The Exchange
After teaching Chen Sheng, the troublemaking expert, a lesson at Granny Wang's place, Li Bai returned to the outpatient department.
An EMS envelope sat on the desk in his consultation room.
It had been collected by the nurses at the desk on the same floor and brought over to him.
He opened it and found the invitation to the hypnosis masters' exchange that Granny Wang had mentioned.
Li Bai hadn't just earned his National Registered Hypnosis Master certificate yesterday. Naturally, he wouldn't be overlooked for a high-level gathering like this one in the hypnosis community.
If it weren't so hard to get onto China's list of masters, he might even have received invitations to similar conferences overseas.
Once he attended this exchange and made a name for himself, more invitations would soon follow.
That was part of life for a renowned expert: either attending conferences or on the way to them. Out of the 365 days in a year, quite a few were spent traveling around and rushing from one event to another, leaving less and less time to settle down and pursue academic research.
For Huxi City Seventh People's Hospital, attending an event like the hypnosis masters' exchange wasn't some minor matter they could take or leave.
After Great Dean Zhou retired, only Granny Wang and Li Bai remained as practicing hypnosis masters at the hospital.
Granny Wang was already advanced in years, and she had only returned from retirement on a rehired basis. Even though she devoted herself to mentoring the next generation, she couldn't keep at it for many more years.
After that, Li Bai would be the only hypnosis master left to hold down the fort at the Seventh People's Hospital.
The shortage of new talent was an urgent problem.
If Great Dean Zhou