In the evening, Dean Xia hosted a banquet in the hospitalâs private restaurant to welcome Tan Boyun.
Before attending the banquet, Director Han called Tan Boyun to his office and poured him a cup of tea.
âThank you, Director, youâre too kind!â Tan Boyun took the tea with both hands.
âSit, sit!â Director Han grabbed his own Yixing teacup and took a sip.
âThis is decent tea!â Sitting down, Tan Boyun also took the time to taste it.
âBrother Tan, honestly, in Fuer, whether itâs surgery or research, youâre first-rate. What you lack is just a platform, a platform where you can showcase your talents. After youâve joined Sanbo, Iâll completely hand the micro-injury orthopedics to you. You can do as you wish, and Iâve got your back. As long as itâs in line with the larger orthopedics strategic plan, I wonât interfere. You have complete freedom and unless itâs strategic issues, you donât need to report to me. Ouyang, Old Bai, and Old Ding, Iâve spoken with them, theyâll be offering you their complete support. Unity and progress are our cherished traditions at Sanbo. However, thereâs always an adjustment period. If they display any discontent in the short term, please be understanding.â
Director Han spoke candidly.
Hearing these words, Tan Boyun was filled with mixed feelings. He couldnât help thinking how over the years at Fuer, he had no place to vent. Why didnât he come here earlier? Han Jiangong is indeed talented and charismatic, no wonder all of his subordinates follow him devotedly.
âI definitely wonât let you down!â Tan Boyun said emotionally, âA scholar living in purity and contentment, being respected and having the freedom to showcase his abilities, thatâs enough!â
âDid Tian Yuan take you for a tour of the operating room?â Director Han asked.
âYes, I have seen it. I also checked out the surgical robot, our equipment is top-notch,â Tan Boyun replied.
âThatâs nothing. Right now, your Micro-Injury Orthopedics Department is the main force. Without proper equipment, how can you fight a battle? The Tianji, prioritize it in your department, I plan to buy another one for the other Orthopedics Departments to share. If thereâs anything else you need, make a list and I will get Dean Xia to approve it.â Director Han said energetically.
âAt the end of the year, weâre planning to host an Orthopedics Academic Conference. Initially, I was going to be in charge, but now that youâre here, you will take over. Tian Yuan will assist you. We will have Fuyi, Fuer, Provincial Peopleâs Hospital, and City Peopleâs Hospital in attendance, and weâve also invited a few foreign professors. You can work out the details with Tian Yuan,â Director Han continued.
âThatâs not right! It canât be. Director, you should take charge. Tian Yuan and I will assist you,â Tan Boyun refused.
âWeâre family here, no need for dilly-dallying. Youâve just arrived, you need the conference to raise your profile. The academic conferences at Fuer, youâve always been a sidekick, this time youâre the leading role,â Director Han insisted firmly.
Tan Boyun was extremely touched. Director Han was indeed a visionary and open-hearted. He was nothing like someone who was always afraid of being overshadowed by his subordinates, always confining him.
Any more refusals would appear unappreciative.
âDirector, Iâm flattered that you think so highly of me. I will give it my all to achieve results and repay you,â he said.
The two of them had a heart-to-heart in the office. They hit it off well, drinking cup after cup of tea and laughing heartily. It was only when they were urged over the phone to go to dinner that they ended their conversation and rushed off to the hospitalâs private restaurant.
Yang Ping got off work and rode in Little Fiveâs car. Half an hour was half an hour. He could take a nap in the car.
âSenior, that Zhong guy was much less arrogant today. You didnât see how cocky he was at the beginning,â Little Five said while driving.
Yang Ping commented, âDidnât he submit in the end? The law of the jungle applies everywhere, thereâs nothing to discuss!â
âIs Tan Boyun really that great? Director Han gave him the position of director of the Trauma Orthopedics Department?â Little Five also liked to ask these questions.
Yang Ping replied, âHe definitely has strength, otherwise why would Director Han have chosen him? We just need to do our own jobs, Director Han knows what heâs doing with these arrangements.â
Little Five nodded, âI was just chatting idly with you.â
âDing-dong, because of the hostâs good performance, after system evaluation, the timing consumption of the library has been reduced. Each point can now purchase one hour of learning time,â the system announced.
The system was pretty decent. It seemed that it pays to work hard, the system rewards those who make the effort. If you donât work hard, the system will probably leave you behind.
Now, with thirty thousand points in hand, he felt at ease. One point can now buy one hour of study time in the system library; this price was practically a steal. Yang Ping decided to move all his studying into the system space. In preparation for his doctoral exams next year, there was a lot to learn, from medical theory to English.
English wasnât about flattering foreign ideas. Modern medicine originated from the West, and many achievements are recorded in English. If you want to surpass others, you must first learn from them. Sticking to oneâs old ways and preserving the remains will only result in being left far behind.
Yang Pingâs foundation was good to begin with, so now that he can learn in the system space, his learning progress was naturally much faster than others.
In the car, Yang Ping entered the system space and studied for a week, but it only cost him a hundred and sixty-eight points.
When he exited the system space, his phone rang.
It was a call from Huang Jiacai. Now, thereâs an odd one.
âHello, Doctor Yang, this is Huang Jiacai, do you have time to meet up?â
âBro, you donât have to bother, Iâve told you, I wonât go to that Orthopedics Hospital.â Yang Ping found this man a bit too persistent, almost stubborn.
The other party was silent for a while: âI didnât mean that, I have a personal matter and I need your help. If itâs convenient, can we meet at a nearby cafe?â
âNow?â
âIs it convenient?â
He might have been waiting already. Why not go meet him, for the sake of the ice cream.
âAlright!â Yang Ping agreed.
âGet me to that cafe near the hospital,â Yang Ping said.
âAre you inviting me for coffee?â Little Five was delighted.
âSome weird guy wants to chat with me, Iâm going to check it out,â Yang Ping said.
Little Five didnât ask further, dropped him off at the cafe and said, âCall me when youâre done, Iâll pick you up.â
âItâs just a few steps; you donât need to pick me up, you can go back,â Yang Ping closed the car door.
As expected, Huang Jiacai was already there, with a young girl with short, pretty hair sitting next to him.
Was he really taking my joke about introducing a girlfriend seriously?
It was a booth for four people. Huang Jiacai and the girl sat side by side, while Yang Ping took a seat across them.
âDoctor Yang, sorry for bothering you after youâve finished work. But this is the only time youâre free,â Huang Jiacai was always polite and humble at all times.
âNo worries, what is it?â Yang Ping took the hot coffee from the waiter and took a sip.
âItâs nothing much, I want to introduce someone to you,â Huang Jiacai said.
He really was introducing a girlfriend. This guy is quite something. Yang Ping looked at the girl across him, who was slightly shy. He decided to let him finish his words.
âHuang Jiahui, my sister,â Huang Jiacai introduced.
The girl stood up, extended her hand, âLooking forward to working with you.â
âLooking forward to working with you.â Yang Ping shook hands with her, not quite understanding what he was supposed to be looking forward to.
âWho is she?â Yang Ping asked Huang Jiacai.
âOh, Doctor Yang, Jiahui just started working at Tianji company as a technical specialist, you might be working together in the future,â Huang Jiacai said.
âIsnât Tianji the company that makes surgical robots? Our hospital just bought one, we havenât started performing surgeries with it yet. Iâm afraid thereâs not much I can do in terms of âlooking afterâ her,â Yang Ping was still unsure what he was supposed to look after. He was just a doctor after all.
âItâs alright, just getting to know each other. You can look after each other in the future,â Huang Jiacai said.
âThatâs all?â As long as he wasnât introducing a girlfriend.
There wasnât much to chat about, so the three of them just drank coffee.
Huang Jiahui introduced some recent developments in surgical robots and took out a stack of documents from her bag for Yang Ping to look at.
This was valuable information. Although he has access to a vast amount of data in the system space, they were all public publications, books, and published papers.
This kind of internal information from medical equipment companies was not available, and Yang Ping was very interested in it.
After all, surgical robots were considered the third generation of surgical technology, following traditional surgery and minimally invasive surgery.
He was bound to come into contact with it and master it eventually.