This doctor is already middle-aged, and he's only just started practicing medicine.

Chapter 181 The Messenger of Fairness

In the vascular suturing competition, Associate Professors Tong Yuan'an and Xie Ziyuan were both members of the judging panel.

Xie Ziyuan had a well-proportioned figure and a handsome face. After listening to a doctor's report, he raised his eyebrows in surprise for a moment, then walked towards Tong Yuan'an: "Brother Tong, Xiao Li said that Lu Cheng's name is at the top of the list again."

"This time the score is even more outrageous, it seems to be over a hundred points."

Tong Yuan'an, an associate professor of hand surgery at Xiangya Hospital, was too old to participate and was one of the hosts at the competition. Xie Ziyuan, on the other hand, was one of the two recommended by Xiangya Hospital's hand surgery department to participate, thus qualifying for the national competition without having to compete.

Referees are not allowed to speak or gossip while the game is in progress, but they are allowed to gossip during the turn change after the game ends.

Tong Yuan'an sat upright, crossed his legs, and nodded slightly: "Mm."

Xie Ziyuan's handsome face was slightly deformed, making him look very young: "Brother Tong, you guessed it?"

"Do you know which competition Lu topped the leaderboard this time?"

Tong Yuan'an raised his head, his chubby face both serious and kind, his tone mature and old-fashioned: "I know, he probably went to the general surgery department and messed around with things."

Xie Ziyuan then realized that Tong Yuan'an knew everything, and said with an embarrassed smile, "Why didn't you say so earlier, Brother Tong?"

Why did I say so sooner?

Tong Yuan'an retorted to Xie Ziyuan, "I've been wondering about this for a long time, so why can't you all be wondering about it for even longer?"

"To be fair, everyone should start from the same starting line and run the same distance."

"Besides, I've actually given you hints before."

Xie Ziyuan's lips trembled slightly, and his handsome features twitched slightly.

Xie Ziyuan is also an associate professor at Xiangya Hospital, but his position is somewhat awkward.

Tong Yuan'an is older and more skilled than him, while Han Yunshen is younger and still more skilled.

"Brother Tong, this sounds too unbelievable. Little Lu? He actually..." Xie Ziyuan's tone was horrified.

Xie Ziyuan knew that Lu Cheng had independently created the tendon suturing technique, and he also knew that this technique was very powerful and could achieve a dimensional reduction attack.

Therefore, it was expected that Lu Cheng would top the leaderboard in the tendon suture track.

This kind of competition tests the originality of each hospital. If you can't come up with something new, no matter how well you've honed your skills, you'll only be a runner-up.

Because it's something that's common and publicly available, everyone can learn it.

Only original, and truly effective, original content can create a game-changer and stand out from the crowd, but achieving this is very difficult.

The tendon suturing at Xiangya Hospital has an advantage because the Tong method suturing, jointly developed by Professor Tan and Tong Yuan'an, is slightly better than the modified Tang method. As a result, when people of the same skill level use the Tong method, the data obtained are better than those obtained using the modified Tang method.

Competitions are not clinical trials, so there's no need to consider clinical safety; all that matters is the test data from the competition.

If it's effective and passes various trials, it can become a surgical procedure. If it proves clinically safe, then it becomes outdated and will be swept away without a trace...

Xie Ziyuan never expected that Lu Cheng could actually do something in the area of ​​suturing solid organs.

"Does Director Tan know about this?" Xie Ziyuan quickly realized what was going on and asked again.

"Whether they know or not is no longer important. When I first recommended them to Director Tan and my mentor, they didn't give me a particularly good attitude."

"Lu Chengren is no longer with our hospital!"

"You're tired of sharing joys and sorrows, and you don't deserve wealth and glory either. Whether you know it or not is meaningless, it's completely useless!" Tong Yuan'an replied directly.

Xie Ziyuan remained silent for a long while.

Tong Yuan'an reported Lu Cheng's matter to two big bosses: Professor Tan Zhongyuan and Professor Zhou Yuhui.

However, the feedback given by the two professors was quite limited.

On the other hand, Professor Zhong from Peking Union Medical College Hospital made a decent "promise" before Lu Cheng rose to prominence.

"117 points, this score is enough to go down in history! It's unlikely that anyone will be able to break it for at least several decades, unless there is a special opportunity." Xie Ziyuan said with certainty after seeing the picture on the big screen sent by the students in the department.

Unlike the tendon suturing competition, Lu Cheng achieved a perfect score or higher in the solid organ suturing competition.

This is related to the competition format, proving that Lu Cheng's suturing technique was a breakthrough, even exceeding the expected perfect score in their field.

"217 points are useless now, Xie Ziyuan. Lu Cheng is now under the jurisdiction of Peking Union Medical College Hospital. His girlfriend has been assigned to work on a research project with him by Professor Zhong of the Department of Hand Surgery at Peking Union Medical College Hospital."

"His girlfriend works in the gastroenterology lab. She was transferred here from such a far distance. How much effort did that take?" Tong Yuan'an used objective evidence to prove this point.

Tong Yuan'an didn't use the phrase "the sun sets in the west" before because Lu Cheng had never risen; he had always been in a slump.

But it was at this moment, before anything happened, that Peking Union Medical College Hospital developed a desire to recruit talent.

Tong Yuan'an knew even more clearly that when he first arrived at Longxian People's Hospital, he received a call from Professor Xie Xiao of Xiehe Hospital.

Regardless of who instructed Xie Xiao to make the call, Tong Yuan'an felt that Lu Cheng was now beyond the reach of Xiangya Hospital.

If this phone call was arranged by Lu Cheng's girlfriend, then they were already in love, and Tong Yuan'an didn't want to do something so malicious as to break them up.

Just then, Professor Tan Zhongyuan suddenly appeared at the vascular suturing competition.

Seeing that the competition was in preparation, he walked straight in: "Tong Yuan'an, I heard that Lu Cheng, whom you brought, is ranked number one on two lists?"

"What on earth is going on?" Tan Zhongyuan's eyebrows furrowed in disbelief.

Lu Cheng's failure in the tendon suture track was something they had anticipated, which is why Professor Tan Zhongyuan called a halt to the one-size-fits-all selection system at Xiangya No. 2 Hospital.

To manage the number of participants, they prevent people from the county hospital from participating. Isn't that ridiculous?

Tan Zhongyuan had long planned to have Lu Cheng take his hand surgery tendon suturing techniques to fight people, and to make Hunan Province a well-known province for tendon suturing.

Can?
Tong Yuan'an didn't seem to have told him that Lu Cheng was still involved in the general surgery department.

"I don't know either, Director Tan."

"In the general surgery department, it has always been Chen Song and Lu Cheng from Xiangya No. 2 Hospital who have been in contact with them," Tong Yuan'an said.

"The emergency department did not participate in this competition, and Chen Song did not come to Shashi either."

Tan Zhongyuan asked, "Have you heard any such saying?"

Tong Yuan'an nodded: "Chen Song is currently working full-time on a research project with Lu Cheng."

Tan Zhongyuan immediately frowned and asked, "Why didn't you mention this to me?"

Tong Yuan'an's voice was just as strong: "Director Tan, you were the one who said not to mention Chen Song anymore, that he has nothing to do with our hand surgery department, right?"

Tan Zhongyuan: "..."

Seeing Tong Yuan'an stabbing his teacher, Xie Ziyuan quickly spoke up to mediate: "Brother Tong, it's actually okay to say something about something this important."

After all, Tan Zhongyuan was the director and a big boss, so Tong Yuan'an didn't want to get angry with him.

"Back then, before going to Hubei Province, what Xiao Lu really wanted was an opportunity to go out into the world."

"From the time he first started learning tendon suturing to the time he mastered the techniques at our hospital, it only took him two months. You can see a lot from that."

That's why I did it again and again.

"However, it was mainly Chen Song who kept interfering. He never allowed me to contact Lu Cheng in private. Otherwise, I would have managed to win him over no matter what I did."

“I’ve already traded for everything,” Tong Yuan’an replied.

“But, well, Lu is someone who…” Tong Yuan’an patted his chest: “He has things on his mind.”

“He has his own ideas and plans, and it will be difficult to win him over before he gets to the point.”

"What's the matter?" Tan Zhongyuan knew, of course, that this might be one of the opportunities to poach Lu Cheng; otherwise, Tong Yuan'an wouldn't have brought up this topic for no reason.

Tong Yuan'an then recounted what Lu Cheng had told him: "Lu Cheng himself said it was to put his mind at ease, but from my observation, that should just be an excuse!"

"After all, he's an adult. In that situation, if he had to choose between me and Chen Song, and he didn't want to choose either of them, he could only come up with a convenient excuse."

“His initial goal was Peking Union Medical College Hospital.”

“And…” Tong Yuan’an looked at Tan Zhongyuan.

After listening, Tan Zhongyuan immediately responded, "I understand."

"So that's why Wang Zhe has been calling me so often lately."

Has Wang Zhe contacted you?

Wang Zhe was Tan Zhongyuan's student and could have stayed in the hospital back then, but Wang Zhe went to Peking Union Medical College Hospital for 'love,' and Tan Zhongyuan could only hate him for being a romantic.

No wonder he made the decision to betray his sect.

Wang Zhe did not defect; he has had considerable contact with his sect over the years.

"I mentioned it briefly, but not in much detail."

"Director Tan, I think this might be our only chance. I still stand by what I said: I strongly recommend Xiao Lu!"

Tong Yuan'an's chubby face turned serious: "Given his development speed, given the right opportunity, he can grow incredibly fast, and it's hard to predict his future growth potential!"

"In my opinion, we should tell Lu Chengming directly, so that he doesn't think we're setting him up on purpose."

"Explaining the situation in advance was a good deed."

"Hindsight is 20/20, and that's just scheming..."

Tan Zhongyuan stroked his chin: "Actually, I have a very good relationship with Teacher Zhong. I have always regarded him as my teacher."

"But a teacher is still a teacher. He has a large family and business, so he doesn't care about one or two people."

"Tong Yuan'an, try to get him to come over tonight. I'm canceling my dinner plans here..."

Tong Yuanan said, "I still have two matches left."

"Hey, Xie Ziyuan, call Professor Liao and ask him to come and fill in for Tong Yuan'an," Tan Zhongyuan responded quickly.

"Try to invite Xiao Lu over for dinner."

"This time... we must strike first."

Although Associate Professor Xie Ziyuan was following Professor Liao Fan, he was also a student of Professor Tan Zhongyuan and Wang Zhe's junior brother: "Master, Brother Zhe wouldn't lie to us, would he?"

"Did Professor Zhong from Peking Union Medical College Hospital really use the 'breeding gu' method?"

"Stop talking nonsense and get to work. Call Liao Fan!" "Forget it, I'll call him myself," Tan Zhongyuan said.

……

After Tan Zhongyuan left, Xie Ziyuan and Tong Yuan'an faced each other. Tong Yuan'an's expression was calm, while Xie Ziyuan's expression was somewhat uneasy.

After rubbing his chin vigorously, Xie Ziyuan said, "Brother Tong, what if Xiao Lu doesn't want to come to our hospital?"

"That's a personal choice. Can we force someone to do something?"

"Let me go check the data from the later measurements."

"After you've settled things with Professor Liao, send me a message. I'll go talk to Xiao Lu again and have a serious chat." Tong Yuan'an turned and walked backstage at the racetrack.

……

"Why is no one answering the phone even though I've called?" Professor Cao Qianwei of the Department of General Surgery at Xiangya No. 2 Hospital had been hiding and kept calling Lu Cheng, but the call kept going unanswered, which made him a little annoyed.

After making seven or eight phone calls, one of his students finally called him: "Master, Lu Cheng has gone to the nerve suturing competition and is preparing for the competition now."

"The phone may have already been confiscated."

"What kind of competition is he even competing in? Where is he? Is he still at the nerve suturing arena? I'm going to find him right now," Cao Qianwei roared.

He felt that Lu Cheng didn't even know what he had done, and was still in the competition.

Two minutes later.

"Hello, we don't know each other, do we?"

"Who are you?" Lu Cheng removed the hand of a strange, middle-aged man and took a few steps back.

"My name is Cao Qianwei, Dr. Lu. I have something I need to discuss with you in detail. Would it be convenient for us to come over for a cup of tea?"

"I can't get through to you on the phone either."

If you know the name Cao Qianwei, you'll know that he is the chief of the Department of General Surgery at Xiangya No. 2 Hospital. Currently, he is the second most important surgeon at Xiangya No. 2 Hospital, after Professor Shu Zhan.

The problem is that Lu Cheng doesn't know, nor does he have time to get to know, such a big shot. In Lu Cheng's mind, the big boss he knows is Director Xiang Dongshan of the Emergency Department.

"I have a competition to attend... Teacher Cao, it's not convenient," Lu Cheng replied.

“Your match is meaningless. Come with me, let’s talk.” Cao Qianwei’s expression was a little stiff, but after the initial stiffness, he became polite again.

This was a great opportunity. The person waiting in line with Lu Cheng was afraid that Lu Cheng wouldn't recognize Cao Qianwei, so he introduced him: "Brother, this is Professor Cao. Why don't you go have some tea? What's the point of the competition?"

Lu Cheng glanced kindly at the guy who had spoken, but still insisted, "Teacher Cao, I'm here for the competition."

Lu Cheng didn't want to get entangled with too many people, which would lead to one chaotic scene after another. Lu Cheng just wanted to make some money honestly.

That way I can quit my job to study or work.

Lu Cheng is not young anymore. It's impossible for him to earn extra money by performing surgeries in the department. He can take the prize money from the competition if he can.

Cao Qianwei was stunned for a moment: "What are you doing here in the competition?"

"The competition?" Lu Cheng replied.

If Tong Yuan'an hadn't emphasized it, Lu Cheng would have come back to collect the bonus.

There are also prize money for the provincial competition.

Moreover, it's a competition for young physicians, with participants being attending physicians and associate chief physicians, so the prize money for the first place in each track is quite substantial.

"Why don't you just stop competing? I have something important to discuss with you," Cao Qianwei said bluntly.

The suturing techniques that Lu Cheng just demonstrated are enough for the Department of General Surgery at Xiangya No. 2 Hospital to support the research on spleen-preserving surgery. With such capabilities, it is sufficient to cultivate and introduce these techniques simultaneously.

This is a shortcut, barely managing to get onto the "ladder to success" at Xiangya No. 2 Hospital, the kind of recruitment that can be done regardless of academic qualifications.

As Cao Qianwei spoke, he pulled Lu Cheng away again, instinctively feeling that Lu Cheng would not be able to refuse.

Unexpectedly, Lu Cheng still managed to remove his hand.

"Teacher Cao, there are too many people here, and I still have a competition to attend. Please don't make things difficult for me." Lu Cheng's voice remained polite, even somewhat helpless.

Cao Qianwei scratched his neck, his voice slightly distorted: "I wanted to talk about your workplace."

I don't care where you worked before, it's definitely not Xiangya, even if it was Xiangya Third Hospital, my Xiangya Second Hospital can probably get you to work, right?
According to the information Cao Qianwei currently has, Lu Cheng doesn't even have connections in Shashi's social circles, because no one in the general surgery department knows him.

Within the circles of Shashi, if he wanted to find someone, even if that person was a surgeon at the health center, he should be able to find out about them.

"Teacher Cao, I know, but I'm here just to participate in the competition, not to show off."

"Thank you for your kind offer, but I appreciate it. I already have a job," Lu Cheng declined again.

Lu Cheng was waiting in line when Cao Qianwei's tug-of-war took place.

Cao Qianwei appeared to be in a normal state, not mentally ill, but it seemed that the person Cao Qianwei was trying to win over was in a somewhat abnormal state.

When such a big boss rushed over to talk to him about his workplace, and had already made it clear, Lu Cheng actually said that he already had a workplace.

This seems like a fantasy.

Fortunately, the people waiting in the waiting area were mostly older young adults, unlike teenagers and young people who would casually say "fuck" like that.

Cao Qianwei's voice wasn't loud, so it didn't attract the attention of the other spectators!

Cao Qianwei was in a bit of a headache, so bad that his legs cramped and his face twitched. He raised his voice by half a tone: "What's your workplace?"

This was clearly a sign of anger, as they felt Lu Cheng was being too immature.

“I have had contact with teachers from Huazhong Union Hospital,” Lu Cheng replied smoothly.

Lu Cheng's words made everyone around him realize something, and their gazes began to shift as they scrutinized Lu Cheng's identity.

Cao Qianwei's face turned slightly red from holding back his anger.

Before he came, he only thought that if Lu Cheng had some connection with Xiangya Hospital, he wouldn't interfere, but he never thought that Lu Cheng could get involved with people from outside the province.

Isn't this where I live in Bengbu?

"Cough cough cough..." Cao Qianwei coughed a few times: "Have you all decided?"

Cao Qianwei dared not utter a single negative word about Huazhong Union Hospital! At most, he would only dare to criticize a specific person there, but not in this kind of setting.

“Yes, as we agreed before, Teacher Cao,” Lu Cheng replied.

"Alright then..." Cao Qianwei had no choice but to turn around and leave.

After walking a few steps away, Cao Qianwei looked back again, and Lu Cheng was still sitting properly.

Cao Qianwei sighed again, continuing his helpless expression.

However, after walking a few more steps, Cao Qianwei noticed that another person had approached Lu Cheng, and Lu Cheng was chatting and laughing with him.

This person doesn't look like someone from Peking Union Medical College Hospital, because he's wearing a staff badge.

Cao Qianwei's expression instantly turned cold. He took a picture with his phone from a distance and sent it to the group chat: "Find out who these two people are."

Cao Qianwei is an old man, and there are many people in the photo.

For a moment, no one dared to speak.

However, he recognized a photo of Lu Cheng from a subordinate Cao Qianwei had previously asked him about, and circled Lu Cheng and Tong Yuan'an in the picture.

By narrowing down the circle, people will start to recognize you.

"This is Professor Tong Yuan'an from the Department of Hand Surgery at Xiangya Hospital."

"Yes, it's Fatty Tong from the Hand Surgery Department of Xiangya Hospital..."

"Teacher Cao, do you need Tong Yuan'an's phone number? I have it here. Should I call him directly?"

……

If Cao Qianwei needs to find an associate professor of hand surgery, he can simply call and have them come over.

"Hand surgery?" Cao Qianwei's expression became even more strained.

Is Lu Cheng a hand surgeon?
This made him feel even worse than Lu Cheng being willing to contact Xiangya Hospital but not him.

It's more reassuring to think that a skilled general surgeon who went to Xiangya Hospital is better than someone who isn't a general surgeon but developed general surgery suturing techniques.

……

"Teacher Tong, okay, okay. I'll come right after the competition."

"I don't think we'll get any good results, since it involves nerve suturing," Lu Cheng replied immediately after hearing Tong Yuan'an's purpose.

Tong Yuan'an thought about it carefully: "That's not necessarily true. If you can really learn some tricks of the nerve suturing techniques at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, you might actually get a very high score."

“But then.” Tong Yuan’an thought, if Lu Cheng also got a high score in nerve suturing, wouldn’t that mean one person occupied three front rows?
But what is Lu Cheng afraid of?
He has no intention of staying in Hunan Province in the future... at least not for now.

"It's alright, just focus on the competition and try to win more prize money." Tong Yuan'an was cursing Chen Song's son in his heart!

Chen Song's parents dared not scold him, for they were his elders; his wife dared not scold him either, for she was his sister-in-law.

You can scold your son!
Who the hell told you to teach Lu Cheng how to make money through competitions? You idiot...

After Cao Qianwei and Tong Yuan'an arrived and left one after the other, Lu Cheng's name was finally revealed.

"Dr. Lu, you're Lu Cheng? I've heard of you too. Everyone in the group is trying to dox you." said someone sitting in front of Lu Cheng.

"Dr. Lu, come on, let's add each other on WeChat."

"Hello, my name is Lu Cheng, Lu from the east, Cheng from success." Lu Cheng introduced himself.

"Dr. Lu, I'd like to add one too."

Soon other people started adding me on WeChat.

Lu Cheng wasn't recommended, so he probably wasn't from one of the three Xiangya hospitals. He also didn't have anyone with him, so he probably wasn't from a large institution like the Provincial People's Hospital. Otherwise, he would definitely be protected by his bosses.

Since they are amateur players and have achieved such good results, they should at least become acquaintances and get to know each other.

The competition area for nerve suturing has been set up, and the announcer's voice rang out: "All contestants in the waiting area, please prepare and enter the competition area in order..."

(End of this chapter)