Chapter 179: Two Presentation Sessions_4
Qiao Ze knew too well how to make people uncomfortable.
Having Su Mucheng around to lighten the mood was actually quite nice.
After all, there were times when neither Li Jiangao nor Yu Chenggong really wanted to take a stand, and if Qiao Ze offended someone, having Su Mucheng explain things was ideal, as kids say the darndest things.
Just like, Zhang Hongcai wasn't entirely wrong in his guess, the message Qiao Ze sent to Xu Changshu wasn't actually concocted by Qiao himself but was edited and sent directly by Dou Dou.
In Qiao Ze's view, this was also a kind of recycling, I suppose.
When it came to academic issues, Qiao Ze would reply personally.
Once the academic discussion was over and it turned to casual greetings, he would hand it over to Dou Dou, who could then use his own style of speaking to deal with the professors, which was quite efficient.
You could say that a man who wasn't good at talking had developed a piece of software that was quite the conversationalist.
Actually, Xu Dajiang had also planned to go this time.
But due to the sudden increase in workload at the School of Mathematics, he had to delegate some tasks to Li Jiangao.
Well...
The advice Qiao Ze gave him last time had been submitted directly to the university by Xu Dajiang, and the result of the discussions was to naturally pilot the program with the School of Mathematics.
There were things Qiao Ze dared to say that others didn't even dare to think.
For instance, learning from Princeton.
To be honest, even world-renowned universities like Harvard and Columbia weren't too keen to learn from Princeton, let alone Xilin University of Technology which was a notch weaker.
Especially since the difficulty of graduating from Princeton is globally recognized as high. According to statistics, the four-year graduation rate for undergraduates is 89.69%, and the six-year rate is 98.02%. Moreover, the median GPA of the graduates is only 3.0. Experience more on My Virtual Library Empire
Bear in mind, these figures come after a selectivity rate of around just 5%.
It's like Huaqing and Peking University, despite already having selected the top tier of geniuses, have graduation rates even lower than those of more ordinary universities.
So, for the university, it was simpler to just let the School of Mathematics go ahead and try out the new setup.
After all, Mathematics wasn't a leading subject, and Xu Dajiang liked to stir things up.
Of course, such reforms were not as simple as just talking; they involved many aspects.
Teaching resources, textbook quality, exam content, not to mention, assessing students and considering their receptiveness. They also had to apply to the Ministry of Education for policy support and take into account societal recognition...
It's roughly like when Qiao Ze let Dou Dou draft a proposal—it took only about ten to twenty minutes to finish, but implementing these changes required a ton of preparatory work.
Honestly, Xu Dajiang could now tell Qiao Ze with confidence, not only was he far from being idle, he was actually incredibly busy.
Unfortunately, Qiao Ze didn't know this yet.
Thursday night, Yu Chenggong sent a WeChat message to Qiao Ze.
The ticket is booked, the high-speed train is at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and it should arrive in the Capital around five-thirty, the whole journey takes 4 hours and 21 minutes.
After receiving the message, Qiao Ze set aside what he was working on, gave Su Mucheng a quick heads-up, and then took Liu Chenfeng back to room 408.
There were no classes on Thursday night and Chen Yiwen, who was deep in love, went out on a date as usual.
That left Zhang Zhou and Gu Zhengliang to study quietly in the dorm.
There was no need for air conditioning at this time, and shutting the door to watch video lectures wasn't disturbed by any noise from outside; it was quite nice.
When Qiao Ze and Liu Chenfeng entered the dorm room, this was the scene they saw.
"Oh, Qiao, you're back? Eh, Liu is here too?" Zhang Zhou, hearing the noise, turned his head, saw Qiao Ze and Liu Chenfeng, immediately took off his headphones, and greeted them enthusiastically.
That was great news!
It meant Qiao Ze hadn't forgotten his promise to them and their hard work would finally pay off.
As for Liu Chenfeng flinching involuntarily as he heard the plump guy addressing Qiao Ze with a title of respect.
Gu Zhengliang also stood up, considerately moving Chen Yi's stool over: "Have a seat, everyone. Qiao, what brings you here this time?"
Qiao Ze shook his head and said, "I won't stay long, the project application is approved, Dr. Liu is in charge, he'll take you on. You guys can discuss the specifics."