1007 In-Service Training (1/2)
”Doctor Ling is very busy today.” Wang Jia decided to be nice because of the fruits, and she told Wang Maoshi, ”If you look for Doctor Ling now, you probably won't get anything done.”
”Ah, thank you so much, Sister Wang.” Wang Maoshi did not care if the information he received was useful. He quickly thanked Wang Jia and asked, ”Why is he so busy today?”
Wang Jia glanced at Old Fang who was standing behind Huang Maoshi. She then smiled and said, ”He has always been busy. And he's been participating in an academic conference for the past two days.”
Huang Maoshi dragged Old Fang over and said with a smile, ”Sister Wang, let me introduce Old Fang to you. He is the manufacturing representative of Duco and also our superior.”
Wang Jia nodded at Old Fang as a greeting.
Even though she was only a nurse, because she often worked with Ling Ran at close proximity, all the suppliers and manufacturers had to be nice to her. There was no need for her to get close to manufacturing representatives who she was not familiar with. This was the manufacturing representative's job.
From this perspective, females and nurses were considered the goddesses of pharmaceutical sales representatives. Only the ones with the best abilities to attend to people could emerge victorious, while those who pretended to be cold and aloof with the intention of using reverse psychology would be forgotten after a few days. That was because there was really no way for female doctors and nurses who had been flattered by many to remember missing pharmaceutical sales representatives.
Old Fang flashed a bashful smile. He decided to get to know this young nurse first before conquering her.
Huang Maoshi asked, ”Sister Wang, then, when will it be more suitable for me to look for Doctor Ling?”
”He performed more than eight hepatectomies today. What do you think?” Wang Jia was not very polite.
Huang Maoshi hummed in acknowledgment. He then turned to look at Old Fang. Only after Old Fang nodded at him did he turn back to look at Wang Jia and said, ”Should we come tomorrow?”
”There will be four patients with ruptured Achilles tendons and two patients with atrial septal defect tomorrow morning. He will continue performing hepatectomy in the afternoon.” Wang Jia did not bother to hide things. All of this information could be seen in the schedules for the operating theaters.
Of course, Wang Jia was only willing to speak a little more to Huang Maoshi because he used to be a model and was rather handsome.
If some other ugly guy who looked like a rat came over instead, there would definitely be no young nurse who was willing to talk to him.
Life in the hospital was already stressful enough, and with pharmaceutical sales representatives that looked so ugly bringing about emotional stress to them, this would make their work environment an even more horrible one.
Huang Maoshi clicked his tongue a few times. ”Doctor Ling is a busy man indeed.”
Old Fang cleared his throat and said, ”Then, what if we come at night tomorrow?”
”Doctor Ling sleeps at seven or eight at night. What time do you guys plan to come at night?” Wang Jia snorted through her nose. She did not treat this new guy at the hospital with friendliness at all.
Duco was a large company, and they only hired manufacturing representatives with high qualifications. However, they did not pay their employees well or treat them well. The ones who were still stuck at the company at the ripe old age of more than thirty years old could at most be said to be decent men, and they obviously did not fit the requirement of young nurses.
Old Fang, who was more than thirty years old, was also a little slow due to old age. He gasped in resignation.
Huang Maoshi raised his head a little and flashed a well-trained smile. ”How about the day after tomorrow?”
Wang Jia lowered her head and pretended not to hear him.
Huang Maoshi had basically been spending all his time in the Emergency Department of Yun Hua Hospital for the past two years. He merely smiled when he saw that and thanked Wang Jia. He then greeted a few nurses before leaving together with Old Fang.
The nurses treated him quite amiably.
Even though Huang Maoshi was nothing compared to Doctor Ling, he had quite a decent appearance.
Old Fang had no choice but to respectfully say, ”Thank God that you were there with me. If I were to come alone, I would not have gotten anything done. By the way… in the end, there was some silent communication between you and the nurse. What's the meaning behind the secret messages you exchanged just now?”
Old Fang could tell that Huang Maoshi enjoyed quite a good relationship with a lot of people in the Emergency Department of Yun Hua Hospital. At least, the nurses there trusted Huang Maoshi a lot more than him.
Huang Maoshi smiled. ”What else? The day after tomorrow is a Saturday, so Doctor Ling is probably heading somewhere else for freelance surgery.”
This was actually within Old Fang's expectations. He nodded slowly.
”Let me make a call to ask about it.” Huang Maoshi had the intention of getting things done well. Since there was no way for him to cut corners, he chose to do the thing Duco entrusted to him well so that Old Fang would owe him one. That way, Old Fang had no choice but to return the favor to Huang Maoshi in the future.
Soon, Huang Maoshi hung up and said, ”Doctor Ling would be performing freelance surgeries on Saturday and Sunday, as quite a lot of hospitals have been hiring him lately. We're racing against time. He'll probably also be operating on patients all day on Monday. What are your plans?”
”What do you think?” Old Fang deliberately ignored why more hospitals were hiring Ling Ran for freelance surgeries.
”It's more convenient to chat with him in the bullet train than the operating theater. Doctor Ling doesn't like to talk when he's operating on patients either.” Huang Maoshi pointed Old Fang in the correct direction.
Old Fang thought about it and said, ”I'll follow your suggestion, then. Is there anything I need to prepare?”
”There's no need for that. Doctor Ling doesn't like to receive gifts.”
Old Fang could not help but chuckle. ”It's true that a doctor who can perform freelance surgeries two days in a row doesn't need anything else.”
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On Monday, Old Fang found out which train Ling Ran was taking and bought a ticket. He went early into the small business-class cabin of the bullet train. And when he heard the crew member outside gasp, he immediately stood up and smoothed the creases on his seat. He then smiled from ear to ear.
”Hello, Doctor Ling,” Old Fang said.
Huang Maoshi immediately made his presence known too. ”Doctor Ling, we'll be taking the same train as you today.”
When Ling Ran saw Huang Maoshi, whom he was familiar with, he hummed in acknowledgment and greeted the latter. He then sat in the window seat.