Chapter 156: Chen Song On Leave!
Persuading patients to lose weight surprisingly gives skill points?
After Lu Cheng returned, he stared at the panel for a while and gave up on his strange thoughts.
What can be confirmed is that this is obtained only after persuading the patient.
Lu Cheng has encountered quite a few obese and smoking patients, and he has also persuaded them, but this is the first time he has succeeded.
Lu Cheng’s WeChat message flashed.
Zhang Tiesheng: “Lu Cheng, what do you want to eat for lunch? Have you asked Professor Chen?”
“Teacher Chen said whatever, I haven’t decided yet. Brother Zhang, do you have any suggestions?” Lu Cheng replied.
“If you haven’t decided, I’ll arrange it. It’s good to avoid Brother Zeng’s tenant starving to death, and not being able to collect rent then,” Zhang Tiesheng joked.
Lu Cheng turned and looked in Tian Zhuang’s direction.
Tian Zhuang was diligently writing a medical record, going through the doctor’s orders one by one.
Tian Zhuang was not good at communication, but he was truly diligent and steady in his work. He didn’t quite grasp social graces, but his meticulousness made up for it.
He was so honest that his family rode all over him…
“Brother Zhang, I’ll order today…” Lu Cheng insisted.
“You’re treating us to a meal in a couple of days, so you’ll have your turn to pay.”
“Don’t argue with your Brother Zhang over such a small amount of money. That’s settled, I’ll arrange it,” Zhang Tiesheng said, a bit bossy.
“Then I won’t be polite with you, Brother Zhang.” Lu Cheng said.
“Ah, we’re like brothers, why be so polite?” Zhang Tiesheng replied generously.
Tian Zhuang had almost finished writing the medical record and walked over with his notebook, nervously asking, “Brother Lu, would you like… to drink… something?”
Every word Tian Zhuang said was intermittent, as if he were a greenhorn just learning about social graces.
However, in Lu Cheng’s opinion, it was a good thing that Tian Zhuang could take this step.
“Anything for me, are you treating?” Lu Cheng asked with a smile.
Tian Zhuang nodded and said with a smile, “Yes, Brother Lu, I’m treating.”
“Tian Zhuang, why do you want to learn some skills?” Lu Cheng asked.
Tian Zhuang gave a simple smile, his eyes sincere beneath his dark skin: “Having skills is great. You can earn more money, and others will respect you.”
“Brother Lu, you are different from them.” Tian Zhuang’s tone was also very sincere, and he seemed very honest.
Just as Tian Zhuang finished speaking, his phone rang.
Tian Zhuang picked it up, his brow instinctively furrowed, and he walked a few steps away before answering the phone with his back to Lu Cheng.
When Tian Zhuang took out his phone, Lu Cheng saw the contact name was “Big Brother.”
Within seconds, Tian Zhuang suddenly and intensely lowered his voice and roared, “Do you want to die?!”
“What does it have to do with me that you don’t have money to treat your illness?”
“What does it have to do with me that Second Brother is in jail? You guys smashed the door, it wasn’t me who called you to smash it,” Tian Zhuang reprimanded in a low voice.
“Don’t tell me that. If you keep pushing me, I’ll just ask if you want to die!”
Hearing these words, Lu Cheng shivered all over.
Lu Cheng didn’t know why Tian Zhuang’s brothers were in such a mess, but if you could push an honest person like Tian Zhuang to such extremes, no one could stop him when he got impulsive.
When Tian Zhuang returned, Lu Cheng instinctively put more distance between himself and Tian Zhuang: “Uh, Brother Zhuang, I don’t want milk tea anymore. You can handle it yourself.”
Tian Zhuang said, “Brother Lu, it’s okay… These are my own affairs, I can handle them myself.”
“My fourth brother said that my two elder brothers just need to be treated harshly.”
“Otherwise, I will never have peace.”
“My fourth brother is very good to me, he wouldn’t lie to me.”
Lu Cheng couldn’t be sure if Tian Zhuang’s fourth brother was lying to him, but Tian Zhuang’s statement was correct; bullies need to be subdued once and for all.
Tian Zhuang’s two elder brothers were really interesting, going to smash Zeng Huanqi’s door, wasn’t that just asking for trouble?
Would Zeng Huanqi, an outsider, tolerate them?
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Zhang Tiesheng was on duty in the clinic and ate the packed claypot rice.
Tian Zhuang was alone in the duty room, continuing to organize discharge summaries.
A light drizzle fell outside the window of the doctor’s lounge. Inside, only Lu Cheng and Chen Song remained, sitting on their respective lower bunks, buried in their meals.
“Lu Cheng, how much do you know about this Zhang Tiesheng? I didn’t pay much attention before, but recently, it seems he’s got something going on too?”
Chen Song, perhaps bored, asked.
“I heard from Zeng Huanqi that Zhang Tiesheng was once a promising student from Qingbei University, but he was held back by a love affair…” Lu Cheng recounted the version of the story he had heard to Chen Song.
Early love, ‘mutual affection’, ‘fractured bone’, ‘refusal to repeat the year’ – it was as if all sorts of buffs had been stacked.
Chen Song’s heart turned into a gossip-shaped object: “Then who is Zhang Tiesheng’s wife now?”
Lu Cheng could only maintain the beauty of the story: “I only know that Brother Zhang was Sister-in-law’s first love.”
Zhang Tiesheng was thirty-six years old, so he was definitely married, but his wife was not the girl who was ‘crazy for love.’
The subsequent version of the story was not something Lu Cheng could inquire about.
However, during university, if one did not study hard, it would be impossible to have better development in clinical medicine.
“It’s also a regret…” Chen Song sighed.
“Now that he thinks about studying, he’s naturally older. Both his energy and the flexibility of his hands can’t compare to when he was young.”
“But it’s better to start thinking about studying than not studying at all.”
Lu Cheng nodded and replied, “That’s true. I’ve also found that my memory isn’t as good as it used to be.”
“But it’s not particularly late. Brother Zhang has some foundation himself, so learning spleen preservation surgery and gallbladder preservation surgery is just a matter of time.”
“On the other hand, Brother Zeng might take much longer.”
It wasn’t that Lu Cheng was promoting academic prowess; it was that Zhang Tiesheng’s own learning ability was better than Zeng Huanqi’s, so the gap between them was quickly evident.
Zhang Tiesheng just didn’t perform well in the college entrance examination; it didn’t mean his learning ability was completely erased.
Conversely, Tian Zhuang, whom Lu Cheng had previously regarded most highly, had also seen his learning efficiency slowly decline recently.
Chen Song took a few more mouthfuls of rice and said, “I forwarded the video you sent me to Director Xiang in our department.”
“Do you know that we have another director in our department named Zhang Xudong who came from your hospital, and he is also from your Long County?”
Lu Cheng looked up, his expression as vast as a river: “???”
“He worked at Long County People’s Hospital from ’82 to ’88, then went to Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture People’s Hospital. He only went to pursue his master’s and doctorate degrees in ’92 and then stayed at our hospital,” Chen Song said.
“I wasn’t even born then,” Lu Cheng realized with a start.
The 1990s was truly an era where one could have a good future if they were willing to study!
“Director Xiang and Director Zhang in our department said?” Chen Song hesitated: “Forget it, there’s no point in saying so much.”
“He said your suturing technique has potential, and asked me to keep you company for a while longer!”
“But unlike me and Tong Yuan’an, I am fully dedicated and not working.”
Lu Cheng knew what “not working” meant: not returning to work and dedicating oneself to something.
For example, Mu Nanshu was fully dedicated to a research project.
But for Chen Song to be fully dedicated to a research project, wasn’t that even more extreme than Tong Yuan’an?
Lu Cheng was confused and directly asked, “Teacher Chen, you’re not working? Isn’t that a bit too much of an exception?”
Chen Song replied, “You’ve hit the nail on the head. Our Director Xiang wants to turn the Emergency Department into a comprehensive trauma center and be responsible for all emergency surgical diseases.”
“General Surgery has no objections, as long as we can create a specialty.”
“In other words, we need to perform surgeries better than them. Then they will let go. Otherwise, they won’t allow us to tarnish the technical reputation of the General Surgery department at Xiangya Second Hospital.”
“I’m talking about the technical reputation, not the reputation of that Mr. Liu from our hospital,” Chen Song emphasized.
Lu Cheng remained silent.
Chen Song continued, “At our hospital, or at Xiehe Hospital where you will work in the future, you are unlikely to worry about not having patients.”
“One disease type can basically let you perform surgeries until you’re sick of it.”
“Therefore, to have a specialty in your work, you need core competitiveness to be able to contend with others.”
“This is the situation within teaching hospitals and between teaching hospitals.”
Lu Cheng understood and nodded, “I know, Teacher Chen.”
“That’s why I’ve always been very clear that there are still many, many, many blank areas in my own surgical techniques…”
Chen Song said again, “I’m not trying to belittle you or motivate you. I just want to tell you that working in different hospitals requires you to find your own positioning.”
“Working in a county hospital, your better path is to learn relatively new technologies within the hospital.”
“And when working in a prefectural city hospital, you will most likely need to establish yourself in high-difficulty surgical procedures within your specialty.”
“For example, if you can master spleen preservation surgery, finding a job in a prefectural city hospital won’t be difficult.”
“But if you want to establish yourself in a place like Xiangya Second Hospital through spleen preservation surgery, just learning it completely is not enough.”
Chen Song made a vertical comparison for Lu Cheng.
In a county hospital, if you know a little, you are the boss.
In a prefectural city hospital, if you know it all, you can get by well.
In a top teaching hospital, even if you know it all, it’s useless, you’re still a nobody. Everyone else knows it too, so what’s the point?
Lu Cheng thought for a moment and replied, “Teacher Chen, your meaning is, if this spleen suturing technique is led by you, it can bring you many, many benefits?”
“Yes… I just need a first author…”
Chen Song’s eyes widened as if his tail had been stepped on, his forehead furrowed, and his voice distorted: “Who the hell do you think you are looking down on?”
Lu Cheng had expected Chen Song to react, but he didn’t expect such a strong reaction.
The arrogant Teacher Chen.
“Then, Teacher Chen, whatever you say goes,” Lu Cheng said.
Chen Song deflated slightly, pursed his lips, and said, “The research project is yours, that’s the most basic academic integrity, but there can be collaborators.”
Chen Song lowered his head.
Chen Song knew that this project collaboration was worthless to him, but he needed some leverage to gain standing in his department and hospital after returning.
The temptation Lu Cheng offered was truly great, which made Chen Song have to bow his head.
Chen Song had thought for a long time before deciding to be led by Lu Cheng.
He had originally intended to give Lu Cheng an opportunity, but unexpectedly, Lu Cheng had instead given him an opportunity.
A suturing technique unique to the spleen could expand the indications for suturing in spleen preservation surgery. Wasn’t this a significant professional breakthrough?
Absolutely!
As a surgeon, Chen Song knew this must be a major breakthrough.
“Teacher Chen, you can definitely arrange all of this,” Lu Cheng trusted Chen Song without reservation.
Chen Song then began to pick at his food, becoming somewhat silent, his arrogance seemingly diminished.
“Lu Cheng, what I just told you about being fully dedicated means not being in the department,” Chen Song suddenly looked up again and explained this to Lu Cheng.
Lu Cheng pondered Chen Song’s words for a moment and understood that Chen Song meant he wouldn’t be involved like Tong Yuan’an, working in the countryside while also doing research, but would be fully dedicated.
“Teacher Chen? You?” Lu Cheng was very surprised.
Mu Nanshu returning with him had other reasons. Was Chen Song helping him out too much?
“I have my own considerations, which is why I made this decision. In fact, even extending my time in the countryside wouldn’t bring me more benefits, it would just be a longer vacation.”
“But I can’t get such a long vacation, so I can only be fully dedicated to finishing the research project.”
“After National Day, I will be in the laboratory for extended periods, finishing the project as quickly as possible.”
Chen Song saw that Lu Cheng was still somewhat confused and said, “You can think of it like the benefits Professor Tang Jinbo of your Hand Surgery department gained from developing the Tang method.”
Lu Cheng shook his head: “Teacher Chen, I still don’t quite understand.”
Chen Song was desperate and raised his hand with a hammer, about to hit Lu Cheng.
Lu Cheng didn’t dodge, his eyes clear, his expression sincere.
Lu Cheng didn’t understand scientific research, nor had he ever experienced the benefits it brought.
Chen Song became more desperate, but lost the will to hit him: “I want to use him to apply for a Standing Committee member of the Provincial Emergency Medicine Society, and maybe even get into the committee of the National Surgical Medicine Society…”
“Are these beneficial?” Lu Cheng asked.
Lu Cheng knew about professional committees like medical associations but was unclear about the specific benefits.
“Let me give you some basic knowledge. In the future, you should look at more things. You need to look beyond just technical skills.”
“First, let’s talk about rank promotion. Being a provincial society committee member can earn 5-8 points for Deputy Senior rank evaluation; national committee member adds 10-15 points. This is clearly stated in the 《 Health Technology Rank Evaluation Methods 》.”
“Society committee members can get priority for society research grants; the first batch of clinical applications for new medical technologies is only open to committee members!”
“Other things include, but are not limited to, guideline formulation and leadership in conferences.”
“These things have many benefits, and if you want to get in, others won’t include you.”
“However, you don’t have the chance to apply for this. Generally speaking, to become a provincial medical association committee member, you need at least three years of Deputy Senior experience, and for a national committee member, you need three years of Senior Professional experience.”
“But if you can complete the research project, it might be different.”
“Moreover, you can’t be directly promoted just because you’ve reached the years for Deputy Senior application. First, there’s a comprehensive evaluation within the unit, and many factors need to be considered…”
Lu Cheng nodded: “Oh, okay, thank you, Teacher Chen. I will strive to move in this direction slowly in the future.”
Getting promoted to Deputy Senior wasn’t easy; many people applied for years before being approved.
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