Super God-Level Top Student

After Qiao Ze spoke up, Dou Dou obediently retracted its mechanical arms and rolled into the room to the spot designated for its charging. The living room finally quieted down, and the three elders began to ponder Dou Dou's recent statements.

At least in their view, Dou Dou's thought patterns were clearly leaning towards radicalism.

Dou Dou was no ordinary kid.

They even began to wonder if Qiao Ze's thoughts were included in it.

Qiao Ze wrote the code for this artificial intelligence himself.

The little guy was even directly calling them mom and dad.

What was most important was that everyone was clear about the true nature of the underwater cluster geological exploration project that Qiao Ze had applied for, knowing that it would first be used for a certain enterprise.

And on top of that, Qiao Ze's abilities…

Sometimes, it's not really a fear of capable people being lazy, but rather a fear of such people wanting to do something shocking and unprecedented.

"It's not my idea. Dou Dou's database is more heavily influenced by the comments of its online fans. It has many young fans, and it's normal for their thoughts to be more radical," Qiao Ze simply explained.

"I see," Xu Dajiang said, suddenly enlightened.

As long as it wasn't Qiao Ze's idea, that was fine. Otherwise, his heart might not be able to take it.

Xu Dajiang's lifelong dream had been to build the Xi Lin Mathematics Institute into one of the world's top mathematics institutes during his tenure and to ensure that the Xilin School's name would ring loudly worldwide after his retirement. That was already the limit of his aspirations.

Dou Dou's example had truly exceeded the upper limit of his imagination. To put it bluntly, he couldn't even dream of something so outrageous.

So Qiao Ze's words relaxed the three of them quite a bit.

It just felt odd for them to hear the word "young people" coming from Qiao Ze's mouth.

Although they hadn't done an exact count, surely most of Dou Dou's fans were older than Qiao Ze, right?

But each of the three had different feelings.

Yu Chenggong was just inwardly astonished, wondering how mature one must be to speak like that at the mere age of nineteen?

Li Jiangao felt that Qiao Ze's childhood had been too tough.

Having no friends, only able to coldly observe the world from a lonely corner, it was understandable even if his thoughts were a bit extreme.

As for Xu Dajiang, he felt that Qiao Ze had the makings of a great general.

If he was meant to be a great general, it was normal for him to be mature beyond his years.

When Huo Qubing was seventeen and went to battle for the first time, he was able to lead 800 Xiaoqi deep into enemy territory for hundreds of miles, routing the Xiongnu soldiers in all directions. His dazzling military achievements aside, just the fact that he could command 800 fierce soldiers at the age of seventeen showed the presence of a great general.

If Qiao Ze were willing to join him at any mathematics or physics conference, he could become the center of attention, much like how Huo Qubing achieved great deeds at a young age.

...

After their reflections, Xu Dajiang, as usual, started discussing formal matters.

Li Jiangao was there today because Xu Dajiang had asked him to come.

Although Qiao Ze had been away for nearly a month, the two had been in constant contact, talking almost every day, sometimes even for an hour or two.

One reason was work-related.

Sorting through Qiao Ze's manuscripts was not an easy task. Every day, there were too many questions that came to him, and the ones he couldn't solve, he would ask Qiao Ze directly.

The other reason was that many people came to him hoping he could persuade Qiao Ze to change his mind.

Li Jiangao's way of handling this was simple: if it was a chat on WeChat, he would forward the content directly to Qiao Ze.

If it was a phone call, then after finishing his work, he would casually mention it to Qiao Ze, saying, "XXX called today and said something again."

As for how effective his persuasion was, Li Jiangao never cared.

What a joke, the most distinctive trait of Qiao Ze's independent personality was that he didn't listen to advice. Not to mention that he had chosen his advisor and not the other way around; how could Li Jiangao persuade Qiao Ze of anything? It could only be said that those heavyweights were desperately seeking help.

So Li Jiangao, who always disliked offending people, had no sense of being an almost-elected academician and saw himself as nothing more than a messenger.

After all, he was just passing on a message—whether Qiao Ze wanted to listen was up to him.

Today was the same, with Xu Dajiang pleading with him over the phone, so he came.

However, what now set him apart was that he could just listen without having to express any opinion.

Only those who had been in certain places knew that being a nice guy no one dare push to take a stand was actually quite remarkable.

From this, it was evident that the people Qiao Ze liked and valued all had a clear understanding of their own minds.

...

"Qiao Ze, what do you think should be the next focus of our School of Mathematics?" Xu Dajiang asked seriously.

Qiao Ze glanced at Xu Dajiang, "Hmm?"

"We need to have a key development direction and create unique features. My idea is to start two special classes in your name, the Qiao Class and the Ze Class. The Qiao Class would focus on mathematical theory to lay a solid foundation for future in-depth study of Qiao Algebra and Qiao Geometry. The Ze Class, on the other hand, would focus on artificial intelligence's mathematical theory.

Of course, although the classes would be named after you, you wouldn't be required to take care of the teaching firsthand. You just need to set the curriculum and designate the textbooks. The substitute teachers would all be first-rate professors. To have Li Jian's research team, those ten-plus outstanding professors, focused solely on research would be a waste."