Chapter 491 - 280: Old Ren, I Regret It!
Chapter 491: Chapter 280: Old Ren, I Regret It!
It had to be said, the participants selected for this national competition were the elite of the elite. The lecture materials were so dense with information that in a typical university class, a single morning’s worth would take half a semester to cover.
Everyone felt as if they were back in their student days—the most difficult and painful period. However, not a single person slacked off. They all diligently worked to memorize and understand everything.
After all, in just half a month, they would be representing the Jin Country in the Asia-Pacific international competition!
At noon, everyone wearily went to the cafeteria for lunch, and then, by unspoken agreement, headed straight back to their respective dorms.
Wu Ting returned to his dorm as well. He first replied to a message from Deng Feifei before opening his laptop to continue writing his paper.
After another afternoon of refinement, he finally completed the paper: "Hybrid Technology Typing: Research on Diversified Treatment Options"!
After a careful read-through, Wu Ting was very satisfied!
Seeing he still had time, he sent Scholar Jiang a message to ask about his availability. As it happened, Scholar Jiang had just finished a video conference.
Wu Ting took the finished draft of his paper and headed straight for Scholar Jiang’s office.
Scholar Jiang was still eating lunch. His schedule was tight, so he could only afford to wolf down a few bites—this was typical for him.
Seeing Wu Ting enter, Scholar Jiang gestured for him to have a seat, then quickly shoveled down a few more mouthfuls of rice and took a large gulp of strong tea.
"Director Wu, I know I told you at the competition to finish this paper as soon as possible, but I didn’t mean for you to rush it out this quickly."
"The systematic review you presented at the competition was certainly good enough to be published in a core journal. However, I was hoping you would submit this one to the *Journal of the American College of Cardiology* (JACC). It’s the top journal in our cardiovascular field, and the standards for acceptance are extremely high."
Scholar Jiang certainly appreciated Wu Ting’s initiative, but he felt the young man needed to be more patient and deliberate.
"How about this: I’ll review it for you, and you can make improvements afterward. This training camp is a perfect opportunity—if there’s anything you don’t understand, you can consult with the other directors here."
"Your talent, comprehension, and insight are all first-rate, but scientific research must be grounded in practice. I’ll have a word with Ren Anyi and He Guangzong and ask them to give you some guidance."
Scholar Jiang placed great importance on Wu Ting’s paper. Besides, his plans didn’t end with just a single article.
Scholar Jiang hoped to use this review article as a starting point. Later, working together with the research group, he aimed to co-author a definitive monograph on Hybrid Technology.
Scholar Jiang took the freshly printed manuscript from Wu Ting and began to flip through it.
As he read, Scholar Jiang’s expression began to change.
It was clear that Wu Ting’s understanding and insights had progressed and been refined immensely since the national competition.
In many areas, even Scholar Jiang felt that Wu Ting’s thinking was deeper and more detailed than his own. The core of the paper was its diversified combination of options.
Among the many classifications presented, some of the combinations and applications of surgical techniques were eye-opening even for Scholar Jiang.
If he hadn’t known Wu Ting had written the paper himself, he would have suspected that He Guangzong, Ren Anyi, and the others had all brainstormed it together.
After finishing the paper, Scholar Jiang was deeply surprised. He smoothed out the pages, looked at Wu Ting, and remarked with a sigh:
"If I weren’t familiar with your history, I’d think you were a fifty-year-old man who’s spent half his life researching Hybrid Technology."
"Wu Ting, this paper is even more outstanding than I imagined."
"It doesn’t need any more revisions. Go back and send me the digital copy. I’ll contact the editorial department of the *Journal of the American College of Cardiology* (JACC) on your behalf."
"I’m certain the journal’s editor-in-chief, my old friend Professor James, the Vice President of the Southern Country Cleveland Hospital, will be astonished by your paper!"
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Southern Country Cleveland Hospital, Office of the Vice President.
After receiving a call from Scholar Jiang, James accepted Wu Ting’s paper.
As the editor-in-chief of the JACC, James welcomed high-level papers from the global cardiac surgery community.
Since Jiang Keji, the president of the Jin Country Fuwai Hospital, had personally recommended the article, James gave it his full attention.
After receiving the paper, he cleared his schedule, setting aside three hours for it.
In his office, he lit an incense burner and brewed a cup of tea.
James was an avid enthusiast of ancient Jin Country culture and held the country in high regard.
Reading with incense burning was both a way to clear his mind and a sign of respect for the research authors.
James began to read meticulously. He was familiar with Hybrid Technology, having studied it before, and his hospital even had a dedicated operating room for it.
In addition to Hybrid Technology, James had also studied the Endoscopic Surgical Instrument Control System developed by Watanabe Yu of the Sea Country. In fact, his operating room housed one of the latest models.
He had high expectations for this paper.
’I wonder how far the doctors in that great Eastern nation have progressed in their research.’
The more he read, the more amazed James became. The publication of this paper would essentially signal the beginning of a rapid development phase for Hybrid Technology.
Some of the diversified, combined treatment methods described within made James eager to try them himself.
"This Dr. Wu Ting is a true once-in-a-generation genius!"
’It’s a shame, though. This is still just a single, isolated article.’
James felt a tinge of regret. ’If only I could see this Dr. Wu Ting compile the entire Hybrid Technology system into a full monograph.’