and also I just realized that Chu Shuzhi literally only just taught GCC how to write a report at all, so his first report must have been a right mess. xD

True! And he was so scared -- if the first few pages didn't bear any relation to reality, I can easily see ZYL not bothering with the rest.

That's a really good question, but also at this point I think Shen Wei being an actual professor became more or less irrelevant?

Good point! Your saying this is part of why I started to wonder if Shen Wei is trying to protect ZYL's reputation as much as his own...