On the day before the meeting began, he assigned tasks to everyone on the team; each person had to come up with a research direction, which would be compiled and presented at the meeting.
That way, the team could propose several plans. Whether they were right or wrong, feasible or infeasible, it's always better to have ideas than none at all.
Huang Hongguo believed that doing so would demonstrate the strength of the Information Communication Research Institute. He had absolute respect for Zhao Yi, and to be honest, he had never thought about comparing himself with Zhao Yi. However, others from the theoretical group and the experimental base might not necessarily feel the same.
Take Edward Witten and Qiu Chengwen, for example. Both are Fields Medal laureates and top theoretical physicists, but being strong in mathematics doesn't mean they are strong in research and development.