263: If you don't agree, don't say a word

"That's not what I meant."

Academician Hua naturally couldn't say that directly; after all, Academician Liu and General Wang both supported Guo Hao.

Moreover, he truly had no evidence to prove that Guo Hao committed academic fraud.

This matter was, after all, extremely serious; anything involving academic fraud was a major issue!

Even if an Academician encountered academic fraud, it was highly likely they would be investigated thoroughly.

"I just have some doubts. I've read several of your papers, and they are indeed written very well, and you truly have extremely outstanding achievements in the field of Mathematics.

However, why is it that for the past year or so, you seem to be in a great hurry to publish papers?

Although the papers you've published are all from first-tier journals, I specifically looked at a few of your papers yesterday.

Many of these papers lack much value or significance, especially for a young mathematician and Materials Scientist like you, Professor Guo. Could you tell me why you are in such a rush to publish papers?"

Academician Hua looked at Guo Hao seriously.

The smile on Guo Hao's face gradually faded.

He looked at the Academician Hua in front of him with a calm gaze.

"Academician Hua, you are a senior, and I respect you, but it seems my publishing papers doesn't hinder you in any way, does it?

Since you're not questioning my academic fraud, then my publishing papers seems to have no problem, right!

As for what you said about lacking value and significance, you should talk to the journals about that. If they are truly trash papers, perhaps you can ask the journals to take down my papers.

As for why I'm in a hurry to publish papers, I actually find your statement a bit too absurd. What do you mean by being in a hurry to publish papers.

In my opinion, publishing ten papers a year or twenty papers a year is all based on one's research progress. If I have a paper ready, then I publish it. Do I have to wait?

That's utterly absurd.

Alright, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now. Farewell!"

Guo Hao couldn't be bothered to interact with Academician Hua further; when words don't align, even a few sentences are too many.

Academician Hua's action of questioning him in front of Academician Liu and General Wang was even worse and more excessive than Academician Liu's suspicion of him at the time!

Academician Liu only questioned if he was boasting at the time, which Guo Hao could completely understand.

After all, his performance at the time was indeed a bit too inhuman; there's nothing to say about that.

But Academician Hua was different. He just saw that he had published ten papers in quick succession, saw a few of his 'filler' papers, and started questioning him. Although he didn't explicitly say it, Academician Hua's tone of questioning implied it.

He just thought he had committed academic fraud or pulled some other trick!

He didn't know what mindset he was coming from, but no matter what kind of person he was, Guo Hao found it difficult to have a good attitude towards this kind of thing.

"You!"

Seeing Guo Hao turn and leave, Academician Hua instantly felt a bit angry.

In Academician Hua's view, while Guo Hao was indeed a talented young man, whether in terms of seniority or other aspects, he was completely qualified to be Guo Hao's Teacher.

As a senior, Academician Hua originally didn't think Guo Hao would commit academic fraud.

After all, for a talented young person like Guo Hao, writing academic fraud-level papers was completely unnecessary; no one would joke around with their future.

Doing that had no meaning at all.

The way he just spoke was merely out of a senior's desire to maintain his dignity, wanting to scold Guo Hao a bit, and after Guo Hao admitted his mistake, he would then earnestly lecture Guo Hao.

To tell this talented young man not to be eager for quick success and instant benefits!

The quantity of papers wasn't important, the quality was!

As an excellent young scientist, he was the face of Dragon Country. His every action was watched by many people. Chasing paper quantity and tarnishing his own reputation would lead people from other countries to misunderstand Dragon Country!

This was what Academician Hua was thinking.

But he didn't expect that Guo Hao completely failed to follow his intentions and took a completely unconventional route!

He actually directly confronted him head-on, completely ignoring the matter of writing ten papers a year!

This made Academician Hua feel a bit angry.

This attitude made Academician Hua extremely dissatisfied. Guo Hao was talented, yes, Academician Hua admitted that, but he showed no respect towards his senior at all. This attitude!

Academician Hua was very angry.

Academician Liu and General Wang on the side exchanged glances.

At this moment, General Wang quickly walked to Academician Hua's side and said to Academician Hua.

"Academician Hua, Professor Guo is a young man after all, and his personality is quite proud. Please don't mind it, don't take this kind of thing to heart."

Academician Hua reluctantly suppressed the anger in his heart, but his expression still wasn't very good. He said to General Wang.

"Young people nowadays are really impolite, they don't know how to respect their elders at all!

Even if someone like this has great talent! Who knows what they will become in the future!"

Academician Hua's words caused a subtle change in General Wang's expression.

Academician Liu on the side felt a bit awkward.

He hadn't expected things to develop like this. He had originally thought that Academician Hua would privately advise Guo Hao, telling him that young people should try to do some bigger scientific research and not just think about writing 'filler' papers at a young age.

Academician Liu himself also thought this way; he planned to privately persuade Guo Hao not to waste his time and talent.

He didn't expect that Academician Hua would actually directly question Guo Hao in such a setting!

His tone even directly pointed towards the suspicion of Guo Hao committing academic fraud!

Although he didn't explicitly say it in the end, the initial tone and questioning somewhat implied it!

It stunned Academician Liu.

The nature of this was completely different. Saying it privately was considered advice, a well-meaning senior's counsel, but what was this direct questioning in front of General Wang and himself?

No wonder Guo Hao's tone was very poor.

Academician Liu looked at Academician Hua next to him with some confusion. He remembered that his old friend wasn't like this before!

What was wrong today?

General Wang also felt slightly dissatisfied with Academician Hua next to him. He didn't think Guo Hao had done anything wrong.

On the contrary, Guo Hao was right.

Since there was no evidence of academic fraud, if Academician Hua thought Guo Hao's papers weren't worth publishing in journals, he should have gone to the journals to negotiate and ask them to take down Guo Hao's papers.

Acting superior based on age and seniority here was a huge problem!

Although he thought this way in his heart, General Wang naturally wouldn't say so. On the contrary, he was still trying his best to appease Academician Hua.

After all, Academician Hua was also an Academician!

Guo Hao returned to the computer room, feeling not very good.

Shaking his head, he cast these bad feelings aside and continued to process the data in front of him.