Liu Hemin's message was full of grievance, making people feel bitter when they heard it, as if he could have been elected as an academician, but had to regretfully withdraw due to Zhao Yi's participation in the election.
Zhao Yi laughed when he saw it.
If you didn't know Liu Hemin, it would be difficult to detect the joking tone in his words, but Zhao Yi knew him very well and was aware that Liu Hemin couldn't possibly be elected as an academician in the Department of Mathematical Physics.
Liu Hemin did indeed participate in the academician selection process for the Department of Mathematical Physics, but he was only one of those who participated for the sake of participating. From the start, those who were familiar with him knew that he was only there to make up the numbers.
Of course.
Liu Hemin might genuinely want to become an academician, but 'wanting' and 'being able to become' are two completely different things, and even he himself knew that he couldn't make it.