Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 849 "I'm petty, let me explain!" The American Situ Family and the Hong Kong Huo Family (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)
After school, Fang Yan drove home.

Then she even changed into a slightly newer set of clothes.

Since it's an important occasion, you should pay attention to your image.

Respect the robe first, then the person.

In interpersonal interactions, some people often judge a person's identity, status, and value based on their clothing and appearance, and then decide their attitude and level of respect towards them.

Although they all came to see me for treatment, seeing that I wasn't dressed very well, they might think I was a doctor who wasn't doing so well.

It not only serves to maintain his own image, but also to demonstrate his respect for the occasion.

You should know that he was one of the important people at the banquet today.

Maintaining consistency with the leadership style is also quite important.

After changing his clothes, the car of the president of Peking Union Medical College Hospital arrived. Just like last time, he and the president set off together.

After getting into the jeep, we soon arrived at the Yanjing Hotel, which we had visited several times before.

Today's entourage was noticeably smaller than the last one, mainly because the last one coincided with a holiday, while this one wasn't. Also, they were the second group to arrive, so there were no banners or anything like that outside.

However, once inside the hotel, you can still see some decorative ribbons with slogans like "Welcome Overseas Chinese Back to China".

Fang Yan was thinking about how to find an opportunity to talk to the leader about Gu Mingyuan today.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard someone say in his ear:

"I'm not here for treatment today, just for food and drinks."

"Take it easy."

Fang Yan turned around and found that it was the dean.

He paused for a moment, then smiled and said:

"I'm very relaxed."

The dean said:

You seem to have something on your mind.

Upon hearing this, Fang Yan had a sudden thought and said:
"I recently met someone at Xiyuan Hospital who disgusted me."

"Is he a patient?" the hospital director asked, frowning slightly.

Fang Yan shook his head:
"No, he's a student from Capital Medical University."

The dean seemed to be deep in thought, and asked:

"Did I provoke you?"

He said in dialect:

"Not only did they provoke me, but they also did a lot of outrageous things. I just suddenly remembered this incident."

The dean comforted Fang Yan:
"With fame comes trouble. As your fame grows, it's inevitable that you'll encounter these kinds of things. If it's harmless, just pretend nothing happened."

Fang Yan smiled wryly:
"Hahaha...that's quite offensive."

"This person prescribed the wrong medicine just to compete with me, and he refuses to admit it."

Hearing the dialect spoken, the dean asked curiously:

"Can you tell me more specifically?"

Fang Yan shook his head:
"You're a Western medicine doctor, so you probably wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you."

This piqued the dean's curiosity, and he said:
"What's so hard to understand? I'm not stupid, explain it to me..."

Seeing that the dean had taken the bait, Fang Yan then said:

"This guy's name is Gu Mingyuan. His father is a professor at Capital Medical University. Last week, we were doing our internship at Xiyuan Hospital. Professor Chen Keji asked us to prescribe our own medicines. This kid, wanting to compete with me, wrote a prescription as quickly as possible. However, there was a problem with his prescription. He used angelica root on a patient with yin deficiency and excessive fire. After Director Chen Keji pointed out the error in front of everyone, he actually argued that it had a 'miraculous effect in treating the symptoms.' What's even more terrifying is..."

He recounted the whole story, but of course he didn't mention Wang Qizhang's involvement.

Instead, he focused on the potential impact he might have had on himself.

"Anyway, now that kid is back at school, after the school gave him some ideological education, he supposedly went crazy. I suspect that's probably just a lie. He's just pretending to be crazy to put pressure on me and Professor Chen."

"Isn't he just trying to smear me?"

"Gu Mingyuan is pretending to be crazy to avoid punishment now. If he is allowed into the medical system, he could really kill people many years later."

After Fang Yan finished explaining his analysis to the dean, his gaze fell on the dean's face.

The dean nodded and said:

“This matter definitely needs to be taken seriously. Although he wasn’t primarily targeting you, the whole thing started because he was competing with you, and you’re probably the person he hates the most.” “He might even try to smear you and spread rumors later. You’ve never seen how outrageous the dirty work in academia can be. I think… we need to strike first.”

Fang Yan was taken aback; the dean was even more aggressive than he was in this regard!

he asked:
"Really? How do you mean by striking first?"

The dean stroked his graying beard and said:
“We’re not from the same unit, so it’s definitely a bit complicated, but as long as I find an opportunity to mention it to the leaders of the Ministry of Health later, you don’t need to worry about the rest.”

"Don't worry about it for now, I'll talk about this."

"Huh?" Fang Yan was taken aback. The dean was going to file a complaint on his behalf.

The dean said to Fang Yan:

"It's inappropriate for you to say this. It makes it sound like you're jealous of the other person and are deliberately trying to get revenge."

"It's best to maintain this unassuming image with your superiors; they'll feel more comfortable using you then."

Fang Yan hadn't expected the dean to have considered things so far ahead.

He asked the dean:

"Then it's different for you?"

The dean said:

"Of course it's different. I'm doing my job to protect the reputation of our Peking Union Medical College and to nip anything that might harm you in the bud."

After saying that, he joked again:

"Besides, it's normal for an old man like me to be a little petty, hahaha..."

Fang Yan was amused by the dean, but upon reflection, it made perfect sense.

Today I feel like I owe the old man another favor.

After walking through the red-carpeted corridor, Fang Yan and the dean arrived at the same banquet hall as before, which was just as lively today.

Upon entering, I saw Director Liao from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, the Vice Minister of Health, and some overseas Chinese businessmen who were clearly returning from abroad, walking and chatting among themselves.

When Fang Yan and his group appeared at the door, the first person to spot them was Ding Pei, who was sitting to the side chatting with several young women.

"Dr. Fang!" she called out loudly to Fang Yan, stood up and waved to him, and everyone present immediately looked towards the door.

The dean glanced at Fang Yan and asked:
"You know people from abroad too?"

Fang Yan said to him:
“She is Miao Kexiu’s friend. She got off the plane in the morning and came to my place for lunch. Then I gave her acupuncture to treat her headache.”

"Oh." The dean suddenly realized.

By this time, Ding Pei had already arrived with several women.

Fang Yan originally thought that these foreign businessmen would look down on Ding Pei, who was an actress, but it seems that this is not the case.

But that makes sense. Ding Pei was not only an actress; her maternal grandfather, Bao Yulin, was the director of the Beiping Police Bureau during the warlord era, and her maternal uncle was the Young Marshal Zhang Xueliang.

Ding Pei's father ran a clinic and graduated from the Imperial University of Japan, while her mother attended Meiji University.

Both parents have a strong family background and are quite wealthy; they have never fallen on hard times.

The group of people came over and exchanged pleasantries with Fang Yan, and Ding Pei acted as the introducer.

After a brief introduction to the group of people, Director Liao and the Vice Minister of Health also arrived.

A large group of people followed behind him.

As soon as they met, Director Liao introduced the two of them.

Situ Jie, grandson of Situ Meitang, representative of the San Francisco Chinese Business Association, invested in the cross-border TCM street project. Inspired by cases of healing through dialect, he returned to China, naturally with the purpose of seeking medical treatment.

Representatives from the Fok family, members of the Fok clan in Hong Kong, generously donated US$60 to support the development of traditional Chinese medicine, also coming with the purpose of seeking medical treatment.

These two are even more heavyweight than Ding Pei.

In addition, there are some members of overseas Chinese business associations who have developed in Japan and Europe. These old men are also planning to take advantage of the current favorable policies to return home to retire and have Fang Yan check their health.

Now everyone abroad knows that no matter how good the medical standards are abroad, they can't compare to those in Beijing, China.

There's a miracle doctor here who even Americans admit can't compare to.

Returning to retire would definitely be a better choice.

PS: After finishing this chapter, I still owe everyone 61000 words.

There will be more this afternoon.

(End of this chapter)