章 225: Chapter 138: Just That Tough

Qiao Ze had recently grown accustomed to Xu Dajiang's autocratic ways.

After all, if he thought about it clearly, all these benefits were originally intended for him.

But since Qiao Ze couldn't make use of them just yet, they could only be used to win him over.

The only thing Li Jian Gao was still getting used to was that Xu Dajiang had even more confidence than he did that he would someday become an academician.

And it wasn't just Xu Dajiang, but also Zhang Chunlei, Liu Jie, Chen Xu...

Zhang Chunlei, in particular, had started calling him "Academician Li" during their WeChat conversations.

So he just let these people be.

Li Jian Gao even occasionally indulged in mischievous fantasies to the contrary.

What if, like an unwinnable game of "whack-a-mole," he ran for academician every two years and never made it? He wondered if those guys, especially Xu Dajiang, would regret giving him so much in advance.