Chapter 119: Qiao Ze's Awakening (Vote for monthly ticket)_3
"John..."
Qiao Ze pulled out his phone and began searching for the name.
Su Mucheng looked at Qiao Ze with a hint of melancholy, while Chen Yiwen, who had been silent, suddenly felt very happy, almost to the point of tears.
The monster boss was finally going to realize just how extraordinary he actually was.
This woman, Su Mucheng, was actually naively hoping that Qiao Ze would acknowledge that he was only a tiny bit smarter than a genius and still within the range of normal people.
How could that be possible!
First, let's talk about the real geniuses at Huaqing and Yanbei.
Now that Huaqing and Yanbei can't hold up, Harvard and Princeton are entering the picture...
And then what? Aliens?
A freak is a freak, what's the point of always colliding with ordinary people?
"He only published these three papers in four years?" Soon, Qiao Ze looked up to confirm again.
"Ah... there's also the doctoral dissertation, right?"
Qiao Ze calmly looked towards Su Mucheng.
Su Mucheng blinked her big eyes, looking innocently at Qiao Ze.
Their profound eye contact made Hanna completely clueless about what was going on.
Fortunately, the waiter finally arrived with the freshly grilled lamb leg, placing it on the dining table...
It was time to eat.
It was just that the atmosphere at dinner today was a bit strange.
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"I don't quite understand, what exactly happened just now?"
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"Let's put it this way, Miss Su Mucheng has been trying to make Qiao Ze believe that there are many, many geniuses like him in this world, and Qiao Ze believed it. But clearly, what you said made Qiao Ze realize that the whole world is full of noobs."
"Hmm? Why?"
"You don't still think that the paper by Qiao Ze that caused the two bosses to battle it out on Facebook took only half a day to write, do you?"
"I feel that must be an exaggeration."
"Right, it is exaggerated. So Qiao Ze has always thought other people could be that fast too."
"..."
"You haven't been in our research group. If you spent two days with us, you would realize that the PhD students are there just to hold Qiao Ze's shoes. Our group's PhD students sweat bullets whenever they see Qiao Ze. But they have no choice but to come. After all, if Qiao Ze publishes a paper, they can also get a second authorship, right?"
"How can I join Qiao Ze's research group? I don't need a paper credit."
"This... it used to be quite simple. But now... if I may ask, do the international students' schedules include political science classes?"
"If I enroll in this course, I can join Qiao Ze's research group?"
"No no no, to join Qiao Ze's research group, the most important thing is that Qiao Ze nods his head. You first have to catch his eye, and then show your value."
"So what should I do? Do you have any suggestions?"
The sincere question from the woman by his side made Chen Yiwen feel comfortable in both body and spirit.
Still, he shook his head with regret and said, "I don't have any. However, you can ask Su Mucheng or Professor Li. In the whole research group, they are the only ones whose words Qiao Ze might listen to."
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"Qiao, do you feel abnormal again?"
"Not really."
"We could look at it from another angle. Is it possible that everyone except you is too stupid? It's like... like... right, Chancellor Xu also mentioned the other day that Gauss, at your age, was also quite impressive, right?"
"Yeah."
"So, I've always felt that you are the most normal person in the world."
"I'm pondering a question."
"What question?"
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"I wonder if I'm setting the bar too high for Uncle Li, Liu, and Tan."
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"Well... actually, I think you might be a bit. I've noticed that Liu and Tan hardly dare to speak up in the research team, probably because the pressure is too great, right?"
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"The way Hanna and the others communicate is quite interesting too. They do have some very intriguing ideas when discussing certain issues."
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"Right, just like Professor Li said, communication always has its benefits."
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"But their efficiency is too low. So, I have an idea."
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"What's the idea?"
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"After I perfect the intelligent assistant, I'll add it to those group chats that Hanna's in. It will be able to ask questions according to my needs and collect discussions about related issues. Then, it will gather everyone's points of view and feed them into a database, making it so I only need to consult the intelligent assistant's collected thoughts to achieve the purpose of communication."
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"Uh... You mean to put a robot in those mathematicians' group chats, to do academic discussions on your behalf?"
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"Pretty much."
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"That's a brilliant idea! But when will this assistant be ready?"
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"It still needs some time."
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"Got it, you need to keep it up, Qiao Ze."
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"Sure."
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Moving was over, and when Liu Chenfeng and Tan Jingrong returned to the research team, they suddenly felt much more at ease.
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It wasn't just because Qiao Ze now had a separate office, which allowed them to be apart.
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It was also because they received a message from Qiao Ze.
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He was truly considerate.
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He asked them to summarize the issues they had discussed before, the parts they still didn't understand, and to send him an email about it.
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Really, when Liu Chenfeng saw that message, he almost cried.
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Heaven knows how he had been getting by recently.
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All those question marks, not being able to ask questions, it was torture!
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This also improved the atmosphere in the research team.
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Of course, there were many more changes in the research team after moving.
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For example, several new people took over another office, making the whole team much livelier.
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And then, the research team installed two more security gates, which required a card and facial recognition to enter.
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It really felt like they had gone from an informal group to a regular army.
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Thus, the whole of August passed by calmly, and in a blink, it was the end of August.
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The discussion about the progress of Huaxia's photolithography machines seemed to have cooled down on the international internet.
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However, internal forums of the major semiconductor companies were still active.
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At this time in Huaxia's network, another piece of news was being hotly discussed and went viral.
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A female dignitary from the United States, after a long application process, finally obtained permission to visit Huaxia Country.
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For Xilin University of Technology, however, they were caught up with the many tasks of preparing for the start of the school term.
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The School of Mathematics was not only busy with the start of school, but Xu Dajiang was also troubled by the piles of applications from international students.
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That happy problem came too fast, too unexpectedly...
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A month ago, he was joyful for finishing tasks ahead of time; now, the headache was seeing a pile of high-quality applications but lacking the capacity to admit them into the School of Mathematics.
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Xu Dajiang had already begun plotting to raise the tuition fees for international students.
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If it hadn't been for the contracts already signed, he had seriously considered doubling the tuition right away to weed out the less qualified international students and then accept a batch of higher quality ones...
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Of course, there were solutions. The School of Mathematics had already started to send letters to many international applicants, stating that the school would no longer provide a dormitory or any other benefits under the premise of increased tuition fees.
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If they were still willing to come under these conditions, it wasn't something they couldn't consider.
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So, how to put it, Xu Dajiang felt that his five-year plan needed to be redrawn.
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