Super God-Level Top Student

The newly appointed dean, Nelson Andre, asked a question, but his eyes were fixed on the screen.

Yes, the newly appointed dean also has the last name Andre. But he is not a direct relative of Andrei. In fact, Western surnames are not as rich as those in Huaxia, and there are many people with the same name. As a result, they often use size to distinguish.

This Andre's contributions are mainly focused in the field of chemistry, such as his past work on DNA repair mechanisms. He revealed how cells repair damaged DNA and offered methods to prevent gene mutations and cancer, earning him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The last line of the notice makes one a bit defensive indeed.

"...Please transfer the prize money, which should be awarded to Nobel laureates, into the account provided in the attachment of this letter within a week. Thank you."

It must be said that the wording is still very polite and even offers thanks.

Yet Andre still felt it was a provocation.

"In fact, the committee was surprised to receive this email. As you know, this has not happened before, and the committee is not very familiar with the thought processes of these three, especially Qiao Ze, so the letter was forwarded here."

The secretary said in a very diplomatic manner.

This statement was indeed quite skillful.

It implied that this letter shouldn't have been shown to him as the dean. Such unreasonable demands should have been directly rejected by the committee or simply ignored.

The reason why it ended up in his Science Academy dean's inbox had to be because the sender of the letter was somewhat special?

The previous dean had paid with his life.

Although afterward everyone knew that old Andre was suffering from a severe illness and probably wouldn't live much longer, the old man's decisiveness still shocked many people.

Surely working at the Science Academy shouldn't become a high-risk occupation, right?

The secretary's words immediately helped Andre control the anger he originally felt.

He placed one hand on the table, tapped for a moment, and then slowly spoke: "So perhaps we should reply by first explaining to Professor Qiao Ze the customary rules for similar historical events. The medal and prize money are an entity; abandoning the medal equates to abandoning the prize money as well. Shouldn't he accept this?"

"Of course, similar situations have always been handled this way historically." The secretary shrugged and said.

"Well, the phrasing still needs to be polite." Andre cautiously stated.

"I understand." The secretary nodded promptly.

"Alright, after you draft it, send it to me first. I'll go over it before replying personally." Andre thought for a moment and instructed.

"Okay."

...

Drafting such a reply letter, naturally, wouldn't be done by the dean himself.

Especially considering the previous matters involving Qiao Ze, which became quite a big deal. The entire academic world was abuzz, so handling this indeed requires caution.

Particularly not to be made a tool by others. In fact, Andre can be sure, the ones most against Qiao Ze are likely the Americans.

After all, in any competitive field where this young mathematician is involved, it ends up terribly suppressed. Especially the artificial intelligence domain, the joke with activation code number 1900 is still circulating on various social media.

The 2.5 billion US Dollar activation code has become a popular internet meme. No one can really figure out why a one-time activation code could be sold for such a high price.

Moreover, it is said that this price was sold again afterward.

Adding to that, internet rumors claim Huaxia's photolithography factory was actually built based on Qiao Ze's paper at the time, rather than the previous tale of the factory existing first and Qiao Ze then writing the paper akin to a quick report.

With all these added together, it's likely people over there want to tear Qiao Ze apart.

When someone's abilities are too strong, they're often easily isolated; mainly because those around them are constantly compared, which distorts their mentality. Clearly now, the United States exhibits this kind of imbalance.

Indeed, even if the Qiaoze Natural Science Award targets the Nobel and had a rather successful first ceremony, people's acceptance of such a fully transparent review model is extremely high. Even the publication of the review panel's opinions has brought attention to some of the participating experts' research, boosting their visibility.

Nonetheless, Andre still doesn't wish to directly confront the recently popular young scientist Qiao Ze, nor the Huaxia he represents.

In the past, little actions taken to accommodate allies' sentiments received moderate reactions from Huaxia, so it was manageable. But making small moves against Qiao Ze invokes immediate and profound reactions on the other side, making it troublesome.

Especially since the allies on the other side aren't entirely monolithic; each has their own interests.

The most annoying aspect of Qiao Ze's actions is that he doesn't target specifically but rather influences their ally's interests to make their allies actively cause them trouble. This often makes the situation serious.

Since Huaxia still prefers discussing things reasonably on the international stage, as long as reason is upheld, everything can be negotiated. Negotiation allows postponing, and postponing means everyone has room to maneuver, avoiding tearing faces and ensuring mutual destruction.

But as everyone knows, their allies truly dislike reasoning, and when they feel at a disadvantage, they prefer the most direct approach to resolve issues. Moreover, their fists are quite large and hard, and when they strike, it truly hurts.

Indeed, they're not afraid of offending Qiao Ze or even Huaxia, but are truly fearful if Qiao Ze targets some powerful figures in the United States. When those figures feel Qiao Ze's side is too tough and temporarily infeasible, their iron fist might swing towards them. Who can bear that?