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"Hmm..." He Danchang hardly knew how to proceed with his questions.

If this had been a live interview, it would have gone way off the rails. He Danchang still remembered that this girl had just praised Qiao Ze for his modesty.

A modest kid who thinks at eighteen that all these world-class scientific awards are easily within reach?

And that anyone could achieve the same as him?

Su Mucheng, could you please think about what you just said?

And Xu Dajiang, after hearing this, why that satisfied smile on your face?

"Actually, I know Qiao Ze is very talented, but these scientific awards you mentioned, they aren't so easy to obtain, right? It seems that Qiao Ze is quite confident in himself, right?" He Danchang asked after a moment of contemplation.

As a seasoned interview journalist, of course, he wouldn't question the interviewee's consistency in a written interview.

That's something one would do during a video show to create an effect.

Writing an interview feature is about gathering information as comprehensively as possible, then deciding for oneself which aspects to present to the readers.

"It's not that Qiao Ze is confident in himself, but that everyone who has met Qiao has confidence in him. I won't mention the people in the research group. The dean of Princeton University's School of Mathematics is full of confidence in Qiao. He often sends several emails a week to discuss some issues with Qiao that I don't quite understand," she said.

This statement made Xu Dajiang frown.

Damn, he didn't even know about this.

What on earth was Liu Chenfeng doing? Just hanging around the research group doing nothing? How had he not mentioned this kind of information?

That old man from Princeton still hadn't given up?

"Oh? How did Qiao Ze come to be in contact with the dean of the School of Mathematics at Princeton?" The news also sparked interest in He Danchang, who eagerly asked.

"Because Qiao Ze's paper was submitted to Princeton's 'Mathematics Annual,' and it was reviewed by the dean himself. After that, he got Qiao Ze's email address. Oh, and last time the dean even invited him to Princeton, saying that if Qiao agrees to go, he would definitely become the 17th Fields Medalist from Princeton," she replied.

"How did Qiao Ze respond?"

This question wasn't from He Danchang, but from Xu Dajiang who couldn't help intervening.

It was a matter of some urgency.

If Qiao Ze really decided to pick up and leave at this time, it wouldn't just be his grand ambitions that would be halted. What was scarier was that Xu Dajiang knew all too well that he had offended quite a few people lately, and even more were waiting for a chance to see him fall.

"Don't worry, Dean Xu. Qiao Ze replied saying that if he could win awards, then he should be able to win them anywhere. If he had to go to a specific school to win, then it meant either his skills weren't up to par or the award wasn't as prestigious as it seemed, so it wouldn't matter whether he won it or not," she informed.

Xu Dajiang breathed a sigh of relief.

He really liked that answer.

He Danchang also gained a new understanding of modesty.

This as-yet-unseen kid was indeed quite humble.

However, time was limited, and He Danchang didn't give Xu Dajiang a chance to continue questioning. He began again: "I'm actually aware that getting a paper published in 'Mathematics Annual' is quite an accomplishment for mathematicians, especially for someone as young as Qiao Ze, who is only eighteen.

Has he ever talked about his dreams, like why he wants these awards, or if he has any goals he wants to achieve in the near future?"

"Um... does wishing for Li Shu to become an academician as soon as possible count as a goal?" Su Mucheng thought for a moment and said unsurely.

That was the only obsession of Qiao Ze that she knew of.

There was no help for it. Aside from Li Jiangao, Qiao Ze rarely talked about goals and dreams with anyone, including Su Mucheng.

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Because in Qiao Ze's mind, goals or ideals were pretty intangible things, and it was enough to just keep your head down and do the work. It was boring to keep talking about these things for no reason.

"This... could count, I guess," He Danchang reluctantly nodded.

Still not sure how to evaluate it, but it was definitely not something that could be written in an article.

He Danchang once again lamented that this was not a live broadcast interview.

Otherwise, so many outrageous ideas would likely embarrass many people.

The academic elite were often criticized, but this kind of reverse elitism...

An eighteen-year-old student resolved to push a professor to the position of an academician, and the key was he was extremely capable of carrying it out.

Really, for a moment He Danchang didn't know whether it was even appropriate to promote this.

It sounded very inspirational and would definitely attract attention, but aside from not quite following the rules, it was nearly perfect.

"Hey, Reporter He, look, it's getting late, why don't we go and have dinner first? That way, we can have more time for a walk in the evening, and get to know that kid better," Xu suggested.

"Uh, how about we just have dinner together?" He Danchang suggested.

The words of Su Mucheng had sketched a highly complex and vivid character in his mind, also peaking his curiosity to its limit.

He was truly eager to see what such a genius young man was really like.

"Hehe, Uncle He, don't even think about having dinner with Qiao Ze. It's quite unbearable for people who aren't close to him. I think the school has developed to the point that if someone dislikes another, they arrange to bring Qiao Ze to dinner; you can't imagine what that's like. Especially since Qiao Ze never talks during meals."

"I've had dinner with him countless times, and he really hasn't said a single word. Occasionally he'll grunt when I ask him if he wants to eat a particular dish, but that's it; he won't respond at all to anyone else's questions. So let's just take a walk directly, to avoid affecting your mood," Su Mucheng happily and proudly explained on behalf of Xu Dajiang.

Well, He Danchang had given her a good impression, so she actually didn't want the reporter to go through that kind of awkwardness.

In this respect, Su Mucheng and Xu Dajiang's thoughts were actually the same.
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Both hoped that He Danchang would be able to portray the best side of Qiao Ze.

"Um... okay then, the last question for this afternoon: does Qiao Ze knows his application actually violated many rules? What is his opinion of rules?"

He Danchang was willing to take advice, simply abandoning the idea of having dinner with Qiao Ze,

"Qiao Ze has always thought that unreasonable rules should be broken. Like the foreign students at the school going on strike to protest this morning..."

"Cough cough..." Xu Dajiang awkwardly coughed twice on the side.

Unfortunately, Su Mucheng paid no attention to this and continued cheerfully, "During the rest at noon, I asked Qiao Ze what he thought about this matter, and he said that the courage to break rules is commendable, but without the capability, it just looks extremely stupid."

"Moreover, Qiao Ze had said before that the spirit of contracts, the spirit behind agreements, had good intentions at their inception but have completely become a toy for the strong to bind the weak in reality. Qiao Ze meant not just in business, but in academic fields and even between countries."

"So, if you can only obey the rules set by others, you must endure hardships to strengthen yourself and have the ability to set the rules—that's the real solution. Therefore, I summarized that according to Qiao Ze's view, the weak should just honestly follow the rules, find ways to silently grow stronger, and then overturn and redefine the rules."

He Danchang took a deep breath and then nodded.

Indeed, he was a noble, pure, ethical, self-disciplined teenager, free from low desires.

He had anticipated that this article might be difficult to write on his way here.

But at that moment, He Danchang felt he might have underestimated the challenge.