Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 801 It was all a setup! Was it all fate? (Bonus chapter for monthly votes)
"Okay, it's decided then. When you go on house calls in the future, use more of the local dialect." Director Liao made the decision immediately.

Jiao Shude nodded in agreement:

"no problem."

Since the leader has spoken, and he genuinely wants to teach the dialect, it's perfectly acceptable to bring the dialect along, as long as it doesn't violate work principles.

As long as it's a dialect and there's time, that's fine.

After speaking, Director Liao gave Fang Yan a wink, and Fang Yan immediately understood, raising his glass to Jiao Shude and saying:
"Thank you, Master. I respect you."

Jiao Shude immediately picked up his wine glass with a smile and drank with his new apprentice alone.

Of all the apprentices he has taken on so far, Fang Yan is probably the youngest, the most famous, and the most skilled in medicine.

Li Zhengji was already an amazing young genius, but now that Fang Yan has joined, even Li Zhengji seems a bit inferior.

Of course, this is definitely a source of pride and honor for Jiao Shude's sect.

After Director Liao finished the most important task of the day, he immediately relaxed a lot and the conversation turned to Fang Yan and what Hu Daohu and his team were doing.

Most people present actually knew about this, because the Huaxia Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine was also part of it, and the university was a very important location for the "secret formula research institute".

The main purpose of saying this was for Jiao Shude to hear.

Jiao Shude was astonished to hear that Fang Yan was still involved in such a project. This apprentice was really something else, with all sorts of connections.

Fang Yaozhong, who had read Fang Yan's detailed information, took the opportunity to reveal that Fang Yan had received merits from the General Logistics Department of the Army, which was a way of giving Fang Yan a boost and adding to his reputation.

Jiao Shude realized that everyone present was very familiar with the dialect, except for himself.

So he started asking the people present about dialects. He had paid attention to dialects before, but only from newspapers and radio broadcasts, so his understanding was definitely one-sided.

So everyone present started talking, bringing up some little-known stories about Fang Yan's involvement. Zhao Xiwu and Cheng Xinnong knew the most, followed by the former homeroom teacher Fang Yaozhong, and finally Lao Hu joined in.

Of course, talking about dialects doesn't just involve talking about the dialect itself, but also about the changes in the people around him, such as Zhu Liangchun's outstanding student Meng Jimin, Wang Yuchuan's outstanding students Xie Chunrong, Zhao Qingkai, Chen Wenwei, Su Yue, Deng Nanxing of the Lingnan school, and Zhang Yanchang and Yang Jingxiang who ranked at the top of their class. These are all examples of what he was talking about.

After the meal, Jiao Shude felt that he had a general understanding of Fang Yan. However, he felt that there were still many things he did not know. Although Fang Yan was young, he had been involved in too many things. For example, most people did not know about his time at Tongrentang, and almost no one knew about his time at the 252 Orthopedic Hospital.

Although he didn't have as many renowned teachers as Li Zhengji, his learning ability was definitely superior to Li Zhengji's, and he learned a wide variety of things.

It seems I'll have to ask about dialects separately in the future.

Jiao Shude felt that he had taken on the youngest apprentice, but one with the most experience.

This short life has been more exciting than most people's.

……

After the meal, Director Liao asked everyone to stay for tea.

Since everyone was there, Director Liao brought up the matter of their company reserving 15% of its shares to Lao Hu.

Old Hu immediately understood.

I knew this was to reserve shares for these veteran experts.

Look at all these people!

The group included senior academic authorities from universities, the vice president of Xiyuan Hospital, the vice president of the research institute, the director of the acupuncture department of the institute, and even "imperial physicians," and most of these people were more or less related to dialects.

Fang Yan only then realized why Director Liao had invited these people to witness his apprenticeship.

This is a series of interconnected steps; it's not entirely for our own benefit, but also to help this multinational corporation attract more technical support.

Old Hu and Director Liao presented their proposal in a coordinated manner.

In fact, this plan is the same one Fang Yan had proposed before: reserving shares for key figures, 8% for family members of cadres, 5% for veteran traditional Chinese medicine experts, and 2% for employees. (See Chapter 765)
The group hadn't expected this to happen. If Lao Hu or Fang Yan had approached them, they would all have been uncertain. But since it was Director Liao from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office who had approached them, they hadn't even had time to think before Director Liao's question, "For the development of traditional Chinese medicine, I've written this to support the younger generation of TCM practitioners. Are you willing to join?" had them all fired up.

Led by Dean Zhao Xiwu, everyone readily agreed.

They didn't refuse a single one.

Director Liao said to Hu Daohu:
"Mr. Hu, please go back and prepare the contract."

"Okay, okay!" Hu Daohu nodded repeatedly and winked at Fang Yan.

Now, the company's senior expert staff has gone from having no one at all to having a top-tier meal service.

Fang Yan was starting to have some doubts. He wondered if this coincidence was a scheme that Lao Hu and Director Liao had planned long ago.

Old Hu insisted on speaking in dialect today to thank Director Liao, but Director Liao happened to be sick today and called Jiao Shude instead.

Then he forced Jiao Shude to become his apprentice, and then took the opportunity to invite a group of professors from schools related to dialects, vice presidents of research institutes and directors of research institutes, just enough to gather top experts in various fields. Looking back, it felt too much like a script.

Turning around, Fang Yan saw that Director Liao was giving him a meaningful smile. Fang Yan was taken aback, and became even more certain of his guess.

Well, the last time I fell for this kind of trick was when my father-in-law bought me a refrigerator on his own initiative. (See Chapter 204)
At this point, the dialect seemed to be discovered only after the fact, and the others hadn't noticed it at all.

After all, apart from the dialect, everything else seemed to fall into place naturally and was just a matter of course.

If this was truly arranged by them, then Fang Yan is truly impressed.

After a series of attacks and counterattacks, not only did he become Jiao Shude's apprentice, but the multinational corporation here also gained a top-notch team of senior experts. Shouldn't the next step be to plan for that 8%?

Although the plan was devised by the local dialect group, it was Lao Hu who carried it out, and it seems to be very effective in its execution.

Then everyone started talking about Fang Yan's company, mainly Lao Hu's future plans, such as making movies and TV series, and advertising.

The professors gave Hu Daohu a thumbs up and praised him repeatedly.

Hu Daohu said with a chuckle:
"These are actually frameworks set by the dialect. I just implemented them according to his plan. He is the one who is really capable."

The old men were even more surprised. So many business plans were actually devised by Fang Yan, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner?
Especially Mr. Cheng, who had spent a lot of time with Fang Yan, only knew that Fang Yan was talented in traditional Chinese medicine. But now Hu Daohu told him that Fang Yan had also developed a business plan.

To be honest, he was a little skeptical.

But seeing how seriously Hu Daohu was talking, his intuition told him that it must be true.

As for the others, such as Vice President Zhao Xiwu, he remarked that truly intelligent people learn anything quickly. Just like some scientists, who clearly did not study this subject before, but when the country needed them, they could switch careers in a very short time and become top talents in this field.

In retrospect, dialects are a prime example of this kind of talent.

Quite a few people share this idea.

Jiao Shude, as the master, did not doubt the authenticity of the dialect claim.

He was simply surprised by such a coincidence.

He had considered making money through traditional Chinese medicine back in 1950.

However, he gave up later for various reasons.

I only realized today that my new apprentice is actually the most like me, and also has talent in this area!

Look at this business plan, how brilliant it is!

PS: I got 100 more monthly votes, so I still owe you 52000 words after finishing this chapter.

There will be more this afternoon.

(End of this chapter)