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"Ah?" Kori Durant was stunned.

This news was equally unexpected to him.

He still remembered the decided look on his mentor's face during the lesson half a month earlier.

But now, it seemed that the situation had exceeded his mentor's expectations.

"Then... we can only let them publish first, and we'll submit our paper afterward," said Kori Durant with some gloominess.

In the end, he hadn't been able to avoid this.

Thinking about the countless eyes that would focus on his peer from Huaxia, this mathematical prodigy from the University of Cologne couldn't help but feel bitter.

"But actually, there's another way..." Ackerman Konietz said hesitantly, clearly struggling with himself.

"Hmm?" Kori Durant looked at his mentor in surprise.

A moment later, Ackerman Konietz made up his mind and began to speak with a steady voice, "Include that part in our paper without citation. Of course, you'll have to dress up the proof process a bit. It's really not a big deal, what you are citing is just a more important lemma proof process in their paper, and it's not very significant.

Even if their paper is published in the future, it won't have much impact."

"Can this... really work?" Kori Durant asked his mentor in disbelief.

"The part you're citing should not exceed five percent of the paper's originality; even if added completely unaltered, it won't make a big difference to either paper. It could be explained that everyone was coincidentally following a similar line of thought while considering this proposition. It's just a matter of getting over the psychological hurdle.

Ok, I'll admit it's not the most honorable thing to do, but sometimes we don't need to be too rigid about these things. After all, you only lost because you were too complacent before.

As long as you take this as a wakeup call, your future achievements won't be inferior to theirs, and then, everything you do today will be worth it," said Ackerman Konietz in a very affirmative tone which became more fluent as he spoke.

Perhaps this advice was not just for persuading the student, but also for persuading himself, and clearly, he had succeeded.

Yes, the suggestion was indeed somewhat excessive, but he made it out of consideration for his prized student's feelings.

Nothing was more important than keeping his disciple's confidence intact.

"Go on, do as I say, revise the paper, and I will help you polish it directly on the draft today. I'll also get back to the publisher, we will submit the paper the day after tomorrow at the latest, and I will be the corresponding author. That's settled then," said Ackerman Konietz with a wave of his hand.

"Alright, Mr. Konett," said Kori Durant, managing his emotions, with a complex look on his face as he turned and left Ackerman Konietz's office.

Ackerman watched Kori Durant's retreating figure and sighed internally.

He could only do so much now and hoped the boy would learn from this lesson.

Don't waste your talent again!

...

In Huaxia, at Xilin University of Technology.

It was already ten o'clock at night, close to when the dormitories were about to lock up. Qiao Ze, Su Mucheng, and Chen Yiwen, as usual, left the Qunzhi Studio together.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

In fact, Chen Yiwen wasn't too keen on being with Qiao Ze and Su Mucheng.

But since he had become the third author of a paper now, it wouldn't be good for him to leave early. Although actually, no one minded this, with Tan Jingrong's exceptional example before him, he couldn't afford to fall short.

Moreover, the path from the Xiyuan Residential Area to the dormitory passed Su Mucheng's dorm first, and then it was another five hundred meters to the boys' dormitory.

This distance was just right for him to discuss some aspects of Group Theory with Qiao Ze.

One shouldn't underestimate these few minutes of communication. Chen Yiwen had already realized that Qiao Ze had a truly amazing ability when talking about mathematical problems; he would just say a few words, and Qiao Ze could clarify the difficulties plaguing him and point out the solution incisively.

Maybe he couldn't understand it at the moment, but lying in bed and thinking about it carefully in conjunction with the content of the books often led to clarity.

It was an extremely valuable experience.

Of course, he had to endure the nagging of Su Mucheng, that little woman.

...

"Hey, you have no idea, today's psychology counseling class was so annoying. The teacher went on and on about a bunch of stuff, even called on us randomly to speak up, urging us to encourage each other. A full three hours, but actually, when it all boils down to it, it's just one sentence, telling us not to compare ourselves with you! Haha... Right, Chen Yiwen?"

"Hmm," Chen Yiwen glanced at the two people next to him, seeing the woman clinging tightly to Qiao Ze, he quickly averted his gaze and responded offhandedly.

Having just caught a glimpse of Su Mucheng's joyful look, he couldn't be bothered to judge why this woman could maintain such a good attitude.

Was he being made into the butt of a joke?

"Oh, how did it go?" Qiao Ze asked casually.

"Do I even need to say it, the effect was very good!" To emphasize her point, Su Mucheng nodded her little head vigorously.

"This woman is really too much," Chen Yiwen complained in his mind, then he thought about the gloomy atmosphere in the afternoon class and the depressed mood.

How could the effect possibly be good?

Just thinking about undergoing eight more of these mind-numbing exams, how good could the psychological counseling be?

Sure enough, when King Zhou had Daji by his side, he would be blinded in all sorts of ways.

But Chen Yiwen didn't care to play the role of Bi Gan anyway.

After all, he had adjusted his attitude long ago and really didn't mind.

"Oh, that's good, I was actually planning to sort out three papers in the next couple of days and submit them as soon as possible. This year, Jieqing applications start in August, so there's not much time left. I need to publish more papers quickly so that Li can qualify to apply for Jieqing. Besides, I think exams are a waste of time.

This year I promised Xu, so I had to take the exams, but next year I won't participate." Qiao Ze replied simply.

"What about you? Are you going to apply for Jieqing this year?"

"I'm not in a hurry. I've looked it up, the youngest Jieqing is 36 years old. I can wait a few more years to apply."

"How can you not be in a rush? I think you should apply with Li, and if both of you become Jieqing in the same year, it would be a great story for the future."

"I don't meet the conditions. Jieqing requires not being enrolled in any degree program, and at the very least, one should hold a PhD."

"Can't exceptions be made? If that doesn't work, just tell the school you want a PhD, and then hurry up and write three more papers: one for undergrad, one for master's, and one for the PhD graduation. I think our school is pretty reasonable, after all, you're capable of guiding those professors, so getting a PhD isn't a stretch, right?

Let's see, it's just the end of June now, there's still more than a month until August, you'll definitely be fine."

"Hmm... next time I see Uncle Xu, I'll ask him about it."

Chen Yiwen silently listened to their conversation.

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His feelings became complicated again.

How could such preposterous suggestions be made so matter-of-factly?

But then thinking about the things Qiao Ze had done, it didn't seem so preposterous after all.

Hmm...

Mainly because this guy is just too damn outrageous!

Finally arriving at the girls' dormitory, Chen Yiwen watched as Su Mucheng bounced back to her room, then he silently walked over to Qiao Ze's side, taking Su Mucheng's place.

After asking about two Group Theory problems that had troubled him all day, Qiao Ze answered seriously. Seeing that they were about to reach the dorm, Chen Yiwen couldn't help but ask, "Qiao Ze, if the school really gives you a PhD directly, won't you just graduate? Will you stay at the school then?"

"Hmm?" Qiao Ze frowned slightly, then said, "Not in a hurry, that's next month's issue. This month's task is to get the papers written. Today I've already outlined the drafts for two papers, and I should be able to finish them tomorrow."

"Oh, so will our version still iterate tomorrow?"

"Today Li asked me to encrypt the algorithm and the main program, and then he's going to find someone to do a more formal test. We have to wait for Li's results."

"I see! Oh, I just heard from Su Mucheng that your first paper was held up... that won't affect the subsequent submissions, will it?"

Chen Yiwen was genuinely concerned about this issue since he was the designated third author.

"It won't affect it, we've already proven the theory's feasibility, and we're about to validate it. This time when we submit our papers, we'll also have the relevant experimental data as evidence, and a third-party verification report. Actually, I'm quite looking forward to it, prepared with so much, they could hold us up again. Don't you think this kind of exchange is interesting?"

Chen Yiwen stared at Qiao Ze in surprise, and though his face showed no special expression, he felt that this usually reticent guy had particularly bright eyes today.