My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points Chapter 1434 - 572: Rapid Promotion, Appointed Deputy Team Leader

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Previously on My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points...
Zhou Can is praised for his role in a recent surgery, humbly sharing credit with the entire team. Vice Director Ye reveals that the hospital is undergoing major reforms, and Director Xue Yan is being considered for a vice dean position, a rare opportunity given her current role and age.
"Thank you, Vice Director Ye and Dean Bai, for nurturing me. I shall endeavor my best to achieve advancement." Xue Yan accepted their assurances and could not help but beam with joy. It is a universal desire to climb the ranks and attain wealth; the only obstacle is the lack of opportunity. Vice Dean Ye suggesting her prospects were considerable and offering to proactively inform her signaled that her chances of being selected as the new vice dean were exceptionally high. "Just apply yourself diligently! Both Dean Bai and I fervently hope that talented individuals such as yourself, who are both steadfast and hardworking, can ascend to higher positions. It would be a detriment to the hospital if some outsiders without proper experience were to be placed in charge!" Vice Dean Ye gave her a nod. Over the preceding decade, Tuya Hospital’s rapid development had indeed been inseparable from the contributions of its upright hospital-level leadership. Even though Vice Dean Bai had initially intended to sacrifice Zhou Can, a junior trainee doctor, to shield the provisional discipline leader of the annex hospital, it could not be said that Vice Dean Bai lacked moral integrity or harbored malicious intent. This was simply the pragmatic mindset of established adults. To uphold the hospital’s greater welfare, the sacrifice of minor interests is a necessary consideration for paramount leaders. "Xiao Zhou, let’s address your situation now. I understand your preliminary examination scores for your graduate studies were outstanding. Assuming no unexpected issues arise, your admission to graduate school should be quite certain. However, due to your limited experience and the significant disadvantage of your educational background, your capabilities are strong and your character is highly commendable, your advancement will not be substantial during this current administrative overhaul." Vice Dean Ye and Zhou Can were, in a manner of speaking, old acquaintances. Their interactions had been numerous, and Zhou Can consistently left a highly favorable impression. Throughout the years, Vice Dean Ye had exerted his best efforts to support Zhou Can. Whenever assistance was feasible, he strove to offer it. Zhou Can, naturally perceptive of these benevolent intentions, shared a reasonably close rapport with Vice Dean Ye. "My primary focus at present is to further enhance my medical knowledge and dedicate myself to achieving greater mastery in surgical skills. While the prospect of promotion is indeed enticing, it is not something I feel an overwhelming eagerness for. Assuming a position entails increased responsibilities, and I fear this might impede the growth of my medical expertise." Zhou Can articulated his sentiments with frankness. He genuinely lacked a pressing impetus for promotion at this juncture. "Xiao Zhou, this is actually a misapprehension in your thinking. Holding a position can manifest in two ways: one where you assume part-time duties, and another where you undertake full-time leadership. The former is primarily an honorary title, yet it can elevate your standing and amplify your influence within the department, the hospital, and even the broader medical establishment. For instance, if you remain solely an ordinary physician without ever assuming any administrative leadership roles, your future prospects for selection as vice dean or dean will be nonexistent." "Commencing with certain deputy capacities within your department, assisting the department head with its operational oversight, can hone your administrative acumen and bolster your authority within the hospital. Why forgo such an advantageous opportunity?" Vice Dean Ye would not have been so patiently imparting these insights, which are absent from academic texts, to just anyone. One would rarely acquire such knowledge even from senior medical professionals, let alone from textbooks. "Vice Dean Ye speaks the truth. If you genuinely aspire to great achievements, you must relinquish some of your outdated scholarly notions. When I first embarked on my career, I mirrored your disposition—reserved, believing that knowledge and ability superseded all else. The maxim I most admired then was, ‘The true scholar possesses an unyielding spirit, values camaraderie, and disdains officialdom.’ However, societal realities repeatedly subdued me. My girlfriend of six years was taken by a college classmate I held in low regard. In the People’s Hospital of the prefecture-level city where I initially practiced, I was dismissed after reporting senior officials for accepting bribes and maintaining extramarital affairs." "Yet, that senior official faced no repercussions. What sort of world is this, you ask?" Vice Dean Bai, uncharacteristically, shared some anecdotes from his younger days with Zhou Can. It transpired that even an individual as respected as Vice Dean Bai had once endured such injustices and tribulations during his formative years. This revelation prompted Zhou Can to recall a remarkably profound adage. Kind-hearted individuals often mature late, frequently compelled to do so by the harsh impositions of the malevolent. While others exhibit quick wit and cleverness, they appear naive and simple-minded. While others meticulously weigh advantages and disadvantages, they offer unfeigned sincerity; as others engage in complex machinations, their souls gradually awaken.True understanding of the dark depths of human greed only dawns after enduring repeated coldhearted betrayals. But how could Vice Dean Bai, acutely aware of the harsh social ostracism he faced in his formative years, possibly contemplate readily discarding Zhou Can, a mere ‘insignificant pawn,’ simply to shield the reputation of a future prominent figure? Wasn’t this ordeal itself a brutal lesson for Zhou Can? Nevertheless, Zhou Can harbored no desire to dwell on past injustices. Vice Dean Bai had already been compelled to humble himself before Zhou Can, offering substantial restitution. The affair was concluded. At this juncture, Vice Dean Bai’s earnestness in recounting his youthful indiscretions, aiming to impart wisdom, signified a gesture of profound consideration. "Ultimately, I came to understand that achieving greatness requires not only formidable skills and innate talent but also a wealth of invaluable virtues and a keen insight into interpersonal dynamics. In you, I perceive echoes of my own younger self, and my sincere hope is that you can navigate around certain avoidable pitfalls. Having walked this path myself, I offer this counsel: maintain a dignified demeanor, but shun haughtiness. Throughout history, even the most celebrated ancient physicians bore esteemed titles or held official appointments." Vice Dean Bai’s life philosophy offered profound enlightenment. A single utterance could jolt a dreamer into lucidity. Indeed, it stirred a nascent awareness within Zhou Can, prompting a critical re-evaluation of his place in the world.