In any other situation, he really wouldn't care about such arrangements. He's not that narrow-minded, but with Tian Yanzhen sitting across from him while he sat behind his student, he couldn't help but feel a certain way.
Fortunately, at this moment, no one was probing into Academician Liu's inner thoughts, and everyone tacitly took their respective seats.
Liu Hao, on the other hand, was completely unperturbed, even a bit excited, as he followed his boss to the last row. After all, being able to attend such a high-level meeting already felt like a gain.
This probably explains once more that 99% of human troubles stem from an unclear sense of one's own position.
In more straightforward terms, most of human troubles arise from not having a clear understanding of one's own situation...
After everyone was seated, Yu Yangguang naturally began to preside over the meeting.