Super God-Level Top Student

Huaxia Capital.

No matter whether the professor from Shuangdan University had an ulterior motive, the reminder he gave to Zhang Hongcai was correct.

If the internal discussion result of the group was to pass it upward, it would just be adding trouble for the higher-ups.

Ma Yufei already smelled trouble at this point.

Although he was not part of the academic community, having stayed in the foundation management for so many years, his understanding of the academic world was actually quite profound.

Stripping away the veil of high IQ, the vast majority of professors are just ordinary people too, they also need to eat and have the same emotions and desires for fame and gain.

It's just that most of the things they focus on and study are largely incomprehensible to others.

If things really got serious, to say it was a matter of life or death would indeed be an exaggeration, but having direct confrontations without giving any face is nothing new.

Many times, the infighting in the academic world is just that simple and direct. If someone is upset, they might even start cursing directly.

Although appearing harmonious on the surface with backstabbing happening occasionally, those incidents are indeed much fewer.

Therefore, Ma Yufei was very doubtful about how this report managed to pass at the level of expert discussion.

He couldn't even bother to look at the other contents of Qiao Ze's resume.

The number 18 in the age column alone was almost enough to blind him.

Even if this kid managed to enter the gifted youth class at the minimum age of 14 and then went straight through bachelor's, master's, and doctoral studies, obtaining a master's degree at 18 would already mark him as a rare presence among the gifted. Yet, this child had already applied to be an expert.

Calculating the time difference in his mind, Ma Yufei simply picked up the landline and dialed out.

"Hello, Academician Gu, have you arrived?"

"Yes, I've arrived, I've arrived. What's the matter, Director Ma?"

"Well, I'm calling to inquire about a special application report submitted here by the group of mathematics experts..."

"I know about it, you are talking about Qiao Ze, right?"

"Yes, um, are you aware of his situation?"

"You haven't heard of him?"

"I am somewhat familiar with the name, but as you know, I have been busy coordinating regional funding projects recently, so I haven't really been paying attention to some matters in the academic community lately."

"Right, right, right, I almost forgot. Well, let me tell you, Qiao Ze is quite famous in the international mathematics community. Just yesterday, a bunch of people were asking me about the kid."

"This... You mean to say the kid has a quite high international renown?"

"Haha, yes. You know, at least for these two months, that child's name has been mentioned more often than mine. Go search for it. Okay, I won't say much more, international calls are quite expensive. I'll hang up now, you get back to work, Director Ma."

With that, the person on the other end hung up directly.

Lost in thought amidst the busy signal, Ma Yufei contemplated.

Often when listening to people speak, one cannot just listen to the surface meaning.

General praise would suffice with just saying 'quite famous in the mathematics community.' Experience more tales on empire

Gu Changming directly mentioning the international mathematics community was very interesting.

Putting down the phone, Ma Yufei moved his computer over and started browsing the internet.

Well, there are already two papers indexed in SCI.

After looking at the citation count, Ma Yufei continued to search for the name Qiao Ze online.

Soon, several news items from obscure websites caught his attention.

Group Wisdom used this kid's designed framework?

Ma Yufei glanced at the M60P lying casually on the desk, raised his eyebrows, and continued reading the content.

Academic misconduct...

Request for upper-level investigation rejected.

School denies allegations.

New lithography technology?

In the end, the computer screen froze on the "Mathematics Annual" official website's heavy-hitting featured preview.

Suddenly remembering something, Ma Yufei picked up the phone again.

"Hello, Qu Si... this is Ma...haha, you're too kind, Qu Si. Right, I wanted to ask, I seem to recall hearing that someone from ASML named Lunin was planning a visit?"

"Yes, there is such a matter, but the specific schedule has not been confirmed yet. What's the matter?"

"Haha, no big deal, just asking. You're busy."

After making some small talk, Ma Yufei hung up the phone.

There was a lot of information, but Ma Yufei felt that, outrageous as the application might be, it shouldn't be held up at his level.

He was just a minor vice-chair of the full committee.

Such matters should naturally be decided by the bigwigs in the department.

Of course, the work still needed to be done thoroughly.

After reviewing all the materials, Ma Yufei immediately started writing up a statement about the situation personally.

This was something he really didn't trust to anyone else in the office.

After completing the report, Ma Yufei stretched and then picked up the phone again, this time to call a friend.

"Hey, Reporter Luo, are you busy? Haha... How about this, you treat me to dinner tonight, and I'll give you a story worthy of its own special feature spread. How does that sound?"

...

What was happening far away in the Capital had no impact on the tranquility within the campus of Xilin University of Technology.

The only person affected was probably Dean Xu.

After a morning meeting and hastily reviewing several documents, he was about to ask Liu Chenfeng if he had completed the tasks assigned when he received a WeChat message from the campus's inconspicuous rich student Su, saying that Qiao Ze had invited him to dinner that evening.

Well.

Under normal circumstances, students inviting Dean Xu to dinner would certainly be declined.

But considering this was the first time Qiao Ze had made the invitation, Xu Dajiang felt he had to give this face.

So after politely refusing twice, he accepted the invitation.

His heart was really warmed, even though the dinner location was at the third canteen.

Thankfully, there was also a private room on the third floor of the canteen.

In Xu's mind, there was no need to ask why he was being invited to dinner; it was certainly because Qiao Ze was moved by his article.