National Day of 1993 arrived.
There is no such thing as a long holiday at this time, especially for doctors, as they have to work in shifts regardless of whether they have a break or not.
At 5 p.m. on October 4, Chen Chun was reading documents in his vice president's office, occasionally writing something in his notes.
Recently, the infectious disease center where she works has published many SCI-level papers on various types of hepatitis, which she will collect and submit to the Science and Education Department.
Suddenly, the phone on the table rang. Chen Chun answered the phone while reading a book and asked casually:
"Hello, I'm Chen Chun."
Suddenly, a voice in English came over the phone: "Hello, are you Ms. Chen Chun from Huaguo Four Seasons Hospital?"
When Chen Chun heard this, his heart beat faster, because at that time, calls from China could not be answered or international calls could not be made.
But in order to allow his elder sister to answer calls from Stockholm at any time, Chen Xia applied for an international long-distance phone in the name of the group.
So, when Chen Chun heard the other party speaking English, he knew that this was most likely a call from the Nobel Committee.
"Yes sir, I am Chen Chun. May I ask who you are?"
"Oh, hello, Ms. Chen. On behalf of the Nobel Committee, I am very honored to inform you that you and your partners have officially won this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for your research on Helicobacter pylori, which causes gastritis and gastric ulcers.
We formally invite you to Stockholm on December 10th to receive your award. We will send a special person to deliver the relevant invitation letter shortly, so please check it. Finally, congratulations, ma'am."
"Thank you, sir. It is my great pleasure and I will definitely attend on time."
After suppressing their inner excitement and hanging up the phone, everyone heard a scream suddenly coming from Chen Chun's office.
Many staff members in the administrative building who had not yet left work rushed to the vice president's office, thinking that Chen Chun had encountered some criminals.
When I opened the door, I didn't see the gangster, but I saw a crazy woman throwing papers into the air and shouting excitedly.
The scraps of paper are flying all over the sky, just like butterflies.
Later, Xuan Yongda also received the notice. His performance was even worse. He fell directly on the chair, scaring everyone into thinking that the old director had a heart attack.
Half an hour later, Professor Gregory from Wellington Hospital in England also called.
When Chen Xia received the notice and was teaching the triplets their homework, he hung up the phone and started shouting excitedly in the house, scaring the triplets into thinking that their father had gone crazy because of teaching them homework.
The news spread quickly, and soon the relevant national departments were also notified. For a time, Huizhou Four Seasons Hospital became the focus of attention across the country and even the world.
This was the first Nobel Prize won by a Chinese.
It really fulfilled a century-old dream of the Chinese people.
Fortunately, there was no Internet or mobile phones in 1993, otherwise my friends circle would have been flooded with this post.
Either no Chinese won the award, or two people won it directly. Chen Chun and Xuan Yongda became the gods in one battle.
That night, the entire Four Seasons Hospital, and even the Four Seasons Group, went crazy. The lights in the hospital were brightly lit, and many employees who had already gone home from get off work rushed back and kept congratulating Chen Chun and Xuan Yongda.
Many employees even brought their children with them, just to shake hands with the two Nobel Prize winners.
This is a typical Wenquxing. If you shake hands with Wenquxing and share their luck, your children will also be able to perform well in exams in the future.
Chen Chun and Xuan Yongda were already grinning so hard that their mouths couldn't stop smiling, and they had to receive condolence calls from their superiors from time to time.
There was even a call where they cleared the room immediately. Later, according to Chen Chun, it was the boss himself who called to congratulate.
At this time, not to mention the mainland, even the English government sent a congratulatory message directly.
Since Four Seasons Hospital is a wholly Hong Kong-owned hospital and theoretically a British-owned enterprise, Chen Chun and Xuan Yongda are also serving British capital, and the honors they have received also belong to England.
Anyway, Chen Xia was scratching his head after finding out. It looked like another war of words was about to begin.
This is just like when Grandma Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for her artemisinin, and then people started arguing endlessly about whether it was a traditional Chinese medicine or a Western medicine.
In order to celebrate the group's two Nobel Prize winners in medicine, Chen Xia directly distributed red envelopes of 1,000 yuan to each person in the entire group.
Young or old, male or female, whether you are a manager or a cleaning lady, everyone gets 1,000 yuan.
As soon as this news came out, Four Seasons Group became "other people's unit" again, and employees of other companies in Huizhou envied it.
The climax was the next day.
Major media outlets across the country, including those in Hong Kong, reported on the front pages that two Nobel Prize winners had come from hospitals affiliated with the Four Seasons Group.
This hot topic has become known throughout the country.
Originally, Chen Xia was prepared to pay a sum of money and let Xu Rui's company hype up the news and advertise it everywhere.
But he still underestimated the importance and expectations that Chinese people place on the Nobel Prize in this era. He even somewhat deified it...
It's really a bit deified.
If Chen Xia told the public that Four Seasons Group spent tens of millions of dollars to win this award.
The public relations expenses of several other allies, such as Pfizer, Takeda, GlaxoSmithKline, Wellington Hospital, etc., add up to at least tens of millions of dollars.
Is it worth spending half a billion dollars to win a Nobel Prize? Is God mysterious?
Of course, these are secrets that cannot be told and must be buried in our hearts forever. After all, Four Seasons Group still has many topics to apply for the Nobel Prize, and it must maintain a good cooperative relationship with Sweden.
This honor plays an important role for Chen Chun, Xuan Yongda, and Professor Gregory.
This also means that when they attend various academic conferences in the future, they will be qualified to sit on the podium and become the objects of everyone's worship.
This is the best advertisement for Chen Xia and Four Seasons Group.
Who in China doesn't know the Four Seasons Group? Who doesn't know the name of Four Seasons Hospital? Even globally, with the announcement of the Nobel Prize, the winners' organizations are showcased to the world.
Is it amazing that a hospital has two Nobel laureates? Is it a top hospital in the world?
If this doesn't count, then what does?
Moreover, the significance of winning the Nobel Prize is not limited to benefiting Four Seasons Hospital. The credibility of more than ten branches under the Four Seasons Group has all been improved.
With the many topics in the laboratory in the future, just like in his previous life, Chen Xia can easily create seven or eight more Nobel Prizes.
By then, it will be hard for Four Seasons Hospital not to develop.
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