As Qiao Ze became busy with the arrival of his first child with Su, Xu Dajiang was also occupied with his own matters.
After learning that he might be transferred and receiving a promise from Qiao Ze, Xu Dajiang asked Li Jian Gao and Yu Chenggong to join him for a meal the next day.
Li Jian Gao, needless to say, was always easygoing.
He seemed indifferent about whether to continue as a professor or not.
His main work had already been leading a group at the institute to research Qiao's Algebraic Geometry. It was all the same to him wherever he did it.
He had long been deeply tied to Qiao Ze.
Now, when invited to conferences outside, people would introduce him directly as: "This is Qiao Ze's mentor, Li Jian Gao, a professor at the Xilin University of Technology School of Mathematics."
From this order of introduction, it was clear that the status of being a professor at Xilin University of Technology was not as significant as being Qiao Ze's mentor.
Which was in fact true.
It's true that there are not many full professors across the country, but there should be a few thousand of them.
But the only one who could legitimately claim to be Qiao Ze's mentor was him...
So following his student was not a problem at all.
As for Yu Chenggong, he was thoroughly delighted.
The head of the admissions office hadn't expected that when Qiao Ze bound people to him, he would really think of him.
For him, it was definitely a no-lose situation.
Indeed, there are many advantages to being inside the system.
But who can blame Yu for his high awareness?
Others envy the security of jobs within the system, the lifetime assurance.
However, Yu Chenggong stayed at the university to become a recruitment officer with the goal of serving students and their parents.
So switching to a different job was just another way of serving the society.
No matter whom you work with, you're still working, aren't you?
Consequently, many unexpected things happened quietly.
Xu started by quickly arranging his current work and then, with lightning speed, submitted a sincere letter of resignation.
This matter had to be rushed. Otherwise, once someone took the initiative to come to him for a heart-to-heart talk, it would become passive.
It would seem too intentional, or even aggrieved.
There was no need for that. It was all about timing.
As expected, the university was surprised to receive Xu Dajiang's resignation.
After all, no one really expected that Xu, of such an age, could still live so abstractly. A man nearly sixty, planning to resign and start a business?
Chen, the president, even doubted whether Xu Dajiang had heard some rumors. But, by all logic, he shouldn't have.
He had only just learned some things. The candidates to check Xu's background at Xilin hadn't been decided yet; if there was any rumor, it shouldn't have been now.
Moreover, Qiao Ze was still on extended leave.
Before the university could understand Qiao Ze's intentions, how could they dare to approve Xu Dajiang's resignation request?
Previously, this guy had said at a meeting that Qiao Ze planned to resign and start his own research institute, asking him to be the dean.
This was a difficult situation to handle.
After all, nobody wanted things to go that far.
So, Chen Yuanzhi took the initiative to make a call as soon as he saw the resignation letter, set up a meeting, and went out of his way to Xu Dajiang's office at the School of Mathematics.
Yes, this time it was President Chen who took the initiative to visit, not asking Xu Dajiang to come to him.
"Xu, why the sudden decision to resign? It couldn't be that you have some complaints about my role as president, could it?" said Chen Yuanzhi, joking as he entered.
"President Chen, you're making me blush. How could I possibly have any complaints about your work?" Xu Dajiang quickly stood up and personally made a cup of tea for Chen Yuanzhi. In today's anticipated conversation, Xu Dajiang aimed for sincerity.
"Good, if you have no complaints, let's have an open and honest talk. Why did you think of resigning? What, did your precious protégé reach some agreement with you again?" President Chen's smile receded as he looked at Xu Dajiang and spoke.
With an unabashedly sly smile, Xu Dajiang replied, "Do I need to spell it out? If Professor Qiao didn't think I was still somewhat useful, wouldn't it be nice for me to continue as the dean at the university? Everyone's about to retire, yet thinking about tossing and turning. Without Professor Qiao's assurance, I wouldn't bother making such a fuss."
Chen Yuanzhi was caught off guard by Xu Dajiang's candidness and was momentarily stunned.
Wasn't he supposed to be cunning and shrewd?
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"President Chen, you don't realize, Professor Qiao has carefully thought it over these days and concluded that it's better for us like-minded individuals to go out and do something together. Others doing theoretical mathematics need institutional Find your next favorite novel on NovelHub today! But Professor Qiao doesn't need to. Look, let's not even talk about how much money Professor Qiao himself has. Anyway, the Group Wisdom project is still paying him dividends, which must amount to quite a bit. With Professor Qiao's current reputation, if he wants to start a project, wave his arms for a call, and investors would have to line up. So his ability is beyond question. What he lacks is someone who can deal with miscellaneous matters for him. I may not be the most talented, but I can still be of some use in this regard. So after analyzing it with Professor Qiao, I too felt it was absolutely right!"
After hearing all this, Chen Yuanzhi didn't know what kind of expression to put on while looking at Xu Dajiang.
Indeed, that was the situation, but who was going to handle the university's wide array of issues?
Could the marine exploration project actually be moved to a private research institute?
And what about the research on Qiao's Algebraic Geometry?
If Qiao Ze let go, who would take over?