Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1363 - 1033: Final Battle at Sanbo Hotel_2

Chapter 1363: Chapter 1033: Final Battle at Sanbo Hotel_2

A bunch of enthusiastic old men were gathered, and Professor Zhang Zongshun was now warming up shirtless under the coach’s guidance. There were quite a few onlookers; Yang Ping stood by watching—Old Zhang still had a good physique, his muscles were no less than those of the younger folks.

Before, Yang Ping and Xiao Su always thought about stopping them, but after several attempts, they gave up on the idea. After all, they were elderly people. Since they enjoyed it and it was a healthy activity, why stop them? Indeed, there was a risk of falls and fractures, but you can’t just forbid them from participating because of that.

It’s like when he was a child, if adults said playing football or basketball could lead to injuries and prevented children from playing, the children would definitely think the adults were being unreasonable and overprotective.

Yang Ping glanced at the hospital’s group chat, which had already sent out a notice for the match—a beautifully designed poster that seemed to mimic those of the Kunlun Decisions. It featured photos of the duel between Zhang Zongshun and Su Butong, the developed muscles, intense glares, and some special effects making it look like a top-tier fighting competition poster. Yang Ping had heard from Zhang Lin that the promotional work was handled by a dermatology graduate student, who had been the publicity director of the student union while in school.

The chief medical officer for the match was listed as Yang Ping, followed by a long list of sponsors. Many shops inside and around Sanbo Hospital came to join the fun. A closer look showed that the couple selling beef offal on Sky Bridge and the old man selling baked sweet potatoes were also sponsors; the couple sponsored beef offal and the old man sponsored sweet potatoes. A nearby supermarket sponsored mineral water, Shuilian Bakery sponsored milk tea and bread, as milk tea was also their main product, not only them but other nearby places like Heytea and Happy Ice City were sponsors too. Yang Ping followed the list of sponsors and there were even fruit shops sponsoring fruits. The biggest sponsor was Uncle Er’s Grilled Fish; quite a generous sum of money was gathered, and after the match, the whole shop would provide free grilled fish, quite impressive!

The event even had male and female commentators arranged, and it would be broadcast live on the big screen of Sanbo Hotel and in the hospital’s group chat, with the hospital’s security department in charge of maintaining order. This setup was quite something; Yang Ping had been busy with surgery and hadn’t paid much attention, not realizing this had turned into such a big event.

The scale was quite large and looked very professional; anyone unaware might think it was some kind of official top-level fighting competition, which was quite interesting.

Zhang Zongshun saw Yang Ping standing nearby; Yang didn’t try to stop him but instead cheered him on: "Go Professor Zhang!"

"Be careful not to let Su Butong hear that, or he might criticize you," said Zhang Zongshun as he warmed up.

Yang Ping laughed: "I’ll cheer for both of you. However many cheers I shout here, I’ll do the same there, just keeping things fair."

"In three days, we’ll have our official match. I’ve told you the date a long time ago, you absolutely must not go out that day, you have to serve as our on-site health doctor, remember!" Zhang Zongshun reiterated.

Seeing his seriousness, it didn’t seem like a show; it really looked like a life-and-death struggle, making Yang Ping somewhat nervous for them.

Yang Ping stood by a while longer, just as he thought about going back for a meal, Dean Xia, Dean Sun, Director Han, and Director Zhao, a group of hospital leaders, approached. Yang Ping was getting ready to greet them when the towering Dean Xia spoke first.

"Professor Yang, Professor Yang is here too!" Dean Xia’s large hand grabbed Yang Ping’s hand warmly and pulled him to the side.

"Professor Yang! You’ll be having a tough job that day. I’m quite nervous; you’re the chief medical officer. I’ll assign all main department heads of the entire hospital to follow your orders, with Xiong Sihai from emergency leading the medical response team himself," said Dean Xia, sharing similar concerns as Yang Ping about the two elderly professors possibly facing issues.

Such intense competition could easily lead to accidents like falls and fractures, or even heart overload. What to do if suddenly caught off guard? Both of them are prominent elderly experts, so Dean Xia felt a lot of pressure, thus personally taking the time to inspect the venue and inquire about every detail of the event to see if there were any oversights.

Yet both elderly men were fearless, insisting they were over eighty, what’s there to fear, as if not doing this would make them immortal? They actually left Dean Xia speechless.

After all, the match was only three days away, now was the prime time for warming up, so here the crowd grew larger day by day; students who had finished their meals and had nothing to do crammed in here to see what was happening. Some doctors’ families even brought along their elderly and children to enjoy the spectacle.

"Mr. Su Butong has come to familiarize himself with the venue," someone in the crowd mentioned.

Yang Ping quickly turned around; there was Grandfather Su, striding confidently surrounded by a bunch of people, and Yang Ping ran up to greet him: "Grandfather!"

Su Butong nodded slightly and gently patted Yang Ping on the shoulder: "That day you’ll be the chief medical officer, you know?"

"Got it, guaranteed to be on the spot every second." Yang Ping patted his chest.

Su Butong glanced at Zhang Zongshun, who was training: "That day, if either of us falls and needs surgery, don’t hesitate, just take him straight to the operating room. We’ve already discussed this and will sign the documents before the competition."

This is serious!

"You see, his weakness is in his lower body, he’s not as good as you are there, but your core strength isn’t as good as his, so focus on attacking his lower body that day, make him struggle, and try not to use your core strength for heavy confrontations." A coach, also an elderly man in his sixties or seventies, reminded Grandpa Su.

Looking at Old Zhang’s side, the coaches there were also elderly in their sixties or seventies, a real senior team. From their appearance, none of them seemed to be fooling around; they looked very serious.

"You do your thing, don’t worry about me, I’m going to train and get used to the field, after all, it’s an away game." Su Butong walked briskly into the adjacent field.

"Professor Yang!"

Yang Ping turned around, it was the owner of Uncle Er’s Grilled Fish.

"Uncle Er!"

Uncle Er, with his big belly, wearing a vest and big shorts and stepping in flip-flops, Yang Ping had always wondered. Uncle Er is a southerner, and grilled fish is a Sichuan dish, he puzzled over why Uncle Er didn’t run a southern cuisine restaurant but a grilled fish one.

"How about coming over for a meal together, stir up some excitement, set up a table in the private room?" Uncle Er said enthusiastically.

"Of course, I heard you’re the biggest sponsor?" Yang Ping asked.

Uncle Er smiled, "Originally there was not this part of sponsorship. When I heard about this, I thought about it, and it’d be a waste not to participate. Later on, I found out that every business that got the message thought the same, but didn’t know how to get into this network, so they came to ask me. I made the decision, based on the principle of voluntary participation, no limits on how much, forming a sponsor alliance, and that’s how this came about. The person who led this is a doctor from your hospital, very clever at organizing, made it quite impressive, even included commentators."

Uncle Er accidentally forgot to speak Mandarin and slipped into Southern dialect.

"I wouldn’t have known how lively it was if I didn’t come today." Yang Ping looked around and said.

He wanted to chat more, but Xiao Su called him to come home for dinner, Yang Ping had to say goodbye to everyone and rushed home for dinner.

When crossing the Sky Bridge, Yang Ping passed by the vendors selling offal and roasted sweet potatoes and casually inquired about the sponsorship; they were all very happy to tell Yang Ping, as if being part of the sponsor alliance was a very honorable thing. They also told Yang Ping that the environmentally friendly meal boxes provided by the sponsors had been delivered, and they showed them to Yang Ping. The meal boxes were very refined, and the outer packaging had the event’s promotional poster and slogan on it.

"I heard there’s also a gym nearby that wants to join, but they registered too late, we already have enough sponsors, we won’t accept them," the owner of the offal shop proudly said.