Song He thought for a moment, then pushed the two chairs from the Medicine Institute and Mathematics Department together. He sat in the middle, with one butt cheek on each dean's seat and the cleft of his buttocks aligned with the gap between the chairs. He was determined to treat both sides equally.
He turned his head and exchanged a glance with his wife. Now he was seated beside her again, only with an extra chair.
"Let's welcome Dean You Deyi of the Rocket Institute to speak!" the principal announced.
Amid a round of applause, You Deyi rose, his face also beaming.
"I'm getting old, and I'm genuinely tired. It's time to start subtracting from my life!"
"Former University of Science and Technology has incubated three super-giants so far: Neuron from the Brain Institute, Chenghuang from the Medicine Institute, and our Rocket Institute's Yuanxun Rocket Company."
"The founder of Neuron became dean of the Brain Institute, and the founder of Chenghuang became dean of the Medicine Institute. By the same logic, the founder of Yuanxun Rocket Company should become dean of the Rocket Institute!"
"To be honest, this child Xie Yuanxun wasn't the most outstanding student I ever taught, but there's no question he ranks in the top three. More importantly, many of my students didn't specialize in rocket technology. Xie Yuanxun was the only one who persisted in aerospace, and he even took it to a higher level!"
"I won't say much more." You Deyi turned toward Xie Yuanxun at the end of the conference table. "Work hard!"
Another round of applause followed. The principal gestured for Xie Yuanxun to speak.
"Thank you, Teacher You. The responsibility is immense, and I'm deeply honored and apprehensive!" Xie Yuanxun said. "Although my teacher and the outside world think highly of me,