Chinese medicine: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 132 Double Happiness and Private Tutoring! (Subscribe)
The two met at the door of a home-style restaurant that looked very much like a fly-infested restaurant. This was a place recommended by Chen Yu that was very suitable for a meal.

It is located in an old neighborhood close to the street and is very inconspicuous.

Even so, the two still had to take a number and queue up.

Chen Yu wore a long down jacket, wrapped herself tightly, and said in a sweet voice: "Zhou Yanqing, you do almost the same things every day, wear the same clothes, and read similar documents. Do you feel monotonous or bored?"

Recently, Zhou Yanqing and Chen Yu’s chats have turned into video calls, and almost every time Chen Yu sees Zhou Yanqing, the background is always in two places.

Laboratory or dormitory.

Zhou Yanqing leaned towards where Chen Yu was sitting. "It's very monotonous. So monotonous that I want to vomit. But I dare not feel bored. There are so many things to do."

"Don't think I'm the only one like this, everyone is like this."

"For example, my roommate Lin Hua, although he lives with his girlfriend outside, he comes home very late from the laboratory every day, and often goes to Xiangya Hospital, probably to find someone to revise his article."

"My other roommate Huang Yiming also asked me to revise his article. We all have a similar pace of life."

"If you want to be a good doctor, you have to master these basic skills. Because in the future when you go to the clinic, few patients will get sick according to the textbook."

"If you want to treat more patients, you have to make your basic skills very solid. Otherwise, if you encounter an unfamiliar case, you can't even find the treatment method, and it's difficult to distinguish the true from the false in the literature. That's definitely not going to work."

"Not to mention our PhD students, my teacher, Professor Tan Zhongyu, reads more than a dozen papers every day to enrich himself..."

"Studying medicine is hard and monotonous, but it is definitely not boring." Zhou Yanqing was willing to share more with Chen Yu.

Chen Yu’s vision is a bit high, but at least she is slightly different from the girl rumored on the Internet.

She will feel very happy when being accompanied, but she will not be particularly clingy, at least she will not make unreasonable demands.

Before getting to know each other fully, it would be very good if the girl you meet on a blind date could do this.

"Can you show me one of the documents you read? Do you have any archived files on your phone?" Chen Yu was very curious about Zhou Yanqing's life.

The documents collected by Zhou Yanqing can be found everywhere, and Zhou Yanqing also named them.

Zhou Yanqing took out his cell phone and searched around until he found a simple document and sent it to Chen Yu.

Chen Yu simply read a few sentences, and probably even read the introduction, but he didn't read it very thoroughly.

Many medical-related words are very difficult to pronounce, and it is difficult for people who are not professionals to guess their meanings.

Although we can roughly understand from the suffix that it is a disease, such as inflammation.

But without inflammation of the organs or tumors, it is not easy to guess the meaning.

Chen Yu gave up: "I think it's better not to think about resonating with you academic masters. It's too difficult."

"Professional matters are mostly left to professionals. The barriers to entry into medicine are relatively high. People in the medical profession can switch to other professions, but almost no one from other professions can squeeze in without reason."

"You don't need to understand it. For example, I can't quite understand your professional textbooks." Zhou Yanqing said, and looked at his number again. There were three people ahead of him.

You still need to wait a few minutes.

"Are you saying that our teaching profession is highly replaceable? Anyone with any major can become a teacher as long as they pass the teaching qualification exam?" Chen Yu tilted his head and asked back, smiling, trying to embarrass Zhou Yanqing.

Zhou Yanqing shook his head: "Basic education must be universal. It would be best if all children could have access to education."

"But there may not be enough professional talent, so we can only make up for the shortfall."

"As for medicine, it is not universal at present. At least, many diseases now do not have a particularly good treatment method, so we need to explore."

"This has nothing to do with replaceability. If we also choose to go to a grassroots hospital, a bachelor's degree is enough..."

"Teachers are also divided into college teachers, undergraduate lecturers, and master's supervisors. In fact, the heights and upper limits are similar."

After hearing what Zhou Yanqing said, Chen Yu asked, "Zhou Yanqing, then do you think I should also study for a master's degree, get a doctorate or something, maybe I can stay in college to teach in the future?"

Zhou Yanqing said: "That depends on whether you prefer the pleasure brought by education or the pleasure brought by research."

“If you want to be a lecturer in a university, you have to have the pressure of doing scientific research.”

"I don't know much about the Chinese department, but I also know that teachers in the Chinese department also have pressure to get promoted..."

Zhou Yanqing did not give Chen Yu any direct advice.

If Chen Yu is willing to be a college teacher, he will have to bear the corresponding pressure.

Being a university teacher is not that easy.

"Then you won't mind that my academic qualifications are lower than yours, right?" Chen Yu asked again, in a more formal tone.

Chen Yu and Zhou Yanqing have known each other for a month and a half. During this period of time, Chen Yu discovered that Zhou Yanqing was like an unknown treasure.

The further he goes, perhaps he is not on the same level as the platform he is on.

"This topic is a bit sensitive. Every profession has its own specialties."

"There are also differences in professions. In terms of professional knowledge, there may be a gap between us, but if we compare culture, I may not be able to compare with you."

"Professionalism and culture are two different concepts."

"I actually want to read some literary monographs, but my major doesn't allow me to have the time."

Zhou Yanqing said this and looked at Chen Yu very seriously: "I think it's good that you can pick up your hobby of writing, not for making money, not for publication, and not for anything else."

Chen Yu majored in Chinese language and literature. To a certain extent, he is a bit of a literary youth and also has a simple literary dream.

It’s just that what she wrote has not been recognized yet.

Chen Yu said: "In fact, the way people get along with each other is a kind of culture. A person's concepts and beliefs are also a kind of culture. It is not necessary to read a lot of literary monographs."

"Zhou Yanqing, you are a doctor, so you understand the critical line between life and death, and illness in the world better, and these are the 'worldly experiences' that writers do not have."

Zhou Yanqing said, "When you have time, can you recommend some books that a newbie like me can read?"

"Okay, I can give it to you." Chen Yu replied.

The two of them lined up right after that, walked in and started eating.

"..."

That night, when Zhou Yanqing checked the list of provincial project approvals through the official website, he did not find his project or his name.

Obviously this is a failed bid!

Most of the successful bidders are university lecturers.

Zhou Yanqing read it and although he felt quite regretful, he could also understand it.

It is not easy to get provincial-level projects. If you don’t have sufficient basic accumulation and want to get these projects, others will not give them to you because they don’t think you have the ability to complete them.

Zhou Yanqing was not discouraged. If he failed this year, he could try again next year.

However, at the end of November, when Zhou Yanqing finished his experiment again and walked out of the laboratory, he saw two pieces of good news at the same time. The first piece of news was that the article he had revised and edited showed "received". This meant that the article had been accepted and only needed to be paid for and published.

The publication date is January of the following year.

In fact, it doesn’t matter when you publish it, as long as you can publish it.

While seeing this good news, Zhou Yanqing also saw his own project and name in the application for the school-level project.

The funding was not much, only 50,000.

But when it comes to a project, in the early stages it is not about how much funding you get, but about having a record of completing projects, which will make it easier for you to apply for subsequent projects.

When others see that you have experience in completing projects, they will certainly not doubt your ability to complete projects!
Zhou Yanqing told Duan Qilin the good news immediately.

Duan Qilin heard this and said, "Yanqing, this is such good news, why don't you come out and get together?"

"My father is resting now. He is recovering well from the surgery. He should be able to get out of bed and walk again after a few years of recovery."

Zhou Yanqing hurriedly asked, "Is uncle's surgery over? Brother Duan, why didn't you tell me?"

It was not until early November that Zhou Yanqing found out that Duan Qilin's father had a spinal tumor, which had compressed the spinal canal and had metastasized locally.

If surgical treatment is required, the cost of surgery plus rehabilitation may be hundreds of thousands, and there will be a long recovery period afterwards.

"It doesn't matter. I'm actually quite nervous too."

"Now that I see that my father's surgery has been successful, I feel relieved."

"Shall we go?" Duan Qilin asked.

Zhou Yanqing was still a little hesitant: "Brother Duan, is it inappropriate for you to leave at this time?"

"Don't worry, I've hired a caregiver, and my uncle and mother are here."

"It's okay for me to go out for a while." Duan Qilin replied.

……

After the two met, Zhou Yanqing also shared with Duan Qilin the news that he had failed to win the provincial project, and congratulated Duan Qilin on his successful application for the project.

Duan Qilin is worthy of being Duan Qilin, he succeeded in one try.

Duan Qilin comforted him upon hearing this: "It's normal to fail the provincial-level project bid for the first time. It would be strange if you could succeed."

"Yanqing, you have to know that the teacher in charge of the provincial project is not your teacher, nor is he from Central South University. Their understanding of you is limited to your superficial understanding."

"Your academic qualifications are not outstanding, and your previous scientific research accumulation is not enough."

"You will definitely be much better than me in the future."

Duan Qilin received his undergraduate and master's degrees from prestigious universities, and his master's degree is from Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University. Therefore, in this situation, if Zhou Yanqing and Duan Qilin were put there for others to choose, others would choose Duan Qilin.

If two strangers are placed in front of anyone, most people will only look at the surface and do not have enough time and energy to understand some details.

"Thank you, Brother Duan. Actually, I just wanted to share it. There is no other meaning."

"If there's anything your uncle needs help with, Brother Duan, you can let me know. I'm quite close." Zhou Yanqing said.

Regardless of Duan Qilin's original intention, Zhou Yanqing felt that this person was more real after spending time with him. This might be because Duan Qilin deliberately portrayed himself as a sincere person.

But in the process of getting along with each other, Duan Qilin was usually at a relative disadvantage.

He helped me do basic experiments, helped me collect data, and made me the corresponding author...

"You are so busy that I dare not ask you to look after my father, for fear that you, the involutionary maniac, would forget something important." Duan Qilin complained.

Then he immediately said, "It's just a joke."

"There's no need to be too greedy. Zhou Yanqing, you're only in your first year of doctoral studies. How can you get a grant of 130,000 yuan all at once?"

"The research funding your teacher has received is only over 200,000 yuan."

"You are the student, and he is already the director? You can't look down on a chief physician who is a master's supervisor like that, right?"

Zhou Yanqing raised his glass and clinked it with Duan Qilin.

"Brother Duan, how is my master doing now?" Zhou Yanqing asked.

After leaving Hengda Affiliated Hospital, Zhou Yanqing paid little attention to the affairs in the department, but Zhou Yanqing predicted that the situation on Gong Yi's side would return to the situation before liberation.

Duan Qilin pulled his sleeves and said, "It's OK, just average. But if you want to compete with my group, Yanqing, you have to come back in person to support your master."

Zhou Yanqing: “…”

Well, this is how you can pretend to be cool.

Seeing Zhou Yanqing not speaking, Duan Qilin suddenly asked: "Yanqing, are you interested in the special training course on peripheral nerve injury?"

"If you are interested, I can recommend you a special training class."

"Where was it held?" Zhou Yanqing asked hurriedly.

"The Jishuitan." Duan Qilin said.

Upon hearing the name, Zhou Yanqing fell silent again.

He was silent for a full ten seconds before shaking his head: "Forget it, I don't have the money to go!"

Duan Qilin said hurriedly, "You don't have the money to go, why don't you go to your teacher? Professor Tan has plenty of research funding, and he can easily give you tens of thousands to study abroad. Isn't that a snap of the fingers?"

"The treatment of peripheral nerve injuries will inevitably become a hot topic for all the top hospitals to compete for in the future. The sooner you get started, the better."

"I actually want to go, but they have certain requirements for recruiting students, so I can't get in."

"They are all prepared for top attending professors or associate professors. I think you can give it a try. Really."

Duan Qilin knew that Zhou Yanqing had failed the re-examination for his master's degree.

But Duan Qilin still insisted that if Zhou Yanqing couldn't even face failure calmly, it would prove that he was narrow-minded and would not be able to go far in the future.

It’s time to learn.

"I'll go ask then, what time is it?"

"I won't finish all the exams until January 4th," Zhou Yanqing said.

Zhou Yanqing did not find the corresponding information on the surface, which proved that the channel of this information was very secretive and only a few people were qualified to know it.

There are no thresholds for entering private training classes.

"January 10th to 14th. There are five days in total, and there are only five places available, so they are very popular," said Duan Qilin.

(End of this chapter)