996 Academic Conference (1/2)
”Doctor Ling.” As the gathering drew to a close, pharmaceutical sales representatives from Duco Medical Company caught up with Ling Ran. Huang Maoshi from Changxi Medical Company was walking along with him.
They fought for the chance to foot Ling Ran's bill and made their presence known by giving him a toast. They even engaged the help of a pharmaceutical sales representative of a local pharmaceutical sales company. They did all of this so that Ling Ran would be more open to having a discussion with them.
”Let's talk as we walk.” Ling Ran's expression did not change the slightest bit. There were always people with hidden intentions around him. Even when he was in kindergarten, parents of little girls would try to bribe him with pork ribs so that they could betroth their daughters to him. Now that he had become a doctor, he did not have the capacity to care about the hidden intentions of pharmaceutical sales representatives.
When it came to this, he had always let things run its course. This was because he was unable to change people's minds and stop them from doing things. Hence, he always made it a point to ask other people what they want, but not what was on their minds.
Duco Medical Company was a global pharmaceutical sales company, and it had made quite a name of itself in China. However, their pharmaceutical sales representatives always presented themselves with a humble and likable demeanor, even more so when they were dealing with Ling Ran.
They walked closely behind Ling Ran, and their leader went before Ling Ran and said, ”Doctor Ling, I heard that you have performed an exceptional surgery today…”
”Which one?” Ling Ran cut him off and asked for details.
Doctor Ling had always taken other people's comments about the surgeries he carried out very seriously.
The pharmaceutical sales representative from Duco was immediately at a loss for words. This was a flattery that could be used on doctors on every occasion, and this was the first time a doctor had asked him this question.
”The first… the first surgery in the afternoon.” This was the only surgery Ling Ran had performed today that he knew about, and he said it because he was afraid that Ling Ran would ask for more detailed comments.
Ling Ran hummed in acknowledgment and said nothing.
”Did… did I say something wrong?” The leader among the pharmaceutical sales representatives of Duco Medical Company was relatively old. He was about thirty-five or thirty-six, and he was no longer a hot-headed young man. However, even though his alcohol tolerance was now better compared to when he was younger, his IQ had shown no signs of increasing.
Ma Yanlin was the more amiable ones among them, and he was not as shameless as the others in Ling Treatment Group. He decided to treat the other party nicer because they had given Ling Ran and his entourage a toast. He said, ”The first surgery in the afternoon was not live-streamed, and you were not present during the surgery either. Hence, this means that you have merely heard about it. Under normal circumstances, Doctor Ling doesn't really respond to this kind of praise.”
”Oh, alright. I'll pay attention next time…” The moment the pharmaceutical sales representative finished speaking, he wanted to give himself a slap across his face so badly. 'What the heck was I saying?'
Ma Yanlin could not help but shake his head. ”You're not a doctor, and it doesn't matter to him if you praise him or not. Just get straight to the point.”
”Alright, sure, definitely…” The pharmaceutical sales representative from Duco immediately agreed. He took a deep breath. At least he got to talk about something he was more familiar with now. ”What I want to say actually has something to do with what we're talking about a while back. The thing is, Doctor Ling, Duco Medical Company will be having an academic conference in Yun Hua City next week. We would like to invite you as a guest speaker. Of course, we would be paying you a token for preparing a speech and cover your travel expenses. Everything will be top class…”
”What kind of academic conference?”
”We're mainly promoting our brand of surgical thread. Doctor Ling, you have used our surgical thread before, haven't you?”
Ling Ran thought about it and said, ”Yes, I have.”
”Yeah. Thank you for your support, Doctor Ling. We were thinking that if you are willing to attend our academic conference, you can use our surgical thread to carry out a surgery or two and talk about the surgeries. If you would be so kind as to talk about some good qualities of our surgical thread, it would be best. But if you can't do that, it's alright too.” The pharmaceutical sales representative paid attention to Ling Ran's expression as he spoke, and he was careful with his words.