Super God-Level Top Student-Chapter 1090 - 426: Oh, That’s for Scientific Research_2

Of course, not everyone is willing to walk; mainly because the road at the main gate is restricted. Unless you have a school pass, you can’t get in.

Qiao Ze wasn’t concerned about Lothar Dugan, whom he had arranged to meet this morning. Given the deep friendship established between them before, Old Lot happens to be a specially invited mathematician, staying directly at the guesthouse on campus.

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"Professor Qiao, you have to thank me! You know? Before Edward Witten came to Huaxia, he discussed many things with me, and I helped him make up his mind!"

As soon as he entered the office, without exchanging pleasantries, Lothar Dugan shamelessly claimed credit.

Qiao Ze just looked at Lothar Dugan and then smiled.

More than a year without seeing him, this old dean from Princeton has more white hair.

"Please sit."

He ushered Lothar Dugan to the guest sofa, and as the office door opened, Dou Dou came in holding two cups of tea on its robotic arm, gliding silently across the floor to the sofa, and placed the cups on the coffee table.

"Please have some tea." Then it spun 180 degrees on the spot and exited the office.

Lothar Dugan’s eyes followed Dou Dou’s body as it left the office, remembering to use its mechanical arm to close the door.

"Yesterday I saw a similar robot at the guesthouse, really very... I’m not sure how to describe it. What surprised me was that it could first be used in schools and guesthouses." Lothar Dugan remarked.

"Dou Dou? There are many on the streets now, but most are simplified versions." Qiao Ze stated.

This is also a fact.

Similar robots are everywhere on the streets, mainly because they don’t need additional moldings, and without the mechanical arm, although the functions are reduced, the manufacturing cost is greatly lowered. It’s very suitable for maintaining order outside.

Lothar Dugan pursed his lips and did not comment.

The last time he came to Xilin, there weren’t so many novelties. The key is that in just over a year, the city has changed to a point where he almost can’t recognize it. And this is in Xilin, a city that was already developing well, leaving a great impression on him.

A city that was already well developed and can still change so much in just over a year is probably only appreciated by foreigners who have experienced how challenging it is to push a basic infrastructure project. As for locals from Huaxia, they’re already used to it.

It’s like how Huaxia people would never believe that building a ten-square-meter public toilet could take two years and cost 1.7 million US Dollars.

This is just how the world is; once accustomed to one’s living environment, most people find what happens in other places absurd, yet they’re used to the things in their own home.

After all, if building a public toilet in Huaxia were this troublesome, the related departments would likely be driven crazy by a barrage of complaints.

In the eyes of someone like Lothar Dugan, such comparisons are most striking and alarming.

Since meeting Qiao Ze, he has paid special attention to many aspects of Huaxia.

He has talked with many students from Huaxia, and from the information he gathered, many departments and enterprises in Huaxia have very low efficiency, with many problems that are quite serious. Especially those state-affiliated enterprises in Huaxia, which he can’t quite understand.

It’s said that such enterprises are often riddled with bureaucratic red tape, unable to grasp the market and timing, with severe internal consumption, delayed responses, buck-passing, favoritism over public duty, and inefficiency... all in all, incomparable to enterprises in Europe and America.

If it were just one or two students saying this, Lothar Dugan wouldn’t believe it.

But he has talked with many students, and they all seem to hold this impression, so he couldn’t help but believe it.

However, during this visit to Xilin, seeing the massive changes in the city and learning that these changes were mostly undertaken by those so-called state enterprises, he became even more puzzled about Huaxia.

If such construction efficiency is considered low by Huaxia people, he can’t imagine what true high efficiency would be like.

In fact, Lothar Dugan felt a bit offended.

He doesn’t want to comment on large cities like Washington or New York; just Princeton town itself has long remained unchanged. Thinking of these, Lothar Dugan felt a dull heaviness in his heart.

Although he feels he has a good relationship with Qiao Ze and has no prejudice against Huaxia, he is, after all, a native American.

In such comparisons, it’s hard to maintain cheerfulness. So Professor Dugan decisively shifted the topic with a casual remark: "Nice weather today."

Qiao Ze nodded slightly, feeling a bit disappointed.

He had thought Lothar Dugan would directly discuss some academic topics related to Q theory with him, but it turned out not to be the case.

Sure enough, after a moment of contemplation, when Lothar Dugan spoke again, it still had nothing to do with academics: "Qiao Ze, actually, I came because there are some things I want to ask you. But, of course, if it’s difficult, you can just brush me off."

This again demonstrated Qiao Ze’s keen observational skills and judgment.

Though he doesn’t like talking much, he can always make some judgments based on others’ actions and behaviors, which are mostly correct.

It is as if Lothar Dugan, if he came for Q theory, during his visit some micro-expressions and the topic content when speaking wouldn’t be so courteous, and he wouldn’t be so cautious when looking for topics.

Quite a pity.

After all, pure academic enthusiasts are scarce. After going through many events, Qiao Ze also realized that even in Huaxia, the academic circle isn’t pure. But, everyone lives in a world of mixed sands, so demanding a certain field to remain pure is unrealistic.

The saying goes, for most people in the world, all their grievances about injustice arise because they’re not the benefiting party. While complaining about the world being full of dark machinations, the first thought they have when encountering problems is whether they can find a connection, and this is true regardless of nationality or region.

Truly selfless saints are too rare, while there are plenty who love being generous with others’ resources.

Therefore, Qiao Ze has never held high expectations for those around him. Hearing Dugan wanting to chat about something else, he nodded and said, "Go ahead and ask."

Qiao Ze answered straightforwardly, while Lothar Dugan hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, and then said, "Not long ago, the artificial intelligence you created officially announced its collaboration with Microsoft..."

At this point, Lothar Dugan paused again.

"Bio-supercomputing?"

"Yes, that’s what I know. But before that, the artificial intelligence you created, the one called Dou Dou, gave Satya a URL with many videos on it. You’re aware of that, right?"

Qiao Ze nodded. He indeed knew about it. In the data uploaded by the carriers, there were many similar videos, most of which weren’t of a high confidentiality level, and even for confidential content, the time relevance is very short.

After all, with such things, what people often care more about are the exact locations when the videos were shot, like latitude and longitude.

After some time, while these pieces of information are still somewhat useful, they’re not that significant anymore.

Especially when such videos are so numerous that the entire route map is already drawn, making it possible for their own ships to follow the route a circle, even fewer people take it seriously.

No way around it, as production capacity releases, carriers are launching more frequently, and more and more undersea data is being transmitted back.

It’s only because the deep-sea cluster control center uses a new compression algorithm that these data don’t take up much space; otherwise, they would periodically archive a portion to avoid wasting storage space.

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Qiao Ze seemed very calm, yet Lothar Dugan’s expression grew more conflicted, as if he would rather Qiao Ze knew nothing about it.

"Well, someone asked me to inquire how those videos were filmed when I came to Xilin. Of course, it’s fine if you find it inconvenient to say. It’s not always something with an answer." Lothar Dugan said honestly.

This question was too honest, so honest that Qiao Ze didn’t feel like giving a casual answer.

After serious thought, he replied, "It’s unrelated to you; it’s a scientific research project exploring undersea geology and continental plate movements, and the videos were captured because your ships happened to enter their research and exploration range."

"Scientific research project?" Lothar Dugan slightly raised his eyebrows, looking at Qiao Ze in surprise, probably not expecting such an answer.

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