The next day at noon, Lin Jie, Chen Shi, and Tao Taqing gathered once more, at the same small restaurant deep in the alley not far from Donghua Hospital.

"Her name is Wang Jinglan, a national athlete, who won a gold medal in the Women's Diving World Cup and a gold medal in the Diving World Championships. Due to a diving training accident, her left upper arm became numb and stiff."

Lin Jie briefly introduced the experimental candidate recommended by Old Master Fu to the two, and then continued, "Her symptoms have been diagnosed by a sports injury specialist as a localized injury to the left upper arm's brachial plexus area. After almost a year of recuperation, there has been little improvement."

"I told Old Master Fu that this matter requires a decision from you two as leaders. What are your thoughts?"

Chen Shi immediately shot Lin Jie a disdainful look and said, "Obviously, Old Master Fu knows who among the three of us can truly make decisions, otherwise, why didn't he just call the two of us directly?"

Tao Taqing asked tentatively, "Lin Jie, does this Old Master Fu also know your true capabilities?"

"I once had some history with this Old Master Fu; he might have guessed," Lin Jie explained selectively.

Tao Taqing just let out a soft "oh," pondered for a moment, then said, "Having such a renowned national athlete join the project seems quite beneficial in my view."

"Once this project is successful, given Wang Jinglan's fame and exposure, it can quickly bring our project into the public eye."

"I'm in favor of this matter. Old Chen, what's your opinion?"

Chen Shi nodded slightly and said, "In our project, having just one test subject is somewhat lacking in persuasive power, so having an additional validator is quite good."

"I agree with this too."

Lin Jie just smiled and said, "I forgot to mention something. Old Master Fu also said, if we accept Wang Jinglan, the Fu Family would sponsor our project with two million through a medical company they do business with, as research funding."

Tao Taqing and Chen Shi exchanged a look and laughed.

"Young brat, still daring to be sneaky. Don't worry; you eat the meat and we won't be envious trying to get the soup from you. Old Tao and I aren't short on money, as you probably already know. I own shares in the Weize Group."

Chen Shi pointed at Tao Taqing and continued, "Don't be fooled by his seemingly humble and stingy habit of always inviting us to eat at this small restaurant. His monthly salary, bonuses, and other income add up to two to three hundred thousand."

"Moreover, he also holds dry shares in a pharmaceutical company, and the annual dividends are at least a million or so! For the two of us, we've long since passed the stage of pursuing wealth and material enjoyment."

Tao Taqing widened his eyes and feigned dissatisfaction as he said, "Old Chen, no matter how much you reveal about my finances, I'm still not as well off as you. The dry shares I hold are negligible, unlike you, a major shareholder in Weize Group."

"Now that your brother-in-law is starting to build a big hospital, developing ever more impressive, your wealth is naturally rising with it. Have you calculated whether your net worth has exceeded a hundred million?"

Chen Shi gently shook his head and said, "Though Weize Group seems quite large in scale, it also has many external debts and bank loans. In terms of actual net assets, it's not much. My status as a major shareholder is mostly fictional, not meaningful."

"Oh, speaking of your pharmaceutical company shares, there's another matter I need to trouble you with!"

Chen Shi personally poured Tao Taqing a cup of tea and said, "As you know, Fanzhi has returned from abroad and is now preparing to establish a pharmaceutical sales company. Could you have a word with the company to let him gain the pharmaceutical agency rights?"

Tao Taqing just smiled and said, "Weize Company primarily deals in medical equipment and is now building a hospital. You are also opening a pharmaceutical sales company. Are you planning to create a full industry chain?"

With a stern face, Chen Shi said, "The medicines needed by a hospital run into the thousands, and the medical equipment needed also runs into thousands. No company can handle it all. Speaking seriously, can you help with this?"

Tao Taqing looked troubled and said, "Old Chen, you understand. This territory has long been divided. I have good relationships with the CEOs of these agency companies, and it's really difficult to take food from their mouths."

Upon hearing this, Chen Shi sighed.

He understood that this was already a very mature market, and for a new entrant to develop, they'd need to encroach on others' shares.

Even though Chen Shi had some connections, it would not be possible to make others break free from the existing network of interests to help him without a larger incentive.

At this point, Tao Taqing's tone shifted and he said, "However, the company recently developed a few new drugs that will soon be launched. Maybe I can smooth things over for your kid to get the agency rights for these new drugs."

"However, this agency right will not be an exclusive regional agency. Whether or not your kid can develop it depends on his own ability."

Chen Shi was overjoyed and said, "Old man, you've also learned how to create suspense in your speech! Thank you!"

"Since it's just starting, I'm not expecting him to become rich overnight. Let's start by gradually accumulating experience and contacts."

Having settled this matter, Tao Taqing turned his gaze to Lin Jie and softly said, "Last night, I spoke with Dr. Chen Lan for a while. From the latest cranial CT images, it seems her husband would be best operated on within the next half month."

"I'll coordinate this matter and arrange it as soon as possible, and I will notify you a day in advance once it's confirmed."

Lin Jie nodded and said, "My schedule is relatively flexible, so I'll wait for your notification. How's Qin Gang's recovery going?"

Tao Taqing chuckled and said, "The recovery is going quite well. He can already do moderate exercises and will be discharged soon. Not many doctors know about the success of his surgery and his body's recovery; otherwise, Dr. Chen's surgical skills would be much sought after by general surgeons."

Seeing Tao Taqing's teasing look, Chen Shi was a bit embarrassed, snorted, and said, "It's better that fewer people know about such things!"

Seeing that the necessary topics had been discussed, Lin Jie stood up and said, "We've had our meal, and we've also discussed everything. I need to leave now; I have an appointment with someone to discuss some matters at three this afternoon."

After Lin Jie left, Chen Shi and Tao Taqing sat down again to drink tea.

Tao Taqing said with some teasing, "That surgery case with Qin Gang, you don't want others to know, is it because reaping the benefits of someone else's work makes you feel guilty or makes your face feel hot?"

Chen Shi glared at him and said angrily, "Don't bring up irrelevant matters. Isn't our project also benefitting from the work of one of my students?"

Tao Taqing nodded heavily and said with admiration, "Indeed, it is benefiting from Lin Jie's competence."

"During this period, I have conducted about twenty experiments; only two cases of microvascular remodeling could barely be considered successful, and as for the neural control system remodeling…"

"Sigh, best not mention that! It's truly frustrating when comparing oneself to others. I consider myself quite capable, but compared to Lin Jie's talent, it's a world of difference."

"Old Chen, someone told me that you've been spending all day in the laboratory lately. Are you also…"

Chen Shi confirmed flatly, "Exactly as you think, I've been incessantly experimenting and practicing. Let me tell you, I've successfully remodeled microvessels six times and the neural control system once!"

Tao Taqing widened his eyes, feeling somewhat unconvinced, and said, "Old man, that's impressive! Ah, wait! First, tell me, how many times have you done the experiments in total?"

Chen Shi stood up, "I suddenly remembered, I also have an appointment, I'm off!"

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