At around eleven o'clock in the morning, the Binhai City Governnt, Health and Welfare Committee, Ministry of Education, and Binhai University signed an agreent to relocate Binhai University dical School in the presence of hundreds of guests.
All parties promised to invest substantial resources to make Binhai University dical School an international first-class dical school.
Afterwards, Binhai University's President Pan Xinli and Anlin Hospital's Dean Gong Xuepeng signed a deep cooperation agreent between Bin University dical College and Anlin Hospital.
According to this agreent, Anlin Hospital will beco the teaching hospital of Bin University dical College.
anwhile, both sides will implent sharing in laboratories, dical equipnt, information resources, and maximize cooperation in teaching, research, and personnel exchange.
After signing the two agreents, a buffet-style luncheon hosted by the City Governnt began.
After greeting and exchanging pleasantries with the main leaders present, Lin Jie took so food to eat, preparing to leave for the hospital afterward where a pile of work awaited him.
"Expert Lin, you have quite an appetite!"
Lin Jie turned his head to see Cheng Xingguang sitting beside him.
Compared to his own plate piled with lots of at, vegetables, and fruits, Cheng Xingguang's plate had only so greens and a few pieces of fish.
"I can't help it, the more I consu, the more I eat. A doctor's job requires both intellectual effort and physical exertion, neither of which is easy."
Lin Jie scrutinized Cheng Xingguang's complexion and noticed his fatigue, inquiring with concern, "Didn't you rest last night? Or is the weather too hot, affecting your appetite?"
"You're obviously having less than the standard lunch for a normal man."
"Yesterday, I was discussing matters with the Health and Welfare Committee and city officials until late, didn't rest well, and don't have much appetite,"
Cheng Xingguang sighed softly and said in a low voice, "Expert Lin, old Yuan is going to be transferred!"
"Dean Yuan is going to be transferred?"
Lin Jie was hearing this for the first ti, and asked in surprise, "Really? Is it true? Why is he being transferred at this mont?"
Cheng Xingguang took a bite of greens, softly saying, "Although my relationship with old Yuan is fairly good, objectively speaking, the dical College hasn't made much progress under his leadership in recent years."
"Compared to the developnt of Peking Union dical College, and Beijing dical College, one could even say it has fallen sowhat behind."
"Of course, he is rely a dean, with many constraints, and cannot be entirely blad."
"However, old Yuan's ideas are rather conventional, and if we remove the factor of your sudden ergence, Expert Lin, the dical College hasn't had any highlights in recent years."
"The ministries and school leadership want to use the relocation of the dical College as an opportunity to find a dean with more boldness and ideas."
Lin Jie frowned, sowhat displeased with this change.
For him and Anlin Hospital, continuing with Yuan Guangxi as dean would be ideal, as they are familiar with each other, and many things wouldn't require re-acclimation.
However, as the news has already spread, it signifies this has beco a fact, the leadership has made its decision, and it cannot be changed.
Such personnel movents, involving ministry-level decisions, are beyond Lin Jie's participation as an outsider.
He asked with concern, "Where will Dean Yuan be transferred to? Who will be his replacent?"
Cheng Xingguang slowly said, "He will be assigned to the Health and Welfare Committee as a division director, which can be considered so sort of advancent for old Yuan."
"As for the replacent..."
He shook his head and said, "I am still unsure."
"I suspect they might first seek your opinion, Expert Lin!"
Lin Jie was taken aback, then laughed, "How could they seek my opinion? To Bin University dical College, I am just an outsider."
Cheng Xingguang reminded him, "Expert Lin, your outsider status carries quite significant weight."
"Bin University dical College's objective is to beco an international first-class dical school, which absolutely requires your and Anlin Hospital's support!"
"If the incoming dean doesn't get along with you, it would certainly affect the dical College's developnt plans."
Lin Jie waved his hand and said, "Honestly, I don't know many people, especially those suitable for serving as the dean of Bin University dical College, almost none."
"Therefore, seeking my opinion would be pointless..."
At this point, Lin Jie looked at Cheng Xingguang before him and was struck by an idea, directly asking, "Dean Cheng, do you have any aspirations to beco the dean of Bin University dical College?"
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Cheng Xingguang was genuinely surprised by the question.
Bin University dical College is the premier faculty of Binhai University, with nearly fifteen thousand faculty and students, but the dean position compares slightly less favorably to the position of the dean of the Affiliated Hospital.
Besides the grade being slightly less, chiefly, the dean of the Affiliated Hospital enjoys considerable autonomy, offering more freedom.
But the current dical College?
Cheng Xingguang couldn't help but ponder deeply.
After a mont, he smiled wryly: "Expert Lin, you've given a very difficult choice."
"When you ntioned it like that, I did feel slightly tempted."
"Given my current age, at most, I can serve one more term at the Affiliated Hospital before I have to retire. I also wish to shine bright once more in the twilight of my career."
"For instance, leaving a mark in the history of the dical College by developing Bin University dical College into an internationally renowned institution like Harvard dical School, Oxford dical School, or Stanford dical School—leading within the country."
"However, this path is destined to be arduous and winding..."
He gritted his teeth and turned to look at Pan Xinli in the hall, along with a deputy minister from the Health Commission. "I'll go over there later to probe the situation..."
"If Dean Yuan's successor hasn't been decided yet, I'll first recomnd myself and see if I can beco one of the candidates for the dean position."
Cheng Xingguang shifted his gaze back to Lin Jie's face, saying: "Expert Lin, this was instigated by you."
"If I sohow manage to beco the dean of the dical College, I'll be like an old steed in its twilight years, rekindle youthful impulsiveness, and give it my all for a few years, even at the cost of living a few years less."
"Expert Lin, you can't just stand by idly; you must help ."
Lin Jie scoffed and said: "Dean Cheng, you must understand, my support for you, an old acquaintance, is to gain more advantageous conditions for myself and Anlin Hospital, not to make myself work harder."
"If you're expecting to help you, I advise you to abandon that idea and remain at the Affiliated Hospital's dean position until retirent."
Cheng Xingguang rely smiled without speaking.
He naturally understood quite a bit about Lin Jie's disposition. This guy is absolutely the most diligent and responsible person he has encountered. Additionally, he's kind-hearted and won't wrong those who genuinely treat him well.
With a new idea in mind, Cheng Xingguang quickly finished the food on his tray and stood up to move around in the hall to gather information.
Lin Jie, having just consud half of his al, found another person seated beside him.
He turned to look, discovering that it was Jin Lechen, the dean of Yuerong Plastic Surgery Hospital.
Upon seeing this person, Lin Jie imdiately thought of the examination paper still in his possession, which hadn't yet been realized.
This guy might be intending to keep it as a souvenir.
Then Jin Lechen softly inquired: "Expert Lin, I've heard that you're overseeing organ transplant trials for cancer patients?"
Lin Jie responded affirmatively, saying: "Just got approved recently, and we've just started conducting animal tests."
On the day after submitting the project application report, he received approval along with six million in research funding support.
Currently, Lin Jie has handed this project over to Fang Huanru, Lu Xiaoyu, and Wei Hongyang to handle.
Jin Lechen praised: "If this thod, combined with new cancer induction therapy, proves feasible, Expert Lin will have made yet another great contribution benefiting millions of patients worldwide."
"Every year, at least over a million patients die while waiting."
Lin Jie casually replied: "Don't have too high expectations; even if this thod is feasible, it can only serve as a small supplent to healthy organ transplantation."
"After all, transplanting organs from cancer patients may require subsequent cancer prevention and treatnt, which is a significant tornt to a patient's mind and body."
However, Jin Lechen shook his head, saying: "Expert Lin, many individuals would seize any opportunity to extend their lives, even if just for a few months — akin to the saying about drinking poison to quench thirst."
"Given the scarcity of healthy organs, many desperately waiting for a transplant wouldn't mind organs with cancer cells."
Confronted with the current scarcity of healthy organ donors, Lin Jie could only let out a gentle sigh.
However, for the person before him, suspected of engaging in illegal underground organ transplant surgeries, this very scarcity is precisely what he desires.
At this mont, Jin Lechen switched topics, saying: "Expert Lin, there's sothing I need to tell you, um... my son, Lu Baiyang, will be withdrawing from the dical specialized class!"
"Expert Lin, I really am very, very sorry."
Lin Jie raised his brow slightly and asked, "May I ask why?"
Jin Lechen awkwardly replied: "His mother wishes for him to go abroad and has already completed all the procedures for him to study in the United States; he'll be heading there in September."
Lin Jie blandly replied, "Oh," without saying more.
Jin Lechen, with a bitter expression, said: "Baiyang, that child, wishes wholeheartedly to study dicine. Being able to enter this strictly competitive dical specialized class on his own rits was sothing both he and I felt proud of."
"However..."
After hesitating for a mont, he ultimately sighed deeply: "Once certain paths are embarked upon, it's impossible to turn back."
After speaking, Jin Lechen stood up, appearing sowhat desolate, and left for the exit of the hall.
The last remark seed to carry deeper anings that Lin Jie chose not to ponder over.
As for the absence of one mber from the dical specialized class of thirty, he wasn't particularly concerned.
In his view, if half of them persist till the end, it'd be quite impressive.
After lunch, Lin Jie briefly exchanged greetings with a few people before leaving Baiyulan Hotel by car.
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