After handing over the dozen or so pages to Xiao Tong, Lu Zhou left swiftly.
Professor Krugman looked at the stack of A4 papers in Xiao Tong's hand. He hesitated for a while before speaking, "This is a gift from your brother, how you're going to use it, that is up to you.
"You can choose to publish it in your name, or you can do something else with it. I don't want my opinions to influence you, even though I recommend doing the former… After all, your brother doesn't care about his achievements in economics. He wants to help you… Of course, the decision is yours."
Although the academic community had severe penalties for fraud and plagiarism, it wouldn't go as far as to find out who completed the research.
This was similar to unethical supervisors who stole their students' research results. Most people turned a blind eye to these types of things.