Chapter 538: Hongmen Banquet, the Dean personally came forward
As Zhou Can's fame grew, more and more people invited him to dinner.
Basically, he would postpone it if he could, but he would have to attend some dinner parties that he couldn't refuse, because he couldn't be isolated from society, and necessary interpersonal communication was very necessary.
"Cousin, cousin, don't hang up. I know you are a big celebrity in Tuya Hospital now, more famous than the average chief physician, so you are definitely busy. You can refuse other people's invitations, but you can't refuse your cousin's invitation. If you don't have time now, it's okay, I'll wait for you to get off work and treat you to a midnight snack."
She insisted on treating Zhou Can to a meal.
This is extremely unusual.
Normally, the two of them had little contact, but now they suddenly wanted to invite Zhou Can to dinner. If someone is too attentive to you for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief.
"I'm really busy! I have to go get busy. Let's talk next time!"
Zhou Can hung up the phone directly.
The cousin called again, and Zhou Can had no choice but to answer the call again.
There is really no good way to deal with such shameless relatives.
Last time, my aunt's family asked Su Qianqian to sign autographs for them crazily, and then resell the signed hats and clothes for profit. After Zhou Can refused, the two families actually broke up.
But people don’t care!
During every festival, I visit Zhou Can's house very frequently.
When the factory where Zhou Can's family worked had an accident, they hid far away from him, like strangers.
Now I frequently visit Zhou Can's home, firstly because I see that Zhou Can has a celebrity girlfriend and must be very rich, and secondly because I see that the factory at Zhou Can's home has turned around, the business has expanded, and the income has increased several times.
My aunt's family was on a downward spiral.
I heard that my cousin Chen Shangfu hadn't even passed the medical license exam and was retaking it. Moreover, the attitude of the Provincial Children's Hospital towards him had become very cold.
According to the rules, the top three hospitals such as the Provincial Children's Hospital, the Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital, and the Provincial People's Hospital have extremely high requirements for the recruitment of clinical doctors. If you fail the medical license examination, you will most likely not be allowed to stay in the hospital.
The usual practice is to spend money to find a hospital to continue regular training.
It means to rely on.
You read it right. You have to pay the hospital yourself. Not only do you have to pay your salary, you still have to pay money.
When Zhou Can was taking the medical license exam, he was under tremendous pressure, fearing that he would fail and face the lowest point in his life.
In fact, many of his classmates failed to pass the medical license exam.
Medical students with connections who cannot pass the medical license exam will try to transfer to administrative positions or take the civil service exam. Others will join pharmaceutical companies, etc.
My cousin's career is not going well, but my cousin's job is fine, except that the Third Hospital is on the verge of collapse.
We can’t even pay the doctors’ salaries, so I’m afraid the nurses’ salaries won’t be much better.
Her current situation is also somewhat bad.
Although major hospitals recruit a large number of new nurses every year, the competition is fierce. Tuya's cardiothoracic surgery department recently recruited ten nurses, and more than 700 people lined up to sign up.
It is not easy to work as a nurse in a large hospital and find a suitable position.
In some nursing positions, which are tiring and demanding, the nurses are scolded by family members every day and even face the risk of being beaten, very few people can work there for long.
Gu Zhu's two children are not doing well in their careers, not to mention their uncle and aunt.
My aunt used to be a housewife, and my uncle invested in various businesses and lost a lot of money.
It can be said that the family's fortunes are going downhill, and its fortunes are obviously declining.
At this time, they naturally tried every possible means to cling to Zhou Can's family.
Zhou Can's father attaches great importance to family affection and is very polite to his aunt's family.
Moreover, he had always taught Zhou Can that no matter how proud a person was, he should not show off in front of his elders and relatives. In particular, the relationship with relatives within three generations must be maintained well.
At this moment, Zhou Can had no way to block this cousin who was pestering him.
Despite this impulse.
But he understood that if he really blocked her, it would definitely lead to trouble to his parents.
It would be embarrassing if my dad called me at that time.
"If you have anything to say, please tell me now. I'm about to go into the operating room. I won't be able to answer your calls or reply to your messages then."
After Zhou Can answered the phone, he spoke directly.
"I just want to treat you to a meal. If you don't agree, I will definitely be scolded by my superiors. This is the task given to me by the leaders of our hospital."
She finally told the truth.
No wonder she suddenly wanted to invite Zhou Can to dinner, it turned out that the Third Hospital gave her a task.
"Huh, this is interesting. How do the leaders of your hospital know that you and I are cousins? If you don't take on this matter, they won't give you the task. Again, I'm really busy and don't have time. Also, I don't like being taken advantage of."
After Zhou Can finished speaking, he was about to hang up the phone.
With his experience and wisdom, he knew as soon as he heard it that this cousin must have taken the initiative to tell the hospital leaders that she and Zhou Can were cousins.
She did this simply to gain the appreciation of her leader and gain benefits.
As for using Zhou Can, this is the specialty of my aunt's family.
If anyone is useful, we will never let him go easily as long as we can get him.
"Cousin, cousin, please don't get me wrong. This time I really didn't take the initiative to tell the leader that I knew you. It was Vice President Zhang of our hospital who was very powerful. I don't know how he found out that I was your cousin. At about 2 o'clock this afternoon, he suddenly asked the head nurse to call me over for a talk. I was a little flattered at the time, because the director of the nursing department couldn't even call out my name before, but this time he was very polite. Vice President Zhang is such a senior leader, let alone someone like him. Normally, I can't even get close to him if I want to."
My cousin seemed very excited when she talked about this.
Perhaps she had not expected that this cousin would be so famous. Even the vice president of the Third Hospital had something to ask Zhou Can.
The connections she used to be so proud of were nothing in front of Zhou Can.
At most, she only knew a few doctors and nurses with slightly higher positions, and she was the one who took the initiative to curry favor with them. It was hard to say whether they would recognize her or not.
Look at Zhou Can again. The vice president of her hospital directly begged her for a meal.
"Vice President Zhang asked me to do him a favor and invite you out for dinner with an unprecedentedly kind attitude. He promised to give me a promotion and a raise in the future. Cousin, I really didn't intend to take advantage of you this time. I just thought that as your cousin, it would not be difficult to invite you out for dinner, and it would not be a loss for you. Can you help me this time?"
She begged on the phone.
"Why didn't you say this at the beginning? You deliberately concealed the truth from the beginning. If that's not taking advantage of me, what is that?"
Zhou Can is not a two or three-year-old child.
He doesn't play tricks, but others should also not play tricks in front of him.
He was naturally very angry because his cousin treated him like a fool.
At the beginning, if you tell him the truth directly and honestly, he might consider it.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was just afraid that you would refuse me. Last time, I asked my cousin's wife for an autograph, which made you very unhappy. I was afraid that if I told you the truth, you would think that I was using you for other purposes and be rejected, so I concealed it. Vice President Zhang personally asked me to do something. If I didn't do it, he would definitely be unhappy. Cousin, please, help me this time, okay?"
The cousin begged Zhou Can again.
"You can consider other favors, but I can't help you with this."
Zhou Can refused again.
"Also, you can do things within your ability. Don't make decisions for me next time. You can also tell Dean Zhang directly that I don't have a good relationship with you and refuse to attend the banquet. You can even tell him directly that it is best to be upright. You have cheated so many doctors and you should be careful of retribution."
Such wording is already very harsh.
Zhou Can is never afraid of offending others when it comes to what needs to be said.
Especially to people like his cousin and Vice President Zhang, he would not be polite at all.
After he finished speaking, he hung up the phone again.
It was an international joke. The Third Hospital had already cheated so many doctors that Deputy Director Lu jumped off the building. Would Zhou Can agree to have dinner with Deputy Director Zhang in private? It was fortunate that my cousin could say that it would not cause any loss to Zhou Can.
She never considered the issue from Zhou Can's perspective.
If Zhou Can really had dinner with Vice President Zhang in private, what would the hospital leaders of Tuya think if they found out?
My cousin didn’t call again this time.
But I sent a lot of WeChat voice messages.
Zhou Can was too lazy to click it.
After arriving at the cardiothoracic surgery department, he began to devote himself to his intensive work.
I feel really tired now.
There is endless work to do every day.
I really envy those doctors in auxiliary departments who can leave directly after get off work. There is basically no need to call back to the hospital in the middle of the night to rescue patients. Being able to eat on time and get off work on time every day is the life that doctors in clinical departments envy the most.
The cardiothoracic surgery department now has many difficult cases and high-difficulty surgical cases waiting for Zhou Can to consult with every day.
Or ask Zhou Can to participate in the operation directly.
In the final analysis, his growth rate was much faster than that of Director Xueyan and others. In addition, he had a certain degree of general advantage, so he gradually became the main force in both case diagnosis and difficult surgery.
Gradually, he became the new leader in cardiothoracic surgery.
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At about 11:40 in the evening, Zhou Can dragged his tired body off work. He felt a sense of accomplishment, having successfully completed two more operations and diagnosed the true causes of three difficult cases.
This means five lives could have been saved.
For Zhou Can, the greatest significance of working hard every day is not to make money, but to save lives or help patients relieve their pain.
"Cousin, cousin!"
As soon as he walked out of the hospital, Zhou Can was blocked by someone.
His cousin waved at him from a black Audi, quickly got out and walked towards him.
"I've already made it clear that I won't be attending the banquet. It's useless for you to pester me any further."
Zhou Can said with a serious face.
He is not afraid of people who are persistent, nor is he too shy to refuse.
Only young men and women who have just entered society are too embarrassed to say no to others, and then suffer losses everywhere.
"Doctor Zhou, don't blame your cousin! I asked her to help you."
Vice President Zhang got out of the car.
With a smile on his face, he walked straight up to Zhou Can.
"I know that Dr. Zhou must have some prejudice against me, especially since Director Lu jumped off a building not long ago. You are disgusted with me and think that I am an unforgivable villain."
After the meeting, Vice President Zhang did not shy away from the topic and spoke directly to the point.
His communication skills are obviously ten times better than Zhou Can's cousin.
For people at their level, if they are not honest enough when dealing with others, or even tell lies, they will only be looked down upon.
It is very likely that the conversation will end directly without any further discussion.
"Dean Zhang is overthinking. I have neither ill feelings nor good feelings towards him. We are just two strangers who have met twice. If nothing unexpected happens, we will never have any intersection in our lives."
Zhou Can said lightly.
This reply was very decisive, treating the other party as a stranger who just passed by, and stating that the two of them would never have any intersection.
Basically blocking what the other person wanted to say.
"Since Dr. Zhou has no ill feelings towards me, please give me a chance. I won't keep you too long. Let's just chat for a few minutes, okay?"
Vice President Zhang pleaded.
"Please tell me if you have something to say!" Zhou Can raised his wrist and glanced at his watch.
Normally, he doesn't like to wear watches because he spends most of his time in the operating room. In the operating room, doctors cannot wear jewelry such as rings and watches. This is the most basic safety requirement.
But this watch was given to him by Su Qianqian and has special meaning to him.
Because he loves the house so much
"Then... could you please move into the car and chat for a few minutes?" Vice President Zhang asked after hesitating for two seconds.
"All right."
Zhou Can nodded in agreement.
"Xiao Chen, I'm sorry to bother you to wait outside for a while." Vice President Zhang usually wouldn't even look at Zhou Can's cousin, but now he was very polite to her.
Because in his opinion, if he wanted to get close to Zhou Can, going through Chen Shangmei was a good choice.
After getting into the car, Zhou Can suddenly discovered that there was a man in the back seat.
He was in his fifties, with neatly groomed hair and a faint sense of dignity on his face. He was not tall, probably only about 1.65 meters, which was considered the average height.
The figure looks thinner.
Even through the lenses, the eyes still have strong penetrating power.
The most eye-catching thing is this man's beard, which is very similar to the Japanese officers in the TV series.
Zhou Can was not sure which country this person was from.
"Let me introduce you. This is Zhang Qilian, the chief dean of our Third Hospital."
The chief dean is the president of the university.
Each hospital can have multiple deputy directors, but only one director.
He is also the most powerful person in the hospital.
"Hello!"
Zhou Can nodded at the other party.
"Hello, Dr. Zhou! I am very sorry to bother you so late at night. Please forgive me."
This person's attitude was very polite.
He even bowed his head 90 degrees towards Zhou Can.
Zhou Can couldn't help but think of Japanese etiquette. This person's dress and manner of greeting were very Japanese.
"President Zhang, you are too polite. If you have anything to say, please speak frankly."
After all, he is the director of the Third Hospital and is so polite to him, so Zhou Can naturally would not be rude.
That's how adults deal with each other.
You may not be able to reach an agreement, but try to remain friendly on the surface.
"Our Third Hospital is in a very bad situation now. Our business has declined sharply and we are on the verge of survival. I would like to sincerely invite Dr. Zhou to join our Third Hospital. In terms of remuneration, the annual salary is 5 million after tax, and the status is equal to that of the director of a large department. If there are other conditions, we can discuss them."
Wow, that’s a really steep offer.
He directly offered a super high salary of 5 million. This was already the annual salary of a chief surgeon in a top hospital.
This is basically the salary ceiling for domestic doctors.
