Feeling somewhat perplexed, yet manners ingrained over many years made him immediately reply, "Mhm, yes, that's right. And you are?"
"Oh, I am a student who has come to Huaxia for exchange studies. If all goes well, I might become Qiao Ze's classmate in the future. Oh, by the way..." Hanna promptly dug out the invitation letter from Xilin University of Technology that the school had given her and handed it to Li Jiangao.
Li Jiangao took the invitation letter and glanced at it, confused, "Oh, you're here for an academic visit? University of Innsbruck... Oh, hello, hello. But why have you come to Linhai? The university is in Xilin."
Hanna took back the invitation letter that Li Jiangao returned, explaining, "Since I arrived quite early, I decided to spend a couple of days in Linhai before heading to Xilin to get acquainted with the environment. Just now, I overheard you mention Qiao Ze, and I'm really very curious about him, so I couldn't help but ask. Has he achieved something new?"
"Yes, I just got the news as well. He published two papers in 'Science' magazine," Li Jiangao explained.
"Ah? 'Science' magazine?" Hanna was taken aback.
As they looked at each other with wide eyes, Li Jiangao felt the world was too full of coincidences.
He had come to Mingzhu for a meeting, and it just so happened that he met an international student who was going to attend an exchange program at his school, and what was more coincidental was that this student was from the School of Mathematics.
"Well, Qiao really is excellent. By the way, are you familiar with Qiao Ze?" Hanna asked curiously after a moment.
"Mhm, yes, I'm indeed quite close with Qiao Ze. In a way, Qiao Ze is my student, but actually, I can't really teach him much," Li Jian Gao said, feeling his face getting slightly warm, yet he certainly couldn't admit that he himself needed Qiao Ze's guidance, could he?
"Oh, I get it, you're Professor Li, right? I've read that paper, my supervisor spoke very highly of it."
"Yes, that's me," Li Jian Gao said with a wry smile.
He hadn't expected to have some fame abroad, to the point that even an exchange student knew of him.
"Professor Li, hello. My name is Hanna Ravenstahl, you can call me Hanna. So, what brings you to Linhai?"
"Hello, Hanna. I'm here in Linhai to attend a mathematics conference, which is going to end tomorrow."
"Oh, I'm so lucky. Maybe I can go with you to Xilin, and if it's possible, is this conference open to mathematics enthusiasts?"
"Of course, but Hanna, I'm a bit tied up at the moment. Can you leave me your number? That way, I can notify you when the afternoon session of the conference starts," Li Jian Gao said, nodding his head.
"I haven't had the chance to get a Huaxia phone number yet, but I guess the hotel room has a telephone, right? I can wait for your message in my hotel room."
"Certainly, let's see, room 509, okay, I've got it. You should go back to your room and rest for now. Once we're back in Xilin, I'll find someone to help you get a SIM card and a domestic bank card. You'll also need WeChat and X payment app; otherwise, you'll find living in Huaxia quite inconvenient."
"Thank you, Professor Li, really, since coming to Huaxia I've met so many kind people! I'll wait for your message in my room."
Despite having many emotions, Li Jian Gao's mind was now so full of questions about Qiao Ze that he didn't have the energy to chat much with the doctoral student from the prestigious school in front of him.
Lithography machines and semiconductors?
Even if Qiao Ze seemed to have read a few books on the subject, what kind of paper would pass the review of a top-tier journal like 'Science' and get published directly?