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Chapter 148 Let's See Who's More Embarrassed (Part 2)

"especially you, cai xx, you really opened my eyes. others at least know to keep a summary, to be aware of what they've done. but you? still a blank slate to this day, nothing at all? has the meat filling from the meiyuan steamed buns conquered your brain cells?..."

"ah..." wu chengze shook his head and sighed.

the kids are really pitiful. which serious graduate student would expect their advisor to suddenly check on weekly reports?

but an outpouring of firepower like that won't last long.

sure enough, in the time it took him to eat a meal, he heard the sound of the door opening, followed by a burst of footsteps.

wu chengze methodically cleaned up the trash, putting it into a bag, and carefully wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, making sure no traces of his feast remained. then he took the bag of trash to the bin before heading back into zhang hongcai's office.

"you haven't left yet?"

seeing wu chengze enter uninvited, zhang hongcai was clearly surprised.

"ah, i was halfway out the door when i suddenly remembered i had something to discuss with you. i got sidetracked by you and haven't talked about the main issue. so i came back. your group meeting is over right? feeling any better?"

zhang hongcai glanced at wu chengze and nodded.

he did indeed feel somewhat refreshed.

with that irritability gone, he could concentrate better.

"but this isn't right either. haven't you thought about asking that kid why he applied for the expert panel? he's not in a hurry at his age, is he?" wu chengze sat down opposite zhang hongcai and asked.

even serious matters had to be approached gradually, otherwise this guy's temper might flare up and that would be the end of the discussion.

"what else is going on? i'll tell you, it's unbelievable! a xilin university of technology associate professor submitted a project for a jieqing evaluation this year; he's the corresponding author of the two papers qiao ze previously published. you get it, right? that kid's implication is he's afraid the expert panel might mistakenly reject his project!"

zhang hongcai said indignantly.

"this..." wu chengze instantly felt a mix of laughter and disbelief, commenting, "that's a bit too much, isn't it? so, what are you planning to do?"

"what else can i do?"

zhang hongcai thought for a moment and elaborated, "i plan to send him a letter telling the kid that the associate professor surnamed li's application will definitely be accepted, so he should stop causing trouble. is it really necessary to go through all this hassle? i've already looked over the project proposal.

it's a mathematical simulation for constructing world models using a major linguistic framework.

honestly, it's a very meaningful project, and since their qunzhi linguistic framework has already been applied on a large scale, proving that this path is indeed viable, it's very likely that it would have been approved anyway! why did he have to stir up this drama? who does he not trust?"

"isn't that a bit superficial?"

wu chengze laughed and said, "if it were me, why not just approve it? we'll have a vote, and if everyone thinks it's alright, let him pass. the defense conference is going to be held in the capital anyway, you might as well make both of them come. if i were you, i'd go the extra mile and even let him critique the associate professor's proposal. let's see who ends up more embarrassed.

plus, isn't this a perfect opportunity for the kid to spend a couple of days with us at yanbei?"

zhang hongcai was stunned for a moment, then said gruffly, "wu, are you trying to add fuel to the fire because you enjoy drama?"

"haha... i'm just making a suggestion. i'll stay out of you mathematicians' business, alright? but i think, if they're not embarrassed, why should you be?"

zhang hongcai went silent for a moment, then said, "alright, what do you really want from me?"

but according to qiao ze, that wasn't a big problem.

because the content of the exams was essentially consistent in principle.

as long as she understood all the concepts, for calculation problems that were too troublesome, she could simply outline the process. no need to arrive at a result; she could still score points.

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proof-based problems were even simpler.

well, to be honest, su mucheng had never chased after being first in her grade.

...

"ding..."

the notification sound for a system email signified that the supercomputer had produced a result.

qiao ze pulled up the results and took a look—the final output was quite good.

it confirmed the overall direction was correct, but these results were not enough to complete the proof process, so he inputted some more of the code he had prepared earlier.

this time, the computation load was even greater, but once the results were out, they could be directly incorporated into the paper.

after finishing all this, qiao ze looked up at su mucheng across from him and said, "shall we go?"

"alrighty." su mucheng agreed cheerfully, then quickly stood up and stretched big time, casually asking, "qiao, did professor zhang get back to you?"

qiao ze shook his head.

"ha ha, he must have realized he can't win against you and decided to surrender," said su mucheng lightheartedly.

qiao ze shook his head again, saying, "it's nothing about surrendering. it's just a normal academic discussion. i'm not that good at noncommutative geometry, but discussing with him is quite interesting."

su mucheng blinked.

okay, not being good at it yet being able to hold a back-and-forth discussion with a professor.

that left her wondering how to creatively praise her man.

"if you find it so interesting, it must mean that professor zhang is quite impressive too."

"yeah."

"ding..."

qiao ze glanced at the new email popping up on the desktop and casually clicked it open to look.

"he says he'll bring my application up for discussion at a meeting soon."

"ha, i told you, qiao, they won't bother with you if you're on the defensive. if you want to get things done, you need to take the initiative."

qiao ze thought about it, then nodded.