Zhang Mingrui sighed.
Yes, it indeed seems somewhat inconceivable.
It was generally accepted that Qiao Ze stood a high chance of receiving the Fields Medal in 2026, as the youngest awardee in history.
This had almost been a foregone conclusion.
Having independently resolved the Yang-Mills Equations and, along the way, devised an entirely new mathematical framework, becoming a founder of a new school of thought—he put forward the concepts of superspiral algebra and transcendental geometry, which have been verified as correct theories. If he couldn't win the Fields Medal, then no mathematicians would have the face to accept the award in 2026.
Some people win awards for the honor, while others receive awards as a testament to the prestige of the award itself, ensuring its dignity—Qiao Ze undoubtedly belonged to the latter.
But who could have thought that Qiao Ze might win the Nobel Prize before the Fields Medal, with a high probability, if those physicists really manage to find the Containment Graviton using the method he provided. Plus, considering his contribution to the mathematical structure of the Yang-Mills Fields, if Qiao Ze's name is absent in the next Nobel Prizes this year or the next, that would be a joke.
Whether it's this year or next year probably depends on how fast those in physics work.
This presupposes, of course, that Qiao Ze's equations must be correct.
But so far, Qiao Ze has never been wrong.
The last professor who, during Qiao Ze's dissertation defense, had questioned Qiao Ze's correctness is still silently licking his wounds.
Thus, the pressure was reverberated back to Xilin University of Technology.
Chen Yuanzhi was truly on the verge of madness.
He had only just managed to pacify Xu Dajiang and had just reported the issue, hoping to quickly put an end to this farce, when things escalated even further.
When a group of heavyweights realized the value of what Qiao Ze posted on Weibo, the question in their minds was probably the same:
Is this really the kind of thing that should be posted on Weibo?
A new fundamental particle model, explaining and providing a method to find the graviton. The author of the paper had recently solved the mass problem of the Yang-Mills Fields, and CERN's laboratory had just verified the correctness of his conclusion.
With all these BUFFs combined, if the content were to be tidied up a bit, even submitting it to the top journals of physics in the top 0 quartile would warrant it being placed directly on the cover. Any other position would be unworthy.
Yet, Qiao Ze chose to publish it directly on Weibo, casually displaying it through a few images.
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This was essentially refusing to let Xilin University of Technology take any credit at all!
Beyond that, no other explanations seemed to fit.
As you can imagine, Chen Yuanzhi was under tremendous pressure at the time.
And he couldn't even blame Qiao Ze.
After all, for all this research, Qiao Ze hadn't applied for any projects through the university, let alone taken a cent of research funding from the institution.
Taking into account what had happened before, Chen Yuanzhi felt this was a warning from Qiao.
And this warning was extremely effective.
Less than two hours after Dou Dou's Weibo post went live, Chen Yuanzhi's phone and WeChat both exploded.
There were calls questioning...
Inquiries about what exactly happened...
And even those reveling in schadenfreude.
Especially, a slew of presidents from brother schools began to get ideas, and their private messages were filled with ulterior motives.
"Old Chen, is Qiao Ze unhappy at Xilin? Introduce him to our North Border, how about that? Look, if Qiao Ze agrees to come, he can choose his position, pick his lab, and even if he takes a fancy to our administration building, we'd move to the cafeteria to work, giving the whole building to him. How about you talk to him?"
"President Chen, if Qiao Ze wants to leave Xilin, introduce him to Shencheng University. If Qiao Ze comes, we'll provide Xi Gong University with two modern buildings and all the internal educational facilities."
"President Chen, I heard that Professor Qiao's girlfriend is from Linhai? If Professor Qiao could come to our Shuangdan University, we could become sibling institutions!"
But the most cutting message came from an old friend.
"Yuanzhi brother, has the school fallen on such hard times? If you can't afford the publication fees or research rewards, you should tell a brother. I can't promise much, but squeezing out tens or hundreds of millions in research funds should be possible. Don't mistreat your homegrown professors."
Truly, when Chen Yuanzhi read this message, he almost spewed out a mouthful of old blood.
Indeed, it is those who know you best who can make you sickest!
In conclusion, Dou Dou's two Weibo posts once again stirred up a storm throughout the city.