Surgery Godfather-Chapter 621: The Weight That 564 Can’t Bear

All day long, Yang Ping received several phone calls.

Professor Liang, Professor Qin, Professor Hong, all asking about the ban on Ruixing.

Just after six in the afternoon, Yang Ping took out his mobile phone to see if there were any unread messages on WeChat and found a new friend request in the contacts list.

August!

He didn’t seem to recall knowing this person.

Yang Ping was about to delete this stranger, but the name sounded so familiar, he had encountered it somewhere, but he couldn’t recall where.

Oh, it was the German big shot he met in Malaysia - August.

This is the professor from Charité Hospital who later went to Harald Hospital as the dean and director of the Spinal Center, a top figure in European spinal surgery.

No good, it seems he had sent a case via e-mail, and he had not responded yet.

He had actually forgotten about this matter!

The patient’s spine exhibited a beautiful spiral shape, the only one in the world. August called it the "Spiral Man".

Fittingly, if this patient is willing to participate in clinical trials, he could use an external spinal fixation frame for correction, which could easily resolve problems that surgery cannot.

Yang Ping first accepted the other party’s request. Shortly after, he received a message:

"Professor Yang, hello, I am August from Harald Hospital in Germany, glad to finally add you on WeChat."

"Do you speak Chinese?"

"I’ve learned for quite a long time, no problem communicating, just occasionally need the help of translation software."

"Sorry for not replying to your email promptly. I suggest you join an online academic forum. There, you can see my recent surgeries. I have recently discovered a new technique that is highly suitable for your case and can achieve nearly perfect correction safely."

"That’s great!"

August couldn’t wait. He went to great lengths to learn Chinese and added Yang Ping on WeChat using the number that Yang Ping gave him. As soon as he got in touch, Yang Ping recommended him to join the forum.

Presumably, this forum is where Professor Yang frequently conducts academic discussions. August is very familiar with this. When he was younger, he often frequented such academic forums.

There are still several good forums in Europe at present, and he is a regular among them.

According to the forum’s membership process, if Yang Ping vouches for him, he can immediately join.

If another member recommends, three members need to vouch before he can join, ensuring the quality of members.

As the forum covers new technologies, for safety and ethical considerations, it cannot be disseminated until the technology has been officially promoted.

Moreover, with cutting-edge technology, if the doctor’s level is not high enough and they use it without thoroughly understanding it, it can easily harm the patients.

August followed the URL that Yang Ping gave him and started registering step by step on his computer, putting down Yang Ping as the reference and then uploaded the required various documents.

The final step was to answer some questions, ten random ones with no standard answers.

You have to have a very high level in this field to answer.

After completing the application, he waited for approval.

The forum was established by John Ansen, but later administrative rights were transferred to Song Zimo, and the server was placed in China.

Yang Ping gave a heads up to his brother Song Zimo, reminding him to review the application. Song Zimo video called August to conduct face-to-face professional inquiry.

This is like an interview, he can officially join after passing the interview.

While it looks like a simple process, becoming a member is quite challenging. With those ten questions and Song Zimo’s interview, no one can bluff their way through.

In today’s era of various social apps, the forum seems a bit obsolete.

Aside from different professional partitions, there are resource partitions, chat rooms. Even though chat rooms seem ancient, August, being of that generation, is quite familiar with such a format.

Back then, John Ansen had hired someone to design these features. Song Zimo thought about hiring someone to change the design, or simply create a WeChat group for everyone to talk.

Later on, it was found to be more reliable to retain an online forum like the one John Ansen envisioned.

August browsed through the information on spinal external fixation frames in the Spinal Surgery partition of the forum, from device instructions, animal experiments to clinical trials, the information was very thorough.

After reviewing all cases, especially Cui Shukai’s case, August was deeply moved.

Having lived more than half his life, he had never seen this method of correction before. It was a genius concept, perfectly applying the Ilizarov’s theory to spinal correction surgery.

There is actually this kind of forum in the world. Normal journal papers don’t include such sci-fi-like technology.

Just having arrived, was this the legendary dark web?

August guessed, then curiously entered the chat room, which was very lively.

At this time, it was past six in the afternoon in China, just past six in the morning in the United States, and past noon in Germany.

"Hello everyone, I am August from Germany, specialized in spinal surgery!"

August typed out a string of English.

But, no one responded to him.

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Four days after the issuance of the ban.

In Gan Fengyi’s office.

Xiao Meng, one of the subordinates, sprinted all the way and knocked on the door of the office:

"Today, I brought people to deliver goods to Facility One, but they refused to receive. The equipment department and the department director refused to sign, and they seem to not recognize us, even the access card to the operating room has been disabled."

Xiao Meng didn’t know what had happened, and felt quite wronged.

He usually sees the doctors from Facility One every day, and he is very familiar with them. He holds the Facility One access card, which allows him to use the elevator and go in and out of the operating room. Today, the access card has been deactivated, and every orthopedic director doesn’t recognize him at all, Xiao Meng was totally dumbfounded.

Gan Fengyi was taken aback: "Did they say anything?"

"They said nothing!" Xiao Meng was almost crying out of frustration.

"Something’s wrong!"

Gan Fengyi suddenly realized something: "Buy me a plane ticket to Shanghai, I need to see Hans. If anything happens in the company, call me at any time."

The fire Hans has been playing with might have gotten out of control!

Su Qingyun wouldn’t do such straightforward things so easily. Even if he turns his face, he would still leave some room for negotiation, and everyone would be polite.

I’m afraid it’s the blocking order that has touched Su Qingyun’s whiskers.

Su Qingyun is a man who either doesn’t make a move, but when he does, it might be something more than just one hospital ceasing cooperation.

And he would do it flawlessly, not leaving the slightest loophole.

Gan Fengyi, having cultivated in the South China region for many years, due to her cooperative business, knew Su Qingyun quite well.

The Su family, is something that absolutely cannot be meddled with.

The spine external fixation frame technology is the work of Yang Ping from Sanbo Hospital.

The relationship between Yang Ping and Su Qingyun might be unknown to others, but how could Gan Fengyi not know.

Speaking business might be okay, but disparaging spine external fixation frames and using extreme tactics might have angered Su Qingyun this time.

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Everything was eerily quiet as the second phase of Hans’s blockade plan surfaced.

In order to achieve absolute suppression, Hans did not hesitate to use strong forces in a narrow field.

Huang Jiacai, Ruixing Company, and the spinal external fixation frame, three core elements were combined to create a fascinating story.

A treacherous man who forgets favor and steals from the company stands out on paper; a company who relies on imitation of others or buying up trash technologies to package and create a persona also clearly forms; a lagging spinal external fixation frame dumped by a giant and imitated by a small doctor, boasted as advanced technology, hastily put into clinics, causing a large amount of complications, this is sheer disregard for life.

The fire has started, it’s burning fiercely, crackling relentlessly, showing no signs of stopping.

Gan Fengyi urgently flew to the headquarters in Shanghai to dissuade Hans — the commercial war has deviated from the basic bottom line, and the consequences are unimaginable.

"Mr. Hans, you’ve pushed our company to the brink of danger unknowingly. Do you want to give up the Chinese market?"

Gan Fengyi cut to the chase. In an urgent situation, there’s only right for a harsh wake-up call.

Hans just smiled: "Are you pleading for Ruixing in a different way?"

"I don’t understand what you’re saying. If you have something to say, just say it!" Gan Fengyi felt that the tone of Hans was weird.

Hans chuckled: "Manager Gan, I hope you can separate your work from personal feelings. This is a critical time; I don’t need to remind you more.

Gan Fengyi immediately realized that this was implying her relationship with Huang Jiacai, and someone must be stirring up trouble at this time.

"You misunderstood. I came to Shanghai this time to save our company. We are now standing at the edge of a cliff and are about to fall."

Hans laughed heartily. He really found Gan Fengyi ridiculous, as ridiculous as a child.

What a joke. Such a powerful company, the top figure of the world’s orthopedic consumables, gathering resources to deal with a high school student commander at Ruixing is as easy as crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood. The three consecutive victories in Europe and Japan have made Hans completely confident that he can crush Ruixing.

Not long ago, a French company was suppressed by him till death, then cheaply bought into their pockets. The aftertaste of pleasure has not yet dispersed. How could Hans stop?

Compared to that poor French company, Ruixing’s end will only be worse.

"That’s enough. Don’t plead for the high school student anymore. You, how—"

Hans shook his head, expressing disappointment.

Gan Fengyi looked at the confident Hans and had no idea how to persuade him:

"You can’t fight him. Listen to me, immediately withdraw the blockade order. It’s not too late. If it’s too late, the consequences will be unthinkable. The high school student in your eyes has far superior business acumen and strategic intelligence than you. He isn’t at the same level as you. What’s even scarier is that the resources backing him are stronger than you think. He can easily resolve your blockade and then counter-attack. What you can think of, he certainly can think of. What you can’t think of, he can also think of. Withdraw now. This time, you’ve chosen the wrong enemy. You cannot afford the consequences."

Hans sneered, feeling enraged like a bursting blood vessel. His male ego took an extreme hit.

Can’t he fight this high school student? Not avenging this isn’t worthy of being a man!

"Don’t say anymore. I hope to stay sober. You are the manager of South China region for Johnson & Johnson, not for Ruixing. If you find it difficult to stay sober, I can arrange for someone to replace your work and give you enough time to rest."

Hans suppressed his anger and maintained his last bit of gentleman demeanor.

Zhou Mengyun said that Gan Fengyi had a close relationship with Huang Jiacai. At first, Hans didn’t believe it, but now it seemed to be true.

In this case, no matter from a public or personal perspective, it’s even more impossible to let Ruixing off the hook. He will keep suppressing them until they crumble.

"This is the decision of the headquarters, and there is no room for reconsideration. I can’t help you. I have a meeting now. At this time, you should stay at your post instead of flying around."

Hans decided to not continue the conversation.

It’s over!

Gan Fengyi felt a chill up her spine.