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Chapter 138 Different ages, different fates!
Chapter 138 Different ages, different fates!
As night falls, the lights twinkle like ribbons and pillars.
The mountains seemed to be adorned with lights, and the river breeze at night made Zeng Yaqiong's hair flutter slightly in the wind.
"Dr. Guo, you should have come earlier today."
"For this preoperative discussion, Professor Min Chong specially invited Professor Dong Hongmin to come to you, which will be of great help to you in the future."
"It's true that you need to work hard, but working hard in the right direction will make all the difference." After discussing with Guo Ziyuan for an hour, Zeng Yaqiong was almost certain that Guo Ziyuan's ability to watch films was a miracle for his age.
Now, the two of them came out of the hospital and walked aimlessly down the street.
Zeng Yaqiong spoke to Guo Ziyuan in a tone befitting an elder, subtly probing him.
Guo Ziyuan knew, of course, that Zeng Yaqiong meant well: "Professor Zeng, I understand what you mean."
"As you said, if you work hard in the right direction, you will achieve twice the result with half the effort."
"If Professor Min were simply recommending me to you, you wouldn't have the time to sit here and chat with me."
Guo Ziyuan was an adult and had worked in the workplace.
When you have nothing, you need a benefactor to support you and give you opportunities.
When you have someone to support you, even if that person isn't that powerful, but they can provide you with a public platform, that's enough. Once you're on that platform, you still have to rely on your own abilities to make it.
The support you receive from outsiders is ultimately limited.
Since one's own advisor can already provide some support, seeking external help at this point would merely be icing on the cake.
If Guo Ziyuan's abilities remain at their current level, then he will think about cultivating interpersonal relationships.
Zeng Yaqiong thought about it seriously and agreed with Guo Ziyuan's line of thinking: "Your surgery department is different from the radiology department."
"Imaging is a fundamental discipline, a department that combines theory and practice, while surgery is a department that focuses on practical operations. There are some differences between them."
"Some things, you need a mentor to guide you through the process."
Upon hearing this, Guo Ziyuan glanced sideways and asked, "Professor Zeng, I'm being a bit greedy. I don't just want to stay at the door and observe, nor do I want to go through the personnel hassles of switching schools!"
"Isn't the only direction for our efforts to strengthen ourselves?"
"No matter what, it's always right to do your best first."
Upon hearing this, Zeng Yaqiong was utterly astonished: "Where do you get such a carefree attitude at such a young age?"
"Or rather, where does your strong confidence come from?"
Guo Ziyuan's attitude is simple: I'll do my best, and everything else is secondary.
Guo Ziyuan had the same thought during their previous video conversation: believe it or not!
If you believe me, I'll speak; if you don't, I'll turn around and leave.
It seems that the word "climbing the social ladder" has nothing to do with Guo Ziyuan.
"Professor Zeng, actually it's just laziness, too lazy to think about so much," Guo Ziyuan replied casually.
Zeng Yaqiong shook his head: "I don't think so."
"If you're just lazy, you could have been lazy in different ways a long time ago."
Zeng Yaqiong, as expected of someone who has matured over time, was radiant and fiery: "The confident aura you exude is not the kind of lazy, complacent kind."
"Therefore, you must have something to rely on."
Seeing Guo Ziyuan's thoughtful gaze, Zeng Yaqiong explained, "I don't have a lisp, nor do I have big ears."
"You don't need to worry about how to explain your thoughts to me. I'm just asking casually, and you can just listen casually."
"If it goes in one ear and out the other, then so be it."
As Zeng Yaqiong finished speaking, he gripped the railing by the roadside with both hands and gazed into the distance in the direction of the river.
"Before, when I was in the ward, I heard the young doctors here lament that people of the same age have such different fates."
"Now I'm starting to realize, it's not just about people of the same age having different fates."
"Different ages lead to different fates."
"Thinking about my past, compared to Dr. Guo, it was quite a difficult one."
Zeng Yaqiong looked up again and said, "The starry sky is vast and dotted with countless stars. I think I am worthy of being in a position of power, and I feel that the moon is bright and clear."
"Actually, the moon's disk looks large only because it's close in distance."
"The energy contained behind the light of each of the other stars is incomparable to that of the tiny moon."
"Once the perspective is truly zoomed in and focused, everything becomes clear."
"The little moon dares to compete with the stars? That's just the perspective of an Earthling."
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"The so-called elegant name 'Bright Moon'?"
"It's just a group of people caught in the tragic cycle of our times, and what they consider 'refined'—what do you think?"
The original sentence Zeng Yaqiong said should be: "The light of a firefly dares to compete with the bright moon."
However, at this moment, Zeng Yaqiong seemed to compare herself to the moon and Guo Ziyuan to one of the stars.
Guo Ziyuan only looks weak.
"Professor Zeng, I don't understand these profound principles you're talking about." Guo Ziyuan didn't dare to discuss any life insights with Zeng Yaqiong.
It's pointless for someone in their thirties to compare their life experiences with someone in their fifties; they might as well just give it away for free.
While time waits for no one, it has never wronged anyone.
The amount of time you have experienced is approximately the same.
"There are just too many unknowns—"
Zeng Yaqiong sighed, leaning on the railing: "The field of medical imaging today seems to be in a bottleneck period of development, but it is also in a mature period."
"You have CT scans, MRI, and PET-CT!"
"In fact, there are still many undiscovered aspects of imaging technology."
"The extraction and reading of imaging data is merely a secondary verification of existing data."
"Methods for extracting and interpreting imaging data, for example, whether it's possible to weight data separately and use technical means to isolate a particular organ—"
"This way of watching films will be more intuitive."
"The simpler the method, the less barrier it has to be, and the less barrier it has to be, the more patients can benefit from it."
"But unfortunately, we are all just mortals with mortal eyes and mortal bodies."
"The cause and effect cannot be calculated."
When Guo Ziyuan parted ways with Zeng Yaqiong, he felt that Zeng Yaqiong seemed to have said something, but also seemed to have said nothing at all.
It was just the ramblings of an old man approaching his sixties, nothing more.
Guo Ziyuan actually understood Zeng Yaqiong's meaning. He felt that scientific research was too difficult, and it was as rare as having a special connection with someone.
If the time is not right, one's actions are nothing more than a monk in the flesh striking a wooden fish, possessing only the form but not the essence of Buddhism.
This was the first time Guo Ziyuan had spoken so closely with a professor as senior as Zeng Yaqiong.
It was also the first time Guo Ziyuan had heard an old professor talk to him about life and ideals.
This gave Guo Ziyuan a new interpretation of the word "professor".
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The world is vast and full of talented people; never underestimate anyone.
Buzz!
Guo Ziyuan's phone vibrated.
It was a message from An Yue: "Dr. Guo, I have sent you the data I collected today."
Afterwards, Guo Ziyuan received a very detailed summary table of ECEI on his mobile phone.
The table contains all the detailed data; this version is the updated version.
Guo Ziyuan glanced at it and then started typing: "You can collect them. I don't understand them for now, and I won't look at them every day."
An Yue: "Dr. Guo, I have completed the collection of all the data for my research project."
"Actually, Dr. Guo, I hope you don't mind my previous presumption."
"You don't need me to write any papers for you at all. No matter how many papers I write, they can't compare to the overall output of your one paper."
"Since adding flowers to brocade is just superfluous, and you have already helped me a lot, I can only think of making some compensation in other ways."
An Yue was sitting in the study of his rented room, his feet on the chair, carefully checking the words on his phone before sending it.
After sending it, An Yue nervously picked up the coffee next to him and took a small sip.
Looking back now, those transactions were truly laughable.
He asked Guo Ziyuan to collect data for him, and then he gave him a paper?
Is the number of papers really that important?
An Yue knows that quality is the most important thing.
Don't believe me? Try publishing a separate article in Nature.
Once you publish it and it's in Nature, everything else will be taken care of by someone else.
With a ding-dong, Guo Ziyuan's reply arrived.
"Are you planning to break the contract?"
An Yue quickly slipped his feet into his sandals and sat up straight: "No, Dr. Guo!"
"I think—" An Yue hadn't finished typing.
Guo Ziyuan's message arrived again: "You just need to do things as we agreed before. You don't need to make any other interpretations or changes to the transaction on your own."
"Is it okay?"
After reading it, An Yue deleted the line he had typed.
After a long silence, An Yue took a deep breath and said, "Okay."
"Dr. Guo, I'll go back as soon as possible."
An Yue knew that Guo Ziyuan's deal with him had been terminated again.
My thoughts were just wishful thinking; Guo Ziyuan couldn't possibly expect to take me on any further research projects.
After clicking send, An Yue began tidying up his computer and desktop.
After the bell rang, An Yue didn't check it immediately.
An Yue only saw Guo Ziyuan's new message after he had almost finished tidying up his desk.
Guo Ziyuan: "If you've already decided to go back, I'll respect your decision."
"The first two times you initiated the transactions with me, and I think our transactions went very smoothly."
"This is the third time I'd like to bring it up myself."
"You should also be able to see that our research group, including my teacher and my mentor, actually has a limited understanding of diabetic foot."
"So I hope you can stay and help me finish this project. You can name your conditions—"
An Yue was initially pleased, but quickly became somewhat disappointed.
In Guo Ziyuan's mind, there is a very detailed account, in which everything is clearly imprinted.
An Yue then tentatively asked, "Dr. Guo, won't you be at a disadvantage by doing this?"
Guo Ziyuan: "Do you think I'm the kind of person who would suffer a loss?"
"Tell me your conditions."
An Yue: "Dr. Guo, I dare not make any demands."
"Actually, the fact that you let me participate in the follow-up of the project means I'm getting a great deal."
"Although your teacher's team doesn't have a deep understanding of diabetic foot, you can find someone more professional than me, or even a large team, to cooperate with you, if you're willing."
Guo Ziyuan: "I'm too lazy to argue with them."
"You're all alone now, and your sect is far away in Kyoto, so you're easier to control."
After reading it, An Yue was so angry that he jumped off the stool he was sitting on.
His mouth was bulging out, and he almost threw the phone away.
Anyue is reluctant to throw away his phone, since replacing it would cost a lot of money.
She carefully put her phone down, then took a deep breath and walked around the room for a while.
He then returned to his study and said, "Thank you, Dr. Guo, for giving me this opportunity."
An Yue has a strong learning ability. Although his previous understanding of interpersonal relationships was somewhat incoherent, he has made great progress under the influence of Guo Ziyuan.
If we can complete this project with Guo Ziyuan, Anyue will be able to establish a firm foothold in the field of diabetic foot in the Department of Endocrinology.
Guo Ziyuan: "What I said above was just a joke."
"As the saying goes, you can know a person's face but not their heart. Indeed, there were quite a few misunderstandings when we first met."
"But I know, Dr. An, you're not the kind of person I initially thought you were."
"Dr. An should be familiar with the term 'first impression,' right?"
"First impressions aren't just something you can have."
Upon seeing these messages, An Yue finally smiled: "So, Dr. Guo, we can be friends from now on?"
"Friends like you and Nurse Liu Lingli?"
Guo Ziyuan: "————"
"You'd better not look at any reference materials on how to communicate with people, or ask other people; you won't understand them."
"It's something I can't understand anyway."
Upon hearing this, An Yue blushed and glanced at the complete collection of "Human Relationships and Social Skills" that he had bought on his right hand.
An Yue typed in a proper and orderly manner: "Okay".
Guo Ziyuan added, "By the way, let me tell you, a friend is a friend, and there are no friends who are the same as anyone else."
"Everyone has different friends. The relationship between friends is like a line between you and your friend, with yourself at the center."
"The lengths and curves of the lines are all different; none are nearly identical."
"If you can't even judge the length and curvature of these lines yourself, and you don't have any concept of them, then you're still just a child."
"Teachers, relatives, they're all the same—"
"If you really want to learn how to speak, you can refer to this template, but don't just try to learn simple expression formulas."
After reading it, An Yue politely said "Good!"
At that moment, she felt an overwhelming sense of shame and defeat.
It was as if, in front of Guo Ziyuan, she was no longer even a child, but a baby in swaddling clothes, at his mercy.
Of course, An Yue is also very smart. She is actually very good at understanding the length and twists and turns of her own anchor point in the line centered on Guo Ziyuan.
An Yue mustered his courage and asked, "Dr. Guo, what do your and my lines look like to you?"
Guo Ziyuan: "————"
"Forget it, you shouldn't study anymore. All you know is how to find frames of reference."
"Reality is not an example, nor is it scientific research; it requires a kind of analogy for reference."
"It's not a matter of relationships or direct appropriation of templates."
"If you just follow the textbook, everything you learn will be false and rigid. You can connect with circles, but you won't connect with people."
"Circles and people are two different concepts."
An Yue walked into the room. At that moment, without thinking about anything, she simply lay herself out in a spread-eagle position.
He stared blankly at the ceiling, his eyes blinking occasionally.