Surgery Godfather
Chapter 900 - 790 This Has Already Become a Metaphysical Problem

Chapter 900: Chapter 790 This Has Already Become a Metaphysical Problem

They chatted over dinner and continued their conversation over tea.

Yang Ping talked with Dean Liu of 301, Commissioner Qiao, and Director Zhou for a long time.

However, Yang Ping wasn’t very good at chatting, only occasionally keeping up with the conversation, but Dean Liu and Commissioner Qiao didn’t mind at all, still chatting and laughing with Yang Ping.

Geniuses are definitely different, surely too proud or ungifted in socializing, which is understandable.

Dean Liu and Commissioner Qiao had their own plans in mind; the two partners had agreed that they would make sure to secure Yang Ping’s arrival while they were in charge.

Yang Ping was not yet thirty years old, and he had several decades of his academic golden age ahead of him. In other words, as long as they brought in Yang Ping, he could lead by example, and the future development of 301 for the next few decades would be leaps and bounds.

Perhaps, Dean Liu and Commissioner Qiao would become the most outstanding deans in the history of 301.

Fulfilling the tasks assigned by superiors splendidly and adding a substantial achievement to their merit, a win-win situation, how wonderful.

The dinner with Dean Liu and Commissioner Qiao was more than just a casual meal; aside from showing warmth, they took the opportunity while Yang Ping was in Beijing to subtly "brainwash" him and plant some ideas in his mind.

"Local hospitals aren’t that easy to manage now, with an unfriendly medical environment and tense doctor-patient relations that prevent doctors from practicing medicine in peace. Fortunately, we don’t have these issues in our military hospitals, so the comrades working in localities really have it tough. I have great respect; I couldn’t handle it myself," said Commissioner Qiao, steering the conversation towards this topic, intentionally or otherwise.

"Yes, slowly but surely. Actually, the mainstream is good; I guess things will improve in another twenty years or so," said Director Zhou Min with a worried look on his face.

Dean Liu then said, "You guys are too anxious, always exaggerating these negative aspects. I think the doctor-patient relationship is harmonious. What medical disturbances are you talking about? Nonsense. Professor Yang, right?"

Yang Ping simply smiled.

Dean Liu continued, "Your Sanbo Hospital is really great, with an academic environment that is relaxed and free. Dean Xia is highly capable, managing the hospital to new heights; I want to learn from that. I greatly admire your Dean Xia. Now we have opened a branch in Hainan, and we wanted Dean Xia to serve as the dean, to replicate another Sanbo Hospital, but he refused. I said, as long as you agree to come as the dean, we would not interfere with the Hainan branch at all. It will be completely managed like your hospital: funding when needed, providing personnel, policy support, with the same treatment as our main hospital, but the autonomy would be entirely under your leadership team’s control. Yet he still refused, saying he didn’t want to leave Sanbo Hospital."

"Yes, finding a thousand soldiers is easy, but securing a commander is hard. A dean with management skills like Dean Xia’s is rare; given a larger platform, he’ll surely create even more impressive achievements," Commissioner Qiao said in full agreement.

"Platforms are very important, very important! Would Professor Xu have become the leading figure in coronary bypass surgery in Asia if he weren’t at Anzhen? Would Professor Xin have become the world’s foremost authority on aortic dissection surgery if he weren’t at Fuwai? The platform is extremely important!" Director Zhou Min said excitedly.

Commissioner Qiao topped up Yang Ping’s tea. "Drink up. Don’t mind us; we just like to shoot the breeze when we get together. That’s what you folks from the south call it, right - blowing water?"

"Actually, there was a professor at Anzhen before who was no less skilled than Director Xu when he was younger. He later went to Shandong Provincial Hospital. Without the big platform of Anzhen, how could he have made achievements in cardiology like Professor Xu? The magnitude of the cases are not even on the same level, right? Anzhen’s Cardiac Surgery Department caters to the whole country, to the whole world. Shandong Provincial Hospital can only serve Shandong Province, right?"

"That’s the principle!"

"So you see, Professor Yang, you chose the right platform. Sanbo is an excellent one. What do you say—would cooperation between us and Sanbo be a powerful alliance?"

"That’s an interesting idea. If we cooperated, with Professor Yang’s expertise and our nationwide patient base, it would definitely be a powerful combination."

These few people were amusing, acting as if it were all real. Yang Ping just sat there like he was listening to a tale, listening to their back-and-forth.

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Early the next morning, at seven o’clock, Yang Ping arrived at Anzhen Hospital accompanied by Director Zhou.

He not only familiarized himself again with the two surgical cases, but also reviewed other cases; he found that his cases only required two or three bridges, while the other two specialists needed four or five.

Just as Yang Ping had expected, Anzhen considered him a golden connection.

Yang Ping reviewed the cases on the computer. Among them, one required eight bridges, which was Director Xu’s own routine surgery for today, not a demonstration case.

Since it was about showcasing skills, the most challenging one should be chosen.

Yang Ping took the initiative to find Director Xu and requested the surgery involving eight bridges for himself, not for any other reason but hoping to do something for the Old Academician.

"You want to lay eight bridges?"

Director Xu was quite surprised when he heard Yang Ping’s request; wasn’t his arrangement good enough? Why insist on picking the case with the highest difficulty? Wasn’t this like shooting oneself in the foot?

"This surgery is very difficult; it wasn’t scheduled as a demonstration surgery. It’s my routine surgery for today," Director Xu said, essentially refusing.

Yang Ping still argued, "Professor Xu, if you believe in me, please let me have this case. I want to challenge something with even higher difficulty."

Director Xu was taken aback. We aren’t close; why should I trust you? If you want to challenge yourself, do it back home, not here.