This miracle doctor just wants to be fired!

This sentence made Zhou Cheng open the application form in front of him again.

If the topic is simply set on current calcification technology, it certainly won't qualify for the Outstanding Young Scientists Award.

Zhou Cheng thought about it and decided that if they could focus on establishing a "manifest and replicable training system for complex coronary intervention decisions," it might be worth a try.

Next, he prepared the application in full.

……

When Lin Feng first saw the title, he stared at the cover for a long time and said, "Old Zhou, are you planning to turn an accident into a ten-year research project?"

Zhou Cheng smiled and said, "The problem isn't completely solved yet."

"I know," Lin Feng said. "What I mean is, when other people run into problems, they want to move on as quickly as possible. But you're preparing to make the review experts think about it every year."

Zhou Cheng nodded: "If we don't do it, we'll rely on personal experience."

"I didn't say we shouldn't do it." Lin Feng flipped to the team basics section of the materials. "But we can't just write your name here. For a project this big, we need people for image processing, statistics, behavioral analysis, and training evaluation."

"We've already added a partner team."

"Where are the students?"

"Li Mingyuan is responsible for the surgeon's learning curve, Zhao Sisi is responsible for the decision-making model, and Chen Yu is responsible for the patient's side and behavior recording."

"So what is Lin Wei responsible for?"

Zhou Cheng looked up, frowned, and asked, "What does this project have to do with her?"

"I'm responsible for ensuring the project manager doesn't suddenly die before the application deadline."

Zhou Cheng paused, then ignored him.

……

However, after actually starting to write the application, Zhou Cheng realized that Lin Feng's words were not entirely a joke.

During the day, I make rounds in the wards.

Moreover, outpatient services and surgeries cannot be stopped.

The materials can only be completed in the evenings and on weekends.

Lin Wei discovered that he had been sitting in his study revising the same technical roadmap for three consecutive nights. On the fourth day, he simply closed the computer and said, "No more writing today."

"Something is still missing."

"You also said yesterday that it was only partially missing."

She moved the computer to the living room and placed a movie ticket on the desk in the study.

"Let's go see it tonight."

"What time is it?"

"7:40."

Zhou Cheng glanced at his phone. "The movie is two hours long. We can still revise it when we get back."

"Okay." Lin Wei nodded.

The two went anyway, and Zhou Cheng couldn't remember what the movie was about afterward.

I only remember the hospital calling once during the journey.

He went outside the theater to handle a patient's transfer to another department.

After the movie ended, they didn't go home immediately, but instead ate a bowl of beef noodles downstairs at Shangyang Restaurant.

Lin Wei asked him, "Why is it so important to apply for this project? Does Director Zou want you to take this route?"

Zhou Cheng nodded as he ate his noodles: "That's part of the reason."

"And what about you?"

Zhou Cheng thought for a long time before slowly saying, "I used to think that it was enough for doctors to cure patients and for scientific research to explain problems."

"Later I realized that many things can't be done by one person alone. Projects, platforms, and titles themselves aren't necessarily important, but they can get more people willing to work on the same problem."

Lin Wei asked, "So you want to become an academician?"

Zhou Cheng smiled and said, "I haven't thought that far ahead yet."

"However, I always feel that Director Zou is thinking quite far ahead," Lin Wei said after a moment's thought.

"Director Zou said he hopes are on me."

"Are you under a lot of pressure?"

"A little."

Lin Wei picked at the noodles in her bowl with her chopsticks. "You can respect his wishes, but you don't have to make up for his regrets."

Zhou Cheng looked up at her.

"You did this project because you felt it was worthwhile. If you become an academician, that's your own path. If you don't, it doesn't mean you've let him down."

Zhou Cheng did not answer immediately.

It's too early to discuss this issue now.

He's not even a National Outstanding Youth Science Fund recipient...

……

The application process lasted for several months, and after passing the initial review, the next step was the oral defense.

The day before the defense.

Zou Ligan called Zhou Cheng to his office, and the two sat facing each other.

He poured Zhou Cheng a cup of tea and said slowly, "Can this project be done without you?"

Zhou Cheng took the tea and thought for a moment: "I can do part of it, but the core clinical system still needs me to take the lead."

Zou Ligan nodded: "And what about five years from now?"

"It shouldn't be necessary."

"Then you can go."

Zhou Cheng asked in surprise, "You're not going to look at your defense statement?"

"I won't look at it. The hospital's expert team has already revised it three times."

On the day of the defense, the judges indeed asked the most pointed questions.

Some have questioned whether Zhou Cheng's clinical judgments in each surgery are highly individualized.

If you try to break it down into models and nodes, you may end up with another, more complex process.

Some argue that the project was built on a promotional mishap, and the research team may have overemphasized the importance of the decision to stop.

Some people also questioned whether reducing additional procedures would sacrifice the long-term effectiveness of the stent.

Zhou Cheng did not evade these questions.

The purpose of this project is not to create an algorithm that can replace doctors.

Instead, it involves identifying information that has not been explicitly stated in the past but has repeatedly influenced clinical choices.

After the defense, Zhou Cheng went straight back to the hospital.

He had another surgery scheduled for that afternoon.

……

The patient was an 81-year-old man with very complex coronary artery disease.

During the preoperative consultation, the family repeatedly asked if all the narrowing could be removed in one operation.

Zhou Cheng used imaging to explain the primary and secondary lesions one by one, and in the end only treated the left anterior descending artery that was causing ischemia.

For the other borderline lesion, continued drug treatment is necessary.

The family members were somewhat confused and questioned, "They've already gone in for the procedure, why not get it done all at the same time?"

Zhou Cheng said, "Because doing more doesn't necessarily mean more profit, let's deal with the most pressing issues today, and the remaining risks are not worth taking for the time being."

This statement is almost identical to what he said during his defense.

However, the review meeting focused on the research value.

Once in the ward, the discussion focused on whether a specific patient could return home safely.

……

When the results of the Outstanding Young Scientists Fund were announced, it was already late autumn.

Director Song from the Research Department called personally.

"Zhou Cheng, congratulations, you've been promoted!"

Zhou Cheng held his phone, momentarily lost in thought.

From working in the emergency department of a small hospital to becoming a recipient of the Outstanding Young Scientist Award at a top hospital, the journey is one that is difficult for outsiders to understand.

"However, although we have received the notification, this is not the final list. We will notify you again when we receive the final notification."

"Okay, thank you, Director Song."

Two days later, the hospital received official notification that Zhou Cheng had been awarded funding by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars!

Upon learning the news, Lin Feng immediately took the hospital's official document and went into the interventional catheterization room.

"Zhou Jieqing!"

Zhou Cheng was reviewing the image of the next patient when he looked up at Lin Feng and said, "Don't call me that."

Raymond Lam laughed and said, "That's what everyone calls me now."

"That's outside."

"This is a project, not a title."

Lin Feng placed the notice in front of him. "Okay, Project Manager Zhou, Director Zou is looking for you."

"Okay, keep an eye on this patient."

"Go ahead without worry."

……

In the director's office, Zou Ligan was waiting for him.

As soon as Zhou Cheng walked in, Zou Ligan couldn't hide his smile. "You're a little faster than I expected."

"Thank you, teacher."

Zou Ligan shook his head slightly: "Your application this time has nothing to do with me; it's all thanks to your abilities."

Zhou Cheng certainly didn't believe that statement.

In the end, academic evaluation is based on ability, but also on the resources behind it; neither can be lacking!

Zou Ligan must have put in a lot of effort behind the scenes to help him be recognized as an outstanding young scientist!

Zou Ligan quickly suppressed his smile, "But don't be too happy for too long. Being a National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholar is not a certificate for becoming an academician, nor does it guarantee that you will reach a certain level in the future. It simply means that the country is willing to give you a few years and a sum of money to see if you can truly carry out this research."

This is the latest chapter.