For Chen Yuanzhi, criticism, mockery, onlookers, and even half-joking headhunting—all these were pressures.
He couldn't, nor dared to, make assumptions about Qiao Ze's thoughts, and he was reluctant to ask rashly.
Predecessors had already set an example; trying to guess Qiao Ze's ideas didn't end well.
The reason geniuses are called geniuses is precisely that their thoughts are surely different from ordinary people's.
Therefore, what Chen Yuanzhi could do was to trust what Xu Dajiang had said, and then he wrote another report. For the time being, that was all he could do, besides once again approaching Xu Dajiang, respectfully and politely asking the unorthodox dean to help inquire about Qiao Ze's thoughts.
If possible, he hoped to have those two Weibo posts by Dou Dou temporarily blocked — to save face for everyone involved.
Even if the Weibo post isn't deleted, it would still be good to compile and publish it in our own journal.
After all, we can't let our brother institutions think that under his management, Xilin University of Technology can't even afford the page fees for their own journals.
Of course, Chen Yuanzhi certainly wouldn't put all his bets on Xu Dajiang alone.
After leaving Xu Dajiang's office, he went to visit Li Jiangao, repeating the same requests.
As for Yu Chenggong, Chen Yuanzhi simply couldn't swallow his pride, so he opted for a brief chat on WeChat instead.
That was all he could do.
What made Chen Yuanzhi feel even more like exploding was that the school's Physics College had also begun to join the fray.
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Upon closer inspection, what Qiao Ze posted on Weibo were undeniably theoretical physics research topics — these should have made the Physics College proud. Instead, they ended up on Weibo, which was uncalled for.
So, it seemed understandable that the Physics College was somewhat resentful.
However, from Chen Yuanzhi's perspective, just thinking about it was distressing!
At this moment, those shocked by the revelations weren't limited to just the domestic scene.
Right when the message from CERN began spreading in the academic world, Qiao Ze suddenly presented the concept for a new particle model, and the combined impact of the two news items was naturally massive.
The problem was that the images Dou Dou uploaded on Weibo were in Chinese characters.
For foreign scholars, this posed a reading barrier. Machine translations were somewhat awkward.
Fortunately, many of the big shots engaged in theoretical physics research within Huaxia had experience studying abroad, so their proficiency in English was beyond doubt.
Without needing to translate the entire content of the images, as long as they informed their colleagues about the general content of the pictures and then went over the formulas in detail, their international peers could roughly understand what Qiao Ze's basic model was about and the problems it intended to solve.
The result, naturally, was a collective frenzy of criticism.
Was Qiao Ze finally making a move on, no wait, had he already been tackling the Grand Unified Theory?
Otherwise, there was no explaning why CERN had just validated the model proposed in Qiao Ze's paper, and on this end, a complete set of foundational theories was released immediately.
Quantum Implicative Model? Implicative Force Field? Inferon Field?
It was a series of entirely new concepts.
As much as one might deny it, Qiao Ze had provided a predictive equation for the existence of Containment Gravitons.
If it ended up being verified as correct...
That would be quite amusing, as textbooks for theoretical physics research around the world would need to be revised soon.
Yes, when Qiao Ze was involved in pure mathematics, he merely pioneered two new research directions, but in the field of physics, it was a complete upheaval.
This was no longer a matter of cutting-edge research.
The most fundamental Higgs Mechanism under the Standard Model had changed, and consequently, physics textbooks on particle physics had to be updated, quantum physics books had to be revised, along with field theory, Quantum Chromodynamics, and even the most advanced String Theory... all had to be reviewed according to the new model.
That is why Qiao Ze's Quantum Implicative Model didn't entirely negate the Standard Model under the Higgs Mechanism; he also provided corresponding mathematical relations, indicating that Qiao Ze believed there were many areas where the Standard Model was in agreement with the Quantum Implicative Model.
Otherwise, past papers cited countless times would have to be withdrawn.
One can imagine how shaken the entire physics community became when this news started to spread.
European Nuclear Research Center.
Just as Edward Witten had predicted, many were sleepless the night the Hua Qingyang team from Huaxia proved the correctness of Dr. Qiao Ze's paper.
For many physicists, it was indeed a day worth celebrating.
They had acquired an extremely useful tool for advancing their research.
Even in a certain sense, they didn't need to delve into the equations as mathematicians did; they just needed to know that the equations provided by Qiao Ze were accurate and when to apply them.
It's like how drivers only need to learn how to drive, it's not as if every driver should learn how to build or repair cars before buying or getting a driving license...
The latter is optional, not mandatory.
After all, there aren't many scholars like Qiao Ze and Edward Witten in the world.
However, the celebration lasted only one night, and then the bound version of the images Dou Dou posted on Weibo began circulating around CERN.
Quantum gravity? Evidence for the existence of gravitons?
Glorious Professor Qiao!
You were supposed to be a friend to physicists, but it seems you're aimed at becoming the father of modern physics?
Now, it's hard to talk as peers anymore. Combined with Qiao Ze's age, it is indeed a bit awkward.