For Chen Yuanzhi, criticism, mockery, onlookers, and even half-joking headhunting—all these were pressures.
He couldn't, nor dared to, make assumptions about Qiao Ze's thoughts, and he was reluctant to ask rashly.
Predecessors had already set an example; trying to guess Qiao Ze's ideas didn't end well.
The reason geniuses are called geniuses is precisely that their thoughts are surely different from ordinary people's.
Therefore, what Chen Yuanzhi could do was to trust what Xu Dajiang had said, and then he wrote another report. For the time being, that was all he could do, besides once again approaching Xu Dajiang, respectfully and politely asking the unorthodox dean to help inquire about Qiao Ze's thoughts.
If possible, he hoped to have those two Weibo posts by Dou Dou temporarily blocked — to save face for everyone involved.
Even if the Weibo post isn't deleted, it would still be good to compile and publish it in our own journal.