Gan Yong's surgery started at five past nine in the morning and lasted until after four in the afternoon, taking seven hours in total.

During most of this time, Lin Jie was focused on restructuring Gan Yong's facial muscles.

He practically adjusted all of Gan Yong's facial muscles.

It must be said, that blog post and the numerous mocking comments had completely sparked Lin Jie's competitiveness.

Originally, he thought achieving seventy to eighty percent similarity would be sufficient.

Generally speaking, idol worship is mostly a temporary fascination, and with increased life experience, one tends to gradually return to reason.

This seventy to eighty percent similarity could provide Gan Yong with more choices.

With makeup skills, he could align himself ninety percent with Hu Ge, or stay as far as possible and become a quiet self.

But now...

Lin Jie just wanted to reach the pinnacle.

After all, Gan Yong's demand for this surgery was to get as close as possible to the real Hu Ge...

When Lin Jie returned home, he found An Kexin alone in the living room, leisurely making tea and drinking by herself.

He sat down next to An Kexin, his body limp as if his backbone had been pulled out, leaning against her and weakly said, "Are you also upset with Uncle An and hiding out here with me?"

An Kexin propped Lin Jie up, slightly rose, shifted her position back on the sofa, and let Lin Jie lie on her lap.

She gently pinched Lin Jie's nose, smilingly said, "You used to do surgeries for eleven or twelve hours without looking this exhausted. What happened today?"

Lin Jie softly replied, "That's because before, you weren't by my side."

An Kexin chuckled, kneading one of Lin Jie's arms, said, "This morning, I drove Adam-Tieren and his agent to the airport."

"Tieren and Jenny were very satisfied with this surgery and repeatedly asked me to convey their gratitude to you."

"Did they give the bonus? How much did they give?"

Lin Jie remained most interested in this matter.

An Kexin smiled, took a check from the handbag placed beside her, waved it in front of Lin Jie's eyes, and said, "A check from Citibank, sixty-six thousand US Dollars."

Lin Jie just curled his lips, greedily saying, "That guy did say he would give a hundred thousand!"

An Kexin burst out laughing, said, "I heard someone righteously refused and insisted on sixty-six thousand."

"I was just being polite, I didn't expect him to be serious."

An Kexin hugged Lin Jie's head, kissed his forehead, and said with a smile, "Including the previous payment of surgical and medical expenses, Tieren's expenditure this time is nearly a hundred thousand US Dollars; it's fair enough."

"A-Jie, I have already paid all the expenses of Yuerong Hospital, totaling nearly eighty thousand, so we're settled up."

Lin Jie responded with an 'oh' and said, "Try to keep your distance from them in the future!"

An Kexin nodded, asked, "Regarding Tieren's surgery, how much do you plan to give the two students who assisted you?"

"Three thousand each... Since we are enjoying the feast, we should let them have a taste too."

After settling this trivial matter, Lin Jie remembered something else.

He got up from An Kexin's embrace and said, "Kexin, I will be working at Anlin Hospital from now on."

"How much salary are you planning to give me? Also, how will surgeries like Tieren's be divided?"

An Kexin straightened her wrinkled clothes caused by Lin Jie, and seriously said, "We indeed discussed this matter and drafted a preliminary plan."

"Since you asked, I'll tell you."

She slowly said, "We've given you a title, 'Chief Expert'.

"As for the salary, naturally, it's the highest in the hospital, with an annual salary of six million."

A year ago, this salary would have made Lin Jie jump with excitement.

But now, this salary no longer stirred much emotion in him.

This is mainly because, over the past year, Lin Jie earned quite a lot, but spent relatively little.

He had not yet developed the habit of extravagant spending, and his demand for money was temporarily in a saturated state.

However, hearing this salary, Lin Jie remembered something else, saying, "At the launch of the Anlin Charity Fund, you publicly promised on my behalf to donate a quarter of my fixed salary to the charity fund."

An Kexin smiled, "I didn't forget this."

"Your six million annual salary will certainly be divided into many projects; it won't require you to donate much money."

Lin Jie snorted softly, earnestly explaining, "Kexin, you misunderstood. I didn't mean that. Even if it means donating one and a half million every year, we can afford it."

"I am just reminding you not to forget about this, or else if someone grabs hold of this and pursues it, it wouldn't be good."

An Kexin gave Lin Jie a playful eye-roll, saying, "A-Jie, you really are a philanthropist."

She paused and continued, "Besides the annual salary, you also have diagnosis allowances, surgical allowances, and other earnings from work."

She further explained, "These allowances mainly use a split model, sixty-forty split."

"You get sixty, the hospital gets forty, and this split does not deduct any expenses."

"What do you think about this profit-sharing ratio?"

Lin Jie shook his head and said, "No opinion, anyway you wouldn't cheat me."

"By the way, have you confirmed my registration fees, consultation fees, surgery fees and other standards?"

An Kexin shook her head and said, "We only have a general principle for that, the detailed pricing hasn't been finalized yet."

"What's the principle?" Lin Jie asked.

An Kexin said seriously, "Because of you plus the doctors we've hired are all highly skilled professionals, and the hospital's medical equipment, if not the best in Binhai, is definitely among the top."

"So, the hospital's position is a luxury private hospital offering high-quality, premium medical services."

"The general pricing standard is 20 to 50 percent higher than Kangning Hospital."

"And your consultation and surgery fees are two to five times, even higher, than other doctors in the hospital. The exact number requires detailed research to determine,"

Kangning Hospital, before its reputation fell, was considered the best private hospital in Binhai City.

Known for providing premium medical services, it claimed the top level in cardiology and neurology in Binhai, with the best medical equipment.

Naturally, its medical service prices are also the highest in Binhai City, roughly two to three times that of the Affiliated Hospital.

Increasing by 20 to 50 percent on top of Kangning Hospital's prices.

This level is quite high.

Lin Jie couldn't help but ask, "Kexin, aren't you afraid that this high pricing will scare all the patients away?"

"I'm not afraid!"

An Kexin analyzed, "Anlin Hospital is located in the Phoenix Mountain District, far from the city population."

"Even if we set our medical service prices lower, city patients wouldn't specifically come to our hospital for treatment."

"Those who come here for treatment mostly come from all over the country, even the world, drawn by our reputation for challenging diseases and critical conditions."

"Their greatest desire is effective treatment, quick recovery, and the price is not their main concern."

"Of course..."

An Kexin added, "Our Anlin Charity Fund and some fee concessions and waiver policies will also open doors for some struggling families."

She chuckled and said, "We also anticipate that when we first open, the hospital might be quite deserted."

"However, there are patients from the United States, professional athletes coming for sports injury treatment, beauty enthusiasts willing to spend millions, the generous income from these people will help the hospital through that difficult period."

Lin Jie couldn't help but shout, "An Kexin, are you trying to work me to death?"

An Kexin reached out to pull Lin Jie into her arms and said with a smile, "I wouldn't want that."

"At that time, the hospital will have over a hundred doctors at your disposal. You only need to guide them, step in during key and necessary moments."

Lin Jie thought about it, and it seemed right.

The directors, associate directors, attending physicians hired by the hospital are not useless.

They can manage most work even if the surgeries are challenging, if not perform them solo.

Lin Jie only needs to handle the most crucial parts of the surgery.

He might even organize a competition where doctors devise treatment plans for each special patient, and the best one wins a chance for his guidance or even a main operation performance.

This should activate each doctor's proactive motivation.

If he works hard like this for two or three years, perhaps later on, he could relax and focus more on his medical research.

At this moment, An Kexin let go of Lin Jie, took the laptop, and said, "I went to Binhai University this afternoon."

"The expert team responsible for admissions to the Medical Directional Class has filtered out 600 out of over 30,000 applicants. They've earned the qualification for the second round interview."

"A-Jie, would you like to take a look?"

Lin Jie looked at the Excel spreadsheet on the screen, filled with names, and shook his head, saying, "I've already said I won't participate in the admissions. Let those experts handle it."

An Kexin closed the laptop and said, "In that case, this list will be officially announced to the public on the 15th."

"Don't forget those two candidates we talked about," Lin Jie reminded.

"Didn't forget, those two are on the list."

Then, Lin Jie noticed the silence in the house and asked, "Where are Xiaoxiao and Kemeng?"

"Miaomiao is coming back from work soon. You're not going to make a completely exhausted person prepare dinner, are you?"

An Kexin shot Lin Jie a look and said, "Who would let that happen?"

"Sister Xiaoxiao took Kemeng and went to the park to walk Lele. When they come back, they'll bring the dinner ordered at the restaurant."

Just then, the doorbell rang.

An Kexin reluctantly got up to open the door, murmuring, "Forgot the keys?"

A moment later, as Lin Jie was about to sip a cup of tea, he heard the sound of the door opening and An Kexin's polite voice, "Hello, gorgeous, who are you looking for?"

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