The mood was still very complex, but it was different from yesterday.

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"Perhaps it’s mainly because the last conference was indeed not well organized, I need to do some self-reflection," Xu Dajiang said with a smile.

You couldn’t let Qiao Ze take the blame.

Xu Dajiang was still willing to take this responsibility.

Zhang Mingrui withdrew his gaze, glanced at Xu Dajiang, and said in a deep voice, "Dean Xu, Qiao Ze can be willful, but you can’t afford to be. You might skip the conference, but for the doctoral thesis defense, you still have to carefully select which professors to invite to help Qiao Ze guard against any issues."

"That’s right, that’s right... It’s just that if the defense is in a Chinese dissertation..."

"We will find professional simultaneous translators for you at the Science Academy," Zhou Liang knew what Xu Dajiang was about to say and interrupted him directly.

"Thank you for the support of the Science Academy," Xu Dajiang said with a smile.

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After all, it’s not easy to invite professional simultaneous translators who can handle such academic conferences.

Money is one thing, but the key issue is that such talent is exceedingly rare; even offering money doesn’t necessarily mean you can hire them.

"You should also persuade Qiao Ze not to be so obstinate. In the early stages, gaining more scholars’ recognition would benefit him. Having a better relationship with the outside world also makes it easier to win awards that should belong to him," Zhang Mingrui gave a piece of advice.

"Ah..."

Xu Dajiang let out a long sigh and said, "I haven’t failed to advise him, sirs! I too wish for Qiao Ze to claim the Abel, Fields, and Wolff awards, even to achieve a grand slam. But Qiao Ze has a different view. He used to want awards, but now he seems to have very little interest in them."

"Oh? Why is that?" Zhou Liang asked.

"I don’t know, he never expressed it explicitly; he’s just not enthusiastic. I always feel that apart from wanting our Professor Li to become an academician as soon as possible, Qiao Ze doesn’t care much about other honors. Perhaps he thinks about things differently from us," Xu Dajiang said, spreading his hands helplessly.

"Don’t rely too much on your status; try talking more with that Su, to indirectly understand Qiao Ze’s psychological state," Zhang Mingrui gave another piece of advice.

"Right, right, you’re correct!" Xu Dajiang nodded with a smile, not bothering to argue.

When had he ever relied on his status?

He had talked quite a bit with Su Mucheng, but Su’s thoughts seemed even more radical.

"Dean Xu, is there a possibility that Qiao’s lack of interest in these things is because they simply aren’t worthy of him? Thinking like this, doesn’t it seem that whether he wins an award or not isn’t important?"

However, these were thoughts he wouldn’t share with the academicians.

There was no need.

...

As the academicians returned to Beijing, the news of Dr. Qiao Ze completing his doctoral dissertation also spread.

To this, many in the Huaxia academic community didn’t even feel shocked...

They were probably used to it.

Part of the credit went to Li Jiangao, as he had been educating those professors around him, explaining that Qiao Ze had been contemplating this problem for a very long time, many years in fact, so it was not surprising that he could now produce it.

Once they accepted that Qiao Ze indeed possessed a mathematical talent far surpassing that of a genius, it became understandable.

After all, a genius was someone who started learning calculus in primary school, while he had started pondering Li groups back then.

Everyone was waiting for the final draft of this doctoral dissertation.

To get a chance to read Qiao Ze’s paper soon.

Only Li Jiangao felt a headache when he looked at the dissertation Qiao Ze had bound and specially delivered to him.

Although he knew that this day would inevitably come from the moment he took Qiao Ze under his wing and heard about his graduation topic choice.

It was just too soon; he wasn’t ready.

"Actually, we don’t have to go through these motions; I don’t understand this dissertation of yours," he said.

Alone with him, as a mentor, Li Jiangao was as straightforward as ever, looking at the dissertation that was at least sixty pages long, he didn’t even want to open it.

"It’s okay, Uncle Li, the academic comment from the supervisor is already done; it’s at the back," said Qiao Ze.