If Elizabeth didn't have some real talent, she wouldn't have been selected by Herwen's lead researcher in the first place.
What is most scarce internationally?
Scientific talent.
You can't just lose someone as talented as Elizabeth over a single paper.
Brule was certain that as long as he took full responsibility for purchasing the paper, he could position Elizabeth as the victim.
After all, the specific details of the incident were not clear to the lead researcher.
The security level of the lead researcher's identity information was even higher than Herwen's.
Nobody knew whether they were male or female, let alone getting in touch with them.
Zijin didn't have the means to influence the lead researcher.
As long as the lead researcher mentioned something to Herwen, what would Zijin's call count for?
Job didn't nod or shake his head but simply asked, "Whose paper did you buy? Have you apologized?"
