Fudan University.
In the office of the School of History.
A group of teachers were sitting together and chatting. After class, the teacher was no different from other normal people. They liked to sit together and gossip.
"Have you heard that there is going to be a visiting professor in our school. It is said that his background is not simple. Our school is going to open an open course for this professor, which is said to focus on the knowledge related to historical relics," a female teacher said.
"Really. Hasn't our school hired a visiting professor for a long time? Doesn't Dean Brodie look down on the so-called historians from the outside world at all. The person who can make Dean Brodie make an exception and invite him to be a professor must be very powerful!!"
"That's for sure. I just don't know what kind of person he is. However, those who have studied historical relics must be old men in the seventies and eighties."
"No, no, I heard that he is a very young guy. It is said that he is only in his twenties and he is not much different from the students in our school," a female teacher said at this time.
"You are joking. People who have some research on historical relics and can be invited by Dean Brodie to be guest professors will certainly have very high qualifications. The qualifications are all built on time. How could this visiting professor be in his twenties?” The speaker was a young and handsome male teacher named Andrews, one of the most talented male teachers in the School of History of Fudan University.
Andrews was now 29 years old and had become the best lecturer in the School of History. He had published more than a dozen articles in journals with international influence and had been rated as an outstanding teacher of Fudan University many times. He was one of the most promising candidates to become an associate professor.
He performed very well in the school, so he was very proud. He felt that at the age of 29, he already had the hope of becoming an associate professor, which was very great. How could there be a talent in his twenties who would be favored by Dean Brodie and invited to the school as a visiting professor.
Everyone felt that what Andrews said was reasonable, and then nodded.
At this time the door of the office was opened, Annie walked in from outside, smiled and greeted the teachers, "Hello, teachers."
She came to the office to help Brodie get the documents, and then went to the gate of the university to pick Casey up.
Thinking that Casey had promised to come to their school as a visiting professor, and that he would be here today, Annie was is full of expectation.
All the teachers knew that Annie was Brodie's most proud student. Generally, Brodie would tell her a lot of things. So, after seeing Annie coming in, a teacher asked immediately, "Annie, do you know who the visiting professor our school wants to invite? How old is he?"
"Mr. Davies is from B City. He should be in his twenties this year, only a little older than me." Annie replied, and there was a trace of worship in her eyes.
After hearing Annie's words, all the teachers were all surprised. They didn't expect that the visiting professor was really only in his twenties.
"Annie, are you kidding us? How can anyone in their twenties be invited to be a visiting professor?"
"No, Mr. Casey is indeed very young, but his knowledge of antiques is no less than that of the experienced senior academician. Even Felix Brown, the best appraiser in B City, is respectful to Mr. Davies, "Annie said yearningly. Everyone could see Annie's favor with Mr. Davies.
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