Chapter 646: Chapter 645: A Hand Up, and a Push Forward

Yan Feifan received feedback from Pan Jichuan a little earlier than he had expected.

Just after eleven in the morning, he got a call from Pan Jichuan.

Yan Feifan was overjoyed to learn over the phone that Dr. Peng Zhanghua from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery had readily agreed to his request for a consultation on lisp correction surgery.

He immediately extended an invitation.

Tonight, at Luo’s Private Kitchen, he would be hosting a dinner for Dr. Peng, Pan Jichuan, and his father.

Before long, the dinner for that evening was confirmed.

For lunch today, however, Yan Feifan and Yu Suye ate with Director Chen Yu.

To be precise, Director Chen was treating Yan Feifan and Yu Suye to a private meal at the executive dining room, located upstairs from the employee cafeteria.

Sitting in the small private room, Yan Feifan saw that Director Chen was glowing and looked seven or eight years younger. He couldn’t help but smile and say, "The perks of being a department director versus a hospital leader are really different, huh?"

"The news hasn’t even been officially announced, and you can already use the executive dining room."

Chen Yu gave a small, slightly smug smile. "I just made a casual call to ask, and they told me I could come dine here."

She then said with a look of regret, "Sigh, I even put our past aside and specially invited your teacher, Dr. Qin. But she told me she wouldn’t have any appetite if she ate with me."

"What a shame. To have stomach problems in her forties."

Chen Yu instructed them in a serious tone, "Feifan, Su Ye, you two should urge Dr. Qin to get treatment as soon as possible."

"The incidence of stomach cancer in our country is quite high, you know."

Yu Suye couldn’t help but chuckle. "Vice President Chen, I’ll be sure to remind Mrs. Qin."

Chen Yu hummed in acknowledgment, then said, a little gloatingly, "To be honest, I was very hesitant about becoming vice president. Our phalloplasty procedure is just about to take off and shine."

"Sigh, but the organization trusts me, so I had no choice but to be pushed into it."

Chen Yu turned her gaze to Yu Suye and said, "Now that I’m vice president, although I can still perform surgeries and do research, I definitely won’t be able to dedicate as much time and energy as before."

"As for this phalloplasty procedure, Su Ye, we’ll have to rely on you to take the lead from now on."

"Su Ye, listen to me..."

Chen Yu raised a hand to stop Yu Suye from speaking and continued, "With me, Feifan, and Dr. Qin to guide you, plus your own intelligence, you’ll be fine after practicing with a few surgeries."

"There’s just one thing..."

Chen Yu reminded her solemnly, "Your current status is that of a visiting doctor for advanced training. Your official employment is still with Baining Hospital."

"If I put you in charge of the phalloplasty procedure in the future, a lot of people in the hospital will gossip, especially since I’m the vice president."

"Su Ye, do you understand what I’m saying?"

Yu Suye nodded. "Vice President Chen, Feifan mentioned this to me this morning."

"I’ll discuss it with the elders in my family and make a decision as soon as possible."

Chen Yu sighed softly. "Su Ye, don’t feel pressured. I treat you like my own student, not to mention you’re Feifan’s fiancée."

"No matter the outcome, I will guide you without reservation."

Chen Yu picked up her teacup, took a sip of water, and continued, "It’s just that if your employment isn’t transferred to the Affiliated Hospital, besides training you, I’ll also need to train an attending physician or associate chief physician from the department to support this surgery."

"After all, many doctors in the department can see the potential applications of this phalloplasty procedure, and they’re very envious."

Yu Suye nodded. "I understand, Vice President Chen."

Chen Yu sighed softly again. "This kind of institutional bias is always unavoidable. I heard that President Liu—well, Secretary Liu now—is vigorously pushing for the establishment of a branch hospital. I hear they’ve made great progress."

"And Baining Hospital is also planning to build a branch outside of Jingcheng."

"I hope the two sides can establish a close cooperative relationship, not a competitive one..."

Just then, Yan Feifan’s phone rang.

He picked it up and saw it was a call from Yu Youlian of Baining Technology.

As soon as Yan Feifan answered, Yu Youlian’s excited voice rang out, "Feifan, the multi-axis variable-direction surgical arm is a hit!"

"Guess how many inquiry calls we’ve received in the last two or three days?"

Without waiting for Yan Feifan’s reply, Yu Youlian said eagerly, "Over two hundred! The customer service lines have been ringing off the hook."

"We’ve already set up an emergency project department to further develop the performance and functions of the multi-axis surgical arm."

"Our goal..."

Yu Youlian roared, "Is to be the leading medical equipment supplier for complex minimally invasive surgeries!"

"And let me tell you another exciting number—the letters of intent for the intelligent surgical robots have already surpassed eighty units..."

After finishing his call with Yu Youlian, Yan Feifan immediately received another one from Song Yi.

Song Yi also told him in an excited tone.

After receiving customer feedback on the intelligent infusion controller from Baining’s clients in the Northeast, she and Yu Chuanbai took a team from the company and went straight there to conduct a field investigation.

The results of their review were consistent with the conclusions in the report provided by Baining.

Now, everyone in the company was thrilled and full of confidence, determined to make the infusion controller a blockbuster and star product in the medical supplies market for the second half of the year.

Yan Feifan offered a few words of advice, like taking care of her health and paying attention to product quality, before ending the call with Song Yi.

Chen Yu waited for Yan Feifan to put down his phone and said faintly, "Feifan, I never expected you to be such a good businessman."

"The products you’ve collaborated on with Baining Medical Technology and Extraordinary Medical Technology have all been hugely successful."

Yan Feifan corrected her, "Success is the expectation, not the result yet."

Chen Yu sighed lightly. "As an R&D and teaching hospital, our Affiliated Hospital produces quite a few research achievements every year."

"The Affiliated Hospital has also tried to open several companies to independently develop these research achievements."

"But for various reasons, none of them succeeded."

"Now, we can only let the researchers find their own buyers or partners for development, and the hospital takes a certain percentage of the transfer fee as commission."

Hearing this, Yan Feifan realized something and said frankly, "For the puncture injection technology I transferred to Baining Medical Technology, no one from the hospital has come asking me for money."

Chen Yu chuckled. "That achievement of yours came from a flash of inspiration. You didn’t use any hospital or government funding, so of course they won’t take your money."

"Only for officially established projects that receive hospital and government funding does the hospital collect a fee from the transfer rights."

At this point, Chen Yu gave a sly laugh. "Feifan, I know that the audio hypnosis research you’re collaborating on with Dr. Qiu Ge is aimed at the market, isn’t it?"

Yan Feifan immediately reminded her, "That’s a corporate project. The two million in preliminary R&D funding was all provided by Extraordinary Medical Technology."

Chen Yu chuckled. "The Health Commission has already decided to elevate your project to a municipal-level key technology project. The hospital, naturally, will also provide key support."

Yan Feifan began to understand. He said cheerfully, "Vice President Chen, you invited me to dinner, but why do I feel like this has the air of a ’Feast at Hong Gate’?"

Chen Yu let out a long sigh. "As the vice president in charge of research and teaching, I have to achieve something, don’t I?"

"I was just thinking about whether I could make some headway with research commercialization and hospital-run companies. It’s just that others have all failed, and I’m not arrogant enough to think I can turn everything around."

"Feifan, my idea is, when you bring this hypnosis research achievement to market, could you let the hospital take some shares?"

"The hospital has some research funds at its own disposal. With those, I’d have more clout as vice president."

"Feifan, actually, I’m well aware that my promotion to vice president has a lot to do with you."

"You, my friend, have never failed. This audio hypnosis research must have vast market potential too."

"Feifan, as they say, ’Help a man onto his horse, then see him off on his way.’ Why not support my work a little?"

Yan Feifan pondered. ’If the Affiliated Hospital takes a stake, we could use its name for publicity.’

’This could be a win-win situation!’

"Vice President Chen, I personally agree, but I’ll still need to discuss it with the others..."

Just then, Yan Feifan’s phone rang again.

It was a call from his sister.

"Feifan, do you remember that girl we ran into at Capital Airport last Friday, the one who was crying her eyes out?"

"Sis, I remember," Yan Feifan replied briefly.

"Feifan, she came to the hospital looking for me."

"The reason she was crying so hard back then was that her father was in a coma and had become a vegetable..."

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