The limb replantation surgery has developed to a mature stage.

After an accident, as long as the limb is sent to the hospital for surgery in time, the success rate of replantation is quite high.

However, the functional recovery of the limb is often less than satisfactory, with minor or significant flaws.

A large part of the reason is due to the less than ideal recovery of the nervous system.

Lin Jie's reconstruction of the limb's nervous system, in theory, might improve this situation.

Perhaps he could use Zhu Junying's friend as practice.

After a moment of contemplation, Lin Jie said, "Let your friend come to the Affiliated Hospital for a check-up first. As for the specific time, my project will enter the animal testing phase next week, so I don't have much free time."

"How about this, let your friend contact my assistant next weekend to schedule a definite time."

Before Lin Jie returned, Zhang Xiaoxiao, who had been accompanying Zhu Junying and Zhu Yunlan, smiled and explained, "Besides being Ajie's sister, I'm also his personal assistant, so just contact me at that time."

Seeing off the grateful Zhu siblings, Zhang Xiaoxiao took out an invitation letter and handed it to Lin Jie, saying, "Ajie, here's an invitation to a consultation for a rare case in the Capital City."

"The appearance fee is 200,000 yuan, very generous. Are you interested in going?"

Since becoming an adjunct expert at the Affiliated Hospital, Lin Jie has been receiving invitations for consultations, academic seminars, and conferences from time to time.

He was unwilling to waste his time on such abruptly arranged consultations and obscure seminars and conferences and mostly ignored them.

However, an invitation with an appearance fee of 200,000 yuan was something Lin Jie had received for the first time.

Previously, for academic seminars and conferences, he had to pay attendance or publication fees himself.

"Did the invitation letter mention an appearance fee of 200,000 yuan?"

Feeling puzzled, Lin Jie took the invitation letter from Zhang Xiaoxiao's hand and saw that it stated: "We hereby invite Expert Lin Jie..."

He skimmed through it, finding the format and wording to be standard for an invitation, but there was no mention of 200,000 yuan.

"Why would the appearance fee be written on the invitation?"

Zhang Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at Lin Jie, saying, "The person who handed me the invitation mentioned it. He said that as long as you attend this consultation, there would be a 200,000 yuan fee."

"Tsk, tsk..."

She looked Lin Jie up and down and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that your worth, Ajie, could rival that of a second or third-tier celebrity. Just appearing and showing your face earns you money."

Lin Jie snorted and said, "Sister Xiaoxiao, take a closer look, it's a consultation invitation."

"If I can't provide a definite solution, I can't bring myself to accept that money."

"With your expertise, can a rare and difficult case still challenge you? Ajie, will you go or not?" Zhang Xiaoxiao inquired persistently.

Lin Jie shook his head and casually threw the invitation onto the sofa, firmly saying, "Not going! If just appearing would get me 200,000 yuan, both receiving and giving parties would feel uneasy about it."

"If I sincerely solve this rare case for them, the 200,000 yuan wouldn't feel worth it. Besides, I'm very busy lately and can't go anywhere."

"You think 200,000 yuan isn't worthwhile?"

Zhang Xiaoxiao asked confusedly, "Ajie, didn't you say that performing a surgery at the Affiliated Hospital would earn you one or two ten thousand to several tens of thousands in surgical fees? Has the hospital significantly increased your salary now?"

Lin Jie chuckled lightly and explained, "Sister Xiaoxiao, the surgeries I perform at the Affiliated Hospital currently fall into three categories."

"The first type is on behalf of someone I'm closely connected to, or surgeries I can't refuse due to special circumstances."

"In such cases, I charge according to the hospital's standard rates and gain either the other party's goodwill or token appreciation and gratitude."

"The second type is on request from ordinary people, and these are generally of common difficulty."

"Such surgeries, which other doctors are also capable of completing or pose no life threat but specifically ask me to do it, would require at least a million in fee for me to agree."

"The third type stems from research needs, or to enhance my experience or surgical skills; these can be taken voluntarily or involuntarily, and I might even do them for free."

Zhang Xiaoxiao nodded thoughtfully and said, "So, if someone asks you to perform a double eyelid surgery, your fee would be at least a million?"

"Exactly, your understanding is spot-on!"

Lin Jie nodded and laughed, "Just like a plate of shredded potatoes costs seven or eight yuan at a street stall, but goes for tens of yuan at a five-star hotel."

He proudly said, "For a minor surgery like double eyelid surgery, if they insist on having me perform it, they must pay that fee."

"Probably only a fool, with an overflow of money, would ask you for a double eyelid surgery!" Zhang Xiaoxiao clearly thinks no one would specifically spend extra just to have Lin Jie perform a routine surgery.

She picked up the invitation letter and said with regret, "Since you're unwilling to go, I'll reply to them later! Alas, that's 200,000 yuan."

Seeing her heartbroken expression, Lin Jie, knowing she was concerned about his financial balance, explained, "Sister Xiaoxiao, I'm no longer short of money!"

"Recently, I accepted a regular surgery and earned three million. Plus, my income from research projects is higher than my monthly salary."

"Ah, so there really are spendthrifts asking you to do standard difficulty surgeries?" Zhang Xiaoxiao was quite surprised.

"There's never a shortage of spendthrifts."

Lin Jie chuckled and said, "It was mainly a wealthy person who disliked his own voice and asked me to perform a vocal cord surgery. So, Sister Xiaoxiao, you really don't need to worry about my income."

"If I truly needed money, I'd take on the multi-million reward in the Capital City rather than this 200,000..."

At this point, Lin Jie suddenly considered something and muttered, "Could this consultation be related to that reward?"

Zhang Xiaoxiao, intrigued, asked, "Ajie, what multi-million reward? What is it about?"

Lin Jie briefly recounted the story of the Ma family in the Capital City offering a reward, as told by Tian Zhiyuan during lunch.

Zhang Xiaoxiao, enthused, said, "Whether it's the same matter or not, I'll know by making a phone call."

She promptly took out her phone and dialed a number.

When connected, Zhang Xiaoxiao straightforwardly asked, "Mr. Qin, I'd like to inquire whether this consultation is related to the reward offered by the Ma family in the Capital City?"

After a moment of silence, a gentle male voice responded on the phone, "Since you asked, I'll speak frankly. This rare case consultation indeed involves the Ma family's child."

"Ever since the Ma family's reward went public, the ones who came were those with so-called ancestral secret recipes or so-called famous doctors gambling on luck. However, there hasn't been a single reputable traditional Chinese medicine expert or renowned modern medicine specialist."

"At this point, the Ma family realized that the offered reward was somewhat reckless."

"Experts in traditional Chinese medicine and renowned figures in modern medicine maintain their dignity. Showing up to diagnose the child at this moment seems like they're coming solely for the money."

"In this context, the Ma family requested us to organize this consultation."

"Ms. Zhang, in Binhai and the surrounding provinces, we issued five invitations. Among these five, Expert Lin is the only modern medicine specialist invited."

"May I inquire whether Expert Lin can spare some time to participate?"

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