This doctor is already middle-aged, and he's only just started practicing medicine.

Chapter 192. Social skills and worldly wisdom are useless!

"Xie Xiao, has Lu Cheng contacted you recently?" In a residential area in Wuhan, Zhong Junyun walked downstairs to a shady spot on the walkway and dialed Xie Xiao's number.

"No, Xiao Lu has never contacted me directly. Director Zhong, isn't he in contact with you?" Xie Xiao, who was preparing her speech for the academic conference this weekend, looked puzzled.

"So that means he didn't tell you about the good stuff he had?" Zhong Junyun's voice was calm and profound.

"Good stuff, Director Zhong, what other good stuff does Lu Cheng have?"

"Wasn't it you who sent out that tendon suturing project?" Xie Xiao asked back.

Zhong Junyun: "Today, Xiao Lu's girlfriend contacted me again, so I called Lu Cheng. He said that he has been very inspired recently and has come up with a new suturing technique for solid organs and nerves and blood vessels."

"We also plan to collaborate with Xiangya Hospital."

Xie Xiao immediately understood Zhong Junyun's meaning: "Director Zhong, I have not contacted Lu Cheng. I have not even revealed the topic you discussed with Han Luoning to Xie Yuan'an!"

Zhong Junyun replied, "I didn't mean you leaked the research topic, what I meant was..."

"Hmm... Do you think I'm going in the wrong direction?"

Xie Xiao thought about it carefully before saying, "Director Zhong, from our perspective, Xiao Han is a better match for our department. If it were up to me, I would definitely choose Xiao Han first."

"Resources cannot be distributed so evenly after all."

"But, if you just said, Xiao Lu, he..."

"No, how did Lu Cheng get involved with spleen suturing techniques again?"

Zhong Junyun retorted irritably, "You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"

"However, I did just hear some news: Lu Cheng won first prize in two tracks of the Hunan Province Microsurgery Skills Competition."

"The suture score for solid organs is over 110 points, which is higher than the maximum score!"

"It's impossible for Lu Cheng to have colluded with so many professors to carry out such an outrageous fake operation."

"Why don't you ask Xie Yuan'an if she and Mu Nanshu talked about anything?"

Xie Xiao replied without hesitation, "Director Zhong, there's nothing to hide in the things discussed in the department, so Xie Yuan'an can speak about them, right?"

"She is friends with Lu Cheng and Lu Cheng's girlfriend."

Zhong Junyun said, "I know. I just contacted Professor Tan Zhongyuan of Xiangya Hospital. From him, I can basically confirm that the other two suturing techniques that Lu Cheng came up with this time are definitely genuine."

“This is far beyond our expectations and preliminary research. Have Xiao Xie try to contact Xiao Lu again, and I will go and have a proper talk with him in person.”

"There should still be room for maneuver in this matter."

"Okay, Director Zhong, I'll make a call and ask about the details."

……

After hanging up the phone, Xie Xiao dialed Xie Yuan'an's number.

Xie Yuan'an hung up immediately. Xie Xiao dialed again, and Xie Yuan'an finally answered, his voice urgent: "Old man, I'm in the lab, what do you need?"

"Can you get in touch with Lu Cheng?" Xie Xiao asked directly.

"How did you know? I was planning to tell you tonight," Xie Yuan'an retorted.

"Never mind how I know, just tell me the specifics. Director Zhong is stuck again."

"I was caught in a dilemma, and then the phone rang," Xie Xiao said.

Xie Yuan'an said, "Director Zhong is such a grown man, can't he take responsibility for his own actions?"

“I think Lu Cheng is right. It was Peking Union Medical College Hospital that gave him a chance. He plans to teach me tendon suturing and spleen suturing techniques so that I can participate in the microsurgery skills competition.”

“Dad, Lu Cheng is just a senior training student at our hospital. The only preferential treatment he can enjoy right now is this.”

"As for Mu Nanshu, even if Professor Zhong doesn't mention it to Professor Dong of the Department of Gastroenterology, Mu Nanshu will still find a way to escape."

"Professor Zhong was just doing a favor."

Xie Yuan'an then added, "I am a beneficiary of the existing interests, and I will not try to persuade Lu Cheng or anything like that."

Xie Xiao wasn't stupid; she could glean some meaning from Xie Yuan'an's words: "So what exactly does he mean?"

Xie Yuan'an's tone was also tinged with resentment: "Dad, Lu Cheng said that he has been dealing with interpersonal relationships for more than ten years, but it hasn't been of much use."

"This proves that social skills are useless; you can only improve your core competencies."

"If the path of currying favor doesn't work, he has no choice but to set up his own table."

"These are the exact words that Mu Nanshu relayed to me."

Xie Xiao fell silent after hearing this.

He took a deep breath and sighed softly, "Lu Cheng's thinking is still too extreme. With the support of the team, his path will definitely become smoother."

"But from his perspective, he didn't say anything wrong."

"From Huashan Hospital to Zhongnan Hospital, and then to here, I've seen so many heartbreaking things."

“I also have a lot of problems. I shouldn’t have recommended him to Professor Zhong.”

Xie Xiao felt a little guilty.

"Old Xie, your question is indeed significant, but not insurmountable. My real intention was simply to observe the situation. In that context, who was Lu Cheng?"

“You don’t know, Professor Zhong doesn’t know, nobody knows, only I know, but you still supported my willfulness.”

"So I can't say you're wrong, because you're my dad."

"Moreover, from an objective point of view, I don't think you're wrong. The teacher who is most beneficial to Lu Cheng is Professor Zhong."

"Perhaps it's just the unpredictability of life. During this time, Han Luoning came along."

"But what's the meaning of this call?"

Xie Xiao said, "Professor Zhong just confirmed that Lu Cheng said he has mastered nerve and blood vessel suturing techniques, which should be far beyond the current suturing techniques."

"Otherwise, one cannot presume to call it a technique."

Techniques are techniques; they are personal experiences and habits.

Techniques are techniques; they can be technical, written down, promoted, and proven effective through experimentation and replication.

"Can I shout '666'?" Xie Yuan'an immediately chimed in, sounding like she was enjoying the drama.

Xie Xiao immediately criticized, "Stop being sarcastic!"

"Okay, that's what I mean."

"Is there anything else? If not, I need to clean up the mess you made for me earlier," Xie Yuan'an replied.

Xie Xiao: "It's alright..."

After hanging up the phone, Xie Xiao immediately replied to Zhong Junyun: "Director Zhong, Xie Yuan'an doesn't know about these things either."

"However, she mentioned one point: Lu Cheng and she had agreed that Xie Yuan'an would bring her suturing techniques for tendons and solid organs to the microscopic skills competition."

"Director Zhong, what I mean is that our positioning technique is just nerve suturing. Since Lu Cheng said he also has suturing techniques, why don't we try it out?"

"It's not certain who will win or lose."

"This is more conducive to healthy competition. When Lu Cheng comes in the future, it will be beneficial for both of us and help us improve."

“In this way, our hand surgery department can develop in multiple directions. Anyway, our platform is big enough. It’s not impossible for us to follow the example of Huashan Hospital and support three or four hand surgery departments.”

Zhong Junyun replied, "The problem is, Lu Cheng is unwilling to come now."

Xie Xiao frowned: "Is the news confirmed? This is a bit like throwing the baby out with the bathwater."

Zhong Junyun said, "He just doesn't come to our department, but he goes to the emergency department."

Xie Xiao: "..."

Xie Xiao thought of a possibility: "That would be really troublesome. The people in our hospital's emergency department are not easy to deal with. They might have to open an emergency hand surgery department."

The emergency department at Peking Union Medical College Hospital is not exactly a law-abiding institution.

Let alone hand surgery, if the people in the department are capable enough, they dare to do emergency neurosurgery. If they can do it, blocking specialized emergency diseases is no joke.

A specialty or subspecialty that doesn't deal with emergency medicine ultimately lacks a certain soul.

"Did Xie Yuan'an say she wanted to contact Lu Cheng?" Zhong Junyun asked.

Xie Xiao said angrily, "Director Zhong, I have already criticized Xie Yuan'an very severely. Young girls are all rather stingy."

“I told her that if she hasn’t figured things out, she shouldn’t come home.”

Zhong Junyun didn't care whether Xie Xiao's acting was realistic or not: "Thirty years old, thirty years old, clearly knows nothing, doesn't even know the basic rules of scientific research, how is she going to produce original works..."

"And it's an original medical clinical technique, do you think that makes sense?" Zhong Junyun asked Xie Xiao.

Xie Xiao's silence was tantamount to acknowledging Zhong Junyun's idea.

He had no real feelings for Lu Cheng; at most, he just wanted to gossip about Lu Cheng, nothing more.

……

Longxian County, Chenfu Firewood Chicken, Mongolian Yurt.

By the end of October, Longxian County had become chilly. Sitting around a wood-fired stove would make anyone feel warm and cozy.

This time, the drinks were prepared at the behest of Professor Tan Zhongyuan.

Of course, Lu Cheng didn't come empty-handed either; he brought a pack of cigarettes and two bottles of "Jiugui" liquor!
When Tan Zhongyuan and Zhou Yuhui arrived at the Mongolian yurt, Lu Cheng quickly stood up and greeted them with a smile: "Director Tan, Director Zhou."

"Professor Han, Brother Yi..."

Hu Yi was a head taller than Lu Cheng, almost reaching the ceiling of the yurt.

"Hello, Mr. Lu." Hu Yi smiled somewhat obsequiously.

Lu Cheng shook hands with Hu Yi: "Teacher Hu, if I were a small shop owner, you would be the CEO of a multinational corporation."

Tan Zhongyuan immediately said, "Let's skip the mutual flattery for now and talk about serious matters today."

"Hu Yi, go open the wine."

"Lu Cheng, it's like this. Today, I'd like to express my sincerity more formally. On behalf of the Department of Hand Surgery at Xiangya Hospital, I sincerely invite Dr. Lu to join our department and our team."

"You don't need to worry about the actual treatment. Resources will be tilted towards you as much as possible. First and foremost, you will be trained as a provincial-level academic leader," Tan Zhongyuan said bluntly.

Lu Cheng sat down, looking somewhat flattered, but after waiting for Tan Zhongyuan to finish speaking, he replied, "Director Tan, this is a gift from an elder, and I dare not refuse it."

“But I have personal reasons. My wife is working at the Union Hospital in Wuhan, and that’s where we plan to work.” “I’ve made my decision. I will most likely be working in the emergency department of Union Hospital. I’m very grateful for Director Tan’s kindness in this regard.”

"This is the area we have recently decided on for future development."

Tan Zhongyuan asked, "Dr. Lu, have you made a decision so quickly?"

“Yes, we had already decided that the work location would be in Wuhan.” Lu Cheng thought for a moment.

"To be honest, Director Tan, after you, Director Xiang from the Emergency Department of Xiangya No. 2 Hospital also talked to me, but I declined."

"Of course, there may not be opportunities to work together, but there are still many opportunities to collaborate on research projects."

"This requires the guidance and support of all the professors."

"Today, I actually had the idea to have a good talk with Director Tan, which is related to some of my past experiences."

Tan Zhongyuan held out his hand: "You speak!"

Lu Cheng replied, "Director Tan, to be honest, my tendon suturing technique comes from an advanced training course in the Hand Surgery Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital!"

"So, I might have to apologize to you. I'm going to move this research project over there and work with a professor from Peking Union Medical College Hospital."

"Of course, I know that Teacher Tong Yuan'an has been preparing for this for a long time, so I will return double the amount."

"We hope Director Tan will agree!"

"Nerve and blood vessel suturing techniques are also a core competitive area in hand surgery."

Seeing that Lu Cheng had made the internal arrangements so quickly, Zhou Yuhui didn't refuse: "Then what about your spleen suturing technique?"

Tong Yuan'an smiled and said, "Then it must have been reserved by Chen Song."

Zhou Yuhui glared at Tong Yuan'an, his eyes filled with resentment.

Tong Yuan'an lowered his head and didn't say anything more.

Zhou Yuhui didn't know Chen Song and didn't care about him, but he and Chen Song were good friends. Even though Zhou Yuhui was his mentor, he would never betray Chen Song.

Lu Cheng quickly smiled and said, "The spleen suturing technique was something I discussed with Professor Chen Song from Xiangya No. 2 Hospital. It has little to do with hand surgery. This is my main job for making a living from now on."

“Alright then, Professor Zhou, what do you say?” Tan Zhongyuan looked at Zhou Yuhui.

Of the three organizations connected to Lu Cheng, Xiangya Hospital already accounts for the vast majority.

It's impossible for Lu Cheng to control all four projects; it would put him in a difficult position.

The core development direction of hand surgery is nerves and blood vessels.

Zhou Yuhui didn't deny it, but still asked shrewdly, "I'd like to hear your deeper thoughts, Dr. Lu. Why did you make this choice?"

Lu Cheng glanced at Professor Zhou Yuhui and said calmly, "Professor Zhou, to put it bluntly, it's like a cunning rabbit having three burrows."

Give yourself more options!

"To put it more formally, we hope to promote these techniques from all sides so that they can be used in clinical practice as soon as possible and truly benefit patients."

"Is this all?" Zhou Yuhui asked.

Lu Cheng knew the answer Zhou Yuhui wanted, so he casually said, "Personally, I still believe in revenge; one should not delay until the next day."

Tong Yuan'an bumped into Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng said nonchalantly, "Teacher Tong, there's nothing wrong with saying it. I didn't use any underhanded methods."

"I have always hoped that I could have some teachers to guide me in my formal studies, and I will continue to hope so in the future."

"Everyone needs to learn to grow."

"However, due to various circumstances, not everyone's learning path is smooth sailing; this is an established fact."

"I'm not a conceited person. My starting point is that I will treat those who are good to me even better."

"If anyone tries to take advantage of me, I won't stay silent."

"If someone treats me like a toy, I wish I could be a player too. Even if I can't play them, it would be nice to annoy them."

"Anyway, no matter how bad things get, I'm already in a relatively bad situation, so it shouldn't get any worse."

Tan Zhongyuan immediately replied, "Dr. Lu, we have always been sincere towards you."

Lu Cheng nodded: "Director Tan, it all comes down to the word 'truth.' Different perspectives lead to different expressions, and this is the truth in reality."

“I believe that if Professor Zhong Junyun had known at the time that I had also developed a technique for suturing spleen parenchymal organs, he might have been more tactful.”

"However, he's very busy; all his attention is focused on nerve suturing techniques in hand surgery," Lu Cheng said in a nonchalant tone.

They take it all in stride.

The world is bustling with activity, all driven by the pursuit of profit.

Whether it's Xiangya Hospital, Xiangya No. 2 Hospital, Huashan Hospital, or Peking Union Medical College Hospital, none of them are more noble than the others; each has its own internal operating rules.

It's just that there are more interpersonal relationships and social niceties in Xiangya.

If we put ourselves in his shoes, Lu Chengchong going to Huashan Hospital now would certainly be different from back then.

Even though Lu Cheng is currently only an undergraduate student.

Tan Zhongyuan understood Lu Cheng's sarcastic tone. Lu Cheng meant that when he was in Long County, he didn't see Tong Yuan'an express any further attitude.

After the competition ended, Tan Zhongyuan started stirring things up, using his connections to pass on "insider information" to Lu Cheng.

This matter is not exactly despicable, but it's not exactly aboveboard either.

Essentially, the rules of this world still dictate that the strong prevail. Only if you are strong enough and transcendent enough can you have an easier time getting by.

Otherwise, if you only have a little bit of strength, you'll just be a plaything of the rules.

The "ladder to success" that Tan Zhongyuan mentioned exists in many universities. As long as you are strong enough, there are precedents of undergraduate students being promoted directly to professor before graduation.

The current Lu Cheng is acting somewhat unfamiliar to Tong Yuan'an, but Tan Zhongyuan feels that this is how it should be.

"Dr. Lu, I hope we can have a pleasant and mutually beneficial cooperation in the future." Tan Zhongyuan stopped praising himself and simply described the current situation as a transaction.

Xiangya Hospital needs these techniques to enhance its overall strength, and Lu Cheng needs this project to boost his research capabilities and provide external manifestations of his overall strength.

It is very difficult to objectively assess a person's abilities, especially in medical technology.

But if you carry articles with you that demonstrate original techniques and write them into your resume, then it's a different story.

Just like Professor Chen Zhongwei's limb replantation, Professor Wu Mengchao's liver-preserving technique, and Professor Tang Jinbo's Tang method suturing, those are all representative techniques.

Lu Cheng said, "Director Tan, it's not really a collaboration, it's just that your hospital promoted me exceptionally."

"You guys put in the effort and money, so I was basically a hands-off manager. I will always remember this kindness."

"In view of this, I would like to first toast you and Professor Zhou."

Tong Yuan'an also raised his glass, drank it all in one gulp, and said with a smile, "Xiao Lu, you seem a little unfamiliar today."

If Lu Cheng was honest and simple in the past, he now exudes a "killing aura".

Lu Cheng didn't tell Tong Yuan'an that Chen Song was inferior to him. He only told Chen Song that Tong Yuan'an's tendon suturing technique was not as good as his, so why wasn't Tong Yuan'an the one who didn't do tendon suturing?

"Teacher Tong, I am a very realistic person. I accept the weakness, but I cannot bear the strength."

"Besides, I'm not that strong. I'm just lucky to have received the love and guidance of many teachers. By chance, I've also gained some unique insights."

"Aside from this, I'm still a complete novice who knows nothing."

"For example, I'm still learning about specific research procedures and such."

"But now, with the guidance of my teachers, I can roughly distinguish the different categories of topics and their importance, and like a clown, I immediately became arrogant and presumptuous."

Lu Cheng continued, "Whether you teachers believe it or not, I am just a pretty honest person."

Tong Yuan'an seized the opportunity to joke: "Xiao Lu, didn't you say before that you wanted to achieve enlightenment in one thought, so you wanted to win an award?"

"Why aren't you going again?"

Lu Cheng smiled and said, "Teacher Tong, that was back then. At that time, I only dared to think about defeating them head-on."

"Now, I feel that I can beat them with just a few people. They are not worthy of being my opponents."

"You said it?"

"They can't possibly be stronger than you, can they?" Lu Cheng's voice was cheerful, as if he had completely let go of his worries and achieved true enlightenment.

Lu Cheng's reasoning is sound.

Lu Cheng's classmates, even those who are doing very well in hand surgery, are unlikely to be more outstanding than Tong Yuan'an.

Given the age difference, how can a 32-year-old attending physician outperform Tong Yuan'an, who is about to be promoted to professor at Xiangya Hospital, in terms of clinical skills?

Who's really gone mad? Who looks down on Tong Yuan'an?

If Tong Yuan'an wasn't a genius, how could he deserve the title of the number one hand surgeon in Hunan Province after the professor?
Tong Yuan'an scratched his head: "I always feel like you're being sarcastic towards me."

Hu Yi said with a smile, "Brother Tong, you don't need to think about it, it is."

"This perfectly illustrates what Director Tan said: scientific research is the best shortcut to overtaking on a curve. There is no other way to achieve a leapfrog development than scientific research output."

Hu Yi rolled up his sleeves and said, "Um, Professor Lu, what should I be aware of if I want to learn from you?"

"For example, should we wash our bottoms a little cleaner?"

"I really want to try for the first prize in this national microsurgery competition."

Lu Cheng was completely stunned after hearing this.

No, according to Tong Yuan'an's introduction, Hu Yi can be described as a leading figure among the younger generation at Xiangya Hospital, excelling in both clinical practice and professional skills.

The label of "scientific research expert" was set long ago. No one in the department has a higher level of scientific research experience than him, not even associate professors.

However, when Hu Yi first joined the company, his clinical skills were really average because he graduated with an academic doctorate and had not had much clinical experience.

But after he joined the company at the age of 28, he began to get involved in clinical practice. He did research and learned clinical skills at the same time. In just four years, he "killed" several other associate professors!
This person should be a fairly upright person, so why does he speak in such a "soft and sweet" way?
"Brother Yi, you're not from Rongcheng, are you?" Lu Cheng asked jokingly.

Tong Yuan'an said, "Hey, you guessed right, this person really is from Sichuan Province."

Lu Cheng clasped his hands in farewell: "Farewell!"

Jokes are only for the younger generation; Professors Tan Zhongyuan and Zhou Yuhui, on the other hand, maintained an air of mystery and tried to minimize their presence.

(End of this chapter)