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Of course Professor Foster wanted to say that. And according to the unspoken rules of academia, both corresponding author and first author should have belonged to him in the first place. Why should his student be in any position to bargain with him?
Even if he did not put his own name down as first author, it would certainly go to the students most worthy of his investment.
What was more, she was such an outstanding research worker and had ties to Lu Zhou. He simply could not bear to let her go.
However...
"...As you wish."
After a long silence, Professor Foster finally picked up his pen and signed his name on the graduation application.
After writing the final letter, he looked at Xiao Tong standing across the desk and asked with a smile, "Do you need a recommendation letter?"
"If possible, thank you."
No one would refuse an extra recommendation letter. Although her brother had already taken care of her master's recommendation letters, PhD recommendations depended more heavily on the professor's endorsement.
Though even without one, it would not really matter anymore.
Xiao Tong politely bowed and accepted the graduation application with a smile.
No matter what, during her two and a half years as a master's student, she had still learned quite a lot from this professor.
Of course, that in itself had been an equal exchange.
Professor Foster had not taught her those things to pass on knowledge or for any other lofty purpose. He had merely wanted her to help him "produce" more papers.
Now, he had gotten his wish: a first-author paper in Econometrica. No matter how he looked at it, he had not lost out.
After all,