Super God-Level Top Student

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This is indeed very awkward.

Especially for those professors who happen to be on Weibo.

The professors who aren't on Weibo aren't much better off; netizens who like to join in on the fun went directly to the official website of their universities and joyfully ridiculed them.

"Are professors only required to have shit for brains? Seriously, I think I can do it too. Last time someone chopped off my head, I immediately couldn't shit anymore, proving I also have shit in my brain. So when will you offer me a job to be a professor at your school?"

The pressure is really immense.

Some have already lost their temper in private chat groups.

After all, such conference videos should never have been leaked online.

The current situation indicates that someone has been dishonest.

However, since everyone attending the meeting could download the full video, and the results of the voting were once shared in another chat group by a professor who had voted against, the range of potential leaks expanded to the point where it's impossible to determine who caused this mess.

In the end, they could do nothing but seethe with impotent rage and demand encryption of the conference video.

The video circulating online is just the result of the final vote. If some of the earlier comments were also to leak, who knows what the netizens could stir up next.

Many professors began to feel relieved that they had chosen to abstain or vote in support.

Especially Zhang Hongcai.

If his decisive vote had been against, it would have been troublesome now.

Though it wouldn't have had a big impact on him, who would like their private matters to be exposed online for judgment?

Ma Yufei was also relieved.

Indeed, this application couldn't just get stuck with him and be denied.

Many netizens have already started searching for Qiao Ze's name in the expert database. They naturally can't find it now, and who knows, these bored people may even go online to look up the process of being included in the expert database next.

Fortunately, what comes next has nothing to do with him.

But the pressure on the Science Committee over there must be mounting, right?

He had thought about dragging it on, but under these circumstances, it's probably hard to drag on.

Ma Yufei thought to himself.

...

Xilin University of Technology.

It was the first time Qiao Ze trended on the hot search with the school's help, but the school itself hadn't reacted at all at first.

The heat on the search engines was simply too rapid.

While the school was still considering how to counter Daniel's blatant talent poaching on Facebook, the matter had already been thrust onto the internet. It wasn't just Xu Dajiang who was affected; various school leaders were involved as well.

There is indeed a lot of concern.

After all, having two papers in "Mathematics Annual" in one month is quite rare on a global scale.

Not to mention both papers received special treatment, and the one that hadn't been published yet even received high praise from a world-renowned expert.

Simply put, everyone was very curious about how miraculous this kid Qiao Ze was.

As for Li Jiangao, it goes without saying.

Because he was with his girlfriend watching a movie, he thought about putting his phone on Do Not Disturb mode. After the movie ended, he looked at his phone and saw that there were 23 missed calls and the unread messages in WeChat had directly hit 99+.

Li Jiangao is the type of person who is quite low-key and doesn't like to schmooze, so he doesn't have many people on WeChat, and he's not part of many chat groups either.

Especially when he checked the missed calls, Li Jiangao even saw that his former mentor had called him.

"What's wrong?" his companion asked.

The date was with Mi Ge, an uncommon surname that is found only in a few places across the country, with Xilin being one of them.

This was their second date. Although they got along quite harmoniously, they hadn't fully established their relationship yet.

Mainly because Li Jiangao doesn't have much experience in dating, he hadn't quite figured out how to broach the subject of their relationship.

"I don't know. I just got a lot of calls. I'll check to see what's going on," replied Li Jiangao.

He didn't rush to return the calls, opting to look at WeChat first.

If WeChat was this lively, it would let him quickly understand what had happened.

Li Jiangao's judgment wasn't wrong, but after checking, he was also somewhat bewildered and even at a loss.

Yes, he was still unaware of the fact that Qiao Ze had another paper published.

It seems that Qiao Ze's new paper has greatly pleased Daniel.

As for Daniel, Li Jiangao was of course aware of him.

One of the big names within the modern mathematical community, Li Jiangao had the fortune of sitting in the audience for a lecture given by this leading figure.

But at the time he was still a master's student, so his seat was at the back, and he simply didn't have the qualifications to ask questions.

The fact that this top-tier figure was now considering inviting Qiao Ze to be a colleague left Li Jiangao unsure how to assess the situation.

It could only be described as an absurd feeling.

If one were to reason it that way...

No, that's not the right way to think!

Li Jiangao shook his head, looked up at Mi Ge, and said, "About Qiao Ze, it seems this kid is trending on social media again."

Mi Ge asked curiously, "The genius student of yours?"

Li Jiangao smiled wryly and responded truthfully, "A genius indeed, but not yet my student. Well, to be his mentor would bring tremendous pressure."

"We can sit over there and rest, wait until you return the phone call," Mi Ge suggested, pointing to the seats provided by the cinema for resting.
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"Good!" Li Jiangao nodded.

Any other calls could wait, but a call from a former mentor always needed to be returned.

He didn't need to look online to know the fuss must have been big; otherwise, his mentor, who was supposed to be enjoying retirement and playing with his grandchildren at home, wouldn't have been disturbed.

While Li Jiangao made the call, Mi Ge took out her phone, intrigued, opened the browser, and searched for Qiao Ze's name.

Looking at the barrage of information that popped up, the English teacher was also taken aback.

Well, having such a student would indeed come with a lot of pressure!

...

Qiao Ze had no idea that he had suddenly become a hot topic on the internet.

He wasn't even aware that his paper's reviewer, Daniel Nomit, was blatantly offering him an olive branch on Facebook.

At least, until the promise was ready, nobody seemed inclined to discuss it with Qiao Ze.

From this perspective, Daniel was highly dishonorable.

Luring someone with promises without any foundation.

Recommending an 18-year-old from Huaxia to the American Academy of Sciences? Why not just directly offer him residency at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C.?

So it was Lu Xiuxiu who let Qiao Ze know about the news with a phone call.

The afternoon call she made was not to exchange pleasantries but to ask a baffling question, "Qiao Ze, your aunt just called and asked me if you were going to be a professor in the United States? It's all over the internet, and she told me to persuade you to seize this opportunity... What did you do now?"

Lu Xiuxiu's question rendered Qiao Ze speechless.

After pondering for half a second, Qiao Ze simply asked, "Is Su Mucheng next to you?"

"Ah? Yes, she is."

"Let her take the call first..."

"Oh, Chengzi, Qiao Ze wants to talk to you first."

"Okay, Aunt, I just looked it up and I think I know what's going on..."

"Hey, Qiao, you better go online and have a look. Some professor from Princeton named Daniel said your paper is of high quality and he wants to invite you to become a professor! He's even talking about nominating you for an academy membership! He said it on his Facebook, and now a screenshot of his Facebook has been spread here. The whole net is starting to discuss it.

You're really famous now, explosively so."

Qiao Ze slightly furrowed his brows and calmly replied, "Oh, got it. Tell my mom, I won't be going."

"Right, I know, but Qiao, why don't you seem excited at all?"

"Excited?"

"It's a professor from Princeton, and you are really popular."

This time Qiao Ze took a bit longer to think and spoke somewhat more, "Is it really something to get excited about, just because some foreigner casually says a couple of words on Facebook that sparks a wide discussion?"

"Er..."

Qiao Ze coolly commented, "It's quite amusing."

"Well... it's not just any foreigner, after all, Daniel has won the Fields Medal."

"The logic is the same. He might have thought of it because of my paper, but other people haven't read my paper; they're just echoing others. They put me on a pedestal now because of someone else's comment and could just as easily throw me into the abyss next time for the same reason."

After a long silence, a faint voice came from the other side.

"Qiao, when will you stop being so lucid?"