"Weren't you hoping to take Fitzgerald as your mentor? I just asked Antonio about it. He said he had a decent relationship with him and could help you write a recommendation letter to give it a try," Song He explained.
The student on the podium was stunned. It took him several seconds to react, and then he thanked Song He awkwardly, practically stumbling over his words. "Huh?! Thank you, Professor! Thank you, Professor! I'm... I'm so grateful! This is such a wonderful surprise, Professor!"
The students below erupted into an uproar as well!
For an undergraduate graduate, Song He was asking one Nobel laureate to write a recommendation letter to another Nobel laureate?
Normally, unless they were a close mentor and student, it would be difficult for a teacher to do this much for a student they had only met by chance. In any case, once the Second Defense was over, the students present would graduate. To put it bluntly, most of them would have no further connection with Song He, and they might never contact each other again.
Yet now, Professor Song was willing to go out of his way to help a student he would only meet one last time. The graduating students attending the Second Defense were collectively dumbfounded, their brains completely frozen!
"Enough. Next!" Song He remained calm, as if the matter were insignificant.
One student after another went up to the podium, nervously and apprehensively presenting their speeches according to the PPT.
Oddly enough, Professor Song's temperament had changed drastically today. He was no longer as aggressive, brutal, and merciless as he had been during the First Defense. He was even too lazy to point out flaws in their papers.
After each student finished presenting, the first thing Professor Song said when he looked up