The high probability is still that Li Jiangao and Qiao Ze would take up the two spots directly.
As for Li Jiangao, there's no need to mention him. Qiao Ze's election as a member of the academy could only be described as a consensus, even if Qiao Ze is still so young.
There's no helping it, it's said that the Chinese Mathematical Society has already received news that the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is almost certain to award the Crafoord Prize to Qiao Ze this September.
The reason is also quite ludicrous, it's said that many eligible candidates for the award have expressed on public or semi-public forums that they would rather not compete with Qiao Ze for certain honors. While it's subtly put, it's more a matter of feeling powerless.
The scientific community has a relatively standard set of criteria for how to rank a scientist's contributions.
First and foremost is groundbreaking foundational work, because it almost speaks for irreplaceable contributions.
Qiao's Algebraic Geometry, pioneered by Qiao Ze, has nearly perfectly solved a series of microscale problems, and currently, thousands of mathematicians worldwide have embarked on research into the related theories. The most representative of these is the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
It's not that the Xilin Mathematical Research Institute is excluded; it's just that the progress of their work has never been disclosed to the public.
Although everyone knows that with Qiao Ze at the helm of the Xilin Mathematic Research Institute, the progress of the entire theory's research must be quicker, and they've even derived a new coordinate system like the Super Helical Coordinate System that can describe the movement of microscopic particles.
But since the Xilin Mathematic Research Institute does not publish research progress or communicate with the outside world, no one knows how far their research has reached, naturally, it cannot be evaluated. Awarding the prize to Qiao Ze in advance also carries the hope that he would have a spirit of sharing, and proactively share the research progress with the world.
After all, for content that leans towards theoretical research, there really is no need for secrecy.
In other words, the international community is busy showing goodwill to Qiao Ze. At this time, it truly proves what Qiao Ze once saw on an answer in Zhihu: for some people, if they do not enter a certain community, it truly is the community's loss.
So for Zhang Zhijian and the Optoelectronics Institute, building a good relationship with Qiao Ze and deepening their friendship is clearly much more beneficial than conducting a one-off transaction. Unfortunately, Qiao Ze has absolutely no interest in his proposal.
"That's perfect, I only believe in results, not the process," Qiao Ze once again directly declined Zhang Zhijian's goodwill.
He truly doesn't need this matter to add shine to himself, and he disdains taking the credit from others, not to mention the credit of a group.
In the building previously rented by the Optoelectronics Institute, he also saw how dedicated the engineers responsible for specific part designs were.
Let's put it this way: at that time, he left the office punctually at ten every day, and when he left, there was never an office in that building that turned off the lights. Moreover, according to Tan Jingrong, the teams in the photolithography project of that building were almost all working 24 hours, in shifts.
If even the project command center at Xilin University of Technology is , one could imagine the heavy tasks faced by teams in research institutes and laboratories all over the country.
Just as Zhang Zhijian said, there are more than 2,600 engineers involved in the whole project. Qiao Ze could imagine how much effort it would take to direct and coordinate so many people to complete the same project.
The fact that the hair on the academician's head turned half white in just over a year said it all.
Perhaps some people choose to flatter their way to the top, and then fight over fame and profit.
But there must be many more who are diligently working hard.
Taking credit from those who've worked hard and diligently, Qiao Ze feels that it would be undeserved.
"Academician Zhang, if we are going to continue building a cooperative relationship in the future, let's do as I said. I don't need this chance to appear in the limelight. However, the Deep Sea Shadow project we are working on just happens to need a few special-purpose chips from a partner."
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"Let's leave it at that then." Qiao Ze stood up and proactively extended his hand towards Zhang Zhijian.
For Qiao Ze, this rare gesture is not for the Photolithography Factory, nor for any possible future cooperation, but purely because of the white hair this old academician had over the past year.
Su Mucheng, who understands Qiao Ze best, watched as the young man extended his hand and was a bit confused.
Qiao Ge's thoughts seemed to be different from hers.
On the other side, Chen Yiwen finally handed over the hot potato.
Although upon post-incident review, he still felt that the task was completed sloppily and didn't fully demonstrate his abilities. However, thinking that this was his first time, Chen Yiwen forgave himself.
And he had still put in a lot of effort after all.
Being able to bear with it and lavish praises on Ben Ronnie was quite a sacrifice on his part.
Fortunately, his experience interacting with Qiao Ze made him accustomed to such matters.
After all, who wouldn't he flatter?
As long as he could bring honor to his ancestors, Chen Yiwen had absolutely no psychological barriers.
What Chen Yiwen was really anxious about now is whether the clever people behind Ben Ronnie would perceive something amiss through that fool's descriptions?
He really didn't want to have wasted such a long time on futile efforts.
Indeed, Chen Yiwen's worries were justified.
After Ben Ronnie submitted what he had obtained through the designated channel, all the senior officials at Langley were bewildered.