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

Chapter 263 Command and Charge!
"Oh, by the way, Xiao Lu, there's something I need to explain to you." Midway through the meal, without having drunk any alcohol, Chen Song's voice became gentle.

“I came to Longxian the day before yesterday. I encountered an emergency case of liver damage. I originally wanted to save the liver, but it didn’t seem to work very smoothly.”

Chen Song did not mention "suturing techniques" because the application of such suturing techniques in liver-preserving surgery has not yet been approved.

Chen Song is an associate senior professional. The associate senior professional title passively grants him the authority to conduct treatments based on personal experience, including but not limited to using it to manipulate things for personal gain.

However, this privilege is only passively granted to doctors at the associate professor level or above.

"Not smooth? Teacher Chen, do you mean that all the operations we did on the pig liver were meaningless?" Lu Cheng frowned and asked seriously.

For a suturing technique to be used clinically, it should actually go through three stages.

First, a theoretical breakthrough.

Second, the application of this technology on liver free bodies.

Third, in vivo animal experiments, specifically the application of sutures on live livers.

Currently, the technique has only gone through the first two steps, and the animal model has not yet been built. Therefore, Professor Chen Song only knows how to suture a living liver, but has not experienced it.

"We haven't found the cause yet. I've thought about it for a while, and I still plan to hand the problem back to you," Chen Song said.

"Thank you so much, Professor Chen," Lu Cheng replied jokingly.

After Zhang Xibei joined the research group, although he did not establish all the animal models of spleen injury, he did create some animal models of spleen injury. Chen Song also performed the procedure on rabbit livers, so they had some application experience.

However, models of liver damage have been lacking and are still under development.

This relatively new technique is not a classic technique. Classic techniques have been used in clinical practice for many years and can be used directly once learned.

New techniques may require minor adjustments!
The main issue is that Lu Cheng couldn't just fabricate a story and directly explain his liver-protecting technique to Chen Song.

Liver-preserving surgery, in particular, must be explained in detail and demonstrated through concrete procedures...

Surgical skills are learned through practice, not by listening.

"Anyway, this is the phenomenon, and I hope you can understand. If possible, I hope you can produce the animal models as soon as possible so that I can practice some more," Chen Song said.

"Teacher Chen, the procedure isn't finished yet," Lu Cheng said.

Chen Songcai finally regained his arrogant nature and patted his chest: "That's an extra procedure you have to go through."

"Actually, from this perspective, your choice last year was correct. If you had been stuck with the associate senior professional title, it would have been much more troublesome for you to do anything in the future."

"But if you can successfully be promoted to associate professor, you will have greater freedom no matter where you go."

Hearing this, Zhang Tiesheng asked curiously, "Teacher Chen, could I try it out?"

Zhang Tiesheng has been studying for quite some time, from last year to now, almost half a year has passed.

Although Zhang Tiesheng was considered quite patient, he was still itching to speak out.

“You should start with spleen preservation surgery. In about a month, I think you’ll be able to perform spleen preservation surgery on your own,” Chen Song said seriously.

"Another month?" Zhang Tiesheng's voice was hoarse.

Chen Song said, "If we want to be even more secure, two months is fine too!"

"What goes around comes around, no matter what you've lost, you have to pay it back."

"This isn't something you have to pay back; it's something everyone has to pay back."

"Xiao Lu is also paying off his debts, and so am I."

Zhang Tiesheng immediately said, "Teacher Chen, I didn't mean to blame you. It's just that my heart and hands have been itching to do it."

Chen Song said, "It's supposed to be itchy. Now you know that doing some surgeries can be interesting, right?"

Zhang Tiesheng nodded without hesitation: "Teacher Chen, that's not the same thing as the surgeries I've done before."

Seeing Chen Song turn his head towards Lu Cheng, Zhang Tiesheng immediately understood Chen Song's meaning: "Brother Lu, let me toast you!"

Zhang Tiesheng drank it all in one gulp.

Lu Cheng said, "Who is Xiao Zhang? I don't know him. Teacher Chen, do you know him?"

Chen Song knew Lu Cheng was joking, so he shook his head in agreement: "I don't know him either..."

"Shall we order some more dishes?"

"Okay." Chen Song, the foodie, immediately nodded in agreement.

Zhang Tiesheng realized he might have gone a bit too far with his social skills, so he shamelessly took on another order-taking task to reintegrate into the community.

"..."

February 17th evening, Jilin City, at home.

Lu Cheng sat or lay down, video chatting with Mu Nanshu while looking at the chat page between himself and Director Du Qiang, silently reading something in his mind.

Du Qiang's personal abilities are indeed not strong; compared to Professor Chen Song, his abilities have a limited ceiling.

But a person's character has little to do with their personal abilities.

After leaving Longxian People's Hospital, Du Qiang adopted a policy of remaining silent and not disturbing the hospital.

Or rather, Du Qiang demonstrated a lesson to Lu Cheng: if you can't get into a circle, don't force it; he has a very clear understanding of himself.

What things should only be touched upon, which people and at which times can one have in-depth contact, and which times should one only negotiate on the fringes.

Compared to Chen Song, Du Qiang knew his personal abilities were limited; setting up the clinical research base in the emergency department of the county hospital was the limit.

Learning one or two surgical procedures is the limit; if you can also get a paper to attach to your work, that's beyond expectations.

It's not that Professor Chen Song lacks this clear self-awareness, but rather that he feels he can make greater contributions and thus reap greater rewards by joining the research group.

Medicine is a field that requires self-reliance. If you don't have enough skills to build up, even if someone helps you, you still won't be able to succeed.

No one dares to brazenly compare you to many other industries and offer you a safety net.

In the financial industry, money talks.

Mu Nanshu was applying a face mask with Yan Sangyue at the moment, and said, "Dai Linfang chatted with me today."

"What did he say?" Lu Cheng asked.

He said that my previous thoughts and choices were relatively correct, but one problem was that I was too mediocre, so that I don't have any special skills at the moment.

"The research group is still relatively small, so if I just go along with it, other people won't have much of an opinion. But once the research group grows bigger, some people will definitely feel that my existence is unnecessary."

“That could lead to unnecessary misunderstandings and unresolved issues, so I must also have my own unique characteristics,” Mu Nanshu said.

"I think he makes a good point."

“Dai Linfang is someone who has actually done large-scale research projects and worked in relatively large research groups.”

Lu Cheng tapped the table with his finger and joked, "But he probably doesn't know what my wife is best at, right?"

Mu Nanshu is very strong in combat.

"No, Dai Linfang knows, and he has discussed this issue with me!"

"I just happened to find the flaw; it's not irreplaceable."

"What if other people's outputs don't have any flaws?"

"Moreover, the research group certainly cannot survive by resorting to extortion. Extortion is a thankless and arduous endeavor."

"I think he makes a good point, but I don't know what I'm good at. What should I do?" Mu Nanshu was getting worried. Before Dai Linfang joined the crew, Mu Nanshu thought her overall abilities were quite strong, but it seemed that as soon as Dai Linfang joined the crew, Mu Nanshu instantly felt that she had lost all her advantages and become a complete slacker.

In terms of role-playing, even as a manager or leader, Mu Nanshu felt that he was not as good as Dai Linfang, or even a quarter as good.

"Didn't you always say you were just an ordinary girl?" Lu Cheng began to tease her, a thought suddenly crossing his mind.

"I..." Mu Nanshu sat up from lying down, her voice choked.

“You said that,” Lu Cheng emphasized.

Mu Nanshu said, "We can't just get away with this, can we?"

"Brother Zhang Xibei thinks he's just a complete slacker, so he's been working overtime these past two days."

“Ni Xiexin also feels that he is half a slacker. He has been looking for various materials these past two days, hoping to show his value to the research group.”

"Not everyone is Xie Yuan'an."

Of all the people in the research group, apart from Xie Yuan who lay there contentedly, not using her brain at all and only wanting to exert herself, no one else was simply thinking about getting by.

Lu Cheng is a mind, a pioneer, and a driving force in the research and development of techniques. No one would think of Lu Cheng as a slacker.

As Dai Linfang said, the progress of the project relies on the ability to organize comprehensive information, rather than simply on learning ability.

Learning is effective repetition, while advancement is breakthrough; the difficulty levels are on completely different levels.

It was only after Dai Linfang and Mu Nanshu had talked for a while that Mu Nanshu realized her awkward position.

The current setup of the research group is completely different from when it was just her and Lu Cheng, so Mu Nanshu must find her place.

"Okay, stop being angry."

“I’ve already figured out what you can do,” Lu Cheng said.

"Have you thought about it?" Mu Nanshu straightened her posture, looking obedient.

"To put it bluntly, in a crude and unserious way, I think it's good enough that you're with me. That's my rather selfish thought."

"More broadly, you're someone who can come up with ideas."

Lu Cheng quickly reached out to interrupt Mu Nanshu before she could speak: "Let me finish speaking first."

"I don't know if my understanding is correct. I've been involved in research for so long, and I think that the research projects done by a research group can be roughly divided into these categories."

"First, the choice of direction, the general direction."

"Secondly, to charge into battle, one needs a sharp weapon that can get to the city walls and even breach the city walls."

"Third, the specific executors must manage the city well after it is captured."

"I'd be second at best, since my current research foundation is still too weak."

"But I think you are the most suitable person in our research group to take charge of the overall direction of the selection. Because you have a broader understanding."

"When you're thinking about being cunning, you've definitely done a lot of preparation, read a lot of articles, and have a deep understanding of the overall situation."

"So, wherever you point, we'll shoot there. Whether we can penetrate or not is another matter, but pointing us left or right is definitely the right thing to do."

Mu Nanshu immediately tensed up: "Lu Cheng, you're not joking with me."

“Dai Linfang is more suitable than me.”

Lu Cheng said, "How is Dai Linfang suitable? Before he paid the price of trial and error, his research group was definitely more luxurious than ours. What he said, and what Professor Xie said, were certainly the best in general."

"But what's the result?"

"We need to think for ourselves. We can't just jump in headfirst because they say it's high-end."

"What? Little Book, do you think we're capable of directly advancing into functional reconstruction techniques? Are you kidding me?"

"Although I haven't read many books, I've read hundreds of articles in the past six months, okay?"

Mu Nanshu said, "Lu Cheng, do you mean we shouldn't start with our current research and go straight to functional reconstruction techniques?"

Lu Cheng said firmly, "We can move in this direction in general, but we absolutely cannot repeat what we have done. Otherwise, we will all become another casualty of Dai Linfang."

"I don't think I'm much, much better than others."

"I don't think our research group can crush the research group that Dai Linfang was in before."

"And to put it bluntly, even if it were possible, I wouldn't do it directly. Why should I clean up his unfinished project just because we've met by chance?"

Mu Nanshu said, "So, you've actually been thinking about this all along."

"It's just that you don't know much, so you always seem to be in a passive position."

Lu Cheng said, "Of course, I don't understand it. If I were to try to express my own opinion, wouldn't that make me a laughingstock?"

“I can analyze the path I want to take. In the past, I knew my purpose, so my work goals were also very clear.”

"When you have a clear goal, it doesn't matter if you suffer some losses. Peking Union Medical College Hospital is the hospital I've chosen."

"But when it comes to doing research, I'm a complete novice. How could I possibly express so much?"

"Of course, I want to keep Professor Chen Song here. This is a question I've thought about independently. Professor Chen is a very, very good teacher. He is someone who loves teaching."

“I wasn’t mistaken, because he treated me the same way as Zhang Tiesheng. The only difference was that he discovered me first, and then he discovered Zhang Tiesheng.”

“Even if a teacher like that wanted to harm me, he would set a bottom line for himself, and I think I could bear that bottom line.”

“You are above Teacher Chen. Apart from the two of you, I will not completely trust anyone else.”

"Therefore, the choice of direction must be made by the two of us. We can give full consideration to Professor Chen's suggestions, but we should just listen to other people's suggestions and let them go."

Lu Cheng's analysis certainly made sense, and Mu Nanshu nodded, saying, "Alright, I'll give it a try..."

"Wait a minute, if you're going to think about all this, why don't you just choose the direction?"

Lu Cheng said, "You trust your husband too much. He has to figure out how to break through the research topic and choose the direction. Aren't you afraid he'll work himself to death?"

"My energy is limited, you know?"

"No, no!" Mu Nanshu quickly waved her hand.

Yan Sangyue then added, "Lu Chengdu has made it so clear that he has to charge into battle, which is very tiring."

"I told you you're dumber than him..."

Mu Nanshu retorted weakly, "Where is there..."

While Lu Cheng and Mu Nanshu were chatting, Tong Yuan'an, who hadn't contacted Lu Cheng directly for a long time, called.

"Xiao Shu, I need to take this call." Lu Cheng said, and Mu Nanshu nodded.

"Teacher Tong, how is your stay in Feng County?"

Tong Yuan'an was conducting clinical research at Fengxian People's Hospital, mainly focusing on the clinical application of vascular and nerve suturing techniques.

"I'm fine, but the big boss is not. He just called and gave me a lecture for no reason." Tong Yuan'an's voice sounded slightly annoyed.

"why?"

"Professor Tan took a PhD student abroad to a conference, and during the presentation, this guy messed up. Professor Tan embarrassed himself internationally, saying I didn't lead the team well..."

Lu Cheng: "..."

(End of this chapter)