Chapter 579: Midnight Phone Call
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When Zheng Ren went upstairs, Xie Yiren had already closed the bedroom door and told him to sleep in the other room. After that, there was no more sound.
After washing up and lying down, Zheng Ren lay on the bed.
Although there was a little regret in his heart, it was more joy.
Thinking of the scenes that happened tonight, Zheng Ren’s eyes gradually closed and soon, he fell into a deep sleep.
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Chief Qi of the First Affiliated Hospital of Provincial Capital Medical University walked for an hour after dinner every day before practicing calligraphy at home, watching some TV, and going to bed early.
A man in his fifties should take care of his body. At a certain age, living a long life was the most important. That was the hard truth. Money and other things were not as important.
Today was the same. Chief Qi went to bed after 9pm.
At 11.15pm, his cellphone rang.
It was so ear-piercing in the quiet room!
In order to avoid being disturbed, he had only set up a few calls to be able to ring at night. Chief Qi suddenly sat up. The first thought he had was that there was a major ma.s.s casualty incident!
It was as if he had returned to the time when he was still working in the clinic 20 to 30 years ago. His body was flooded with dopamine and adrenaline as he instantly woke up.
He picked up his phone. During that moment, Chief Qi’s wife said something unhappily before turning around and going back to sleep.
He glanced at his phone. What was strange was that the call was actually from a cla.s.smate who only contacted him once or twice a year from the United States.
That was strange. Why was he calling? Was he going back to China soon?
Because of the time difference, most of the communication between him and his cla.s.smates was through messages left on a chat software. After all, they were already old so they understood the principle of not doing to others what one should not do to oneself.
There must be something important for him to call at such a time.
However, it was an overseas call from the United States. Chief Qi felt that it was probably nothing serious, so he picked up the phone and tiptoed out of the bedroom.
After he relaxed, his dopamine and adrenaline levels dropped as his muscles and tissues felt a little uncomfortable.
“Old Wu, what’s the matter?” Chief Qi’s tone was a little impatient. He had to express his displeasure.
“Old Qi, have you read the latest issue of The New England Journal of Medicine?” The other side seemed to not hear the displeasure in Chief Qi’s tone and said excitedly.
“We can’t get such firsthand information in China.”
“It’s on the website!” the other side said. “It’s a new paper on TIPS surgery. The first author is Chinese and the second author is Professor Rudolf Wagner of Heidelberg University.”
“Oh. Although the New England Journal of Medicine is very strict, it’s not a big deal for one to publish one or two papers. Last year, our hospital published two papers…”
“No, no, Old Qi, you’ve misunderstood what I mean.” Old Wu quickly said, “You’re not involved in the interventional world so you wouldn’t know the value and significance of this paper. According to the paper, using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging on the liver for positioning can make the puncture easier. Old Qi, do you know how groundbreaking this is?”
Chief Qi was silent, his eyes narrowing.
He was trying to guess the meaning through his cla.s.smate’s call.
“I just asked the people at Heidelberg University Medical Center. It is said that Professor Rudolf Wagner has already arrived in the country. I asked someone and they said that Professor Rudolf’s a.s.sistant was also away and their coordinates are where you’re at!”
“Huh?” Chief Qi frowned. “They’re here?”
“It’s in the Dibei Province. I’m not sure about the details but the only people in the Dibei Province who can publish articles in the New England Journal of Medicine are probably doctors in your hospital.” Old Wu continued, “I owe you a favor. You should seize the time to ask whether this matter is true or not. When I read the paper, why did I feel like the whole thing was too good to be true?”
Chief Qi was reflecting on the degree of control he had over the hospital. How could he not know about such a big matter?
“Old Qi, let me tell you. If it wasn’t for Professor Rudolf, I would definitely think that it was an academic fraud. However, the famous Professor Rudolf is only ranked second on the author list. I really don’t understand. Hurry up and confirm it. I’ll wait for your news here.”
Chief Qi was also very curious. He agreed and hung up the call.
He frowned and pondered. Who in the world would be able to make such a big deal in interventional surgery when it came to scientific research?
He could not come up with any answers. Even if the German professor came to the country through a personal relationship, it was understandable that he did not know. However, the Academy would allocate funds for the scientific research declaration. Moreover, he was also one of the judges for the Provincial Scientific Research Fund so he would have known if someone had asked for funding beforehand.
There was something strange about the matter.
Chief Qi picked up the phone and just as he dialed Chief Jin’s number, a thought suddenly appeared in his mind.
After that, he quickly hung up on Chief Jin and found another number to call.
“Chief Lin, a few days ago, you told me that there was a…young doctor from somewhere with very high standards who helped us solve a hidden medical problem?” Chief Qi asked.
On the other side, Chief Lin was obviously a little tired. He was still in a half-asleep state. He had not fully awoken and was stunned for a moment.
“Chief Lin, I’m asking you a question!” Chief Qi’s voice was a little colder. The sinister intent turned into an invisible electromagnetic wave that transmitted itself to Chief Lin’s ear. It instantly condensed into frost and woke Chief Lin up.
“Chief Lin!” Chief Lin shivered and jumped up. He ignored his wife’s supercilious eyes and walked to the living room. “It’s the emergency ward’s chief resident at Sea City General Hospital, Dr. Zheng Ren.”
“He’s involved in the surgery?”
“Yes!”
“He performed the surgery exceptionally well?” Chief Qi suddenly felt very bored. It was impossible for a young doctor from Sea City to be so good…
Just as he was thinking about it, Chief Lin’s voice sounded from the phone.
“He performed the TIPS surgery exceptionally well. It was Gao Shaojie from the intervention department who invited him to come to our hospital to teach him,” Chief Lin said.
Chief Qi was stunned.
Could it be true? Teaching Gao Shaojie? What was this guy doing? A doctor from Columbia University was leading a team at the First Affiliated Hospital of Provincial Capital Medical University and he still needed someone to teach him?
Countless questions flooded Chief Qi’s mind but he instantly figured it out and asked, “Is his standard really high?”
“Yes, that’s why I suggested that he stay in our hospital.” Chief Lin smiled bitterly.
“Have you discussed this matter with this Doctor Zheng?” Chief Qi asked. “If not, let’s hurry up and do so. I have approved the matter with management.”
An instinct told Chief Qi that the person old Wu was talking about should be the same person that Chief Lin had mentioned to him.
Since that was the case, what else could he do but offer him a position?
This year’s funding…was a little tight but was not lacking in that aspect. Besides, the processing time would take quite some time, enough to verify the authenticity of the matter. If it was fake, they could just kick him away.
If it was real… Hehe.
“Chief Qi…” It was then that Chief Lin’s voice became a little hoa.r.s.e.
“Huh?”
“I’ve already asked him.”
“When will he come then?”
“Chief Zheng didn’t agree to come over to our hospital. When I went, the department chief of the interventional radiology department at the Imperial Capital Hospital was also there and had already poached him to go to the Capital.”
Chief Qi did not know what to say.