After Lin Yao finished speaking, he ignored what Xiao Cao said and ran down the hill to the jeep that Min Hong's security team captain in Shanghai had arranged for him, which was parked on the suburban road.
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"Professor Guo, are these conditions satisfactory? We at Minhong really hope to get your help."
Lin Yao looked at Professor Guo Yixiang with a sincere attitude and pushed the three agreements and a separate sheet of paper with the promised conditions in front of him again. Professor Guo had already seen these documents, but had not yet given a reply.
Professor Guo seemed somewhat uneasy, his gaze darting around as he stared at Lin Yao, and he kept his mouth tightly shut, remaining silent.
Suddenly, as if he had made a great decision, Professor Guo Yixiang stood up from his chair, walked around the coffee table, and went to Lin Yao's side.
"You...you...you're Teacher Angel?"
Lin Yao was taken aback, leaned back, and stared at Professor Guo Yixiang with a puzzled look. "This... why do you say that?"
"Because you have a habitual action: when you touch the protocol with your right hand, you press it down first, then lift it up, and then press it down again to pick it up. This action is exactly the same as the one I saw last time."
Professor Guo Yixiang looked at Lin Yao with eager anticipation, bent down, and brought his face so close to Lin Yao's nose that they could hear each other's breaths clearly.
Lin Yao leaned back again, raised his hand to touch his forehead, and said, "Professor Guo, you shouldn't be a doctor, you should be a detective. You're amazing! I didn't even know I was doing this habitual action."
"I know, but I'm not saying anything," Little Grass chimed in immediately, though who knows if she genuinely knew or just wanted to show off.
"Angel teacher!"
Professor Guo Yixiang excitedly grabbed Lin Yao's hands and held them tightly. His lightning-fast movements once again proved that Lin Yao's suggestion was well-founded; his skills were perfectly suited to be a detective, or even a secret agent.
"I want to join Minhong! As long as you can guide my medical skills, I don't need any conditions!"
At this moment, Professor Guo Yixiang completely disregarded Lin Yao's age. He had met Lin Yao in Chengdu at the beginning of last year and was also impressed by the young man's appearance. This time, Lin Yao had disguised his appearance to avoid trouble, yet Professor Guo still recognized him based on a single habitual gesture. This shows that not only was Lin Yao's age irrelevant to Professor Guo, but he also completely ignored his appearance. He only valued Lin Yao's medical skills.
Such people are the experts in scholarship and can reach the pinnacle of their profession.
"Thank you, Professor Guo! Please have a seat."
Lin Yao quickly got up and helped Professor Guo sit down in the chair next to him, then said shyly, "I'm so sorry, I put on makeup today because I didn't want to cause any misunderstandings. Please forgive me."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. As long as I can become your student, it doesn't matter whether I'm dressed up or not. I'll recognize you even if you turn to ashes."
Professor Guo Yixiang suddenly started rambling incoherently, his body trembling slightly with excitement. Last year, Lin Yao's treatment of his illness in Chengdu had already deeply shocked him. With the rise of Minhong and the emergence of those miraculous drugs, coupled with the viral news of the miraculous medical treatment in Nanchang, Guo Yixiang increasingly felt that his understanding of Lin Yao was too narrow. He became even more determined to learn medicine from Lin Yao, and even though he was already sixty years old, this determination had not weakened in the slightest; on the contrary, it had grown stronger.
"Please don't say that," Lin Yao immediately waved his hand. "You are the most famous neurosurgeon in the country. My methods are not sustainable or teachable. Only the knowledge and experience of experts like you are truly valuable. If we study together in the future, I believe we can definitely make some achievements in neurosurgery."
“By the way, Professor Guo,” Lin Yao paused, then continued, “After you join Minhong, you can apply for professional research projects to continue your research. Minhong will do its best to support you in these matters. If you don’t mind, I would also like to participate in the projects and research at the appropriate time, hoping to achieve a breakthrough as soon as possible.”
"Really?! That's great!"
Professor Guo Yixiang jumped for joy, like a child who had suddenly received a beloved toy. He became somewhat flustered and excited for a while before managing to control his emotions. He nodded rapidly, like a chick pecking at rice. "No problem at all, I warmly welcome you! No, it's under your guidance that the research will be conducted, and I'll be your assistant."
"Please have a seat." Lin Yao shook his head helplessly. "The research team still needs you to lead it, and you need to find some members yourself. Min Hong's ability in this area is limited, and she can't provide any help. We'll have to rely on your reputation to continue recruiting people."
"As for my participation in the research group, I will only come to offer my opinions when your group has some ideas or encounters difficulties. I will not be with you and your group normally because I have a lot of things to do, and there are at least dozens or even hundreds of such research groups. Please understand."
"Oh, I see." Professor Guo Yixiang was slightly disappointed, but then cheered up again. "I understand. Your medical skills certainly can't be limited to my small group. So many old friends across the country want to join Minhong. I guess they want to learn medicine from you, just like I do. These are the conditions that people like us crave the most. They definitely can't resist this temptation, and many of them will resign and switch jobs."
"Well... not yet." Lin Yao was a little embarrassed. "The research team was just finalized. Although it will be rolled out nationwide, it hasn't been announced yet. You're the first person to know about this plan, so I'd like to ask you for your experience in this area. How should we announce it to achieve the best effect?"
"Ah~~, I'm honored!"
Professor Guo Yixiang laughed heartily twice before replying to Lin Yao, “There’s no need to consider these things. Just post the conditions online, and I’ll tell my colleagues across the country. They definitely won’t be able to resist these conditions and will definitely come to Minhong. What else do we old men want besides treating patients and saving lives? Isn’t it just to acquire more advanced technology and leave more valuable experience for future generations? If we can enhance the influence of China’s medical community internationally, it will make us old men even happier. I’d probably wake up laughing in our sleep.”
Lin Yao looked at Professor Guo Yixiang, who was smiling like a baby, and felt quite guilty.
Lin Yao has always been too busy with his affairs. Even when he was working in Beijing, he was busy observing the lives and thoughts of ordinary people. He didn't plan or organize many things. Even the plan for this research group only suddenly came up after he met Professor Guo Yixiang. The purpose was only to win him over, but he didn't consider the value and significance of this matter on a larger scale.
Professor Guo Yixiang, on the other hand, is a highly professional scholar who has a very clear understanding of the value and significance of the research group. Especially with the participation of the "angels," he believes that the research group will soon achieve world-renowned results. He even believes that the research topic can be set more broadly and with bigger goals, rather than the previous gradual research that moved towards higher levels step by step. He believes that taking a big leap, or even two big leaps, will definitely yield results, which is what excites him the most, because the Chinese medical community can quickly catch up with foreign countries and reach an unprecedented level.
After becoming more capable, Lin Yao neglected his own abilities the most, which is something he needs to reflect on.
Whether it's the subtle detection function of medical qi or the ability of small herbs to investigate, the question is his own understanding and control of pharmacology and pathology. These are his most valuable resources. These resources have been covered in dust, wasted and delayed, but they have blossomed into dazzling light and presented great potential under the spark of a meeting with Professor Guo Yixiang.
It is foreseeable that with the addition of Lin Yao and Xiao Cao, almost any medical research group will be able to avoid detours. These experts and scholars, who have extremely rich clinical experience and in-depth research on a particular disease, will be able to achieve remarkable results in the shortest possible time after receiving Lin Yao's help.
Compared to Lin Yao, who relies solely on elixirs, medical qi, and Xiao Cao's personal abilities to cure diseases, the achievements of Professor Guo Yixiang and his team are more valuable and meaningful, more suitable to be passed on to future generations, and more suitable to be spread throughout the country to benefit all mankind.
All of this came about in a sudden inspiration during a meeting, and was formed under the two highest-level conditions of Lin Yao's personal ability and Professor Guo Yixiang's professional competence. It has to be said that this is a blessing for all mankind, but it also makes Lin Yao feel guilty. He feels that his previous thoughts were too narrow, and could even be said to have some selfish elements.
"Professor Guo, how many of the people on this list do you think are willing to leave Shanghai? Please analyze this for me first, as I still need to work on them."
Thinking of this, Lin Yao quickly used work to suppress his guilt, feeling that he should be more proactive.
"This, this, this..."
Professor Guo Yixiang tapped his index finger rapidly on the paper. “I’m not familiar with the others, but I know these people. I can guarantee that I have an 80% chance of persuading them to leave it to me. One of them, Professor Wang Chengxu, is exactly the person I want to recruit into the research group. Even if it’s to work in Siberia, I can guarantee he will agree.”
"Then I'll leave it to you. I'll go find them for the rest. I can finish the work in Shanghai tomorrow. That's great. I'll go to Nanjing tomorrow."
Lin Yao smiled with relief, thinking that the old experts were indeed different. Their connections were also very close, saving him a lot of time. In the future, he would only need to persuade some less skilled doctors, and he could even delegate this kind of work to his subordinates, which would save him even more time.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything in Shanghai. If you're busy with the rest of the people, you can leave them to me. If they want to come to Minhong, they can come; if not, that's fine too. We really don't need any more people in the country."
Professor Guo Yixiang waved his hand and spoke with great gusto, making Lin Yao feel that the old man had become a completely different person, as dazzling as a hero in a movie.
Lin Yao had no doubt about Professor Guo Yixiang's words. The medical workers in Shanghai who hadn't been able to be named couldn't be considered to have much ability. Whether they came to Minhong or not wasn't very important, because the Minhong project was going to take a cutting-edge approach.
Lin Yao, Luo Jimin, and Lin Hongmei's idea was that all the incurable patients in China could be cured at Minhong's hospital, giving terminally ill patients hope while also making Minhong's ultimate goal easier to achieve.
Because in this society, only when there are tangible benefits and guarantees that people cannot give up can we truly touch people's souls and make them willing to accept some of Minhong's ideas. Even if they do not accept the ideas, we must make them consciously abide by some behavioral norms. Then, as time goes by, the new generation that grows up under good social customs will have better and better moral qualities. This virtuous cycle can lead social morality to a better future.