There was no such thing as a master's degree in the Dark Age. Academic qualifications had only three levels: university degrees, bachelor's degrees, and doctoral degrees.
Li Weisi was a fairly straightforward man. He lowered his head slightly in humility.
"You must be joking. I don't even have a bachelor's degree, let alone a doctorate."
Li Wen said nothing more and beckoned to the secretary beside him. The secretary immediately understood and took two certificates from his briefcase, already bearing names but no photographs.
Li Wen took the certificates and handed one straight to Li Weisi.
"These are your doctoral degree certificates. Take a look if you don't believe me."
"Zion Progressives doctoral degree-Li Weisi. It really is a doctorate. For me? But I..." Li Weisi was still hesitant.
Xu Le narrowed his eyes. Besides his surprise, he greatly admired Li Wen's decisiveness.
He had gone to see Xu Weiwen at noon and unexpectedly run into Li Wen.
After that brief discussion, Li Wen had even arranged the doctoral certificates by the afternoon. This meant he had already anticipated their current meeting.
A doctoral degree was indeed a very high qualification. Only a tiny handful of people earned one each year.
But a doctoral degree was often not all that useful, either. It was an academic qualification, though it could indeed spare you any worries about finding work.
Yet those who actually made it all the way to a doctorate, especially in this era, all wanted to conduct research, leave their names in history, contribute to humanity, and so on...
So all Xu Le could say about the tactic of handing out a doctoral degree was that it was clever!
Whatever else might be said, Li Wen had at least gotten a firm grip on Li Weisi's mindset.
As for