The next day, many important figures in Xilin University of Technology were woken up by phone calls.
Before half past seven, Chen Yuanzhi received a call from a principal with a similar status to Xilin University of Technology.
After the call was connected, I was confused as soon as I opened my mouth.
"Old Chen, congratulations. Your Xilin University of Technology has become quite popular this year. This year I must lead a group to see it in person."
Chen Yuanzhi, whose brain was forced to turn on, relied entirely on instinct to reply vaguely: "Then I must sweep up the bed to welcome you, Principal Liu, you are welcome at any time."
"Haha, it's settled! You have to have a drink with me then. Okay, hang up first." Then the person on the other end hung up the phone.
Listening to the busy signal coming from the other side, Chen Yuanzhi thought about it for a long time and didn't know where this joy came from.
After hanging up the phone, I found an unread text message and looked at it. I suddenly remembered that Apple was coming to donate money today.
Has this matter spread?
It shouldn't be...
Although it is true that the school also invited some media to promote it.
It's polite.
But this doesn’t mean the contract hasn’t been officially signed yet.
And even if word of this gets out, it’s only 20 million, so it won’t be enough for the president of a double first-class university to call to congratulate him, right?
Really, after his brain became a little clearer, Chen Yuanzhi wanted to call back and ask what the congratulations were.
But I still held back.
A big event worth celebrating happened in the school, and he was embarrassed even before the principal of the other school knew about it.
After thinking about it, he simply called Zheng Luhua.
"Hey, Lao Zheng, what happened at school today?"
"It's nothing. Each college has an extra placement test this afternoon?"
"Well, Principal Liu from Dongzheng just called me and said to congratulate us for being in the limelight again. Wait, the placement test?"
"I was planning to report this to you today. But this has nothing to do with being in the limelight, right?"
"Oh, there's nothing else. Let's talk about it when we go to work." Chen Yuanzhi simply hung up the phone.
He couldn't figure it out and didn't bother to think about it.
If something great happened, someone should inform him.
Sure enough, after Chen Yuanzhi washed up and was about to go out for breakfast, another call came in, from Xu Dajiang.
Chen Yuanzhi couldn't help but feel something in his heart. Could it be that the good news came from several colleges again?
After answering the call, before he could answer, the indignant voice on the other end began to hit his eardrums.
"Principal, have you received the news? Princeton does not respect martial ethics!"
"Huh?" Chen Yuanzhi frowned, it seemed a little different from what he imagined, and couldn't help but asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"
"You don't know yet? Princeton posted the cover of Qiao Ze's paper directly to the official website yesterday, and directly labeled it as a big deal. The last time the paper received such treatment, it claimed to have solved a major mathematical problem!"
Chen Yuanzhi blinked and instantly connected the good things that others said with the bad things that made Xu Dajiang angry.
Sure enough, it had to be Shuyuan and Qiao Ze.
Even the real news can be manipulated.
For a moment I just felt dumbfounded.
"Old Xu, what's so exciting about this? Just publicity? If someone wants to do this, what else can you do? Send an email to stop them from publishing?"
"No, Chen Yuanzhi, don't you understand yet? You still don't understand why people are praising Qiao Ze at this time? This is Chi Guoguo's show of goodwill! What does Qiao Ze want to do recently? Others don't know that you still don't know. Do you know? If we don’t express our support, wouldn’t we be outclassed by foreign schools?”
After hearing these words, Chen Yuanzhi felt that one head was three times as big.
Show support?
How do you express your support for this?
Send one of your students to compete with a group of academicians and second- and third-level professors?
Regardless of whether he succeeds or not, will he go out and interact with other people in the future?
"Okay, okay, okay, Lao Xu, you can't let me call you directly to ask why Qiao Ze can't be admitted, right? It's unrealistic for you to ask the school to express its position. But how do you want to support the School of Mathematics? You decide for yourself, the school doesn’t know anything anyway.”
"Okay, as long as you say this, I promise to only express support in the name of the School of Mathematics."
"Old Xu, please take it easy." Chen Yuanzhi reminded.
"Don't worry, principal, I know what's going on."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Yuanzhi walked out of the house expressionlessly.
…
Li Jiangao was also woken up by the phone call.
And compared to Principal Chen, he was even worse.
People started calling at six o'clock, and then they couldn't stop.
When he answered the first call, Li Jiangao was still wondering who had leaked the news. He had clearly not revealed to anyone the news that Qiao Ze's new paper had been selected by the "Annual Review of Mathematics". Someone who doesn't show off.
College and school, shouldn't they be unable to wait for such a short time, right?
It wasn't until he received the second and third calls, clicked on the WeChat group chat, and saw the screenshots in the group message that he understood what was going on.
Really, the moment he saw the screenshot of the official website of "Annual Review of Mathematics", Li Jiangao was confused.
Although there are not many papers published in the "Annual Review of Mathematics" every year, there are always seventy or eighty, but not every paper can receive advance notice. No, it should be said that this kind of treatment is rare even in many years.
Li Jiangao, who was unaware of the recent series of events, strongly suspected that the "Annual Review of Mathematics" wanted to praise Qiao Ze.
So all I can do now is explain to a bunch of professors in the group not to have high expectations for this paper.
"Don't @ me, don't send me private messages, please reply together. I know that Qiao Ze's paper is definitely going to be published in the "Annual Review of Mathematics", and I have indeed read the paper, but it really hasn't reached the level where advance notice is needed. You have also read the title and part of the abstract, which is mainly about solving a problem of non-Abelian gauge fields through Riemannian space.
It is innovative, and the most valuable part is probably the conclusion of two theorems. The specific content will be known to everyone after it is published in October. As for now, everyone should stop praising Qiao Ze. He is still just a child. Praising him too highly will be detrimental to his growth. "
I have to say that after Li Jiangao spoke, a group of professors and researchers in the group were quiet for a moment.
But soon a professor who had been diving in the group and almost never bubbled up spoke.
"@李江高, judging from your statement, I think you may not know that Qiao Ze sent an email to the Natural Science Foundation and the Science and Technology Committee to apply to be included in the expert review database, right?"
Seeing this news, Li Jiangao was stunned.
Subconsciously, I typed "?" and sent it directly.
Not only him, but also many professors in this news group probably just learned about it, with a bunch of "?" arranged neatly.
"Don't even ask. I also want to know what Qiao Ze thinks. Jiangao can go and ask. To be honest, this matter is indeed quite...I don't know how to describe it."
The group was quiet for a moment, and soon became lively again.
"Well, I'm not a member of the expert database, but I feel that Qiao Ze's application is actually understandable. After all, he has reached the level."
"Well, if it were me, I think I could vote for Qiao Ze."
"Suddenly I remembered that when I applied for Outstanding Youth for the third time, the three reviewers gave three opinions and then failed. If Qiao Ze is selected, if I apply next year and meet Qiao Ze, brother Jiangao is Wouldn’t it be nice to help me?”
"Think about it, that picture is indeed quite beautiful. When you apply next year, Qiao Ze will be nineteen, right? If you really meet him when you are going for defense, will it look like grandpa or grandma, or grandpa and grandma bringing their grandson? Criticize your project?”
"Let me give you a suggestion. You can completely agree to Qiao Ze's application and then submit it to the expert pool. Anyway, the annual review is randomly selected from the expert pool. Right Jiangao."
"No, you haven't tasted it yet? Why did Qiao Ze suddenly apply for expert status? @李江高, you submitted your application this year to be recognized as an outstanding youth, right?"
As soon as these words came out, the group immediately exploded.
"I...is this okay?"
"I understand, I said why can't I get in? I haven't found the right student in my relationship. Think about it, what the hell are the students I brought up! I also want to win."
"I heard that they built a bridge for their mentors, but building a bridge to this extent has probably never happened before, at home and abroad, right?"
"Jian Gao, how old is Qiao Ze? He dares to make decisions for you. How many more years of growth will he be able to do? Listen to my advice. You can't keep this student, but you can leave him to me to help you take care of him for a few years and teach him more about life. "
…
After reading a few words, Li Jiangao closed WeChat directly.
I can't watch it anymore, Tao's heart is almost unstable.
As if there was a connection, he closed WeChat, and the call came back immediately.
Li Jiangao, who was in a disturbed mood, had the intention not to answer the call, but after seeing "Jiang Da Zhang Chunlei" on the call notification, he hesitated for two seconds and finally answered the call.
"Hello, Professor Zhang."
"Good morning, Academician Li."
The simple ridicule made Li Jiangao not sure how to reply.
Fortunately, the person on the other side probably didn't want to let Li Jiangao answer and continued: "Haha, I can probably understand your current mood. I told you before, you are still too young. You can't handle a child like Qiao Ze. Look. Well, has it come true? Haha...
The last time Zhang Hongcai called me, I said that Qiao Ze and I were about the same level. Looking back now, I was a bit shameless when I said this! I said how on earth did you raise that child? The level has improved too fast in the past three months, right? "
Li Jiangao thought for a while, then laughed at himself: "Speaking of training? Well... Qiao Ze assigned me a hundred papers before the summer vacation, and I have only finished reading more than 30 of them until now."
The young associate professor's frankness suddenly left the experienced old Zhang opposite him speechless.
After being silent for a while, he said: "Hey, come on, Jiangao. I'm telling you, if you have such a student, be prepared to enjoy it. It's good to do whatever you want. Don't Everyone seems to be yin and yang with you, but in my heart I really want to be you.
Man, who can be exempt from vulgarity? When you reach my age, you will see through it. Most people hate everything and everything. In fact, in the final analysis, they just hate the presence of others and the absence of me. If you think about it this way, your current luck is also earned through sincerity.
If it were their first time contacting Qiao Ze, it was still unknown whether they would be willing to give that kid a chance. Therefore, if you meet someone who criticizes you in the future, you should respond confidently. Instead of being envious, jealous, and resentful, it is better to close your own door and train students. "
I have to say that Zhang Chunlei knows how to comfort people.
After chatting for a while, Li Jiangao felt a little anxious and relaxed a lot. He thanked him sincerely: "Thank you, Professor Zhang."
"Thank you for what? Hey, but then again, you are so lucky, aren't you? How did Qiao Ze's brain grow? How many things has he taught himself? Algebra, geometry, and basic things should be all figured out. , can he have his own understanding of group theory and non-commutative geometry. Now it seems that he also studies partial differential equations.
Does he want to do application or theory in the future? Have you discussed it with Qiao Ze? You are his mentor, don't let him waste time on miscellaneous things. At his age, his foundation, and his IQ, it would be a waste of resources if he didn't solve a few big problems. "
Li Jiangao smiled bitterly, wondering for a moment whether he should tell Zhang Chunlei about Qiao Ze's goal. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to keep it secret for now.
"Don't worry, Professor Zhang. I actually talked about this with Qiao Ze. His plans and goals for the future are so clear that I feel ashamed. Let's put it this way, if his plan can really be realized, unless the mathematics community is collectively blind, otherwise this All major mathematics prizes in the world are indispensable."
"That's good. By the way, Jiangao, do you want a change of environment? You can consider going to Jiangda University. I dare not say much, but Jiangda will definitely give you the treatment that Xilin can give you."
"This...Professor Zhang, you know the school treats me very well."
"Haha, that's all I'll say. I know you are a friendly person. But if you are unhappy in Xilin in the future, be the first to call me."
"OK, no problem."
"Okay, anyway, just relax! I'm done."
"See you."
Of course Li Jiangao knows that he often jokes, but he is actually very serious.
Just like Zhang Chunlei at this time.
After hanging up the phone, he began to sigh.
Originally, he was still thinking about Xu Xu Tuzhi. Who would have thought that the master and apprentice could jump so fast.
Once this outstanding young man wears his hat, it is almost impossible to poach people away...
What bad luck.
…
In the dormitory, Qiao Ze, who was supposed to be at the center of the storm, climbed out of bed on time as usual.
When I went to the balcony to start washing up, I was surprised to find that Chen Yiwen had already gotten up.
"Good morning, Brother Qiao."
"morning."
"Brother Qiao, I want to tell you something."
"explain."
"I thought about it last night and decided to quit the group intelligence project team. After all, I can't help much now. Most of the work is done by Brother Tan. I am just messing around in the research team. And in the future, I I really don’t want to do mathematical research anymore.
Looking back now, I was just fine except for answering questions, but I really didn't know how to do research. I was not that good at it. Moreover, my mouth is not very trustworthy and I am always faster than my brain. If I continue to stay in the group, I am afraid that one day something involving confidentiality will come up and I accidentally let it out, which will cause trouble. "
"Oh, okay." Qiao Ze nodded clearly.
No more advice.
After all, everyone has his own pursuit. As long as it does not affect his goal, he will not interfere with other people's choices in the name of doing your best.
"But Brother Qiao, you are still my brother. I am different from those two shameless guys. If you have anything to say in the future, I will hit you wherever you point me!" Chen Yiwen patted his chest and said seriously.
Qiao Ze smiled, then imitated Li Jiangao's actions, raised his hand and patted Chen Yiwen's shoulder gently, then turned around and walked into the bathroom. The sound of water rushing at the next moment could not make Chen Yiwen stop from Qiao Ze He came back to his senses from the action.
What does this tap on the shoulder mean?
It should be encouragement, right?
Encourage him to find and plan his own life direction according to his own ideas?
Chen Yiwen scratched his head and thought to himself: This must be what it means, right?
…
"Eh? Chen Yiwen isn't here today? Is he not going to study by himself?" In the morning, after Qiao Ze met Su Mucheng, the school committee member who still chose to skip classes for self-study in the new semester asked curiously.
"Quit the group and go to class." Qiao Ze replied.
"Oh?" Su Mucheng was obviously more surprised than Qiao Ze.
Qiao Ze thought for a while and concluded: "He feels that he is not suitable for research."
Su Mucheng nodded suddenly and said: "Hey, I didn't realize that Chen Yiwen has such a clear self-awareness? But after going through this, he won't transform into the kind of guy who is sixty years old, right?"
Qiao Ze asked: "Is there any difference?"
Su Mucheng thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "It seems that there is no difference. Anyway, he probably won't rely on mathematics to make a living in the future. Otherwise, he will definitely not choose to quit the group."
Qiao Ze nodded.
He can even sympathize with Chen Yiwen.
If people are destined to be unable to explore the truth of this world, it would be better to live happily.
Because if you stretch the timeline a little bit, you will find that if it cannot break away from the constraints of the planet, the visible result of the civilization developed by mankind will be its demise.
There is no need for internal conflicts or conquests.
On a cosmic scale, a slight change in the earth's orbit would be a disaster for the fragile human body and sophisticated electronic equipment.
What’s even more interesting is that with even a slight change in gravity, all settings based on the current Earth’s gravity parameters need to be re-adjusted, such as precision guidance...
So this era is really an embarrassing era for human civilization.
The basic theory has determined some things, but there are too many mysteries and speculations.
This allows some people to see possible risks but not know how to address and avoid them.
"Okay, let's not talk about Chen Yiwen anymore. I forgot to ask yesterday, why does the school treat you to dinner tonight?"
"Say someone from Apple is here."
"Oh, that's not interesting."
"Well, the new semester has begun, and I have prepared new courses for you."
"Uh... By the way, Qiao Ze, I saw a piece of news yesterday saying that scientists proved that antimatter is also affected by gravity. What does this mean?"
Qiao Ze thought for a while and replied: "It means that one of the theoretical foundations of the super-light curvature engine has been disproven, and there are not many options left."
