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University of Baymack meeting room. An emergency meeting was held. The principal specifically requested for the dean of the computer science department to be present.

A lot of professors were in their laboratories when they were called to the meeting.

The topic of the meeting was simple. It was regarding one issue, which was the article floating around on Weibo: [On the topic of modern Chinese university academics: Starting from an undergraduate student’s thesis].

The article mentioned that an undergraduate student published nine computer science theses within a month. It used that as an entry point to criticize the academic atmosphere of higher education institutions in China and their lax journal review process. It also mentioned that the student was from the University of Baymack.

The article was basically roasting the University of Baymack.

During the meeting, an old computer science professor adjusted his glasses, stood up, and said nonchalantly, “I’ve read those nine theses and t