"What do you mean, Grandpa? Anyway, Senior Brother told me he just wants to graduate."
Yuan Zhengxin pondered for a moment, then said with disdain, "I've never met this Senior Brother Chen of yours, but from a mentor's perspective, with so many PhD students graduating every year, who can guarantee every paper has something new? Now, many professors write worthless papers, let alone students.
It's clear he just lacks the talent to come up with something novel, but if the paper itself is passable, finding a few familiar professors to arrange a defense would let him pass. Tian Yanzhen wouldn't go so far as to block a student's graduation.
So either he wants his mentor to write him a recommendation letter, but Tian Yanzhen refuses, or he wants help from the mentor to graduate. After all, being a student of an Academician, it's hard not to gain some benefits—losing out would be a shame."
"Oh... I see?" Qiao Yu suddenly realized...
No wonder.
