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When Zhang Hongcai posted the problem Qiao Ze had sent him by email to the group, he stood up contentedly and stretched leisurely.

Looking at how things were developing now, his previous decision was indeed the correct one.

No matter how outrageous Qiao Ze's application was, at least it didn't get stuck at their stage.

He was glad that he withstood the pressure, otherwise his vote might have been used to create negative narratives.

However, Zhang Hongcai also had no intention of helping Xilin University of Technology to tout Qiao Ze.

Even though Qiao Ze's current achievements indeed surprised him to the point of disbelief.

What was surprising was the inability to see through Qiao Ze's limits, and what was unacceptable was that Qiao Ze had not joined Huaxia's top-ranked School of Mathematics.

Now Princeton was extending an olive branch to Qiao Ze again...

He hoped this would make people at Xilin University of Technology understand something.

If they couldn't keep talent, it wouldn't do to let such talents go abroad at this time.

Of course, at this moment, Zhang Hongcai was also very curious about Qiao Ze's second paper.

What was this paper about?

How did it earn such high acclaim?

Right, why mention Robert Stephen?

It couldn't really be related to that elderly gentleman's research, could it?

Thinking thus, Zhang Hongcai couldn't help himself and picked up the phone to call Xu Dajiang, who he disliked quite a bit.

Regrettably, Xu Dajiang's phone was unreachable, all three attempts resulted in a busy signal.

Well, he could probably guess that the dean was indeed very busy right now.

After all, he certainly wasn't the only one with curiosity.

...

The article on Daniel Nomit's Facebook went from a small-scale discussion to attracting widespread attention in about a day.

But what Daniel and Zhang Hongcai totally didn't expect was that the greatest pressure was not on Xilin University of Technology.

It was the Xi Lin Optoelectronics Institute and the bigwigs at Huaxia Engineering Institute, all of whom participated in the design of the new generation of photolithography machines.

Yes, Daniel Nomit was a bit too hasty. If he had known that Qiao Ze was one of the key figures in the design of Huaxia's new generation of photolithography machines, he certainly wouldn't have written that post on Facebook.

Academics may not have borders, but technology has long been proven to indeed have them, and barriers are even set up by humans.

For the large photolithography machine project that Xi Lin Optoelectronics Institute secured, with all parts made domestically, that building in Xilin University of Technology was the brain, and Qiao Ze was right at the center of that brain.

When they saw Princeton blatantly trying to poach him, they really couldn't sit still any longer.

Zhang Zhijian and Sheng Xuening could only half believe what Xu Dajiang had said,

but when they saw Daniel's post on Facebook, they believed it entirely.

So when Sheng Xuening saw that photo and personally checked Facebook to confirm it was indeed true, he immediately called Zhang Zhijian, who was meeting in the Capital.

"Zhang, did you see Daniel calling out to Qiao Ze directly on Facebook?"

"How could I not have seen it? It's spread everywhere. Quite a few people there are asking about Qiao Ze. This is outright root digging."

"Do you think Qiao Ze might be tempted?"

"How would I know? But just now I made some inquiries, and it seems Qiao Ze hasn't even applied for a passport yet."

"That's not the key issue. If Qiao Ze is determined to go, even if we can stop him, if he truly wants to quit, can we force him not to? By the way, Qiao Ze probably doesn't know yet that he has been included in our project team as a key engineer, does he?"

"What are you anxious about? Whether Qiao Ze is willing to go or not is still uncertain. Maybe the kid doesn't even care for it!"

"A teaching position at Princeton, a Fields Medal winner personally recommending him to become a fellow of the United States, if it were you at eighteen, would you care for it?"

A moment of silence...

After a while, Sheng Xuening spoke again, "Did Qiao say he wanted to become an expert? Has he become one now?"

"Not yet. I've inquired about it. It's been submitted to the Science Committee, no news yet."
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"You are in the Capital, hurry up and find someone to expedite it. It's just Qiao Ze's little request, is it worth holding up all the time?"

"Hmm, I'll ask about this matter. Not just me, later I will go to the Institute of Physics and find some people to help expedite it. This is truly baffling, a paper in 'Mathematics Annual' in one month? Those involved in biology, in materials science, wouldn't dare to publish like this, right? To treat top mathematics journals as easy publications? And another related article?

They actually accepted this?"

"Good, I will also contact the people at Xilin University of Technology. I think we still need to talk to Qiao Ze properly. I think Daniel's talk of recommending Qiao Ze for academy fellowship is just a pie in the sky, otherwise, he wouldn't only say 'recommend'."

"Exactly. Sigh... You're still in Xilin, take some time to feel out the kid. If he really wants to change places, as long it's within the country, anywhere is fine. I have to go now, I'll contact you again tonight."

After hanging up the phone, Sheng Xuening let out a long sigh.

Really, for the first time in his life, he suddenly hoped a Huaxia child wouldn't be so excellent!

After thinking for a while, he also planned to call Xu Dajiang to inquire about the situation, but he encountered the same embarrassed situation as Zhang Hongcai: no answer from the office phone, mobile phone constantly busy.

This is unbelievable.

...

Xu Dajiang indeed knew about Qiao Ze's latest paper published in "Mathematics Annual" before others.

However, he only learned about Daniel's evaluation of Qiao Ze on Facebook much later than others.