"It seems that Auntie is really good to you," Zhou Mo recalled himself, "You were forced to learn music, chess, calligraphy and painting because you didn't want to learn. When I was a child, I was the opposite of you. I wanted to learn but couldn't. My parents didn't earn much, had to pay the mortgage, and always worked overtime, so they didn't have time to send me to those special classes."
"What did you want to learn before?"
"Art," Zhou Mo said. "When I was in elementary school, our teacher always had us copy drawings from art textbooks. We'd outline with a pencil, finalize with a pen, and then erase the pencil lines with an eraser. I thought it was too slow, so I always skipped the pencil and used a pen. I could finish the draft in one go and always got an A+. I thought at the time, maybe... I have some talent, but my family isn't well off, so I can't afford extracurricular classes."
"It's a pity," Han Chen said.
"Yeah," Zhou Mo also sighed. "If I had the opportunity to receive systematic and formal training when I was young, maybe... I'd be doing a job I love now, and I wouldn't have to go to school until I'm in my thirties. But there's no such thing as regret medicine. No matter what, studying and getting a higher education are the only way forward for students from ordinary families like me."
It's probably like the last straw, which you have to hold on to tightly, because if you can't hold on to it, even this straw will be gone.
The competition is so fierce nowadays, with tens of millions of graduates, millions of master's students, and hundreds of thousands of doctoral students every year.
In some places, the population of prefecture-level cities is less than a few hundred thousand.
Especially for the medical profession, academic qualifications are not worth mentioning.
The top-level hospitals with good conditions and benefits and good reputation are recruiting and the minimum requirement is a PhD. Some even require overseas study experience, plus several articles with impact factors of a certain area or above.
Even though Zhou Mo had obtained a doctorate, she had only published two articles in English. This was even though her supervisor had excellent scientific research capabilities and was generous enough not to take her credit as the first author.
Dongjiang is not a first-tier city, and the Dongjiang University Medical School is also quite famous in China. As a domestic doctoral student, she can barely meet the conditions to work in the First Hospital of Dongjiang University.
Although they both have PhDs, Han Chen's PhD is obviously more valuable than hers.
Because Han Chen is studying in an eight-year program that includes a bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree, and he also participates in joint training with domestic and foreign universities, this is a unique training method of the Imperial Capital University, and there may be no other similar program in the country.
The eight-year clinical medicine program requires a score that is far ahead in the college entrance examination, which is much higher than the ordinary five-year clinical program. However, even if you are in the eight-year program, it does not mean that you can graduate successfully. There are also periodic assessments in the middle, and a 50% bottom-out system is adopted, which means that if the comprehensive score is not in the top half in the mid-term, you will be "demoted."
The so-called "retirement" means changing from an eight-year system to a five-year system. After graduating in five years, you will obtain a bachelor's degree and a bachelor's degree in medicine, and you can continue to take postgraduate and doctoral examinations.
Students who are not "dismissed" will continue to pursue their degrees. Only if they meet the doctoral graduation requirements after eight years can they obtain a diploma, which includes an undergraduate degree and a doctoral degree, but no master's degree.
It is different from students who study for a master's and doctoral degree simultaneously. Students who study for a master's and doctoral degree simultaneously can obtain the qualification for the master's and doctoral degree simultaneously if they rank among the top students at the end of their undergraduate studies. They will also directly obtain a doctoral degree after graduation in five years. If they do not meet the doctoral graduation requirements during this period, but meet the master's graduation requirements, they can obtain a master's degree.
Han Chen studied in an eight-year program and graduated directly with a doctorate, while she spent five years on undergraduate studies, then took a year off due to work, and then took a three-year master's degree before taking the doctorate exam. This is how she got here, and she graduated much later than Han Chen.
"Even if you get a PhD, it's not that big of a deal. It just puts you at the threshold of becoming a scientific research worker," Zhou Mo said. "It's the same as any other industry. It conforms to the 80/20 rule of scale-free distribution. Those at the bottom can barely make ends meet, and only those at the top of the pyramid can earn a substantial income."
The seemingly glorious doctoral degree is not even a ripple when thrown into the ocean of society.
"Didn't you say there would be bread and beer?"
Zhou Mo smiled and said, "That will have to wait until I graduate, which may take several years."
Graduating with a doctorate is another hurdle.
To graduate with a doctorate from Dongjiang University, one must publish a single article with a score of 3 or above, or two articles with a total score of more than 3 points. Articles published during the master's degree do not count.
The article Zhou Mo published before was only a little after 2 o'clock, so she still needs to write another article.
For their major, which does not involve going into the laboratory and not involving wet experiments, and relies purely on mathematical statistics for research, there are basically only two ways to publish articles.
One is to collaborate with other laboratories or experimental teams, and the other is to specialize in the foundations of statistical theory and invent new algorithms.
For someone like Zhou Mo who is not a mathematics major, the second path is basically blocked, and he can only choose the first path. This is also the reason why Shen Qingyi cooperates with the Department of Orthopedics of the First Hospital of Dongda University.
Zhou Mo is now also waiting for Shen Qingyi's contract to expire.
The next day.
Because Han Chen had been busy for several days, sometimes when he came back, Zhou Mo was almost done with his rest, and the two of them had not had a proper meal together. The two of them planned to take advantage of Han Chen getting off work early in the afternoon and discuss going out for a meal together.
Of course, when Han Chen said he got off work early, he only meant that he would go home earlier than usual in the middle of the night, and Zhou Mo had to go to the hospital to wait for him.
Zhou Mo walked out of the college and prepared to take a taxi. Her sixth sense told her that something was wrong and there seemed to be someone behind her.
She turned around to look, but there was no one else in sight except the empty space in front of the building.
Without any further doubt, a taxi happened to stop at the entrance of the college, and Zhou Mo opened the door and got in.
The yellow-green taxi drove away, and Ren Huaibo hurriedly ran out from behind the marble pillars at the entrance of the building and hurriedly hailed a taxi.
"Master, follow the car in front."
"What's going on?" the master said, lightly stepping on the accelerator.
"Don't worry about it, just help me catch up with it."
The master half-jokingly said, "Did you make your girlfriend angry? You young people nowadays are really... "
Ren Huaibo did not explain and lowered his eyes silently.
The taxi followed Zhou Mo's taxi all the way, but as they drove, Ren Huaibo suddenly felt that something was wrong with the direction.
Until the taxi Zhou Mo was in stopped at a convenient off-road location, and the next intersection was Building No. 3 of the First Hospital of Dongda University...
Ren Huaibo suddenly realized.
Zhou Mo didn't go home, but came to find Han Chen.
"Young man, everyone has gotten off the car, why don't you get out?" asked the taxi driver.
Ren Huaibo was in a daze, "Forget it, let's go."
The taxi driver shook his head helplessly, looking confused.
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