Surgeons (外科风云)

- Chief Zhong. - Hi.

You're here too?

Another smoke?

No, I only smoke one.

I'll be going now, Chief Zhong.

Chief Yang.

Thoracic Surgery has been quite busy lately.

Yes.

The young are enthusiastic. It's a good thing.

Chief Yang, you've gained a capable one.

A specialist from U.C. Medical Center

an outstanding talent in the field of thoracic surgery.

With someone like him working for you

no wonder you've even yielded Lu Chen Xi to the E.R.

I heard she hasn't been in a good mood lately.

Chief Zhong, talk to her more.

Work is the same wherever you go.

Moreover, if she performs well

there will still be chances for her return to Thoracic Surgery.

It's quite easier than done.

Chief Yang, is it really that easy?

Chief Zhong.

Have you come to speak up for Lu Chen Xi so soon?

That isn't your style.

It isn't important whether she returns to Thoracic.

She is a good physician no matter where she goes.

I just don't want to see her

become cannon fodder for the struggles between you all.

Don't you mean...

another one?

Don't worry.

I absolutely won't allow the outcome from decades ago happen again.

The result I want is the one you want as well.

You still haven't left?

I'm waiting for Lu Chen Xi.

She's waiting for the lung transplant surgery to end.

She said she had something important to tell me tonight.

You're still chatting with her?

Don't make her trip again because she's on the phone with you.

That's true.

Talk to you later. I have to work now.

I didn't think your sutures would be so nice.

I've underestimated you.

I've seen General Surgery's Associate Chief Zhao's stitches.

They weren't as nice as yours.

You admire me now?

I had highest marks in Surgery course back in the day.

That was the core course I was best at.

Our Plastic Surgery department has always wanted to poach me.

Do you think I should consider transferring?

You have such a big ego.

Dr. Zhao is on the wall of specialists. Can you compare to him?

Any associate chief can make it onto the wall.

Our hospital has tons of specialists.

I don't care for the title.

What do you care for then?

Ladies!

Every morning, I come into the E.R. and see you cool and capable ladies

and I immediately feel so energized, I could polish off another meal.

Hey, you're eating! What are you having?

Chen Shao Cong.

You're much more handsome

when you're stitching with your mouth shut than when you gab nonstop.

Yang Yu, go to hell!

Tissue scissor.

Tissue scissor.

Wipe sweat.

I'll now cut open the left atrial wall for heart retraction

lengthen the incision

and lastly, cut out the left atrial wall at the interatrial groove.

How much time left?

13 minutes.

How long has it been?

One hour and 17 minutes.

Professor Zhuang said one hour and 30 minutes.

I have 13 minutes left to finish removing the lungs from the recipient.

Come, let's hurry.

- Zhang Mo Han, cut the thread. - Okay.

All done.

One hour and 29 minutes. Professor Zhuang, you were so precise.

Continue on. I'm going over to Director Fu's side.

Okay.

Director Fu, I have finished.

Give me another 10 minutes.

Okay, let me join you.

Thank you.

How did you manage to hire that Dr. Zhuang from America?

Was there a special reason?

What is it? Are you interested in this sort of gossip as well?

His compensation here isn't even a third of his salary in the States.

Don't even mention the research environment.

So for what reason exactly is he here?

For what reason?

If not for the benefits, what else could it be?

If he obeys you in Thoracic Surgery

it's not for any benefits that you promised him.

What is his motive?

Chief Zhong, you're making this more complicated than it is.

Any way you put it, we are physicians.

We have a mental measure of what we can and cannot do.

Isn't Dr. Zhuang assisting Director Fu at the operating table right now?

He didn't rush there to kick Lu Chen Xi off the surgery

of his own accord, did he?

I didn't do anything.

I just went with the flow.

Fu Bo Wen stands out among others professionally.

He's also straight and narrow as hospital director.

Why do you look forward to seeing him step down?

Chief Zhong, saying that is untrue to your convictions.

Fu Bo Wen wasn't the only outstanding one in Thoracic Surgery back then.

Have you forgotten how you were driven out of Thoracic to the E.R.?

But Lu Chen Xi is not the same as me.

She has now become a bargaining chip in a power struggle.

Were you not?

Back then, I made the choice myself.

I accepted being driven away.

That is all history now. It has nothing to do with the present.

History?

Even dregs can drown people when brought to the surface.

Don't smoke so much. Be mindful of your health.

Don't be forced to have an early retirement.

Bronchus attachment... complete.

Continue. Prepare for pulmonary artery attachment.

Director Fu.

Should I do it?

No need.

5-0 prolene suture.

Director Fu.

I said no need.

Artery...

Artery attachment complete.

Prepare...

attachment of myocardial sleeves.

4-0 prolene suture.

Director.

4-0 prolene suture.

Forceps.

The CT scan doesn't show bleeding in the brain

but we need 12 hours observation to be sure.

A nurse will give you a tetanus shot later.

Come change dressings in three days, remove stitches in a week.

Be careful from now on.

- Thank you, Doctor. - You're welcome.

Next.

Where's the next one?

None left. Break time.

Shut your mouth.

Don't ask why.

I can explain to Ge Lin in the most open and positive way

but I cannot use that explanation to persuade myself.

What's this? Won't accept it?

What are we eating tonight?

Get out.

Professor Zhuang.

Is something the matter, Director Fu?

Thank you, Professor Zhuang.

We were lucky to have you today.

What did Yang Fan tell you?

I've really never affected a surgery like this before.

It was the first time today.

The first time?

I truly never thought I would be unable to soldier on.

I overestimated myself.

But, there are no problems with my judgment or vision.

If Lu Chen Xi were my assistant, she could complement my work

and I could soldier on.

So then you'd have sufficient reason to let her return to the operating table.

Is that right?

Has it occurred to you that if the surgery failed

whether she could return to the operating table would be trivial?

What about the patient?

Their whole family placed all their hopes on you.

Are you taking chances with a patient's life?

No! That was not my intention. I just...

I just...

A doctor takes a gamble with a patient's life for his own reputation.

That sounds frightening.

But, I've been working for over a dozen years.

I've already seen many such instances over the span of my career.

Don't worry. Even if I encounter this sort of thing, I am not Lu Chen Xi.

I won't be full of righteousness like her and find it intolerable.

However, you created this fake perfect goal for her to pursue.

Is that acceptable?

What she pursues

is what a true medical professional should be able to achieve.

I believe she can do it.

Then are you a true medical professional, Director Fu?

Have you achieved it?

Whether you believe it or not

I just can't bear to leave the operating table.

It isn't for any personal gain. I just can't stand to leave.

I've paid too great a price to hold this scalpel.

Without it, I have nothing.

I know I can't keep deceiving others and myself.

Rest assured.

I won't enter the O.R. again.

After I have put things in order, I will leave Renhe.

I want to ask you a question.

Before this moment, have you never

used the success of a patient's treatment or the misfortune of a death