Shen Jingyan's eyes widened: "You mean, Jiang Shu, a university professor, plagiarized his students' papers?"
She found it a bit unbelievable.
Although in later generations it has become commonplace for university professors to be exposed for plagiarism, in this era of pure academic integrity, it is almost unheard of for university professors to plagiarize papers.
Professors in this era are all truly talented and cherish their reputation. If academic fraud is exposed, their reputation will be ruined for life.
"It's not certain yet. Liang Junsheng has already been expelled from school, and Jiang Shu shouldn't know him."
Gu Zhiyun was always cautious in his words and actions. Although he already had the answer in his heart, he still didn't speak his mind completely.
"Does Grandpa still have the experimental report that Liang Junsheng submitted back then?" Shen Jingyan asked.
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Gu Zhiyun nodded: "It's definitely kept. Grandpa is very careful with every document and wouldn't throw it away casually."
"Then let's go to Grandpa tomorrow to verify it."
Gu Zhiyun hesitated for a moment.
"Jingya, let's just leave this matter alone."
Shen Jing said calmly, "We're just trying to verify something; we're not deliberately trying to cause trouble for Jiang Shu. If he really did plagiarize Liang Junsheng's paper, then his professional ethics and character are questionable. Would Imperial University tolerate a teacher like that?"
Fang Ru is a person who cannot tolerate any wrongdoing. She is always rigorous in her academic pursuits and values the professional ethics of professors. If Jiang Shu's plagiarism is exposed by other schools, the reputation of Beijing University will be severely damaged.
As one of the most prestigious universities in China, a century-old institution with a strong international reputation, it would be a terrible loss if its reputation were damaged by a teacher with poor personal ethics.
After weighing the pros and cons, Gu Zhiyun agreed to Shen Jingyan's proposal.
The next evening after class, Gu Zhiyun and Shen Jingyan went to the Xu family home.
Before they could even speak, Old Xu pulled out an international academic journal and waved it at Gu Zhiyun.
"Xiao Gu, have you finished reading this academic journal?"
"I've finished reading it."
Old Xu took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Professor Tang just called me and told me something very interesting."
Gu Zhiyun's brow twitched slightly.
Professor Tang was also one of Liang Junsheng's mentors, but because Professor Tang was quite old, almost eighty years old, he didn't go into the laboratory much anymore.
"He said that he had read the experimental report submitted by Liang Junsheng, which was about the problem of insufficient fuel power for rocket launch, and it was almost identical to the paper published by Jiang Shu in an academic journal."
As he spoke, Old Xu took out a thick experimental report and handed it to Gu Zhiyun.
Gu Zhiyun took it and saw that it was Liang Junsheng's experimental report.
"I didn't do anything all day except try to remember where I put this report. I finally found it. It seems my brain isn't too rusty yet. It can still be used for a few more years before it breaks down."
Gu Zhiyun didn't rush to express his opinion, but instead carefully looked through the experimental report.
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Sure enough, much of the content in the lab report overlapped significantly with Jiang Shu's paper.
Shen Jingyan, who was not very familiar with the academic world, asked, "Grandpa, can we confirm that Jiang Shu plagiarized based on this experimental report?"
Old Xu shook his head: "His plagiarism is a certainty, but we can't report him for plagiarism."
Shen Jingyan asked, puzzled, "Why? Isn't the evidence right here?"
"Hehe, Jingya, you're still too naive. What makes you think this lab report is Liang Junsheng's? What if he turns around and accuses you of fabricating evidence and deliberately framing him?"
Shen Jingyan suddenly realized: "Then we need to find Liang Junsheng, the person involved, in order to have solid evidence to report him?"
Old Xu nodded, his brows furrowed, looking preoccupied.
Given his upright and unyielding character, he would never stand idly by if he encountered a colleague plagiarizing papers or committing academic fraud.
Because of his strong sense of responsibility, his generation of scholars, burdened with the mission of revitalizing the nation's science and technology, would never allow a scoundrel like Jiang Shu to muddy the waters of academia.
Especially in the field of aerospace, international competition is extremely fierce. If foreign countries seize on this weakness, it could cause significant damage to the development of the country's space program in the future.
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Shen Jingyan guessed what was on Old Man Xu's mind.
"Grandpa, we will do our best to find Liang Junsheng."
"Liang Junsheng has been expelled from school for almost two years, and we haven't heard from him in the past two years. How easy is it to find him?"
Old Xu was very pleased with Shen Jingyan's intelligence and understanding.
But he didn't want to hand over such a difficult task to his granddaughter.
Gu Zhiyun said, "I know a few of Liang Junsheng's classmates at school, and one of them is from his hometown. I'll go and inquire about him first. Although it may be difficult to find him, as long as he is there, there will always be some clues."
Over the next few days, Gu Zhiyun inquired around the school, but Liang Junsheng's classmates and fellow villagers had all lost contact with him and there was no news of him at all.
Liang Junsheng's hometown is in Huzhou, which is a thousand kilometers away from the capital. It's not very realistic to go to his hometown to find him.
Half a month passed, and Gu Zhiyun and Shen Jingyan still had no news of Liang Junsheng.
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