Super God-Level Top Student

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"The paper you published in 'Science' before caused quite a stir. Fortunately, it caught the attention of several academicians from the Physics and Engineering Academies, and the research institutes in the Capital were also verifying the paper. Everyone worked together to cool down the public excitement.

At that time, I thought it was a good thing, but who would've thought, with the launch of Youwei's new machine, it's all come back up. The following period is definitely not going to be very quiet. Recently, I have received several calls inquiring about you. From the Science Academy, Huaqing, Yanbei..."

Li Jiangao was recounting the events he'd experienced recently to Qiao Ze.

As he had expected.

Not a single prominent unit in the Huaxia academic community seemed to shake the young man.

But that was normal.

After all, not long ago, Qiao Ze had a face-to-face conversation with the academic bigwigs. And the first time he came into contact with an academician, he directly started negotiating terms...

His poise and capability...

"Oh, right, do you remember Zhang Chunlei, Professor Zhang from Jiang University?" Li suddenly asked.

Qiao Ze nodded and replied, "I remember, the verbose Yangtze River Scholar."

Qiao Ze was no longer the naïve youth who knew nothing about the Huaxia scientific research system.

He had come to understand just how prestigious the Yangtze River Scholars in the field of natural sciences were.

It was just that his initial impression was too strong.

Indeed, during the short two days of contact with Qiao Ze, Zhang Chunlei talked quite a bit.

"That's not a fair judgment. When does Professor Zhang ever talk too much?" Li frowned slightly, reproaching Qiao Ze.

"Oh." Qiao Ze nodded expressionlessly.

Seeing that Qiao Ze seemed to take his words to heart, Li continued, "Yesterday, Professor Zhang called me for an hour..."

He suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

Something felt off...

Following his initial train of thought in talking to Qiao Ze, he seemed to accidentally confirm Qiao Ze's earlier assessment.

After all, it is quite hard for someone who doesn't talk much to spend an hour on the phone.

Li Jiangao looked at Qiao Ze, who was looking back at him respectfully, both men wordlessly facing each other.

After a moment of silence, Li said, "Okay, sometimes Professor Zhang does indeed talk a bit too much, especially when it comes to you... haha..."

He couldn't help but laugh as he spoke.

Qiao Ze pulled a courteous smile.

This was treatment not everyone received.

Including Chen Yiwen, even if someone told a joke, if Qiao didn't get the punchline, he would just watch them expressionlessly until the other person stopped laughing awkwardly.

"Ah... all right then, the talkative scholar from Jiangcheng is very interested in your research. He asked if you were busy lately and wanted to collaborate on a project with you, but I declined on your behalf. After all, that's not where your aspirations lie. However, I did share some of your thoughts with him.

Old Zhang's idea was that I should stop holding you back and let you produce more results soon. It's not bad to become known at a young age; the sooner the academic community takes notice, the better for your future."

"Oh?" Qiao Ze looked at Li Jiangao.

"Like how you put watermarks in your paper before, which sparked a lot of interest. That's a good start. In the future, more specialized papers, such as the project you're currently researching, will naturally draw attention once you have results. Scholars from abroad researching in the same field might get in touch. I believe you must have received some letters.

You might want to pay attention to that; many of the topics being researched at some of the world's top physics institutes overlap. If they notice your papers and they can help your project, you can discuss further by email. On one hand, academic communication can be enlightening. On the other hand, these top research institutes have more advanced equipment.

While they usually wouldn't readily share data, it's not unheard of to provide data as evidence during academic discussions. Of course, you might also receive invitations from foreign universities or research institutes. My advice isIn the next few years, it's best not to go abroad. So, just publish those papers, all under the names agreed upon before."

Qiao Ze nodded.

He of course understood Li Jiangao's meaning.

In summary, he was being encouraged to maintain academic exchanges with abroad, to keep up connections and not to work in isolation. At the same time, knowing that Qiao wasn't ready to go abroad in the current situation, Li presented this compromise.

Li Jiangao's ideas weren't easily influenced.

Besides lacking experience in mentoring students like Qiao, it was also because the two had not spent a long time together.

Even for regular graduate students, the first three to four months with a mentor are about mutual understanding.

It hadn't even been four months since Li Jiangao first saw Qiao Ze in Xingcheng.

During these few months, he had misjudged Qiao Ze's capabilities numerous times.

"Oh, one more thing. The reason why the Optoelectronics Institute decided to relocate their entire project department here is also because a group of experts from the Capital will be coming for a review later on. It'll be convenient for you to participate. I guess they're thinking that if they ask you to travel across most of Xilin, you could refuse and they couldn't say much.

But if the review meeting is in the same building, it's harder for you to turn down an invitation as the paper's author."

"You're at least a celebrity in the Huaxia academic community now. When a high-profile expert group comes, they'll likely invite you to the reception. Just go if you're called, but don't feel compelled to. Your personality is set, and you don't need to ask favors from anyone now. Everyone can understand that, and after a few dinner events, they probably won't call you anymore."

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