The chapter opens with a description of the new Shanghai Jiaotong University, which is described as a "grander" hospital than any other in the world. The narrator notes that the school's physicians are more of a "financial strategist" than a "tcm doctor" . He also notes that one of the physicians, xie bian, is treating a sick kid, and that the other physician, tianshi, doesn't look friendly. The two physicians discuss the upcoming vote to merge the two schools. .