Before New Year's Day 1886, Ehrlich submitted his resignation letter and eagerly joined the Heinz Pharmaceutical Company.

As for whether to go to New York with John in the future, the two of them did not talk deeply, and John will stay in Berlin for almost a year, and the cooperation between the two is the key to the future.

If John could convince Ehrlich, he would not mind moving his family to New York, which was also the most important city of a world power, where he promised generous treatment and where the attitude towards Jews was much better than in Europe. But if the sulfonamide does not make any achievements after that, or even becomes mediocre, Ehrlich will only waste a year or two.

John also knew this.

In fact, from the first day of Ehrlich's tenure at Heinz Pharmaceuticals after the New Year, John handed him the three sulfonamides that had been patented, and asked him to cooperate with Hoffman in researching their production processes......

Before you know it, 1886 has arrived.

For the whole world, 1886 was a relatively quiet year, the big powers of Europe and the United States were burying their heads in the second industrial revolution, and Germany and the United States were desperately developing their own industries and began to occupy an increasingly important position in the world. And for John, 1886 was a special year, because according to his plan, it would be the last year he stayed in Europe!

So on his first day on the new year, he went to Bergman's office to hand in a resignation report, just like Ehrlich had done a few days earlier.

"You're resigning?"

After seeing the report in his hand, Bergman's eyes instantly widened, and he asked in surprise: "You are going back to the United States so soon?" This...... It's too sudden, isn't it? Didn't you say you wouldn't leave until next year? ”

As early as a year ago, Bergman already knew that John would definitely return to the United States in the future. And it shouldn't be too long, but he never thought that this day would come so quickly!

"No, sir."

Nodding, John said with a wry smile: "It's not that fast, at least this year I definitely won't leave Europe." ”

He certainly wouldn't have left so soon. Although the medical device factory has been put into production, and the products are very popular, and the pharmaceutical company has begun trial production of aspirin, and the production of sulfonamides has also entered the plan, but John is far from being able to let go!

What's more, the plans to travel to Europe haven't started yet!

After listening to John's words, Bergman frowned suddenly, and asked puzzledly: "Since you don't plan to leave Europe this year, what ......about this resignation report?"

"Because I may not be able to continue working like I used to."

Spread his hands helplessly. John patiently explained: "Professor Bergman, I have received many invitations from universities or hospitals to give lectures to them...... You should know about this, right? ”

"Well, of course I know that......"

With a frown, Bergman immediately nodded.

Of course, he was well aware of this, and in fact almost all invitations were sent to Charlotte Hospital, except for the case of Bierrot, which was sent directly to John. So Bergman couldn't be clearer about that. As far as he can remember, John has received invitations from at least a dozen university hospitals in recent months. It can be said that it is really a hot time!

The power of so many papers is finally being realized.

Although the communication and transportation facilities of this era were extremely poor, and the response was too slow in John's opinion, it had been four or five months since the paper was published, at least the universities in Europe had already reacted. New surgical sterilization and local anesthesia techniques have been the focus of everyone's attention, and the ultra-high success rate of appendectomy is even more eye-catching. It's only natural to receive so many invitations.

So looking at the puzzled Bergman, John shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Professor, you know that I have always wanted to look around Europe, so I plan to spend my final year walking around and visiting the universities that have sent invitations......"

"Does that take a year?"

Blinked. Bergman asked suspiciously, "John, there are so many schools, you don't want to go to them all, do you?" ”

"Of course not!"

Immediately shaking his head, John explained: "For now, I only plan to go to Vienna, Paris and London, except for a few universities in Germany. ”

Britain, France, and Germany were John's focus, and Vienna was purely because of Bierrot, and even if it was anything else, even John of Italy, who was also a European power, was not of much interest. Whether it is national strength, the level of science and technology, and the most important thing is the future development of medicine, which is basically the business of these three big countries.

However, before Bergman could ask, John continued to explain with regret on his face: "But even so, I'm afraid I've been traveling outside for half a year this year, so I'm afraid I won't be able to continue to stay, so ......"

Looking at John's regretful expression, Professor Bergman suddenly understood.

After thinking about it, Bergman naturally couldn't help but ponder. If it is common sense, he naturally can't tolerate a subordinate traveling all year round, and the hospital has to pay the other party's salary in vain. John probably took this into account, so he simply came to resign. But Bergman also knows that many things can't be calculated simply by common sense, and many times have to be considered more.

For example, in the matter at hand, he had to consider the current issue of John's influence.

A young surgeon whose reputation has spread throughout some of Europe's top medical schools and hospitals, and it can be expected that John's fame will be even greater in the future, such a subordinate Bergman does not want to let go lightly, even if the other party will only stay for another year at most!

So after thinking about it for two or three seconds, Bergman immediately waved his hand and said, "John, this is not a problem, this year, you will be in charge of everything, I fully support it!" But take back your resignation letter, even if you only work one day in the hospital today, I won't agree to your resignation! ”

"This ......"

After being slightly stunned, John felt a little embarrassed.

To be honest, in addition to traveling around to increase his knowledge and meet more peers, this year John also wanted to toss around in the fields of anatomy and physiology, and at the same time had to be distracted to take care of the two factories, and he really didn't want to continue to do it at Charlotte Hospital. He chose this place purely to complete the first stage of "research" in the field of surgery and then toss a little fame to make friends with peers and recruit talents, and it is not interesting to continue to stay.

To put it bluntly, John was so dissatisfied with the surgical environment at Charlotte Hospital.

Even though the whole building has been renovated according to his wishes, the congenital deficiencies are not enough to satisfy the future surgeon, and only the building in New York, which will be completed this year, is the working environment that John has been looking forward to.

Only when he returns there will he really take out his surgical skills, not be limited to a basic appendectomy! Only when he returned there could he have no scruples, nor did he need to consider the influence of Bergman and others, and only when he returned there could he use the sulfonamide he had "invented" with confidence, and even use penicillin prepared in small quantities by himself in special cases......

So submitting this resignation letter today is not only because of the aforementioned reasons, but also because John wants to take more time to start preparing for his own hospital.

Compared with Germany, the conditions in New York are too poor, and all the shortcomings need to be made up for as much as possible in this year. For example, he had to recruit German-educated physicians in Europe as much as possible, to purchase a large number of medical or practical equipment and instruments, and to order a large number of professional magazines, books and corresponding teaching materials for his future subordinates, all of which John had to do before returning to the American continent.

But in the face of Bergman's sincere gaze, John couldn't find a reason to refuse for a while.

"Alright then, Professor Bergman."

After a moment of silence, John took back the resignation letter in front of him, nodded and said, "I will try to spend as much time in the hospital as possible, but I hope you can understand, I will be going back next year, so there is so much to do in this final year......" (To be continued......