"Uncle-Master, how could I joke about something like this? I copied it once, and I can still recognize some of the characters. It should be correct."
Lin Sanshou asked hurriedly, "How many volumes? How many volumes are there in this acupuncture classic you mentioned?"
"Nine volumes, a total of nine volumes, and there should be none missing."
Lin Sanshou clenched his right fist and slammed it against his left hand: "Then it must be the original. I remember reading in some ancient book that the original Ling Shu had nine volumes and Su Wen also had nine volumes. Together, the two books had eighteen volumes, which was the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic. The Ling Shu that is circulating now has twenty-four volumes, all of which were later adapted."
He then asked, "Where is the book now?"
"The original was gone; I only copied it myself."
"As long as you copy it down, it doesn't matter if there's an original or not. Where is the original?"
"It's in my clinic, Uncle-Master. Do you want to see it now?"
"I need a car to take you on a trip. Hurry up and bring it over so I can see it. I can't wait."
After saying that, Lin Sanshou picked up the phone and called the car team.
Li Chu hadn't expected that his Uncle Lin was so eager to see the book, so he had no choice but to go along with the car.
When Li Chu handed over the notebooks he had copied to his Uncle Lin, he was left aside.
With nothing else to do, Li Chu could only pick up the books on the table and start reading.
The broadcast outside the window startled the two serious people awake. They looked at each other blankly before realizing it was lunchtime.
Li Chu didn't object to his uncle keeping the notebook, since he already had a copy of it. Giving it to his uncle would just mean he could copy it again himself.
Lin Sanshou led Li Chu to have a meal at a small restaurant.
After finishing their meal, they immediately asked for a car and took them to the ministry.
When Li Chu arrived, he thought he would be the first one there, but he turned out to be the last one. The other three candidates had arrived in the morning and were waiting in the small conference room.
Lin Sanshou told him to wait in the small conference room, and someone would come to notify him when the assessment began.
After greeting the other three candidates, Li Chu noticed that none of them seemed interested in chatting, so he sat down in a chair against the wall and began to rest with his eyes closed.
He didn't know any of the other three candidates, and he rarely interacted with people in the field of traditional Chinese medicine.
He rarely attends meetings of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Branch of the Sijiu City Medical Association.
Although he didn't know anyone else, those few people knew him very well.
These three men were all in their forties, which is considered young in traditional Chinese medicine. But they couldn't compare to Li Chu.
Li Chu's current medical skills are so advanced that even veteran Chinese medicine doctors in their seventies, like Elder Fang and Elder Wang in the health care group, wouldn't dare say they are better than him.
During that period, he traveled all over Beijing, collecting data on patients with kidney failure. He genuinely helped those hospitals by handling many difficult and complicated cases.
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As the saying goes, "A person's reputation precedes them," and when the other three candidates saw that the last person was indeed Li Chu, their hearts sank.
Just as Li Chu felt like he had dozed off, the assessment finally began.
He hadn't expected the assessment to take so long; it was more than two hours before it was the second person's turn.
Judging from the situation, he didn't know what time he would get back tonight. While the second person was being assessed, he went to the Health Bureau office and made a phone call to Director Yang of the hospital pharmacy.
Please ask Director Yang to tell Ding Qiunan that I have something to do outside and may be back very late tonight.
Sure enough, by the time the second person finished the assessment, it was already time to leave work.
The department arranged for them to have a meal in the canteen before they returned to continue their assessment.
Whether it was intentional or not, he was scheduled for the last assessment, and by the time it was his turn, it was already past 8 p.m.
Upon arriving at the large conference room for the assessment, we found a dozen or so committee members participating in the review, including even a high-ranking leader from the ministry.
When Li Chu came in, he could clearly sense that the judges seemed relieved, which puzzled him greatly.
He didn't know if the review committee members were tired, but he was tired of sitting in the small conference room.
"The last person to participate in the review is Li Chu from the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, who is also in the health care group. All the committee members should know him." The speaker was Director Zhang of the review committee.
He continued, "Fellow committee members, let me first share my thoughts. I believe everyone is aware of Comrade Li Chu's medical skills and understands his level. If it weren't for the work experience requirement, I believe his skill level would have already reached its limit. Do any of you have any objections to what I'm saying?"
Director Zhang's words caused the committee members to fall silent for a moment before they all nodded in agreement.
Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, Director Zhang continued, "My suggestion is that we skip the medical skills assessment and go through the process again. Of course, I'm asking for everyone's opinion; if even one person disagrees, we'll proceed with the assessment."
Director Zhang's suggestion clearly surprised everyone, and even the senior leader sitting to the side glanced at him a few times.
This time, the committee members remained silent for an even longer period. Director Zhang then spoke up, saying, "Anyone who has a different opinion can raise their hand. Being a member of the review committee is inherently a job that can offend people, so you don't need to have any concerns."
After waiting a while and still no one raised their hand to object, Director Zhang was about to say something when the senior leader spoke up: "Do you comrades have any concerns? How about this, let Comrade Li Chu, his senior apprentice, and his superior Director Cheng all step aside for a moment, and then you can make the decision?"
I know many comrades privately have opinions about Comrade Li Chu, so why isn't anyone objecting now?
Sitting below, Li Chu felt helpless. "What time is it? You bunch of old men are wasting time. Just give me the test already. I didn't expect to be exempted from the test. Why are you talking like I got in through connections?"
"Ahem," an older committee member cleared his throat and said, "Let me be frank, I am the one who has a problem with Comrade Li Chu, but I have a problem with some of his practices. I genuinely admire his medical skills, which is why I did not object."
The committee member's words made the others nod in agreement; judging by their ages, they were all probably practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine.
These committee members are sitting here, and you can tell at a glance who is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and who is a Western medicine practitioner. The oldest Western medicine practitioner is no more than fifty years old, while the youngest of the five traditional Chinese medicine practitioners is Lin Sanshou, who is already over sixty.
Chapter 182 Opinions
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