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

Chapter 212 Chen Song, a truly inhuman son!

"Your name is Cao Qiheng? Then we probably don't know each other." Lu Cheng's voice was slightly doubtful before he spoke very decisively.

This insincere decisiveness was exactly the same as when Senior Brother Zhang Boyuan introduced himself.

However, Lu Cheng actually knew the name Cao Qiheng.

Zhang Boyuan, a senior student, said that when he was studying for his doctorate under Professor Dong Qilang, he had two senior students, one classmate, and one junior student.

Chen Zhuoheng and Dan Yue were the two "senior brothers" at the time. They were in their third year of doctoral studies and went to Yunnan Provincial People's Hospital and the First Hospital of the Universe respectively after graduation.

Peng Guangzhao, a classmate of Zhang Boyuan, went to the Ninth People's Hospital of Wuhan, while Zhang Boyuan came to Xiangya No. 2 Hospital. Only Cao Qiheng, who was a first-year doctoral student at the time, ended up staying at Huashan Hospital.

As the senior brother that Zhang Boyuan emphasized, Lu Cheng could not possibly forget Cao Qiheng.

Cao Qiheng's voice had a unique magnetism, not the broadcasting style, but it was extremely rare: "Lu Cheng, it's normal that you don't recognize him, because you weren't even here when the teacher accepted you."

"Although we don't know why you failed the retest and got the job, it's been almost ten years."

"Unfortunately, I've tried to find your contact information, but I haven't been able to."

"Even today, when I was participating in the National Microsurgery Skills Competition, I ran into a few orthopedic colleagues from Xiangya Hospital, and during our conversation, they mentioned you..."

Cao Qiheng continued, "If we're talking about fate, I should be able to call you Junior Brother Lu, albeit reluctantly."

Lu Cheng dared not accept the title lightly, and said only, "Teacher Cao, we have never been fellow disciples, so it is not my place to call you senior brother."

"You? Who called me today?"

Cao Qiheng said, "Of course, it's to catch up with old friends."

Lu Cheng replied calmly, "Teacher Cao, I'm a little confused right now because I'm not sure what we can reminisce about."

"I've never met Teacher Dong before."

When we reminisce about the past, there must be some things, a period of time, or something we all know about.

Lu Cheng had never been to Huashan Hospital, so there was really no way he could have any old times to reminisce with Cao Qiheng.

Lu Cheng was very careful not to call Professor Dong Qilang "Master," since it was only Professor Dong Qilang who had spoken to his students, and Lu Cheng had not become his student.

Given Lu Cheng's current status, casually calling someone "teacher" would be considered an attempt to curry favor.

Lu Cheng's answer was impeccable, but Cao Qiheng could understand it: "Dr. Lu, the teacher's unexpected passing is indeed a regrettable thing."

"If the teacher had been well-rested back then, perhaps everything would have been different, but?"

"Sigh... How things change. I remember the teacher saying in the group chat back then, 'Junior Brother Lu, your talent is exceptional.'"

Lu Cheng ignored Cao Qiheng's praise: "Teacher Cao, are you deliberately making fun of me?"

Cao Qiheng hurriedly said, "Lu Cheng, please don't misunderstand, I didn't mean that."

"Based on the facts that have been revealed so far, Lu Cheng, your talent is indeed amazing to everyone, including but not limited to me, the 'nameless senior brother'."

"Although I am not a hand surgeon, I have a few friends who are hand surgeons, and I heard about your story from them."

"That's really amazing!!!"

"If it weren't for that, I don't know when I would have met you again, Lu Cheng."

Lu Cheng replied, "Teacher Cao, I don't understand what you mean."

There are some things you can do, but don't say them carelessly.

Especially since Cao Qiheng works at Huashan Hospital, some things must be said with caution.

Even academicians wouldn't dare to launch a sweeping general attack on a particular hospital!
Cao Qiheng said, "Lu Cheng, have you ever thought about pursuing a master's or doctoral degree? With your talent, isn't it a bit of a waste to be locked up in a county hospital?"

Lu Cheng replied, "Teacher Cao, are you joking with me?"

Cao Qiheng's words reminded Lu Cheng of some recent distorted talent recruitment programs—

Nobel laureates recruited full-time will receive a research funding subsidy of 50 yuan and a settlement allowance of 100 million yuan, along with a monthly stipend of 7500 yuan!

What Cao Qiheng is saying to Lu Cheng now is certainly not as exaggerated as this, but the nature of it is already similar.

Cao Qiheng hurriedly said, "Lu Cheng, I don't mean I can help you. With your current accumulation, you can certainly choose any university you want."

“But choosing a school and choosing a teacher are different. Some prestigious universities may not have good orthopedic teachers, and even in a famous orthopedic hospital, it is more beneficial to find a teacher who is a good fit for your development.”

"Our hand surgery department at Huashan Hospital is one of the best in the country. Since we have this connection, I can give you, Lu Cheng, a detailed introduction to a suitable teacher."

"This will be more beneficial to your future growth."

"You should be able to understand what I mean."

Upon hearing this, Lu Cheng understood that Cao Qiheng's intentions were indeed good. However, it was possible that Cao Qiheng had only inquired about one side of the story and then assumed that he knew Lu Cheng, so he called someone named 'Lu Cheng'.

Lu Cheng said, "Teacher Cao, I know my own career plan, so you don't need to worry about it. I'm on duty today."

"If you don't have anything particularly important to say, then I won't bother you any longer."

Cao Qiheng hurriedly said, "Lu Cheng, don't hang up yet. Let me say a few more words."

“I know that you are currently working on a research project with a professor at Xiangya Hospital.”

"But you should understand a few points: your vision is too limited to Hunan Province. Looking at your province, Xiangya Hospital is certainly the best platform."

"But if we look at the whole country, there are still many places with better platforms than Xiangya Hospital, and with broader and more flexible platforms for hand surgery and orthopedics."

"Do you understand this concept of freedom?"

Lu Cheng listened patiently, then chuckled and said, "Teacher Cao, are you trying to educate me or give me a science lesson?"

Lu Cheng's tone wasn't very friendly.

To be honest, Cao Qiheng had almost forgotten the name Lu Cheng. If Lu Cheng hadn't become the focus of discussion in the small circle of Huashan Hospital, and if he hadn't dug out information about Lu Cheng from his memory, he wouldn't have remembered Lu Cheng at all.

Even if he remembered, Cao Qiheng's first reaction was to call and catch up with the old times. He never thought that Lu Cheng would be "a bit difficult to deal with"!
Cao Qiheng did not inquire about what had happened in the past; there had been nothing before, and there was nothing now.

Cao Qiheng is a person with high logical thinking and IQ, and he quickly found the core issue: "Lu Cheng, do you have too many lingering feelings about the re-examination back then?"

"So many years have passed, there's no point in looking back. We need to look forward."

Lu Cheng said, "If Teacher Cao understands this principle, then there's no need for him to call me."

"I've always been looking forward; I had no intention of reaching back to steal."

"It's not about being stuck in the past and unable to move on."

Cao Qiheng's breath hitched instantly. He realized that Lu Cheng was very calm, so calm that he immediately dissected and misinterpreted some of his intentions in his opposition.

"Lu Cheng, life is a long and winding road. Relatively speaking, there is only cooperation, interests, and win-win. It is difficult to say whether a certain thing is right or wrong."

"When we think about a problem, we focus on the issue, not the person, and we don't target any particular organization or other attributes of that person."

"Right now, if you're willing, Huashan Hospital is definitely a great platform for you to showcase your abilities, isn't it?"

"And looking across the country, there aren't many platforms that can compare with our hospital's orthopedics department."

"Another point is that our hospital attaches great importance to the development of hand surgery, even more so than Jishuitan Hospital, and allocates more resources to it!"

Lu Cheng did not deny this.

With academicians in the Department of Hand Surgery at Huashan Hospital, the hospital naturally allocates a great deal of resources to it. In fact, at least half of the resources allocated to the entire Department of Orthopedics are absorbed by the Department of Hand Surgery.

Lu Cheng replied, "Teacher Cao, I think you've misunderstood a few points."

"First of all, I am on duty, so I should do my duty properly and fulfill my responsibilities."

"Secondly, no matter how good Huashan Hospital's platform is, it is only relative to my objective facts; its excellence has nothing to do with me."

“I have not done anything to help or contribute to Huashan Hospital, and of course, it did not help me when I was down and out.”

"Therefore, in my view, everything you have said does not exist."

"Third, I am no longer an orthopedic surgeon and will not return to orthopedics. Therefore, the fact that Huashan Hospital attaches great importance to hand surgery and has more resources to allocate to it, as you mentioned, only makes me want to stay away from it even more."

Cao Qiheng interrupted, his tone slightly distorted: "You're not planning to go into hand surgery? Then what do you want to do?"

Lu Cheng said, "Teacher Cao, I don't need to explain this to you in detail, do I?"

"This is my personal freedom to choose my career."

"I'm on duty right now. Is there anything else? If not, I'll hang up now!"

"Lu Cheng, wait a little longer!" Cao Qiheng interrupted again.

"Lu Cheng, what are you thinking, feeling wronged, or anything else? Can you talk to me about it, have a heart-to-heart talk?"

"Let's just consider it boredom."

Lu Cheng laughed so hard his voice cracked: "Teacher Cao, I'm on duty, how could I be bored?"

Cao Qiheng planned to use a direct approach, asking the questions he wanted to know: "Do you feel that the previous interview process was unfair? What are your thoughts on this? How much of an impact did this have on you?"

Too much time has passed; everyone will only remember the students from our college who succeeded in the re-examination, and not those who failed.

Even if Cao Qiheng tried to inquire, he wouldn't get any results. For example, the second and fourth place finishers in many competitions are only recorded online; everyone remembers the champion.

"Teacher Cao, the past cannot be retrieved."

"I have to go on duty now. This is the fourth or fifth time I've emphasized this to you. If you don't have any other formal matters to attend to, I hope you won't interfere with my work, Professor Cao." Lu Cheng could also resort to moral blackmail.

Does Cao Qiheng have anything particularly important to do? Yes and no.

However, Cao Qiheng saw many messages in the group. As someone from Huashan Hospital, Cao Qiheng was very clear about the benefits and foundation of original techniques.

The limb replantation technique was originally developed by Academician Chen Zhongwei at a hospital in Shanghai. Later, Academician Chen brought it to Huashan Hospital, where it still became a "hall of fame" for the Department of Hand Surgery!
always like this.

If you want to lead the way, you can only do original research and development; that's the core competitiveness.

Having experienced this kind of benefit, Huashan Hospital understands the advantages of original scientific research better than many other hospitals.

“Lu Cheng, you can negotiate terms, any terms!” Cao Qiheng said.

Lu Cheng raised his voice: "If it's not a transaction, then there are no conditions."

"Teacher Cao, what exactly do you want?"

Cao Qiheng also went straight to the point: "I want to bring you to Huashan Hospital."

"Moreover, I think that coming to Huashan Hospital will give you better opportunities for development!" Cao Qiheng's voice was sincere, filled with genuine concern.

Lu Cheng asked, "I don't have that idea. Professor Cao, do you have any other questions?"

Cao Qiheng insisted on getting to the bottom of things, because only by finding the wound could it be cleaned: "Why?"

"Are you completely ignoring what I said?" Lu Cheng asked back without answering.

"You're still angry."

Cao Qiheng said, "If you have a problem in your heart, then speak it out. Only by speaking it out can we discuss whether there is a way to resolve it."

“We are all adults. The worst thing for adults is to act impulsively. Lu Cheng, you should have understood this a long time ago.”

Do you want this unresolved issue to affect you for the rest of your life?

Lu Cheng said, "Teacher Cao, you think too highly of me. First of all, I have no knots in my heart. Maybe I did, but I've untied them."

"Secondly, you underestimate me. Even if I have some unresolved issues, they won't affect me for the rest of my life."

"I'm hanging up now, time to go to work!"

"Lu Cheng, wait a little longer." Cao Qiheng still had to try.

Lu Cheng snapped, "Are you ever going to shut up? Are you a three-year-old? Do I have to coax you?"

Cao Qiheng remained silent.

……

In a hotel in Chengdu, Cao Qiheng hung up the phone and began listening to a recording.

After listening to the recording with Lu Cheng about twice, Cao Qiheng frowned deeply.

Through his conversation with Lu Cheng, he couldn't find anything that made Lu Cheng angry. Or rather, Cao Qiheng hadn't discovered the "root cause" he had suspected!
On the contrary, he sensed a tendency that Lu Cheng might really not want to be an orthopedic surgeon anymore.

Therefore, the current situation where Huashan Hospital's resources are more biased towards orthopedics holds no appeal for Lu Cheng.

That doesn't make sense. Lu Cheng has no interest in orthopedics, so why did he come up with so many suturing techniques?
Cao Qiheng certainly had friends, so after a while, he invited several colleagues and friends from the Department of Trauma Surgery at Xiangya Hospital to have a late-night snack together.

Cao Qiheng is a senior attending physician, but he is still a member of the younger generation. The other colleagues in the Department of Foreign Languages ​​that he knows are also all young.

Their time is free and worthless, and they are easy to invite out if they don't have a powerful patron.

The same applies to the younger generation of hand surgeons.

Therefore, Cao Qiheng received the answer from Dr. Gu Yanlin, the attending physician of hand surgery at Xiangya Hospital, an hour later.

But this answer caused Cao Qiheng's Dao heart to collapse on the spot.

Cao Qiheng didn't react, but an attending physician from West China Hospital slammed his fist on the table and yelled, "Are you kidding me?"

"Using original stitching techniques just to make money from competitions? Are you out of your mind?"

"If you don't want to talk about it, then don't make it up."

Gu Yanlin glanced at the other person and said calmly, "Yes, you know, you know everything. Since you're so clear about it, then you should just believe your own reasons, right?"

"What's the point of asking here!"

Gu Yanlin wasn't going to tolerate the other party.

The reputation of being an attending physician at West China Hospital might intimidate some people, but not those sitting here.

I went out for a late-night snack with my friends and was willing to gossip with you, and you got angry?

Two other attending physicians from the Department of Trauma Surgery at Xiangya Hospital quickly intervened to mediate: "Hey, Lin-ge, don't be angry, don't be angry, we're all brothers."

"Brother Chu, don't get so agitated. What Brother Lin said is definitely the truth, at least based on his knowledge. He wouldn't have exaggerated it."

Gu Yanlin crossed his legs and said calmly, "I'm not angry, I just don't want to be attacked personally for no reason."

Cao Qiheng seemed thoughtful, and very politely asked, "Brother Lin, he came up with a few original techniques just for the competition? That's so bold! Who taught him to do that?"

Gu Yanlin said, "I don't know either. According to my superiors in the department, this 'money-making strategy' was taught by an associate professor at Xiangya No. 2 Hospital."

A few minutes later, the group of people whose Dao hearts had collapsed came to this conclusion.

"Chen Song is a son of a bitch!!!"

……

Lu Cheng didn't dare to turn on the "do not disturb" mode on his phone, so he would hang up immediately when he saw an unfamiliar number.

When Lu Cheng is on duty, if there are clinical matters to be addressed to him, it is at least within his own province.

Even if a number is from another province and has a high-level authority, it's not under their direct control, so it doesn't matter.

Lu Cheng remained silent in the lounge all night.

Everywhere, the night will eventually turn into a silent night.

The next day, Lu Cheng finished his shift early, participated in the ward rounds, and then "obediently" listened to Director Du Qiang's order to go home directly after get off work.

After taking a short nap at home, I drove onto the highway and headed straight for Jilin City.

While Lu Cheng was rushing to Jilin City, Chen Song's phone was ringing off the hook.

"Yes, it's me, teacher. My name is Chen Song." Although Chen Song didn't understand why some colleagues his age kept calling him, he understood the reason after being scolded so many times.

My mind has also become clear.

"What business is it of yours how I teach my students?" Chen Song blurted out a curse.

"You, a mere associate professor, dare to act all high and mighty in front of me? Do your parents know about this?"

"How prestigious is your associate professorship?"

Chen Song started arguing with the person on the other end of the phone, his chin pointed at the light: "Huh? You're so tough, what's wrong now? Did you scare me to death?"

"Anyone who didn't know better would think you were a candidate for academician!"

"So? In what way can you defeat me?"

"My students are going to make money through competitions. If you're not happy about that, why don't you have your students go and beat him up?"

"Come on, come on... tell me, who's your teacher? Give the phone to your teacher!"

"Tell me your name. Come here."

After stammering for a while, Chen Song cursed, "Useless trash! All you know is to spew filth without daring to leave your name!"

"My name is Chen Song, Chen Song from Xiangya No. 2 Hospital, what's up?"

"I gave you face, didn't I?"

"Your parents gave birth to you, and you've forgotten your own name? If we had known this would happen, we should have shot you against the wall."

The other party never expected Chen Song to be so fierce when he lost his temper.

He truly deserves the title of "unworthy son of man".

Chen Song was also furious!

Damn it, the others were killed by Lu Cheng's men. They investigated the reason and even started cursing at Chen Song. Chen Song could tolerate it once or twice.

But how could Chen Song possibly endure it forever?

Even if the other party is a disciple of an academician, as long as Chen Song does not insult the other party's master or elders, even if a god comes, the other party will be the first to spew filth!

That's how Xiang Dongshan taught him, and that's how he's always done it.

(End of this chapter)