Medical Master

It was in the Capital City.

In a meeting room at the main tower of the Central Television, the production team and the committee members were holding a meeting.

Then, a staff member suddenly rushed into the room, walked up to the chairperson’s seat and whispered into the ear of a middle-aged man with chin-length gray hair.

“What?” The middle-aged man exclaimed in shock and smacked his hand against the table.

The production team and committee members who totaled more than 10 members were surprised and confused at his reaction.

“What’s wrong? Why are you so angry?”

“Did something happen?”

“Although the director is a little hot-tempered, he isn’t someone who would get angry without any reason.”

“What a pleasant surprise,” the director was appeased when he saw how much interest Fang Qiu’s post had generated and instead, he chuckled loudly.

On the other hand, the sales manager, a man in his 30s rose to his feet and said, “Frankly, the only reason why we invited Fang Qiu to take part in this competition was to generate interest in our competition but after we made the announcement, the interest level did not exceed our expectations and it was even considered average. This was because everyone felt that Fang Qiu was indeed qualified to be invited to take part in the competition.”

“However, Fang Qiu’s rejection caused those who hadn’t been interested or whose interest level had been lukewarm to have more interest in the competition.”

“Fang Qiu’s actions have not affected us adversely but instead, it has increased our competition’s exposure and generated even more interest!”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

This seemed surprising but after they spent more time thinking about it, it seemed perfectly reasonable.

The director finally nodded when he saw everyone else nodding and said, “I guess this means that our efforts in inviting him weren’t in vain!”

Everyone froze and stared at the director in surprise.

Wasn’t the director vowing to punish Fang Qiu earlier, why was he praising him?

“This matter is not over yet,” the sales manager said. “What we need to do now is not to punish or penalize Fang Qiu but to work closely with him.”

“What do you mean?” The director asked in confusion.

Everyone else was equally curious.

“Now that we know that Fang Qiu’s rejection has generated a lot of interest, our response will be absolutely crucial,” the sales manager said. “Our response should continue to generate even more interest, so our response and our co-operation with Fang Qiu will be vital,” he said.

“You’re right,” the director nodded.

He naturally understood this point as well.

“Now, how should we respond?” The sales manager asked.

“Based on what you’ve shared earlier, we must deliberate over our response,” the director said.

He knew that the Young Physician of China Competition was about Chinese Medicine. Although Fang Qiu had turned down their invite, from another angle, this showed that young people still showed a lot of respect for Chinese Medicine and it also showed that the young Chinese physicians had their own code of honor.

They could not punish Fang Qiu under such circumstances.

If they were to penalize an emerging star in the field of Chinese Medicine before the competition even started, how would the other young talented Chinese physicians feel?

He deliberated for a moment before he suddenly smiled and said, “Let’s do this openly.”

Everyone froze in surprise.

Openly?

What did that mean?

“This is how you should reply,” the director said. “We believe in Chinese Medicine just as we believe in Fang Qiu!”

“This simple statement shall suffice.”

The sales manager smiled because this was exactly what he had in mind. He immediately used his computer to log into the official Weibo account and typed out a response.

After the post was published, the netizens who had been waiting to watch a drama unfold were all dumbfounded.

“This is a proper production team under the Central Television, so why couldn’t they give a more forceful response?”

“Exactly. Fang Qiu had publicly humiliated them, so how could they support him?”

“Wow, aren’t their faces stinging from the humiliation they had suffered? Why didn’t they disqualify him?”

“I would have blacklisted Fang Qiu!”

“This production team seems to be too cowardly, don’t they?”

Soon, there was a deluge of comments.

The deluge of comments truly generated even interest for the Young Physician of China Competition.

At the same time, the marketing accounts and related media immediately reposted and published all sorts of news.

“Shocking! Fang Qiu turned down the invite from the production team but this was how the production team responded.”

“Fang Qiu might have turned down the production team’s invite but the truth is…”

The media came up with their own headlines that quickly went viral.

Naturally, there were also media outlets who reported this news objectively without the use of clickbait headlines.

Headlines such as “Believe in Chinese Medicine, Believe in Fang Qiu” could be seen.

There were even media outlets who used the headline “Fang Qiu is becoming an internet sensation of the Chinese Medicine field” to generate clicks.

Soon, Weibo and WeChat were all abuzz with this news.

The Young Physician of China Competition continued to generate interest as the independently operated social media accounts spread the news.

Ultimately, this topic ranked sixth on the real-time Weibo trending topics.

It might not sound as impressive as being ranked the top three but this was very unusual for a program.

Most variety shows would only generate so much interest during the end of their run.

In comparison, the Young Physician of China Competition was generating so much interest even before it started. This showed how much interest the public had in this competition!