In the autumn of 2007, Li, who was postponed for one year, prepared for the preliminary defense. This is his third chance. However, he told Zheng Ming that he had only written three chapters, and Zheng Ming suggested that he lengthen the three chapters to five chapters and strive for the qualification to participate in the pre-defense after obtaining the opinions of Pu Xingzu. Pu Xingzu recalled that this time he told Li Kai, "If you can take out the remaining papers before the pre-defense, you can participate. If you can't get out, you will be postponed for another six months." Until that defense, Pu Xingzu failed to understand Li's paper, and Li finally gave up the opportunity before this defense.
According to analysis, the dramatic pre-defense in early 2007 may have left a knot for Li's mentor Pu Xingzu. The two details are as follows: At the end of 2007, Pu Xingzu wrote in Wen Wei Po that countermeasures should be studied to ensure the quality of graduate thesis. On the eve of his death, Li also complained to his younger brother Guo Xiang at the New Year's Eve dinner. His tutor refused to pass his thesis, which is why he can't graduate.
The pre-defense of the thesis in March 2008 was Li's last chance to extend his doctorate for two years. From April, his tutor Pu Xingzu will go to Jinggangshan to give lectures for one year. Prior to this, Cao, his in-service doctoral student in the same year, graduated in 2007 after a delay of 1 year. His younger brother Zheng Ming and his younger sister Wang Fang entered school later than him, and they also formally defended themselves and obtained their doctorates.
During this time, Li lived in seclusion, and the pressure was imaginable.
Shi Jinhua, a colleague who worked in Taizhou Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, recalled that he might feel humiliated. Since extending his doctorate, Li has seldom contacted his old colleagues. At the end of 2007, his brother Tian Guoxing, who was studying for a master's degree at Wuhan University, called his dormitory many times, but no one answered. He emailed him to ask about the progress of his paper, but he didn't reply. Before the Spring Festival in 2008, Tian Guoxing went to Shanghai on business and had the opportunity to meet Li. Tian recalled that at Fudan Guest House, Li told him that the pressure of the thesis was great.
But no one expected that he could not wait for the day when the paper was passed. Shi Jinhua, who now belongs to the Ministry of Commerce, was shocked when he received a phone call from a reporter. Tian Guoxing met Li for the third time at Baoxing Funeral Home after the Spring Festival.
Zheng Ming and others were sad and sighed, and they were puzzled by the delay in publishing the master elder brother's paper. Guo Xiang analyzed that there are four reasons why the paper can't go out: it is too demanding on itself and doesn't want to mix; Suppose the topic of the thesis is difficult and the academic ability is not enough; Other things have been delayed, including projects and part-time jobs; I am too lazy to write. What Guo Xiang can determine at present is that Li is by no means the last reason.
His tutor, Professor Shi, is also difficult to understand. What made this disciple who had performed well in the past struggle in the five-year doctoral program, and even finally put his life into it.
Coincidentally, Li was also the first teacher, and now Li's doctoral tutor Pu Xingzu is the teacher when he was studying at Fudan University. At the end of 2007, after the third defense was postponed, Pu and Shi met at a doctoral association in Tianjin. Pu Xingzu recalled that at the meeting, Shi also asked him about Li with concern, lamented that Li was too old to study for a doctorate, and suggested that if Li's thesis basically met the requirements, it should be passed as much as possible, not too demanding. Pu Xingzu said with a sigh, in fact, my idea is different. The problem is that Li Neng can't produce a complete paper.
On the eve of Tomb-Sweeping Day, Li Yongdi went to Room 502 of the apartment to collect his little brother's relics. The first draft of the 48,000-word "Cadre Personnel System" is still lying on his computer. If there are no accidents, it will be revised as a gift for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and included in the book History of the Political System of the People's Republic of China to be published next year. The first draft of the doctoral thesis with nearly 654.38+ 10,000 words is also lying on his computer. Guo Xiang, who has read the first draft carefully, said that although the system is incomplete and some chapters are incoherent, the data collection is informative and it can be seen that a lot of effort has been spent. If nothing unexpected happens, it is no problem to pass the preliminary defense this time.
This time, he is finally close to finishing.