Just turned over a new leaf and became a wise and intelligent student

Chapter 443 Qingshan Institute for Advanced Studies

Xu Qingshan was slightly stunned when he saw that Zhang Ke looked serious and didn't seem to be faking it.

Zhang Ke stared at Xu Qingshan with his sharp eyes. The heat in his eyes made Xu Qingshan feel a little uncomfortable. If Zhang Ke had not already started a family, Xu Qingshan would have thought that his gaze was directed at his body.

Huh.
Xu Qingshan coughed, and Zhang Ke came back to his senses and said with a smile.

"Actually, it was because I watched your video at that time that I felt that this boy would definitely be a master in our computer industry in the future. But later on, I didn't expect that he would become famous for his mathematics. Peking University recruited people several times but I didn't pay attention to it. But when you recruited people, I thought about giving it a try. Anyway, it was a bit boring to stay in my old company."

Xu Qingshan suddenly looked up at Zhang Ke and realized that he seemed to have never asked about Zhang Ke's family background.

If you were only admitted to Kyoto University before, the status of professor and researcher at Kyoto University, as well as various subsidies, would be quite good.

But compared with Zhang Ke’s previous position and treatment, Zhang Ke was actually condescending.

"Brother Ke, you're following me and running towards the lower level like this. There's no financial pressure at home, right?"

Xu Qingshan suddenly asked.

"Economic pressure?"

Zhang Ke was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head.

"It's okay, my family will subsidize me."

Seeing that Xu Qingshan didn't quite understand what he meant, Zhang Ke scratched his head embarrassedly, smiled at Xu Qingshan, and spoke in a low voice with the shyness of an adult.

"My hometown is Pengcheng, and several houses near my home have been demolished."

"what?"

Xu Qingshan blinked and looked at Zhang Ke.

"Last time when we were having dinner, didn't you say that your dad was a security guard and your mom was a cleaner?"

"I work as a security guard and cleaner."

Zhang Ke said as a matter of course.

"They stay at home with nothing to do. After the demolition, the buildings were converted into rental buildings. My father worked as a security guard and collected rent downstairs, and my mother took cleaning orders from the tenants in the building."

Xu Qingshan looked at Zhang Ke's sincere eyes and suddenly felt that his worry for him was like the joker in the deck of cards.

"I understand. Then you should follow me to Qingshan University."

Xu Qingshan was silent for a moment and then finalized.

"What about the ones from Kyoto University?"

Zhang Ke's face lit up with joy.

In his opinion, those who could be taken away by Xu Qingshan must be his most trusted ones. People like him were able to give up their core corporate positions with high status and treatment and go to Peking University to be a researcher. They were also willing to go to a start-up school. In fact, they didn't care much about the income and treatment, but were more eager to achieve something.

At this point, he only saw this possibility in Xu Qingshan.

"If you go there, we will basically transfer our business there. The laboratory itself is under the name of the Mathematics Center, and we will not change it in the short term anyway. The one at Huaqing is also a joint training. At worst, we can just cooperate remotely in the future."

Xu Qingshan pondered for a moment and gave his answer.

The graduate students that Zhang Ke had previously helped to supervise at Huaqing were actually supervised by Xu Qingshan. In fact, Zhang Ke himself did not hold any official position at Huaqing.

But Xu Qingshan does.

"That supercomputing center thing"

Zhang Ke looked at Xu Qingshan expectantly, and Xu Qingshan grinned.

"Don't worry, I'll arrange it right away. When Qingshan University's second phase campus is built, we'll give you a piece of land to build a supercomputing center. You'll be the director of the Qingshan Supercomputing Center at that time. Is that okay?"

"It's definitely no problem!"

Zhang Ke's eyes lit up and he patted his chest confidently.

Xu Qingshan patted his shoulder.

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements. You can do other things here."

Xu Qingshan quickly solved the problems that had been pending in the laboratory and then returned to his office.

Although Xu Qingshan hasn't come back here for a week.

But the objects in the office were not covered with new dust, and someone often helped him clean the office.

Before he knew it, he had already spent a year here.

This office has indeed witnessed many of his glorious past. The core links of his work such as the twin prime conjecture, Zhou conjecture, and Riemann conjecture were all completed in this office.

Playing with the paperweight on the table, Xu Qingshan seemed a little dazed.

I have now embarked on a path that is completely different from my previous life.

My family is safe and happy, the people I love are by my side, my career has exceeded my imagination, and now I have embarked on a smooth road in the academic field that I pursue most.

I no longer need to have any psychological pressure, just keep moving forward.

Perhaps it was because he thought of the beauty of all this, when Xu Qingshan went to see Wang Changping in the afternoon, he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

In Wang Changping's office, he was carefully selecting what he wanted to take away.

"Dean, you still have a long time before you step down, so there's no need to rush to clean up your office."

Xu Qingshan sat aside and Wang Changping poured him a cup of hot water.

"Summer vacation will be here in a month or two, and I can hand over the work quickly after summer vacation. There's nothing wrong with clearing it out in advance. Now it's the end of the semester, and there's not much work I need to complete here."

Wang Changping smiled warmly. He didn't seem to care much about his face and didn't like to be pretentious.

Xu Qingshan asked casually while drinking hot water.

"Dean, can you spare some time to visit Lu Island in August or September this year? My school really needs you to take care of it."

"No need to wait until then. I'll go over and take a look after I've handed over everything here."

Wang Changping said with a smile.

"I've read all the information you gave me yesterday. It's quite interesting. We can't directly run an undergraduate university right now, but the Qingshan Institute for Advanced Studies that we're going to establish in the early stages is the first non-profit research institute in China that is run by social forces and supported by the state. It breaks through the system of traditional public research universities. There are some differences between running a school and being a dean. I have to do some homework."

Wang Changping adjusted his glasses and smiled at Xu Qingshan.

"Now I have obtained the approval of the Fujian and Guangdong provincial governments, as well as the support of local governments."

Xu Qingshan put down the cup and gave a brief explanation.

"It's just that the follow-up work at the Ministry of Education may require you to run around."

"Don't worry, as long as our basic charter complies with the Private Education Promotion Law and the Higher Education Law, it will not be difficult for me to help you make some arrangements in Beijing, and you can get a reply before July or August." Wang Changping knew that this was the time to demonstrate his value.

However, he was also very clear that even if Xu Qingshan did not use him, he could still complete these processes, it would just take a little more time.

After all, he was a newcomer and didn't know much about the domestic academic ecological environment, and he was not very familiar with the leaders of the Ministry of Education.

"That's good. For now, we can only set up the Institute of Advanced Studies, but the governance framework of the entire school still needs to be finalized first."

Xu Qingshan sat in his seat for a while longer and felt a little bored, so he simply stood up and looked around, checking Wang Changping's collection.

"Normally, if we follow the standards of prestigious private schools internationally, we should distinguish between the decision-making level and the executive level."

Wang Changping pushed his glasses again, and the pair of calm eyes behind the glasses also shone at this time. He regarded this as a simple test from Xu Qingshan.

"The decision-making level is mainly composed of the board of directors and the advisory committee. The board of directors is mainly responsible for the school's funding and strategic decision-making. I believe Qingshan will handle this part yourself."

Xu Qingshan nodded and followed Wang Changping's words to introduce.

"Our board of directors will not interfere with the normal operation of the school. I have repeatedly emphasized this point, and I am currently the chairman. Although Ding Sanshi and Lei Jun have invested, they are just ordinary directors, responsible only for providing money and future priority channels. I will invite some of the world's top scientists and educators to join the board of directors in the future."

Xu Qingshan thought about it and decided to bring Grothendieck in as well.

A scientist of the level of the Pope of Mathematics is fully qualified to have a seat on the board of directors of Aoyama University.

Moreover, in the future, Jinshan University will not only develop mathematics as a subject, but will also include other subjects. By then, Xu Qingshan will try his best to invite the world's top people in each subject to become directors of Qingshan University.

With such a strong board of directors, it is hard not to believe that Qingshan University will have a bright future.

"I have no opinion on this. The administration will be mainly based on your arrangements. Other directors are not qualified to direct the school administration beyond the board of directors."

Wang Changping said concisely.

This can also be considered a show of loyalty to some extent. After all, he followed Xu Qingshan to Qingshan University to serve as the administrative president, and his ultimate goal was to become an academician.

There are very few people in the whole of China who can provide themselves with such opportunities and platforms.

When he arrives at Qingshan University, there will be only Xu Qingshan.

It’s not that Grothendieck and his group of mathematical experts are not strong, but that they will not help Wang Changping complete the projects and work to become an academician.

"Well, don't worry. It's essentially a dual system. It's called the board of directors, but in reality, I'm the only one who's connected to the school. But, what about the advisory committee?"

Xu Qingshan took out a novel from Wang Changping's bookcase.

He looked at Wang Changping with a strange expression and raised the novel in his hand.

"Old Wang, are you still looking at this?"

Wang Changping put down the collection of papers in his hand and turned his head to take a look.

"Oh, Dragon Tribe. It looks pretty good, so I put it in the bookcase. Are you reading this one too?"

"I watched a little bit, I hope you enjoy watching it later."

Xu Qingshan put the book back.

His words were a little confusing, so Wang Changping smiled, shook his head, and continued.

"The advisory committee invites various heavyweight scholars to provide academic guidance to the school. In fact, it is no different from an honorary appointment. It is already very good if they come once or twice a year."

"As for the executive level, I think we won't follow the traditional subject division of our school."

Wang Changping searched on the table for a while.

"At present, whether we or others, we basically divide the disciplines into some detailed branches based on the disciplines."

He finally found the notes of his thoughts that he had sorted out overnight on the table and handed them to Xu Qingshan.

"Yes, I have recorded the details here, you can take a look when you go back."

"I have read your detailed ideas. I know that you intend to conduct cross-disciplinary research at Qingshan Institute for Advanced Studies. In fact, there is no need to divide disciplines into majors. Instead, it is enough to implement flat management led by scientists."

Xu Qingshan took Wang Changping's notes and briefly flipped through them.

Scientists like Lao Wang's age still prefer to use pens to record their ideas.

"What if two scientists' research topics are similar or conflicting?"

Xu Qingshan roughly understood Wang Changping's thoughts and asked casually.

"This is another part of the work. We need to set up a professorial committee, which will independently decide on the establishment of disciplines, the introduction of talents and the direction of scientific research."

Wang Changping said calmly.

"If you want to truly conduct research in a thorough manner, you basically have to implement academic autonomy."

"So when we recruit talents, we basically need to evaluate the research topics of each scholar, and we also need to avoid the traditional path of comprehensive universities and do a good job in our differentiated development."

Xu Qingshan looked at the notes in his hand with interest and nodded.

"Please continue, Lao Wang."

"Although we will still have to open common majors such as business schools in order to serve the board of directors, we do not need to make too many subdivisions in these service-oriented majors. We can focus mainly on cutting-edge fields such as basic science, electronic engineering, life science, artificial intelligence, and nanomaterials."

Wang Changping counted them carefully.

His ideas basically met Xu Qingshan's needs and expectations, Xu Qingshan nodded.

"It's good, there are no problems. My original expectation was that each professor would lead his own laboratory independently and enjoy a high degree of autonomy, which is also an independent PI system in the laboratory. And what's different from other countries and regions is that our Qingshan University will abolish the 'promotion or leave' system. After completing the evaluation, each professor can have a long-term contract period of 8 to 10 years to ensure the continuity of research as much as possible."

"As for the school's operating funds, there is no need to worry. We have plenty of opportunities to build joint laboratories with companies in machine learning and conduct industrial collaborative innovation. In addition, with my own Qingshan Capital, we can promote the establishment of Qingshan Group as our school's school-enterprise."

"Then I basically have no problem."

Wang Changping put away his things and smiled at Xu Qingshan gently.

"I think I can't wait to move into your Qingshan Institute for Advanced Studies."

"You are welcome to join us."

Xu Qingshan extended his hand toward Wang Changping.

"It's just that I will be the dean of Qingshan Institute of Advanced Studies. For the time being, you can only serve as the administrative vice president of the institute. You can only be transferred to Qingshan University after it is officially established."

Xu Qingshan said helplessly.

According to the current application route, no matter how fast it is, we must wait until Qingshan Institute for Advanced Studies has been in operation for one year before we can continue to apply for transformation into Qingshan University.

"Even if you want to move me over now, Principal Zhou may not agree."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

(End of this chapter)