Cai Rongjuan was obviously dissatisfied with the result and planned to appeal. However, her lawyer advised that she could appeal, but the lawsuit should target Changxing Hospital since she was still an employee there when the incident occurred, and the hospital should bear the primary responsibility.
The couple discussed it and decided that suing Changxing Hospital was not a wise course of action. They ultimately decided to let Tan Guoliang first visit the new dean, Zhao Feiyang, to gauge his attitude on the matter.
These days, Zhao Feiyang was eting with the key leaders and academic leaders of various departnts, and as the deputy director of the urology departnt, Tan Guoliang was among them.
Tan Guoliang had been anticipating this eting for a long ti. If Zhao Feiyang didn’t seek him out soon, he planned to reach out to this new dean through connections. Since the couple’s plan backfired, leading to Cai Rongjuan’s resignation becoming a reality, life for Tan Guoliang at ho felt like years in a day. Every ti he returned ho, he would be blad by Cai Rongjuan, who believed it was his bad idea that had put her in such an awkward position.
The wide-ranging contact by Zhao Feiyang with the departnt heads aid to sift out suitable candidates. These etings made him realize that Gu Houyi had grievously practiced cronyism; many departnt heads were his hotown friends.
Of course, so of them had legitimately earned their positions, but there were those like Yan Huaiyi and Zhou Wenbin who were entirely unworthy of their roles.
In fact, this is typical of any organization; the principle of hiring by leadership is never about selecting the most outstanding, but the most suitable. Most leaders prefer obedient subordinates.
Before the eting, Tan Guoliang had gotten to know the new dean through various channels, aware that upon taking office, Zhao Feiyang marginalized the first vice dean, Yan Huaiyi, and dismissed Zhou Wenbin, both of whom had been close confidants of Gu Houyi. More importantly, he reinstated Geng Wenxiu, who was soone Gu Houyi had recently relegated, signaling a disapproval of his predecessor’s way of handling matters.
This behavior indicated Zhao Feiyang had no intention of following his predecessor’s policies, and this private eting was a pri opportunity.
Zhao Feiyang first listened to Tan Guoliang report on the current operations of the urology departnt and inquired about several issues he was concerned with. Although in matters of business, Tan Guoliang was solid, and his report left Zhao Feiyang very satisfied.
"Director Tan, do you have any expectations or requests concerning the departnt’s developnt?" asked Zhao Feiyang.
"Dean Zhao, there is sothing I’d like to bring to your attention," replied Tan Guoliang.
With Zhao Feiyang’s approval, Tan Guoliang recounted the entire story about his wife, Cai Rongjuan.
Zhao Feiyang listened attentively, nodding occasionally. When Tan finished, he asked, "Do you believe that Dean Gu was unfair to Director Cai Rongjuan in handling this matter?"
Though Gu Houyi had left, Tan Guoliang still didn’t dare openly criticize him: "Dean Zhao, we are not the leaders, and we can only view the issue from our perspective. One thing we can guarantee is that Tong ili’s bracelet wasn’t shattered by Cai Rongjuan, and the dispute occurred during work hours. Now we are being held accountable, and we feel very wronged."
Nodding, Zhao Feiyang said, "From what you say, since the incident occurred in the hospital and during working hours, the hospital indeed should shoulder part of the responsibility."
Hearing this, Tan Guoliang was secretly pleased; it seed he’d found the right person, a reasonable new dean.
But Zhao Feiyang changed his tone: "As far as I know, Cai Rongjuan has resigned from Changxing, and Tong ili didn’t file a lawsuit due to the costic procedure." Clearly distinguishing between suing an individual and suing the hospital was a simple concept for Zhao Feiyang.
"Dean Zhao, that Tong ili is completely reversing right from wrong. Initially, she aid to claim compensation from the hospital. After the appraisal showed there was no issue with her surgery, she switched targets to extort us. If we are to be held responsible, might I ask if the dical departnt should be held accountable? Should the security departnt be held accountable? Should Changxing bear responsibility?"
With a smile, Zhao Feiyang said, "Director Tan, if I said no, would you and your wife plan to sue too?"
Startled, Tan Guoliang quickly shook his head: "We never intended to sue you." In truth, he had considered suing Changxing Hospital but dared not, since his wife had resigned while he remained employed at Changxing Hospital, and he needed to think of his future.
"The legal representative of Changxing is . Suing Changxing is suing . Old Tan, I understand what you’re thinking. Although I’m not well-acquainted with Director Cai, I’ve long heard of her renowned dical skills. Such talent shouldn’t be lost from Changxing. Here’s the deal: go back and ask Director Cai her opinion on returning. If she is willing, Changxing is always open to her."
Excited by Zhao’s words, Tan thought, why wouldn’t she be willing? Ever since her resignation, Cai had shed tears countless tis in secrecy. The resignation was intended as a temporary asure, but Gu Houyi had decisively removed the ladder. Now, the new dean was rebuilding that ladder. If they refused, they would be truly unwise.
Tan Guoliang didn’t hesitate: "Dean Zhao, my wife has an emotional attachnt to Changxing, and I’m confident she will want to return."
Nodding, Zhao Feiyang said, "It’s good that she’s willing to return. Whatever happened in the past is just that, the past. I can only assure you that as long as I’m at Changxing, I’ll ensure the employees’ rights are protected, and no one will be wronged."
Following through with his word, although the court ordered Cai to pay 440,000 in compensation, Zhao decided the hospital would resolve the issue. Changxing, being a non-private hospital, required comprehensive procedures for such a compensation amount.
Assigning the task to Yan Huaiyi, he instructed the dical and security departnts to provide detailed records of the day’s conflict and also issued a notification to Zeng Hongwen, the forr contractor of the costic center, demanding she cover half of the compensation.
Under this plan, the contractor and hospital each bore 220,000. Even if all was charged to Cai, it would only amount to 44,000.
From 440,000 down to 44,000, the difference was vast for Cai, as her monthly inco often exceeded this. Moreover, with the new dean’s proactive invitation and promise of reinstating her as the costic center’s director, how could she ask for more? The couple felt deeply grateful to the new dean.
Security Section Chief Yu Xiangdong ca to the dical departnt to specifically discuss this matter. The new person in charge there was Xu Chunliang since Zhou Wenbin had been on sick leave since the incident and hadn’t returned to the hospital. Even if he did, it was unlikely he’d be back in the dical departnt as his duties were rearranged to the dical archives room.
Given their work nature, the security departnt and dical departnt had many connections. Having seen firsthand the handling of several disputes, Yu’s attitude towards Xu had shifted from initial disdain to admiration, transitioning from calling him "Xiaoxu" to "Director Xu."
Though there was no official statent from the hospital, this was now the general address.
"Director Xu, have you received notice from the hospital?"
Xu no longer bothered to correct such a level of address: "Section Chief Yu, what matter are you referring to?"
Yu Xiangdong replied, "It’s about the dispute between Tong ili and Cai Rongjuan."
Nodding, Xu ntioned that they had indeed received hospital instructions to report back on the day’s events to restore all details. He also heard about Cai’s return to Changxing and her reinstatent as the head of the costic center. He held disdain for her actions internally, "A good horse doesn’t return to grazed grass. Weren’t you so confident? If you resigned, don’t co back!"
Many others shared Xu’s sentints, including Yu.
Xu stated, "We’ll write according to the hospital’s requests."
Yu countered, "It seems you haven’t grasped the hospital’s sentint. They now believe we all share responsibility."
Being relatively new and with limited experience, Xu hadn’t fully interpreted the implications.
Yu furiously remarked, "Once it’s established we share the bla, our performance will be impacted." As administrative departnts, they were low-inco within the hospital, without any under-the-table revenue, relying solely on average bonuses.
"You’re saying this responsibility will fall on us too?"
"Certainly, our security departnt will be held accountable for not promptly curbing the patient’s extre behavior, and for failing to protect our staff’s personnel safety. Your dical departnt is even more at fault, definitely scrutinized for ineffective managent and failure to coordinate physician-patient relationships, leading to uncontrollable situations. Mark my words, both departnts will be penalized, and as heads, we’ll lose at least three months of performance bonuses."
This disheartened Xu: "Why should I care?"
Yu couldn’t help laughing at his profanity: "I think so too, you’re even more unjustly treated as it was Zhou Wenbin in charge back then, but the hospital won’t heed such reasoning."
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