Super God-Level Top Student-Chapter 365 - 189: Really Not Worth It!_2

In the worlds of high-energy particle physics, quantum physics, and related mathematical fields, this was akin to dropping a heavy bomb. Holding an international conference on mathematics and physics for this reason would surely bring together many big names.

And these heavyweights would definitely not come alone; they would bring along many students. Moreover, such a high-level conference could attract opportunistic scholars from all over the world who would attend even if it meant paying for it. Many people just wanted to get acquainted with top academic figures, and this was pretty much the case with any influential academic conference every year.

There was a chance that the hosting expenses could be recouped, and there might even be a small profit.

With these professors and students coming over to see the environment at Yanbei University for themselves, they would naturally be left with an impression.

Not to mention, being the host of the conference would mean not just Qiao Ze giving a presentation. With the home-field advantage, it would be possible to arrange several more lectures from their own professors, using the opportunity for some international academic exchange, which would be very beneficial.

In short, hosting this conference would bring about many benefits.

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The only problem was getting both Xilin University of Technology and Qiao Ze to agree to Yanbei University hosting the conference.

Truth be told, Zhang Hongcai really didn’t have that confidence.

"Just thinking about it isn’t enough. I’ve never dealt with Qiao Ze, but you’re familiar with them, so hurry up and find a way to ask. By the way, you’ve heard about that Weibo incident, right? That anonymous accusation against Li Jiangao wasn’t made by a professor from Yanbei University, right?"

"I can assure you it wasn’t! I’ve seen those chat logs, and I suspect they’re from the professors at Linhai. Probably because they missed out on this year’s project selections and were looking for an easy target. It seems we’ve had the same thought. My idea was to ferret out the person causing trouble, curry favor with Qiao Ze’s side, and then talk to Qiao Ze about the conference. That should give us a better chance."

Zhang Hongcai spoke with enthusiasm, but the tone on the other end was somber, seemingly unimpressed by his ideas.

"Not the chat logs... I’m talking about that thing, the Weibo post by the AI Dou Dou. Don’t you know about it? Haven’t your students told you?"

"Huh? I know about Dou Dou, but it posted on Weibo again?"

"Go take a look and you’ll know… This issue… I don’t even know what to say about it. But I guess you don’t need to go through the trouble anymore, better think of another plan. That’s all, I’m going to hang up." With that, Zhang Mingrui ended the call abruptly.

Zhang Hongcai, puzzled, took out his phone and logged into his recently registered Weibo account.

The Weibo account on his phone was created on the day Dou Dou made its unexpected appearance and was a "no-information" account that had only just been registered and exclusively followed Dou Dou’s Weibo account. He had even commented on it once.

Not very adept, he found his following list, clicked on "Qiao and Su’s well-behaved Dou Dou", and then immediately saw the latest post.

"Everyone, come and watch the recent series of Weibo posts about my views on this year’s Jieqing projects for the mathematics and physics department. It’s like a drama series with more to come!"

After a moment of surprise, Zhang Hongcai began scrolling down, he clicked on the first nine-grid photo below, had to zoom in on his small phone screen to see clearly, and after several minutes of examining the contents of one image, this mathematical authority from Yanbei University fell silent.

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He then quickly logged onto his computer and accessed Weibo through the web.

Viewing images was much easier on a monitor, which is much more user-friendly than for mobile users.

Especially for a professor like Zhang Hongcai with less than perfect eyesight.

Thus, Zhang Hongcai spent nearly an hour reviewing half of the posts Dou Dou made today, and he roughly understood Qiao Ze’s intentions.

Well...

There was indeed no need for him to curry favor...

He could never have imagined that Qiao Ze would stir up such a commotion in this way.

He only took a cursory glance at the images. The projects covered a wide range, and he could not be certain about the accuracy of Qiao Ze’s analysis. But given his understanding of Qiao Ze, he knew that if it weren’t accurate, this young man would probably not have chosen to go public in such a manner.

Zhang Hongcai could even imagine how unstable the emotions must be within the Natural Science Foundation Management Committee and this year’s review experts. He even felt somewhat relieved that he had not been selected to review those mathematical projects this year.

However, those professors who applied for the twelve exposed projects were probably feeling even more screwed...

Zhang Hongcai could empathize with that feeling.

For the vast majority, applications for Jieqing or outstanding young scientist funds had not been smooth sailing.

For instance, among this year’s selectees, Zhang Hongcai knew of five who had finally succeeded on their third attempt at applying.

Right in the midst of this tumult caused by Qiao Ze, these professors probably felt as if they had been stabbed in the back.

However, at this point, it was obviously impossible to think about retaliating against Qiao Ze.

Zhang Hongcai didn’t think less of these professors.

A young scholar who had just solved the existence problem of the Yang-Mills Equation—even if he was just a student—was off-limits to these professors still struggling to earn the title of Jieqing.

So they could only target the one who caused the trouble.

No, it’s probably not just the professors behind these twelve projects who were the most anxious at this time.

This year, the mathematics and physics department approved a total of twenty-three applications, meaning that the eleven professors of the remaining projects were probably already trying to dig up dirt on others...

Moreover, with the Natural Science Foundation likely to take serious action, some people are probably going mad by now, right?