Surgery Godfather
Chapter 775 - 693: Tricks

Chapter 775: Chapter 693: Tricks

"You are the second most impressive person I’ve ever met," Augusta held his thumb up in front of Ivan, of course, he said it in English.

Ivan frowned, unexpected that this gentleman from European upper-class society could use such contrasting, uncouth language amidst a public crowd.

Ivan didn’t know Augusta well, but he had met him a few times and had dinner with him. He was aware of Augusta’s status and educational background, so he couldn’t believe those obscene words could come from his mouth.

"I mean, you are the second-best doctor I’ve ever met in terms of your medical illustrations," Augusta stated, noticing Ivan’s displeasure, guessing he misunderstood his compliment.

Care must be taken when using slang, especially those just learned.

Dr. Ivan’s frown softened, feeling quite surprised. Speaking of plastic surgery and medical drawing, he had always considered himself unbeatable, yet now he was the second-best. It intrigued him who could possibly be the first.

"I’m curious, who’s the best?" Ivan inquired.

"Of course, it’s our Professor Yang!" exclaimed Augusta.

"With regards to medical drawing, even if Professor Yang dared to claim that he’s the second, no one would dare to say they were the first," Robert chimed in.

At that moment, Yang Ping just happened to arrive at the doctor’s office in his white gown. Seeing everyone crowded around a drawing, his curiosity was piqued. But everyone’s eyes were on him.

"Why are you all looking at me? Dr. Ivan, is this your work?" Yang Ping was amused by their strange behaviour of staring at him instead of the drawing.

Yang Ping carefully studied the unrolled drawing. The level of drawing was absolutely world-class, a level few could reach.

Of course, he himself was one who could achieve this level. Perhaps drawing is closely related to medicine, and the eccentric system he learned from even had drawing training, turning him into a medical drawing expert.

Unfortunately, the system only trained him in realistic techniques. If there had been more styles, maybe he would now have more artistic cells.

The system probably thought that only realistic painting is useful in medical drawing, so it directly eliminated other styles.

"Professor Yang, this is my surgical design. What do you think?" Ivan asked out of respect. He knew Yang Ping was from the orthopedics department and his papers were on orthopedics. Nobody is rival of him in orthopedics deformity, yet he probably never dabbled in plastic surgery and couldn’t provide any valuable advice.

Plastic surgery is an independent specialty that requires dedicated systematic learning and practice. It is impossible for an orthopedic doctor to achieve success across different specialties, at most they would have some theoretical knowledge.

Yang Ping was amazed at the scroll. Ivan also used a realistic technique. In medical drawing, if you don’t do it realistically, who would want to create something impressionistic that nobody understands?

"Before a major surgery, I also prefer to use drawings to express the surgical plan. Compared to text, drawings are particularly straightforward." Yang Ping felt he had found a kindred spirit.

Expressing surgical plans through drawings not only requires a high level of drawing skill but also the ability to draw quickly. Otherwise, it would be useless if the drawing took days to complete.

"Drawing is used more especially in our plastic surgery department. Some things that cannot be expressed with text can be made crystal clear with a picture. Like this piece of skin graft, thousands of words in text might not be able to explain it clearly, but a picture can easily demonstrate the surgery. I have looked at the pre-operative tests of this patient, and there are no contraindications. The surgery can be arranged anytime if there are no other problems, and I will do my best." Dr. Ivan put away the scroll, afraid of delaying everyone’s work.

"Then let’s arrange it for tomorrow!" Yang Ping decided on the surgery time.

Zhang Lin immediately responded. This patient was referred by his consultation, and their medical team was responsible.

"Professor Yang, the director of plastic surgery, Director Lan is looking for you. He’s waiting outside."

An intern told Yang Ping.

Early in the morning, before the shift change, Yang Ping immediately went out and saw that Director Lan was standing in the corridor.

"Professor Yang!"

Director Lan immediately came forward, lowering his voice to say: "Can I talk to you for a moment?"

Yang Ping led him to his office, Director Lan immediately said: "Professor Yang, Teacher Sun’s surgery, can I be Dr. Ivan’s assistant? I am specialized in plastic surgery, so I think I would be more suitable as his assistant."

In fact, Yang Ping also thought this way, but he hadn’t expected that Director Lan would be more anxious than him, hurrying over early in the morning to volunteer for the job.

"I was just about to call you. How about you and Director Chi go on stage? Director Chi as first assistant, you as second assistant?" Yang Ping arranged it this way for his own reasons. The first phase of the surgery was skin grafting, a specialized surgery for the burn department. The patient was transferred from the burn department.

Director Lan was a little anxious and requested: "Could I be the first assistant for a few minutes?"

"A few minutes?" Yang Ping didn’t understand what Director Lan was up to.

Director Lan said with some embarrassment: "Professor Yang, let me be frank, I specifically informed the Publicity Department, they will send someone to take photos and videos that day. Such an historic moment must be recorded. I have no other intentions, I just want to share the limelight of this surgery, to promote our department. Let me be clear, it’s not marketing, it’s reasonable and legitimate promotion, all for the sake of the patients. You see, our current level is much better than those wild plastic surgery hospitals that rent buildings to start their businesses, but patients are unaware of this and all go to those hospitals. If our promotional level could go up a notch, we might be able to attract more patients here, benefitting more patients in the process. Don’t you think so?"

This guy indeed planned to use Ivan’s reputation to make something happen. Yang Ping was slightly displeased. However, they were colleagues in the same hospital. Even if he does not agree with his view, as long as he does not violate the law and the conscience of being a doctor, there is no harm in helping him.

"Rest assured, I know my own limits. Dean Xia is overseeing things; I won’t do anything out of line," Director Lan nearly pleaded. "Besides, with Ivan’s visit, I really want to learn from him. Such a well-known expert, how could I let him go without gaining something? I am being truthful. In this industry, if you don’t show some uniqueness, people don’t recognize you. No matter how good Xiehe Hospital and Eight Great Sites are, their annual surgery number probably can’t match private hospitals that constantly advertise. It’s the simple fact that the more patients we have, the more people we can serve with our techniques," Director Lan almost pleaded.

Yang Ping gestured for him to stop: "I don’t want to hear your theories, nor do I have the time to listen. Whatever you want to do, I don’t care, but be sure to know your limits."

"Okay! So, it’s settled. A few minutes as first assistant, I want a shot," Director Lan requested again.

Yang Ping thought for a moment: "You specialize in plastic surgery, which makes you even more professional than Director Chi. So, you will be the first assistant, Director Chi will be the second. Today you should interact with Ivan, the surgery is scheduled for tomorrow."

"Great! I should tell you, Professor Yang, I am not like what the hospital rumors say. I just want to use other people’s concepts to..." Director Lan wanted to say something to clear his name. His reputation was well-known around the hospital.

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