master's degree, the funding will definitely be much more than 200,000.

However, what happened back then is all in the past, and now I am back here...

At 4:30, Zhou Yanqing left Professor Tan Zhongyu's office, carrying his backpack, and walked to the rice bowl shop to have dinner, muttering to himself:

It was obvious that the master was still not very confident in himself. Even after he explained so much, Tan Zhongyu still found a middleman to supervise him.

It is understandable that the master is afraid of making mistakes.

After all, if I had misappropriated funds, Tan Zhongyu would not be so naive as to make me take the blame.

This project belonged to Tan Zhongyu, but Zhou Yanqing misappropriated it. Tan Zhongyu also had to bear the blame for failing to supervise properly and was finally punished!
"Dinner." Zhou Yanqing shared what he had eaten with Chen Yu.

This time, it was Zhou Yanqing who took the initiative to share it with Chen Yu.

Maybe it was a habit, or maybe Zhou Yanqing had a good impression of Chen Yu.

The two of them did meet through a blind date, but as they chatted, it seemed that they had taken a step further from just starting a conversation.

Chen Yu is relatively rational, yet also emotional.

She is not extremely beautiful, but she is not ugly either. She can be considered a beauty anywhere, but she is not particularly stunning.

Zhou Yanqing spent a lot of boring time in the laboratory, and Chen Yu was the one who started talking.

"Dinner..." Chen Yu also sent a picture, but it was not taken in the cafeteria, but a line of children leaving school at the school gate.

"Do you have after-school service today?" Zhou Yanqing asked while eating.

Elementary school classes end at 3 p.m. If there is after-school service, you have to go at 5:10 p.m.

Chen Yu is the class teacher, but she doesn’t need to provide after-school services or dismissal every day, but she does need to do it three times a week.

Chen Yu’s after-school service is on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, but today is Tuesday.

So what Zhou Yanqing asked is yes?
"Teacher Huang had something to do, so he switched the after-school service time with me so that I can leave work early on Friday." Chen Yu sent a message and replied with a smiley face.

Zhou Yanqing read the message, put down his phone, and sorted out his experimental plan.

Friday's schedule was full, and there was no time to spare in the afternoon. Saturday afternoon was free, but Ning Zhu occupied the time.

On Sunday, Zhou Yanqing planned to read some literature to recharge his batteries, or go to the practice room at the Third Xiangya Hospital to brush up on his suture skills.

"It's not bad. I can enjoy the weekend after get off work." Zhou Yanqing understood but didn't respond.

This was definitely not a case of Zhou Yanqing misunderstanding or wishful thinking. Some time ago, Chen Yu took the initiative to ask Zhou Yanqing out once, and Zhou Yanqing refused that time.

Because Zhou Yanqing is very clear about one thing, Chen Yu's job is very stable. If he and Chen Yu fall in love, but in the end he does not have enough accumulation and cannot stay to work in Shashi, or if he is not satisfied with the work unit, he will leave.

You can't stay in a different place for long, especially if it's for work, so for the time being Zhou Yanqing can only consider himself first.

"Doctor Zhou, are you still so busy?" Chen Yu asked with a smile.

"Yes, I'm a lab dog. I didn't get home until 1 a.m. yesterday. Today I'm looking for funding from my teacher. This project will take me until at least December before I can take a break."

"Most people in the lab are like this, not just me," said Zhou Yanqing.

Now, Zhou Yanqing is not the only one who has moved his experiments here, including his classmates Huang Yiming and Lin Hua, each of whom has their own experimental site.

How could a mature PhD be hanging around?
"I've heard that studying medicine is hard, but I never thought it would be so hard even after getting a doctorate."

"Please continue eating, Dr. Zhou... I'm going to school." Chen Yu interrupted the topic.

Zhou Yanqing replied with a "OK" and then started to eat.

When Zhou Yanqing found Liu Wanqing in the practice room after lunch, Liu Wanqing felt a little numb all over.

After he finished practicing the suture technique of suturing two foam boards, he took off his gloves and walked to the sink: "Yanqing, you are really curled up, aren't you rolling everyone into a squid?"

Ling Qiyuan raised his head curiously and said with a smile: "Brother, did Yan Qing really spend all the 100,000 yuan? This is really a waste of money."

"Is this still false?"

"Master just called me, and now I'm here to ask for money."

While wiping his hands, Liu Wanqing said, "Yanqing, it's not that I don't believe you, but what Master means is that I want you to get funding from me. If you need any equipment, reagents, or test kits, you can ask first. After you have clarified the details, send me the list and I will place an order for you."

“It’s just one more procedure.”

"Then the bill will be based on the amount spent..."

"Where are the invoices? Senior brother, I will keep the invoices myself and then summarize them for you once a month, okay?" Zhou Yanqing nodded first and then asked.

"Sure." Liu Wanqing nodded in agreement, and then asked curiously:

"Yanqing, why didn't you tell the teacher that part of your money was spent on publishing fees for the article?"

Zhou Yanqing smiled and said, "Brother, the publication fee has also been spent. I just came..."

In fact, Zhou Yanqing spent part of the 100,000 yuan on publication fees.

The money he actually used for the experiment was only about 60,000 yuan.

However, Zhou Yanqing knew that people should not be too greedy.

"Do you think that if you don't tell the teacher, he won't know?"

"Every reimbursement requires the teacher's signature."

"Master, I won't give you a quota this time. That's part of the reason. You don't have to be too nervous."

"Let's spend when we need to." Liu Wanqing said with a smile.

Zhou Yanqing was delighted when he heard this: "Thank you, Senior Brother."

This must be what Liu Wanqing said to the teacher, so the teacher opened up his funding authority and would not be stuck at the 100,000 line, so he could continue his experiment.

"Of course, you can spend money, but you can't be too wasteful. If you spend all your brothers' money, the others will have some complaints."

"These funds should be mainly used on my master's general research project, and cannot be used too much for other experiments." Liu Wanqing also talked about the difficulties.

He is in charge of the funds, so Liu Wanqing has to handle many expenditures.

Liu Wanqing was the one who knew best the difficulties faced by this housekeeper.

Liu Wanqing was also afraid that Zhou Yanqing would spend too much money and spend all the money of the research group. By then, it would be impossible for others to not be dissatisfied with you.

If one person can't eat his fill, the whole family will starve to death.

Liu Wanqing then whispered, "In fact, Master likes people who can spend money. Being able to spend money and knowing how to spend money means that you have achieved a lot, and with more achievements you can make money. In addition to the general topics."

"The hospital also has some scientific research funds that will be awarded to various research groups. This is also a public resource that we can use as much as we can."

"Do you understand what I mean?"

"In the past, other research groups were very ruthless when trying to get this funding!"

Zhou Yanqing nodded, but smiled and said, "Brother, this kind of thing should be picked up by Master, right?"

"Then it must be Master who will go and fish it out, but we should give Master the confidence, right?"

"Master is so busy in the clinic now, he can't come to the lab to do basic cell experiments in person, right? Then why does he recruit students? He does everything himself."

"The exhibition of our achievements is the biggest confidence for the master to ask for money!"

……

On his way back, Zhou Yanqing finally learned some other inside stories in the field of scientific research.

Funding is the basis.

The source of funding is from the same big pot. Whoever is stronger can get it, and those who can't can only watch.

The most important thing is various project funds, and then there is the hospital's scientific research funds.

Only the one with money is the boss!
Zhou Yanqing holds his backpack.

Sitting on the bus, I saw another message from Chen Yu: "Doctor Zhou, are you free tonight?"

"I want to find a hot pot partner."

"Let's split the bill or it's my treat."

Chen Yu didn’t make an appointment for the weekend, but made an appointment for today.

Zhou Yanqing thought about it seriously and said, "Sure, can you send me the location, or should I go find the place?"

The last time they met was in the county town, and they haven't seen each other since then.

It feels okay. There are no experiments scheduled this afternoon because Zhou Yanqing has to ask his master for funding.

Eating an extra midnight snack is just a waste of money.

"Doctor Zhou, do you have any recommendations?" Chen Yu asked.

"Me? I only know the popular ones, such as Xiaolongkan and Jiugongge, but I heard that they are not very delicious. I went to two Xiaolongkan restaurants and the taste was average." Zhou Yanqing replied.

"Then I'll recommend one, would you come over?" Chen Yu invited.

Zhou Yanqing replied: "Okay, if you have any delicious recommendations, just tell me next time. I haven't done any research on this yet, but I can ask my senior brothers, who have been here longer."

After Zhou Yanqing finished replying, he found that he didn't even know which messy bus stop he got off at. He seldom took the bus.

However, Zhou Yanqing saw that the hot pot restaurant was not far away, so he simply took a taxi there.

"Is this considered a waste?" Zhou Yanqing chuckled and amused himself.

(End of this chapter)