Chapter 2160 - 2015: What Did You Do? (5)
Chapter 2160: Chapter 2015: What Did You Do? (5)
"Xingye, don’t be like this, talk to the physician nicely. Physicians are quite proud nowadays, you have to plead with them. If they truly refuse to treat your dad and something happens, what am I going to do then..."
"Mom, don’t worry, rest assured, I’ll surely make He Wenbai come back."
"Ah, hearing you say that makes me feel better."
Shortly after, He Wenbai’s hospital director called him.
"Professor He, how are the patients over there doing?"
"Director, how are they, you should know, right?" He Wenbai asked the director.
"I know, of course I know."
"Hmm." He Wenbai nodded.
"Elder He, don’t turn a blind eye to them, after all, they’re retired leaders. If they suddenly pass away, it will have a big impact. You should give them some time to prepare, consider it a bit."
"Director, you remember my master, right?" He Wenbai asked the director.
"Of course, Song Xiaodong, that young man with exceptional medical skill."
"Yes, my master kindly treated them, but they drove him away."
"What? Such a thing happened?"
"Certainly, my master even kindly left a bottle of medicine, which saved that old man’s life."
"Such a thing happened!"
"He came to me asking to treat his father. On the surface, he was asking me, but when he couldn’t get me to agree, he called you, implying that I’d lose my physician status, wouldn’t get my retirement benefits, and have my professor qualifications removed." He Wenbai added.
"Hahaha..." the director laughed too.
"Right? Don’t I need to save face?" He Wenbai said.
"Alright, do as you see fit." The director then hung up the phone.
Wang Xuezhong’s family waited outside the Intensive Care Unit, but there was no sign of He Wenbai.
"Xingye, what did the director say to you? Why hasn’t Professor He come yet? Is he playing with us?" Zhang Shuyun, the eldest daughter-in-law, asked the eldest son, Wang Xingye.
"I’ll call the director again."
"Hello? Director? Why hasn’t Professor He come yet?"
"Here’s the thing, I just briefly communicated with Professor He over the phone. I requested He Wenbai to immediately come and treat the retired leader." Professor He’s hospital director replied.
"But where is he?" the eldest son, Wang Xingye, asked.
"Here’s the thing, Professor He is quite stubborn and refuses to come, we argued about it." The director said.
"Huh?"
"Professor He actually retired long ago and is an honorary visiting professor at several hospitals. Although he’s at our hospital, he’s not formally part of our establishment, his retirement benefits aren’t issued by us, but rather by Minghe’s Medical Academic Discussion Association, so I don’t have any leverage over him and can’t force him to treat patients."
"So even the director can’t do anything?"
"Mr. Wang, I’m truly sorry, this Professor He, though he’s at our hospital, really uses it as an office building, in reality, he’s not part of our hospital staff."
Wang Xingye didn’t have much interest in hearing the hospital director explain, so he uttered a couple of "hmm" sounds and hung up the phone.
"Xingye, how’s it going?"
"Mom, don’t worry, I’ll think of something."
"We can go find Zhang Zan!"
"Right!" Wang Xingye slapped his thigh.
Wang Xingye proceeded to find Zhang Zan.
Zhang Zan lived next to He Wenbai.
Therefore, Wang Xingye knocked on the door sneakily.
"Who is it?"
"It’s me, Wang Xingye!"
Zhang Zan opened the door and saw Wang Xingye standing at the entrance.
"What are you doing here? My master forbids me from treating your old gentleman."
"Don’t be like that, let me come in."
Wang Xingye shamelessly squeezed into Zhang Zan’s room.
"Xiao Zhang, you know my father’s situation. Can you handle the surgery for my father?" Wang Xingye asked Zhang Zan directly.
"Honestly, I’m not sure. If my master were guiding me, I’d be confident, but if it’s just me, I truly can’t guarantee it." Zhang Zan answered.
"Xiao Zhang, are you deceiving us? You’re a renowned heart surgeon in Beijing, how could you not independently handle a surgery?" Wang Xingye asked Zhang Zan.
"Brother Wang, it’s like this, the equipment and technical level in Beijing are different from Minghe." Zhang Zan answered.
Wang Xingye thought about it and found that what Zhang Zan said made sense; performing surgery isn’t something you can force.
Wang Xingye sighed and said to Zhang Zan, "You know my father’s situation, you keep refusing to treat him, how can I as a son just watch my father pass away!"
"Xiao Zhang, do this brother a favor!"
Chapter 2019: How Could It Not Be Peculiar?
"What do you want?" Zhang Zan already knew what Wang Xingye was about to say.
"Just help me persuade Elder He!"
Zhang Zan smiled wryly: "What’s the use of asking me? I can’t persuade him; he’s my master, I have to listen to him, not the other way around!"
"Are you married?" Wang Xingye suddenly changed the topic.
"Not yet, I’m in Beijing." Zhang Zan answered.
"Help your brother out, and I’ll buy you an apartment within Beijing’s Third Ring!" Wang Xingye said.
Zhang Zan is a very famous heart surgeon in Beijing, with excellent salary and benefits, but it was of no use as he still couldn’t afford an apartment.
So he remains unmarried.
This truly intrigued Zhang Zan.
So he nodded.