Super God-Level Top Student

When online public opinion started to turn, Li Jian Gao was still staring blankly at Su Mucheng, this girl most likely had no concept of money. He had mentioned a small amount, implying that a casual gesture would suffice, but instead she threw out a figure of 660,000. He didn't dare to think about how big of a bonus this girl had originally planned to give everyone.

One could only say that this girl was as generous as ever.

After all, not many people would be willing to invest two million yuan into a project with uncertain prospects without doing any investigation, let alone adopt an attitude of indifference to the possibility of losing it all.

Thinking about it, a bonus of 660,000 didn't seem so abrupt anymore.

However, Li Jian Gao still said solemnly, "Su Mucheng, now that there are few people in the research group, we all know each other well. I won't say more about the 660,000 yuan bonus you're giving. But if Qiao Ze has other projects in the future, especially those involving more people, you can't be so willful."

"Oh, I was just thinking that since our research group is small, just you, Tan, and Chen Yiwen are there. Now that it's decided, I'll distribute the bonus later," Su Mucheng replied with a smile.

"No, no, no... I definitely can't accept it, it's not about being polite, it involves many other issues. Just prepare it for Tan Jingrong and Chen Yiwen, that'll be enough," Li Jian Gao said seriously, waving his hand.

He truly couldn't accept it.

After all, this money was hot to the touch.

Su Mucheng glanced at Qiao Ze, who nodded slightly, and then she cheerfully said, "I understand, Uncle Li. Qiao Ze, have you eaten enough? I'll clean up the lunchbox."

"Mhm."

"OK! Chen Yiwen, stop slacking off, come out quick and throw away the trash. Let's also go buy some fruit; Qiao Ze hasn't had grapes in a long time!"

"Oh, coming."

Li Jian Gao watched as Chen Yiwen burst out of the studio once again and suddenly felt that giving a red envelope wasn't a bad idea.

What surprised him was that Tan Jingrong also followed out.

"Uhm, I have a friend who invited me out for a meal today."

"Oh, go ahead, we aren't busy lately, it's a good time to rest," Li Jian Gao nodded and said.

"Then I'll be going now, Director Li, Qiao Ze."

"Mhm."

...

As the individuals left one by one, the living room quieted down.

"Rest your eyes," Qiao Ze said, then walked out to the balcony to look outward.

Li Jian Gao knew about Qiao Ze's habit and was about to join him to discuss how to wrap up this incident when his phone started vibrating again.

It was from Xu Dajiang.

One had to give face to the Dean.

He answered the call, and the Dean's voice came through, even sounding a bit urgent.

"Jian Gao, is this strategy of borrowing a knife to kill someone your idea or Qiao Ze's?"

"Ah?"

"With that reaction, I know it's not you. I guessed as much; you're an honest person, not one to be so scheming," the Dean said.

"It's not that, Dean Xu..."

"Hey, don't speak, I understand. But you should still advise Qiao Ze, we're in academia, after all, harmony is valued."

"About that, let me explain..."

"Alright, I know you mean well for the student... you go ahead with your work, I'll hang up now. Sigh, I still have several people asking about the situation here, it's exhausting!"

Immediately after, the call was ended.

Li Jian Gao was stunned.

Instinctively, he thought to call back and tell Xu Dajiang that this was all coincidental from the beginning, but his fingers hesitated on the buttons, and finally, he gave up.

It was futile; although everyone knows life is full of inexplicable coincidences, when such things actually happen, others tend not to believe them.

Forget it...

Let these people think what they will.

After all, Qiao Ze most likely wouldn't care.

That was indeed the case.

When he jokingly repeated to Qiao Ze what Xu Dajiang had said on the phone, Qiao Ze didn't even blink an eye, responding with his usual "mhm."

"Not angry?" Li Jian Gao asked.

"Such thoughts, within the sequence, are not worth being angry about," Qiao Ze explained.

"What sequence?" Li Jian Gao asked, baffled.

"It's about constructing a sequence, using microscopic methods to analyze the macro world," Qiao Ze said.

"Huh?" Li Jian Gao was full of question marks.

"Consider an individual's thoughts as a particle; the choices they make about any undecided event are like quantum states, and we can't be sure what they will decide next, but we can calculate probabilities. A group's thoughts form a relatively stable structure, weakening individual influences.

I was inspired while writing my paper these days, though I haven't yet figured out how to represent it mathematically," Qiao Ze elaborated carefully.

"Oh!" Li Jian Gao responded.

"So, it's not surprising that Uncle Xu would think like that; it doesn't deviate from the probabilistic potential of event developments," Qiao Ze summarized.

Li Jian Gao was at a loss for words.

He wanted to ask if being misunderstood would affect Qiao Ze; Qiao Ze told him such views were normal, so there was no need to take them to heart.

Well, that was very Qiao Ze.

"Actually, I mainly came to ask you, what do you plan to do to wrap this up? I think we should proactively declare that the University of Cologne's paper has nothing to do with us," Li Jian Gao hurriedly said.

When the conversation was one-on-one with Qiao Ze, once it entered Qiao Ze's rhythm, some things were hard for him to understand.

"Mhm, the quality of their paper is indeed not high," Qiao Ze agreed.

"Uh... alright, I'll write a letter later," Li Jian Gao said.

"By the way, Uncle Li, I asked Tan Jingrong to print some papers and have arranged them in order for you, which are specifically to supplement the theoretical part. Try to finish reading them before the term starts, it will be very helpful for you," Qiao Ze suggested.