Surgery Godfather
Chapter 605 - 551: The Show Has Just Begun

Chapter 605: Chapter 551: The Show Has Just Begun

That day was spent providing rescue support and surgeries for our department. Everyone didn’t get off work until after eight in the evening.

As he left work, Yang Ping received news that the mother of the high school student had developed brain herniation in the trauma ICU. After a rescue operation, she was rushed to the operating room for a craniotomy to save her life for the moment.

The story of the girl who jumped from a building began to circulate among the hospital’s interns.

It was said that this high school girl normally placed within the top three in her grade in terms of academic performance. Even though her marks had dropped in the recent semester, she still stayed within the top ten.

Her parents were very dissatisfied with the decline in her grades as they had set their sights on her entering Tsinghua or Peking University.

A neighbor had shared they’d seen the girl getting very close with a boy when she came home over the weekend, walking arm in arm, acting very intimately.

Taking the neighbor’s gossip to heart, the middle-aged couple suspected their daughter of puppy love being the cause of her grade drop, and proceeded to use various methods to confirm their suspicion.

Methods like secretly following her, reading her diary, unlocking her phone. After collecting and analyzing the information, the couple concluded that their daughter was in love.

The high school girl had just taken leave to go home and fetch something. Her parents seized the opportunity to have a talk with her. The talk continued into the night without reaching a resolution. The same discussion resumed the next morning and escalated into an argument.

The girl insisted that it was not what they thought, that she and the boy were merely classmates, but her mother didn’t believe her.

In a moment of desperation, the girl said she had grown up and didn’t need her parents to control her. She had her own life, even if she was dating, it was none of their business.

This hurt her mother deeply. She cried and reprimanded her daughter for being heartless, for not understanding that they, as her parents, had made huge sacrifices for her. They denied themselves of even the most basic necessities, trying to give her the best possible education and fulfill her every need. They even decided against having a second child, just for her. Yet she was letting them down in the most disappointing way.

In the heat of the moment, they said things they later regretted, things that hurt deeply.

Triggered by their harsh words, the girl yelled back: What’s wrong with dating? They had no right to interfere.

Seeing this, her father lost his temper and slapped her, saying: "If you’re so out of control now, we can’t even imagine what you’ll be like in the future."

The girl fell silent, staring blankly at her parents. Calmly, she said they controlled everything, from what she ate, what she wore, to how she could speak and when she could laugh. Even her friendship with her classmates was under their surveillance. Living like this was meaningless. She then ran towards the balcony and jumped.

The truth was, this high school student had been struggling with depression all along, her parents just had no idea.

Many people with depression appear cheerful and normal on the surface.

The high school girl wasn’t even in a romantic relationship. The boy who was seen hanging out with her was actually a former depression sufferer. He was trying to encourage her, helping her to get through depression and face the national college entrance exam with a positive attitude.

The parents claimed to love their daughter more than anything, yet they never paid any attention to her mental condition.

Their family that was once so harmonious became a tragic story known to all.

Yang Ping, Song Zimo, and Xu Zhiliang went to the trauma ICU to visit the high school girl. Her father was sitting in the visitor’s area, leaning back in his chair, staring blankly at the ceiling.

If he’d known that a single slap could lead to this, he would rather have cut off his own hand than to have raised it against his daughter.

The high school girl was still unconscious, her blood pressure was stable at 95/60mmHg.

Blood transfusion was still ongoing, 44 milliliters of blood had been drained from the pelvic region. The drain was unobstructed, proving that the bleeding in the pelvic area had stopped well.

The artificial blood vessel on her left thigh was also clear, the dorsalis pedis artery was pulsing normally. The skin in the torn area had been trimmed into patches and transplanted back, and the VSD negative pressure drainage was well-sealed.

Yang Ping had originally planned to visit the patient with pelvic fracture under the care of Director Bai, but seeing that Director Bai and his team were already gathered around him, he decided not to interfere.

After a quick glance at the patient’s vitals from outside the room, Yang Ping felt reassured that the patient was stable.

After leaving the trauma ICU, Yang Ping received a call from Huang Jiacai. Huang Jiacai delivered good news: the clinical trial approval for the external spinal fixation frame had gone through smoothly.

This good news was a stimulant for everyone. Song Zimo and Xu Zhiliang couldn’t wait to start applying the external spinal fixation frame on patients.

The first target was a six-year-old child. His parents had already called several times asking when they could come in for the surgery.

The external spinal fixation device will shed a whole new light on the treatment of scoliosis.

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On the desk in Mr. Hans’ office in Johnson & Johnson’s China headquarters, there was a document.

This thick stack of papers contained information about Ruixing’s external spinal fixation frame, which was ready to start clinical trials.

The clinical trials for this new device would take place simultaneously at Xiehe Hospital, Mo Sixth Hospital, Nandu Affiliated Hospital One, and Sanbo Hospital. More top-class hospitals in China were also set to join later.

Previously, there had never been such large-scale clinical trials for a new orthopaedic device.

Few Chinese orthopaedic device companies could produce new devices. If they did, the devices were usually minor improvements on imitation products.

Mr. Hans studied the document carefully, acutely aware that it could revolutionize scoliosis treatment.

The impact of a single device on market share is usually minimal, but this signifies a Chinese company’s potential to innovate, a strength that could challenge the incumbent orthopaedic device giants in the future,

Such a challenge was something Mr. Hans absolutely couldn’t tolerate, nor could any of the behemoths like Johnson & Johnson.

The top-tier companies in the orthopaedic device market had reached a relative equilibrium. Any new entrants aspiring to climb to the top would face a devastating blow.

The more significant a company, the greater its sense of crisis. Using any means necessary to nip potential rivals in the bud was a testament to their understanding of how ruthless business could be.

Picking up the phone, Hans personally called the China manager of Jiemai. It was time for them to sit down and have a talk.

Mr. Hans’ full name was Hans Douglas. He was originally Chinese but changed to an American name, even discarding his Chinese surname.

After graduating from Beijing University, Hans Douglas studied in the United States. He settled there and had no difficulty in getting his green card and citizenship. Now, he had been deployed by Johnson & Johnson’s headquarters to China to serve as the general manager.

He was Gan Fengyi’s senior and also her suitor, but was rejected by her.

This time Hans returned to China, beaming with pride, resplendent in success.

Perhaps Jiemai also recognized the same issue, and Manager Shi quickly met with Mr. Hans in the private business room of a high-end hotel’s top-floor cafe.

"Mr. Shi, hello, I am Hans Douglas from Johnson & Johnson." Mr. Hans was polite in his fluent and pure English.

Manager Shi remained composed on the surface, but inside he was cursing.

He knew this western poseur came to take up his post in China, not only did the man change his name, but also, it was said, spoke only English after arriving here – speaking it everywhere.

"You should speak in Chinese, it’s what I’m used to hearing." Manager Shi wouldn’t bother with this kind of person if not for the need for cooperation.

"Ok, but please forgive me, my Chinese is not very good." Hans seemed very gentlemanly.

Manager Shi was already cursing Hans’s eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart. He actually claimed that his Chinese was not good, even after growing up in China and studying here until college graduation.

"I think we should stop this war and deal with our common enemy?"

Mr. Hans was direct and straightforward, speaking Chinese with an outsider’s accent, devoid of tones.

"Common enemy?"

Manager Shi didn’t know who Mr. Hans was referring to. Could it be Stryker, Medtronic, or Shi Lehui?

"You see ---"

Hans handed a document from his briefcase to Manager Shi. Upon looking, Manager Shi found out that he was referring to Ruixing, which he had heard was set to launch a major new product but was still in the clinical trial stage.

"Mr. Hans, could you please pronounce the four tones of Chinese for me! I find it so awkward to listen to you, Are you ok?"

Manager Shi was really losing patience and wanted to go up and slap Hans in the face. He did not believe that a person who had lived in the United States for a few years would lose control of their mother tongue. He had been to the United States and had contact with Chinese Americans.

"OK! OK!" Mr. Hans looked a little embarrassed.

The number of domestic brands of orthopedic consumables in China is not large, and their scale is very small. Even the larger brands mostly depend on imitation products. To be honest, their competitiveness is very limited.

Now, a Chinese company came up with such an advanced original piece of equipment, naturally drawing attention from the giants.

Foreigners are often very conscious of their potential threats, constantly monitoring the dynamics of Chinese enterprises.

They want to permanently squat at the top of the food chain, capturing huge profits while having others work for them.

Manager Shi had also heard of Ruixing. Jiemai’s foreign employees had reminded him several times too.

However, as the Manager for Jiemai’s China division, he just treats this as a job, turning a blind eye to these matters.

They are all part of the same community, so there is no need to watch so closely. Letting him grow wouldn’t matter, since he was only an executive of a foreign company for a while, but a Chinese for life.

Just do your job with integrity, and live up to your salary.

The kind of tactics Hans was using, Manager Shi would not go along with.

"Manager Shi, do you have any thoughts?" Hans asked Manager Shi, who was flipping through the treatments.

Manager Shi casually replied, "Isn’t it just a new instrument? It scares you so much?"

Hans shook his head, "It’s not cowardice, but market sensitivity. Haven’t you noticed, Ruixing has recently applied for a large number of patents, ones that are still increasing. To my knowledge, someone has invested in them recently. Don’t you find that strange?"

"What’s so strange about it? Make one or two new instruments to prop up the facade. How else can they live up to the name ’independent brand’? Some companies even spend money to buy technology and then package it as their own technology." Manager Shi seemed completely relaxed.

Hans felt that the two of them were not on the same wavelength and had to enlighten this insensible person: "This is not simply an instrument. . . our engineers have made a preliminary assessment. It’s a highly original piece of equipment."

"Oh?" Manager Shi raised his voice.

"That’s right! Possessing the technological prowess to develop such an equipment, implies they will release many more in the future. We must strangle it in its cradle." Hans said fiercely, making a throat-cutting gesture.

Manager Shi asked, "Are these your personal thoughts, or the ideas of Johnson and Johnson?"

"Does it make a difference?" Hans felt that Manager Shi was not paying attention.

Manager Shi said, "Of course. If it’s Johnson & Johnson’s idea, we could consider it. If it’s only your personal opinion, then I’m sorry for the time being, but I can’t accompany you."

A bit embarrassed, Hans said, "This is temporarily my personal idea, but I have already prepared a written material to report to the US Headquarter. My predecessor as China’s General Manager was replaced and I was sent as a replacement due to his inefficiency."

"I see, Hans, and Douglas, when your personal thoughts become Johnson & Johnson’s will, it would not be too late to talk to me then." Manager Shi picked up his cup and drank all the coffee in one gulp.

"Bye, thanks for the coffee." After saying that, Manager Shi left.

Hans sneered, "If you are not competent, you will be replaced sooner or later."

"Ruixing, ignorant fool, the excitement is only just beginning!"

As Hans enjoyed the coffee alone, he was full of confidence.

He was given a mission by headquarters when he came to China from the United States--- to acquire Ruixing.

The previous general manager had been replaced by him due to a failure in the task. It is a small Ruixing after all, getting rid of it will be easy.