The university semester began. Song Xiaodong arrived at Ningjian Medical University on Friday. It was his first time stepping onto the campus, but not as a student—he was here as a professor.
He first went to Chen Qingming's office, where Chen Qingming immediately stood up warmly to greet him.
"Mr. Song, here are your professor materials. From now on, you'll be a visiting professor of traditional Chinese medicine at our university. Due to procedural issues, the formal paperwork for the full professor position will take some time. The way our country evaluates professors can really give people headaches—requirements for papers, this and that. It's easier for researchers to meet these demands, but real doctors simply don't have that kind of time. Recently, we even had some scandals about fabricated papers. While those were individual problems, the issues with the system are quite serious too."
