Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Everyone, please wait patiently. Doctor Ling is now in the operating theater.” Nurse Niu blocked the reporters and showed a proud smile on her face.
The nurse’s desk at the Emergency Medical Center of Yun Hua Hospital had been silent for some time already.
“We heard about the flood Doctor Ling encountered in Brazil, and how he saved hundreds of patients at the disaster site, are all those stories true?” One of the reporters could not hold back anymore and approached the nurse’s desk.
“I think that’s what happened.”
“We’re not too sure ourselves.”
“Doctor Ling is saving lives everyday.”
Before Ling Ran came back, the head nurse had given everyone a crash course on what to say. The answers they gave were a bit different, but the content was about the same.
It was only natural that the reporters were not satisfied with such answers. They tried to ask around since they could not get into the operating theater.
Some reporters ran directly to Department Director Huo and said with a threatening and malicious tone, “Department Director Huo, we’re already old friends right, and this news will shed a positive light to all of you. It’s quite difficult for us when the main character is not here.”
“Didn’t I send a press release to all of you? Why must you insist on an interview?” Huo Congjun shook his head. From the hospital’s perspective, they were really terrified of the mass media and reporters. However, Huo Congjun was more worried that Ling Ran would say something wrong in front of them. They would not even give him a chance to correct himself.
“I’ll only ask three questions. It’s not a show of responsibility when we publish an article without interviewing the person concerned, right?”
“Since when is the mass media ever responsible?” Huo Congjun retorted.
The reporter barked a laugh out, barely masking his annoyance, “Since you said that, I can’t do anything. Department Director Huo, are you hiding something we don’t know? The incident in Brazil seemed to be extraordinary, but you’re hiding him so fiercely that you refuse to even let us see him…”
“Reverse psychology won’t work on me.” Huo Congjun showed an impenetrable look. “Moreover, I’m not stopping you from interviewing him, right? Ling Ran is still in the operating theater, so you have to seek the agreement of the patient’s family members if you want me to pull him out.”
“We can have the interview in the operating theater…”
“No.”
“Why?”
“If one media company goes in, what should I do if other mass media companies wish to interview him as well?”
“You’re refusing everything we offer. When the papers come out later on, don’t blame us for going by sheer conjecture.”
This time round, Huo Congjun fell into deep thought. “Alright. But when it comes to the articles about Ling Ran, they must be checked by me first, and you must gain my agreement before publishing it.”
“This requirement seems to be a bit too much.”
“I’ll bring all of you to visit the operating theater and look at a live surgery from Ling Ran after his rescue mission in Brazil. This offer is not too bad, right?” Huo Congjun smirked, and he was not worried that the reporters would not do as he said.
The reporters pretended to act for a few seconds, turned around, and agreed with that.
They had planned to butter him up right from the start. The reporters would be more than happy with a better offer, since they could get an exclusive shot and so on.
Half an hour later, four reporters showed up in the visitation room of Operating Theater 1 in the Emergency Medical Center.
“Department Director Huo, you are like a girl with many husbands.” The reporters were not pleased. When they looked at each other, they turned around and smiled.
“It’s fine, since not many people read newspapers nowadays.”
“We’re still fine, since we’re working for the TV. However, that’s how news is. Only people who have been on the news are concerned with it.”
“However, Doctor Ling has immediately started to perform surgery after coming back from Brazil. Can his body take it?” The female reporter who asked this question was not someone who was new to interviewing Ling Ran. She gazed at Ling Ran affectionately.
Huo Congjun smiled. “Doctor Ling is always like this. He treats his hobby as his job. You should know that.”
A few people on the spot laughed. The female reporter even took out the camera and took two photos through the glass and said, “The visitation room you constructed is really nice. It’s so convenient for everyone.”
“The cost is quite high as well. When you guys go back and write your article, please remember to write something good about us.” When Huo Congjun saw that the reporters were not paying attention to him, he added earnestly, “Let me say something unpleasant, if you guys fall sick, you need to use medical insurance. At that time, the medical treatment resources you guys obtain will be at the level you place Yun Hua Hospital.”
The reporters trembled instantly.
..…
In the operating theater, Ling Ran was very focused.
This was the third hepatectomy he performed today, and that was the third surgery he had that he performed to his hearts’ content.
“Be careful of the stripping of tendons.”
“Be careful of the blood vessels.”
“Blood pressure?”
Ling Ran performed the surgery following the steps. He made an order again. When it was almost time to sever the liver, he saw that the two assistants looked exhausted, and he said, “This is the last surgery for today. Let’s rest when we finish.”
Lu Wenbin and Zuo Cidian instantly became spirited.
Zuo Cidian smiled and said, “Doctor Ling, you should go back and rest. You don’t stay for long at home.”
“Yes. After finishing this surgery, I’ll go back and rest.” Ling Ran exercised his shoulders.
“Doctor Ling, you look like you’re massaging yourself when you perform a surgery.” Lu Wenbin was impressed and could totally understand it. When he braised the pork trotters, he did not feel like he was wasting his time or felt tired. Instead, he felt excited.
“Tomorrow will be an off day. Remember to go for a ward round. Once will do. Recover and watch yourselves.” Ling Ran said this not just for Lu Wenbin and Zuo Cidian, but also for himself.
During the time he was at Guozheng Charity Hospital, Ling Ran had opened all his Basic Treasure Chests, but did not open his and left his Treat the Wounded and Sick Intermediate Treasure Chests untouched, his rewards from his first mission. He had obtained that when he left the hospital.
Obviously, the requirement by the system to save thirty injured people did not just mean that he was to keep the patient alive, but to treat them to completion.
But because of it, it meant that the Intermediate Treasure Chest given from his mission could not be immediately used.
Ling Ran had not opened it until now.
Afterall, he was most familiar with hepatectomy, and the Intermediate Treasure Chest…
Ling Ran intended to earn a few of them.
After all, he might be able to get an entire set of skills if he accumulated a few of them.
Ling Ran thought about it while performing the surgery smoothly. At this time, the reporters in the visitation room started to ask, “Doctor Ling, can you tell us about the situation in Brazil?”
The mic in the visitation room had some voices coming out from it. It sounded a bit distorted, but was clear.
Ling Ran stopped for a while and looked at the visitation room before he said, “Brazillian Zebu is tasty, and the fish is quite nice as well, but the weather is not that good.”
The reporters were stunned for a few seconds and asked again, “How about the flood?”
“During the flood, we have the cows come for evacuation from the ranch. The patients and their family members went fishing together. So, the food is not too bad,” Ling Ran replied and said, “I want to continue the surgery.”
Zuo Cidian immediately said, “Dear reporters, we can have an interview later. Our current hepatectomy is still quite complicated. Actually, everyone, you can write out a list of questions to be asked, and we can answer in detail later on.”
After that, Zuo Cidian whispered, “Doctor Ling, they want to ask about the rescue during the flood, including the surgery, emergency treatment, and rescue members.”
Ling Ran’s mind immediately came up with the mercenaries who came as reinforcements “The surgeries for the rescue team members are usually simpler. They’re mainly debridement and orthopedic surgeries…”
