After another day of back-and-forth negotiations, An Kexin, representing Anlin Hospital, officially signed a collaboration agreement with Binhai University on Thursday evening, and the directed medical program was officially launched.

On Friday morning at ten o'clock, Binhai University's official website publicly announced the detailed introduction of the "Directed Medical Program" through a homepage announcement and pop-up, listing the project's schedule.

From October 20th to 26th is the online registration period.

On November 15th, the list of initially screened qualified candidates will be announced.

Starting December 1st, interview assessments will be conducted in batches.

Around January 10th, the final list of selected candidates will be announced.

As of four o'clock on Friday afternoon, the webpage views have already surpassed 200,000.

Lin Jie refreshed the webpage again, found the number of views had risen by several hundred, and laughed: "Without much publicity, this information has already spread so widely."

"In less than a day, over 200,000 people have seen it."

An Kexin walked over holding a set of clothes, and said, "How could there be no publicity? Do you think the rumors that flooded social media on Wednesday spread by themselves?"

"The fastest way to spread something is through rumors driven by people's curiosity."

"Furthermore, I know that with the school's website posting this news, almost all the faculty and medical staff at Binhai University and the Medical College are sharing this news on WeChat, Weibo, and social media platforms."

"We also gave a grand introduction to this collaboration project on the company website, hospital website, and foundation website."

An Kexin handed the clothes to Lin Jie and said teasingly, "I bought this suit for you, but you probably haven't tried it on, right?"

"Hurry up and try it on, or if you find it unsuitable when wearing it tomorrow, it'll be too late."

Lin Jie reluctantly tried on the clothes, muttering, "My body is quite standard; it must fit. This is high-end attire, surely there won't be any defects?"

An Kexin gave Lin Jie a look, reached out to adjust his collar and cuffs, and rearranged the shoulders, then stepped back two paces to scrutinize the suit.

She shook her head slightly, then nodded helplessly, saying, "After all, it's a ready-made purchase, not tailor-made, so it's just passable."

Upon seeing he passed the try-on, Lin Jie quickly took off the clothes without a care and said, "Isn't it just a charity auction dinner? Is it necessary to be so formal and even buy a new outfit? It's not like I don't have a suit to wear."

An Kexin just rolled her eyes and said, "Those few suits are not the latest styles."

"If you wear outdated styles to such occasions and fashion enthusiasts or those knowledgeable in the area notice, they won't laugh at you, but they will laugh at me."

Lin Jie looked at the clothes he discarded on the sofa and asked puzzled, "This new style, I can't see how it's different from other suits?"

"How can there be no difference?"

An Kexin picked up the jacket and pointed it out to Lin Jie: "A Jie, look at this lapel angle here, it's about ten degrees smaller than previous styles, and the shoulder seams use the latest..."

Seeing the bewilderment on Lin Jie's face, An Kexin suddenly laughed, hugged the clothes in her arms, and said, "Every profession has its specialization, just like in your field of expertise, you can gauge a surgeon's skill from the sutures, while fashion is half my professional realm."

"In short, you don't need to understand this field, just obediently listen to me."

Lin Jie stopped insisting, chuckled, and said, "Alright, in this aspect, you're the expert, I'll listen to you."

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoxiao came over with a phone, angrily saying, "It's another call from an old neighbor who thinks they helped you a lot back in the day."

"Asked bluntly for a spot in the medical program, and it's for some leader of his son or daughter-in-law."

"Does he think his face is that valuable?"

Regarding requests from former neighbors, Lin Jie helped whenever possible, but if the requests were too unreasonable or greedy, he wouldn't become a pushover indiscriminately.

Faced with the influx of requests, Lin Jie and the others had anticipated it, and their response was to be straightforward.

They told all those who came to ask that the purpose of the directed medical program is to cultivate a group of highly skilled professional medical talents, and the selection of trainees has only one criterion, which is merit-based, and no one's face matters.

If one is confident in their children's abilities, just sign up and participate in the selection process.

Lin Jie clearly told An Kexin and Zhang Xiaoxiao that they could blame it on him, as Lin Jie was not afraid to offend people.

Zhang Xiaoxiao looked at An Kexin and asked curiously, "You've been here for over half an hour, and I haven't heard your phone ring. Did you turn it off or set it to silent? Why hasn't anyone asked you for a favor?"

An Kexin chuckled and said, "Sister Xiaoxiao, before this medical program news was announced, I sent a group message to all my contacts."

"The purpose was, one, to inform them of this, as a form of publicity; and two, to declare the recruitment principles, refusing to accept any personal relationship requests."

"Judging by the effect, this group text message had some impact. Other than receiving a few tentative calls this morning, there haven't been any more request calls."

At this point, Zhang Xiaoxiao's phone rang again.

Seeing the caller ID, Zhang Xiaoxiao sighed helplessly and said, "Kexin, I guess I also need to send a stern group message."

She left the living room some distance away and answered the phone, "Hello, Aunt Li, how are you...?"

Lin Jie picked up his phone and found that there were no missed calls, only a few unread messages.

He looked through the messages one by one, which were all congratulatory notes on the establishment of the directional medical class. He couldn't help but show off to An Kexin: "Most people who know this phone number of mine know me quite well, and know it's useless to ask me for favors, so none has come to me for backdoor help."

An Kexin snorted and said, "How many contacts does that phone of yours even have?"

"These people probably don't have children at home, or simply among relatives and friends, there are no children in senior high. That's the real reason they're just sending congratulations and not asking for backdoor help."

Lin Jie retorted defiantly, "How could it be as coincidental as you say..."

Just then, his phone unexpectedly rang.

The words "General Meng Yang" appeared on the screen, causing Lin Jie to frown slightly.

Knowing it wasn't likely a call specifically for a favor, Lin Jie felt relieved yet also slightly tense.

After the last disagreement, it was the first time he received a call from Meng Yang; he wondered what kind of task this guy was bringing to him this time?

"General Meng, hello!"

Lin Jie tried to keep his voice calm, pretending to be as enthusiastic as before.

"Expert Lin, hello, I saw the news about the directional medical class online."

After a few seconds' pause, Meng Yang's voice continued: "Congratulations to you and Binhai University on your further cooperation. I wish this cooperation project a huge success, cultivating more outstanding medical talents for the country."

"Thank you!" Lin Jie replied very courteously.

"Expert Lin, there's something I need to discuss with you on this call; I have a patient here who wants to ask for your assistance."

"I wonder if you have any time next week?"

Hearing how polite he was, Lin Jie secretly guessed that it must be the good impact from exercising his refusal right last time.

"Next week, except for Monday and Thursday when I have classes scheduled, I don't have any surgeries arranged temporarily. General Meng, I am available."

"Great! Since the other party's schedule isn't set, I can only temporarily schedule you for either Tuesday or Wednesday. I will communicate with you once it's confirmed on my end."

Lin Jie replied somewhat helplessly, "All right, I'll temporarily leave those two days open."

"Um... um..."

Meng Yang hesitated for a moment and said, "Expert Lin, there's a personal matter. I wonder if I could ask for your help?"

"Oh, please go ahead, General Meng!"

As he said this, Lin Jie glanced at An Kexin, noticing her face full of smugness, as if saying, see, aren't you being humbled now, favors can come just like that.

"Here's the thing, my younger son was admitted to the military academy. How should I put it? He's a bit rebellious and after more than a year at the military academy, he was sent back for violating school rules."

Meng Yang couldn't help but sigh and said, "Studying medicine is his own desire, Expert Lin, could you..."

"No" was already at Lin Jie's lips when he heard him say: "...give a chance, a chance for a test."

Lin Jie held back from speaking, listening as Meng Yang continued: "I saw that your directional medical class is open to this year's graduating high school students. Could you give him an opportunity to sign up for the test, too?"

"Ultimately, whether or not he passes, we don't need you to make concessions; it all depends on his ability."

Lin Jie pondered for a moment and said, "General Meng, I can indeed make an exception to give him a chance for the test. However, I must say upfront that the requirements for him will only be higher."

"If he doesn't pass then, General Meng, you can't blame me for not giving face."

"Thank you!"

Meng Yang laughed heartily and said, "Expert Lin, I'm well aware of your rigorous standards in medicine and education. Rest assured, all I'm asking for is a chance to compete."

"Whether he succeeds or not depends entirely on this kid's skill and performance..."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Jie chuckled and said in defense, "Kexin, you heard it too; although it's a request, this one is still acceptable."

"For those a bit older and who've gone through setbacks, they tend to have more resilience and motivation in studying medicine under similar conditions."

An Kexin made a disdainful expression...

"Hey, A-Jie, just a reminder."

"You might want to prepare some extra cash flow; tomorrow afternoon, we should first go to the charity auction venue to check out the items. If there's something you like, you can bid and buy it."

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