Top Student at Their Peak
Chapter 102 - 75: A Phone Call That Changed Perceptions (Part 4)

Chapter 102: Chapter 75: A Phone Call That Changed Perceptions (Part 4)

There’s nothing I can do, Xue Song had a feeling this call would take a while, and he couldn’t just leave the girl waiting in the cinema, right? You may not like it, but you have to be respectful.

...

Qiao Yu, who was having a great time on the forum, answered his phone immediately upon seeing the call.

As to how to make excuses, Qiao Yu had already drafted some ideas in his mind, after all, some things have to be faced sooner or later. Fortunately, this call wasn’t about blaming him.

"Hello, Professor Xue, how are you?"

"Mm, Qiao Yu, that Yu Jianxiaoqian is really you, right?"

"Hehe..."

Qiao Yu laughed awkwardly twice, just about to start explaining, but the person on the other end directly asked, "Have you told anyone else about the equation’s solution?"

"Uh, I only told Teacher Lan, but Teacher Lan said he didn’t quite understand it." Qiao Yu said honestly.

"It’s normal for him not to understand. If someone asks about it on the forum, don’t explain it yet, your solution can qualify for a paper to be submitted to a top-tier journal."

Hearing this, Qiao Yu immediately replied, "Teacher Lan also told me this, but he said I need to first confirm the universality of my solution."

"No need to confirm, since you can solve the numerical solution of this equation, you can definitely solve this kind of Diophantine equation in general, it’s just a matter of how much computational power it takes, I’m sure about this because it’s my question."

"I see..." Qiao Yu marveled, it seems there really is a big difference between university professors and high school teachers.

"So don’t mention it to anyone for now, and if any other professor calls, don’t mention it either."

"Really? Would university professors really envy my little trick?" Qiao Yu said in surprise.

"Don’t think so highly of professors’ ethics either. Let me tell you something, two professors were drinking together, discussing a viewpoint, which they both argued quite deeply.

One professor went back and wrote an article directly publishing it. Because of this, the other professor sued him for several years, arguing over who was the original creator of the idea.

A viewpoint that hasn’t been widely demonstrated can still be contested like this, do you think there won’t be people envious of a paper like yours that can directly yield results?"

Xue Song’s response left Qiao Yu utterly amazed.

In the mouth of the good guy, professors all seem to be good people, but listening to Professor Xue, is it not really the case?

But speaking of it, Xue Song’s answer seems to align more with his understanding of people, so he immediately responded seriously, "I understand."

"Mm, as long as you understand. This can be discussed later. I called for another very important question, what plans do you have for the future?" The other end asked directly, catching Qiao Yu off guard.

He could only respond honestly, "Actually, I haven’t really thought it through yet."

"Alright, then let me ask more specifically, do you plan to go abroad?"

This time Qiao Yu answered very firmly, "No, I want to stay in the country to take care of my mom."

"Then your future is choosing between Huaqing and Yanbei, which do you plan to go to?"

Qiao Yu hesitated for a while, then asked, "Uh... I’m still unsure about that, um, do you think I can negotiate some terms with them? Like scholarships or something?"

"Who told you that you have the capital to negotiate terms with the university?"

Qiao Yu was a bit confused and asked back, "Can’t I?"

"I can tell you clearly, if all you have is a Little Alibaba mathematics competition gold medal, that’s really not enough."

Qiao Yu asked further, "What if I can get an IMO gold medal too?"

"After we hang up, go check the 2005 Huaxia team members and results for the IMO. If I’m not mistaken, there should be a Zhang Bin, who was one of the only two perfect-score gold medalists of the Huaxia Team that year.

At that time, he told me both Huaqing and Yanbei University did contact him, but they merely lightly asked whether he had any intention to go there. After he said he would think about it, there was no follow-up, they didn’t even contact him a second time.

Understand? Don’t be deceived by those messy news reports out there, they’re just to excite parents. At least in Huaxia, so-called top scorers in college entrance exams are actually no different than cabbages in the fields to Huaqing and Yanbei.

If a top scorer goes to another school, then indeed they might be looked up to. The reality is that those precious straight-A students in the eyes of high school teachers are just ordinary trash in the eyes of top university professors in Huaxia, got it?"