Super God-Level Top Student

But at the top, they meticulously cooperated with Dou Dou's plan, which included communicating with the department in charge of science and technology, issuing a notice to the school in advance, and then, at this crucial juncture, the school started to make a big fuss for the sake of enrollment propaganda, beginning a grand promotion of the School of Mathematics' academically excellent student — Chen Yiwen!

In the first year, he was selected to join the Qunzhi Project Team led by Qiao Ze, made significant efforts toward the completion of the Qunzhi project, and contributed indelibly to its inclusion in the scope of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.

For the school, using a typical case study for either positive or negative propaganda was a basic maneuver. Not to mention, this time they could leverage the opportunity to tout the various benefits of enrolling at Xilin University of Technology, naturally sparing no effort.

So, Chen Yiwen quickly became famous on campus, turning into the star student with the most buzz at Xilin University of Technology, next to Qiao Ze.

Everyone knows that Qiao Ze is so remarkable that the students at Xilin University of Technology respectfully call him God Qiao, but of course, he's too elusive for the average student, and he's too cold, not keen on interacting with others. The achievements he's made are like reaching for a ladder that's just out of touch.

But Chen Yiwen is different.

He's a fellow student who seems much more real.

What's more, Chen Yiwen's success is actually replicable. It makes fellow students feel as if they could also earn a professor's favor and head towards success with a bit of hard work.

This replicability makes it easier for peers to relate.

As for someone like God Qiao, who publishes in top journals once a month and solves millennial math problems with a wave of his hand, creating a bunch of new research directions in mathematics in the process, and could warrant a worldwide physics textbook revision with just a simple post on Weibo during a leave...

Anyone who's gone through nine years of compulsory education wouldn't dare to dream of something so preposterous.

Really, behind Chen Yiwen's success, people could still jealously say, "This guy is just lucky, what's there to show off? It's just tweaking a parameter, I could do it too if I tried!"

But with Qiao Ze's success, people couldn't find a reason to be jealous even if they wanted to, and that's the gap. That's why Qiao Ze had long been relegated to a superhuman category by everyone. It was naturally very hard to feel close to him.

Chen Yiwen, at least, is flesh and blood.

Especially after he was invited by various schools at the university to give speeches, he coined countless memorable quotes.

"If it weren't necessary, I would actually prefer to be an unsung hero, doing some unacknowledged behind-the-scenes scientific research. Because the world not only needs those dazzling stars, but also needs the silent hard workers; they are the pillars of society!"

"Actually, I'm just an ordinary student going through a phase of brilliance that everyone experiences in life. It's just that when everyone else shines, it's in daylight, while I'm lucky, shining at night."

...

At this stage, the ones who probably felt the most bitterness in their hearts were Zhang Zhou and Gu Zhengliang.

For the sake of the school's propaganda needs, they still had to say some words of praise for Chen Yiwen in front of the camera.

It was a similar situation before.

However, while they were excited when they praised Qiao Ze last time, this time, swapping to Chen Yiwen, they truly felt like they were being forced to eat excrement at gunpoint just to survive.

"Chen Yiwen, heh, well, he really is hardworking, ambitious. He's a role model for us. Previously, to vie for the top of the class, he often stayed up late solving problems, never even wasting the brief moments before meals. Although the role of mathematical talent is greater than effort, his hard work still shames us."

"He also often helps classmates tutor problems, usually when we encounter difficult problems we go to him for advice, generally solving them after one or two days, and he would patiently explain to us."

"Chen Yiwen is also particularly low-profile, doing many good deeds anonymously. For example, during freshman orientation, he would shuttle back and forth between the welcome site and the school gate, helping the younger female students carry their luggage. Right, he met his girlfriend during that time."

"He also knows how to unite his classmates, especially the male ones. When the male students in class talk about Chen Yiwen, they all commend him, no, my mistake, they all praise him. We all think Chen Yiwen is our good… oh, no, a good role model!"

"Right, take a look, these are the books he borrowed from the library... well, probably feeling mathematics could no longer satisfy his thirst for knowledge, Chen has started to delve into philosophy."

...

Yes, during the interview, Zhang Zhou and Gu Zhengliang used their cunning to the fullest.

They believed that the world was full of smart people, who would surely catch their drift, not letting more people be deceived by that guy Chen Yiwen. And as everyone knows, you can't Photoshop a video.

So, seeing the classmates who came for material leaving with a smile, the two thought it was a done deal.

What they hadn't expected was that when the video was released, it hadn't been Photoshopped at all, but all their innuendos were edited out without a trace, leaving only their seemingly heartfelt praises of Chen Yiwen, which came across as particularly sincere.

"Chen Yiwen, he really is hardworking, ambitious. He's a role model for us."

"He also often helps classmates tutor problems, and we usually consult him when we encounter difficult ones."

"Chen Yiwen is also particularly low-profile, doing many good deeds anonymously."

"He also knows how to unite his classmates."

...

Really, when they saw the final video, both of their faces turned green.