Top Student at Their Peak-Chapter 199 - 103: The Proud Youngster, Brandishing His Power with Vigor_4

Chapter 199: Chapter 103: The Proud Youngster, Brandishing His Power with Vigor_4

The mood became even more complex.

Envious of Qiao Yu for getting such meticulous guidance from a big-shot academician. This is genuine closed-door disciple treatment, and the especially doted kind.

Forget academicians; even ordinary mentors are unlikely to guide their students so attentively and devotedly.

Anyone who has been a graduate student under someone with concrete administrative duties knows that big-shots generally won’t PUA students, but they also won’t really care about your papers, your studies, or whether you can graduate. They might not even remember you at graduation...

Usually, it’s a junior mentor who handles the supervision, and of course, the degree of their responsibility varies from person to person. So, the master’s level students developed by big-shots can vary greatly.

Yet, Qiao Yu is enjoying special treatment from an academician mentor who, even during lunch with just a boxed meal, takes time to guide him.

Of course, Xue Song also understands that this is because Qiao Yu can keep up with this special treatment.

Discussion, discussion, there needs to be give and take for it to truly be a discussion.

If an academician mentor gives a few pointers, and the student looks like a fool, showing an awed expression but not knowing how to respond, then there won’t be a next time.

Apparently, Qiao Yu managed to keep up with this treatment, and then he really became the errand boy.

Well, at least I’m still a junior mentor!

...

Tian Yanzhen left at 1:30 in the afternoon. Actually, he had some basic theories and mathematical principles he wanted to share with Qiao Yu all at once, but he didn’t have time to chat further; he had other things to keep him busy.

In the afternoon was his personal student’s first research workshop, the organization of which he’d handed over to someone else, though he still felt a bit uneasy.

After Tian Yanzhen left, Qiao Yu helpfully took over Xue Song’s tasks. Mainly, after the recent discussion, he felt there were some areas that needed editing, and there was still time to do so.

"I think you need a laser printer here. Remember to mention it to Mr. Tian later," Xue Song suddenly said.

"Huh? Is it necessary?" Qiao Yu was taken aback.

"It doesn’t seem necessary now, but you’ll need it often in the future," Xue Song said confidently.

"Ah, right, I forgot to mention the first stage of the IMO special training to Director Tian," Qiao Yu suddenly lamented.

"What’s up with the special training?"

"It’s being held at Yanbei University, so I won’t have to waste time running around," Qiao Yu said.

"Heh... hurry up, there’s only eighty minutes left before the workshop starts, and we should be ready at least half an hour early," Xue Song commented, pretending he couldn’t care less, because he thought this reason might actually convince Tian Yanzhen to say something about it.

Admired, although this situation can actually be said to be guided by him.

...

On the other side, after walking out of Qiao Yu’s room, Tian Yanzhen took out his phone and made a call.

After a few rings, the call was connected.

"Mr. Zhang, I heard a few days ago that you returned to the country?"

"Yes, I came back to handle some things," replied in a light tone.

"Are you at Huaqing now?"

"Is there something you need, Professor Tian?" The person on the other side didn’t answer directly.

"It’s like this, I’ve taken on a student, likely a closed-door disciple."

"Congratulations."

"He has a habit, much like yours."

"Oh?"

"He writes his own problems, then solves them himself."

"Hmm, that’s a good habit. I’ve always emphasized that students should have this ability."

"By the way, there’s another thing quite similar to you. Previously, his learning was mostly self-initiated, and up to now, he hasn’t systematically studied the undergraduate mathematics curriculum."

"Your student hasn’t received a systematic undergraduate education?"

"Correct, but he can independently understand Peter Schultz’s papers. And he’s ambitiously planning to use the complete space system built by Peter Schultz to address the precise estimation of the upper bound of rational points on curves. I’ve communicated with him about this idea, and it seems feasible. I remember you studied this problem when you were young."

The other side was silent for a long time, and after a while spoke: "Professor Tian, did you specifically call me to tell me this story?"

"At 3 p.m., there will be a workshop about his concepts in meeting room P2 of the research center’s building 1. Professor Robert from New York University will also attend. Whether I’m telling a story or not, you can come and see for yourself. Also, he was born in 2009, he’s fifteen this year, and he’s a Star City person from Huaxia."

After waiting a few seconds with no response from the other side, Tian Yanzhen calmly said, "Let it be like that then. I personally hope you can come see if I’m exaggerating. Goodbye."

Then he directly hung up the phone.

In the world of mathematics, there is an interesting ranking system.

Fields Medal mathematicians, one-hour lecture mathematicians, forty-five-minute lecture mathematicians, thirty-minute lecture mathematicians, and others...

Both of them belong to the one-hour type. The more impressive ones mostly have won the Fields Medal. So, in fact, their status is about the same; they’re all legendary Fields Medal touchstones, so there’s no need to be overly polite.

Once the notification is sent, it’s enough. Tian Yanzhen felt that if the other party doesn’t come, it’s their loss, not his.

...

Opposite at Yanbei, in an office of Huaqing University.

"A call from Tian Yanzhen?"

"Yes."

"What did he want from you?"

"He’s taken on a student, fifteen years old, has not systematically studied undergraduate mathematics courses, but can independently understand Peter Schultz’s papers, and independently proposed a solution based on Schultz’s theoretical framework to the problem of the rational point count upper bound on algebraic curves."

Upon hearing this, the elderly person on the other side was also taken aback, surprised: "Fifteen years old?"