"It's your badge, access card, wardrobe card, laundry card, it's all set up, but it can only be activated next Monday morning。。。。。。 Are you really Chinese? Are you really only 24 years old this year?"

After handing a bag of things to Tian Lu, the brown-haired little beauty in the logistics department finally couldn't hold back, and asked curiously with wide eyes.

With a shake of his hand, the documents in the bag made a chaotic noise, Tian Lu leaned on the table and nodded weakly: "Yes, I am really from Huaguo, and I am really only twenty-four years old this year." ”

In the other party's repeated "wow" sounds, Tian Lu counted his belongings, politely said goodbye to the beauties in the logistics department, walked out of the room quickly, and then couldn't help but look up to the sky and let out a sigh.

"Oh my God, this is the third time today。。。。。。 ”

On the sixth day of reporting at San Francisco Medical Center, Tian Lu still felt a little uncomfortable. It seemed that everyone he met would become extremely strange after learning that he was from China and that he was about to undergo residency training in neurosurgery, looking at him like a monster.

"Ho, you should be proud of that, Tian!"

Hans, who was waiting for Tian Lu at the door, said with a smile: "Let's not talk about your nationality, it's rare to see such a young resident here. ”

Tian Lu rolled his eyes and didn't answer.

Hans, a tall blond handsome man, is another lucky winner selected by the neurosurgery department this year, 32 years old this year, a full eight years older than Tian Lu, and is already a father of two children.

Interestingly, Hans graduated from the prestigious university Princeton with a bachelor's degree, and after graduating that year, he worked for a well-known company for three years and achieved excellent results. However, I found that I was very interested in medicine, so I resolutely gave up my high-paying job and re-entered medical school. If you don't say that there are no such people in China, but it is definitely extremely rare, but here, people seem to be commonplace, but it is a young resident like Tian Lu who will arouse everyone's curiosity.

In fact, Hans and Tian Lu had already met on the day of the interview, and when they met again more than half a year later, they both recognized each other at a glance. Tian Lu was the only yellow race among the applicants, and Hans's height of 1.96 meters also left a deep impression on Tian Lu. From the day of the report, the two of them, who are both new residents in neurosurgery, went to the hospital for physical examinations and training in basic techniques such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation together, and got to know each other in just a few days.

Hans raised his wrist and looked at his watch, probably thinking that it was still relatively early, so he smiled and said, "Okay, the first week has finally passed, how about we go have a drink together?"

"Nope. ”

Tian Lu shook his head and said with a smile: "I asked my friends to have dinner with me in the evening, and I want to go back early." ”

Hans was not reluctant, and the two of them left the hospital after a few more words. After getting out of the hospital, Tian Lu waited seven or eight minutes before getting on the bus, and then returned to his rented apartment in about 20 minutes.

This is a small five-story building, and the house that Tian Lu rents is on the fourth floor, a small apartment with two bedrooms. At the beginning, Tian Lu and Ye Lan also ran before and after looking for more than a week before they settled. On the one hand, the transportation is convenient, not far from the hospital, and there is a direct bus, which is more convenient; on the other hand, the house has just been renovated, the condition is very good, and the surrounding environment is also good, which is more suitable for two people who love quiet.

The only thing that is more uncomfortable is that the rent is too expensive!

1,700 dollars a month!

Ye Lan just passed the step2CS exam in March and is preparing to apply for this year's residency training, she is a pure zero-income class, and Tian Lu's income during residency training is only $60,000 a year, that is, the income of $5,000 a month is all the belongings of the two, and the rent will account for about one-third of it.

You know, doing residency here is not like studying at a university in China, where the cost is quite large.

Of course, this is mainly related to the identity change of Taro. In the United States, doctors are a respected and high-income profession, just like the neurosurgery department of San Francisco Medical Center, the average attending physician can get more than $300,000 a year, and the senior physician can get $6.7 million, and if you can achieve the level of Professor Locke, there is no doubt about the annual salary of one million!

Although he is only a resident doctor, like the attending physicians, the hospital has strict dress requirements for Tian Lu. In addition, he usually has to attend some academic conferences, and even participate in some activities such as fundraising dinners, Tian Lu must dress up decently. So after moving to San Francisco in April, the first thing Tian Lu did in addition to renting this house was to order three suits.

The green dollars were spent like flowing water.

Ye Lan once carefully calculated that from the time she signed up for the USMLE exam to the present, the registration fee, material fee, examination fee, air ticket fee, visa fee, living expenses in the United States, etc., the two of them have invested more than 30,000 US dollars! This is still the result of living in Lei Kang's house, and Tian Lu only went to the interview once.

When he thought that he had spent so much money on his family before he had any income in his account, Tian Lu was sweating.

Fortunately, the economic conditions of the two families are not bad, and they can afford this level of spending, and Tian Lu also firmly believes that his future development path is correct, otherwise, he is really embarrassed to continue to ask for money from his family cheekily.

But on the other hand, the pressure is also a lot of motivation.

In this case, Tian Lu almost forgot to sleep and eat. From being admitted to San Francisco Medical Center in early November last year to officially coming to the hospital to report now, for more than six months, Tian Lu has returned to the state of his freshman and sophomore year, and even more so in a sense!

Of course, no pain, no gain, miraculously, before coming to San Francisco, Tian Lu finally completed all the remaining learning tasks!

And this is not like when the basic knowledge support system was completed, the exam can only be tested 34 points, learned the previous lesson, Tian Lu this time from the beginning of the full compliance with the principle of thorough understanding, before and after, longitudinal comparison, every time you look at a part, you must eat a part, it can be said that even if you go to the exam immediately, Tian Lu has 80% certainty that you can pass at one time!

This is definitely an amazing achievement!

Completing the study of basic medical support system and clinical medical support system means that from the freshman year to the present, it is only six years, and Tian Lu has completed the eight-year study task of future medical students!

It's just that he was afraid that he would lose the motivation to continue learning once he passed, so Tian Lu still forced the impulse in his heart, continued to check and fill in the gaps, and improved his understanding of medical foundation and medical clinic. Leaving aside some more independent majors, or more cutting-edge disciplines, the most important disciplines, such as basic disciplines such as anatomy, physiology, pathology, disease and immunity, as well as clinical disciplines such as internal medicine, surgery, and pediatrics, Tian Lu carefully went through them again. Standing at the overall level, Tian Lu strung all the discipline systems together, to discover, to think, and slowly imprinted the knowledge in the system in his mind, and truly became his own thing.

After more than half a month, it was not until today that Tian Lu felt that the time was ripe.

"It's time to turn on the diagnostic and operational support system!"

Secretly made up his mind, Tian Lu suddenly felt relaxed in his heart, and raised his feet and walked in the direction of the stairs. Since the last interview with a cold, he has deliberately increased the time he usually exercises, especially when he has an opportunity like now, as long as he can climb the stairs, he will never take the elevator.

"Tian Lu! You're back!"

Climbed to the fourth floor, and as soon as he walked out of the staircase door, a cheerful cry rushed into Tian Lu's ears. Hurriedly looked up, and he smiled: Qian Lele, a college classmate who hadn't seen him for a long time, was standing at the door of Tianlu's house with a huge suitcase, and he was looking at it with a surprised face.

In order to increase his competitiveness in applying for residency positions in the future, Qian Lele also came to the United States in advance. First, thanks to Tian Lu's efforts, she was given the opportunity to intern at San Francisco Medical Center for three months, which would make her resume look better, and second, it would be even better if she could get a recommendation letter from one or two doctors.

"When did it come? Why don't you enter the house?

Hurriedly walked over and took out the key to open the door, Tian Lu asked with a smile.

"Drink! the guy is handsome!"

Qian Lele first looked Tian Lu up and down, teased his dress, and then replied with a smile: "I also just arrived, and called Lan Lan, saying that it was to pick me up and go to the supermarket to make a big purchase, and I will be back in a while." ”

Seeing Qian Lele, Tian Lu was quite excited, she was one of the few friends of Tian Lu in college, and it was a happy thing to be able to meet again in a foreign country. Tian Lu helped her pull her luggage into the room first, and then hurriedly went to make two cups of coffee.

"The conditions are good, much better than I imagined!"

Qian Lele looked around, then sat on the sofa with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Your vision is not bad, how far is this place from the hospital?"

"It's not far, ten minutes by car. ”

Tian Lu put the coffee in front of Qian Lele and said with a smile: "The main thing is that the surrounding environment is good and clean, except that the rent is a little expensive, this house should be pretty good." ”

Qian Lele stuck out his tongue and said, "So, I'm not here to share the rent with you, hehe!"

The internship is three months, and she will also apply for residency training this year, Qian Lele will stay here at least until the end of the year, which is just enough to reduce a lot of burden on Tian Lu.

Although it has been less than a year since graduation, a lot of things have happened to the two, and there is no shortage of topics to talk about, after asking Tian Lu's current situation quite excitedly, Qian Lele sighed with envy on his face: "At the beginning, you were brought into the USMLE group by me, but I didn't expect that I didn't have a score here, and you were about to start residency training!"

For Qian Lele's sigh, Tian Lu smiled and didn't say anything, but under the seemingly calm expression, his heart couldn't help but surge.

yes, it's time to start!