Super God-Level Top Student

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"Academician Zhang, you're worrying too much. The main concern is that everyone is too busy with work."

"No matter how busy, a celebratory drink is a must. I'm looking forward to your invitation. An electronic one will do; we old folks are quite open-minded."

"This... okay, I'll send it to you later."

"Right, and don't forget about Old Sheng's. I'm not criticizing you, but you can't just sneakily handle such a big affair. If it weren't for Xu Dajiang at your school, we'd all still be in the dark. Okay, I won't hold you up; you must be very busy now. But prepare yourself, a lot of old friends are planning to come and celebrate your marriage. I'll hang up now."

Upon hearing this, Li Jiangao instinctively glanced in the direction of Qiao Ze's office, feeling a mix of emotions...

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Li Jiangao planned to return to Qiao Ze's office when he heard the hearty voice of Xu Dajiang from inside: "Qiao Ze, I've finished talking with Professor Whitten, so I won't disturb your research anymore, I'm off then."

"Okay."

He paused in his steps, and moments later saw Xu Dajiang come out beaming. Noticing him standing at the doorway, he casually asked, "Jian Gao, who was looking for you?"

"Academician Zhang from the Optoelectronics Institute."

"Oh? What did they want with you?"

"They said you told them about my marriage and want to come for a celebratory drink."

Xu Dajiang was taken aback, then smiled, looking back towards Qiao Ze's office, and said while patting Li Jiangao's shoulder, "Haha, I wondered why Su wasn't here today. Jian Gao, I always said it - you'll never manage to keep a low profile in your life."

Li Jiangao shook his head with a bitter smile. He didn't bother to greet Qiao Ze; they met often anyway, and greeting each other today would be quite awkward.

He simply followed Xu Dajiang towards the direction of the stairs.

"Actually, you don't have to feel embarrassed, really, Li Jiangao. There are some things I've never been able to tell you, so I might as well take this opportunity to make things clear."

Just down the stairs, Li Jiangao heard Xu Dajiang's serious voice beside him, and turned his head in surprise to look at Dean Xu, suddenly realizing that Xu Dajiang was unusually serious.

He humbly replied, "Oh? Please tell me."

Xu Dajiang did not speak right away, as if he were choosing his words carefully. After they silently reached the second floor, Xu Dajiang finally said with a sigh, "Qiao Ze's situation is very special, to put it simply, he is too powerful. If he was only doing theoretical research, that would be one thing; his future could be that of a great scientist comparable to Newton.

But now he holds advanced artificial intelligence technology like Dou Dou and almost national-treasure level wisdom crystals such as the inverse material model. The most important thing is, he is only twenty years old. Do you understand what that means?"

Li Jiangao frowned and said, "He needs guidance and protection?"

Xu Dajiang laughed, saying, "Isn't that obvious? Do you not know how high the protection level is for this institute? Don't let Lv's straightforward appearance fool you, his rank might be even higher than mine."

"Oh? Then what do you mean?" Li Jiangao quickly asked.

"He needs a weakness," Xu Dajiang enunciated slowly.

Li Jiangao was clueless.

He really wasn't the same as Xu Dajiang. All along, his journey had been mostly about learning.

After graduating from university, he pursued his masters and then his PhD, then signed a 3+3 agreement to join Xilin University of Technology. He was successfully appointed associate professor and stayed here until he discovered Qiao Ze, which led to his current circumstances. Li Jiangao suddenly couldn't grasp the meaning of Xu Dajiang's words.

"If before the release of the material model, people were against Qiao Ze making you an academician, including specifics like applying for you to become a member of the National Natural Science Foundation expert panel just to get you the title of Jieqing, those were considered troubling. But now after the material model's publication, the higher-ups can't wait for Qiao Ze to have demands.

The more outrageous his requests, the better, the more he can trouble them, the better! That way, fulfilling those demonstrates their importance and tolerance towards him. So, forget about being an academician – it would be best if Qiao Ze's feelings for you would move him to propose sending you to an even higher position."

Xu Dajiang spoke earnestly.

Li Jiangao suddenly understood.

There were no real fools here; his cluelessness was simply because he had never thought in that direction before.

The logic was actually simple. When you need a favor from someone, and that person happens to be a saint who is impervious to persuasion, it's indeed vexing.

Similarly, from a higher perspective, a boss who does what they please without any ties is obviously harder to deal with than someone with a family and emotional attachments.

"Look, now the people who can most influence Qiao Ze include his mother, you, and Su. Do you know how much the school wants to take care of Lu Xiuxiu? It's because she has been turning them down. Otherwise, several high-profile but unimportant positions were ready for her. It's almost a mission.

As for Su, she's still a student, so it's tough to arrange anything for her. You see how she's treated wherever she goes, right? The Mathematical Society even awarded her an honorary membership – it's useless, but when have they ever done that for a student before? And have you noticed how Su Lixing is thriving at Xilin?

He's certain to be among this year's outstanding entrepreneurs and is about to be promoted. The only problem is, being a businessman, he has high independence.

So now the most convenient to arrange and easiest to control is you. It's a relationship of shared success and shared loss. Holding on to the idea that you can't take advantage of your student too much is too one-sided. Accept whatever treatment they give you, and sincerely be Qiao Ze's weakness, and that's it."

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