Surgery Godfather
Chapter 731 - 651: The Virtue of Modesty

Chapter 731: Chapter 651: The Virtue of Modesty

"Professor Hu, I think you need to revisit this information and don’t make impulsive decisions. The funds for the experiment will be provided by the American medical equipment company I’m collaborating with. They don’t mind increasing their funding as long as we have enough cases."

Chene was acting like triumph was within his grasp. He firmly believed that his cooperation terms could not be refused.

Director Hu sneered inwardly:

Just as Professor Liang advised, the foundation of any cooperation is equality and self-sufficiency. You are bringing immature technology to negotiate cooperation, simply treating us as your lab rats. Who are you fooling?

"Let’s not discuss this." Director Hu repeated his refusal.

"Professor Hu---" Chene tried to convince Director Hu.

Director Hu waived his hand: "Chene, how about we get through the conference first, and then we revisit the cooperation proposal after the meeting?"

Chene nodded, satisfied. There was a glimmer of hope for this negotiation.

Chinese people are subtle and tactful. They may seem to refuse even when they are eager for cooperation.

"Let’s start!"

Director Hu gestures, indicating to Song Yun that the meeting can begin.

Generally, for these salon-style meetings, junior doctors start speaking first, each with ten minutes of speaking time. The theme of this session was spinal cord tumors.

There are two attending doctors and two resident physicians among the four doctors in Chene’s team.

In the United States, doctors are only classified into two types: resident doctors-- who are receiving the training, and do not qualify for independent medical practice; and attending doctors, who are trained and have the right to practice independently and are responsible for all their medical activities. Once you are considered an attending doctor, the title is for life.

The two resident physicians in Chene’s team are still in their training period, coming along to gain exposure. The two attending doctors are experienced experts in spinal cord tumor treatment.

On Xiehe Hospital’s team, the young doctors who took the stage to give speeches include deputy chief physicians and attending physicians. Director Hu tried to give everyone a chance to speak and gain experience.

At the same time, Jing Yunsong was done with the preoperative preparation and was ready to be moved to the operating room.

The 3D-printed artificial spine prosthetic was already sterilized and delivered to the operating room, ready to use.

Professor Liang specifically arranged for Yang Ping to be the chief surgeon to suppress Chene’s arrogance, and importantly, to establish academic confidence among young people. He hopes that in the future everyone can be academically independent, self-sufficient and maintain the ability to think independently.

Having academic confidence is very important, especially for a great country!

In the front row of the meeting room, Chene and Director Hu are sitting together, whereas Yang Ping and Professor Liang are sitting together.

Every so often, Professor Liang and Yang Ping would lower their heads to chat, both with smiles on their faces.

"Chene must have invested a lot of time and effort in this technology. Compared to the total vertebrae resection done in the past, he has indeed improved the technology and it has significant advantages over traditional surgery." Yang Ping made an objective judgement.

Professor Liang was very familiar with Chene: "They dissected fifty corpses, researched eighty monkey models with spinal cord tumors, and accumulated experiences from hundreds of total spine resections before perfecting the surgery. I admire the energy he put into spinal cord tumors, and his professionalism, but I’m disgusted by his character. He’s arrogant, selfish and self-serving, a classic American personality."

Professor Liang then told Yang Ping about being refused for a training program. At that time, it was fairly easy to get a place in the training program. Chene was just trying to maintain his academic advantage and didn’t want Chinese doctors to learn his new technology too quickly, so he intentionally refused Director Hu’s application.

"Westerners worship power, and respect strength. Therefore, I asked you to be the leading surgeon today, to show off your Chinese methods. Now normally, Chene looks down on everyone from his lofty position, but you’re going to help him come back down to earth today. At the same time, we are going to help our doctors establish academic confidence." Professor Liang said with emotion.

Yang Ping agreed wholeheartedly with Professor Liang. It is quite straightforward dealing with Americans, as they ignore superficial matters.

The only thing useful to them is power!

Among the foreigners Yang Ping has interacted with, most are Americans. For example, Robert, he is very easy-going.

Dr. Woodhead aka Wu Zi from the Twin Cities Spine Center, where Chene works, is also Yang Ping’s friend. He is currently studying Chinese fervently. A hardworking and humble child, he just lacks language talent and has been stuck on the fourth level for a while now. The whole forum is worried about him.

Regardless, Yang Ping generally finds these Americans modest and humble - a rare virtue.

Yang Ping believed deep down, Chene too bore this humble characteristic.

The first speaker was Song Yun. As a representative of Xiehe’s young doctors, he delivered an eloquent speech in flawless English, with a captivating PPT presentation, elaborating on the application of 3D printing technology in spinal cord tumor treatment.

Chene was in a great mood. He was sure Director Hu would agree to his cooperation proposal after the meeting. He just observed that Chinese often beat around the bush.

To demonstrate the advancement of his technology, he planned to spend extra time explaining his new technology at the conference.

"Professor Hu, can I have 30 minutes? The new technology and devices I have brought this time would be hard to explain thoroughly in just ten minutes."

Exceeding the allotted speaking time without prior authorization is rude. Hence, Chene asked Director Hu for permission in advance.

Director Hu calculated the time. There would be just enough time to accommodate Chene’s request. With Chene so enthusiastic, Director Hu decided to concede to his request.

The surgery wouldn’t start until nine o’clock, they still had over an hour.

"No problem. For your new technology, you can extend your presentation to thirty minutes."

"Great, thank you!" Chene was overjoyed.

Americans are inherently exhibitionist, each with potential to be a president, and Chene was no exception.

He planned to capture the heart of his audience with his passionate voice and sterling speech, thereby cementing the superiority of American technology!

Chene had visited many hospitals in China and was always invited as an authoritative figure. Honestly, his new medical device could select any partner for cooperation. His top choice was Xiehe but if they really didn’t want to, he had plenty of other options, no one would refuse such a lucrative offer.

Even one line, "The first doctor in Asia to use new technology from Minnesota’s Twin Cities Spine Center", could make one the authority in their domain.

His self-confidence wasn’t baseless, indeed, the offer was tempting.

Naturally, Chene still hopes the cooperator could be Xiehe, as it is the best hospital in China, not only with abundant case resources but also beneficial for the expansion of his new technology in China.

Starting from Song Yun, doctors from both China and the USA took turns presenting their speeches with each having ten minutes. The time was very well managed demonstrating their discipline.

Chene was the second-to-last speaker, while Director Hu was last.

Thirty minutes!

Chene was brimming with confidence!

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