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

Chapter 266 Careful Consideration!
Lu Cheng looked at the four people sitting and standing with a smile. After getting to know each other, Lu Cheng knew that they were all brothers from the Department of Surgery.

Zhou Xuanbo from the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, and Du Xingsong from the Department of Urology.

Min Rui stepped forward and put his arm around Lu Cheng's shoulder: "Brother, this is a private room, not a meeting, so let's all be honest with each other."

"There's no need for all that fancy stuff. Let's get down to business and talk about real issues."

“My brothers and I have talked about it a few times in private, and we really feel that we are under a lot of pressure.”

"Lu Cheng, please sit down." Min Rui put his arm around Lu Cheng and politely invited him to sit down.

Zhou Xuanbo, a surgeon in the hepatobiliary surgery department, quickly poured Lu Cheng a cup of tea and said with a smile, "Brother Lu, we've met before. I am Zhou Xuanbo from the hepatobiliary surgery department."

"Hello, Brother Zhou." Lu Cheng nodded to Zhou Xuanbo and sat down.

Zhou Xuanbo was not an associate senior surgeon in hepatobiliary surgery, but he was a senior attending physician, and he was only two years younger than Song Daoneng.

Zhou Xuanbo sighed and frowned: "Lu Cheng, actually, we all know that it's pretty ridiculous to talk to you about these practical things today."

"Whether from a moral standpoint or from a moral standpoint, it's a bit inhumane."

"But you should also know that being in the middle, neither here nor there, is the most awkward age."

"With elderly parents to care for and young children to raise, this is when the work pressure is at its highest."

"Take a step forward and the world will be vast; take a step back and you'll find only thorns..."

Zhou Xuanbo slowly took a sip of tea and then said directly, "Lu Cheng, you can try to think about it, if you were us..."

Lu Cheng raised his hand to interrupt him: "Teacher, the fact is that there has been no such attempt."

“Yes, I mean, hypothetically,” Zhou Xuanbo said.

Lu Cheng said, "There are no 'what ifs' in reality. You have to accept whatever fate brings. This is my experience."

After Lu Cheng finished speaking, he saw Wei Zhiming and the others looking at each other in bewilderment.

Lu Cheng continued, "Teachers, my academic qualifications are not high, and my experience has not been smooth. What you're saying about 'what ifs' can't be changed, can they?"

"Where are there so many 'what ifs' for me?"

Lu Cheng didn't know if the other people were all master's degree holders, but he knew that Zhou Xuanbo, a hepatobiliary surgeon he knew, had a master's degree.

Back in his day, Zhou Xuanbo also stood out from a group of people and became one of the lucky ones.

Lu Cheng continued, "Dear teachers, this is just how I am; I take things as they come."

"That's fate!"

Lu Cheng's words finally caught the attention of Wei Zhiming, a gastrointestinal surgeon, who looked at Zhou Xuanbo.

Zhou Xuanbo stroked his chin and said, "Dr. Lu was indeed selected from Longxian People's Hospital this year."

"Moreover, Dr. Lu himself said that a few years ago, he also came to our hospital's trauma surgery department to look for a job, but was rejected and went back."

Lu Cheng slowly continued, "So, teachers, to put it more realistically, when we go our separate ways, it's all about our own abilities."

“I’m not arrogant, and I want to move forward, so I can’t turn back when I have the chance.”

Lu Cheng tapped his chest: "At my age, I can't go back. So, I can't agree with the teachers' ideas, nor do I have the right to do so."

The idea that "it's not scarcity that's worrisome, but inequality" is unreliable in the adult world.

"If I want to improve, the only thing I can do is work hard."

……

Forty minutes later, Lu Cheng put down his wine glass and left the private room.

Wei Zhiming and the others didn't look too good, and their expressions were quite melancholy.

Zhou Xuanbo, who had more contact with Lu Cheng, touched his sideburn and said with difficulty, "To be honest, I think Lu Cheng's statement makes sense."

Min Rui, a trauma surgeon, scratched his chin, then pressed his tongue against his cheek, his voice muffled but clear: "This Lu Cheng is a very complicated character!"

“If we don’t talk about morality, he will also abandon the moral level.”

"They left us speechless."

"Do you think what he just said is true or false?"

Zhou Xuanbo said, "Personally, I think most people wouldn't dare to brag about something like this."

"He ranked first in the written test for the Department of Orthopedics at Huashan Hospital. Before the interview, a teacher promised to accept him but then changed his mind. Neither of these situations can be faked."

"It was easy to find out through research."

"Moreover, from a realistic point of view, Lu Cheng's current excellence is certainly not something he only recently developed."

"The scheme we set up today has backfired spectacularly, making us look like villains."

"This is a big deal."

Min Rui said, "Brother Zhou, are we just going to leave it like this?"

"So what are you going to do?"

“Cutting off someone’s livelihood is like killing their parents; ruining someone’s future is like digging up their ancestral graves. Do you really want to be their mortal enemy?”

Zhou Xuanbo said, "The key is that the reason Lu Cheng gave is convincing enough."

"The phrase 'mingling with the world' doesn't apply to him, and with no background, he can indeed thrive in a special place like the emergency department."

"Let me state my position first: if it comes to taking forceful measures, I don't want to get involved."

"Harmony brings wealth" is my consistent principle.

"I can't do anything unreasonable or offensive."

If Lu Cheng were to make a tough statement and confront them head-on today, Zhou Xuanbo wouldn't mind standing on the same side as Min Rui and the others.

"Brother Zhou, don't you think about the future?" Du Xingsong asked.

Zhou Xuanbo shook his head: "Everyone else can accept their fate, I don't think there's anything special about me!"

……

The drinking party ended unhappily, with everyone leaving with their own thoughts.

After getting into the car, Min Rui, a trauma surgeon, did not rush to leave the parking lot. Instead, he sat for a while and then called Director Wu Xiang.

Min Rui only reported that Lu Cheng had not agreed to come to the trauma surgery department, and had not yet had time to say anything else.

Upon hearing this, Director Wu Xiang sighed softly: "It's to be expected that he doesn't want to come. If Lu Cheng really wanted to specialize, he would have gone to the hepatobiliary surgery department long ago."

"Dean Yao has been fond of him for a long time."

Min Rui quickly swallowed the words he was about to say: "Director Wu, does this Lu Cheng have any connection with Dean Yao?"

Yao Xin is the vice president of the hospital's surgical department. His rise to his current position is naturally due to both his abilities and connections. It's not that Lu Cheng can sit back and relax just because he's befriended Yao Xin; rather, Yao Xin has more than just this position—he possesses other layers of influence.

His attitude towards Lu Cheng was also crucial.

"We did talk about it, but Dean Yao asked me about Lu Cheng's job application to our hospital before."

“Lu Cheng only has a bachelor’s degree. Under the circumstances at the time, he was not our department’s first choice. We followed the rules and procedures.”

"He didn't say much, just lamented that it would have been great if he could have brought Lu Cheng over back then."

"But there were quite a few people with similar qualifications to Lu Cheng in that year's cohort. How was I supposed to know that I had to choose Lu Cheng?"

"You can leave this matter alone. It's still very much in the works, and we're just trying it out," Wu Xiang suddenly ordered.

After taking a breath, Min Rui joked, "Director Wu, you were just testing me. I almost took it for real."

Min Rui's expression was extremely interesting.

Min Rui persuaded Lu Cheng to come to the Department of Trauma Surgery with the authorization of Director Wu Xiang. He had the support of the leadership, and he also wanted to make a final push for his future.

If both can be combined, then from Min Rui's perspective, this problem can be solved perfectly.

"What do you mean by 'fake acting becomes real' or 'real acting becomes fake'? It's all real, and it's all fake."

"Young people can have tempers, but they can't act so impulsively."

"Alright, that's enough for now." Wu Xiang ended the conversation.

After hanging up the phone, Min Rui muttered a few curses under his breath about the old fox, then smiled wryly and drove off.

Lu Cheng was still at the entrance, communicating with the designated driver.

Looking out the driver's side window, Min Rui was momentarily confused. He couldn't tell whether he was seeing a timid, fearful young man or a very clever little fox.

Was Lu Cheng unable to handle the matter of driving under the influence, or was he afraid of getting into trouble and protecting his reputation?
……

After being driven to the underground parking garage, Lu Cheng took a deep breath, carefully sorted out his experiences of the day, and then walked towards the elevator with a determined look in his eyes.

As adults, we must be responsible for every choice we make.

This choice may offend some people.

But human progress, no matter how small, is always a race against time. Even the most ordinary college entrance examination results in some succeeding and others failing.

It's not something you can achieve by being willing to compromise. Lu Cheng isn't a shrewd person who can handle all interpersonal relationships perfectly.

It is not easy to find a suitable reason in a short period of time that not only occupies the moral high ground but also makes it acceptable to deal with temporary difficulties.

As for what we might encounter in the future, there's plenty of time; we'll just have to take it one step at a time.

Lu Cheng took the elevator, and after arriving at his floor, he pressed the button for the 1st floor and walked out of the elevator lobby with a furrowed brow.

When Lu Cheng arrived at the entrance of the residential area, he indeed saw Director Huang Haibo waiting for him in his car at the exit of the underground parking garage.

Lu Cheng quickly jogged over: "Director Huang, what brings you to Ji'an? And you even knew I lived here?"

"Get in the car first, then we'll talk." Huang Haibo's expression was calm, his signature big head and serious expression remaining perfectly composed.

Lu Cheng walked to the passenger seat and fastened his seatbelt: "Director Huang, you haven't eaten yet, have you?"

"My colleague called me over when I had just finished get off work, which took up a little time."

Huang Haibo said, "Director Xiao Zhaoxi told me about you living here."

"I plan to talk to you about a lot of things before I take office."

Huang Haibo had actually hinted that he would come to the State People's Hospital when he called Lu Cheng earlier, and now, Huang Haibo's intention may be that he wants to take over Xiao Zhaoxi's position as director of the emergency department.

This shocked Lu Cheng so much that his jaw almost dropped.

Although Yao Xin had said long ago that the director of the emergency department might be parachuted in, it wasn't like Huang Haibo was parachuted in to take over.

"Director Huang, do you mean I should continue to follow your team?" Lu Cheng asked rather cryptically and cautiously.

Huang Haibo nodded: "Yes, that's the arrangement for now."

"I know a little about the people and things in the emergency department of Xiangzhou Hospital, but not much."

"Moreover, there are many associate professors among them, and I'm afraid that it won't be easy for me, the newly appointed director, to lead the team."

If Huang Haibo becomes the director, all the plans of the deputy chief physicians who are currently the director-designates in the emergency department will be dashed. Will they give Huang Haibo a hard time then?
They'll definitely be polite on the surface, but who knows what they'll be thinking behind the scenes.

Lu Cheng quickly said, "Director Huang, I haven't been here long either, and I'm not very familiar with the teachers in the internal medicine group."

Huang Haibo said, "It's not an internal medicine matter, it's a surgical matter."

"The hospital plans to reopen the trauma center."

"The emergency department of the state hospital had a plan to start building a trauma center as early as 17, but it was put on hold for various reasons."

"But this project can't just be left hanging like this, after all, the signboard is already up."

"Even if it's a 'tricky problem' left behind by the previous leader, we still have to find a way to solve and deal with it; we can't just ignore it."

Lu Cheng was taken aback: "The state hospital is planning to build a trauma center? I've never heard of this before?"

Huang Haibo said, "When this project was first established, you were still a student. How would you have known about it?"

"Besides, you also know that with the current overall strength of the state people's hospital, how could it easily establish a trauma center?"

"I don't know which leader got drunk and agreed to the project just for the sake of appearances."

"I regretted it the next day. It didn't even make the news, but you can definitely find it in official documents."

“This is a thorny problem left by the previous deans. Dean Yao wants to solve it during his term, and I can use this problem to open up a new situation.”

"The hospital will definitely need to explore and learn about the trauma treatment system, trauma center construction experience, and trauma center operation experience."

"According to the preliminary plan, we will first establish a trauma treatment alliance to initially build a three-tiered trauma treatment system at the prefecture, county, and township levels. This will further promote the standardized and regulated construction of trauma centers in secondary and tertiary general hospitals in our prefecture, comprehensively improve the early treatment capacity and standardized diagnosis and treatment level of acute trauma diseases in our prefecture, and build a green channel for trauma disease treatment that links all levels and enables rapid response..."

"At that time, relevant experts from the Provincial People's Hospital will exchange and share their experiences on trauma treatment system, trauma center construction, and trauma center operation."

Lu Cheng nodded after hearing this: "To start a trauma center, a provincial-level hospital will definitely need to come and provide on-site assistance for a period of time. Our state people's hospital will also need to send people to learn from them, right?"

Huang Haibo said, "The preliminary preparations have all been completed, and we also plan to sign an agreement with the Provincial People's Hospital. Among them, you are the most likely to be promoted to the top spot."

"This can be considered as some compensation from the hospital for bringing me here to the emergency surgery department."

Lu Cheng asked, "Director Huang, have we received compensation for the surgical department? What about the internal medicine department?"

The establishment of a trauma center in the emergency surgery department will bring many opportunities, such as the division into clinical groups.

Huang Haibo said, "Internal medicine, EICU, intensive care, ECMO, all of these things need to be developed gradually!"

"The hospital leaders must have thought this through carefully before making these decisions..."

(End of this chapter)