Chapter 412 The Competition Begins (1)

After the contract was drafted, the director of the General Military Hospital and Director Kong pulled Jiang Ning aside and asked her, "Dr. Jiang, are you confident that you will win this competition? Although the conditions you proposed are good, the value of anti-inflammatory drugs is priceless."

Jiang Ning shook her head. "The results aren't out yet, so I can't guarantee anything 100%."

She was confident in her medical skills, but she never thought she was the best in that field.

Hearing Jiang Ning say this, the two deans became even more worried.

Shen Mo knew his wife's value in her field, and compared to the two deans' concerns, he wasn't worried at all.

Given his wife's personality, she wouldn't do anything without being sure of success.

Moreover, his wife is not one to back down from trouble.

However, we cannot be too absolute in our judgments before the results are in.

When Jiang Ning returned, the foreigner was asking—

"Excuse me, which hospital has cancer patients currently undergoing treatment? You can choose any patient with a high level of difficulty, and we can have a competition to see who can perform the surgery. Dr. Jiang and I will operate on the patient together."

After saying that, he looked at Jiang Ning and asked, "Dr. Jiang, what do you think?"

Jiang Ning thought that the competition they were talking about was a research project, and the winner would be determined by the research results.

Unexpectedly, they would use patients as a benchmark.

Jiang Ning's expression was calm. She said, "I don't use patients for competitions. Saving lives is not a competition."

The foreigner frowned, but he still conceded, "So, Dr. Jiang, how would you like to compete?"

Jiang Ning said, "We can choose to conduct a research competition on cancer, and finally determine the winner based on the research results."

As soon as Jiang Ning finished speaking, the other party said with dissatisfaction, "Do you know how much time it takes to take a research topic as the research direction? It takes at least a month, and then we have to do clinical trials. Where are we going to find that much time?"

“If you are unwilling, then this competition can be destroyed, and the prize we just discussed can be disregarded,” Jiang Ning said.

Using human lives as a contest is disrespectful to life, and she could not possibly agree to it.

These people wanted the prescription she had; whether she had the medical equipment or not was irrelevant to her.

Upon hearing this, the foreign doctor immediately turned to talk to the person next to him. After a few minutes, he turned back to Jiang Ning and said, "How about we use lung cancer as our research topic and see who develops a drug that can more effectively control lung cancer? That's who wins. What do you think?"

“Okay.” Jiang Ning agreed to the suggestion.

Jiang Ning agreed to the competition in front of all the doctors present at the exchange meeting. Those present were all people with some reputation in the medical field from various provinces and cities.

In this competition, everyone present was a referee.

The competition was held at the 615 Military Hospital in the capital, with doctors from China and the United States supervising their research throughout the process.

In research projects, country M has never lost.

Their greatest strength lies in pioneering and innovation.

Before they came, they had also checked and found that there hadn't been any significant research projects in China in recent years.

Only this anti-inflammatory drug could catch their eye.

Because the competition was about lung cancer, Jiang Ning agreed, but was then pulled aside by the two deans.

Cancer is a frightening disease at any time, as it is generally considered an incurable terminal illness.

The dean said, "Dr. Jiang, since they dared to use cancer as their research topic, they obviously came prepared. It's not that I don't trust you, but you agreed to this matter too hastily."

The director of the General Military Hospital wasn't skeptical; rather, the fact that the other party immediately offered to treat cancer patients upon arrival clearly indicated their confidence in their ability to cure cancer.

With their current medical skills, their treatment of cancer is still far from adequate.

Although they are working on it, the results are not significant.

The director of the general hospital looked worried, while Director Kong seemed quite calm.

Jiang Ning reassured the director of the general hospital, "Director, don't worry."

Dean Kong said, "I hope you will be more cautious in this competition."

"I will be careful."

Jiang Ning knew they had come prepared and were clearly skilled.

But she accepted whatever tricks they came up with.

Dean Kong said, "However, even if you lose this competition, you don't need to feel pressured. Even if you export the prescription for the anti-inflammatory drug, Dr. Jiang will definitely be able to develop a more effective anti-inflammatory drug, right?"

Jiang Ning: "......."

"I can indeed adjust the ratio of the anti-inflammatory drugs to make them more effective," Jiang Ning replied.

Upon hearing this, the dean, who had been worried because Jiang Ning had agreed to the competition, immediately stopped worrying.

"Dr. Jiang, is it true?"

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Really?"

The dean finally smiled slightly. "Alright, go ahead and compete. It's not shameful to lose. Cancer is an unsolvable problem."

Jiang Ning is not worried about failure.

Even if she fails, she will learn from her failures.

Learning has no end.

Soon, the rules for this competition were established.

The 615 Hospital will temporarily set up two research labs. During this period, they will conduct research in the labs. The materials and samples needed for the research will be provided by the two competing parties themselves.

In principle, there is no time limit for the competition, but the foreign doctors set a two-month deadline.

Hearing that there was a time limit, everyone was puzzled. In researching this path, there were many failures and very few successes.

No one has ever dared to set rules regarding time.

Upon hearing that the other party had a time limit, the two deans couldn't help but cast worried glances at Jiang Ning.

They hoped Jiang Ning wouldn't agree.

But Jiang Ning agreed to it.

When Jiang Ning agreed, everyone felt from the bottom of their hearts that she was overestimating herself.

But the words have already been spoken and cannot be taken back.

After the research results came out, Dean Kong in China searched for lung cancer patients willing to participate in clinical trials.

The subjects in Country M, on the other hand, were selected by themselves.

The winner is determined by the subject's recovery.

Upon hearing that clinical trial participants were being sought, doctors and hospital directors from various provinces eagerly recommended cancer patients from their own hospitals.

There is no problem accepting these lung cancer patients, but the subjects must sign a liability waiver before participating in the trial.

A liability waiver was signed, and the developed drugs can be provided free of charge.

Once the rules were set, both sides were asked if they had any objections to the challenge rules.

Jiang Ning said she had no objection.

The other party had no objections.

This research requires the team to recruit its own members.

Jiang Ning's research team consisted of only a few members. She inquired with the director of the general hospital whether Dr. Jin and Dr. Qin were regularly involved in the project.

The dean called Yunnan Province about this matter that same day.

Upon receiving this news, the two doctors, Jin and Qin, were naturally more than willing.

Then Jiang Ning ordered her old partner Xu Jin. Xu Jin is also good at pharmacology, but she majored in surgery.

Jiang Ning asked Xu Jin for her opinion, and Xu Jin strongly requested to participate.

Besides Xu Jin, Jiang Ning originally wanted to see Dr. Liu and Dr. Lü as well.

However, since she was involved in research, the hospital patients and schoolwork had to be temporarily handed over to them, so Jiang Ning had to give up on these two candidates.

Regarding the research team members, Dean Kong said he could help find people, but Jiang Ning refused.

She sought out doctors Xu Jin and Jin Qin because she had worked with them before and could trust them completely.

Finding people she doesn't know will actually slow things down.

In the end, Jiang Ning's research group only consisted of four people.

Compared to the opposing team, which had more than a dozen people, they were at a significant disadvantage in terms of momentum.

Seeing that the other side had a large number of people, Dean Kong couldn't help but worry.

They even strongly urged Jiang Ning to select a few more people for her research group.

After all, there is strength in numbers.

Jiang Ning refused to answer every time Dean Kong brought it up.

In the end, Dean Kong stopped mentioning it.

Cancer research projects can't be rushed, so Jiang Ning still goes to get off work and leaves work as usual every day.

Unlike the research lab next door, where a dozen researchers work day and night on their research.

Dr. Jin and Dr. Qin used to work like this, neglecting sleep and meals. After all, research requires making the most of every minute, and they had to read a lot of data every day. Eventually, they even developed stomach problems from the stress.

They had never seen anyone like Jiang Ning who could do research and still have a regular get off work schedule.

This research group was led by Jiang Ning.

Although Dr. Jin and Dr. Qin were puzzled by this, they did not question Jiang Ning.

The most important thing in doing this kind of research project is trust.

They naturally trusted Jiang Ning.