Super God-Level Top Student
Chapter 863 - 324 Reliable or Not..._2

"Alright, Dou Dou." Qiao Ze spoke up, and then Dou Dou decisively shut its mouth.

When it comes to self-awareness, Dou Dou certainly surpasses the vast majority of people in this world. Although Dou Dou can show off in front of many people, at least here it is very clear that its main function is to be an atmosphere coordinator.

When its 'dad' doesn't know what to say, it makes an appearance, chats with everyone for a bit, just enough to prevent the conversation from going cold. And when Dad wants it to shut up, it obediently shuts its mouth.

Of course, this might also be related to Dou Dou's ability to take on myriad forms.

It never worries about not having an audience for its strong desire to express itself. If it can't talk in the offices of the Mathematics Research Institute, Dou Dou can still reprimand its fans online. If facing fans online is not satisfying enough, there are always cute and naive students offline; it will always find a place to soothe its emotions.

From this, it is evident that artificial intelligence can lead a more comfortable life than humans.

"Dou Dou does not have any modules for analyzing business or finance, its understanding of business is very naive," Qiao Ze explained to the four academicians after quieting Dou Dou down.

"Actually, calling it naive might be an understatement... Well, it's better than many..." Zhou Liang began to say, seemingly wanting to elaborate, but ultimately he held back.

After all, he himself doesn't understand business or finance either. From the perspective of expertise in one's own field, he really isn't qualified to judge Dou Dou's thoughts.

And Dou Dou is not really someone's child, so there's really no need to excessively praise it for being smart. After all, everyone knows it's smart...

Speaking of which, Dou Dou is actually quite good at making money, at least better than he is.

Although Xilin University of Technology has never officially publicized it, it's an open secret in academic circles that Dou Dou has sold activation codes abroad twice and indirectly controls the whitelist for foreign trade materials.

The sequence of foreign companies vying to donate to the Qiaoze Natural Science Award is even clearer for everyone to see.

It can only be said that Dou Dou is strong in grasping human nature. As is well known, those who understand how to exploit human nature generally succeed in business.

"Haha, alright, let's talk business. Last night, Jian Gao invited Professor Xu from the Mathematics Research Institute to give us a lecture, and honestly, we were deeply shocked. Not only did Professor Xu clarify some things for us, but he is also said to be completing a paper on substituting Taylor's Theorem with superspiral algebra.

To discern the whole picture from a glimpse. In just a short half-year since Professor Xu joined the Mathematics Research Institute, he has achieved such great accomplishments, indicating that the Xilin Mathematics Research Institute's research on Qiao's Algebraic Geometry has reached an extremely high level. Other institutions, including our Department of Mathematics and Physics, also conduct related research, but we are clearly lagging behind.

Therefore, I was thinking, could our Department of Mathematics and Physics introduce some professors from the Xilin Mathematics Research Institute to promote the research progress on Qiao's Algebraic Geometry in our affiliated institutes? Qiao Ze, what do you think of my idea?"

After a sufficient buildup, Zhang Mingrui brought up the issue that the four of them had discussed at length the previous night.

It's not that people didn't take Qiao's Algebraic Geometry seriously before.

As Zhang Mingrui mentioned, the Department of Mathematics and Physics indeed has its own research institutes dedicated to this new form of algebraic geometry. However, before visiting today, nobody expected Qiao's Algebraic Geometry to develop so rapidly at Xilin, to the point where it had already produced algorithms that could replace the current mainstream encryption and compression algorithms in the world.

And it seems that this is just the tip of the iceberg.

This tool also possesses other ingenious uses, which could potentially provide new insights into many unresolved problems in number theory. Especially the development of superspiral algebra in higher dimensions has made many previously extremely complex calculations possible...

All these factors have brought about new demands on the corresponding research progress.

At least in the view of the few people present, it's truly necessary to headhunt some people from this side.

It's one thing to recruit from other places, but when poaching from the Xilin Mathematics Research Institute, it's always good to notify Qiao Ze first.

"Oh." Qiao Ze simply responded.

This attitude made Zhang Mingrui somewhat unsure of himself.

From his expression, Qiao Ze didn't seem angry, but just an "Oh" like that... The attitude didn't seem very enthusiastic either...

"Academician Zhang, don't overthink it. What Qiao means is that he never interferes with the comings and goings of professors at the Mathematics Research Institute. As long as you've persuaded the professors and they are willing to move to other institutes, Qiao will have no objections."

"I see, that's correct, that's correct. It mainly depends on the professors' opinions. If someone is transferred out, we need to bring someone in, we always need to replenish our staff, in that regard."

"As for Academician Zhang, that's even less of Qiao's business. For recruitment, you should talk to Uncle Li. But I think, as long as there is a position, Uncle Li certainly wouldn't mind the Mathematics Research Institute having more people," said Su Mucheng with a smile.

"Yes, we really should consult with Director Jian Gao about this. Haha..." After hearing what Su Mucheng said, Zhang Mingrui was still in a good mood.

He certainly knew that Qiao Ze wouldn't care about these matters; in fact, all he wanted was Qiao Ze's acquiescence, just not opposing was enough.

While Su Mucheng was explaining these things, Qiao Ze was thinking about those students he and Uncle Li were supervising.

Last time he gave those kids three months off to brush up on basic knowledge, and they really flew off like kites without strings, no news from them. There has been no activity in the WeChat group for two months; he had no idea how well they were doing with their foundational courses now.

Now that the Institute's professors had been recognized by the academicians, picking one of them to guide a few doctoral students seemed like a good idea.

In a few more months, it would be time to recruit students again. The university planned to give him a few more spots this year, but Qiao Ze intended to turn them down.

At least until his current students graduated, Qiao Ze wasn't planning on taking any more Ph.D. students. It was too draining.

"If there's nothing else, let's call it a day," Qiao Ze said.

He had noticed that Xu Changshu probably had a good communication with a few others the day before; at least there were no issues on the mathematical level today. Or perhaps they realized there was no current need for discussion, so there really was no point in wasting time over these minor details.

"Uh..."

"Yeah, okay, then we'll take our leave now. We couldn't stay long this trip anyway. Oh, and Su, we came in a rush this time and didn't bring any gifts. So let's pre-order a toast for your wedding, and when you have your big day, we'll make it up then," someone said.

"Yes, yes, that's a great idea."

...

"Uncles, you're too kind, let me see you out..."

"Haha, no need, no need..."

...

When it came to this issue, Su Mucheng felt a bit embarrassed, but she still stood up to replace Qiao Ze in seeing the four academicians out of the office.

As she returned to the office, she immediately reported the situation: "Qiao, they went directly downstairs, they aren't planning to poach a few people today, are they?"

Qiao Ze thought about it; there weren't many people on the floor beneath theirs. Besides Xu Changshu, there were Liu Chenfeng, Tan Jingrong, and a foreign friend.

It seemed that the four academicians had a clear target, which was to try to poach Xu Changshu first.

After all, the rest were still students, probably not of interest to the academicians.

Unfortunately, they clearly chose the wrong target...

It would have been more realistic to try to poach other professors from the floor that the School of Mathematics had lent to the Mathematics Research Institute next door; Xu Changshu was likely unpoachable.

The main resistance wouldn't just be from the Mathematics Research Institute, but also Xu Changshu's personal intentions and the stance from the School of Mathematics.

Professor Xu, who had teaching experience at Yanbei, was one of Xu Dajiang's key proteges, a future star professor of Xilin University of Technology School of Mathematics. If he could be poached so easily, Dean Xu would probably explode in rage...

Qiao Ze shook his head and said, "They have many rules; poaching someone requires a lot of procedures."

"Haha, but do we need to give Dean Xu a heads up? Dean Xu once said that the professors of the Mathematics Research Institute are his most valued assets..."