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Chapter 97 Rapidly Changing Status

Team leader Luo originally wanted to remind Qiao Yu not to mention any conditions at this time, as this person was not the teacher in charge of admissions at Yanbei University.

Of course, this also means showing one's presence.

But when he saw Tian Yanzhen's expression, Lao Luo thought of a possibility and quickly swallowed his words back.

Sometimes, a small gesture doesn't matter, but sometimes, if you flatter the wrong person, it can really hurt him.

……

"Oh? You still want to decide on a supervisor right during your undergraduate studies? How about this, as long as you get enough credits, I'll be your supervisor, how about that?"

Tian Yanzhen asked with a smile.

Qiao Yu also smiled shyly and asked again: "Then...should we make it a promise or write it into the contract?"

"Ha ha……"

Tian Yanzhen finally couldn't help laughing. It seemed like he hadn't laughed so hard in all these years. After laughing, he said, "Let's make a deal. Professor Luo from Xingnan Normal University and your math teacher are here today. Let's ask them to be witnesses of our gentleman's agreement."

Team leader Luo also laughed and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, okay, I am so lucky to be a witness. When Qiao Yu becomes successful in the future, today's incident will definitely become a good story in the Chinese mathematics community. I will record it when I go back. After all, I will have to write a memoir about this incident in the future. Congratulations, Qiao Yu!"

As for Ranger, he was still in a trance at this time. He just nodded passively with a look of surprise on his face, but couldn't say anything.

It’s that simple. His students will become disciples of China’s top mathematics masters in the future?

You have to know that for someone who aspires to do mathematical research in China, having such a mentor is really the ceiling.

China's scientific research system is different from that of developed Western countries.

For example, in developed countries across the ocean, the so-called academician is mainly an honorary title and is merely a recognition of their previous academic achievements.

Therefore, being elected as an academician does not mean that you have to take on new specific work or various responsibilities, such as the responsibility of managing scientific research projects. To put it bluntly, in a market economy promoted by a small government, if you really want to do something, you still need personal ability to attract investment.

But in China, academician is not only the highest academic honor, representing the outstanding achievements and academic status of scientists in their research fields, but more importantly, they must assume the responsibility of consulting and even leading the country's relevant scientific research policies and projects.

Simply put, Chinese academicians have, to a certain extent, the right to allocate relevant scientific research resources.

Not to mention senior academicians like Tian Yanzhen who are already at the top of the academician pyramid. Even a slight tilt of the resources in his hands would be enough to make more than 99% of scientific researchers salivate...

Considering Qiao Yu's ability, Lan Jie suspected that Qiao Yu might be able to create a record in the future. Qing Qian, Jie Qing, Qian Ren... there must be a hat that suits Qiao Yu who is in his twenties. When this kid reaches his age...

Forget it, Ranjie didn’t dare to think about it.

……

"Then let's put it this way, Director Tian." Qiao Yu changed the address with confidence.

Although he had never studied for a master's degree, his "seniors" all called Lao Xue that in the group. Qiao Yu really didn't know that in private, his seniors directly called their beloved tutor Xue "boss".

"Haha, okay, go ahead. If you have any other requests, tell me all of them at once. I'll help you deal with what I can do when I get back, so that you don't have to find fault with me as your mentor when you go to Yanbei."

Tian Yanzhen spoke very patiently in a gentle tone, and it was obvious that he had no ill feelings towards someone who was taking advantage of the situation.

"Just confirm that you are the mentor, nothing else..."

At this point, Qiao Yu suddenly paused, and then asked tentatively: "Well, if it is really possible, can you arrange an independent study room for me? I feel that my brain will be much clearer when I think about problems in an independent study room at school.

Because my current school has prepared an independent study room for me to study every day. I am much more efficient in doing anything than in the classroom. Of course, I am not saying that I will not attend classes in the future.

My requirements are not high. I just want a table and a chair and internet access. It would be nice if there is a water dispenser or something so I can drink water. I don’t have any other requirements.”

Team leader Luo next to them was stunned.

My goodness, the academician just said something polite, but this guy really took it seriously?

Young people born after 00 really dare to make demands!

You haven't even started at Yanbei University yet, but you're already thinking about getting a private study room? Compare Yanbei University to an ordinary high school like yours? Forget about anything else, how much does a square meter cost in Beijing? How much does a square meter cost in Xingcheng?

Does this kid know that many lecturers in universities don’t even have an office at all, let alone an independent office? And he doesn’t have any other requests? Why doesn’t this kid just let Academician Tian arrange a wife for him? !

"You really know how to make requests. This is a bit difficult for me. After all, I am just an ordinary chair professor at Yanbei University."

Tian Yanzhen shook his head and said, seeing a hint of disappointment on Qiao Yu's face, he couldn't help but laugh again: "But there is a way...

How about this? I will arrange a private room for you in the research center. Don't worry, the research center is right on the Yanbei campus, very close to the Weiming Lake, Boya Tower and the School of Mathematics. Some of your classes in the Elite Class are also arranged in the research center.

Moreover, the research center often invites world-class mathematicians to give lectures, sometimes even a series of courses, so if you are interested, you can go and sit in at any time.”

Qiao Yu smiled happily and said quickly, "Thank you so much, Director Tian."

Can you agree to this?

Team leader Luo was also stunned at this time.

"Don't thank me yet. I have met your conditions. My conditions are very demanding. You should be mentally prepared. Although you have achieved some results now, you are still far from real success.

In a sense, you haven't even been exposed to the world's cutting-edge mathematical research. You will slowly understand these when you come to Yanbei University. If you enjoy good treatment, I will be more strict with you, understand?"

Tian Yanzhen put away his smile and looked at Qiao Yu seriously.

"Don't worry, Director Tian. What I am worst at is disappointing my mentor. Really, if you don't believe me, ask Teacher Lan and Professor Xue."

"Haha, since you asked me that, I don't need to ask."

After saying that, Tian Yanzhen stood up and said, "Okay, let's stop here for today."

Then Tian Yanzhen turned around and said to Leader Luo and Lan Jie, who had almost lost their ability to think, "We accepted a new disciple today, and he should have stayed to have a meal with everyone.

However, there is an important meeting in Beijing tomorrow, and I am the host of the meeting, so I have to fly back in the afternoon. I will make a note of this meal and make up for it next time when I have the chance. "

Qiao Yu also stood up quickly and said, "Then Director Tian, ​​I'll see you off."

"No need, just continue looking at your zeta function related problems. Your team leader Luo will take me there. After the New Year, I'll wait for you at Yanbei University." After Tian Yanzhen finished speaking, he looked up and walked out the door.

Team Leader Luo hurriedly followed, while Qiao Yu and Lan Jie followed behind Team Leader Luo and escorted the two out of the room.

Only after watching the two people disappear around the corner of the corridor did they return to the room.

Lan Jie sat on the bed in a daze. Suddenly, he heard Qiao Yu blurt out a sentence, and he shuddered all over: "Teacher Lan, is it safer to have a gentleman's agreement instead of signing a contract? Although I think I am still a gentleman..."

"you shut up!"

Lan Jie scolded him, "Don't talk nonsense. How can you be so worthy of this? Why would Academician Tian come to Ningshui to play a joke on you? Think about it carefully. Academician Tian obviously has to preside over an important meeting tomorrow, and he came to Ningshui today to attend the opening ceremony. Do you think he really came to Ningshui to attend this year's CMO opening ceremony? Aren't you tired of flying?"

"That's right." Qiao Yu thought about it, accepted the good man's explanation, and immediately felt more at ease.

Now, he not only has his own study room in Tieyi High School, but also in Yanbei University.

There is nothing to brag about the separate study rooms in Tieyi Middle School. After all, it is impossible to see news of high school students fighting over the resources of the school study room. High school students who have to study until 10:30 or even 11 o'clock every night wish they could give the classroom to college students.

But it was different for college students. Qiao Yu decided that when he went to Yanbei University, if similar news appeared online again, he would definitely repost it using his verified Weibo account, and then add a photo of the study room, and even thought of the accompanying text.

"No way? You guys finally got into college but you didn't get assigned a study room? Could it be that you went to a fake university?"

By then, there will surely be countless college students crazily giving his Weibo post likes, right?
Most definitely!
"Don't talk nonsense like that next time you go out. I don't know how to evaluate your opportunity. Also, don't tell anyone about this matter before you go out, lest people get jealous and create unnecessary trouble." Langjie said seriously.

"Ah? I didn't plan to tell anyone, but Captain Luo is here today." Qiao Yu blinked and said.

"Huh?" Hearing this, Ranger was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

Now that the leader knew about it, it was no longer something that could be kept secret, but Ranger still said, "Don't tell anyone about it."

"I know, Teacher Lan, I was just joking with you." Qiao Yu said, then turned his head and continued to watch his video seriously.

Langjie took out his cell phone and opened Principal Zhang's WeChat.

Although Langjie has no intention of climbing up the social ladder, it's impossible for Principal Zhang to learn such great news from someone else, right?

When someone called to congratulate us, it was embarrassing for our principal to not know why.

"President Zhang, great news. Academician Tian Yanzhen from Yanbei University just came to my and Qiao Yu's room. He and Qiao Yu agreed to let him report directly to Yanbei University when school starts after the new year so that he can adapt to the university environment in advance.

He invited me and Team Leader Luo to witness that he would accept Qiao Yu as his disciple after he graduated from college, and even promised to prepare an independent study room for Qiao Yu in Yanbei University, similar to the one provided by the school, for Qiao Yu to use during his undergraduate studies at Yanbei University.

He clicked the send button, but Principal Zhang didn't reply for a long time. Maybe he was busy. Just as Lan Jie was about to put down his phone, the message came.

"You are Qiao Yu, right? Teacher Lan's phone is unlocked? Are you kidding me using his WeChat?"

Langjie laughed when he read the message. But then again, this seems to be the normal reaction.

After all, even many people who don’t understand mathematics know Mr. Tian’s status in the Chinese mathematics community, not to mention within the Chinese education system.

Just as I was about to continue explaining on WeChat, the other party sent a video directly to me.

Well, he didn't need to explain, and Ranjie clicked to accept.

Soon the video was connected, and Zhang Tiejun appeared on the phone screen. He was not in the office, but in the car. It was just unclear whether he was going out for a meeting or on his way back to school after the meeting.

"Huh? Is it really you? Teacher Lan, is what you just said on WeChat true?"

"Principal Zhang, this couldn't be more true. Even if I don't inform you, Team Leader Luo will probably report it. Someone else will probably inform you soon." Lan Jie suppressed his excitement and spoke in a calm tone.

"Is this true? Academician Tian visited you personally? And he made a firm commitment?"

"Yes, he asked me and Team Leader Luo to be witnesses."

"what?"

Ranjie could tell from the video that Principal Zhang's brain was obviously short-circuited at this moment.

Qiao Yu, who was standing nearby, heard the conversation between Lan Jie and Principal Zhang, so he simply came over, waved at the camera of the phone, and said hello: "Hi, Principal Zhang, I'm sorry, I can't go to Tieyi Middle School in the second half of the semester."

Seeing Qiao Yu, Zhang Tiejun seemed to react immediately and said quickly: "Ah, it's okay, don't worry, the school will still honor the promise made before. By the way, since you will not be in school in the second half of the semester, you will also get a discount on the tuition and food expenses for this half of the semester!"

These words made Qiao Yu feel embarrassed.

This time he really just came to say hello and had never thought about the discount on half a semester's fees. Principal Zhang was underestimating him a bit.

He was going to Yanbei, would he still care about a few thousand dollars? What about the situation?
It’s just that the power of habit is too strong. Although these words are spinning in my mind, when I say them out loud, they become: “Thank you, Principal Zhang.”

"Congratulations, Qiao Yu. Go and do your own thing first. I'm about to go to school and have a lot of things to deal with."

"Oh, then I'll go watch the video. By the way, don't tell my mom yet. I'll give her a surprise when I get back."

"Don't worry, I will keep it a secret for you!"

Qiao Yu left contentedly, and Zhang Tiejun hung up the video call directly, but a WeChat message was sent immediately.

"Teacher Lan, please tell me what happened at that time in detail, especially what Academician Tian said at that time."

Ranjie had no choice but to start editing the text.

Although he is not a Chinese teacher, he still has some basic writing skills. Especially for those who study mathematics, their memory is not bad, not to mention that everything that just happened was deeply impressed on him, so it was not a problem for him to describe it from the beginning.

This resulted in many surprised questions from Principal Zhang on the opposite side.

"What? Qiao Yu completed a high-quality paper independently? And he plans to submit it to a well-known foreign mathematics journal?"

"Ah? You're teaching Yujiang University's graduate students how to write papers? And you're charging them for it? Oh, Xiaolan, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you don't care enough about Qiao Yu. How come you didn't know about these things before?"

"Look, it's a good thing that Academician Tian saw it on Qiao Yu's computer. If he hadn't seen it, what if he missed it? If we knew about it in advance, even if Qiao Yu didn't publicize it himself, we could help him publicize it!"

"so far so good……"

Lan Jie ignored the obviously excited reply from Principal Zhang on the other side. He just sent everything he had just experienced. Because he could understand that kind of emotion, he finally finished writing the last long paragraph and sent it over. The other side also replied: "Okay, there's a call, let's talk later."

That’s good, at least the task he reported was completed.

Just when I was about to check my phone to relax, there was another knock on the door.

This time, Langjie stood up and opened the door. It was Team Leader Luo who had returned, with a very happy face.

"Captain Luo, has Academician Tian gone to the airport?"

"Yes, he has left. I just came back after sending Academician Tian to the car specially prepared by the organizing committee to the airport with everyone else." Team leader Luo replied kindly.

"Oh, that's good." Ranjie replied casually.

To be honest, at this moment he didn't know what else to talk about with Captain Luo.

He felt like he had to slowly digest everything that happened today.

"By the way, the organizer is entertaining guests for dinner tonight. You don't have to go to the hotel to eat. Just wait in the room. I will call you to have dinner when the time comes." Team leader Luo explained the purpose of their visit.

"Ah? That's not necessary, right? The child has an exam tomorrow. I don't think Academician Tian wants to make such a big fuss." Lan Jie subconsciously wanted to refuse. Based on his understanding of Qiao Yu, he probably didn't bother to attend such a dinner that had no practical significance.

"The organizer has invited me, so it's not good to refuse. The exam is tomorrow, so we have to avoid suspicion. It's not good to come to your room to invite you, so I'm here to inform you. Besides, if Academician Tian doesn't want others to know his plan, can't he call Qiao Yu over and talk to him in private? Right?"

Team leader Luo gave a suggestion.

Lan Jie was stunned for a moment, then nodded silently and said, "Okay, I'll tell Qiao Yu about this later."

Although...but...he was still not used to it.

"Okay, I'll call you when the time comes. Just come with me then. I won't disturb you for now." Captain Luo smiled at Lan Jie, nodded, then turned and left.

I feel very sad.

This math teacher is really lucky...

(End of this chapter)