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Anxiety was definitely present.

Before, it was just Lotte Dugan who wanted Qiao Ze to study abroad, now look, he wants Qiao Ze to be a professor, even dangling the carrot of academician in front of him.

But at this moment, Xu Dajiang even felt a bit grateful to Daniel.

In his view, openly listing Qiao Ze's name and praising him so highly actually reduced his pressure.

Putting the kid in the spotlight is great!

This straightforward approach to headhunting was much better than how Lotte Dugan often kept in touch via email, occasionally extending an olive branch.

The former brought a sense of urgency to many, while the latter made him anxious alone.

Indeed, Daniel's Facebook post proved to be extremely influential.

Since he heard about the news, his phone hadn't stopped ringing.

And it was all calls from familiar names in his contacts.

The kind where it was rude to hang up without exchanging a few words.

Clearly, the contents of Daniel's Facebook had ignited everyone's curiosity.

People were calling to inquire about Qiao Ze's situation.

Truly, Xu Dajiang hadn't received that many congratulatory calls even on the day he took office as dean.

He now only hoped that Qiao Ze hadn't yet received this invitation, because he genuinely wasn't sure if Qiao Ze would entertain the idea of becoming an academician in the United States. After all, the kid seemed to be always hoping that Li Jiangao could become an academician.

However, Xu Dajiang had no idea that this was just the beginning.

Probably even Daniel never imagined that his impulsive Facebook post would create a frenzy on Huaxia's internet.

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Initially, Daniel's Facebook post was limited to the academic community, as the majority of ordinary people would not follow the opinions of a mathematician.

Even after it reached Huaxia, it only sparked a series of reactions and discussions within academia.

Plainly speaking, it was just a range of comments among professors and researchers, spreading within a small circle.

But which professor's office doesn't occasionally have a few graduate students organizing materials?
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Especially since recently Qiao Ze suddenly applied to be a reviewer for the National Natural Science Foundation, which in itself became a sensation among professors across Huaxia. Even wilder was the rumor that Qiao Ze became a reviewer to support his mentor, who had applied for the Jieqing project of the National Natural Science Foundation.

Isn't that absurd?

When other students were struggling to meet graduation requirements, anxiously seeking to use more of their advisor's resources, Qiao's concern was how to propel his mentor into a position of Jieqing.

Goodness me, now suddenly here comes another bombshell.

A past Fields Medal recipient is openly trying to poach an eighteen-year-old kid to become a professor at Princeton and is even recommending Qiao Ze for an academician position. Between discussions, while seeing their own students slacking off, professors inevitably couldn't help but give a few words of criticism.

"Look at you all, and then look at Qiao Ze. He's only eighteen, and he already has two papers in the 'Mathematics Annual' of Princeton with his name as the corresponding author. A Princeton professor who has won the Fields Medal wants to nab him for a professorship. And what about you?

Sending papers to a second-tier journal still requires my repeated revisions, and getting published in the college journal still needs me to put in a good word. You're nothing!"

After getting an earful from the boss out of the blue, some students went to online forums or other platforms they usually visited to vent. With sufficient venting, naturally, it attracted the attention of many interested parties.

These days, many science communicators also pay attention to academic forums, especially some science communication apps, like Donghu, Huaban Group, V2EX, Stack Overflow, and so on.

Daniel's Facebook post first gained attention after being shared on Donghu.

"Who knows, folks. That miraculous kid named Qiao Ze, just because of him I got a half-hour scolding from my boss, and he didn't repeat a word. Any other buddies with the same experience gather here, let me see how many others are as unlucky as me?"

The initial query was just like that, accompanied by the content of Daniel Nomit's Facebook post.

One can only say that the intelligent push algorithms of this era are too smart.

The student community active on Donghu is indeed quite large, but truly not many are interested in mathematics, physics, and the like.

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This can be seen from which questions are more likely to become trending.

But smart push technology is capable of delivering these questions to kids who are unfortunately being poisoned by them.

Although it can't compare with those trending questions, it still received over a hundred replies in just an hour.

The top-voted answer was,

"Damn it, can't I avoid this name? I've just been scolded by my boss and I don't want to work. I was planning to scroll through Zhihu to vent and regain some self-esteem as a PhD, and here I am, invited to answer this question. What the hell can I say? The 'kid' you're talking about is wanted by Daniel Nomit himself.

Do you know Daniel? Egyptian model, Conformal invariant, a top-notch big shot. When he got the Fields Medal, I was just starting middle school. Five years ago, when I was still an undergrad, he came to our school for a lecture. According to my current boss, you'd have to line up behind the university president just to offer him a glass of water.

With such a big name backing him, the criticism I face is justified.

The key thing is that this Facebook post is like a riddle. Just how revolutionary is Qiao Ze's new paper? I can't even begin to imagine. My advice to the person who asked the question is to do like me, don't contact your boss for anything these days. Especially a week after the paper is officially published, stay well away."

The responder is officially verified on Zhihu under the mathematics and physics category as an up-and-coming contributor, and a doctoral student at the School of Mathematics at Shuangdan University.

That seems pretty high-end.

Normally, questions like this on Zhihu wouldn't make much of a splash, let alone trend.

But Qiao Ze's name revived a not so distant memory among many users who stumbled upon this question, non-math majors included.

Qiao Ze?

Isn't this the high school student who was previously accused of academic fraud and was later vindicated?

Wait, he must be in college by now, so he's a college student.

What's happening?

He published another paper?

And a world-class mathematics giant has taken notice of him?

There aren't many in this world who truly understand mathematics, but there are a lot who understand English.

Even for those who don't understand English, with the advancement of AI technology, translation software can now easily recognize images and provide direct Chinese translation.

Once someone with a keen eye noticed this, they quickly realized that this was genuinely trending material.

A genius student previously accused of academic fraud is now being noticed by an international Fields Medal recipient. And this big shot not only thinks the undergraduate is qualified for a teaching position at Princeton, but he's also recommending him for a fellowship.

If this doesn't drive traffic, what does?

Consequently, microblogs and certain music platforms quickly started sharing screenshots of Daniel's Facebook post.

To cater to the English level of the majority, the screenshot was accompanied by sentence-by-sentence Chinese translation.

Some even went the extra mile to bypass the Great Firewall, bringing back the verified identity of Daniel from Facebook, explaining it along with the screenshot of the post.

In case anyone still didn't grasp the significance, explanations were even provided about the status of the Princeton Mathematics Institute and Institute for Advanced Study in the world of mathematics and physics, as well as how prestigious the Fields Medal is, even to the point of saying it surpasses the Nobel Prize in difficulty to obtain.

After all, the Fields Medal is awarded only once every four years, and it has very strict age restrictions. If you're over forty, you're no longer eligible to win. The Nobel Prize, on the other hand, is yearly and has no age restrictions.

It has to be said, this content indeed touched on many people's emotional sweet spots.

A young prodigy who was doubted by countless people on the domestic internet just a few months ago was now valued by an international big shot, who even took the initiative to invite him, offering almost irresistible conditions.

Within just a few hours, the name Qiao Ze suddenly exploded all over the internet.

On Zhihu, the question that initially mentioned Qiao Ze didn't trend, but another question rocketed to the top of the hot search,

"Qiao Ze was previously accused of academic fraud, and now it's rumored that he's been invited by a top foreign university, and even a Fields Medal recipient wants to recommend him as a fellow in the United States. Does Huaxia really lack a nurturing environment for genius researchers?"

Public account "Qiao Ze: The Counterattack of a World-Class Prodigy from Huaxia, This Article Will Change Your Perception If You Read It Patiently!"

As for microblogs...

The screenshot of Daniel's Facebook post was already everywhere...

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