The assistant had not taken Zhao Ximin seriously.
The main reason was that the information on his side was unequal, wasn't it?
Other than knowing that Zhao Ximin was one of the few graduate students Professor Wang had once mentored, he knew absolutely nothing about her background.
It was precisely because of this that, now that his attempt to shift the blame had been disrupted by this woman, he argued his case so forcefully.
"How is that impossible? He just doesn't want us to achieve anything. That would only make him look even more incompetent, wouldn't it?"
It had to be said that the assistant's imagination was indeed wild.
He had actually found an angle that ordinary people would never have thought of.
"You mean he was willing to risk losses of tens of millions just to keep us from gaining a more comprehensive understanding of the beetles?
Are you seriously saying that?
A fisherman would accept losses of tens of millions.
All because he didn't want people to quickly develop a way to deal with the beetles?"
Zhao Ximin did not even know what to say at that moment.
The way she looked at the assistant was no different from looking at an idiot.
"Xiao Min, is running a fish farm really that profitable these days?"
An expert standing beside Zhao Ximin could not help looking at her with shining eyes after hearing what she said.
"His place is indeed somewhat special. It's different from ordinary fish farms."
Although Zhao Ximin had been pampered by the Zhao Family since childhood and could be rather willful at times,
being willful did not mean she was stupid.
When she saw the expressions on those experts' faces,
she knew what they were thinking.
So she could only brush it off vaguely.
She