Top Student at Their Peak
Chapter 259: 113: It's my duty to let the other side know who the real dad is!_3
Chapter 259: Chapter 113: It’s my duty to let the other side know who the real dad is!_3
When Danis asked him to be a reviewer, he specifically consulted Yuan Zhengxin’s opinion. Pan Jingyuan himself was not particularly resistant to being a reviewer for Qiao Yu’s paper.
But Yuan Zhengxin was more thorough in his considerations. Given that Pan Jingyuan worked at the Science Center, he feared that if his relationship with Qiao Yu were exposed in the future, it might affect Qiao Yu’s reputation. Of course, this referred to reputation among the general public. After all, serious mathematicians could recognize the value of Qiao Yu’s paper.
However, often when someone intends to discredit another, they disregard the facts, and might not even consult real experts. Even if they do, they have various ways to quote out of context.
This is human nature…
Even if you do a million things that benefit the vast majority of people, a minor mistake, once magnified, can become an inescapable sin in one’s life.
Moreover, Yuan Zhengxin had great confidence in Qiao Yu’s paper, and didn’t need people close to him to be reviewers. He believed Qiao Yu’s paper would surely pass the review. Each year, few papers get published in the “Mathematical Yearbook,” and even fewer have the editor-in-chief personally act as editor.
This is enough to demonstrate the quality of Qiao Yu’s paper, and overseas peers also recognized it. Therefore, it’s crucial to avoid suspicion when necessary. Especially since Tian Yan Zhen had already pre-published Qiao Yu’s paper on ArXiv. With only single-blind review possible, one must be more cautious.
Protecting Qiao Yu in the details, the elder took it seriously, even if Qiao Yu was unaware of these matters.
But often when an elder does something for the younger generation, they don’t necessarily need the younger to know.
At this moment, when discussing Qiao Yu, the elder naturally paid attention again.
“Oh? Professor Feng from Berkeley?”
“It’s that Professor Frank from the team. Abroad, they call him Frank, but domestically, they still habitually use his national name.” Pan Jingyuan explained.
“Oh.” Yuan Zhengxin nodded without saying much.
He was aware of this person, who he somewhat looked down upon earlier. Yuan Zhengxin generally disliked those who like to manage and maneuver. In the elder’s eyes, this Berkeley professor was someone who got extremely lucky.
Perhaps he had some ability, but not much. Many of the things he could showcase were done with the help of big figures after he went to Berkeley.
However, over the years, this Professor Frank had a good reputation among Huaxia-descended professors and students studying abroad, which somewhat changed his impression of this lucky person.
But Yuan Zhengxin was puzzled: isn’t this Professor Feng supposed to be quite supportive of Huaxia students?
Why did he refuse to be a reviewer for Qiao Yu’s paper?
If he’s really supportive of Huaxia students, after reading Qiao Yu’s paper, shouldn’t he have just approved it naturally?
Why would he refuse after reading it?
Could it be that he found a major flaw in the paper that made it inconvenient to discuss?
Thus Yuan Zhengxin asked, “Have you read Qiao Yu’s paper?”
Although Pan Jingyuan declined to be a reviewer, the paper on ArXiv is public. If anyone is interested, they can download it.
“Yes, I spent two evenings skimming through it. It’s an exceptionally good paper. No flattery intended, after this paper is published, knowing that the author is only sixteen, many people would find it hard to believe.”
After seriously finishing, Pan Jingyuan sighed and said, “I really envy Qiao Yu. At sixteen, I didn’t even know how to write a paper, yet he’s already qualified to publish in Annals of Math without needing any help from you. He has at least secured a title as an outstanding young talent.”
Hearing this, Yuan Zhengxin smiled and said, “Thirty years ago, even an academician would be well qualified. Since you’ve read his paper, did you find any obvious logical flaws?”
Pan Jingyuan shook his head, confidently saying, “Definitely none! In other directions, maybe, but in the field of Algebraic Geometry, I have some insights. Although I didn’t read it very closely due to time constraints, I definitely couldn’t miss any obvious logical flaws.”
Yuan Zhengxin nodded, feeling reassured.
It’s not that Yuan Zhengxin didn’t trust his own judgment, but concern often leads to confusion. Moreover, he hadn’t delved deeply into Schulz’s theoretical research.
But Pan Jingyuan was different. In doing the Geometric Langlands Conjecture, Schulz’s set of theories and the tools and methods utilized are almost unavoidable.
Only agreeing and then refusing, this operation…
Forget it, it’s just a minor thing, maybe the person suddenly got busy.
However, since it concerns Qiao Yu, the elder still kept it in mind.
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At the same time, at Yanbei University.
Qiao Yu stood obediently in Tian Yan Zhen’s office—receiving a scolding.
“Ha… So you took Chen Zhuoyang’s graduation thesis to Elder Yuan, and then brought back this news? Qiao Yu, do you think my recent mood is too good, so you’re finding ways to upset me?”
Qiao Yu kept his head down, saying nothing.
Not exactly afraid, but he needed to show an attitude of admitting fault.
“Speak! Aren’t you good at talking usually?” Tian Yan Zhen looked at Qiao Yu’s appearance, growing even more irate.
“Well, um… Director Tian, do you really want to hear me make excuses?”
Seeing Qiao Yu carefully utter this one sentence, it directly amused Tian Yan Zhen… unable to hold back, he really laughed out loud and quickly picked up the teacup to cover his face. After controlling his emotions, he put down the teacup and, with renewed authority, said, “So you know it’s an excuse? Fine, start explaining!”
“Sigh, I was actually thinking about our sect. Senior Brother Chen is indeed a bit weak, but he’s still your student, right? If Senior Brother Chen’s level was very poor, it would be another matter, but his fundamentals are solid!”