Surgery Godfather Chapter 404

Chapter 404: Chapter 0376: Full of Twists and Turns_2 Chapter 404: Chapter 0376: Full of Twists and Turns_2 Yang Ping did not want to be concerned with the past grudges and animosities. What mattered most to him was performing the surgery to the best of his ability.

Having made that decision, Yang Ping returned to his ward.

He checked his system points; Lu Gang's surgery rewarded him with six hundred thousand points. His point total had increased nearly twofold, rising to over a million points.

The principle of the system now was simple: higher risk, higher reward. For a case like Lu Gang's, a successful surgery could reward him with six hundred thousand points. If the surgery failed, he would lose double his total points.

Meaning, not only would his previous balance of five hundred thousand points be wiped out, but he would also owe another five hundred thousand points. Without points, he wouldn't be able to do anything on the system. He would need to constantly earn points in the real world to repay his debt, regaining purchasing power only when his points balance returned to positive.

Yang Ping planned to simulate Professor Feng's surgery in advance. He entered the system space and spent four hundred thousand points to purchase four hundred simulated surgery hours.

The tumour was located too deeply, intertwined with normal tissues and embedded inside the respiratory cycle hub. Despite repeated simulations, Yang Ping could only improve the success rate of the surgery by ten percent, bringing it up to ninety percent. Any further improvement seemed impossible.

The surgery became more stable as it progressed. Initially, the experimental subject would experience eighteen cardiac arrests. Gradually this number decreased and eventually remained at five, unable to decrease any further.

Professor Feng's operation was bound to be eventful, with five instances of cardiac arrest occurring during the procedure. It was a terrifying prospect.

In order for the surgery to have a ninety percent success rate, specific external conditions were required. For instance, the room temperature had to be 25 degrees Celsius. Any fluctuation in temperature would reduce the success rate.

During the prone position, the fixed angle of the neck had to be at a specific value. Any deviation would also decrease the surgery's success rate.

Yang Ping also attempted to use a surgical robot. However, compared to traditional methods, robotic surgeries had a much lower success rate because the robotic arm lacked a good tactile feedback system, and couldn't accurately gauge the force needed.

It was like trying to write on a soap bubble using the remote-controlled arm of a surgical robot. Its high precision and stability didn't provide any advantage. Without a good tactile feedback, the robot would burst the soap bubble without knowing the appropriate pressure.

Utilising almost all possible optimizations, the probability of the surgery's success was stuck at ninety percent, unable to increase further.

Four hundred hours of simulated surgery improved the success rate by ten percent.

Professor Zhang's assistant, Xiao Mo, sent a WeChat message asking for Yang Ping's ID number to book flight tickets to Shanghai for the three of them.

Yang Ping went to the laboratory to inform Song Zimo that he was planning on going to Shanghai in a few days and asked him and Xu Zhiliang to look after things.

Upon learning that Yang Ping was going to Shanghai, Fujiwara Miyuki was very excited. She wanted to accompany him on the trip.

Yang Ping tactfully refused. Miyuki was a girl and if she accompanied him, even if Xiao Su was broad-minded, it might arouse suspicion.

Besides, this was a personal matter for Director Han. He didn't want to bring anyone else along.

“I can carve a letter now,” Miyuki asked Yang Ping to check the carvings to see if they were satisfactory.

Yang Ping glanced at it casually; a nicely etched “L” on the olive pit. It was neat and tidy, a marked improvement from the initial awkward strokes.

Song Zimo knew that Yang Ping was going to Shanghai for Professor Feng's condition. He reassured him to accompany Professor Zhang and Director Han without worrying, as he and Xu Zhiliang would handle things in the department.

In the corridor, Huang Jiahui, with an eco-friendly bag in her hand, was seen hurrying around. She appeared more mature and skilled than when she first graduated, with no traces of her initial innocence and naiveness.

“Doctor Yang!” Sweat lined Jiahui's forehead as she respectfully greeted Yang Ping.

In this period, Yang Ping hadn't seen Huang Jiacai, so he asked, “Where's your brother? Why haven't I seen him lately?”

“He has been really busy lately. His company is planning to expand its business volume in the South China region, so he has been out and about constantly,” Jiahui explained on her brother's behalf.

Right now, Huang Jiacai and Gan Fengyi were fiercely competing for market share, stirring up huge waves in the orthopedic device market in South China.

The Director of the Municipal People's Hospital, the Department Director of Orthopedics, the Director of Dispensary, and Instrument Director were all replaced with new faces. The suppliers of orthopedic devices had to reshuffle their deck. In the fight for this market, Huang Jiacai and Gan Fengyi were competing tooth and nail, leaving no room for other medical device retailers.

In order to prepare for its Initial Public Offering (IPO), Ruixing Company aggressively expanded its market share, putting significant pressure on the lower-level sales managers. Huang Jiacai was the most heavily burdened among them.

Huang Jiacai adopted a cautious and steady approach, solidifying his dominance in the three biggest strongholds: Sanbo, Fuer, and Li Quan Hospital. Using these as a stepping stone, he was now advancing towards other regional hospitals such as Fuer, Provincial People's Hospital, and Municipal People's Hospital.

Gan Fengyi, on the other hand, took a defensive approach, holding down her leading position in trauma, spine, and joint segments, and then rallying around the high-end products to attack Huang Jiacai's old bases: Sanbo, Fuer, and Li Quan Hospital.

Huang Jiacai's weakness was indeed capitalized on by Gan Fengyi. Li Quan Hospital was planning to go high-end and had just passed JIC certification. Some patients specifically demanded imported devices, thus a certain number of imported devices had to be prepared.

The services and products offered by Gan Fengyi were superior to several other companies. This reflected in the highly professional training of the technicians, error-proof deliveries, and extended payment periods.

Gan Fengyi even promised to provide devices first and receive payment three years later. If that didn't work out, she was ready to extend the payment period as she was confident in the future of Li Quan Hospital after researching Yang Ping meticulously.

This three-year extended period could alleviate the financial pressure on Cheng Liquan. The tangible benefits had forced Boss Cheng to squeeze out the space for other medical device retailers and give it to Gan Fengyi.

Due to the relationship between Huang Jiacai and Yang Ping, and the good relationship between Boss Cheng and Huang Jiacai, Boss Cheng could not squeeze Huang Jiacai's space. Therefore, he reluctantly kicked out the old partner, Shi Lehui, and brought in Gan Fengyi.

The fight between the two companies affected the market space of others. Shi Lehui's space got compressed, leaving other companies in a precarious situation.

For the market of Fuer, Professor Su aimed to expand the scale of the Sports Medicine Center. To align with Fuer's strategy, Gan Fengyi recruited a team of talents nationwide. These young doctors had obtained a bachelor's degree in clinical medicine and had a fair amount of clinical experience in orthopedics. Some of them were even graduate students.

She offered these individuals high salaries and sent them to the United States for training. Upon returning, they would then work exclusively with Fuer, significantly elevating the standard of Fuer's device fitting services.

This hit Huang Jiacai's weak point. Being a small company, Huang Jiacai didn't have the resources or the capability to do this.

For strategic needs, Professor Su naturally had to reduce the space for other medical device retailers and make room for Gan Fengyi. Of course, Huang Jiacai's space would be preserved.

To tackle Gan Fengyi's aggressive approach, Huang Jiacai had a smart trick up his sleeve. He established a training department within his company and personally trained the technicians to get certified for work.

He not only trained them in their specialized business competence but also meticulously trained them in employee dressing, service etiquette, and service process. This standardized service training made these employees just as competent as those who have been trained in the United States by Johnson & Johnson.

For instance, training on how to position oneself in the operating room, how to set up, and the etiquette toward doctors, nurses, and janitorial staff in the operating room, were all standardized.

They also received professional training for additional services like operating the C-arm machine, helping nurses clean the operating room, and washing devices.

The competition between the two was intense, both overtly and covertly.

After chatting with Huang Jiahui for a while, Yang Ping went to visit the wards alone. He conducted sensation and muscle strength tests for Lu Gang's four limbs, checked the progress of Yu Shuilian's rehabilitation training, and had a chat with Sisi.

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