Super God-Level Top Student-Chapter 424 - 204: Public Thesis Topic

When a matter moved into the negotiation phase, it essentially became an exercise of back-and-forth haggling.

Fortunately, Qiao Ze didn’t have to worry about this.

He had put forward his conditions, whether they were accepted was someone else’s problem.

The one thing about Xu Dajiang that satisfied Qiao Ze the most was exactly here. A matter would only be brought up to him twice, the first time to inform him and ask for his opinion, the second time to simply notify him of the outcome.

He wasn’t like an echo chamber, notifying Qiao Ze every time there was a tug of war going on.

This kind of tacit agreement came from understanding Qiao Ze over half a year of interaction.

It was also due to a smart person’s clear self-awareness.

Xu Dajiang was very clear that the wave of development opportunities for the institute came from somewhere, and he was even clearer that what he could do was to handle those messy trifles for Qiao Ze and not let such things trouble him.

Otherwise, why would Qiao Ze choose to stay at Xilin University of Technology when he could take off at any other platform?

This was the basic principle for the harmonious relationship between both parties.

Not to mention that, in Xu Dajiang’s view, the conditions proposed by Qiao Ze were not excessive.

After all, Xilin was a strong city in terms of education and scientific research, and even if it couldn’t compare with cities like the Capital and Linhai, it was still at the top in the entire central region. Xilin University of Technology was also a double first-class university, a key research institution directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, with a double-digit number of full-time academicians. If including part-time academicians, the number exceeded thirty.

Therefore, it was more than appropriate to locate this special research project group at Xilin University of Technology.

As for the examination, there was even less to discuss.

This was, after all, a legitimate research project; one couldn’t just stuff individuals looking to pad their resumes in there, could they?

As for the question of whether Qiao Ze was too young to be a chief examiner...

The entire mathematical structure and system were proposed by him, and were already being used to solve world-class mathematical problems. Other than Qiao Ze, who else was qualified to set these problems?

Princeton?

So, when notifying the other party of Qiao Ze’s series of conditions, Xu Dajiang’s tone was very sincere, even somewhat timid, but his attitude was extremely firm.

"... Academician Zhang, what I’ve just mentioned is the outcome of my conversation with Qiao Ze, the kid’s thoughts. He’s really overstepping his bounds, I’ve already told him, but as you know, Qiao Ze is obstinate, too opinionated, I didn’t dare to speak too absolutely.

You might have heard, during Qiao Ze’s presentation, he had also arranged for big shots from Princeton, Harvard, Yanbei, and several other universities and research institutes to discuss the possibility of digging deeper into the Qiao Algebra together.

It turned out they just wanted to negotiate terms, and Qiao Ze decided to shelve the matter right away. This time, it was only because Qiao Ze and Li Jiangao have such a good relationship that he agreed, wanting our Professor Li to receive treatment that matches his capabilities."

Xu Dajiang droned on and on. Fortunately, his tone was even-keeled, and he wasn’t in a rush...

But ultimately, he was too long-winded and was directly interrupted by the person on the other side: "Alright, Xu Dajiang, don’t go off on such a tangent. The decision to have the research team’s main activities in Xilin, I think there’s no big issue. But this matter of having an examination to enter the team, can’t we discuss it? Shouldn’t there be a few exemptions from the exam?"

From Zhang Mingrui’s perspective, to ensure the research group had ample funding and received sufficient attention, there were always compromises to be made. This was true in any industry, and the academic world was no exception.

Growth to a certain stage invariably led to the unchanging truth that purity results in a stagnant pond.

It was the same all over the world, and the West was no different.

A decade ago, someone specifically studied the issue of nepotism in Western publishing, and easily found a large number of articles co-authored by same-surname relatives, particularly in Europe, where the situation was most severe.

And now this research team on Qiao Algebra was targeting a brand new and guaranteed to be fruitful research direction, especially with Qiao Ze serving as the deputy team leader—results were bound to come easy.

As long as the papers were vetted by Qiao Ze, they were guaranteed to be published in top-tier journals, without considering journals with lesser impact.

Furthermore, in mathematics, team-authored papers were often recognized by the academic community, valuing all authors as equally important, with author order typically arranged alphabetically.

Although the overarching theme was that research should no longer solely focus on publications, when it came to theoretical departments like the Department of Mathematics and Physics, papers were still the only way to showcase achievements—without publishing, how else to rank?

So, Zhang Mingrui knew without thinking that there would be a scramble when the team started forming.

Even if he intended to allocate spots fairly, he would inevitably be powerless in the end; after all, one is often helpless in the face of worldly pressures.

Not to mention others, the academicians who had always supported him, coming forward on behalf of their students’ futures, could he afford not to oblige?

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These were things that Xu Dajiang didn’t need Zhang Mingrui to articulate; he surely understood them.

But understanding was one thing, and being in charge was another...

"This... Academician Zhang, I’m not sure if I should say this..."

"Stop beating around the bush, just speak your mind."

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"Although Qiao Ze is still a kid, he doesn’t tolerate any nonsense. Think about it, after the Group Wisdom project ended, he published several papers in number theory, and not even Li Jian’s name appeared on them, so you should know his principles."