Healing Doctor

Chapter 342 The Examinee Who Crashed the System

"Young Master, I really envy you working at the Health Commission." Zhou Tianbo greeted his classmate warmly.

"Tianbo, look at what you're saying," the one called young master laughed.

His real name is She Yong. He comes from a wealthy family and is very generous, so his classmates gave him the nickname "Young Master" when he was in school.

"Professor Zhou, what brings you here? I've been swamped with the medical licensing exams these past few days. By the way, when are you applying for the Outstanding Young Scientists Fund? Don't forget to treat me to a meal once it's done."

"There'll definitely be a meal. Let me see, have the results of the medical licensing exam come out yet?"

"The papers will be graded electronically, and the results will be available soon," She Yong said. "Professor Zhou, whose grades are you checking? Why are you so concerned?"

Zhou Tianbo was somewhat at a loss, wondering what he should say.

Seeing Zhou Tianbo's constipated look, She Yong laughed and said, "Come on, let's go sit in my office for a while."

"Will I be able to know my results immediately?"

"Yes, the computer compiles the data, and we only manually check certain abnormal scores."

When Zhou Tianbo arrived at She Yong's office, he was sitting on the sofa, looking distracted.

"Professor Zhou, I heard you're going abroad. Does that mean you'll be able to apply for the Yangtze River Scholar program without going through the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars?"

"It was all arranged by the boss. I'm going to USC," Zhou Tianbo said directly, without any hesitation.

"Congratulations."

The two chatted for a while. Although She Yong did not know Zhou Tianbo's purpose for coming, it would not be good to pry too much. So he could only keep his curiosity to himself and probe little by little.

But Zhou Tianbo kept his mouth shut and didn't say a word about anything else.

"Tiannan's results are out." She Yong tapped on the screen and glanced at Zhou Tianbo.

Zhou Tianbo remained unmoved.

"Medical students these days are getting increasingly competitive. The exams back then were easier than they are now, but the scores are getting higher and higher. Sometimes I think, if I were in this era, I probably wouldn't even be able to pass the professional medical exams. It would be so embarrassing."

"What is the highest score in Tiannan?" Zhou Tianbo asked.

"588".

"good."

"Professor Zhou, you must have been incredibly lucky that time. You knew all the answers on the test and even guessed the ones that came right," She Yong laughed. "Whenever we talk about this at our class reunion, everyone thinks you're destined for great things."

"Well, it's all in the past." Zhou Tianbo wasn't overly polite.

"These students nowadays are really good at studying," She Yong sighed again. "I watch the average score rise every day, and there are still some old hands who have been stuck at the passing grade for years dragging the average down."

"It's not an option to not roll up the sleeves. I worked in the north for a year, and even PhDs from their own clan couldn't stay. Those who did stay were all incredibly talented."

"And you're stronger?" She Yong said jokingly.

"..." Zhou Tianbo wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

As the results came out province by province, the highest total score was still 588 points in Tiannan Province, but the average score was frighteningly high.

In She Yong's words, if he were alive today, he would definitely be below average; the younger generation is getting better and better.

As time passed and results came out more and more frequently, Zhou Tianbo's heart began to race.

dong dong dong~

He didn't know why either.

"Have a cup of tea. I bought this Pu'er tea 12 years ago. It was cheap back then, only 80 yuan a cake, and it lasted me three months. Now it's worth over 700 yuan a cake. I can use some to entertain you, Professor Zhou."

"Look at what you're saying. I usually just drink plain water, I don't have time for tea. When I'm out of the clinic, I don't even have time to drink water. When I go to the bathroom after get off work, my urine is dark yellow," Zhou Tianbo said.

She Yong boiled water to make tea, handed a cup to Zhou Tianbo, and then sipped the tea himself.

"Buzz buzz buzz~"

An alarm sounded from the computer system.

She Yong didn't pay attention and picked up the mouse with his right hand to start clicking.

Immediately, he was petrified, as if he had been glanced at by Medusa from another dimension in the crowd.

Zhou Tianbo realized something was wrong and suddenly stood up.

She Yong was holding a disposable paper cup in his left hand. Because he was too engrossed in his work, he squeezed the cup so hard that it was crushed, and the dark red tea inside spilled directly onto his hand.

"Agh~~~" She Yong let out a miserable scream.

"What happened?" Zhou Tianbo asked.

"Damn it! The system is malfunctioning!" She Yong jumped up from the heat and said angrily.

The system malfunctioned... Zhou Tianbo didn't believe it.

He walked over quickly, peered over, and saw the words "Jilin Province" prominently displayed on the screen, along with a bright red warning symbol flashing, just like a biohazard crisis.

At the very top of the table, a name familiar to Zhou Tianbo appeared—Ji Xiang.

Did Dr. Ji crash the system? Zhou Tianbo wondered.

During a brief pause in the flashing red warning symbol, Zhou Tianbo was startled to see the score on the back of the table—600 points!

Full score!

This is impossible!

Zhou Tianbo was stunned.

Over the years, no one has ever gotten a perfect score, and I am amazed by my own score of 592.

Generally speaking, a score of around 440 is considered excellent, while a score of 500 or above is considered outstanding.

The score of 588 in Tiannan Province is basically confirmed to be the highest score this year.

600, no wonder the system alarmed.

"There are more and more bugs in computer systems these days," She Yong explained. "This is outrageous, a perfect score... Damn it, I have to report this to my superiors and send the system back to the factory to find the bugs. You have no idea how incompetent those software engineers are, just like the internet cafe managers."

Zhou Tianbo listened to She Yong's rambling but paid no attention.

He subconsciously felt that something big was going to happen, but he never expected that the name Ji Xiang would reappear in front of him in this way.

"What a hassle," She Yong said, drying himself off. "We still have to get a panel of experts to do a manual review. Ugh."

"Who are the experts?" Zhou Tianbo wondered.

"They're all big shots," She Yong said helplessly. "It's said that Professor Gu was on the expert group back then, so he had the advantage of being close to the source and took you away as soon as he saw your achievements."

"..."

Zhou Tianbo knew about this, but he was concerned about the current members of the expert group.

She Yong didn't chat with Zhou Tianbo; instead, he started making phone calls to contact the experts in the expert group.

The annual medical licensing examination is attended by top experts in the field, but most of them are just going through the motions, "appearing" to take it seriously.

For many years, these big shots haven't made a move; it's basically become an honorary title.

Today, I happened to encounter a police report, so I had to contact the experts to review the case.

After working for half an hour, the results from each province were released, and She Yong had finished making all his phone calls.

He turned around and was astonished to see Zhou Tianbo still standing there like a puppet, staring at the computer screen.

She Yong's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately realized Zhou Tianbo's purpose in coming to him, as he thought of Jilin Province.

Is it really him?

Ji Xiang, that's a pretty good name.

(End of this chapter)