Chang Jiawei came to Guoxie with him back then, determined to build a career, and it was impossible for him to ruin his reputation with gossip.
In the top academic circles, maintaining a clean reputation is essential. If any bad news comes out, no one will believe you're seriously doing academic work anymore, and it will definitely affect your future influence in the academic world as well as your ability to attract research funding. Neither the leaders above nor the patients would entrust someone who is not dedicated to treating them or managing large sums of money.
Once the reputation is destroyed, dropping in status makes it very difficult to come back. Unless you no longer wish to be a top academic and leave your name in history. For Chang Jiawei, that's impossible because all his friends are pursuing the goal of being top academics.
Hence, it can be concluded that Student Xie's comments are extremely accurate.
