Super God-Level Top Student

After all, taking money for services is only natural — the contract wasn't signed for nothing.

Actually, there wasn't a single threat in the original text, but it hit him where it hurt with every sentence.

Of course, they also made promises.

As long as this task was completed, his subsequent life of glory and wealth would be just around the corner.

It was at this moment that Ben Ronny finally realized that Langley's money wasn't so easy to get.

Then came the reflection. He actually thought he could freeload off Langley's money; how naive he had been.

However, having said that, Ben Ronny still chose to believe that the promise of glory and wealth was sincere.

The benefits that the material model could bring were obvious to him; if he really found a way to get his hands on this intelligence, wouldn't he be treated like a national hero once he successfully returned?

That's the mark of a clever person: when cornered, they can always comfort themselves by thinking positively.

The only problem was how to take this risk.

It was at this point that Chen Yiwen suddenly entered his line of sight.

A lucky college student, rumored to be in the same dormitory as Qiao Ze, then piggybacked on Qiao Ze's connections to join the Qunzhi Project Team and reached the pinnacle of his life.

Really, Ben Ronny didn't even need to gather information himself. The university's widespread publicity plastered Chen Yiwen's image and speeches everywhere. Any social video app would push these things to him as soon as his location was confirmed via his phone.

For Ben Ronny, this was like a gift from heaven.

If he could "accidentally" befriend Chen Yiwen, maybe he would have a chance to interact with Qiao Ze.

Maybe he didn't even need to deal with Qiao Ze directly. If he could cultivate Chen Yiwen into one of his own, securing leverage over him, wouldn't he be able to remotely control the guy to complete the task?

He definitely had no chance of entering the Xi Lin Mathematical Research Institute, but since Chen Yiwen was a member of the Qunzhi Project Team, he would presumably have unobstructed access.

After thinking of this method, he immediately sent a message back to "home" to ask for instructions.

He soon received an affirmative reply.

He was told to boldly proceed with the plan, and that "home" would provide all possible support.

Thus, before Chen Yiwen even had time to get carried away bragging as Dou Dou had requested, he was already being targeted.

The only pity was that Ben Ronny wasn't the blond-haired, exotic beauty with wavy locks he had imagined, but rather an ordinary man, not particularly noticeable among the throngs of international students.

No, that's incorrect, many people had already taken notice of Chen Yiwen. His videos had even started being collected with intent.

Several blonde beauties were watching his videos, dissecting his personality and weaknesses from his words and body language. Chen Yiwen would probably be pretty pleased if he knew, right?

After all, he could now be considered an international figure.

...

Time moved towards the end of April.

Qiao Ze agreed to hold a report meeting to explain the various marvels of the Super Helical Coordinate System. The School of Mathematics immediately began preparations in full swing.

Xu Dajiang took this matter very seriously.

In fact, Xu Dajiang took all matters that could elevate the reputation of Xilin's School of Mathematics seriously. Xu was now fully dedicated to adding to the future Xilin School as his life's work.

He might not become a mathematician remembered throughout the ages, but if the mention of Xilin University of Technology first brought the School of Mathematics to people's minds, and in addition to thinking of Qiao Ze, they had good things to say about him, the old dean, that would be enough.

This pursuit was quite modest and unadorned.

There might not be much legacy left behind, but when he retired, wherever he went, at least the seat he'd take wouldn't be a bad one.

There was already a hint of this status.

Even when academicians called him, they wouldn't start with "Little Xu, Little Xu" anymore.

Those familiar with him would affectionately call him by his name Dajiang, and those who were not as close would at least address him respectfully as Dean Xu.

This was one of the proofs of his rising status.

Primarily, it was because people still had things they wanted from him.

There were a bit too many people wanting to attend Qiao Ze's upcoming report meeting.

Qiao Ze's idea was to have a small-scale meeting, preferably no more than a hundred people.

It was supposed to be a simple discussion about the Super Helical Coordinate System and fundamental models, as well as some problems concerning the mathematical structures at the microscopic level. According to Qiao Ze's understanding, not many people in the country were researching this area.

But when news spread, more than half of the 153 academicians from the Department of Mathematics and Physics wanted to attend this meeting. That was okay since they hadn't planned to invite foreign professors, so it was still within limits.

But Huaxia had more than just academicians; there was a host of capped scholars and potential future academicians, professors, and researchers who also wanted to attend through various connections.

This had already exceeded the limit.

Some people didn't just want to come themselves, they even hoped to bring their students along for insights.

The numbers immediately exceeded the limit, heading straight for three hundred.

This was when the importance of Xu Dajiang as the Dean of the Xilin Mathematics Institute really showed.

It's well known that Qiao Ze doesn't deal with miscellaneous matters, sending a constant signal to the outside world: as long as you don't disturb my research at Xilin, we can all be well.

Li Jiangao would push away any such matters if he encountered them, not getting involved at all, under the noble guise of avoiding impropriety.

It's precisely because of this way of handling things that these teacher and student stood aloof in the academic world.