Chapter 427 - 426: New Office

Chapter 427: Chapter 426: New Office

At nearly six in the evening, Yan Feifan was in the hospital director’s office, quickly skimming the agreement drafted by both parties.

The printed cooperation agreement was quite thick, over a hundred pages long.

But the actual substance of the cooperation involved only two items: collaboration on brain tumor surgeries and a doctor exchange program.

The bulk of the agreement’s text was comprised of all sorts of detailed stipulations and dizzying liability clauses.

After all, these were high-risk brain tumor surgeries, so more detailed stipulations could help avoid future medical disputes as much as possible.

Yan Feifan closed the agreement, stood up, and said to Mr. Liu, "Mr. Liu, I don’t have any issues. The agreement is quite comprehensive."

"I also have no objection to the two-year contract period."

"Besides, with a frequency of one brain tumor puncture and injection surgery every two weeks at most, I think my body can handle it."

Liu Jin said happily, "Since you have no objections, I’ll have them stamp and sign it."

"This is all thanks to you. Since taking up my new post, I finally have a real achievement to show for my work."

Yan Feifan chuckled and asked curiously, "Mr. Liu, what about the plan to build a new hospital?"

Liu Jin sighed softly. "How could it be that easy to get moving?"

"We don’t have much money ourselves, we need close cooperation and support from multiple parties, and we also need financial appropriations from the government."

"I’ll be satisfied if we can just get the project approved during my term."

Yan Feifan pressed, "What about Baining Hospital?"

Liu Jin shook his head again. "If they could decide on a site here in Binhai and confirm their cooperation with us, it would certainly help speed up the project’s progress and approval."

"It’s just that Baining Group is a private enterprise, and their business philosophy is quite different from ours. We might not be able to see eye to eye."

As he spoke, Liu Jin tidied up the files and other items on his desk and stood up.

"Come on, I’ll take you to see your new office..."

A little over ten minutes later, Yan Feifan followed Liu Jin to the front of a striking eleven-story inpatient building.

"The Little Red House?" Yan Feifan was a little surprised.

Liu Jin nodded. "Our hospital is located in a bustling part of the city, so expansion is limited. Yet the number of patients we see increases year after year, and our medical staff is growing too."

"For the past ten or twenty years, we’ve only been able to find potential within our existing space."

"Nowadays, a shortage of office space in every department is a common problem."

"Only expert-level chief physicians and department heads get their own private offices. Everyone else has to share a large one."

Liu Jin pointed at the red building before them and said, "I had someone check, and this is the only building with a suitable office available."

"Let’s go in..."

The two took the elevator to the ninth floor of the Little Red House. Liu Jin then led Yan Feifan into a south-facing room on the east side of the building.

As soon as they entered the office, a strong, musty smell hit them, and Yan Feifan couldn’t help but cover his nose.

It was an office suite with an outer and an inner room.

The outer room was the workspace, about twelve or thirteen square meters, furnished with a desk, a consultation chair, and an examination bed.

Through the light coming in from the window on the east wall, Yan Feifan could see a layer of dust covering the desk and chair.

He could also see a few patches of mildew on the walls.

He slid open the door to the inner room, and when he saw the dimly lit scene inside, a look of delight appeared on his face.

The inner room was slightly larger, around fifteen or sixteen square meters. It contained a 1.2-meter-wide bed and a double-door wardrobe.

There was also a small sitting area in the inner room, with a small glass coffee table and two soft chairs.

The reason Yan Feifan was so happy was that he also saw a partitioned-off wash area in the inner room.

For Yan Feifan, who was a bit of a neat freak, he was extremely reluctant to use public restrooms unless he absolutely had to.

Yan Feifan walked into the inner room, pulled open the bathroom door, and saw that it was fully equipped with a toilet, a sink, and an electric water heater.

He then pulled open the floor-to-ceiling curtains on the south wall, and the room was suddenly flooded with light.

It was a large, floor-to-ceiling window.

Through the window, Yan Feifan could see the psychiatry building not far away, as well as the small garden below it, enclosed by a tall iron fence.

He also saw a dozen or so psychiatric patients strolling in the small garden or squatting on the grass, doing who knows what.

’I can rest here, there’s a private place to wash up, and the view outside isn’t bad either.’

The only drawback was perhaps the distance to the emergency department, plastic surgery, and other departments, which would require Yan Feifan to cross most of the hospital.

However, this distance was much shorter than going back to the Zuimo Court District.

After a major surgery, he was often physically and mentally exhausted, and he wished he could just drop to the ground and rest.

Resting here would be much more convenient than going back to his apartment.

Yan Feifan turned to Liu Jin, who had come up beside him, and said very happily, "Mr. Liu, I love it here. Thank you."

"Hey, Mr. Liu, this place is great. Judging by the dust, it’s been vacant for at least three or four months."

"Hasn’t anyone had their eye on it?"

Liu Jin chuckled. "A place this good? Of course people have had their eye on it. There were quite a few applicants!"

"But with so many people vying for it, it became difficult for the logistics department to handle. No matter who they gave it to, they would offend a group of people."

"So they just didn’t give it to anyone, and now you’ve lucked out."

Yan Feifan gave a silly grin and asked curiously, "Mr. Liu, who worked here before?"

"Dr. Feng Yin!"

The name gave Yan Feifan a slight pause.

Dr. Feng Yin was a cardiovascular specialist at the Affiliated Hospital. He had passed away at his post this March due to a ruptured cerebral aneurysm.

"Mr. Liu, Dr. Feng didn’t... right here?"

Liu Jin nodded. Noticing Yan Feifan’s somewhat serious expression, he couldn’t help but ask with a smile, "You’re not scared, are you?"

Yan Feifan quickly shook his head in denial. "How could I be? I’m a doctor. I’m used to life and death."

After a pause, he explained, "I just didn’t expect this to be the office where Dr. Feng used to work."

"I even attended three of Dr. Feng’s medical lectures before."

"Sigh..."

Yan Feifan let out a long sigh, turned to survey the furnishings of the inner room, and suddenly declared loudly, "Dr. Feng, I will work hard in this office to devise better surgical plans and produce more research breakthroughs."

"May you rest in peace..."

Liu Jin, suppressing a smile, said, "This place hasn’t been used in months, and there’s mildew on the walls. I’ll have the logistics department..."

"No, no!"

Yan Feifan quickly interrupted, "Mr. Liu, don’t trouble the logistics department. I can do it myself."

Liu Jin chuckled. "That works too!"

"You have plenty of research funds in your account anyway. You can even save the hospital some logistics expenses."

As he spoke, Liu Jin tossed a set of keys to Yan Feifan...

By this time, it was already after working hours.

Yan Feifan had wanted to treat Mr. Liu to a meal to express his gratitude, but Mr. Liu already had an appointment.

After parting ways with Liu Jin, Yan Feifan went to the emergency department, met up with Yu Suye who was waiting for him, and told her about the office.

"That’s great news."

Yu Suye giggled. "This way, if we stay at the hospital to rest at night, we won’t have to worry about being disturbed."

"Oh, right, I have something to tell you too."

"Mrs. Qin took on two new students."

Yan Feifan was slightly taken aback, then chuckled. "That’s a good thing."

"It means Mrs. Qin has completely moved on and has truly accepted her new identity as a teacher."

Yu Suye chuckled lightly. "It certainly is."

She then lifted a thick, large manila envelope she was holding to show Yan Feifan.

"Feifan, these are the applications from several patients that we’ve received since Mr. Ho published the foundation’s charter, application standards, procedures, and other documents."

Yan Feifan let out a soft "oh" and said, "Let’s look at them together tonight. We’ll make a decision based on each patient’s specific situation..."

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