Healing Doctor

Chapter 489: Champagne at Halftime?

528 million

529 million

530 million

The number of people online at the same time was constantly rising, and Director Fan and the staff around him were both delighted and nervous.

Some of them had solemn expressions, while others clenched their fists in encouragement, staring intently at the rising data values.

It's just one step away from the highest concurrent viewership of the first two seasons. For the production team, this is a glorious achievement, the kind they can talk about when looking for a job in the future.

Moreover, everyone put in a tremendous amount of effort into this program starting from the second episode, working almost non-stop.

Seeing a record number of concurrent online users is everyone's dream.

Director Fan watched as the number of people online simultaneously continued to climb. Instead of being nervous, he beamed with joy.

When the financial backer forced him to produce a reality show, Director Fan was desperate. He didn't expect that after just three episodes, the number of concurrent viewers would surpass the highs of the previous two seasons.

612!

Hush~~~

Applause erupted in the control room.

"Director, you've hit a new high!"

Congratulations!

The staff celebrated.

Director Fan smiled as he looked at the data. Not only were the numbers and curves hitting new highs, but the momentum showed no signs of abating; in fact, it was getting stronger and stronger, with plenty of staying power.

"Bang!"

A bottle of champagne was opened, and joy filled the air.

Is this considered opening champagne at halftime? Will they flop later, like that AC Milan team from that year?

A bad thought popped into Director Fan's mind.

"Director, I really didn't expect this..." Director Fan's assistant exclaimed.

"This is just the beginning," Director Fan said with a hint of dissatisfaction, glancing at the young staff celebrating with champagne.

The assistant knew that the big reveal was yet to come in the third episode, but he found it hard to believe that the earlier episodes alone had already set a new ratings record.

"Director, what do you think we should film next?" Director Fan's assistant sensed the dissatisfaction in Director Fan's words and immediately thought of the future.

"Notify everyone to have a meeting immediately after the program ends," Director Fan said.

Director Fan watched as the number of concurrent online viewers continued to climb rapidly, then turned his attention back to the program.

The doctor rushed to the operating room, pushing a stretcher.

The later added content showed the bald host talking to Professor Shen about the hybrid operating room.

This is a very important step in understanding the surgical procedure before surgery.

At the time, Director Fan heard the doctors talk about the hybrid operating room, but he was completely clueless. However, he didn't feel comfortable asking about it during the emergency rescue.

Later, Director Fan learned that a hybrid operating room is an operating room that can perform interventional surgery and surgical procedures at the same time.

There are not many similar operating rooms, and they are not commonly used. Hybrid surgery accounts for a very small percentage of clinical surgeries.

After a brief explanation, the scene shifts back to the operating room.

Director Li stood in the position of the surgeon, while Ji Xiang served as his assistant.

Puncture, successful bloodletting, guidewire inserted, superselection begins.

Because of the previous surgery, there was no explanation, no chat between the guests, and not even any footage of the needle being removed or blood being drawn.

Although Director Li Ming is highly skilled, the surgical procedure was still edited out.

Only the key points of the surgery were shown. The editing here was done with Dr. Li's consent and was extremely meticulous. Both professional doctors and ordinary viewers felt that the edited surgical procedure was seamless and even had an artistic beauty.

Director Fan couldn't understand the technical content, but Director Li approved of it, and he himself felt there was no problem with it, so he felt a little proud.

This passage can be appreciated by both the refined and the common people.

Whether you're just watching for the spectacle or trying to understand the intricacies, you can find something you enjoy in it.

Then, the paused video suddenly reappeared.

Director Fan marked the time below, reminding the audience that the artist and assistant were communicating.

……

"Old Bai, are you drooling with envy?" Director Liu asked.

He doesn't perform interventional surgeries, but he watches them frequently. Especially after Ji Xiang started performing renal cell carcinoma embolization and resection procedures, Director Liu would often spend time in the interventional operating room watching Ji Xiang perform the procedures.

The interventional radiology department at the First Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Medical University is highly skilled, as can be seen from the surgical procedures.

Although it has been edited, the timestamps and techniques used at several key points below silently illustrate this point.

And that's exactly what Director Bai wanted.

Unfortunately, the interventional radiology department of their own hospital is about to be emptied out by Southern Hospital. The glory days of the "Four Great Generals" are gone and they are barely hanging on.

"They perform over 2000 interventional surgeries a year. If you include circulatory, neurological, and vascular surgeries, the number exceeds 30,000. How can we compare to them?" Director Bai said casually. "It's like comparing underwear."

"Your analogy is quite something," Director Liu said. "Look at Xiao Ji, he went to be an assistant, and he works so well with the director over there. Anyone who didn't know better would think they'd been working together for decades."

"What do you think of someone who's been given this much of an assistant position?"

Director Bai said something completely nonsensical.

Others might not understand what he was saying, but Director Liu knew perfectly well what he meant.

The practitioner is more important than the assistant; this is a basic common sense.

But being an assistant isn't easy. The surgeon didn't speak a word, didn't even glance at the assistant, yet the assistant cooperated perfectly. In similar situations, it's either because the two have performed countless surgeries together and developed a deep understanding, or because the assistant's skill surpasses that of the surgeon.

The assistant knows exactly what the practitioner will do next and can perfectly coordinate with them. It is absolutely impossible for someone whose skill level is no more than one rank above the practitioner to do this.

Both Director Bai and Director Liu are top-notch surgeons in their undergraduate studies; they surely understand this basic truth.

"Old Bai, I knew Dr. Ji was highly skilled, but I didn't know he was this skilled."

"What do you know?" Director Bai said disdainfully. "I noticed him during the grand competition. He could fight with both hands simultaneously, multitasking. I've never seen anything like it in my life. Breaking records is like child's play for him. You can imagine how much potential he has."

"That's right." Director Liu suddenly froze, looking at Ji Xiang and Director Li's backs with a puzzled expression, noticing the time passing below.

"Why isn't it moving?" Director Liu asked. "Wasn't the superselection successful and about to cause an embolism?"

"It's about discussing what to use, isn't it?" Director Bai was also a little confused; he didn't understand this part either.

"Gel sponge, what else can you use? Spring coils? That's too expensive. Or you could use microspheres, I heard Xiao Ji mention that."

"They say that in Germany, they researched special coils for interventional surgery on hemorrhoid patients, and the results were excellent."

"Pshaw, that would be way too expensive," Director Liu retorted. "There's no way it could be promoted."

Director Bai didn't say anything. He stared at the screen, looking at Ji Xiang and Director Li who were not moving, and wondered to himself.

What are they doing?!

……

Meng Qingfei was secretly watching the program in the duty room.

Taking a quick look during a break when there are no patients, Meng Qingfei can see how Dr. Xiao Ji has overcome numerous obstacles, which makes him feel "very gratified".

(End of this chapter)