Volume 1: Student Life Chapter 373: What if he applies for 1+1?
When Zhu Haichang heard this question, he immediately blurted out the answer he had already prepared.
But when he met Li Zhenbang's eyes, he swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
That’s right, he had already expected Li Zhenbang to ask such a question later.
I have already thought about how to answer this question.
But what he didn't expect was Li Zhenbang's eyes.
Li Zhenbang's eyes were completely different from usual.
Moreover, Li Zhenbang had never stared at him like this before.
Zhu Haichang swallowed his saliva, reorganized his words, and then slowly said: "Director Li, I think there are good and bad things. We should treat Chen Zhou as an independent student. He is a little different from others."
Li Zhenbang retracted his gaze, leaned back slightly, leaned back on the chair, and said softly: "Tell me, why is Chen Zhou different?"
Zhu Haichang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a moment, and said, "In one year, I solved three world-class mathematical problems. This is not something that ordinary people can do."
"Moreover, generally speaking, the reason why mathematical research projects cost more money is because mathematics requires so much talent. It is difficult for ordinary people to produce results, and the longer it takes, the more money will be spent."
"If you solve a world-class mathematical problem in a few months like Chen Zhou did, it would definitely not cost much money. After all, most mathematical research does not rely on much external forces. Especially these mathematical conjectures."
Li Zhenbang nodded slightly: "Indeed, mathematical research relies on talent, and the research of mathematical conjectures relies even more on talent. Chen Zhou is indeed different from ordinary people. Therefore, his expenditure cannot be used as a comparison with others."
After hearing Li Zhenbang say this, Zhu Haichang was completely relieved.
Only then did he realize that Chen Zhou being established as a "banner of young talents" was probably not as simple as just public opinion reports.
Li Zhenbang didn't care about Zhu Haichang's thoughts. He continued, "When announcing Chen Zhou's topic, try to be concise and don't put pressure on others."
"Okay." Zhu Haichang responded and took note of it silently.
Immediately, he thought of another thing and asked, "Director Li, if Chen Zhou applies for another project, should the budget for this project be based on the settlement of this project?"
Li Zhenbang did not answer but asked: "What do you think?"
Zhu Haichang hesitated for a moment and said, "I think we can still compare it with himself, right?"
Li Zhenbang shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "From now on, all the projects that Chen Zhou applies for in the national 'Ten Thousand Talents Plan' will not need horizontal or vertical comparison. As long as the project funds he applies for are reasonable and in accordance with the regulations, he will be approved."
Zhu Haichang nodded: "I understand, Director Li. An outstanding talent like Chen Zhou can control the expenditure of funds very well. From this incident, we can see that Chen Zhou will not abuse the funds, let alone use them for his own benefit."
"At the same time, not conducting a cross-sectional comparison will not cause additional pressure on other selected participants. They can conduct their research with peace of mind."
After Zhu Haichang finished speaking, he was ready to continue flattering Li Zhenbang, but he didn't expect that Li Zhenbang didn't give him this opportunity.
Li Zhenbang shook his head again, looked at Zhu Haichang and said, "Not doing a horizontal comparison is indeed to avoid putting pressure on others. But not doing a vertical comparison is not because we are worried about whether the funds can be put into practice."
"It's just that Chen Zhou's research topics are all world-class mathematical problems, and you won't compare their difficulty. Think about it, what if he applies for 1+1 next time?"
Zhu Haichang was stunned for a moment and frowned slightly: "Are you talking about the Goldbach conjecture?"
Li Zhenbang nodded and asked with a strange expression: "Do you think that Goldbach's conjecture as a research topic can be compared with his current one?"
Li Zhenbang's words coincided with what Yang Yiyi and Chen Zhou said.
As long as your next topic is more difficult than this one, they cannot use you as a comparison with their own!
That is what Chen Zhou thought, as long as he keeps getting stronger, there will be no standard to measure him!
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Chen Zhou had no idea what was happening in the science and technology department.
If I knew that , all my previous depressed mood would probably disappear.
At this time, Chen Zhou was in a classroom in the School of Mathematics, defending his bachelor's degree in mathematics.
The day before, he had completed his graduation defense for his bachelor's degree in physics.
Now, as long as he completes this defense, his undergraduate career will really be over.
On the podium, just as Chen Zhou was about to present his PPT, he was stopped by Dean Sun.
That’s right, Dean Sun personally participated in Chen Zhou’s graduation defense.
This is extremely rare in the history of Yanda.
President Sun is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences!
How many undergraduate students have the privilege of having an academician personally participate in their graduation defense?
So, when Chen Zhou saw President Sun present, he was also a little surprised.
After stopping Chen Zhou from presenting his PPT, Dean Sun asked directly, "Do you still remember your thesis?"
Chen Zhou was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Dean Sun meant. He just nodded slightly: "Remember."
Dean Sun then said, "My first question is the origin of formula 9-12 in the paper. Can you explain it to me?"
Chen Zhou now understood why President Sun appeared here.
Dean Sun turned this graduation defense into a small lecture.
Just as Chen Zhou was about to answer, he noticed a group of people coming in from the back door of the classroom.
The people who came were none other than professors from the School of Mathematics of Yanda University.
The purpose of coming here is very simple, which is to listen to Chen Zhou's graduation defense.
Chen Zhou couldn't help but feel a little amused. Is it really that necessary for an undergraduate thesis defense?
Chen Zhou made a preliminary count and found that most of the professors from the School of Mathematics were there.
Including my senior brother Xu Chenyang, who had previously gone to MIT to participate in academic exchanges, also came.
He also nodded to Chen Zhou.
Chen Zhou shifted his gaze to Dean Sun, who pretended to lower his head and pretended not to see it.
Chen Zhou looked at Wu Xiping again, and Wu Xiping's expression was helpless.
He was only the instructor responsible for Chen Zhou's graduation thesis, not the teacher responsible for Chen Zhou's graduation defense.
His presence here today is already considered an extra audience.
Naturally, he had no way to deal with this influx of professors.
But fortunately, the professors who came in kept the classroom quiet very well.
As the seats in the classroom were filled one by one, no new people came in.
Dean Sun signaled to Chen Zhou that he could start answering the previous question.
Chen Zhou sighed in his heart, this really was turned into a report meeting.
"President Sun, let me use the blackboard."
After saying that, Chen Zhou turned around, picked up the chalk on the podium, and began to answer Dean Sun’s questions on the blackboard.
