"Quiet, quiet, all right! Everyone stop arguing," Liu Hao said with a wry smile as he slapped the table again.
These post-2000s students were really too much to handle.
Back when he was a student, if a teacher slapped the table, he would actually feel scared, but now slapping the table in front of these kids, he was afraid he'd swell his hand before they even blinked.
"Let's be reasonable. It's not just you guys; the same requirements apply to all students in science and engineering. Plus, think about it, last year our School of Mathematics jumped from a B to an A+ rating, and we've already discussed what that represents. Other schools didn't get this kind of distinction, did they? So, if anyone should be complaining, it shouldn't be you guys, right?"
Saying something a bit unpleasant, with the college entrance exam scores you had back then, it would be very iffy for this year's candidates to even think about applying to our School of Mathematics. Let me tell you, several students who won national gold medals in the mathematics competition have already signed agreements with our school. So don't be those who profit and still complain. Now, everyone quiet down and listen to me!"
With the development of the school going well, Liu Hao now spoke with much more confidence.
After all, it would be a real loss if anyone got kicked out over something .
Soon, Liu Hao read out the notice issued by the school.
He could have simply sent it to the group chat.
But had he not explained it in person to these students, who knows if they would even glance at it.
"...All right, those are the eight requirements. Let me make it clear to you all, you've got two days to comply, and I'll be checking in on this at any time. Especially on Friday and Saturday, everyone needs to keep a low profile. Particularly in Friday's class, there might be professors sitting in, so you must pay attention to classroom discipline.
The class monitors and the student council members also need to set an example and take responsibility, especially for the cleanliness in our designated area. Make sure it's done well! This should be the last time this year. Okay, go back to whatever you're supposed to be doing now," Liu Hao waved his hand, too lazy to look anymore at the students with their gloomy faces below the stage, and he turned and left the classroom directly.
Wasn't he being strict for the good of these kids?
If it were twenty years ago, there wasn't such a lax environment. Listening to what his mentor said, back when they were in college, even dating on campus would get you caught by the patrol teams, and you'd have to write a self-criticism if discovered. Ah, really, they don't know how good they have it!
At the same time, Li Jian had just arrived at the research institute and handed the list of applicants to Qiao Ze.
"This many people signed up?" Qiao Ze was surprised at a glance at the list.
The last number on the list was already 137; they would have to arrange for two large classrooms.
"Yep, this is the list compiled by the School of Mathematics. Actually, having more applicants is not an issue, since we still need to screen them. We just sort the final admissions by need and in descending order of their scores," Li Jian said as he glanced at the list and joked, "If you had gone to Jiang University back then and pulled a stunt , maybe I would have signed up too."
"Great, how about you take charge of the specifics?"
"Ah? Me? I'm not really familiar with this," Li Jian quickly shook his head.
"You don't need to be. I've already organized all the previous manuscripts and ideas, you just need to get the research team to summarize them," Qiao Ze nodded and said.
"What else can we do? I originally planned to have Professor Xu do this, but he's tied up right now," Qiao Ze shrugged.
"I've got stuff to do in the near future too, at most I can help oversee things. I'm not familiar with the researchers we'll be bringing in."
Li Jian was stunned, then suddenly he remembered yesterday's conversation with Principal Zuo, as well as the possibility that the research institute might be classified, and he suddenly felt a headache brewing.
"So... you're really leaving this to me?"
"Okay then," Li Jian nodded.
Good thing Qiao Ze had already graduated.
Otherwise, his job now would have turned into sorting and studying manuscripts from his own student...
In that case, he would have really understood what it meant to be a mentor.
"But keep in mind what we agreed on before, you also need to help me out here. Ph.D. interviews and mentorship are all yours," Li Jian bravely said after agreeing.
"Huh?" Qiao Ze paused slightly.
He remembered their previous conversation indeed, but Li Jian had only mentioned he should keep an eye out, definitely not that interviews and mentoring were to be completely handed over to him.
Clearly, Li Jian remembered their talk as well, and he explained, "What you don't understand is that none of the ones coming to me for a Ph.D. actually want to seriously study Group Theory. They all want to do research in your Qiao Algebra, Qiao Geometry areas. Each of them has calculated things perfectly.
Once your papers pass lab validation, the whole world will need talents who understand these two research directions, and it'll be even easier for them to secure positions as professors in universities in the future. If they're good, they might even get academic positions at prestigious foreign universities. And I can't exactly refuse them. So, it's easier if you handle the interviews and the selection, to save me the headache."
Qiao Ze blinked, he hadn't yet considered there would be such a ripple effect.
"Didn't you say last time you had a lot of targeted Ph.D. programs? Why not just choose from them?"
"The thing is, there are too many targeted Ph.D. candidates, and I only have three doctoral slots, one of which you freed up. I've got over twenty applicants for targeted programs, many of whom come recommended by acquaintances. For instance, that Professor Zhang from Jiang University, you remember him, right? The Yangtze River Scholar, he recommended a student to me."
"Then it's simple. Just recruit based on how close you are to them," Qiao Ze said straightforwardly.