At first, Professor Watson thought that the student had lied and deliberately fabricated false material to deceive himself. But on second thought, he thought it was unlikely.

According to what he has learned, Chinese students are very modest and cautious, they pay attention to seeking truth from facts in what they say and do, and they are what they should be, and they will be embarrassed to be modest when others praise them, so how can they be cheating?

But if it's not a fraud, how can this matter be explained?

In order to clarify this question, Professor Watson made a special contact with the school in China to ask about the student's specific situation.

The person who answered the phone was stunned when he heard his question, and directly asked such a question: "Professor Watson, this student has been admitted to Stanford University, you seem to be a professor at MIT, right?

Professor Watson was momentarily dumbfounded: "What did you say? He was admitted to Stanford?"

"Yes, I am in charge of admissions, and I am also responsible for handling the affairs of students studying abroad, and I know very well where these best students are going, and I don't need to check the archives to know which university they are studying. ”

Professor Watson stayed for a while before making his request: "Yang, could you please go and check the file and help me confirm the student's situation?"

Although the other party was very puzzled, because of Watson's identity, he still agreed: "Okay, I'll check the file now, and I'll call you when I find out the results." ”

"Well, I'm on the phone. ”

While waiting for the call, Professor Watson had a very ridiculous idea in his mind, but he did not dare to jump to conclusions because no final confirmation had been made.

A quarter of an hour later, the phone rang, and Professor Watson immediately answered: "Hello, I'm Professor Watson. ”

"Hello Professor Watson, I am Yang who spoke to you just now, I went to the archives just now to check, and after repeated confirmation, I am sure that the student you asked has indeed been admitted to Stanford University. ”

This conclusion is consistent with Professor Watson's idea just now, but this matter is so ridiculous that Professor Watson still can't believe it, he still doesn't give up, and continues to ask: "Is this student's math score very good?"

"Well, he's the best math student in our school, and even if you look at all the universities in the country, he can be ranked in the top five. ”

Now Professor Watson finally accepted the extremely absurd reality, he understood what he had encountered, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and roared angrily at the phone: "Ridiculous! It's ridiculous! There are people who cheat on this kind of thing! I, I...... I'm going to complain! I'm going to protest!!I'm going to get to the bottom of !!."

Although the leader in charge of admissions knew English, Professor Watson's breath was short of breath under the anger, and the words he said were not so clear. After feeling Professor Watson's anger, the leader in charge surnamed Yang was surprised and a little apprehensive, and he couldn't help but ask, "Professor Watson, I don't know...... I don't know why you're so angry?"

Professor Watson knew that he shouldn't lose his temper at the other party, but he still couldn't suppress his emotions, and explained the situation angrily at the moment, and finally slapped the desk and roared: "Yang! You must give me an explanation!!"

The director of admissions, surnamed Yang, was completely dumbfounded, both absurd and horrified by this. This is not a trivial matter, as the director of the admissions department, he is also responsible for the liaison work of assisting outstanding students to study abroad, and he is inseparable from it no matter what.

Originally, Director Yang wanted to suppress this matter, but no matter how he persuaded him, Professor Watson just didn't listen, and finally Professor Watson said something like this: "Yang, I know that you didn't do this, and I can understand your mood at the moment, but education is a very sacred thing, and I can't let dirty people defile my sacred profession, so I'm really sorry." ”

Professor Watson ended the call and reported the incident to MIT leaders.

When the school leaders heard that there was such a thing, they were shocked and angry, and immediately contacted the relevant departments in the United States, explained the matter in detail, and asked the relevant departments to assist the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in handling the matter.

The ensuing development of events was exactly what Professor Watson had expected, and those who dared to act were all severely punished. As for the impostor student, he was unceremoniously driven back to China.

With this experience, Professor Watson is naturally more strict about admissions. He took advantage of the vacation to apply, saying that he was going to go to China in person to conduct a practical inspection of the applicant.

The university leaders understood his intentions and approved it, and just like that, Professor Watson got the opportunity to go on a business trip at public expense.

At this time, China attached great importance to foreigners, on the one hand, it was mentioning that possible bad elements were engaged in conspiracy activities, and on the other hand, it was also very worried about foreigners having trouble at home. This will have a very bad international impact, which in turn will have a negative impact on the cause of reform and opening up.

For these two considerations, foreigners will be accompanied by relevant personnel when they do business in China. As soon as Professor Watson got off the plane, he was met by the reception staff from the Chinese side. The reception staff came from two departments, one from the Ministry of Education and the other from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After all, he is a professor at MIT, and his status is extraordinary, which is why his superiors attach so much importance to reception.

After some polite greetings, Professor Watson was warmly invited to the Great Wall Hotel by a group of people. In the following days, the Chinese side gave him a warm reception.

At first, Professor Watson was a little flattered, but after a few days, he felt that it was not so right: I am mainly here to inspect students, not to eat and drink, and although Chinese food is delicious, I can't just eat it, I have to work.

When Professor Watson put forward his opinion, the Chinese reception staff immediately agreed to assist him in his work. Professor Watson was so happy that the next morning he packed his bags and was ready to get to work. But what happened next turned him off.

There were three people standing outside the door, one of whom was a translator specially assigned to him by the Ministry of Education. The interpreter was already familiar with him, and greeted him warmly after the meeting, and asked Professor Watson where he was going to go next, so that he could help arrange the trip.