It can't possibly be out of jealousy for Qiao Ze's achievents, can it?
"The Xilin University of Technology, where Professor Qiao is located, has signed a deep cooperation agreent with Yanbei University, and these two schools have started joint recruitnt," Yang Xuanqing hesitated for a mont before he disclosed the matter that worried him most at this ti.
Edward Whitten was initially stunned, then blinked his eyes, realizing why Yang Xuanqing felt constrained.
He had been to Huaqing twice and to Xilin University of Technology, and he had so understanding of the situation of universities in Huaxia, recalling the landscape of the highly competitive key universities in Huaxia.
The sudden move by the Xilin University of Technology in collaboration with Yanbei University was indeed embarrassing for Huaqing.
However, it shouldn't threaten Huaqing's status as a super university in Huaxia, right?
Before Edward Whitten could continue to inquire, Yang Xuanqing had already fully opened up.
"Professor Whitten, you wouldn't know being in Europe, but leveraging the developnt of new material technology, Qiao Ze has given his artificial intelligence, the one that sends tweets, Dou Dou, a body, and then Xilin University of Technology has started to let artificial intelligence handle the recruitnt work.
Just think, letting a talking robot, even one that can act cool and cute, interact with prospective high school students to attract new students. Isn't that tricky? The influence of the AI combined with Professor Qiao's reputation, just imagine the impact it has created among the high school students!
Everyone sensed that sothing was off. It simply led to a eting being called concerning the recruitnt of key universities. Who would have thought that Yanbei University would team up with Xilin University of Technology? Isn't that a bit awkward for Huaqing? Now we've also confird that Professor Qiao's prediction about the Containnt Graviton is correct. If this gets out…"
Yang Xuanqing didn't finish his sentence, but they were all intelligent people. Edward Whitten could certainly understand the implication.
Simply put, once the results are recognized, Qiao Ze's status in the academic community will rise significantly.
It's almost sumr, and Huaxia's recruitnt season is about to begin, aning that Huaqing will struggle even more to attract quality students.
Universities are indeed a very special existence.
Students and professors achieve success together.
Every student probably hopes to encounter a good ntor, but don't the ntors also wish to co across a student with extraordinary talent?
Even if not like Qiao Ze, they should at least et the standards, right?
The content of modern science and engineering, beyond a certain point, cannot be mastered by effort alone if cognitive abilities do not et the standards.
This is why excellent student sources are so fiercely contested.
It's not that the basics at the high school stage are that critical, but if one can score high on the college entrance examination, it at least proves that the student's intellectual level can keep up with the coursework.
As for those specially admitted competition students, they are an entirely different breed.
However, Edward Whitten really couldn't say much about this kind of situation.
After all, the educational models of the two countries are different. In the United States, recomndation letters are far more important than so-called college entrance examination scores, and elite schools like Princeton recruit from all over the world. They're certainly not short on applicants.
But seeing Yang Xuanqing's tangled expression, Edward Whitten decided to speak up anyway.
"Actually, I think you don't need to fret about this. If Qiao Ze insists on staying at Xilin University of Technology, the university might soon extend its vision beyond Huaxia. At least I believe that Qiao Ze's vision will definitely not be so narrow. Besides, worrying is useless; I think Qiao Ze will definitely win the Nobel Prize this year.
Unless the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences no longer cares about the credibility of the Nobel Prize. If I rember correctly, Xilin University of Technology will beco the first hogrown university in Huaxia to produce a Nobel laureate. So, whether it's Huaqing or Yanbei, at least in terms of international prestige, they will soon be unable to compete with Xilin University of Technology."
Yang Xuanqing looked helplessly at Edward Whitten.
Alright, these Western academic giants know how to offer comfort.
That probably ant to tell him that Huaqing and Yanbei are still on the sa level, just that in the future, both will be unable to compete with Xilin University of Technology.
But thinking in that direction did lift his spirits quite a bit.
If an international academic figure like Edward Whitten held that opinion, then his concerns were indeed pointless.
After all, he was just a junior professor, and these were probably issues the university's senior managent should consider.
It was a pity, though, as Yang Xuanqing belonged to the typical Huaqing native faction; he went through undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral studies all at Huaqing, so he naturally felt frustrated at this ti.
"By the way, since you also think Qiao Ze should win this year's Nobel Prize, would you write a recomndation letter for him?" Yang Xuanqing asked curiously.
True, Nobel Prize nominees, like Academy mbers, are subject to a recomndation system.
Institutions and individuals who are eligible to make nominations submit their candidates for the Nobel Prize to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and then the Nobel committee mbers vote and eliminate through several rounds to select the final laureates from these nominees.
So to be a contender for the Nobel Prize, one first needs a heavyweight to nominate them.
Although Edward Whitten had never won a Nobel Prize, whether it was his status as a Fields dalist, his standing in the physics community, or his affiliation with the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, he was qualified to write this letter of recomndation to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
However, Edward Whitten's response took Yang Xuanqing by surprise: "No, I will not write such a letter. This year, I am not recomnding anyone, and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton will do the sa. We choose not to make any recomndations."
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