"Kid, soone says I'm a master of plastic surgery hidden in plain sight. Do you know what's that about?"
After exchanging New Year's greetings over the phone, Chen Shi's unfriendly tone ca through, and Lin Jie imdiately played along carefully, flattering him: "Replacing a liver or a kidney is just a piece of cake for you."
"If you transitioned to the field of plastic surgery, which doesn't involve much technical content, I can guarantee that not just in Binhai, but nationwide, you'd be one of the top experts."
"Stop with the useless flattery!"
Chen Shi's impatient tone ca from the phone, "Today, soone used New Year's greetings as an excuse to seek my help, asking to perform plastic surgery on the disfigured face of a young girl. Is this your doing?"
Lin Jie chuckled and said: "Professor Chen, Expert Chen, if you saw the girl, you'd surely feel compassion for her."
"How should I put it, the girl's right face can be described as flawless, while the left can only be hidden behind a mask. This kind of regret is comparable to the Venus de Milo missing an arm!"
"At that mont, I was struck by a sudden impulse, thinking maybe I could redy this regret."
Lin Jie continued to explain: "Professor Chen, you surely understand this kind of feeling, you must have had it too, probably more than once, especially when faced with surgeries that are full of challenges."
There was a silence on the other end, as if Chen Shi was recalling sothing spurred by Lin Jie's words.
After a while, Chen Shi's voice ca through the phone again, "I saw the girl's photo, and you're not exaggerating. That half of her face is indeed very pretty, almost as pretty as Kexin and Keng."
"Kid, to be honest with , have you fallen for this girl?"
"I happen to know you broke up with your girlfriend!"
Lin Jie hurriedly said: "How could I? Liking your own patient is extrely unethical. I really just want to challenge my surgical skills."
"Lin Jie, how much success do you think you can achieve with this surgery?" Chen Shi's tone beca very serious.
Lin Jie pondered for a mont and said: "These past few days, I've been simulating and planning her plastic surgery sche."
"Put it this way, the final result might not be as perfect as I imagined, but it will surely be decent, at least allowing her to take off the mask."
Chen Shi sighed: "Lin Jie, if this plastic surgery succeeds, do you know what it ans?"
"The reconstruction of microcirculation can effectively treat ischemia and necrosis of muscles and organs."
"Moreover, the reconstruction of the nervous control system could actually cure paralysis symptoms not caused by central nervous system or brain reasons."
Lin Jie chuckled and said: "Expert Chen, it's not as easy as you make it sound."
"For this girl, it's equivalent to first completely clearing her left face, then layering muscle fibers and micro blood vessels, nerve fibers like building a house."
"Building a skyscraper from the ground up is relatively easier. Fixing a dangerous building that could collapse at any ti is very difficult."
Chen Shi agreed: "You're making a good point. But if this surgery is successful, it will certainly cause a great sensation in the dical community, given the significant demonstration and reference value of this surgery."
Hearing there was a possibility, Lin Jie happily asked: "Are you agreeing to let use your na to take this surgery?"
"If I say no, will you give up on this surgery?" Chen Shi calmly retorted.
Lin Jie thought for a mont and truthfully said: "I would continue persuading you to agree!"
"But..."
He flattered, saying: "The wise, noble, and esteed Professor Chen I know wouldn't just agree, but also actively create conditions for ..."
"Alright, alright..."
Chen Shi, sowhat amused, said: "You don't even know how to flatter, it's so awkward it gives goosebumps. I've already discussed this matter with Tao Taqing."
"Dean Tao? How did he get involved in this?" Lin Jie was very puzzled.
Chen Shi, sowhat annoyed, said: "You didn't think that girl's mother is a staff mber of Donghua Hospital, and knowing Old Tao is familiar with , she would naturally inquire with him first."
"That old fellow, upon learning about this, naturally wanted to take part as well."
Lin Jie curiously asked: "What did you discuss?"
Chen Shi softly said: "Donghua Hospital will allocate so funds from its own dical research fund to establish a dical project specifically for researching the left facial reconstruction of this girl."
"This project will be a collaborative research project between Donghua Hospital and Binhai University dical School, led by Tao Taqing and ..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Jie pouted and said: "A general surgery expert and an ENT expert leading a facial plastic surgery research project? Aren't you afraid soone might accuse you of using the project to make money?"
Chen Shi snorted and said: "As long as the project produces real results, we won't be afraid of people talking nonsense."
He added irritatedly: "Kid, you dare ntion 'making money'? The girl's family isn't well off, and this project's main funding is essentially indirectly covering your surgical fees."
Hearing this, Lin Jie was pleased and asked: "What's the total funding applied for this project?"
Chen Shi also chuckled and said: "This is just a private plan between and Old Tao, it's not officially reported yet. We need to et at least once to discuss."
His tone suddenly beca a bit hesitant, a bit embarrassed, and he said: "Lin Jie, um... let be open with you, maybe... you've already thought about it."
"The reason for operating this surgery under the guise of a research project, instead of secretly performing it, is because... when the surgery succeeds, Old Tao and I will gain honor and reputation, and you will gain practical benefits. Can you understand and accept this?"
With this, Lin Jie imdiately understood.
He laughed openly and said: "Old Chen, you guys don't need to be embarrassed."
"I understand everything you ntioned. Even if I desire honor, I can't obtain it with my current status. For now, tangible benefits are the most practical for ."
"Besides, if this surgery can truly be of significant demonstration and reference value, it's too bad to let it go unnoticed. It's better to let it be spread with the help of your and Dean Tao's reputation."
After hanging up, Lin Jie returned to the An sisters and Lin Miao.
An Keng couldn't help but ask: "Brother Jie, what were you discussing with Uncle for such a long ti?"
"Discussing a surgery matter. Rember the girl with a mask on her left face we t at the Tianya Haijiao Resort?"
Seeing An Keng and Lin Miao nod in agreent, Lin Jie continued, "I'm going to perform facial reconstruction surgery on her to restore her appearance as much as possible."
An Keng responded with an "oh" and explained to An Kexin, "Sister, it's the girl with a mask on her left face and a very pretty right face I ntioned seeing at the resort. Sister Miao said, her mother is a head nurse at Donghua Hospital."
"Brother Jie said that girl's left face was severely disfigured, destroyed quite badly!"
An Kexin realized and said: "Lin Jie, the plastic surgery departnt is both a very profitable and an easy-to-establish reputation departnt!"
Lin Jie understood her point and, after so consideration, said: "You still need to recruit one or two capable plastic surgeons."
"In the hospital's early developnt stage, I can perform one or two plastic surgeries a month to build the hospital's reputation, but I won't be focusing my main efforts in this area!"
An Kexin, with a radiant smile, said excitedly: "That's enough, as long as the reputation is established, people from all around the country wanting costic surgery will flock here!"
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