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1. The President Ma of our Jiangbei Province People's Hospital is retiring early due to health reasons! This news is like a bolt from the blue for me! Since I graduated from graduate school and entered the Provincial court, it has always been President Ma who has taken care of me. Over the past decade, he has guided me from a general staff member in the personnel department to deputy director of the medical department, deputy director of the finance department, deputy director of the party and government office, director of the supervision office, head of the equipment department, and now to my current position as assistant to the president... Smooth sailing all the way. If nothing unexpected happens, I will soon be appointed as Vice Dean.
But the unexpected has happened!
Early this morning, President Ma suddenly fainted in the bathroom at home. Fortunately, his wife found him in time. Otherwise, he wouldn't be lying in the hospital ward right now, but in the morgue. But for me, as long as he is not in the position of the hospital president, the result is the same! Not only will my appointment as Vice Dean be in jeopardy, but my days at the Provincial court will also be extremely agonizing! I will be hung up by the successor, air-dried, endure cold looks, ridicule, and mockery. How proud and arrogant I used to be, and how miserable and sad I will be in the future.
I am accompanying President Ma in the hospital, feeling utterly hopeless. The leaders in the hall came to listen to the opinions of the treatment team's experts: President Ma must have a stent placed and then will need to recuperate! I, who had a glimmer of hope, am now completely despairing.
The senior leader left, the medical staff went out, and President Ma asked me to sit by his bedside, reluctant to part: "Xiao Hu, I originally planned to have you take over my position in three years, but now it seems that it's not possible..." I concealed my sadness and interrupted him: "You just focus on getting better, don't worry about anything else. My situation is not important. I am already very grateful for your guidance and care over the years!" I spoke sincerely and emotionally, tears welling up in my eyes. President Ma looked at me with even softer eyes: "I did not misjudge you! Listen to me, from now on, you don't need to do anything..."
I secretly lamented: Do nothing? Wouldn't I die even more miserably! To be honest, when I heard the news that President Ma was going to retire, I felt a chill in my heart. I would rather be the one lying in the hospital bed right now. President Ma's retirement is not a small matter for the Vice Dean, but it means enduring the subsequent blow.
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In front of me, as the assistant to the dean, there are three Vice Deans. The top-ranked Deputy Director Sun is in charge of the personnel department. When I first joined, he was my department head, and I didn't respect him, and he looked down on me. Later, when I reached the middle level, I took a clear stand and always supported President Ma whenever the first and second in command disagreed. As the deputy department head, department head, and assistant to the dean, he always had reservations, but President Ma is the boss... Over the years, we have managed to maintain a superficial relationship.
The second-ranked Vice President Gong used to be the head of the administrative department and used to play tricks behind President Ma's back with Deputy Director Sun, who was the head of the personnel department at the time. I always promptly reported what I knew to President Ma. When I was the deputy head of the administrative department, I constantly hindered him, and he was itching with jealousy every time I got promoted.
These two people, regardless of who becomes the vice president, will not use me as their "assistant"! Don't say they give me a hard time, even ordinary department heads will look at my jokes and kick me in the pants. That's not awkwardness, it's like cutting with a sharp knife!
I'm not a clinical professional, unlike those technical big shots in related departments who make a living by their skills. They don't even dare to disrespect you as vice president. I studied Public Health Management and have been stuck in this bureaucratic institution all along. Many people inside the institution secretly call me "Wan Jin You" (), implying that wherever I go, it's okay, but without me, they're done.
I got my Ph.D. later, unlike clinical doctor Ph.D.s who are truly made of solid steel.
Ranked third is Dean Zhou, who is two years older than President Ma. He is a veteran director from the hospital's medical administration department, and he is very laid-back. We haven't had any conflicts, but he is about to retire and it's impossible for him to become the dean.
I have made up my mind. It's almost Chinese New Year, and even if it's difficult to get in and my face is hard to save, I have to take this opportunity to visit Deputy Director Sun and Vice President Gong to repair the fragile relationship that I have been trampling on for over a decade. I hope that these two great figures, whoever takes over in the future, won't make my life too difficult.
As long as he is willing to let me go, I'll kowtow to them.
On the evening of New Year's Eve, I prepared good cigarettes, good wine, good tea, and a shopping card, and was about to go out when President Ma, who had just been discharged from the hospital, called: "The house is empty this year. Bring your wife and child to have dinner together!"
This old man is causing trouble for me! Tomorrow, Deputy Director Sun and Vice President Gong's houses will definitely be bustling, and it's not a good look for me, a former hospital president's assistant, to stand around in the crowd. It's also meaningless to go.
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