Queen's Gambit

Medical Center.

Teaching room.

After Adam stunned everyone with his over-the-top performance, the first public lecture was already considered a success.

After that, apart from Cristina who remained very active.

The atmosphere basically returned to the way Adam and Dr. Grey were talking fluently at the beginning.

Adam had no intention of causing any more trouble.

Taking advantage of the situation to show off is one thing.

If someone is already extremely uncomfortable, and you still insist on showing off your awesomeness, that's a different story.

Too much of a good thing is bad.

Moreover, he did not forget his original purpose: to learn.

Therefore, he still accompanied Alice Grey to watch the entire surgical videotape.

The surgery lasted for several hours, with Adam constantly expanding and refining the branching procedures. By the time it ended, it was already 2 a. m.

It lasted for a full eight hours.

Apart from those who were paged, no one left early, not even to go to the restroom.

Because they suppressed their envy, jealousy, and resentment towards Adam, who was just an intern, and simply regarded this open class as a brilliant dialogue between two medical giants.

That's absolutely packed with valuable information, and there's not a single dull moment.

According to the novels from the East Country: This is a peerless martial arts manual!

I spent so many years in residency training, enduring hardship in the hospital.

One must curry favor with the attending Attending Physician.

I had no choice but to bring along a stupid intern.

The goal is simply to learn as much as possible so that I can truly practice medicine independently.

The standard procedure is used to handle ordinary cases.

These are all repetitive tasks, and you can only gain experience points from these common minor surgeries; there's a limit to that.

If you're lucky, you might encounter a classic and difficult case, and you'll need to get a good shot of the Attending Physician before you can join in and learn from them.

This is like learning to drive and taking a driving test in the Adam- modern era.

It should have been a series of practice sessions to get started quickly.

However, because there are so many people learning to drive, driving schools, in order to make more money, have one instructor teach many people.

Then, each person's practice time in the car was artificially broken into segments.

I practiced for a while today, and just as I was starting to get the hang of it, I was kicked off.

When tomorrow comes, we'll have to find our footing again.

How much time was wasted!

The same applies to residency training.

Unless you have connections, how could you possibly be chosen to perform surgeries every day at the hospital?

When it comes to classic surgeries that can add a significant chapter to one's resume, there is fierce competition to secure them.

This is why surgical residency often starts at five years, and sometimes even six, seven, or eight years.

Adam and Alice Grey's current open course uses a classic surgery as a starting point and covers almost all the variable branches of this type of surgery in a network format.

These are all practical experiences from legendary figures.

Once you learn the techniques and actually perform a few cases, you'll generally not have much of a problem when you encounter similar surgeries again.

What else could this be but a peerless martial arts manual!

I didn't see Dr. Burke, Dr. Shepherd, or Richard, the later Chief of Surgery, sitting in the back row, their eyes focused, and they didn't move at all.

After the show ended.

"Dr. Duncan, can I discuss something with you...?"

The photographer excitedly approached Adam, shared his dream of Chasing Dreams in the Entertainment Industry, and asked Adam for permission to make a film.

"Feel sorry."

Adam shook his head. "Let's not talk about the image rights of the doctors here. I am a doctor, and I hold these open classes to give my colleagues a chance to learn together. Making movies is not something I'm considering right now."

"Dr. Duncan, this is a great thing that could greatly boost your reputation..."

The photographer strongly advised against it.

"I don't care about this fame."

Adam said seriously, "I am a professional doctor. What I care about is how the medical community views me. If you turn such a professional and serious medical exchange into a movie, my fame among the general public may increase, but the medical community's impression of my professionalism will decline. Therefore, let's not talk about this."

That's half true and half false.

He genuinely doesn't want to release this kind of movie right now.

Because he was just an intern, and hadn't even passed the residency exam, let alone obtain a license to Attending Physician.

For a long time, Adam was unable to truly be autonomous.

His fate depends on the opinions of medical professionals.

Raising a reputation can indeed be useful and can influence professionals.

However, this impact has both positive and negative aspects.

The benefits are self-evident.

The downside is that the film's entertainment value and fictional elements diminish Adam's true medical genius.

Because it's a movie, even if it's based on a true story.

In the eyes of the world, there is a certain degree of falsehood in everything.

Adam's performance was already too exaggerated.

If it were made into a movie, the real thing would become fake.

It's not worth the risk!

Once he establishes a sufficient position in the medical field, his reputation as a genius doctor will be beyond doubt. He will become Attending Physician, open his own clinic, treat his own patients, and be able to make his own decisions.

At that time, making and releasing such films would truly maximize profits.

Moreover, if he were to actually make a movie, he wouldn't let the cinematographer use him as a practice director.

Leave professional matters to professionals.

He's not short of money.

The photographer was just hoping for something good!

Dream on!

The photographer tried to tempt Adam with the promise of making a lot of money, but when he thought about Adam's extravagant attitude when he came to them, he could only keep those words to himself.

Adam was full of energy and, following the photographers' directions, went to a place that specialized in post-production.

With the Money Power, even though it's already past 2 a. m.

Adam successfully edited two of the most exciting videos, each over ten minutes long, and added background music.

It took until after 9 a. m. to finally get it done.

Adam happily sent Juno one edited version and one uncut version.

Then he put the original and a large number of copies in his apartment and stored them away.

Only then, carrying a copy of the edited version, did he drive towards New Jersey.

It's time for our weekly Inspiration King session again.

Paige's apartment.

Two o'clock in the afternoon.

Adam and Paige enjoyed a delicious meal prepared by their assistant Lisa, recharging their energy.

"I'll show you something."

Adam opened the edited videotape.

"Huh?"

After Paige finished reading, a look of surprise appeared on her delicate face as she scrutinized Adam.

"You really memorized those tens of thousands of surgical records?"

"Certainly."

Adam was very satisfied with the result.

I'm a super genius now, you'll find out eventually.

Do you know how to play chess?

Paige smiled knowingly.

"Well."

Adam paused, then forced a smile, "Yes."

"Great, let's play the next round."

Paige got up to get the chess set, but suddenly frowned and raised her delicate chin. "Go get it."

Adam smiled and took it.

"Tell me about those tens of thousands of surgical data."

Paige set up the chessboard and naturally took control of the black pieces.

In chess, white moves first, but skilled players usually take the black pieces.

Let's guess first.

Adam's face darkened.

Who do they think they're looking down on?!

We... may lose the game, but we won't lose our spirit!

"Alright."

Paige smiled and picked up one black and one white chess piece, placed them in her palms, put them behind her back, and kept changing their positions. Finally, she put her hands in front of her from behind her back, indicating to Adam that he should guess.

Adam's lips curled up slightly, and he pointed to the left.

Paige loosened his fist, revealing a black chess piece in his palm.

"You go first."

Adam said confidently, "Are you sure you want to hear those tens of thousands of surgical data?"

"Why not?"

Paige, playing white, first picked up the pawn in front of the queen and moved it two squares forward. "If you can really memorize those tens of thousands of surgical data, talking about them while playing chess won't affect us at all, will it?"

"You really think highly of me."

Adam glanced at Paige.

He had watched Paige and Sheldon play chess before, and in order to win over Paige's friendship, he had even studied chess himself.

Paige's opening is clearly Queen's Gambit opening, a defensive counter-attack strategy, also known as the Sicilian Defense or the Queen's Opening.

There is a saying that you have to give up something to gain something, which is somewhat similar to the concept of "Zhenlong Chess Game leading to a comeback" in Go.

This is something you only use against skilled opponents.

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