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

Chapter 233 New Technology, New Beginning!
Lu Cheng noticed that Chen Song's chin was tilted down at about seven or eight degrees lower than usual today, and said, "So that's how it is. I knew Xiao Shu couldn't keep any secrets."

"I shouldn't have told her."

In the doctor's office, Chen Song sat opposite Lu Cheng, his tone low and somber: "In other words, everything Xiao Mu said is true."

"Are you really such a jerk? You used her and then just threw her away?"

Lu Cheng frowned and carefully examined Chen Song to see if he was Tong Yuan'an in disguise.

However, considering that Tong Yuan'an's physique couldn't possibly allow him to wear Chen Song's mask in such a short time, he asked, "Teacher Chen, what do you mean by that?"

"What do you mean by 'give me back'? When you need me, you call me Teacher Chen, but I guess you're calling me Chen Song in private?"

Chen Song said, "We were having a good chat before, how could you suddenly give away such a good thing to someone else?"

"Luckily, we couldn't reach an agreement, otherwise it would have been too presumptuous, wouldn't it?"

Chen Song's expression, tone, and actions were all kind and friendly, while his gaze was fixed intently on Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng said, "Teacher Chen, please don't say that. My main goal is to obtain the authority to use the new technique ahead of time. The process on your end is a bit slow."

"I thought that teacher could help me get the permissions approved faster!"

Chen Song's expression faltered for a moment, but he quickly composed himself and said, "It's our problem, Lu Cheng. Let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart."

"Whether you acknowledge it or not, we are all individuals, and we won't easily make others the focus of our perspective."

"That includes me too." Chen Song's tone gradually became more formal.

"In my opinion, when I first saw you, I just thought you were quite outstanding, with solid fundamentals, and a promising talent. At that time, I focused 5% of my attention on you, and the remaining 95% was my own business."

"Then, your progress accelerated, and your focus increased from about five percent to about eight percent."

“More attention was drawn to you when you attended an advanced training course in Han City and brought back an original technique.”

Lu Cheng looked at Chen Song and said that he described the snobbishness of treating people differently in such an elegant way. He did not refute it, but simply said: "Yes, Teacher Chen, all of this is human nature, including myself."

Chen Song said, "Later on, you occupied 30% of my field of vision, even surpassing my children and wife at one point!"

“After October, my perspective on you has reached 45%, which is about 50/50 with my own.”

"But no more. If I do, I'll lose myself."

Chen Song seemed to be using an analogy to explain to Lu Cheng that he had failed to find someone this time!
Lu Cheng raised his head slightly, thought about it seriously for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Teacher Chen, I understand."

"The world is bustling, all for profit; the world is bustling, all for gain."

Chen Song said, "It's not necessarily a bad thing. If you can't become a beneficiary, can't see a future, and don't get positive feedback, no one will do it."

Even the most innocent person will receive positive feedback, including but not limited to spiritual comfort.

“We all have our own things to do, so we can’t just revolve around you. That’s impossible, at least not right now.”

"The only people who can do this right now are your parents."

"No, that's not right either. There seems to be another person."

Lu Cheng said that he and Mu Nanshu had a good relationship and were childhood sweethearts, but that was just Lu Cheng's opinion.

Chen Song would rather see what he sees!
Chen Song had never had a childhood sweetheart like that, so he didn't know about their relationship, how they got along, or their place in each other's hearts; he had only guessed before.

But after spending more than half a year together, Chen Song finally managed to understand just how genuine their feelings were.

Since returning from Han City, Mu Nanshu has been constantly following Lu Cheng around, and has hardly ever stayed at her original workplace.

You have to understand, that's Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Can Mu Nanshu just quit whenever she wants? But Mu Nanshu didn't hesitate much.

“But this is something we can’t do. Our situation is different from hers because we also have our own careers and families. We have to take care of our own careers and families. I also have my own children.” Chen Song’s words can be considered as opening up his heart.

"Even a real teacher can't do that. That's an objective fact that can't be changed."

Humanity is currently comprised of countless small cores, each based on a family unit. Lu Cheng and Mu Nanshu can form a family, but can Lu Cheng form one with Chen Song?

Isn't this just being overly sentimental?
Sincerity doesn't always guarantee sincerity, but only sincerity can be reciprocated. Lu Cheng understood Chen Song's meaning: "Teacher Chen, I understand what you mean!"

"And I am also realistic. I haven't found a shortcut to surrender, so I am willing to continue cooperating with you."

"Just as you are in a different situation, so am I. I hope to break down some barriers more quickly."

"Of course, my real-life experiences made me realize that this was just wishful thinking."

"My current accumulation of experience is simply not enough to break through the barriers. Certain interpersonal relationships, once I delve into the real professional field, can only make things easier for me, but they cannot break down the barriers."

"Therefore, I can only abide by and participate in the rules, and then try to overcome them from a positive perspective."

Lu Cheng didn't hold back and laid out all his thoughts.

"These choices I've made are based solely on my personal thoughts, not on my emotions, anger, or temper." Lu Cheng still chose to be an honest, albeit somewhat naive, person.

A true villain is better than a hypocrite.

People who are willing to openly admit their mistakes are usually very close to them.

I just felt that you were moving too slowly, but I didn't say that what you were doing was wrong. I was just trying things out in other circles.

“I’m relieved to hear you say that. But liver protection surgery is different from spleen protection surgery. This topic is too advanced for me to handle. I might have to have my boss talk to you personally,” Chen Song said.

"Director Xiang? Does he have the time?" Lu Cheng frowned slightly.

Chen Song immediately said, "It's not Director Xiang, it's my teacher. Due to physical and mental limitations, he has now left the front line of clinical work."

"But this allowed me to step away from clinical practice and have more time and energy to continue my research."

Lu Cheng's voice immediately turned strange: "Teacher Chen, are you joking with me?"

Lu Cheng didn't find it hard to understand, he just found it unbelievable.

Someone like Chen Song certainly didn't just spring up out of nowhere; he must have had his own teachers.

Professor Chen Song's teacher may have been Director Xiang Dongshan, or he may have been an older professor than Director Xiang Dongshan.

But they've all retired, left the front lines of clinical practice, and now they're doing research?
When Lu Cheng was attending an advanced training course at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, this kind of Supreme Ancestor had already taken action, single-handedly suppressing an entire department at Zhongnan Hospital.

When such people find a suitable reason to abuse their seniority, no one can stop them.

That time, the old professor did find a suitable reason, because Zhongnan Hospital was exploiting his student, who was already deceased.

Chen Song said, "The lifeline of scientific research is very long, much longer than that of clinical practice."

“My teacher is only sixty-eight, still at an age where he needs to work hard,” Chen Song said with a smile.

Lu Cheng said, "Teacher Chen, this kind of joke is not funny."

Chen Song replied, "But that's the truth, Xiao Lu. It's perfectly normal for a clinician to still be doing research in their sixties as long as they still have a dream!"

“My grandmaster was still participating in scientific research and clinical work when he was over ninety years old.”

Lu Cheng's gaze sharpened: "Teacher Chen, may I ask who your grandmaster is?"

Chen Song's expression turned shy: "My grandmaster is Old Wu, but when I became his disciple, Old Wu was already quite old, and I only met him once."

"Of course, I am a rather unworthy grand-disciple, not even a fraction of Master Wu's skills. I dare not use his name to make a living."

Lu Cheng: "..."

Was Chen Song's teacher a student of Wu Lao? Is Chen Song's lineage really that righteous?

Well, perhaps the real professional circle is actually a huge 'faction,' because if you have the ability and talent, you're very likely to be noticed by a big shot or their student. If Professor Chen Song isn't Professor Wu's grand-disciple, he might be a disciple or grand-disciple of some other academician…

"Teacher Chen, please don't put so much pressure on me, I'm scared!" Lu Cheng started rubbing his forehead.

What the hell is going on? Chen Song has just thrown a torpedo at himself.

Chen Song didn't have the time or energy to constantly monitor Lu Cheng, nor did Director Xiang and the others in the emergency department. So they brought up their teacher—the teacher was retired, so there were no worldly ties, right?

"It's alright. My teacher is very kind, and he has dedicated his life to liver research. He can also have more discussions and exchanges with you."

"Furthermore, if you go out into the world and say that you had dealings with my teacher, the current generation of department heads and professors might give you some face."

“After all, if we go back a decade or so, around 10 years ago, my teacher was still quite formidable nationwide,” Chen Song said.

Lu Cheng and Chen Song ran out of things to say because Lu Cheng couldn't find a good reason to refuse Chen Song.

The topics of spleen preservation surgery and hand surgical suturing techniques are just waiting to go through the procedures. Lu Cheng cannot possibly think only about how to speed up the process while waiting for the procedures to be completed, instead of thinking about improving himself.

Therefore, liver suturing techniques and liver-preserving surgery have emerged.

The liver protection techniques listed on the panel are not the most original liver protection techniques, but rather unnamed liver protection techniques derived from and developed based on the most cutting-edge and advanced liver protection techniques currently available.

After seeing Chen Song off, Lu Cheng returned to the doctor's office, reviewed the relevant medical records again, and then carefully examined his own panel.

【基础理论：外科学（专精20/20）（技能点-30）、骨科学（专精20/20）（技能点-20）、手外科（专精20/20）（技能点-16）、创伤外科基础理论（专精1/20）（+1）、急救医学（专精5/20）、肝胆外科（专精18/20）（技能点-8）……】

[Note: All skill point enhancement notes in this article follow these rules: -30 skill points means 30 skill points were used for the enhancement. +1/+2 means the protagonist improved naturally through reading and practice.]

【外科基础操作：切开术（专精20/20），清创术（专精20/20），缝合术（专家21/200）（+1）、打结术（熟练10/10）、穿刺术（专精20/20）、止血术（专精20/20）】

Aside from suturing, Lu Cheng had no other expert-level skills.

However, Lu Cheng's level of basic skills and fundamental theoretical knowledge has approached a state of exceptional perfection.

From this point on, Lu Cheng was certain of one thing.

If you learn from existing surgical techniques and add some mature ones, you'll be virtually invincible.

But to create something original, you need solid foundational theory, basic operations, and fundamental skills.

Being invincible simply means being in an undefeated position.

Originality means breaking down all the existing rules and creating a new realm. It does not require a very high level of proficiency to develop new techniques and methods.

Once a certain entry threshold is met, the panel can proactively deduce new things by organizing its own thoughts and ideas.

This is one of the greatest values ​​and applications of the panel.

The reality is that even if other people in the real world possess such abilities and have the 'capability reserve' of original techniques, whether they can transform all their abilities into original driving force and find the right direction is like finding a needle in a haystack.

One of the greatest benefits of the panel is that it turns finding a needle in a haystack into finding a boat in the ocean, increasing the chances of success many times over.

This is quite normal. If original techniques require mastery of all skills, then originality in medicine has nothing to do with young people.

That's not the case!

【缝合系专科技能：未命名血管缝合技法（熟练专精20/20），未命名肌腱缝合技法（专精15/20）、未命名神经缝合技法（专精20/20）、未命名脾缝合技法（专精20/20、未命名肝脏缝合技法（专精20/20）……】

[Specialty Procedure: Unnamed Liver Preservation Technique (Specialization 20/20)]

Basic theory, basic operation, suturing system special skills, and specialized techniques. Each layer iterates on and on, yet each is distinct.

If Lu Cheng hadn't studied medicine, he might have said, "You've studied medicine for so long, and you still can't treat this? Have you all eaten shit?"
So much research funding has been spent, yet they haven't even cured this disease. Are they just wasting their time?
But now that he's entered this field and has a more thorough understanding of the difficulties of research, Lu Cheng feels that the rumors are quite true.

Advising someone to study medicine is a sin that will be struck by lightning!
The theory and basic operations of any small branch are enough for a group of people to study in depth for a lifetime, absolutely enough.

Anyone who says any operation or theory is simple is an idiot; they haven't even scratched the surface.

"Could you send me the video? I need it to explain to my teacher. Xiao Lu, is that convenient?" Chen Song's voice was kind and gentle, as if he had just cut a knife.

Chen Song was more arrogant than Tong Yuan'an; his chin practically pointed to the sky.

"Teacher Chen, I sent it to you? Is your signal bad and you haven't received it yet?" Lu Cheng replied quickly.

"Did you send it? I'll wait a bit longer. What's wrong with my signal?!"

"It must be that the operator didn't install the signal receiver properly here," Chen Song started cursing the operator.

Lu Cheng said, "Professor Chen, there's no rush. Let's have dinner together tonight, and then I'll call Professor Zhong with you."

"That works too," Chen Song said with a smile.

"However, I need to schedule a time with Teacher Zhong beforehand. Once we've confirmed the time, we can discuss these things in more detail."

"Xiao Lu, you know, the main problem is that you can't go back to Hubei Province right now. Since you happen to be in Hunan Province, if there's good output, then make it as soon as possible."

……

Lu Cheng successfully handed over the shift to Cao Gui, who came to take over. After leaving the hospital, Lu Cheng drove to the animal laboratory.

When Lu Cheng saw Mu Nanshu and Xie Yuan'an, the two were still chattering about the animal models.

With Zhang Xibei sandwiched between the two, he appeared somewhat honest and simple.

Professor Chen Song and his doctoral and master's students followed closely behind. There were quite a few people in the group, so they decided to drive all three cars away.

Xie Yuan'an, Lu Cheng, and Chen Song all have to be drivers.

Zhang Xibei got into Lu Cheng and Mu Nanshu's car, and only after getting in did he finally close his eyes: "Finally, it's quiet."

"This Xie Yuan'an, she really knows how to talk. She talks about everything under the sun, as if she's committed a crime if she doesn't know something." Zhang Xibei started complaining to Lu Cheng and Mu Nanshu.

Mu Nanshu sat in the passenger seat and explained with a light laugh, "Sister Xie is a bit gossipy, but that's good, it can liven up the atmosphere of our research group."

Zhang Xibei wasn't a particularly dull person, and said, "She can liven up the atmosphere, but she's just too talkative."

"It's been almost nonstop since this morning."

Lu Cheng said, "Xiao Shu, when you go back, you should tell Xie Yuan'an that you should keep quiet when conducting experiments."

"Brother Zhang is going to replicate the diseases in clinical practice onto animal models, which is a delicate operation that cannot be taken lightly."

Mu Nanshu nodded: "Okay, I'll give it a try, but I'm afraid she'll just go directly to Brother Zhang."

Zhang Xibei shook his head: "Never mind, Lu Cheng."

"I've moved into the new control room! It's quite quiet, but when I want to rest, I can always hear noises."

"It's okay, it won't affect my work."

It was obvious that Zhang Xibei didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble.

He had been with the team for almost a month, and while he hadn't made many contributions, his achievements were relatively limited, so Zhang Xibei was quite cautious.

If I can't make the model myself, I might have to leave.

But Xie Yuan'an, like Mu Nanshu and the others, was part of the research group's 'core team,' and he couldn't afford to offend such 'original shareholders'!
Hearing Zhang Xibei say that, Lu Cheng didn't want to spoil the atmosphere, so he changed the subject and asked, "Brother Zhang, is there anything you'd like to eat?"

Zhang Xibei hurriedly said, "Anything is fine, anything is fine. Professor Chen has been talking about eating duck for four or five days now! Let's eat duck then."

Zhang Xibei didn't want to express his opinion. Chen Song was the most senior member of the team and had no other hobbies besides eating. Zhang Xibei didn't dare to offend Chen Song...

(End of this chapter)