Super God-Level Top Student

The effect is that now wherever Xu Dajiang goes to a conference, participants from several renowned Huaxia universities keep their distance from him, not even bothering to acknowledge him.

No way around it, can't beat him on achievements, can't outcurse him either, and talking to this guy only raises your blood pressure for nothing, it's not worth it.

Coincidentally, the newly appointed president of Xilin University of Technology, Zhang Mingrui, is also quite a character.

He can't be bothered to run around everywhere and just likes to stay within the 'one acre, three-quarters' of the school. His status is quite special, being a member of the presidium of the Science Academy, so for some less important meetings or those involving resource allocation, he simply lets Xu Dajiang attend in his stead.

The effect is indeed remarkable.

With the backing of a top-tier academician, he can speak more recklessly. Whatever Zhang Mingrui finds inconvenient to say, not only does Xu Dajiang dare to say it, he says it with particular righteousness!

This directly leads to many short-tempered bigwigs in the academic world, when mentioning Xu Dajiang, to start with: "That old rogue! A disgrace to the Huaxia academic circle!"

Of course, these evaluations of Xu Dajiang don't bother him in the slightest.

At his age, almost at retirement, he has no desires or demands. If he doesn't live a bit freely, what's the point in having a bicycle?

Before, without achievements, he couldn't speak assertively. Now that he has achievements, and still can't speak assertively, doesn't that mean the achievements are in vain?

If anyone previously thought Qiao Ze was perfect except for being too difficult to deal with, now with the presence of Xu Dajiang, that perception has been replaced by: "Better than old Xu the villain, right? At least Qiao Ze doesn't actively provoke people..."

For the mathematics world, the most troublesome thing is that Xu Dajiang also holds the position of an editor for "New Discoveries in Mathematics and Physics."

Moreover, now "New Discoveries in Mathematics and Physics" has become one of the top theoretical academic journals domestically and even internationally, a unique existence. Upholding the principle of preferring quality over quantity, the difficulty to pass is extremely high. Even if only two or three papers are published per cycle, they won't opt for lesser quality.

So, although its impact factor is not high, the papers recognized in the journal are all considered classics. Even Roth Dugan, the editor-in-chief of "Mathematics Annual," once stated publicly that the quality of papers currently published in "Mathematics Annual" is far inferior to that of "New Discoveries in Mathematics and Physics" from the Xi Lin Mathematics Research Institute.

The pursuit of impact factor alone affected the quality of the century-old journal's papers, to the extent that it announced plans to follow "New Discoveries in Mathematics and Physics," enhancing the quality standards for papers, and reducing the number published annually.

This also made "New Discoveries in Mathematics and Physics" gain great fame in the international mathematics and physics community, and publishing a paper is akin to instantly attaining fame and fortune in the academic world.

Furthermore, it is said that Xu Dajiang and Qiao Ze have a very good relationship, even being core members in Qiao Ze's eyes.

So, from the perspective of human relationships, those serious academic bigwigs really don't want to overly offend Xu Dajiang.

The other prominent figure at the school is naturally Chen Yiwen.

As long as enough qualifiers are added, Chen Yiwen can even be said to be the most dazzling one.

For instance, the only person in the history of Xilin University of Technology to win the Huaxia Science and Technology Progress Award in their junior year, represent the research and development team at the awards ceremony, and appear on nationwide news programs as a student.

The core members of the Qunzhi Team are too distant from everyone.

Team soul Qiao Ze, needless to say, already graduated with a PhD, becoming an official researcher and the chief mathematician at the Mathematics Research Institute. Su Mucheng is pregnant, so she is nowhere to be seen. Li Jiangao's graduate Tan Jingrong has graduated with excellent grades and joined the Youwei Group as a senior engineer.

In short, these people are very rarely seen at school. Only Chen Yiwen remains, still lingering through his junior year, without even planning for guaranteed postgraduate admission.

Of course, this does not affect Chen Yiwen's future. In fact, he has already had the most satisfying year to date. Although not yet to the point of reopening the family shrine or registry, during the New Year, Chen's father hosted a large feast, with even the entire village attending, and Chen Yiwen sat at the table with the elders alongside his grandfather.

In the past, not even his father would have qualified to sit at that position...

To put it this way, Chen Yiwen is now the leading figure of the younger generation in the Chen family, definitely the child others aspire to. Any cousin or sibling he found troublesome would get scolded at home just because of a casual remark from him.

What does having a promising future mean? This is it.

Although in front of Qiao Ze and Su Mucheng, Chen Yiwen plays the role of a little brother, eagerly at their service, back home, not only his own family, but even the big shots of the entire district have to take his opinions seriously. After all, receiving a national award means he's a notable figure with a name.

Back at school, he may not have it as exaggerated as at home, but among the students, he still stands out.

Being invited to the student council is standard, as are invitations for various opportunities.

If Chen Yiwen wanted to, professors at the school would compete to take him on for postgraduate studies.

The reason is simple, whether he truly has real talent is secondary; acquiring him and thus connecting with Qiao Ze is already a win.

It's only in the dormitory that Chen Yiwen can't enjoy such heartfelt envy and jealousy. But this isn't a big deal. After all, the dorms are already used to mutual teasing, everyone keeps a subtle balance, and it doesn't get to the point where they want to physically fight each other in anger.

But there are still plenty of activities outside.

For example, being invited to other schools to exchange ideas for a few days and discuss research insights is quite frequent. Especially after the School of Mathematics discovered that Chen Yiwen had no intention of continuing to study further, these events became even more frequent.

Some people have dazzling qualities that have nothing to do with academia.

In short, with Xu Dajiang as the dean and students like Chen Yiwen, Xilin University of Technology's School of Mathematics and Statistics is destined to never be low-key.

The lively Xi Lin Mathematics Institute contrasts sharply with the quiet Xi Lin Mathematical Research Institute, and the flamboyant Xu Dajiang and Chen Yiwen also form a sharp contrast with the low-key and calm Li Jiangao and Qiao Ze.

It's quite good.

But as the students jokingly say, everyone hates Xu Dajiang and Chen Yiwen, yet everyone wants to be Xu Dajiang and Chen Yiwen.

For Dean Bai Ziyu of the Xilin University of Technology College of Physics and Technology, there's naturally some envy as well.

But unlike Xu Dajiang, Dean Bai Ziyu still has ambitions. Since the significant departmental reform of Xilin University of Technology in 2012, separating the former Science College into the College of Mathematics and Statistics and the College of Physics and Technology, the two colleges have been in direct competition.

Originally, the Physics College had the advantage, with several key departmental laboratories, such as the Space Application Physics Laboratory and the Space Materials Science Laboratory, and in terms of student enrollment, the Physics College was often more popular than the School of Mathematics.

But in recent years, as Qiao Ze has gained momentum, the reputation of the School of Mathematics has already far surpassed that of the Physics College.

Even though the emergence of material models initially benefited the Physics College, the outside world still attributed it to the theoretical innovations of the School of Mathematics.

Dean Bai wasn't without ideas, such as inviting Qiao Ze to guest lecture at the Physics College and recruit a few graduate students to work on Quantum Physics. Especially after Edward Witten's visit, Dean Bai also thought about whether he could ask this big name to support the Physics College with an M-theory research project.

However, these ideas were politely declined by these big names citing insufficient energy.

He was quite dissatisfied and frustrated, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, at the academic level of Qiao Ze and Edward Witten, they don't have to do anything for anyone's sake. Much less, he is merely a dean of a secondary college at Xilin University of Technology.

But on the early day of April, Dean Bai suddenly received a call from Qiao Ze.

"Is this Dean Bai?"

"Yes, yes, Professor Qiao, what's the matter?"

"If you're free, could you come to the Mathematics Research Institute? There's something quite important that requires your input."

"Sure, I'm just at the school, should I come over now?"

"Sure, take the dedicated elevator on the far left directly to the eighth floor, and Dou Dou will guide you into the elevator."

"Okay, I'll be there shortly."

After hanging up the call and heading out, on his way to the Mathematics Research Institute, Bai Ziyu was both excited and puzzled.

With Professor Qiao personally inviting him for a face-to-face discussion at the institute, the issue must be quite significant.

Otherwise, a phone discussion would have sufficed...

But what could it be?

Fortunately, Qiao Ze doesn't like beating around the bush; as soon as he entered, he got his answer.

"Does the Physics College need a collider?"