Super God-Level Top Student

Zhang Mingrui's reference to "Qiao Algebra" is actually referring to Super Helical Space Algebra.

The academic community has long been accustomed to this naming convention.

It's very difficult to achieve results in theoretical research, so it is only right for their names to be remembered through the ages.

Otherwise, students of later generations who want to pay their respects to the pioneers might not even be able to find the right person.

It's like those kids who, upon reaching university and inevitably starting to study advanced mathematics, curse Fermat, Taylor, Lagrange, and L'Hôpital all in one breath with the exclamation "damn it all"… and they never forget them for the rest of their lives.

Zhou Liang sighed and withdrew his gaze, nodding with a sense of poignancy, "Zhang, do you think anyone is born with knowledge? A young man not yet twenty has begun to make me feel I can no longer foresee the future of mathematics."

"Haha, felt a bit off, didn't it?"

Zhang Mingrui laughed, then shrugged and said, "I feel quite the opposite. It lets me appreciate how oppressive those giants of mathematics during the golden age of growth last century must have felt. Just imagine, if you were in the same era as Newton, you'd probably feel hopeless as well. What excites me is that Qiao Ze is from Huaxia."

"Come to think of it, that's true," Zhou Liang also started to laugh, abandoning the unsolvable problems he was pondering and directly asked, "Looking for me must mean there's something you want to discuss, right?"

"Yeah, there is something I want to discuss with you. Professor Sheng from Xi Lin Optoelectronics Institute just called me," Zhang Mingrui nodded and said.

"To write a recommendation letter for Qiao Ze next year?" Zhou Liang asked, then smilingly said, "Didn't we talk about this last time? Just write it... He has solved the Yang-Mills Equations and even came up with Qiao Algebra, who knows, there might be Qiao Geometry too, what's an academician compared to that? If you're reluctant to write it, I'll do it."

"It's not about Qiao Ze," Zhang Mingrui shook his head and replied, "It's about Qiao Ze's advisor, that Professor Li. Professor Sheng said he and Director Zhang from the Optoelectronics Institute had previously promised during that lithography machine project to find an academician as a recommendation for Qiao Ze's advisor.

They have found someone to write the recommendation letter, but they hope we can consider it when the deliberations start next year. You know, their project is essential now, and apparently, there are many specific engineering design and computational issues that also involve collaboration with the Xilin Mathematics Institute."

After hearing this, Zhou unconsciously glanced at the problems on his computer screen and grimaced, not knowing what to say for a moment.

This was indeed something new.

A student benefiting from their advisor's reputation isn't unheard of, but it's not commonplace either.

But a student arranging for an academician to recommend their advisor and push them toward the nation's highest academic institution, that was something he had never heard of before.

"He said it was a previous commitment? Why call you about this all of a sudden today?" Zhou pondered for a while before asking.

"Because today Qiao Ze officially graduated as an undergraduate and then registered as a doctoral student with that Professor Li," Zhang Mingrui answered.

"Cough cough... Such a coincidence? If I remember correctly, that professor's name is Li Jian Gao, right? Why plan everything for today?"

"Might just be a coincidence? I reckon both Zhang and Sheng thought this whole thing was far-fetched. Perhaps initially, they just wanted to placate the kid. But now that it's a done deal, they're eager to get it settled. You know about the recent Jieqing incident; that caused quite a mess.

They fear that if they don't fulfill the promises made to Qiao Ze, the kid might cause another stir. Just now, Sheng also said in the call that this kid is very capable, and quite adept at both construction and destruction. Sigh..."

After finishing, Zhang Mingrui sighed deeply. Continue your journey with My Virtual Library Empire

In his opinion, Qiao Ze was pretty good in every aspect, except he didn't like to play by the rules. What's more frightening was that he truly had the ability to break them.

For example, regarding Qiao Ze's current interaction with Princeton, it seems that if the kid nodded, the other side might arrange everything perfectly. I wonder if the Xilin University of Technology has seized Qiao Ze's passport.

If this kid really leaves the country, then don't even think about him coming back.

"What do you think?" Zhou Liang asked after a moment of silence.

"Isn't that why I'm discussing it with you? We only have so many slots at the School of Mathematics. If both Qiao Ze and Li Jian Gao take up two spots..."

"Ah, isn't it still early? The recommendation and review won't happen until next year; let's just have an idea in mind for now. This troublesome matter, let's not consider it just yet," Zhou Liang waved his hand, deciding to put aside such burdensome thoughts for the time being.

"Delaying isn't a solution. The selection may start next year, but when has the competition not already begun? We need to have a stance," Zhang Mingrui shook his head and said.

"What stance can there be? Who knows what Qiao Ze might do in a year's time. Just wait and see, as long as he's still in Huaxia a year later, who wouldn't handle him with kid gloves? Let's not mention anything else, the first Fields Medal for Huaxia, would they send him away? If because of such a trivial matter, he stops playing ball with us, do you want to be the scapegoat?"

Zhou Liang grumbled with frustration and then pointed to his computer, "Look, just after Princeton launched a research topic, Qiao Ze responded with two problems, don't you understand what that means? There's no shortage of people willing to pave the way for him, missing you or me?"

Zhang Mingrui nodded, taking comfort in the agreement, "As long as you think so too, that's fine by me. But speaking of this matter, shouldn't we also discuss it with Luo and the others, setting up a team focused on research into Qiao Algebra?