Early the next morning, in the family area near Yanbei University.
Zhang Hongcai got up on time at 6:30 as usual, picked up the phone and looked at it, and found that there were already 5 missed calls.
Qian Yuhai called three and Lu Changzheng called two, which put Zhang Hongcai in a good mood.
I had a rare thought last night and turned my phone into do-not-disturb mode, successfully intercepting two boring people who didn't rest in the early hours of the morning and had chaotic schedules.
Actually, it wasn't that boring before.
But ever since the Princeton master launched the challenge to find the watermark, the two of them fell into a daze.
He suggested that he just call Xilin University of Technology and ask, but he was sternly rejected by the two of them! It’s meaningless to talk about the results of cheating!
They are really two crazy people.
Especially when Qian Yuhai made his first call at around 4 o'clock in the morning.
This is not only demonic, but also almost destroys humanity.
When Zhang Hongcai was thinking about whether to call the two of them back, the call came again, and it was Qian Yuhai.
Forget it, I'd better give my old colleagues some face and take it.
He pressed the call button casually, and before he could speak, the excited voice from the other side began to bombard his eardrums: "Why didn't you answer the phone just now?"
"Do you want to see what time it is now? People don't need to sleep?" Zhang Hongcai choked back immediately.
"Sleep? How can you still sleep? Lao Lu and I stayed up all night! Forget it...can you believe it? Qiao Ze has published another paper in the journal, and another top journal! The authors are still the same people ! I went to Xilin University of Technology in May, and now at the end of June, I have two top mathematics journals in a month! My former students didn’t have this efficiency when they wanted to issue journals to use as diplomas!”
"Ah?! Another article? This..." Zhang Hongcai was also a little confused.
"What is this? The mathematics community was about to explode last night. Two heavyweight papers were published in a row. Although they were both about group theory and building a self-supervised framework, how could they come up with so much data to support them in less than a year and a half? ? This is still the case when those foreigners don’t know that Qiao Ze went to Xilin University of Technology for more than a month. What if they knew? Some people are beginning to doubt the authenticity of their papers! Fortunately, there are Qiao Ze left behind Hold on to the watermark!”
Qian Yuhai's voice became more and more excited.
"In addition, even Xilin University of Technology is becoming popular abroad. Last night, no less than twenty foreign professors sent me emails asking me about Xilin University of Technology. They also asked me who is higher or lower in terms of the Mathematics School of Xilin University of Technology compared with our institute. ! How do you want me to answer this? By the way, you can check your mailbox later, I guess someone must also ask you."
Zhang Hongcai felt that his brain was a little confused.
I had no choice but to wake up and this guy called me. The brain is not in a normal power-on state to begin with, and a bunch of mixed information is pouring in, making it easy to shut down.
But he understood one thing.
The School of Mathematics at Xilin University of Technology suddenly became famous internationally because of Qiao Ze's two papers.
This is probably an absolutely different kind of inversion.
If the reputation of a second-level college in a university abroad exceeds its reputation in China, even if it only surpasses it for a short period of time, its influence is enough to scare people.
Of course, Sumant Jair played an important role in promoting Xilin University of Technology.
If it hadn't been for the scolding war that lasted for more than ten hours, the paper published by Qiao Ze and Li Jiangao would not have been so influential so quickly, and naturally it would not have been noticed by everyone so quickly.
But these coincidences combined really made it difficult to answer the direct questions from foreign friends.
The cultural backgrounds are different, and sometimes it is hard to tell whether the questions asked by these young people who grew up under the influence of different cultures are trying to stir up trouble.
"What's so hard to answer? Just answer truthfully." Zhang Hongcai muttered: "What? Can the School of Mathematics of Xilin University of Technology still catch up with us?"
"That's what I say, but we haven't published a top issue for a year and a half, right? Even if people don't say it, we feel embarrassed when we think about it. I'm not talking about you, you took me and Lao Lu there at that time Xilin, why did you return without success? Couldn't you have been more determined at that time? Maybe you would have snatched the person away? "
This sentence directly made Zhang Hongcai angry, and he immediately said sarcastically: "Oh, who said at that time that Qiao Ze had a bad temper and would never become a great person? He hurt Zhongyong and said it, and now he blames me?"
"Yes, that's what I said. But I'm just here to make soy sauce. It's up to you, Director Zhang, to decide how to recruit people, right? If you hadn't given up, would Lao Lu and I have followed you back?"
This shirk of responsibility can be said to be impeccable.
Zhang Hongcai didn't bother to pay attention to this confused person and said directly: "I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you. Is there anything else? I'm going to get up."
"Wait... something really happened. Think about it, Lao Zhang, it's okay for your child to go to Xilin University of Technology for his bachelor's degree. He needs to get a graduate diploma in the future, right? With his current ability, a bachelor's degree is enough. I'm thinking about Xilin University. It's quite shameless to use children to create public opinion. I don't believe that Qiao Ze is so smart that he can't feel it. Why don't we try to be nice first and see if we can cooperate?"
The mobile phone that had been removed from the ear was put back again: "Well, this can be considered. You must have some ideas after not sleeping all night, let's talk about it."
"Isn't the topic about Qiao Ze on the Internet very lively now? Let's let the graduate school find out how to express its position, call on everyone to calm down, and give the children a quiet research environment. Anyway, it's not embarrassing to say so, and it's okay It can appear considerate. Speaking of pushing a child who is not yet twenty years old to the forefront, those people can do it."
"Then what?"
"Then we have Qiao Ze's number. In the future, we will contact you more when the children are not busy. It is best to add WeChat. Then we will take it one step at a time. Let's slowly play the emotional card first. The child wants to do it again. What kind of project is it? Maybe we can also give some support, this will gradually become familiar."
"I thought you came up with some good ideas. Okay, I'll call the graduate school later. And you and Lao Lu are so crazy that they stay up at night, so don't take me with you! Unless your innocence collapses in the future, Don’t call me before six o’clock in the morning! On the trip to Xilin, although no one was there, I still learned to block the number.”
After saying that, Zhang Hongcai was too lazy to listen to Qian Yuhai's nonsense and hung up the phone directly.
"Who is it? Calling so early?" Seeing Zhang Hongcai put down his mobile phone, the wife beside him stretched lazily and asked casually.
"Old money." Zhang Hongcai replied.
"Old Qian? What's going on?"
"Do you still remember the child I mentioned to you that day? I even made a trip to Xilin specifically for him."
"What's wrong with that kid? I heard you say that kid was quite rude last time."
"It's one thing to be rude, but this month he published two papers in a row in recognized top international mathematics journals."
"What? That high school student? Isn't it enough to evaluate a professor in our school?"
"That's not all. He has also made a project. I suspect that the Youwei Group has taken a fancy to it. The day before yesterday, Yu Hongwei posted a special Weibo post for him, saying that it was a powerful alliance."
"This...means he can still get projects and raise funds?"
"Yes! Lao Qian still wants to work hard. I don't want to do it at the undergraduate level. I hope to invite people during the graduate level."
"That old money is just trying his best! Last time when that kid had no reputation, the three of you couldn't even get him here even if you made a special trip. Now in this situation, as long as the leaders of Xilin University of Technology still have any brains, they will try to sell the iron by selling it. Keep people in this school."
The truth is always hard to hear.
Zhang Hongcai glared at his wife and said, "You are the only one who knows better!"
After saying that, he got up from the bed in a dull mood, preparing to wash up and plan to go to the academy early.
You can't just do nothing if you don't have a good chance, right?
…
Xilin University of Technology.
As we enter July, the campus has gradually become deserted.
It is deserted in the physical sense, because with the end of examinations in various colleges, normal undergraduates can go home to spend the few happy summer vacations in their lives.
Those children who had already signed up to participate in various scientific research projects of professors said goodbye to their summer vacation in advance and could devote themselves wholeheartedly to working with various machines or bottles and cans in the laboratory to lay the foundation for the future.
But today, all the professors with some connections in the school were feeling very excited, which could even be described as boiling.
The newly recruited student from the School of Mathematics published an article in the top journal of Mathematics, which caused a stir in the school.
But at that time, in addition to admiring everyone, they were also somewhat distracted by the unspeakable and saucy operations of Shuyuan.
Afterwards, it became popular in the mathematics community to find watermarks in Qiao Ze's papers, but it was actually not too out of the ordinary. For professors from other colleges, they just felt that the School of Mathematics was lucky to have found such an outstanding student.
But when the second paper was published in a top international magazine within two days, the impact began to break through.
In academia, everyone is familiar with water papers.
Most of the time, it's not because I want to be stupid, but because I'm forced to do it.
Position, professional title, bonus, rating... When a series of personal honors and financial interests are linked to the results of the paper, the page fee is not worth mentioning.
But generally, those with water cores are already boss-level figures.
There are really not many people in the world who can be ranked in the top international journals, let alone mathematics.
If this time is reduced to one month, even the top bosses have never heard of such a thing.
Unless there are a few capable people under you, the most they can do is hang up a communication. When you reach a certain status, you will always have to be ashamed within the team and will not steal a work.
This can no longer be described as excellent, this is really too outrageous.
On the other hand, the internal affairs of the Institute and the school leadership seemed relatively calm.
Li Jiangao is a sincere person and has reported to Xu Dajiang before. They published two papers first this time.
In addition, the senior management already knew that Youwei Group was interested in Qiao Ze's project. Compared with missing out on a project that could make the school take off, the excitement brought by the two top publications has also been greatly reduced.
What made them even more vigilant was that the official Weibo account of Yanbei Graduate School suddenly posted a Weibo post early in the morning.
"Congratulations to our country's mathematical genius Qiao Ze for publishing another paper in the world's top journal of applied mathematics. We also ask the public to be more kind and tolerant and less picky about China's future mathematics hopes. Let us give back to a promising future." Quiet and excellent environment for thriving seedlings. Thank you all.”
Really, when we saw this Weibo, everyone couldn’t say anything, but they felt mmp in their hearts!
My students are being watched. How is their learning environment? Does it have anything to do with you at Yanbei University?
Posting such a post on Weibo out of nowhere, the abacus beads may have sounded a little too loud.
The most direct effect was that Li Jiangao, who had just planned to go out to study for his thesis in the research group, received a call from Xu Dajiang: "Hey, Jiangao, the principal just called and said, isn't Qiao Ze's mother coming this afternoon? Originally, he was I want to greet you in person, but there is a meeting that I really can’t leave. I have entrusted Principal Zheng and two leaders from the school office to greet you. There are just me, you and Lao Zhu from our college, as well as the old man from the admissions office. Zhuo is also going, and who else besides Qiao Ze is going to pick him up from the students? Send me the list later so I can arrange the car."
Li Jiangao was a little confused. He didn't expect that the school would greet Lu Xiuxiu with such fanfare.
I'm afraid this battle will scare my mother, right?
"No, Dean Xu, it's not necessary, right? Can't we just go and greet him? The school leaders also need to come forward?"
"Why is it not necessary? Jian Gao, have you been in touch with Qiao Ze every day during this period, and have your thoughts become less sensitive? Two top international journals a month, what does it mean that the performance of the project is better than chatGpt? Students have no Don’t you have a concept? Don’t talk about it anymore, anyway, your most important task is to keep Qiao Ze.”
"Besides, your outstanding youngster can't run away this year. Just listen to what I tell you from the bottom of my heart. Lao Chen has already spoken and will use all his resources to push you forward. In fact, he is not doing it for anything else, but for you. If you put on a hat, then according to the current policy, at least no one will be able to poach you during the few years he is in office. So you don't have to feel any psychological pressure, just be grateful."
Li Jiangao responded blankly: "Oh."
"As long as you know, remember to send me the list of places to go later. I'm hanging up."
After hanging up the phone, Li Jiangao began to frown and think.
He recalled what Qiao Ze had said to him that afternoon, the discussion about the authenticity of this world and this universe.
Why did it suddenly fast forward to the point where he had to trot forward to keep up with the pace of the world?
After regaining his composure, Li Jiangao thought of something and simply made another call.
"Mr. Su, there is something I want to tell you..."
…
Xilin University of Technology, outside the girls’ dormitory.
Su Mucheng quickly walked out of the dormitory building and faced the man waiting for her at the door.
"Dad, why did you come to see me so early?"
"Come to say goodbye to you. I'm going to Shencheng later."
"Huh? Didn't we agree to pick up Qiao Ze's mother together in the afternoon?"
"I decided to meet with Qiao Ze's mother before because after all, Qiao Ze was responsible for the project and he didn't want to interfere. Since I represent both of you, I should at least listen to Qiao Ze's mother's thoughts to show respect. However, after communicating with Professor Li in the past two days, I feel that there may not be anything to discuss with Qiao Ze's mother. In addition, your relationship is not just as simple as partners, so it is actually a bit inappropriate to meet on this occasion today." Su Lixing explained.
"Is there any?" Su Mucheng asked, tilting her head.
"Indeed, I originally planned to treat you to a meal with Qiao Ze's mother in the evening, but Professor Li just called me again and said that the welcome standards this afternoon have been improved, and the school leaders and college leaders will be there to welcome you, so There is no need for me to join in the fun. Taking a step back, if you and Qiao Ze can really be together in the future, from a respect point of view, this shouldn’t be the first time I meet my future mother-in-law, right? ?" Su Lixing said warmly.
This time Su Mucheng nodded suddenly, but still corrected her: "Why do you have to take ten thousand steps back? There is no need to step back. Qiao Ze and I will definitely be together in the future."
"Okay, okay! I'm going to Shencheng, let's not talk about this first." Su Lixing waved his hand, and then said casually: "By the way, yesterday you told Qiao Ze that you had already transferred 660,000 Have you distributed red envelopes to everyone?"
Su Mucheng nodded and said, "I told you, what is there to hide?"
"Then Qiao Ze didn't have any special reaction?"
"He just said "oh" as usual? How else could he react?"
Just after answering, Su Mucheng suddenly realized something was wrong. She looked at Su Lixing suspiciously and asked, "Dad, what are you planning on doing? You told me that I should send everyone a red envelope. You still have to give it to everyone today." Are you specifically here to ask me about Qiao Ze’s reaction?”
Su Lixing smiled bitterly and said: "Can you think of something better for dad? What kind of evil ideas can I have? I will negotiate with Youwei on your behalf. You have to know whether Qiao Ze really doesn't care about the money, right? You follow me too As I said, Qiao Ze’s family is not rich, what if he just talks about not loving money, but doesn’t think so in his heart?”
Su Mucheng tilted her head and retorted: "Isn't that the same? It turns out that he really doesn't love money, so you still want to be greedy for him? Besides, you are not such a person?"
"I……"
Su Lixing glared at Su Mucheng, very angry. Fortunately, the last sentence made him less angry.
But thinking of having such a daughter, he still patiently explained: "This technology of yours, we are discussing cooperation with Youwei. There are two general directions. The first one is to get enough immediate profits at once, and give up to have unlimited possibilities in the later stage." interests; or you want less or even no immediate profits and focus on the future. Only by grasping Qiao Ze's true mentality can I help negotiate a result that satisfies him."
"To put it simply, if Qiao Ze just said he didn't care about money, I would choose the first option. Because no matter how reliable the technology is, once it involves huge R&D expenditures, hardware expenditures and various maintenance requirements for technical engineering, as well as the In the face of the ever-changing market environment, blindly seeking future benefits is unsafe and full of variables. It is better to make a profit first and settle down. If Qiao Ze really doesn't care about money, I will try my best to pursue the second goal. The direction depends, after all, the potential of this technology is there. Do you understand?"
"Then you can tell me directly. I'll just go and ask Qiao Ze. Are you tired of all the twists and turns?" Su Mucheng pouted.
Su Lixing smiled bitterly, how could he let this girl know that many times what people say is actually completely different from what they really think in their hearts? However, that guy Qiao Ze seems to really say what he wants. His words and deeds are so frightening that even with all the positive case teaching materials, he can no longer educate his children!
Tired!
