In the end, though, they suggested he come back after he received a doctor's degree, which was actually only a gesture of politeness instead of forthright rejection. But Chiang really followed the advice and entered Purdue University in the US.
蔣小偉不懂那是中國人不直接拒絕人的客氣話，他真的乖乖回美國，進入普渡大學攻讀博士。