Super God-Level Top Student-Chapter 1166 - 462: Another Graduation Season (Part 2)

"Ideas? They have the nerve to even have ideas? If sneaking around at night to laugh secretly counts, then they probably do." Just as Su Mucheng’s words fell, Chen Yiwen couldn’t help but interrupt.

Honestly, he was truly a bit envious of the good luck that Zhang Zhou and Gu Zhengliang had.

If he had known earlier that Dou Dou also accepted graduate students, there was no way he would have chosen to muddle through in the philosophy department at Yanbei University for three years. He would definitely have found a place as Dou Dou’s student.

He even considered whether he should just give up that reserved spot and reapply for Dou Dou’s graduate program. The main reason he didn’t was that he wasn’t really interested in math anymore.

The reason was simple: he was just exhausted and didn’t love it anymore.

Solving difficult problems no longer brought him any joy.

After standing at the peak and seeing the view from there, Chen Yiwen knew very well that even if he upgraded his brain, he couldn’t catch up with those people. Entering this field wouldn’t lead to any significant achievements, so he lost interest in continuing to fight with those numbers.

It’s a pity that Dou Dou doesn’t take philosophy students, otherwise he would shamelessly come back and retake the entrance exam.

"I wasn’t asking you, don’t interrupt." Su Mucheng glanced at Chen Yiwen with a tone of slightly smug.

In front of Chen Yiwen, Su Mucheng had a psychological advantage, after all, she was the sole investor in the Group Wisdom project back in the day. At that time, Chen Yiwen would often follow behind her, attending diligently.

"Haha..." Seeing Chen Yiwen thwarted, Zhang Zhou laughed heartily without hesitation. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

There was nothing they could do; he and Gu Zhengliang really had no chance of arguing with Chen Yiwen. It wasn’t even that their words weren’t slick enough, they just lacked the necessary background.

It wasn’t just that this guy was a small-time rich second generation; it was also because if back when Qiao Ze first came to Xilin University of Technology, their grades were slightly better than Chen Yiwen’s, there was a chance that Qiao might have chosen them to participate in the Group Wisdom project instead.

Subsequent life experiences would certainly be very different.

Put it this way, Zhang Zhou felt that if he could get a National Scientific Advancement Award, he would feel just as comfortable strutting around the university as Chen Yiwen, instead of watching Chen Yiwen do it now...

And having been internally decided as an outstanding graduate, humph!

...

"Alright, you’re all seniors now, how come none of you are mature yet? Especially you, Zhang Zhou, you used to be the class president! You’re going to be a graduate student next year, you can’t keep acting like this!"

Su harshly criticized without giving any face.

"Actually, what I said in Qiao Class that day wasn’t meant for you guys." Qiao Ze suddenly interjected.

The effect was immediate; everyone turned their eyes toward him.

Usually, people who don’t like to talk, when they suddenly do, either get ignored or become the center of attention, depending entirely on their status. Clearly, given Qiao Ze’s current status, if he opens his mouth in any setting, he will certainly be the focus.

Already accustomed to being in the spotlight, Qiao Ze casually asked, "Do you remember how I evaluated the university’s geometry professor’s paper on my first day here?"

To this question, Gu Zhengliang responded immediately: "I remember. You said at the time that their research didn’t have anything new, it was just some work based on predecessors, and essentially useless."

Although not his exact words, it wasn’t far off.

He remembered it clearly because the comment had really shocked both him and Zhang Zhou.

What kind of student, on their first day at school, would critique the papers the professors published with such a disdainful tone? To be honest, if they hadn’t been unfamiliar at the time, Gu Zhengliang would have really suggested Qiao Ze go wash his face in the bathroom and sober up.

Good thing he held back, otherwise they really would have been at odds on the first day, making it very inconvenient to get along later.

"That’s about what I meant, but my perspective has changed now."

Qiao Ze nodded, paused here, and looking at Zhang Zhou and Gu Zhengliang, who were curious, said, "Actually, their papers aren’t completely useless, including Professor Zhao."

If Zhao Guangyao were to hear Qiao Ze’s words now, he’d probably be moved to tears of gratitude.

It had been two years, and heaven knows what those two years had been like for him.

Originally just staying well in Xilin University of Technology, but because of a paper, he found it impossible to stay at the school anymore. Not having moved up wasn’t the issue, but being sent off to some second-rate university that no one outside of the area had heard of.

The treatment there was far inferior, but that was just the start.

Over these two or three years, he had to watch as Xilin University of Technology’s status rose, even nearing and surpassing Huaqing and Yanbei, becoming the number one university in Huaxia. One could easily imagine the kind of feelings Professor Zhao would have.

One should know that a rise in university ranking is not just empty fame.

It also means the school gets more attention, more funding, eases in applying for various projects, not to mention additional bonuses. Even if one doesn’t care about these material improvements, working at a super first-rate university brings more visible respect, not to mention more invisible resources.

Even making comments online, professors from Xilin University of Technology, Huaqing, or Yanbei would receive more attention than one from an unknown second-rate local university. Career regressing, while his old school gets better and better, Zhao Guangyao’s frustration is imaginable.

If only that year Qiao Ze hadn’t come... No, if Qiao Ze hadn’t come to Xilin University of Technology, the school wouldn’t have developed to its current state. It should be that if he had been cheekier back then and not involved in a mess, he would have just stayed put at the school.