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Chapter 99: Shameless and Shameless
Xiaozhou, Yujiang University.

Xue Song had just finished his meal in the school cafeteria and was walking back to his office when the phone suddenly rang.

To his surprise, the call was from Tian Yanzhen. The two had not been in touch since they last communicated via email because of Qiao Yu's matter.

"Hello, Professor Tian, ​​hello."

"Hello, Xiao Xue. I haven't contacted you for a while. How are you doing recently?"

The address from the other side made Xue Song's heart move.

Last time, Academician Tian called him Professor Xue in a very formal way, but this time he just called him Xiao Xue.

For mathematicians, sensitivity to such details is almost instinctive.

"It's okay. The main thing is to advance daily work." While thinking about the reason why Tian Yanzhen called him that, his mouth gave the answer out of habit.

"Yeah, everyone is the same. By the way, I went to Ningshui some time ago."

Xue Song immediately replied: "I heard about this from Qiao Yu. He even called me that day and mentioned that you attended the opening ceremony of this year's CMO."

"Well, did he tell you after that day that I invited him to Yanbei University and decided to accept him as my student?"

Xue Song was slightly stunned, but he roughly understood why Tian Yanzhen called him today, and quickly said: "Oh? Then congratulations to you and Qiao Yu. I believe you will not regret accepting a student like Qiao Yu."

"I believe this. Otherwise, I wouldn't have made this decision on a whim. I called you today to ask if you are interested in coming to Yanbei University."

"Ah?" Xue Song was stunned.

To be honest, he thought of many possibilities, but he never expected Tian Yan to say such a thing. Suddenly, a storm surged in his heart.

There is no doubt that 90% of the professors in universities other than Huaqing and Yanbei would not be very calm when faced with this choice. Xue Song is no exception.

"I know this is a difficult choice, why don't you listen to my thoughts first?"

Xue Song swallowed subconsciously and said in a calm voice: "Okay, go ahead."

After saying that, Xue Song stopped and stood in the sun on the sidewalk with a serious face. The warm sun in early winter can not only warm the body, but also warm the heart.

"What made me decide to invite Qiao Yu to Yanbei University and even accept him as my student was that he had been insisting on recording some things. These included his understanding of mathematics and his views on some people and things.

There is no doubt that this child is very defensive. He has complained about you a lot before, but now he really trusts you. Considering that he will have a period of adaptation after coming to Yanbei, I can't spare much time to teach him.

He now needs a teacher with a solid foundation who can help him solve his problems in algebra, geometry and number theory, and who he trusts enough to help him sort out a big framework, so I thought of you.

There is just one thing. I know that you were selected into the Hundred Talents Program of Yuda University, and you enjoy the treatment of a full professor in Yuda University. If you come to Yanbei University, there may not be a good way in this regard, and you can only start as an associate professor.

But as you said, if you have confidence in Qiao Yu, help me train him. I believe that in a few years, you will definitely be able to get a senior professional title at Yanbei University. What do you think? Do you have confidence?"

Tian Yan really didn't speak fast, and his speech was long, but to be honest, it was enough for Xue Song to understand his feelings.

This is killing two birds with one stone.

Not only did he find a tutor who was almost like a nanny for Qiao Yu at Yanbei University, but he also repaid the favor of introducing such a good student to him in advance.

But this is indeed a rare opportunity for Xue Song. In the final analysis, there are more than ten universities ranked third in China, but there are only two top universities.

Whether it is professors or students, the resources available at top universities are naturally different from those available at other universities.

Not to mention that he was personally invited by a big name in the Chinese mathematics community like Tian Yanzhen.

A senior professional title within Yujiang University is really not a big deal.

Xue Song took a deep breath, made a quick decision, and said, "Of course, Professor Tian, ​​I am willing to go to Yanbei University. But there must be at least a half-year buffer period. At least I have to settle all the students before I can leave."

"Qiao Yu will be here next semester, and I want you to come with him. As for the students, it's actually very easy to arrange. As for the doctoral students, as long as we get their consent, we can cooperate with Yuda to run a joint training program, and your doctoral students can come to Yanbei to continue their doctoral studies.

But when you defend your dissertation, you still have to go back to Yuda, and you still get your diploma. If there are doctoral students who don't want to come, I can help you say hello to your master's students and help them choose a good supervisor on campus, and they will definitely be accepted."

Tian Yanzhen promised directly.

Xue Song didn't doubt at all that Tian Yan really had this ability.

In fact, compared to transferring him to Yanbei University, helping to arrange a few students is really not a big deal. After all, this big man's influence in Yujiang University is actually very large.

Apart from other things, two doctoral supervisors in the School of Mathematics of Yuda University were once students of Tian Yanzhen, and both received their doctoral degrees from the International Center for Mathematics Research of Yanbei University. One of them was promoted to full professor two years ago.

At this point, Xue Song had no reason to refuse, so he simply said, "Okay, thank you very much, Professor Tian."

"No need to thank me. In fact, I should be the one thanking you. That's settled then. Please pay attention to your email. I will send you some documents later. Please fill them out and reply to me. I will also make arrangements for you at Yujiang University in advance. Once the formalities in Beijing are completed, you can submit your application directly."

"Ok."

"Then we'll see you in the capital."

"Okay, Professor Tian, ​​see you in Beijing."

"Oh, by the way, don't tell the kid yet, let's give him a surprise too."

"I understand, no problem."

……

After hanging up the phone, Xue Song took three deep breaths in a row to calm himself down completely.

Sometimes the circumstances of life are so wonderful. Eight minutes ago, he would never have thought that a phone call could bring about such a significant change in his life.

This even made Xue Song feel like he was dreaming.

Who would have thought that he just wanted to help a genius he favored avoid detours and recommend Qiao Yu to an academician with sufficient qualifications, but it actually changed his life. It's hard to say who is the benefactor of whom.

After shaking his head slightly, Xue Song picked up his phone and sent a message to his doctoral student group.

"Come to my office for an emergency meeting at 3pm this afternoon. It's very important and you can't be absent. Please reply if you receive this."

……

Ningshui City.

After the two exams on the third and fourth days, the remaining two days were mainly devoted to academic reports and free communication with the campers.

Probably because the exams were over, the team leaders of each competition area were much more relaxed. The specific result was that a group of high school students were finally able to visit each other freely.

Yu Yongjun, a very outgoing guy, began to let himself go. Not only did he start bombarding the group with messages, but he also bothered Qiao Yu offline every day. At the same time, he made a lot of friends.

Qiao Yu knew all this because this guy came to him mysteriously and said, "Boss, I've added a few great people on WeChat. Do you want me to recommend them to you? Then you can create a group called the CMO gold medalist selected by the academician and his friends."

Qiao Yu rolled his eyes at the guy and didn't bother to pay attention.

What kind of person would be so bored that he would create a group every time he goes out?

As for Yu Wei, he has not appeared in the past two days and has been staying in his room every day.

According to Yu Yongjun, this guy has become so self-contained that he wouldn't even open the door when he knocked. The fat guy affectionately described this behavior as not only having poor skills but also being unable to afford to lose.

However, one time after dinner, Qiao Yu was standing at the window stretching and saw this guy walking downstairs with the coach from last time.

The seven-day CMO ended successfully. This year, just like in previous years, the results were announced directly at the closing ceremony on the afternoon of the seventh day.

Not surprisingly, Qiao Yu won the first place in this winter camp.

Although there was a lot of applause when his name was read out on the podium, Qiao Yu was not excited at all. Knowing it in advance was one thing, and after getting a perfect score once, he felt that there was nothing to be proud of.

People are all the same. When they don’t achieve something, they always feel itchy inside, but once they get it, they will feel that it’s just like that, just so so, meaningless!
But considering that the average difficulty of CMO test questions is generally higher than that of IMO, and the scoring standards are also stricter, this full score is actually quite valuable.

But just like Qiao Yu said, he was not necessarily the only one who got full marks. This time there were really two people who got full marks.

A contestant from Beijing also received a full score.

What's even more surprising is that Yu Wei, who took third place in Linhai, took third place again this time. Although he didn't get full marks, he was probably close. God knows where the examiner found some small mistakes and then unjustly deducted a few points.

Qiao Yu really wanted to give a thumbs up to the teacher who marked the papers.

Because he could see that Yu Wei, who got third place, was not that happy, and was especially unhappy with him.

There were clearly two first places in this competition, both with full marks, but when he went on stage, this guy's unconvinced look was directed at him alone, as if the other guy on the podium didn't exist.

This is actually quite good. Qiao Yu just likes the look on Yu Wei’s face when he is unhappy with him but can’t do anything about him.

Anyway, now that both of them are obsessed with each other when they see each other, why not just keep hurting each other until one of them quits.

Qiao Yu's idea was actually quite simple. He made Yu Wei realize that there was no future in continuing to study mathematics. A person like him was only worthy of going home to inherit the billions of assets and wasting his life in a rich, empty, boring life without too many worries. That would be a victory!

Some things can be let go naturally once you figure them out.

There's nothing you can do about the other person having a good father. You can't be envious of him.

As for what Yu Wei thinks of him now, Qiao Yu is too lazy to guess. This stubborn guy deserves to feel frustrated every day.

It is worth mentioning that Yu Yongjun, the wretched little fat boy from Shuangqing, not only made it into the top 60, but also ranked quite high, at 21st.

I can only say that it’s a good thing that Yu Weida didn’t gamble with this little fat man who has completely lost his moral integrity the day before yesterday, otherwise the 500,000 yuan would probably have been forced to be donated today.

Qiao Yu analyzed that there were only two possibilities for the fat boy to get 21st place. Either he lied when reporting on his test results after the test, or he was really giving a high process score for a certain question.

Qiao Yu felt that Yu Wei would definitely prefer to believe the former.

Because if it's the latter, that guy would probably be even more confused as to why the examiner's lovely head deducted a few points from him.

Well, these are just Qiao Yu’s secret criticisms and don’t count.

In addition, the final average score of all CMO campers this year was 62.8 points, and the training team score line was 89.

The Beijing delegation won first place in the team competition.

Only five people from Xingnan, represented by Qiao Yu, made it into the 60-person national roster this year, one less than last year, which is somewhat regrettable.

However, Team Leader Luo didn't seem to be that unhappy.

In fact, it's not just Xingnan Province. The situation in the neighboring Xingbei Province is actually similar, and there are even two fewer people compared to last year.

And to be honest, Xingbei Province actually has more university resources than Xingnan Province, and the educational development trend is also better, but it is normal for the performance to decline because they cannot retain excellent competition coaches.

But it doesn't matter. Anyway, this is the general trend of the five major subject competitions. If the current policy continues like this, the competition level in central China will only decline in the future. In the end, only the coastal areas will be able to compete with Beijing, and other regions will just watch the excitement from the sidelines.

If we add the unexpected surprise of Qiao Yu in Xingnan Province this year, there will be even less regrets.

All in all, the competition ended successfully and everyone was able to return home the next day.

To Qiao Yu's surprise, when he was leaving, he actually ran into Yu Wei again in the elevator.

"Huh? You didn't go with your large group in Linhai?" Qiao Yu walked up to Yu Wei and asked.

Yu Wei and his coach came down from upstairs. When the elevator door opened, there were only two people in it, but now it was packed with a group of Xingnan campers.

Hearing Qiao Yu's voice, someone turned around and looked at the two of them.

"Yeah." Yu Wei responded casually, very perfunctorily, as arrogant as ever.

"Just because you won first place in Linhai this time, you can't be proud of yourself, look down on other companions, and leave the group to act alone. Look at me, even if I won first place in the competition, I still stayed with the group. Always remember the ancient saying that modesty brings benefits, while arrogance brings harm."

Qiao Yu gave some earnest advice like an adult.

The corner of Yu Wei's mouth twitched noticeably.

Not only Yu Wei, but the coaches around this guy couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Qiao Yu, and then looked at Lan Jie who was beside Qiao Yu.

At this time, Langjie actually wanted to stay away from Qiao Yu, but there were so many people in the elevator that he couldn't move at all. He could only turn his head and look in another direction.

But to his disappointment, the elevator wall in the hotel was made of shiny metal, like a mirror, allowing him to clearly see the unpleasant look of the other coach. So Ranjie raised his head again and looked at the ceiling.

However, Qiao Yu continued to chatter in a soft voice: "Besides, this year's CMO questions are relatively simple. If you don't get full marks, it will be a failure for you. How can you make progress if you don't discuss more with your friends in Linhai? Mathematics can't be studied in isolation, otherwise why hold so many exchange activities? Do you understand?"

"Shut up!" Finally, Yu Wei couldn't bear it anymore and his face turned red.

"Oh, see. If you are so arrogant, you will never get first place in your life." Qiao Yu said disdainfully.

Fortunately, the elevator reached the first floor.

After the group of young contestants from Xingnan in front walked out of the elevator with complicated expressions, Lang Jie directly grabbed Qiao Yu's hand and pulled him out of the elevator.

Yu Wei and the coach stood in the elevator without moving. It was unclear whether they really wanted to go to the underground first floor or they didn't want to have any more contact with Qiao Yu and would rather go down first and come up later. It was most likely the former, because Qiao Yu noticed that the button for the -1 floor in the elevator was lit.

"I'll wait for you in Beijing next year." As the elevator door was closing, Qiao Yu turned around and waved to Yu Wei, saying goodbye politely.

"Why are you so at odds with Yu Wei?" After letting go of Qiao Yu's hand, Lan Jie couldn't help but ask.

"He often slanders me and says that I am sick." Qiao Yu argued.

After saying that, Qiao Yu took out his cell phone from his pocket.

Sure enough, it vibrated twice just now. It was Yu Wei who sent him a message on WeChat.

"I'm sorry, I'm not leaving early because I'm proud, it's just that I'm only used to sitting in business class on high-speed trains."

They are all smart people. After several confrontations, both sides have found each other's weaknesses.

So Qiao Yu replied calmly: "See, I knew it. Compared with me, you are so poor now that the only thing you have left is money."

"But you want it badly, don't you?"

"Yes, I want the money because I want to use it to go further in mathematics, such as having theorems named after Qiao Yu appear in future mathematics textbooks. If your son also studies mathematics in the future, he will still spend your money to buy textbooks with my name on them. Oh, yes, maybe I will write the textbooks, and you will have to pay me for it!"

"Just keep blowing, let me see how good you are!"

"Ah, yes, yes, you are right! Last time in the Xiaolibaba Math Competition, I said I got full marks, but you said I was bragging; in the league, I said I got full marks, but you still thought I was bragging; this time in the CMO, I said I would definitely be first, but you didn't believe me either. But the results speak louder than words! But you, every time you swore that you would beat me, the result, sigh..."

After waiting for a long time, until the leader called the roll, the other side did not respond, and Qiao Yu felt bored.

Who could have thought that the other party was such a loser!
He had originally planned to spend the few hours on the return journey with Yu Weixiong to relax, but before he could even get on the bus, the other party refused to play.

As for Yu Yongjun, forget it. There’s no point in arguing with this little fat guy.

Because you can never defeat a guy who immediately gives in when he sees the situation is not good, and can act as if nothing happened or even seem a little excited because of failure. This is as helpless as no one can occupy Paris before the Gauls raise their hands.

A victory that is too easy is unlikely to bring too much excitement, but if you are accidentally overturned by a guy like the fat guy, it will be as disgusting as swallowing a piece of shit.

What's even more annoying is that if you defeat this guy, he might even get some benefits from you...

After thinking it over, Qiao Yu suddenly realized that Yu Yongjun, the harmless chubby face and outgoing guy, was the real insidious and cunning bad guy. As for Yu Wei, who was a little bit eccentric, he was actually quite cute. After all, Yu Wei had to save face!
This fucking world!
(End of this chapter)