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Chapter 623 Not Everyone Has the Luck (Please Subscribe)

Xie Heng did not cite Xie Wucai as a benchmark, but acknowledged that Xie Wucai was also a victim.

No matter how much the person at the Kyoto sanatorium tried to "entice" him, Xie Wucai ultimately wanted to make his granddaughter happier, so he became the one who spearheaded the whole affair.

The evidence against Deng Yong is complete, leaving no room for retreat.

Even if Xie Wucai didn't ignite this escape route, someone else, like Wang Wucai or Du Wucai, would.

When Xie Heng was helping Fang Ziye analyze the whole story, he gave Fang Ziye a conjecture: Fang Ziye's teacher actually held an important position in the sanatorium, but Fang Ziye himself was unaware of it.

Xie Heng also informed Fang Ziye about some 'conflicts' between Old Master Chen Song and the person in charge of the Kyoto Sanatorium.

The feud between the two sides is very intense, and after decades, it is basically impossible to resolve.

If Chen Song hadn't left Kyoto and were still there, those two at the Kyoto Sanatorium wouldn't have been able to cause any trouble.

However, Chen Song was not only impetuous in his youth, but he remained impetuous even in his old age. He left the capital directly, so some people who were originally on good terms with Chen Song had some opinions about his departure.

“Otherwise, those two from the Kyoto Sanatorium wouldn’t be enough to shake Dr. Chen Song, let alone pose much of a threat to him.” These were Xie Heng’s exact words.

Fang Ziye paused his thoughts after reflecting on this point.

This matter had absolutely nothing to do with Fang Ziye, but he was still dragged into it.

This is a natural thing. When you hold an important position in a company, you will not only enjoy the benefits of that company, but you will also inherit its various entanglements.

This is fate, and also an entanglement you can't completely unravel.

For example, in the case of Zhongnan Hospital, there was also a professor in the 'Spinal Surgery' department of Huazhong Union Hospital who was unhappy with the sudden rise of Zhongnan Hospital and tried to obstruct it.

Huazhong Union Hospital is excellent, with very strong technology, but that doesn't mean every staff member there is a saint.

The same applies to Zhongnan Hospital, and also to my own teacher.

Wherever people are involved, there are their own joys and sorrows. Moreover, based on Fang Ziye's understanding of his teacher, he estimated that Deng Yong had offended quite a few people in the past. After all, his true self was a magnified version of 'Wu Xuanqi,' and Wu Xuanqi was just a replica of 'Deng Yong'...

Fang Ziye began processing his email and WeChat messages.

In the email inbox, there were feedback on paper submissions, articles that needed revision, and some letters that Fang Ziye had previously submitted. The editorial department replied, hoping that Fang Ziye could review the original author's response again.

There were also some commissions from relatively unknown magazines, who were extremely polite, addressing him as "Dear Doctor Fang" from the very beginning...

Furthermore, some journal editorial departments, including not only foreign SCI journals but also domestic SCI and CSCD journals, such as the Chinese Journal of Joint Surgery (electronic version), invited Fang Ziye to become a review editor to review the papers submitted to the journal.

Of course, some domestic colleagues, such as several professors working in the field of oncology whom I met today, sent me emails, hoping that I could submit an application form to the Oncology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association so that I could also become a member of the Oncology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association...

The more accumulated knowledge and experience a person has, and the fewer moral issues they have, the more likely they are to grow up and have someone offer them a ladder to climb.

You don't need to climb the ladder; you just need to stand on it, and someone will pull you up.

This is a true story!
Fang Ziye responded politely to each of them.

Fang Ziye has been busy with reviewing and editing articles for the magazine, so he hasn't had time to handle that yet and therefore hasn't accepted the job.

Fang Ziye did reply to the invitation from the Oncology Branch, saying that he had downloaded the relevant forms and would submit the application form in the background as soon as possible after carefully reading the form filling format.

Only then did Fang Ziye have time to deal with the various problems within his team.

They all come from WeChat.

Nie Mingxian: "Ziye, Liao Jia and I encountered another point of conflict during our experiment today. We disagreed with each other."

"In a tumor angiogenesis induction model, how can we address the issue of tumor structures being too small to accommodate catheter passage during distal circulatory embolization?"

“If the distal blood vessels cannot be treated through the catheter, then the tumor may escape through the veins or distal arteries. Liao Jia and I have some disagreements.”

"If you have time, you can think about this issue carefully, and we can do some research and ask around."

“Okay, Brother Nie.” Fang Ziye took out his notebook and wrote down the question.

Luo Tingzhu: "Senior brother, the animal experiment data I was doing today showed that the tumor volume of two nude mice seemed to have increased compared to yesterday. I wonder if there is a data measurement error."

"The first table contains the tumor volume measurement data for the first two measurements. The second table contains the volume measurement data for all tumor groups. Tianluo and Jiehan both said they wanted to ask you about it..."

"There's another thing. Jie Han and Tian Luo seem to have come up with a pretty good idea for using the microcirculation device and chemotherapy for tumors, but they haven't told me what it is yet."

"They're so productive!" Luo Tingzhu's message came in fragments, but it covered two main points.

"Have Jiehan and Tianlu come up with new ideas again?"

"That's good. Are they planning to launch their own project?" Fang Ziye asked.

As for the combined abilities of Jie Han and Lan Tianluo, Fang Ziye felt that they were definitely not much less than himself.

Even more awesome than Nie Mingxian and Liao Jia combined, this was Fang Ziye's truest thought deep down.

I'm really lucky; both of my junior brothers are truly talented...

"I don't know yet. They're starting to keep things mysterious. It's driving me crazy." Luo Tingzhu then sent a meme of someone smashing a pig with a sledgehammer.

"No rush, take your time if you have an idea."

"Why rush to do research? Today at the conference, a teacher mentioned a point."

“Academician Wang spent seven or eight years researching leukemia, which is one of the shortest research spans in tumor treatment. How long has it been for us?” Fang Ziye reassured him.

"Senior brother, when are you coming back on the 4th?" Luo Tingzhu started to return to the usual topics.

Liao Jia: "Ziye, do you think it's better to pursue a girl or to be pursued by a girl?"

When Fang Ziye suddenly saw Liao Jia's question, he felt like he was being bombarded with some random, nonsensical question.

However, considering that Liao Jia is still single: "It's all good. Just like what they say online, if you find someone who likes you, you'll be very comfortable."

"The best situation is mutual affection!"

Liao Jia: "If there's no mutual affection, would you rather wait and not look for someone else?"

Fang Ziye: "..."

If it were someone else, such as Lan Tianluo, Fang Ziye's answer would definitely be yes.

However, this is Liao Jia, who is already thirty-five or thirty-six years old. Liu Huanglong is only two or three years older than Liao Jia, and his child is already in the upper grades of elementary school.

"Brother Liao, if all else fails, let's book one..." Fang Ziye joked.

"Get lost, why are you acting so irritable now?"

Fang Ziye's student, Tian Yao, said, "Master, I realize I still haven't grasped the basics. When I look at some of our group's research projects, I'm a bit confused..."

Fang Ziye's student, Feng Junfeng, said, "Master, Hu Qingyuan's skills are amazing! Is he cheating? I also discovered that he has a photographic memory. He can accurately remember the context of every word in the books I've read, and even the punctuation is perfect..."

"Master, am I a good cook?"

Hu Qingyuan: "Master, I went to the skills training room in the clinical area today. This is my operation video. Do you think I should refine it for a while before releasing the video, or should I wait for you to come back and record a more amazing batch?"

"Or, within the same video, could we create a contrast and comparison? Let the viewers know that there's always someone better?"

Damn, these Teletubbies.

Absolutely.

Fang Ziye now understands his teachers' mindset a little better. When he first enrolled, he was definitely much less capable than Hu Qingyuan.

He's not only bad at cooking but also loves to ask questions. What kind of pressure has been put on Master Yuan Weihong's mentality?

Fang Ziye ignored them all.

The most polite question came from her research assistant, Han Jingyi: "Professor Fang, we have completed part of the data collection for the experiment today, mainly including the following: we performed quantitative analysis on miRNAs..."

This is normal feedback and questions; the students are still a little mischievous after they've gotten the hang of it.

……

Two days later, on May 3rd!
On the oval conference table, the floor was covered with a dark red silk floral carpet, which felt soft and fluffy underfoot.

Out of sheer boredom, Fang Ziye could only grip the ground with the soles of his feet and start looking around absentmindedly.

At this moment, Academician Ma Jun and others started arguing with Xie Heng and others.

Academician Ding Jian said, "Team Leader Xie, we need to recognize the situation and understand the current speed and position of scientific research progress."

"Currently, the treatment plan for most tumors is still a comprehensive treatment plan that combines conventional chemotherapy and surgery, and it is difficult to make any major breakthroughs in the short term."

"Currently, the breakthrough for most cancers lies in how to make accurate diagnoses, find specific biomarkers for different cancers, use them to assist in diagnosis, develop diagnostic kits, and unlock their potential economic value."

"That's what it means to be realistic. Don't just think about treatments and targeted drugs."

"Currently, there are only a few mature targeted chemotherapy drugs for tumors; all specialties combined can only offer a few dozen," Ding Jian said emphatically, before starting to look through the data and list them.

“目前常见的靶向药物的种类无非以下几种，1.受体酪氨酸激酶抑制剂；2.抗血管生成药物；3. PI3K/AKT/mTOR抑制剂；4. PARP抑制剂；5.免疫抑制剂。”

"The mechanism of action of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors is to block the activity of cell surface receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), which play a key role in cell growth, proliferation, and differentiation. When RTKs are overactivated, it can lead to uncontrolled cell proliferation and tumor formation."

"Related tumors include: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a subtype of lung cancer that targets mutations in driver genes such as EGFR, ALK, and ROS1. Examples include: gefitinib, erlotinib (EGFR inhibitor), crizotinib (ALK inhibitor), roxatitinib (ROS1 inhibitor), etc."

"HER2-positive breast cancer: Breast cancer that targets HER2 overexpression or amplification. Examples include trastuzumab and lapatinib."

"Gastric cancer/gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST): Targeting mutations in driver genes in certain gastric cancers or GISTs. For example: cetuximab, etc."

"Renal cell carcinoma: Inhibitors targeting vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR), such as sorafenib."

"Let's look at the second type: anti-angiogenic drugs. The mechanism of action of these drugs is to inhibit tumor angiogenesis, that is, the process by which the tumor itself forms blood vessels. Tumors need blood vessels to obtain the nutrients and oxygen required for growth, and blocking angiogenesis can inhibit tumor growth."

"Related tumors: Renal cell carcinoma: sorafenib, bevacizumab, etc. Lung cancer: bevacizumab, etc. Other solid tumors: Some colorectal cancers, hepatocellular carcinoma, etc."

"PARP-related: Ovarian cancer: Olaparib! Melanoma: Pembrolizumab, Nivolumab..."

"Is this too much? Not at all, Team Leader Xie."

"So my advice is that we should follow the trend of the times and not always think about taking shortcuts or waiting for things to happen to us, as if it is inevitable or a necessary outcome."

"Following the pace of the times, we should first confirm the diagnosis and thoroughly study the mechanisms of tumor development and progression before gradually looking for new treatment drugs."

"In this process, we can become more familiar with the migration characteristics of tumors and understand the pathways related to their reproduction, so that we can find more precise drugs."

"Moreover, when searching for targeted therapies for tumors, the pharmaceutical manufacturing process must also keep up."

One of Xie Heng's companions said, "Is it really impossible to find new treatment options for conditions like orthopedic tumors?"

Upon hearing this, Academician Ma Jun looked directly over and said in a booming voice, "Sir, if you speak like that, people who don't know any better might think you're deliberately targeting orthopedic professionals and trying to smear them."

"Or rather, it was specifically designed to target people like us who work in the field of orthopedic tumors."

"We've already made that very clear over the past two days."

"Combining orthopedic tumor treatment with chemotherapy using a microcirculation device is a relatively feasible approach, but it is still a proposed approach and has not yet been implemented."

"Whether some good ideas can be truly implemented remains to be seen. We hope that orthopedic oncology scholars can find alternative approaches."

"Secondly, this orthopedic treatment method cannot be replicated."

"Because of its very special anatomical structure, after the circulation of blood to the limbs is blocked, it can be isolated from the circulation of organs."

"What about nasopharyngeal carcinoma? Can you cut off the blood supply to the head?"

"That's unrealistic."

"I am not targeting Professor Fang or any orthopedic oncology practitioners. On the contrary, I have great respect for them for their unique thinking and alternative solutions."

"But what I want to say is that medicine is not about copying, and cancer treatment cannot be copied one by one."

"Finding targeted therapies and precisely treating tumors with chemotherapy remains the general trend for the future, but this requires a long period of scientific research, rather than simply rushing things."

"Be sure to stay calm!"

"However, we can extract some ideas from the combination of orthopedic tumor treatment with microcirculation chemotherapy, which is to reduce side effects."

"Currently, we alleviate the side effects of chemotherapy through drug antagonism, such as protecting the liver, stomach, and kidneys..." "If we could develop drugs that significantly reduce the side effects of chemotherapy, we could also increase the dosage of chemotherapy drugs and enhance the inhibitory effect of chemotherapy on tumor cell proliferation..."

"But all of that is secondary. Diagnosis is the priority. It's the direction we should be focusing on for most cancers right now, and it's the inevitable trend, not a different path!"

Ma Jun was speechless.

Damn it, all you know is how to overtake on curves, overtake on curves, but don't you understand that curves are where you're most likely to crash?

They're all people who aren't in the field, and they don't seem to care about doing anything productive.

While overtaking on a curve may be exciting, how many people have died while enjoying that thrill? Haven't we seen any traffic accidents yet?
"Professor Ma, please don't be angry!" Xie Heng comforted her.

"I'm not angry, I'm just telling the truth. Team Leader Xie, and all the leaders, you can't just talk like that without understanding the situation."

"If I had to say something, if you could provide the funds to cover the medical insurance costs, then what are we even talking about here?"

"If you have the money to import drugs, why make the patients spend the money? Isn't that the most direct way?" Ma Jun also lost his temper.

The question was raised.

The current foreign blockade of medicines in China is based on a very simple principle: you pay to buy them, right? Once you buy them, you can use them. Your medical insurance covers them, so don't even think about exploiting us.

In fact, most of us are clinicians. The job of a clinician is to treat patients, not to do random scientific research!

You bring the medicine over, and we'll take care of curing the patient and letting the patient and their family go home happily. That's our job, isn't it?
Ultimately, isn't it because the country isn't wealthy enough to even support its own patients?

"Professor Ma, please calm down. Aren't we having a meeting to discuss this?" Xie Heng said.

"Meetings are for discussion, but don't be sarcastic or sarcastic. Saying things like that can easily cause conflict!"

Ma Jun then turned his head and said with a smile, "Look at Professor Fang's current situation! Such a young man, and you've brought him here to be used as a tool. Don't you understand the principle that the nail that sticks out gets hammered down?"

"Actually, Professor Fang is still a newcomer in our industry, just starting out. Have you really considered his feelings when you use him to provoke us like this?"

"Is it genuinely for his own good, or is it just to deliberately make him the target of hatred?"

“Scientific research should be free and can have a certain direction, but once a research topic is assigned, the atmosphere and output will become distorted.”

It's fair to say that if scientific research could be successful simply by setting a research topic, then China would have already left all other countries far behind.

Upon hearing this, Academician Tang Jie also made a conciliatory remark: "Team Leader Xie, Professor Ma and Professor Ding are not throwing a tantrum. Rather, whether it's what you two mean by taking an unconventional approach or reaching the same goal, it's all about following the same path."

"Actually, they are all very difficult, but everyone understands the principle, and the ultimate goal is the same."

"But we also need to consider the practicalities!"

"We definitely hold similar conferences abroad as well. They're also thinking about how to make more money, how to further advance cancer treatment, and how to improve the prognosis and treatment quality for cancer patients..."

"But we have to take it one step at a time. In fact, there are still many imperfections in targeted therapy for tumors. Even for thyroid tumors and breast tumors, which have the best prognosis, there are still many imperfections."

"The most fundamental principle is that drugs should not be used as a means of commodity pricing or economic competition. This is a principle that is recognized internationally."

"But that's not how it actually operates, right..."

“I understand what you mean, Team Leader Xie, but if you look at some famous laboratories abroad, their output is also progressing step by step, just like our domestic laboratories.”

"Before truly developing cancer treatment drugs, we also go through the process of diagnosis, prognostic analysis, and the development of various reagent kits, before finally developing mature drugs."

"More than a billion, more than ten years, more than 100,000 times—this is not an exaggeration. A huge investment of human, financial, and energy is a necessary process; it is an objective reality..."

"At least with the current level of technology, we cannot conquer the treatment of a type of tumor in just one month."

“It’s no use making things difficult for us!” Tang Jie said.

Others have been accumulating knowledge and experience for decades, starting basic research decades ago. Back then, China was still focusing on popularizing basic medical science. How could you possibly compete with them in terms of depth and breadth?

Overtaking on a curve isn't that easy!

The principle of tumor treatment is simple: you either kill it, cut it out, or cut off its blood supply.

The principle is that simple, yet people all over the world have been studying it for nearly a hundred years and still haven't made a breakthrough. Can we blame everyone for not working hard enough?
Does not making money mean you're not working hard enough?

Why is this internet celebrity so angry?
The meeting on the afternoon of the 3rd ended in discord, as usual.

Fang Ziye also witnessed the unity among the group of academicians and bigwigs during the meeting.

Meetings are fine, but don't pressure people. You can gossip, and you can even say that our abilities are very poor, but don't incite hatred, deliberately smear a certain industry, or put on a moral high ground for some people, which will only make them lose face later.

Both Fang Ziye's team and the orthopedic oncology team need a way out!
It's just a prototype right now, and you're talking as if they've already cracked the alternative treatment for orthopedic tumors. What if it doesn't work out and they can't release the news? Are you going to ruin their team?

True scholars do not intentionally make things difficult for other teams, nor do they sabotage others out of strong jealousy.

Many of the people attending this conference are pure scholars, so they won't allow such a thing to happen.

After the meeting with them, Fang Ziye also saw that Academician Ma Jun and others had privately organized a meeting and held a small meeting by themselves.

Fang Ziye had no chance to participate in such meetings.

……

The fourth day, in the afternoon.

Fang Ziye was very surprised to receive the notification that the meeting was canceled, which meant that he could leave at 1 p.m.

Fang Ziye found it unbelievable and even called Professor Li Yongjun to ask him.

Professor Li Yongjun knocked on the door. After Fang Ziye opened it, Professor Li Yongjun said, "Ziye, hurry up, let's pack our bags and go back as soon as possible."

"I don't want to stay in this place for even a quarter of an hour." Li Yongjun's expression was not good.

Li Yongjun and Fang Ziye were not in the same discussion group, but judging from Professor Li Yongjun's expression, the discussion atmosphere in their group was probably not very good either.

"Professor Li, are these kinds of meetings always so casual? Cancelling the meeting schedule just like that?" Fang Ziye asked.

"I estimate that the remaining half day will be for a debriefing, and none of us are qualified to attend such a debriefing meeting."

"How's the discussion going in your oncology group? Have you been put on a pedestal?" Li Yongjun asked with concern.

"I almost did, but the other teachers were very kind and helped me out. Our group leader tried to do the same, but it always backfired," Fang Ziye said.

Li Yongjun nodded in relief: "We medical workers are united when facing external threats."

"You're still so young, I doubt they'd just watch you jump into a fire!"

"I didn't force you to do anything, did I?" Li Yongjun asked again.

"Several senior academicians in our group and the group leader got into a heated argument and almost came to blows. However, no mandatory tasks were assigned."

"Especially that Academician Zhan Qiming from Kyoto University, who stretched out his neck to have it cut off, the scene was quite an eye-opener for me," Fang Ziye said.

Fang Ziye never expected that such a serious meeting would turn out to resemble a brawl between middle-aged women in a vegetable market, making it seem rather reckless.

"And what about you? You should have gotten some benefits, right?" Li Yongjun asked.

Fang Ziye nodded frankly again: "Yes, I did get a little benefit. The group leader asked if our research group had enough funding and what the current research progress was like. I said it was enough for now."

He said to add more if it wasn't enough...

Li Yongjun looked at Fang Ziye with envy: "Then the benefits you've gained are more than just a little bit, aren't they?"

"Which influential person put you on the list?"

"You should thank him properly. I made some inquiries, and it's not Dean Chen Song or the sanatorium."

"Your workplace doesn't have access to matters of this level."

"You've already been nominated at the national level and the academician conference. Even if you do poorly in the future, you won't be worse off than me!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziye's gaze shifted.

This might be a sign of 'sincerity' from Xie Heng and Xie Wucai, who hoped that he could 'let his granddaughter off the hook'!
There's no going back on Deng Yong's actions.

The chain of evidence is complete and the evidence is conclusive.

Unable to resupply Deng Yong, they did what they could to help Fang Ziye...

"Teacher Li, I don't know either!" Fang Ziye said with a smile.

This is something I can't tell Li Yongjun.

"Alright, go pack your bags, let's go back early."

"All I've heard during this holiday is other people arguing," Li Yongjun said, shaking his head.

"Who's making a fuss?" Fang Ziye asked.

"Isn't it just a few? Oh, your old academician Cheng Xiaoping from Wuhan is also arguing, and he's arguing the most fiercely."

"Because our group leader questioned Academician Cheng Xiaoping about why there was still no follow-up on the circulatory device related to the liver transplant, which made him very angry..." Li Yongjun shook his head.

Each position has its own pressure.

Academician Cheng Xiaoping certainly holds a superior position; when he is doing research projects, he can get money and people whenever he needs them.

But when the higher-ups want results, they'll shamelessly ask you, "Professor Cheng, when can we expect results?"

Are you short of money? Give me a timeframe, and I'll give you whatever amount you need.

Hey, this is going to suffocate you...

They have no shortage of money or manpower, but what about the results?
Li Yongjun assumed that Fang Ziye was unaware of Academician Cheng Xiaoping's research topic, so he explained it to Fang Ziye in detail. In fact, Fang Ziye understood the whole story, but he didn't explain it thoroughly.

……

Fang Ziye canceled his plane ticket and changed to a high-speed rail ticket to rush back.

Tickets sold very well, even though Professor Li Yongjun and Fang Ziye were not in the same carriage.

Fang Ziye sat by the car window, gazing out the window, his mind filled with many thoughts, including but not limited to the content of this meeting and the 'insignificant' benefits he had received.

Two girls were sitting next to Fang Ziye. They were together and had been chatting away the whole way.

"Let me tell you, our class monitor is such a nuisance."

“We are in the same club. She is currently the vice president and wants to show off her power. She even asked me to go back to participate in club activities during the May Day holiday.”

"I bought the tickets a long time ago, and I also said a long time ago that I wasn't going."

"She insisted on calling to get yelled at, and I heard I even made her cry. Her roommate also called to say I went too far!"

Her companion said sadly, "Qiuqiu, I've been dumped."

"Huh?" The person named Qiuqiu quickly stopped complaining.

"What's wrong? You were all fine yesterday."

"He's with someone else, sob sob sob. You're right, long-distance relationships are really unreliable. We started dating in our second year of high school, but it's only been three years because he's in Kyoto and I'm in Wuhan..." Qiuqiu's companion felt like the sky had fallen.

"He's so mean, what a scumbag!" Qiuqiu began to express her indignation.

Fang Ziye slumped by the window, feeling a little like laughing, but not really.

Is her matter even a big deal?

It might not seem like much, but at her age, being cheated on and dumped by her boyfriend feels like the sky has fallen.

Fang Ziye realized that his mindset was becoming increasingly outdated, and he found it difficult to empathize with her.

I was just thinking, if we break up, I can just find someone else, right?

When you encounter a problem, you should face it head-on.

Fang Ziye never even considered the possibility that she should bravely pursue love again and win that boy back; he didn't have even the slightest bit of that naive idea...

The two got off the bus in Han City at some point. Fang Ziye continued to ride along, dozing off, his eyes half-closed, listening to the travelers getting on and off the bus one after another...

(End of this chapter)