Super God-Level Top Student
Chapter 880 - 331 Chen Yiwen's Compassion_2

As for Li Jiangao and Tan Jingrong, they probably just breezed through the whole process.

Of course, when it was necessary for the two to express their opinions, there were no issues.

In fact, Tan Jingrong was quite excited, but he had already been excited before.

Mainly because he had learned early on from Li Jiangao that the Group Wisdom project was certain to win an award, so today's defense was just a formality...

Yes, people are always like this, feeling very excited and even anxious when they haven't achieved their goals, but once they do, it feels like no big deal or even dull.

Especially for Tan Jingrong, he had already decided to accept the offer from Youwei Group, the contract had been signed, and he would report directly to Youwei's Intelligent Research Institute in Xilin after receiving his diploma.

It's not that he didn't want to stay at the Xilin Mathematics Research Institute; his experience in scientific research during this period had made him realize that this path was not really suitable for him. In the future, without sufficient talent, staying at the Institute would be exhausting. It would be better to become an engineer at Youwei.

The requirements for talent are not high in that role; as long as he is diligent, he can always make contributions. Not to mention that he is a student of Li Jiangao, and he also has good relationships with many people at the Xilin Mathematics Research Institute. He has a strong backup.

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Finally, Chen Yiwen finished speaking, still seemingly having more to say, but applause had already begun on the presidential stage.

In fact, for the expert panel sitting on the stage, they also preferred that Qiao Ze not be the main speaker, so everyone was quite satisfied with Chen Yiwen taking the limelight for the project team.

Actually, the reason for inviting Li Jian to join the panel review was to avoid any potential problems.

Usually, in such meetings, it's the members of the project team being reviewed who are nervous sitting below the stage.

But with Qiao Ze's project, the experts asking questions on the stage are quite nervous as well.

If they ask the wrong question and displease Qiao Ze, prompting him to stand up and retort with a few questions, and they get stumped, it's really embarrassing.

And Qiao Ze has a history of doing just that.

During his doctoral dissertation defense, Robert Stephen asked a stupid question, and Qiao Ze's very disrespectful response has kept this well-known figure in the mathematics community, who could even be called a giant, from publicly attending any math events since then.

It is said that he declined even the American Academy of Sciences' spring math conference and spends every day researching something on the hills behind the Berkeley Branch.

Similarly, the task for Li Jian today was to step in and smooth things over in case any question from the panel didn't sit well with Qiao Ze, and Qiao's reaction was not quite right, giving the panel of experts a way out...

So the experts today really had a tough job.

The questions couldn't be too trivial, or they would be looked down upon, nor too deep, fearing that too much in-depth discussion on the spot could lead to problems, and even with Li Jian as insurance, it would be best if he didn't have to intervene.

After all, these meetings are now fully recorded on video, which is retained for quite a long time.

Fortunately, today's situation was good, Qiao Ze basically didn't speak much, the questions planned before the meeting were standard, and the young man responsible for the explanation and answers performed quite well, so everyone breathed a sigh of relief after Chen Yiwen answered the fifth question.

The procedure was finally over, moving on to other project teams, which also meant a return to a familiar rhythm, which is nice.

They formally stood up, saluted the review officers, and left the meeting room, completing the morning's task.

In the afternoon, Qiao Ze still had a review to attend related to material models, but Chen Yiwen and Tan Jingrong didn't need to come. It was even simpler because Qiao decided to bring Dou Dou to the meeting. Dou Dou would be responsible for answering all the questions.

Although this was quite outrageous, fortunately, the report had already passed.

Actually, if you think about it carefully, it's quite reasonable.

As everyone knows, Dou Dou controls the database of material models, so having Dou Dou act as the spokesperson makes the explanations clearer.

So, after finishing the defense in the morning, Li Jian was caught by a few friends who had been waiting outside the door as soon as he stepped out.

Although Li Jian has always been low-key, thanks to Qiao Ze, he has made many friends across various universities and research institutes nationwide.

The decision to hold this conference in Xilin not only brought the experts to Xilin, but also the professors from those project teams. Li Jian politely declined all the invitations over the phone or WeChat. The news of Li Jian's attendance at the conference had leaked out well in advance.

Grabbing a meal together was naturally expected.

As for Qiao Ze...

Everyone at most just greeted him.

Not that they didn't want to become closer, first of all, everyone knew that Qiao Ze was not good at conversation. Especially his habit during meals of not talking to anyone at all was extremely striking, even for the academic community.

Secondly, it wasn't just the students at Xilin University of Technology who had been notified well in advance to be mindful of their words and actions and show a positive attitude these days. The professors and researchers coming to Xilin University of Technology for meetings had also met and summarized the key point in one sentence: don't bother Qiao Ze without good reason, otherwise, you might not be able to bear the consequences if trouble arises.

Yes, there were precedents for this.

So with Qiao Ze, everyone maintained a respectful but distant attitude, after all, getting close to Li Jian was almost the same.

So everyone split up after walking out the door.

The adults went about their adult business.