"Professor Yajima, do you think Gu Weijing might be able to assist you, by gathering materials or running errands?"
Gu Tongxiang's words were very tactful.
Having managed an art gallery for half his life in the chaotic times of Myanmar, the old man might not understand academics, but he certainly knew about human relationships.
Uncle Sakai's original words were — with guidance, it's not difficult to publish a good paper.
Yet, the old man still suggested having Gu Weijing assist Professor Yajima, rather than having Professor Yajima guide Gu Weijing.
The latter would be too greedy, knowing who should be primary and who should be secondary.
Gu Tongxiang was very clear about this in his heart.
A humanities academic paper could easily run into hundreds of thousands of words.
If a publisher were interested, many doctoral theses in the field of arts could be directly organized into a book for publication.
