Although Minister Zhang had already adjourned the meeting, no one in the audience moved; they all remained quietly seated, waiting for the leaders to leave first.
The supervisor at the front stopped at the conference room door, turned around, and waved to Li Chu.
"Xiao Chu, come to Minister Zhang's office too."
Li Chu was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and responded.
After watching them leave, he said to Dean Liu, "Dean, please have Xiao Tian take you two back first, and then come back to pick me up."
Dean Liu smiled and nodded: "Okay, you should go over there quickly, don't keep the leaders waiting."
Li Chu spoke to Lin Sanshou again before getting up and walking out of the meeting room.
In just a dozen or so steps, several TCM doctors attending the conference warmly shook hands with him.
Regardless of whether they knew each other before or not, at least today they spoke up for traditional Chinese medicine doctors across the country. Even if they didn't have the courage, they should still come over and thank them.
Everyone knew he had other things to do, so they didn't say anything more.
The experts sitting in the front row looked at Li Chu's back with complicated expressions. Now he's done for. Not only has he failed to achieve any merit, but he has also offended all the traditional Chinese medicine doctors in the country. I believe this matter will spread throughout the medical community across the country in less than two days.
As for Dean Liu, he didn't care at all. First, he was about to retire, and second, although he participated in the discussion, he didn't say a word throughout the entire process, and he didn't come at all on the later occasions.
Li Chu arrived at the minister's office on the third floor. The door was open, and inside, in addition to the supervising leader, were several ministers and deputy ministers from the department.
He gave a very standard salute as soon as he entered the room.
"Please sit down, Xiao Chu," the supervisor gestured.
After he sat down, the leader said with a smile, "You've really given us all a hard time today!"
"Commander" Li Chu hurriedly stood up, but was interrupted by his superior just as he was about to say something.
"Sit down. I don't mean anything by saying this. I asked you to come to the meeting today because Minister Zhang personally requested it. When a system is to be reformed, we need to hear different opinions."
"And the question you raised today is very reasonable. We do need to align with international standards, that's true. But we also need to distinguish clearly; we can't just copy blindly. The new plan sets the exact same assessment standards for traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, which is just nonsense."
The leader's words were quite harsh. It's a good thing Director Fang wasn't here, otherwise he would have wanted to crawl into a hole.
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"Dear leaders, I am young and inexperienced, and I have a rather impatient temper. If I have done anything wrong today, I hope you will forgive me."
Sitting next to Li Chu was Vice Minister Cheng, who also served as the director of the Health Bureau. He chuckled and said, "Little Li, what you're saying makes sense. It's not just random talk. If you think about it carefully, requiring traditional Chinese medicine doctors to be fluent in English is indeed a bit excessive."
Li Chu glanced gratefully at Vice Minister Cheng. After being his superior for over a decade, Cheng still cared about him.
Minister Zhang then spoke up, saying, "Xiao Li, later you need to finalize a list, gather the necessary personnel, and revise the assessment standards for traditional Chinese medicine practitioners."
He dared not take on this task, and in a panic he shook his head: "Minister Zhang, I can't do this. You and the ministry should appoint a highly respected senior figure to lead this task."
The supervisor agreed with Li Chu: "Minister Zhang, Xiao Chu is right about this. This work does indeed need a highly respected person to take charge."
Minister Zhang then noticed that the way this supervisor addressed Li Chu was different from how they addressed him, and it seemed much more intimate.
He only came from the local area at the end of last year, and he couldn't sort out these messy interpersonal relationships at all.
He glanced subtly at the other vice ministers, unsure whether they hadn't noticed or were simply used to it.
At this moment, the supervisor spoke up again: "Xiao Chu, there's nothing important I called you over for. You're off tomorrow, right?"
"Ah... I'm resting, I should be fine."
"That's good. A few old comrades-in-arms are coming to the house tomorrow. When you come back, show them your medicinal cuisine skills and invite Qiu Nan and the children back as well."
That's right, the supervisor was Uncle Wang. Only now did Li Chu understand why Uncle Wang had called him over. He was there to support him; otherwise, these private matters could have been settled with a simple phone call.
Or perhaps it was meant for Minister Zhang, since the others knew something about it to some extent.
"No problem, Uncle. I'll go over first thing tomorrow morning. I'll prepare the ingredients, so you can tell my aunt not to bother."
Minister Zhang finally understood completely and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "The capital city is truly different; the waters run incredibly deep."
Seeing that everything had been explained, Li Chu took his leave. It was obvious that the leaders still had something to say, and it would have been tactless for him to stay any longer.
The large conference room, which was just full a moment ago, is now empty. Those experts have probably been taken away by Director Fang.
He didn't wander around the ministry; he went straight to the main gate, took a few steps forward, squatted down on the curb, and waited for the driver to come and pick him up.
It was twenty minutes later when Tian Jun came to pick him up.
Sitting in the car, he realized that it was past lunchtime and there would definitely be no food if he went back now. He also didn't want the cooks to take up his rest time and cook for him.
"Xiaotian, let's find any restaurant, eat there, and then go back. The cafeteria is definitely out of food now."
After finishing my meal and returning to the hospital, it was almost 2 PM. As soon as I entered the office, Dean Liu called me over.
"Xiao Li, how about it? Any thoughts on taking over the reins?"
"Succession?" As soon as Li Chu entered the dean's office, he was stunned by Dean Liu's question and didn't understand what it meant.
Dean Liu smiled and pointed to the office, at which point he understood.
"Dean Liu, you must be joking."
"Do I look like I'm joking? I'm speaking to you on behalf of the organization."
"Uh..." To be honest, Li Chu really had no interest in this position.
However, he was quite interested in carrying a gold bean on his shoulder.
Although everyone wears red collar tabs now and it's hard to tell them apart, if he remembers correctly, the military rank system should be reinstated in a few years.
Imagine if he could carry a golden bean on his shoulder, he'd drool.
However, upon considering the responsibilities that this position represented, he firmly shook his head.
"Dean Liu, I really can't do it. It's not that I'm afraid to take responsibility, but that I'm just not cut out for it."
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