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Chapter 136: Able to excel in mathematics and physics, with lofty ambitions

In a residential area in Xingcheng, Rongcheng District.

Today the Zhang family had dinner later than usual, not only because it was Saturday and they had a day off, but also because his son brought his girlfriend home for the first time.

Xiao Zhang is 27 years old and just graduated with a master's degree one year ago. After graduation, he joined the Xingcheng Industrial Design Institute. The girl he brought home is his colleague in the design institute, also from Xingcheng.

Zhang Tiejun had heard about it before and had inquired about the situation of the girl's family in a roundabout way. He was quite satisfied with all aspects.

So he and his wife had urged Xiao Zhang to bring his girlfriend home to see them.

After all, as a relatively traditional person, Zhang Tiejun doesn't want his son to be like some teachers in the school and plan to remain single for life.

Today is the first day that his son's girlfriend comes to visit, so naturally his mother has to prepare a few more dishes. Zhang Tiejun also opened a bottle of good wine, planning to have a couple of drinks with his son.

So usually at 7pm every night, Zhang Tiejun would have finished his meal and sat on the sofa, watching the news of the day on the central media. But today, the Zhang family had just prepared the dishes at around 7pm, so Zhang Tiejun could only turn on the TV while the family sat at the dining table and happily ate.

Just as Zhang Tiejun was happily drinking his wine, he suddenly heard a familiar name on TV. He was stunned for a moment, then stood up under the surprised gaze of others and rushed to the TV.

"Dad, what are you doing..." Xiao Zhang asked in confusion.

"Hush, be quiet." Zhang Tiejun turned his head and glared at Xiao Zhang, then quickly turned his attention to the TV. The family, who still didn't understand what was going on, looked at each other, but everyone subconsciously quieted down.

At this time, the TV screen had begun playing a scene of Qiao Yu standing alone on the stage giving a report. On the big screen behind him was a very complicated formula.

“…At the World Congress of Mathematicians on Algebraic Geometry held in Paris, France, a 16-year-old Chinese boy named Qiao Yu shocked the academic world with his opening speech titled ‘Reconstructing the Geometric Langlands Conjecture via LGIR’.

It is reported that the World Congress of Algebraic Geometry Mathematicians is a satellite conference of the World Congress of Mathematicians and is also one of the most important world mathematics conferences. The main mathematicians participating in this conference include Fields Medal winners...

According to information obtained by our reporter, Qiao Yu is from Xingcheng, Xiangnan Province, China. He graduated from Xingcheng Railway No. 1 Middle School. He showed great mathematical talent in junior high school. He represented Xingcheng Railway No. 1 Middle School in the Xiaolibaba Mathematics Competition and won the only full score gold medal in the algebra and number theory track.

After being admitted to the high school department of Xingcheng Railway No. 2024 Middle School, Qiao Yu represented the school in the Winter Mathematical Olympiad for Middle School Students and once again won first place with full marks. Qiao Yu is also a member of the Chinese delegation to this year's World Mathematical Olympiad. He will be competing in the world arena in July, and let us congratulate Qiao Yu on his success again. "

"Here's a piece of news..."

Zhang Tiejun took a breath, but by this time everyone already knew what had happened.

Zhang Tiejun mentioned the name Qiao Yu to his wife many times when he returned home. As for Xiao Zhang, he had seen Qiao Yu on the Internet a long time ago. Of course, even if he didn't know Qiao Yu, the name of Xingcheng Railway Middle School No. 1 was mentioned at least three times in the news just now by the central media.

He naturally knew the reason why his father suddenly got excited, because that was news broadcast by the central media nationwide!
Although Zhang Tiejun has been transferred to work in the Rongcheng District Education Bureau, Qiao Yu was discovered by Zhang Tiejun when he was the principal of the school. Even if we don't mention the past, at least Xingtie No. 1 Middle School was still under the direct jurisdiction of the department where his father worked.

Well, putting aside these utilitarian thoughts, it is understandable that the students that one has trained would be emotional when they are suddenly featured in news of this level.

So Xiao Zhang has already started explaining to his girlfriend why his father suddenly got excited.

Zhang Tiejun was still staring in front of the TV until the phone he had left on the coffee table suddenly rang.

Zhang Tiejun picked up the phone and looked at it. Then he remembered that there were guests at home, so he smiled apologetically: "Xiao Zhou, I'm sorry, it's a call from the city leader. There may be work to be arranged. Please eat more. I'll go answer the phone first."

"It's okay, Uncle Zhang, just do your thing. Don't worry about me."

"Mother, please take good care of Xiao Zhou for me."

"Okay, just finish your work and come out."

Zhang Tiejun then quickly walked into the study and answered the phone. As expected, his first words were: "Hello, Lao Zhang, you just watched the news, how come I didn't hear you report such a good news?"

"We looked at it, but it's not that we didn't report it. We just didn't know about it. I was just thinking of calling Principal He to ask about the situation."

"Well, this Qiao Yu came from our Xingcheng. You guys at Tieyi Middle School are going to be lucky this time. Okay, I won't say any more. I guess a lot of calls will come to you asking about Qiao Yu's situation. Just report truthfully."

"Okay, Chief Chen."

……

Of course, it was not only Zhang Tiejun who received the call at this time.

After all, the system attaches great importance to this half hour. Most people will set aside this half hour every day to read the news carefully.

Even if you don’t have time, just tune in.

When Shonan Star City suddenly appeared, many big guys who ordinary people would never have the chance to see it on weekdays were a little confused.

You should know that many of the local news broadcast during this time period are reported after a lot of preparation.

This kind of news that comes out of the blue without any preparation is usually not good news. But this time the situation is obviously different.

This is news from France...

So in the entire Xingcheng, or should I say the entire Xiangnan system, Xingtie No. 1 Middle School and Qiao Yu became famous and very popular.

Of course, not everyone is happy at this time. Some people are both happy and conflicted.

For example, Principal He...

"...Today, a reporter claiming to be from a central media outlet called the school to verify some information about Qiao Yu, but he didn't say what it was, and I didn't get any news either. I thought..."

"Yes, yes, yes, I shouldn't have thought that. It's my fault. I'm too insensitive to these situations. Oh, I really don't know. Who would have thought that Qiao Yu would suddenly go to the French Mathematical Congress to give an opening speech."

"Well, don't worry. The school will definitely seize this opportunity and focus on the school's distinctive education, especially starting to develop the school's advantageous subject education in a targeted manner... Yeah, yeah, I understand..."

After a long time, He Duchang hung up the phone.

While watching TV, a thin layer of cold sweat appeared on my back.

In fact, I still feel a little aggrieved. Who could have imagined such a thing?

He was just looking forward to Qiao Yu showing up at the IMO competition in July, so that the school would be exposed in the news and provincial publications and gain some attention. Who would have thought that Qiao Yu would give him a big surprise...

That was the 7 o'clock news, and they mentioned the school three times! The pressure point was full...

He Duchang felt that if he didn't make any more progress, he would most likely lose his position as the principal.

After the leader on the other end finally hung up the phone, He Duchang directly dialed a number for Lan Jie.

His relationship with Qiao Yu has become distant, but Lang Jie and Qiao Yu have a good relationship.

This time when Qiao Yu comes back, I will definitely invite this kid to come to school again.

Forget about giving students a boost, Qiao Yu just came to give a lecture at the end of March. But this time when Qiao Yu came, he planned to invite reporters and leaders from the district and city to come.

There's nothing wrong with promising some preferential treatment and policies to the genius' alma mater in front of the math genius who was on the central media's 7 o'clock news at the age of 16, right?
It's a pity that Ranger's phone is busy...

Oh, let’s call later!
……

Lan Jie is calling Qiao Xi...

In fact, Ranjie didn’t have the habit of watching the news on TV at 7 o’clock. He learned the news from a group.

The Internet is so developed in this era that it's not even 7:30 yet, and the part introducing Qiao Yu has already been cut into a short video. In fact, this kind of video is really easy to spread, and it's only a little over a minute long, so it won't waste too much of everyone's patience.

After watching it, Lang Jie was stunned. After he came to his senses, his first reaction was to forward the video to Qiao Xi. Unfortunately, he did not have Qiao Xi's WeChat, only Qiao Xi's phone number.

This made Langjie a little hesitant. If he added Qiao Xi on WeChat directly, he would always feel something was weird, so he chose to call her in advance.

"Hello, Teacher Lan, what can I do for you?"

Qiao Xi's voice always has a kind of careless laziness, but it sounds very comfortable.

This is probably why Langjie has never added Qiao Xi.

If he has too much contact with a woman who is about the same age as him, whose looks and figure are almost perfect and meet his aesthetic requirements, or who is very beautiful and single and has a genius son, it may cause some unnecessary trouble to her.

As Qiao Yu said, good guys are often very timid in this regard, especially when the other party is a woman in whom he can hardly find any flaws.

"Oh, it's like this, Qiao Yu's mother, you may not know yet, um, Qiao Yu, yes, Qiao Yu just appeared on the 7 o'clock news, and my classmate captured the video of him on the news. I guess you may not have seen it yet, so I plan to send it to you on WeChat. So can I add your WeChat?"

Ranger was a little nervous and stuttered a little when he spoke, totally unlike his free and easy manner in class.

"Ah? Qiao Yu was on the 7 o'clock news? Didn't he go to France to attend a mathematics conference?"

"What? My brother is on the 7 o'clock news? Is this true?"

Langjie heard another voice on the other end of the line, but it didn't seem to concern him, so he immediately explained, "Yes, it was the conference in France. He gave the opening speech as a special guest. This is a great honor in the mathematics community. It is probably because of this that the central media's 7 o'clock news gave Qiao Yu a lot of shots."

Well, by this time Ranger had recovered.

Actually, if you think about it carefully, he doesn't really want anything from others, so there is no need to be so nervous.

"Thank you so much, Teacher Lan. My WeChat number is this. Do you want to add me now?"

"Okay then. I'll add you on WeChat after we hang up."

"Ok."

……

In Qiao Yu's room in Railway Village, Qiao Xi put down the phone and looked at Xia Keke, who was sitting next to her and looking at her with a physics book. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, Teacher Lan said she would add me on WeChat right away and send me the video."

"Wow, that must be true. Brother Qiao Yu is too powerful, right? He has only been at Yanbei University for a few months, but he was able to give a report at the World Mathematical Congress and even appeared on the 7 o'clock news. He also... this..."

Xia Keke suddenly didn't know how to evaluate Qiao Yu.

When we were all in the same school, Qiao Yu was a real person who could be seen and touched, so concrete.

Now, every piece of news she heard about Qiao Yu made the man she once knew best become more and more abstract.

After all, these things, the things she heard, are far from ordinary people...

Even if it is just to get into Huaqing or Yanbei, for 99% of people, this thing is so out of reach.

Just as Qiao Xi was about to say something, a message came on her cell phone.

So Qiao Xi just smiled at Xia Keke, and then clicked "accept" in the WeChat address book.

Soon the phone made another crisp sound, and there was an additional video in her chat history with Ranger.

That nice guy is really straightforward.

Qiao Xi did not click on the video directly. Instead, she sent a thank you message, then gently raised her hand, pulled Xia Keke to sit closer to her, and then her white fingers touched the video.

"According to the news sent back by our reporter from Paris, France, the 16-year-old Chinese genius Qiao Yu has become famous overseas. At the World Mathematicians' Algebraic Geometry Conference held in Paris, France..."

Not only was his name on the 51 o'clock news, but there was even a video of the conference. The video was one minute and thirty-three seconds long, of which seconds were spent on Qiao Yu on the stage.

Yes, after just one look, the two women wrote down all the data.

"Aunt Qiao, please send this video to me quickly. I want to show it to my parents."

Qiao Xi smiled and forwarded the video to Xia Keke.

Although Qiao Xi felt that this was unnecessary, since Lang Jie had sent the video to her, it meant that young people could easily find similar videos online. So there was no need for her to say anything.

But when a person wants to do something and she has no reason and cannot be stopped, it is better to let nature take its course.

At least if she sent it, it would save Xia Keke the time to look for it herself.

"Dad, look, Brother Qiao Yu is on the 7 o'clock news!"

"Mom, Brother Qiao Yu is on the 7 o'clock news!"

Sending this message to mom and dad was not enough, Xia Keke opened the group of classmates in the third grade of junior high school...

"Everyone, look! Qiao Yu is on the 7 o'clock news!"

After posting, Xia Keke still felt unsatisfied, so she opened her own relatives’ group “Happy Family”.

"Keke, stop making trouble..."

"Aunt Qiao, I'm not kidding. No one familiar to our family has ever appeared on the 7 o'clock news. It's okay to show it to you all." After saying that, the girl completed the operation quickly.

In fact, I still don’t feel very satisfied…

But there is no way, there are only a few people in her WeChat.

Fortunately, although there was no response on Lao Xia’s WeChat, her mother had already replied.

"Wow, Qiao Yu is amazing, you should also study hard!"

"Don't worry! I want to take the Yanbei exam!"

At this moment, Qiao Xi had put his phone aside and was silently watching Xia Keke excitedly operating on WeChat.

Until the girl stopped, she said softly: "Okay, start reading and studying."

"Aunt Qiao, why don't you seem excited at all?" Xia Keke put down her phone helplessly and couldn't help asking as she picked up the book.

Qiao Xi smiled and answered gently: "Who said I'm not excited? I am also very excited! But excitement can't make that brat suddenly appear, right? So I have to hurry up and study, try to get into the capital as soon as possible, and then stay by the side of that brat.

This way, when I get excited in the future, I can grab his ears and teach him a lesson at any time. Keke, we may be moved by many things in the future and be proud of the achievements of the people around us. This is normal. But what happens after the excitement?

When you reach my age, you will know that the most beautiful emotion in the world is not the short-lived excitement, nor the momentary pride, but the long-lasting understanding and companionship. Just like Qiao Yu is not my son just because he appeared on the 7 o'clock news once.

And you don't need to get too excited now. The brat must not have found the time yet. Wait, before ten o'clock at the latest, he will definitely call me and show off in front of me. I will praise him, but I will also make sure he doesn't get too proud. "

"Huh..." Xia Keke nodded heavily, but the longing in her eyes betrayed her mood at the moment.

Maybe he couldn't wait to hear Qiao Yu's voice?
Qiao Xi understood, but didn't say anything. She just kept smiling and picked up the paper and pen in front of her.

Sure enough, the girl on the other side said weakly: "Auntie, I know that if Brother Qiao Yu calls later, he must have a lot to say to you, so can I talk to him for five minutes first, and then I will go home and leave the time for you."

"Okay, even ten minutes is fine."

"No, five minutes will be enough!"

"Okay, let's do the questions." Qiao Xi said with a smile.

Well... although Qiao Xi is not sure whether Qiao Yu and Xia Keke can be together in the future, the feeling of raising a daughter-in-law seems to be quite good.

In the blink of an eye, the two little ones grew into two big ones.

Then the woman's mind reappeared the scene from the news where Qiao Yu was standing on the stage, giving a speech with a confident smile on his face.

Haha... this kid should be showing off right now, right?
Brat!
……

Qiao Yujian’s group of friends was also very lively at this time.

What was different from usual was that this time the excitement was initiated by Yu Wei, who usually speaks the least.

The reason is simple: Yu Wei also has the habit of watching the 7 o'clock news.

Although he doesn't watch every issue due to school, he will definitely watch it as long as he has the conditions.

This is what his father asked for and he has always set an example.

In the words of Yu Wei's father, if you want to achieve success in this world in the future, you must first know what those people who stand at the top of the pyramid and can decide the direction in which the world will develop think. The easiest channel for China to get this information is the seven o'clock news. In many cases, the direction of the news is the direction of future development.

In fact, the three sons of the Yu family all keep the habit of setting aside half an hour every day to watch the 7 o'clock news in their free time.

Of course, Yu Wei suspected that his father had other sources of information, and that reading the news was simply an exchange and verification of his information, but he had no evidence.

So he was probably the first one in his friend group to see the news.

To be honest, when Yu Wei saw this news during the live broadcast, his mood was really complicated, but this time he recovered quickly.

After all, he has decided not to compete with Qiao Yu...

This kind of pursuit that is not on the same level has completely lost its meaning.

He even comforted himself that he studied mathematics because he was interested in the subject. Even if he lost interest in the subject, he could transfer from the elite class to the finance class or Guanghua School.

Just as Qiao Yu said, as long as he has the ability, there is still property in the family to inherit.

But what can he say? Since we are all friends, he can't be the only one who is happy for Qiao Yu's great achievement. He also found the replay of this news clip on the Internet, recorded it, and sent it to his friends group without saying a word.

Yu Yongjun was the first to discover his message. The fat guy did not disappoint Yu Wei. His first words were: "Is it fake? Although my brother is awesome, I remember he said last time that he was only going to give a 30-minute report. How come it suddenly became an opening report? I have never heard of a meeting opening report that only lasts 30 minutes!"

"You can check the official website to see if it's true or not. Also, I checked what you said. The organizing committee issued a statement yesterday, temporarily adjusting the order of reports for this conference. The original opening report was moved to the last day."

As soon as Yu Wei finished speaking, Gong Jiatao jumped out.

"Oh shit, seriously! Qiao Yu is simply terrible. Those people in the audience are all big shots! So many Fields Award big shots are sitting down and watching him give a report, damn, so I say that this CMO is unfair! This guy is not qualified to participate in the high school student competition, this is cheating. I strongly request that Qiao Yu's CMO score be invalidated!"

This angle is very unique, and it is definitely something that neither Yu Wei nor Yu Yongjun had expected.

It turns out that one has to be shameless enough to survive.

If Qiao Yu's CMO score was invalidated, he would be the only one who scored full marks last year.

It does make you more proud if you say this out loud.

"Although I omitted it, I think what you said will not only have no effect, but will only make Brother Qiao feel better after seeing your complaints. Think about what you should say when Brother Qiao comes to the group to celebrate! Right @乔数临风."

Although Yu Yongjun specifically @ed Qiao Yu, he didn't expect Qiao Yu to reply. After all, Qiao Yu was still attending a mathematician's congress in France. He even doubted whether Qiao Yu's WeChat phone could receive messages.

This is indeed the case. @乔喻's message fell on deaf ears and received no response.

A few people chatted for a while seemingly in a relaxed manner.

Of course, it is hard to say whether everyone is as relaxed as they appear.

It's really a weird thing.

Being admitted to the Yanbei University Mathematics Elite Program in advance should have been a happy thing, and everyone was indeed very happy. The pressure of the college entrance examination was completely gone, and all I had to do was practice Olympic questions every day to prepare for the IMO.

But the classmates around me always make big news like this, which really makes me upset!

Oh, it’s hard to bear…

Until Gong Jiatao proposed a hypothesis, the group gradually became quiet...

"If this continues, Qiao Yu will be a professor at the school after we finish the elite class, right? When we are able to continue our studies at graduate school, maybe we can choose him as our advisor! If that happens, it will be interesting, because my classmate will be my advisor! Hahaha..."

"Huh? Why are you two silent? Are you really considering this possibility? Damn, wait, looking at this situation, it seems like it would be great if I could really study as a graduate student under Qiao Yu."

"Hey Hey hey……"

No one really paid attention to him this time...

……

Qiao Xi's judgment was correct, Qiao Yu was indeed showing off at this moment.

But this cannot be entirely blamed on Qiao Yu. In fact, he was in a situation where he had no choice but to show off.

The cultural habits of the East and the West are often really different in all aspects.

For example, in Chinese culture, successful people who actively show off are often criticized as being immodest, too high-profile, and boastful. But in Western culture, any success is something worth showing off and should be shown off.

If a person is obviously very successful but never shows off, it will make people confused and even suspect whether he has achieved his success by some immoral or even illegal means.

Therefore, it is generally believed in mainstream Western society that even if a successful person shows off in front of a loser, the most appropriate thing for the loser to do is to congratulate the other person in a reserved manner in order to retain the last bit of dignity.

This also makes everyone never stingy in offering good wishes to those who succeed.

So when Qiao Yu finished his report, he faced more than just applause from the audience.

It was the surging enthusiasm of many mathematicians in the audience.

Let me put it this way, starting from the afternoon, Qiao Yu was treated like a well-deserved star wherever he went.

Although in the eyes of many Westerners, all yellow people look the same, Qiao Yu is obviously very easy to recognize because he is young enough.

He was the only high school student at the mathematicians' conference.

Some people just wanted to congratulate him, some wanted to have academic exchanges with him, some invited him to attend lectures at their branch venues, and some simply wanted to say hello to him and make themselves known to him.

In short, there were always a lot of people around Qiao Yu, and after the morning meeting, he couldn't even see where Frank went.

If Tian Yanzhen also wants to introduce him to many senior figures in mathematics, or the connections of Yanbei and Huaqing in the mathematics world, then Qiao Yu will be even busier.

By the way, when he left the venue, he even accepted interviews from several Chinese reporters.

The only thing Qiao Yu didn't know was that his opening speech was even reported on the 7 o'clock news in the central media.

If he had known this earlier, he would have gone through all difficulties to call Qiao Xi and tell her not to forget to turn on the TV to watch it.

In this way, I finally greeted everyone, met many mathematicians during lunch, and had some simple academic discussions with several of them.

I was going to attend a lecture at a branch venue in the afternoon, but Zhang Shuwen invited me to meet with several professors from Princeton. I met Lott Dugan, the dean of Princeton's School of Mathematics and editor-in-chief of Ann.Math, and several professors from Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study...

Qiao Yu even got Lott Dugan's personal phone number and email address.

Well, for a new math person, it’s definitely a dream start to have the contact information of the editor-in-chief of one of the world’s top four mathematics journals.

In fact, it was not just Lott Dugan. Qiao Yu had already become familiar with the editors of many well-known mathematics journals.

Really, in just one noon and one afternoon, Qiao Yu had roughly understood why this kind of world-class conference was not only a place to discuss academics, but also a large-scale academic social occasion.

Qiao Yu felt that he had even spent most of the first day of the meeting on socializing. However, Qiao Yu thought this was also related to the fact that there was no full meeting this afternoon.

If they are all parallel meetings, mathematicians would prefer to set aside time to discuss topics of interest.

After he declined the invitations from Lott Dugan and several Princeton professors, Qiao Yu sent a message to Tian Yanzhen and secretly returned to his room.

He had received too much information during the past half day and needed to relax for a while.

And Qiao Xi’s judgment was correct. After doing something proud, Qiao Yu couldn’t wait to share it with Qiao Xi.

Back in the room, Qiao Yu looked at the time. It was already 3:20 in the afternoon. After calculating the time difference, he realized it was now 9:20 in the evening, Caixia time.

After calculating the time difference, Qiao Yu lay directly on the bed, opened WeChat and sent a video to Qiao Xi.

The video chat feature is great, as international calls are extremely expensive. The best part is that the WiFi speed is pretty stable.

Soon the other party picked up the video, and after a pause, Qiao Xi's appearance finally appeared in the video.

But before Qiao Yu could say anything, another face came closer?
"Huh? Keke, why are you at my house too?" Qiao Yu asked in confusion.

"Because today is Saturday, I don't have to go to evening self-study, so I came to help Auntie with physics."

"Stop kidding me, can you still help my mom with physics?"

"I'm not kidding. I've forgotten a lot of things and can't do the questions. Thanks to Coco for teaching me." Qiao Xi next to him said gently, leaving Qiao Yu completely speechless.

In fact, he didn't mind seeing if the girl had changed, after all, he hadn't seen her for a few months, but it was not a good idea for the little girl to suddenly appear today, because he was looking forward to talking to Qiao Xi about that man.

"Ahem, okay, well, you may not know yet, today I..."

"I see, Brother Qiao, you were awesome today. You even gave an opening speech at the World Congress of Mathematicians! Right?" The little girl on the other end of the video answered again.

Qiao Xi was still standing beside him, smiling gently and not saying anything.

Qiao Yu blinked, somewhat confused.

Before today, he didn't seem to have boasted about this to anyone in the country. Is this girl Keke so well-informed?

"No, how did you know?"

"Don't you know yet? You've been on the 7 o'clock news on the central media! I wanted to send you the video just now, but Auntie said not to send it yet, because you will definitely come to show off to her before 10 o'clock tonight. Auntie guessed right!"

Qiao Yu suddenly realized, and then said in surprise: "I'm on the news?"

"Well, I'll send you the news later! By the way, Brother Qiao, is Paris fun?"

"How do I know if it's fun? Director Tian doesn't let me leave the hotel at all. I can only move around in the hotel every day."

"Oh, so do you discuss your thesis with those mathematicians in the hotel every day?"

"Of course we discussed it, but we also talked about nonsense, like Harvard, Princeton, Columbia... In short, many university professors wanted me to study abroad, but I rejected them all with a clear conscience! Do you understand? Not only did we discuss academic matters, I also had to be busy rejecting everyone's olive branches. It really exhausted me."

"Yes, Brother Qiao, I support you. Yanbei University is so good. We don't want to go to those messy schools. I heard there are a lot of beauties in Paris. Are there a lot of beauties in the hotel as well?"

"No, you are asking a hundred thousand questions. Don't you see what time it is? You have been wasting your time all day long. Why don't you go home and go to bed?" Qiao Yu criticized.

He thought the girl would be angry, but what he didn't expect was that the girl in the video just said aggrievedly: "I'm not that ignorant. I told my aunt that I would talk to you for a while and then I would go back. I miss you too."

Even through the video, Qiao Yu felt like there was a layer of mist in this girl's eyes, and he suddenly felt a headache.

"Stop joking! I'm telling you, no matter how beautiful the beauties in Paris are, can they be prettier than you and my mom? So what you're asking is nonsense. Okay, next time I'll add you to my friend group and ask them. Whenever I get the chance, I'll tell them that you and my mom are the two most beautiful women in the world!"

"Really?"

"Nonsense! Did I lie to you?"

"Well, I'll go back first, Brother Qiao Yu."

"Give my regards to Uncle Xia and Aunt Liu."

"They've all gone out to work. By the way, I sent them the video of you in the news. My dad was shocked. He didn't believe it yet. When he found out it was real, he sent me a bunch of exclamation marks! All of our relatives' group was asking about you all night!"

"No... Never mind. Okay, go back and get some rest early. You must get enough rest during the weekend."

"See you."

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye, Auntie."

"Well, Coco, slow down."

"I know, Auntie."

……

Soon Qiao Xi was the only one left on the opposite side, and Qiao Yu began to speak without restraint.

"Mom, I did it. Really. It's a pity that you couldn't come this time. When I was giving the report, that man was sitting in the first row, listening to me tell him where he was wrong! You don't know the look on his face at that time! It was so interesting! And this time, just like you said, I defeated him fairly!"

"Ah? You really saw him?"

"Yeah, we even had breakfast together."

"He didn't recognize you?"

"I don't know, but I've already thought about it. If he really dares to recognize me, I will tell him in front of everyone that my father died a long time ago! But he never mentioned it at all. Oh, by the way, even if he recognized me, he probably wouldn't dare to say it. Because his wife's grandfather is here today."

"I see. When will you be back?"

"Not counting today, this meeting is still three days away. Director Tian booked a flight for after the closing ceremony, which should be on the 27th. No, Mom, that man got humiliated, why don't you seem happy at all?"

"I am happy, but I am happy that my son is on the 7 o'clock news. You are awesome, Qiao Yu! What does this have to do with him, right? I told you that he has long been a stranger to me. It is more important that we live well than anything else."

"Phew, your happy days are still to come! Hey, if such a small thing can be reported on the 7 o'clock news, then no matter what big thing I do in the future, won't the 7 o'clock news report me every day?"

"Are you getting too proud of yourself? Although I know that it is a great thing to be able to give an opening speech at a conference like this, and I also know that I am definitely not as good as you now, but I think that since you have such a good start at such a young age, you should set your sights further.

Don't just focus on that man, look at the bigger picture. Who is he? He has studied for more than ten years but is still not as good as you who have studied for a few months. What's so great about being better than him? The next step should be that he desperately raises his head to catch up with your back, but is kicked aside by others, right? "

"Of course! I met a lot of people this afternoon, all big names in the mathematics world. They stuffed a lot of business cards at me, look. Unexpected, right? I haven't seen these things in China, but everyone here is giving them out."

As he spoke, Qiao Yu took out a stack of exquisite business cards from his pocket and waved them in front of the camera of the mobile phone.

"Oh, that's great. Congratulations, Qiao Yu."

"Hehe. So don't worry, Mom. I promised you that I will stand on the highest mountain and look down on everyone! Xia Keke knows that I always keep my words!" Qiao Yu said with high spirits.

"I know you're good. Well, go do your work and remember to listen to your teacher when you're outside."

"Well, don't worry. This time when I go back, I'll see if I can ask Director Tian for leave to go home and see you."

"No, wait until summer vacation."

"But I still have to attend IMO during the summer vacation."

"Then come back after you participate in IMO. Be good, every day during the learning period is important. Especially when so many people have high expectations of you. Never let down those who believe in you, because that will give those who don't like you false happiness."

"Okay...but mom, I miss you. How about this, Xia Keke will come to Yanbei University to attend the summer camp this summer, can you come with her?"

Qiao Xi hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay. I'll go to Beijing to see you then."

"That's great, Mom. I'm telling you, I'm very familiar with the capital now. I'll take you to the flag-raising ceremony, visit the Grand Garden, climb the Great Wall, and eat delicious food! I'm telling you, our family is not short of money at all now!"

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you then."

"Well, bye then, Mom."

"Okay, by the way, I missed you too, son, I'm hanging up now."

"Ah."

After hanging up the video call with Qiao Xi, Qiao Yu turned over in bed and began to look through the WeChat messages.

He was too excited before and didn't notice it. Only then did he realize that there were a lot of messages accumulated in WeChat. Even Mr. Yuan who was far away in Huaqing sent him a message.

"You are good at mathematics and have lofty ambitions. You have profound knowledge, which is as brilliant as the stars in the sky. You did a great job, kid!"

This... is a bit too late?
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