Chapter 1455: Chapter 1083: To Follow or Not to Follow Chapter 1455: Chapter 1083: To Follow or Not to Follow Dean Xia said what they were going to do and did it: construction teams began moving into the hospital to build temporary offices, and the administrative building started preparing for relocation with various office supplies being inventoried. Notices about the relocation of the administrative building had been sent out, stirring Sanbo Hospital into a frenzy.

Is it true that all the administrative staff are moving to temporary offices?

Dean Xia is indeed Dean Xia, impetuous and awe-inspiring. In other hospitals, even if clinical departments or operating rooms were moved into temporary offices, it would never involve the administrative offices, let alone the dean’s office itself. But this indeed happened at Sanbo Hospital.

To minimize the construction noise impacting the hospital, Dean Xia decided to combine the animal laboratory and the temporary administrative building into one area, arranging both buildings adjacent to each other. This made construction easier and avoided the mess of having two separate construction sites.

Temporary signs were even set up in the construction area; one sign indicated the administrative building and right next door, the animal laboratory sign was posted–both signs very close to one another, creating a peculiar feeling.

Dean Sun approached Dean Xia, clearly troubled, and said, “Some senior staff from our administration have raised a suggestion to me. I think there might be a point to it, but I’m unsure, so I wanted to report it to you.”

“What is it? What’s the suggestion? Why all this hesitation?” Dean Xia saw the troubled look on Dean Sun’s face.

Dean Sun mentioned, “They suggest maybe we don’t put up a sign for the animal laboratory temporarily or even permanently, or maybe just a small, inconspicuous one.”

“Why? What a bizarre and senseless suggestion. How could a simple sign be a problem? Who is it bothering?” Dean Xia didn’t understand what Dean Sun was trying to convey.

Hesitantly, Dean Sun said, “They say putting the administrative offices next to the animal laboratory, especially placing both signs together, feels ironic and can lead to unwanted associations, as if it’s insulting someone.”

Dean Xia almost laughed out loud: “Who came up with this suggestion? I don’t find it ironic at all. How is it ironic? Who is it mocking? Do you think it’s ironic?”

Dean Sun quickly shook his head: “No, I don’t feel that way at all. How could it be ironic?”

“Right, feeling ironic about it indicates a guilty conscience. Instead of worrying about two signs causing associations, they should focus on working positively and doing meaningful work instead of just waiting to retire without doing their job, inevitably leading others to have thoughts. You say if they already have ideas, wouldn’t others have them too?” Dean Xia found the thoughts of these people absurd–they spent their time focusing on the wrong things and causing more trouble than they solved. If not for their complicated relationships, Dean Xia would have fired them long ago for their idle muckraking.

“What about the sign issue?” Dean Sun carefully asked, compelled to report it as several senior staff had approached him with the issue.

Dean Xia thought for a moment: “Don’t change it, just keep it as it is, to serve as a warning to those people. Tomorrow, hang a poster next to the animal laboratory sign featuring several conspicuous pigs.”

“That doesn’t seem appropriate?” Knowing now that he shouldn’t have brought it up to Dean Xia, Dean Sun felt even more conflicted.

Dean Xia firmly responded, “What’s inappropriate about it? If someone thinks they are a pig, then they are a pig.”

“Alright!” Dean Sun had no choice but to drop the issue.

“Here’s the document on the increase in the number of beds for each department, take a look?” Dean Sun quickly changed the topic, placing a document on Dean Xia’s desk.

Dean Xia glanced at it: “Leave it here, I will take a good look when I have time.”

Now, the bed allocations at Sanbo Hospital were very flexible. To increase the number, simply report it and approval would follow swiftly. Previously, adding just a few beds was as hard as reaching the heavens, because increasing the allocated beds meant an increase in government subsidies to the hospital. Although the subsidies weren’t much, it was still money. This money wasn’t spent on millions for visible giant sculptures, but rather silently invested in the hospital, something many people were reluctant to do.

Now everything is set, any application from Sanbo Hospital goes directly to Beijing, and it’s estimated that the approval for bed allocation will be done within three days.

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The cultivation of NK cells is underway, and Tang Shun’s laboratory talent expansion plan is now very clear. Yang Ping looked it over and found it very reasonable. There’s a pyramid distribution of talent in low, middle, and high tiers; the top scholars are offered very high salaries, while mid-level and entry-level researchers also receive very good compensation. Entry-level young doctoral researchers earn an annual salary of about 500,000, mid-level salaries exceed 1 million, and top scholars break the 10 million mark. They receive full social benefits along with top-tier social security contributions, and also have commercial insurance for the entire family. Besides statutory holidays, there is also one month of paid leave.

The key point here is that these researchers are all on the official payroll, which in China, is the ultimate goal, thus fulfilling nearly every scientist’s dream: high salaries, an official position, vacations, no need for excessive overtime, and more than sufficient research funding. This is indeed an early arrival of a communistic model of scientific research.

Now, graduates from renowned medical universities across the country are inquiring about job openings at Sanbo Laboratory, looking for ways to work there. Some well-known scholars from abroad are also seeking contacts, hoping to return to China and serve Sanbo. After comparing, they all agree that foreign laboratories are no place for people compared to Sanbo Laboratory.

Previously, China had to make every effort to poach talent from abroad, negotiating for a long time to manage the introduction of top talents. Now, top talents are actively making efforts to join Sanbo Hospital, fearing they might not meet the criteria and be turned away.

This trend has alarmed Dean Xia enough to quickly report to the higher authorities that Sanbo Hospital will soon run out of space, urging to allocate some land soon. Next to Sanbo Hospital is a government office building, which isn’t very large but occupies a significant area due to a large parking lot.

The government has decided to allocate that land to Sanbo Hospital, requiring the government office to relocate. Dean Xia calculated that if they could secure that piece of land, Sanbo Hospital would have ample space, and he would not have to worry about space during his tenure.

Now as Sanbo Hospital is gradually moving towards internationalization, both Chinese and English signs are being implemented within the hospital. This policy has met some resistance internally, with criticisms that it is an act of admiring and pandering to foreign standards, questioning how can proud Chinese adopt English.

This angered Dean Xia, who criticized these naysayers for being narrow-minded. Currently, English is the de facto global language, which is an undeniable fact. Over 90% of scientific literature is written in English. To claim that learning English is admiring foreign cultures reflects a closed mindset. Sacrificing the ability to communicate and interact with the world for so-called cultural confidence is definitely a loss. Therefore, cultural confidence should not come from rejecting interaction but from taking the initiative in communications. And having a strong stance is the way to take control.

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BG Company headquarters.

On Li Gaoyang’s desk lays a very urgent document, indicating that Sanbo Laboratory is now engaging in NK cell therapy and upgrading the original stem cell experiments to a cell therapy laboratory, with an accompanying commercial cell therapy factory being established by Ruixing Company.

Following up on Virus Therapy hasn’t caught up, and now there’s something called K-NK cell therapy, causing Li Gaoyang immense pressure.

This kind of follow-up isn’t simple, requiring significant investment in human, financial, and material resources, along with considerable time due to the massive scale of investment, which prohibits casting a wide net.

BG Company, in order to maintain its dominant position in the traditional pharmaceutical field, invests heavily in R&D every year and also allocates significant resources to what it considers new competitive arenas. If now, to follow Yang Ping’s track, similar investments are made; it will inevitably weaken the share of already committed areas. If Yang Ping’s track is promising and can be matched, that’s manageable. However, if Yang Ping’s new track is uncertain and hard to follow, such aggressive investment might likely result in failure, wasting the enormous investment and weakening established positions, leading to suboptimal outcomes on both fronts.

Now, to keep up with Virus Therapy, BG Company is investing heavily in establishing laboratories, recruiting talent, launching new research projects, etc., but now it seems that this Virus Therapy approach is somewhat incorrect, contemplating on K-NK cell therapy. If following this requires reinvestment, even the financially strong BG Company might find it daunting.

Because there’s an imbalance in costs, Yang Ping’s side costs much less than this side. Dragging this out would exhaust one’s resources, and not pursuing it risks lagging behind if their new ventures succeed, making it a difficult decision.

To follow or not?

Follow! It costs a lot, requiring cuts elsewhere, and if it fails, previous advantages are also lost.

Not follow! If they succeed, BG Company will definitely fall behind.

Now Li Gaoyang’s head is aching, having recently had brain surgery, and this mental strain is hardly surprising.