"Alright, you should go find those researchers and make contact with them as soon as possible!" The factory manager waved his hand helplessly.
"Don't worry, boss, I'll go make a trip there in a bit and confirm the surname Fang first."
"Yes, we must be careful to keep this a secret this time, and not let it turn out like what happened to Old Man Cai."
"Hehe," Director Liu chuckled awkwardly and walked towards the office door.
He had just reached the door and was about to open it when he stopped, turned around, and said, "Boss, is it possible for us to go and find that Li Chu?"
Upon hearing this, the factory manager, who was sitting behind his desk, looked at Director Liu, who was standing at the door, with the kind of look one might give someone with intellectual disabilities.
"Old Liu, have you been spending too much time in the lab every day? Is it because of the Chinese medicine poisoning?"
The factory manager pointed to his head: "Use your brain and think carefully. What makes us think we can meet them? Do you think we can just show up?"
After being rebuked, Director Liu didn't dare to say anything more and hurriedly opened the door and went out.
He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would be scolded by his boss and would want to crawl into a hole in the ground.
The factory manager almost died of anger because of this subordinate.
Director Liu had already slipped away, but he was still sitting there, panting heavily.
How could he not know that going directly to Li Chu was the simplest way?
The problem is exactly what he just said: what is your status, and what is their status? Do you think you can just meet them whenever you want?
Just as the factory director was having a headache, two other people in the pharmaceutical research institute in Beijing were also talking about Li Chu.
"Tang Yuan, sit down. There's nothing much, I just wanted to ask you to come over and chat."
"Chief, just let me know if there's anything you need."
"It's not about giving orders or not, we were just chatting."
Sitting in the director's office, Song Tangyuan looked at the leader across from him and couldn't help but think to himself: "You want to chat with me casually? When did you become so free? I didn't know. Besides, you are the director of a major institute, and I am just the deputy director of a branch institute. We are far apart. It would be strange if you called me over if you didn't have anything to do."
"Hehe," Song Tangyuan chuckled awkwardly but politely.
The director probably knew that his subordinates would feel uncomfortable in his presence, so before Song Tangyuan could say anything, he spoke first.
"Tang Yuan, you were assigned to our institute after graduating from university in 1958, right?"
"Yes, leader, there are four of us from the same class who were assigned here."
The director nodded and then asked, "Are you also classmates with Vice President Li from the General Hospital of the military?"
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So, that's why you asked him to come over? I knew it, why would you ask him for no reason?
"Yes, Vice Dean Li was the youngest in our class back then, but he almost never attended classes with us."
"Oh? Why?"
Sure enough, the director immediately became interested when the topic of the institute was brought up.
Knowing the director's purpose, Song Tangyuan felt relieved. What he feared most was being summoned by his superiors, who wouldn't say what it was about, but instead launched into a long, rambling monologue, leaving him to guess and figure it out on his own. That was truly a headache.
“When Vice Dean Li first enrolled, Professor Yang took a liking to him and accepted him as a disciple. He then followed Professor Yang to study traditional Chinese medicine and was basically never at school, only returning once a year for exams.”
"So... what's the relationship like between you two?"
How was he supposed to answer that?
We have a good relationship, and we've gotten together quite a few times over the years.
However, Song Tangyuan always felt that there was a layer between him and Li Chu, and they were not particularly close.
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After thinking it over carefully, Song Tangyuan said, "Director, we just have a normal classmate relationship."
Upon hearing this, the director's eyes visibly lit up.
"Tang Yuan, so that means if you go to see Vice Dean Li now, you'll definitely be able to see him, right?"
"Uh... well... that should be fine. But, it seems he went on a business trip last year and hasn't come back yet, right? I wonder where he went for so long."
"He's back!" the director said. "He went to the southwestern front."
Song Tangyuan stared wide-eyed at his leader: "Went to the battlefield? What would a traditional Chinese medicine doctor like him do there?"
"You! You've been a leader for quite a while now, how come your vision is still so short-sighted?" The director pointed at Song Tangyuan with a hint of disappointment.
"You only see that he is a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, but you have forgotten his other identity."
"Another identity?" Song Tangyuan looked at the director in bewilderment, not knowing what he was trying to say.
"As I just mentioned, the vice president of the main hospital."
After listening to the director's words, Song Tangyuan took a while to react: "Director, do you mean that Li Chu went to the front line this time to gain experience?"
"Isn't it obvious? At his age, he can't be promoted any further. And if I remember correctly, he's still the class representative. That means he's reached the top in both position and title. All he can do now is accumulate seniority."
"Building seniority slowly over time is the dumbest way, but now that he's gone to the front lines and come back, can it still be the same?"
Song Tangyuan frowned and thought for a moment, still not quite understanding.
"Boss, he's already at the top of the ladder, what's the point of his seniority?"
"The higher-ups have already started studying the issue of re-assigning ranks to the military. If we follow the old method, he can be assigned a rank one level down or one level up from his current position. But even though it's only one level apart, the difference in treatment is enormous. Now that he has the seniority, what rank do you think he should be assigned when the rank is re-assigned?"
At this moment, Song Tangyuan felt his heart start to beat faster.
"Sir, do you mean if he's awarded another rank, he might be directly awarded the Golden Tear Award?"
"And what do you think?"
"Then...then isn't that high-end...?" At this point, Song Tangyuan's voice grew softer and softer.
How long has it been? How did this student grow up to be like this?
After a moment of silence, Song Tangyuan realized that he hadn't yet asked the director why he needed to find Li Chu.
"Chief, you asked me to see Li Chu because there's something you need, right?"
"You know about his prescription, right? Your cousin got involved in it back then."
"Yes, I know that prescription."
"Let me be honest with you, our institute is also researching this in private, but because it's impossible to get funding, the progress is very slow."
Moreover, his prescription was very strange. For some reason, anyone who took it, except for those he personally prescribed, would experience problems.
At this point, the director paused and looked at Song Tangyuan.
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